2018 Formula 4 United States Championship

The 2018 Formula 4 United States Championship season was the third 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.

Teams and drivers

All teams were American-registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Momentum Motorsports
Skip Barber Momentum F4 		2 United States William Lambros[1] 5
16 United States Kent Vaccaro[2] All
Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development 3 United States Aidan Yoder 1–2
United States Daniel Berry[1] 5–6
4 United Kingdom Teddy Wilson[3] All
5 United States Wyatt Brichacek[4] All
6 Denmark Christian Rasmussen All
7 United States Braden Eves[5] 1–3
United States Hanna Zellers[6] 4–6
25 United States Christian Bogle 4–6
BAR Driver Development 05 United States Ben Anderson 4, 6
Full Gas Motorsports 06 United States Jake French 1–3, 6
Global Racing Group[7] 8 United States Angela Durazo 1–3
19 United States Blake Upton All
24 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen All
66 United States Parker Locke 1–5
DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports[8] 9 United States Dakota Dickerson[9] All
52 United States Robert Allaer 4
75 United States Alex Mayer[1] 5–6
91 Brazil Eduardo Barrichello[10] All
PR1 Motorsports 09 United States Scott Huffaker 6
96 United States Calder McWhinney 6
Primus Racing 11 United States James Goughary 3, 5
United States Aidan Yoder 6
57 United States Justin Gordon[11][12] 1–3
94 Republic of Ireland Jordan Dempsey 1
DEForce Racing 12 United Kingdom James Raven All
23 Brazil Francisco Porto 4–6
55 United States Kory Enders[1] 5–6
Miller Vinatieri Motorsports 14 United States Dylan Tavella[13] All
40 United States Jack William Miller[14] All
Alliance Racing 15 United States Chandler Horton 1, 3–6
28 United States Will Edwards 1, 3–6
Century Auto Racing[15] 17 United States Vincent Khristov[16] 1–3
35 United States Chris Archinaco[17] 1–4
77 United Kingdom Matthew Cowley[18] 1–3
Abel Motorsports[19] 21 United States Jacob Loomis 1–2, 4
22 United States Jacob Abel 1–5
Group-A Racing 26 United States Sam Paley 2–3
United States Ricco Shlaimoun 4–6
44 United States Ethan Billions[20] 1–2
United States David Porcelli[1] 5
United States Shehan Chandrasoma 6
93 South Africa Cameron O'Connor[21] All
Crosslink Racing with Kiwi Motorsport[22] 29 Denmark Aske Nygaard Bramming 6
30 Brazil Arthur Leist All
31 New Zealand Conrad Clark[23] All
32 Puerto Rico José Blanco-Chock All
33 Australia Joshua Car[24] All
34 United States Austin Kaszuba[25] All
Team BENIK[26]
Velocity Racing Developments 		37 United States Sabré Cook[1] 5–6
51 United Kingdom Oliver Clarke[27] All
K-Hill Motorsports[28] 88 United States Kaylen Frederick 1
Margraf Racing TBA United States Ryan McElwee 6

Race calendar

The calendar was unveiled on 9 December 2017.[29] All races were held in the United States.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Virginia International Raceway, Alton 28 April Denmark Benjamin Pedersen United Kingdom Teddy Wilson Denmark Benjamin Pedersen Global Racing Group Pirelli World Challenge
SprintX GT Championship
R2 29 April Denmark Christian Rasmussen Denmark Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development
R3 Denmark Christian Rasmussen Denmark Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development
2 R1 Road Atlanta, Braselton 11 May Denmark Christian Rasmussen Denmark Benjamin Pedersen Denmark Benjamin Pedersen Global Racing Group Formula D
R2 12 May United States Dakota Dickerson United Kingdom James Raven DEForce Racing
R3 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen Puerto Rico José Blanco-Chock Crosslink Racing with Kiwi Motorsport
3 R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington 30 June United States Dakota Dickerson United States Dakota Dickerson United States Dakota Dickerson DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports Atlantic Championship
R2 1 July United Kingdom James Raven Denmark Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development
R3 Denmark Christian Rasmussen Denmark Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development
4 R1 Pittsburgh International Race Complex, Wampum 4 August Puerto Rico José Blanco-Chock[N 1] Puerto Rico José Blanco-Chock Puerto Rico José Blanco-Chock Crosslink Racing with Kiwi Motorsport Trans-Am Series
Atlantic Championship
F3 Americas Championship
R2 5 August Australia Joshua Car Australia Joshua Car Crosslink Racing with Kiwi Motorsport
R3 Brazil Arthur Leist Australia Joshua Car Crosslink Racing with Kiwi Motorsport
5 R1 New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville 15 September United Kingdom Teddy Wilson United States Kent Vaccaro Puerto Rico José Blanco-Chock Crosslink Racing with Kiwi Motorsport Atlantic Championship
F3 Americas Championship
R2 16 September United Kingdom James Raven United States Dakota Dickerson DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports
R3 United States Dakota Dickerson United States Dakota Dickerson DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports
6 R1 Circuit of the Americas, Austin 20 October United States Dakota Dickerson United States Dakota Dickerson United States Dakota Dickerson DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports Formula One
F3 Americas Championship
R2 21 October Denmark Christian Rasmussen Denmark Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

