2016 Formula 4 United States Championship

The 2016 Formula 4 United States Championship season was the inaugural season of the United States Formula 4 Championship, a motor racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations and sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing, the professional racing division of the Sports Car Club of America.[1] It began on 2 July at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and finished on 10 October at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, after five triple header rounds.[2]

Teams and drivers

All teams were American-registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Momentum Motorsport[3] 1 Argentina Baltazar Leguizamón[3] 1–3
Jamaica Brian Fowler[4] 5
2 United States Skylar Robinson[5] 2–3, 5
3 United States Quinlan Lall[6] 3
GMV Motorsports[7][N 1]
MVM Motorsports[4][N 1] 		4 Canada Michael Goodyear[7] 1–2, 4
United States Skylar Robinson[8] 4
34 United States Austin Kaszuba[7] All
45 Argentina Baltazar Leguizamón[9] 4–5
51 United States Alan Miller[4] 5
Primus Racing[3] 5 United States Kyle Kirkwood[3] All
10 United States Davis Durrett[3] 1–2
11 United States James Goughary Jr.[3] All
JDX Racing[3] 7 United States Blake Mount[3] All
25 United States Darren Keane[3] All
28 United States Cameron Das[3] All
DRG[4] 10 United States Davis Durrett[4] 3–5
Leading Edge Grand Prix[10][N 2]
Global Racing Group[4][N 2] 		12 Mexico Moisés de la Vara[10] All
24 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen[11] All
47 United States Konrad Czaczyk[10] All
Group-A Racing[12] 62 Canada Raphael Forcier[12] All
86 China Jackie Ding[5] 2–5
Bamford Motorsports[3] 77 Canada Steve Bamford[3] 1–4
  1. ^ a b Team entered as GMV for rounds 1-4 and as MVM for round 5.
  2. ^ a b Team entered as Leading Edge GP for rounds 1-4 and as Global Racing Group for round 5.

Race calendar

The calendar was unveiled on 12 November 2015.[2] On 4 May 2016, it was announced the first round at Lime Rock Park, to be held on 27-28 May, would be rescheduled to give drivers and teams more time to prepare themselves for the season.[13] On 25 May it was announced the first round at the New Jersey Motorsports Park would be rescheduled, while the opening round was replaced by a second round at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.[14] All rounds were held on circuits on the East Coast of the United States. One round was part of the NASCAR Xfinity Series weekend.

Round Circuit Location Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 2 July United States Kyle Kirkwood United States Darren Keane United States Konrad Czaczyk Leading Edge GP Atlantic Championship
F2000 Championship Series
F1600 Championship Series
R2 3 July United States Konrad Czaczyk United States Konrad Czaczyk Leading Edge GP
R3 United States Kyle Kirkwood United States Konrad Czaczyk Leading Edge GP
2 R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 12 August United States Cameron Das United States Konrad Czaczyk United States Kyle Kirkwood Primus Racing NASCAR Xfinity Series
Trans-Am Series
R2 United States Cameron Das United States Skylar Robinson Momentum Motorsport
R3 13 August United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das JDX Racing
3 R1 New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey 27 August United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das United States James Goughary Jr. Primus Racing Atlantic Championship
F2000 Championship Series
F1600 Championship Series
R2 28 August United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das JDX Racing
R3 United States Quinlan Lall United States Cameron Das JDX Racing
4 R1 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia 17 September United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das JDX Racing Historic Sportscar Racing Series
R2 United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das JDX Racing
R3 18 September United States Skylar Robinson United States Cameron Das JDX Racing
5 R1 Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida 9 October United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das JDX Racing Trans-Am Series
R2 10 October United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das JDX Racing
R3 United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das JDX Racing

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver MDO1 MDO2 NJMP ATL HMS Points
1 United States Cameron Das 5 4 4 12 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 281
2 United States Konrad Czaczyk 1 1 1 10 DNS 10 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 224
3 United States Kyle Kirkwood 2 2 2 1 Ret 2 2 11 Ret 2 3 3 5 9 6 183
4 United States James Goughary, Jr. 7 10 6 3 6 9 1 6 4 7 8 7 3 5 5 141
5 United States Skylar Robinson 2 1 12 15 3 3 DSQ 4 6 4 4 3 132
6 Argentina Baltazar Leguizamón 8 Ret 7 Ret 12 DNS 11 10 12 5 5 Ret 6 3 2 72
7 Mexico Moisés de la Vara 13 6 10 Ret 5 3 6 9 6 Ret 13 5 10 6 12 71
8 United States Austin Kaszuba 9 7 Ret Ret 3 5 7 13 11 4 Ret 4 15 12 7 69
9 Canada Raphael Forcier 6 5 3 Ret 13 Ret 3 14 7 Ret 14 11 Ret 7 10 61
10 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen 3 9 5 Ret Ret Ret 9 4 10 11 6 10 7 Ret Ret 57
11 United States Darren Keane 10 3 Ret 6 7 8 8 Ret Ret 6 10 Ret 8 Ret 14 53
12 China Jackie Ding 4 2 Ret Ret 5 5 Ret 11 9 9 Ret Ret 50
13 United States Davis Durrett Ret 11 9 5 9 7 10 7 8 10 12 8 13 11 9 40
14 Canada Michael Goodyear 4 13 11 7 11 4 WD WD WD 30
15 United States Blake Mount Ret 12 8 9 10 6 14 Ret 14 8 9 Ret 11 8 8 29
16 Canada Steve Bamford 11 8 Ret 8 8 11 13 12 13 9 7 12 20
17 United States Quinlan Lall 12 8 9 6
18 United States Alan Miller 12 10 11 1
19 Jamaica Brian Fowler 14 13 13 0
Pos Driver MDO1 MDO2 NJMP ATL HMS Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

Pos Team Points
1 JDX Racing 353
2 Global Racing Group 342
3 Primus Racing Team 325
4 MVM Motorsports 181
5 Momentum Motorsports 128
6 Group–A Racing 111
7 Bamford Motorsports with Rice Racing Prep 20
8 DRG 18

References

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