2017 Formula 4 United States Championship

The 2017 Formula 4 United States Championship season was the second 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. It began on 8 April at Homestead-Miami Speedway and finished on 22 October at the Circuit of the Americas, after seven triple header rounds.^[1][2]

Teams and drivers

All teams were American-registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Group A Racing	1	Konrad Czaczyk[3]	1
	29	Jonathan Scarallo[4]	All
	30	Flinn Lazier	2
		Russ McDonough IV[5]	6–7
Momentum Motorsports	2	Skylar Robinson[6]	All
	16	Kent Vaccaro[7]	All
Indy Motorsport Group[8]	3	Vincent Khristov	1–6
	10	Davis Durrett	1–6
		Chandler Horton	7
	35	Chris Archinaco	1–5
		Nick Andries	6
	62	Raphael Forcier	All
Primus Racing Team	4	James Goughary Jr[4]	All
	5	Austin McCusker[4]	All
Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development[9]	6	Parker Locke	All
	11	Colin Mullan	4
		Tyler O'Connor	5
	14	Max Peichel	1–4
		Elliot Finlayson	5
		Dalton Peak	6–7
	26	Sam Paley	1, 3, 7
	41	Braden Eves	2, 6–7
	61	John Paul Southern Jr[3]	All
Cape Motorsports[10]	07	Steve Bamford	All
	8	Kyle Kirkwood[4]	All
	9	Mathias Soler[11]	All
	51	Jett Noland[12]	1
JDX Racing	7	Blake Mount[13]	All
	19	Timo Reger[4]	1–6
	28	Ben Waddell[4]	All
DEForce Racing[14]	12	Moisés de la Vara	5–6
	77	Kory Enders	5–7
HellHound Motorsports Abel Motorsports[15]	21	John Andrew Entwistle	1–2, 7
	22	Jacob Abel	All
Global Racing Group	24	Benjamin Pedersen[3]	All
	N/A	Pierre Thiriet	6
	25	Frederik Vesti	7
	39	Justin Sirgany[16]	All
	68	Jacob Loomis[17]	1–6
Austin Kaszuba Racing	27	Austin Kaszuba	1–2
Crosslink Racing	27	Austin Kaszuba	4–7
	37	Jordan Sherratt[4]	All
Miller Vinatieri Leguizamón Motorsports[18]	40	Jack William Miller	1, 3–7
	45	Baltazar Leguizamón	All
	65	Alan Miller	1–2
		Chandler Horton	4
	96	Lawson Nagel	All
Kiwi Motorsport LTD	85	Dakota Dickerson[19]	3, 5–7
	86	Brendon Leitch[20]	All
C.G. Racing	97	Christopher Gumprecht	2, 4–5

Race calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Supporting
1	R1	Homestead-Miami Speedway (Homestead, Florida)	8 April	Benjamin Pedersen	Raphael Forcier	Timo Reger	JDX Racing	Trans-Am Series
	R2		9 April		Kyle Kirkwood	Raphael Forcier	Indy Motorsport Group
	R3				Sam Paley	Timo Reger	JDX Racing
2	R1	Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Indiana)	10 June	Kyle Kirkwood	Timo Reger	Kyle Kirkwood	Cape Motorsports	Sportscar Vintage Racing Association Atlantic Championship
	R2		11 June		Kyle Kirkwood	Kyle Kirkwood	Cape Motorsports
	R3				Kyle Kirkwood	Kyle Kirkwood	Cape Motorsports
3	R1	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (Bowmanville, Ontario)	8 July	Dakota Dickerson	Kyle Kirkwood	Kyle Kirkwood	Cape Motorsports	Weathertech Sportscar Championship
	R2		9 July		Kyle Kirkwood	Kyle Kirkwood	Cape Motorsports
	R3				Kyle Kirkwood	Kyle Kirkwood	Cape Motorsports
4	R1	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (Lexington, Ohio)	11 August	Kyle Kirkwood	Brendon Leitch	Brendon Leitch	Kiwi Motorsport	Trans-Am Series NASCAR Xfinity Series
	R2				Kyle Kirkwood	Skylar Robinson	Momentum Motorsports
	R3		12 August		Kyle Kirkwood	Kyle Kirkwood	Cape Motorsports
5	R1	Virginia International Raceway (Alton, Virginia)	26 August	Kyle Kirkwood	Kyle Kirkwood	Baltazar Leguizamón	Miller Vinatieri Leguizamón Motorsports	Weathertech Sportscar Championship
	R2				Tyler O'Connor	Jordan Sherratt	Crosslink Racing
	R3		27 August		Kyle Kirkwood	Kyle Kirkwood	Cape Motorsports
6	R1	Circuit of the Americas (Austin, Texas)	15 September	Benjamin Pedersen	Benjamin Pedersen	Benjamin Pedersen	Global Racing Group	FIA World Endurance Championship
	R2				Dakota Dickerson	Benjamin Pedersen	Global Racing Group
	R3		16 September		Braden Eves	Braden Eves	Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development
7	R1	Circuit of the Americas (Austin, Texas)	21 October	Kyle Kirkwood	Benjamin Pedersen	Benjamin Pedersen	Global Racing Group	Formula One
	R2		22 October		Austin Kaszuba	Kyle Kirkwood	Cape Motorsports