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 VIR ROA MDO PIT NJM COTA Pts
1 United States Dakota Dickerson 3 2 3 3 2 4 1 2 5 6 4 5 2 1 1 1 Ret 269
2 United Kingdom James Raven 7 8 Ret 2 1 2 4 4 2 13 2 4 4 2 4 3 6 208
3 Denmark Christian Rasmussen 2 1 1 Ret 12 17 2 1 1 5 24 9 9 9 10 2 1 196
4 Australia Joshua Car 4 6 4 Ret 21 7 7 10 6 4 1 1 6 7 3 7 2 168
5 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen 1 4 5 1 4 3 5 5 4 3 21 7 8 Ret 14 5 Ret 166
6 Puerto Rico José Blanco-Chock 6 10 25 5 3 1 19 Ret DNS 1 19 2 1 3 21 Ret 4 154
7 United Kingdom Teddy Wilson 29 3 2 Ret 18 19 3 3 3 8 3 Ret 7 4 2 10 17 134
8 United States Austin Kaszuba 5 29 6 4 7 6 10 13 8 2 5 6 30 Ret 13 14 16 85
9 Brazil Arthur Leist 15 24 9 13 14 Ret 6 9 7 7 10 3 3 6 5 27 27 73
10 United States Kent Vaccaro 27 Ret 24 16 13 Ret Ret 23 20 Ret Ret 8 5 DSQ 6 8 9 28
11 United States Kory Enders 13 24 DNS 4 3 27
12 New Zealand Conrad Clark 28 12 Ret 10 9 9 9 11 13 9 7 Ret 11 5 24 9 12 27
13 United States Jacob Loomis 9 5 12 8 6 Ret 26 17 11 24
14 United States Braden Eves 10 17 8 6 5 10 22 12 14 24
15 United States Jacob Abel 23 7 7 12 11 8 11 6 Ret 15 12 13 WD 24
16 United States Justin Gordon 11 26 19 7 10 5 23 7 Ret 23
17 United States Wyatt Brichacek 8 9 17 19 28 Ret 12 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 16 12 15 12 5 16
18 United States Jack William Miller 30 19 14 14 Ret DNS 8 DSQ 19 11 6 Ret DNS 26 23 16 Ret 12
19 United Kingdom Oliver Clarke Ret 21 23 21 23 15 24 Ret Ret 20 11 DSQ 19 29 7 28 7 12
20 Brazil Eduardo Barrichello 13 18 21 9 8 Ret 14 14 10 18 14 12 12 8 11 11 11 11
21 United States Scott Huffaker 6 14 8
22 Brazil Francisco Porto 10 15 10 10 10 22 13 10 5
23 United States Sam Paley 15 17 Ret 13 8 11 4
24 United States Alex Mayer 17 11 8 17 Ret 4
25 United States Chandler Horton 21 28 20 Ret 21 15 17 8 15 28 15 12 24 Ret 4
26 Denmark Aske Nygaard Bramming Ret 8 4
27 South Africa Cameron O'Conner 18 13 11 17 16 Ret Ret Ret 18 12 9 Ret 21 18 Ret 2
28 United States Vincent Khristov 14 Ret 18 23 27 14 26 Ret 9 2
29 United States David Porcelli 18 23 9 2
30 United States Jake French 22 11 10 DNQ Ret DNS WD 1
31 United Kingdom Matthew Cowley 12 Ret Ret 11 15 11 25 Ret Ret 0
32 United States Parker Locke 20 16 16 26 25 16 16 17 12 19 16 17 15 13 Ret 0
33 United States Aidan Yoder 24 20 26 18 19 12 26 19 0
34 United States Kaylen Frederick Ret 23 12 0
35 United States Dylan Tavella 19 14 15 25 20 13 17 16 17 14 13 Ret 20 14 Ret 23 Ret 0
36 United States Blake Upton 25 25 28 24 24 18 21 20 Ret 21 18 16 23 19 Ret 20 13 0
37 United States James Goughary 15 19 Ret 14 25 Ret 0
38 United States Chris Archinaco 17 15 22 20 26 Ret 18 18 16 16 Ret Ret 0
39 United States Sabré Cook 25 16 16 19 15 0
40 United States Ben Anderson 25 22 21 15 21 0
41 United States Ethan Billions 16 22 27 22 22 Ret 0
42 United States William Lambros 22 17 18 0
43 United States Christian Bogle 23 20 20 26 20 17 29 22 0
44 United States Shehan Chandrasoma 18 18 0
45 United States Ricco Shlaimoun 24 26 18 27 21 Ret 22 23 0
46 United States Daniel Berry 29 22 19 30 24 0
47 United States Robert Allaer Ret DNS 19 0
48 United States Hanna Zellers 22 25 NC 24 27 Ret 21 20 0
49 United States Will Edwards DNQ DNQ Ret 23 22† 31 28 20 25 26 0
50 United States Angela Durazo 26 27 Ret DNQ 20 22 Ret 0
51 United States Calder McWhinney Ret 25 0
— Republic of Ireland Jordan Dempsey Ret Ret DNS —
— United States Ryan McElwee WD WD —
Pos Driver VIR ROA MDO PIT NJM COTA Pts
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
† — Did not finish, but classified

Teams' standings

Pos Team Pts
1 Crosslink Kiwi Motorsports 407
2 Jay Howard Driver Development 363
3 DC Autosports w/ Cape Motorsports 284
4 DEForce Racing 239
5 Global Racing Group 166
6 Abel Motorsports 48
7 Skip Barber Momentum F4 28
8 Primus Racing 23
9 Miller Vinatieri Motorsports 12
10 Velocity Racing Developments 12
11 PR1 Motorsports 8
12 Group-A Racing 8
13 Alliance Racing 4
14 Century Auto Racing 2
15 Full Gas Motorsports 1
16 K-Hill Motorsports 0
17 BAR Driver Development 0

Notes

  1. ^ Arthur Leist and Joshua Car qualified first and second but were handed grid penalties for failing to respect the red flag, thus handing pole position to the third fastest qualifier José Blanco-Chock.

References

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