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 HMS IMS MSP MDO VIR COTA1 COTA2 Points 1 Kyle Kirkwood Ret 8 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 2 1 8 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 345 2 Raphael Forcier 9 1 3 4 5 5 2 15 16 3 4 5 7 3 5 11 11 Ret 9 28 162 3 Dakota Dickerson 4 2 2 3 4 4 4 6 4 3 2 152 4 Benjamin Pedersen 2 11 Ret 18 15 3 25 16 14 16 8 10 5 9 7 1 1 3 1 10 147 5 Jordan Sherratt 7 DNS 15 13 20 7 7 5 4 2 27 7 2 1 3 7 28 14 8 11 132 6 Braden Eves 2 3 4 3 2 1 4 3 130 7 Timo Reger 1 2 1 23 2 6 5 4 6 14 14 15 14 21 20 19 Ret 13 124 8 Brendon Leitch 12 12 12 12 26 14 6 6 15 1 3 2 4 8 Ret 16 9 11 5 4 113 9 Baltazar Leguizamón 6 Ret Ret 8 7 11 9 13 3 19 11 Ret 1 5 8 Ret 8 5 7 5 104 10 Skylar Robinson 26 17 11 9 11 28 Ret 21 18 6 1 4 6 6 2 5 29 7 14 8 101 11 Jacob Loomis 3 6 DNS 20 4 2 3 3 7 10 16 Ret 23 Ret 18 10 14 26 91 12 Mathias Soler 10 4 5 6 13 10 10 7 5 Ret 21 6 9 13 10 6 7 6 25 7 88 13 Ben Waddell 15 3 9 3 Ret 9 15 12 26 4 12 11 13 16 14 8 5 Ret 19 6 68 14 James Goughary Jr 4 5 8 15 Ret 15 17 25 23 17 5 8 Ret 22 16 27 22 Ret Ret 20 40 15 Austin Kaszuba 8 7 2 25 8 12 21 26 Ret 11 10 Ret 14 13 18 11 26 33 16 Justin Sirgany DNS 15 19 7 23 13 12 Ret DNS 15 6 3 25 18 11 12 Ret DNS 17 15 29 17 Kory Enders 19 11 15 15 4 8 6 14 28 18 Jack William Miller 5 Ret 6 11 10 9 Ret 20 14 30 17 12 EX 18 19 27 9 23 19 John Paul Southern Jr DNS 21 22 19 15 Ret 13 8 8 11 24 Ret 10 7 9 13 10 9 13 18 20 20 Jonathan Scarallo 11 9 4 DSQ 9 25 Ret 18 17 Ret 18 9 17 12 Ret 18 16 Ret 20 31 18 21 Flinn Lazier 5 6 Ret 18 22 Colin Mullan 5 7 13 16 23 Austin McCusker 22 20 16 17 12 20 8 9 13 8 13 NC 28 Ret 19 9 20 17 15 27 12 24 Jacob Abel 24 Ret DNS 10 25 8 14 17 12 9 10 12 15 14 13 20 15 10 12 29 9 25 Tyler O'Connor 24 29 6 8 26 Sam Paley 13 10 7 19 14 10 16 13 8 27 Davis Durrett 18 19 13 24 19 16 18 20 19 22 9 17 DNS 20 23 DNS 23 22 2 28 Max Peichel Ret 13 20 11 10 23 16 11 11 Ret DNS DNS 1 29 Frederik Vesti 10 12 1 30 Blake Mount 17 Ret Ret Ret 16 21 22 Ret 24 12 25 18 21 23 25 17 12 25 29 24 0 31 Moisés de la Vara 29 15 Ret 29 30 12 0 32 Elliot Finlayson 12 24 17 0 33 Steve Bamford 16 16 18 Ret 21 22 23 22 22 13 17 21 18 19 22 25 21 24 23 23 0 34 Lawson Nagel Ret 24 14 16 18 17 20 19 25 24 Ret 19 16 25 26 24 24 21 18 21 0 35 John Andrew Entwistle 25 14 17 Ret DNS DNS 28 25 0 36 Chris Archinaco Ret Ret 21 14 22 18 21 23 Ret Ret Ret 20 DNS DNS DNS 0 37 Jett Noland 14 22 Ret 0 38 Dalton Peak 28 19 15 21 18 0 39 Chandler Horton Ret 15 Ret 22 30 0 40 Kent Vaccaro 19 23 DNS 21 28 27 Ret Ret Ret 18 22 16 22 30 Ret 22 EX 20 24 17 0 41 Parker Locke 20 Ret DNS 26 24 26 24 24 21 23 19 24 20 26 21 21 25 16 26 19 0 42 Vincent Khristov 23 18 Ret 27 17 19 Ret Ret 20 20 23 22 26 27 24 23 17 Ret 0 43 Alan Miller 21 Ret Ret 22 27 24 0 44 Russ McDonough IV 26 26 Ret Ret 22 0 45 Christopher Gumprecht DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 23 27 28 27 0 46 Nick Andries Ret 27 23 0 – Konrad Czaczyk DNS DNS DNS – – Pierre Thiriet WD WD WD – Pos Driver HMS IMS MSP MDO VIR COTA1 COTA2 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	Cape Motorsports	433
2	Global Racing Group	268
3	Kiwi Motorsport	266
4	JDX Racing	192
5	Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development	183
6	Indy Motorsport Group	164
7	Crosslink Racing	164
8	Miller Vinatieri Leguizamón Motorsports	127
9	Momentum Motorsports	101
10	Primus Racing Team	52
11	Group A Racing	36
12	Austin Kaszuba Racing	32
13	DEForce Racing	24
14	Abel Motorsports	9
15	C.G. Racing	0

References

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External links

• Official website