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	William Lambros[1]	5
	16	Kent Vaccaro[2]	All
Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development	3	Aidan Yoder	1–2
		Daniel Berry[1]	5–6
	4	Teddy Wilson[3]	All
	5	Wyatt Brichacek[4]	All
	6	Christian Rasmussen	All
	7	Braden Eves[5]	1–3
		Hanna Zellers[6]	4–6
	25	Christian Bogle	4–6
BAR Driver Development	05	Ben Anderson	4, 6
Full Gas Motorsports	06	Jake French	1–3, 6
Global Racing Group[7]	8	Angela Durazo	1–3
	19	Blake Upton	All
	24	Benjamin Pedersen	All
	66	Parker Locke	1–5
DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports[8]	9	Dakota Dickerson[9]	All
	52	Robert Allaer	4
	75	Alex Mayer[1]	5–6
	91	Eduardo Barrichello[10]	All
PR1 Motorsports	09	Scott Huffaker	6
	96	Calder McWhinney	6
Primus Racing	11	James Goughary	3, 5
		Aidan Yoder	6
	57	Justin Gordon[11][12]	1–3
	94	Jordan Dempsey	1
DEForce Racing	12	James Raven	All
	23	Francisco Porto	4–6
	55	Kory Enders[1]	5–6
Miller Vinatieri Motorsports	14	Dylan Tavella[13]	All
	40	Jack William Miller[14]	All
Alliance Racing	15	Chandler Horton	1, 3–6
	28	Will Edwards	1, 3–6
Century Auto Racing[15]	17	Vincent Khristov[16]	1–3
	35	Chris Archinaco[17]	1–4
	77	Matthew Cowley[18]	1–3
Abel Motorsports[19]	21	Jacob Loomis	1–2, 4
	22	Jacob Abel	1–5
Group-A Racing	26	Sam Paley	2–3
		Ricco Shlaimoun	4–6
	44	Ethan Billions[20]	1–2
		David Porcelli[1]	5
		Shehan Chandrasoma	6
	93	Cameron O'Connor[21]	All
Crosslink Racing with Kiwi Motorsport[22]	29	Aske Nygaard Bramming	6
	30	Arthur Leist	All
	31	Conrad Clark[23]	All
	32	José Blanco-Chock	All
	33	Joshua Car[24]	All
	34	Austin Kaszuba[25]	All
Team BENIK[26] Velocity Racing Developments	37	Sabré Cook[1]	5–6
	51	Oliver Clarke[27]	All
K-Hill Motorsports[28]	88	Kaylen Frederick	1
Margraf Racing	TBA	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	Benjamin Pedersen	Teddy Wilson	Benjamin Pedersen	Global Racing Group	Pirelli World Challenge SprintX GT Championship
	R2		29 April		Christian Rasmussen	Christian Rasmussen	Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development
	R3				Christian Rasmussen	Christian Rasmussen	Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development
2	R1	Road Atlanta, Braselton	11 May	Christian Rasmussen	Benjamin Pedersen	Benjamin Pedersen	Global Racing Group	Formula D
	R2		12 May		Dakota Dickerson	James Raven	DEForce Racing
	R3				Benjamin Pedersen	José Blanco-Chock	Crosslink Racing with Kiwi Motorsport
3	R1	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington	30 June	Dakota Dickerson	Dakota Dickerson	Dakota Dickerson	DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports	Atlantic Championship
	R2		1 July		James Raven	Christian Rasmussen	Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development
	R3				Christian Rasmussen	Christian Rasmussen	Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development
4	R1	Pittsburgh International Race Complex, Wampum	4 August	José Blanco-Chock[N 1]	José Blanco-Chock	José Blanco-Chock	Crosslink Racing with Kiwi Motorsport	Trans-Am Series Atlantic Championship F3 Americas Championship
	R2		5 August		Joshua Car	Joshua Car	Crosslink Racing with Kiwi Motorsport
	R3				Arthur Leist	Joshua Car	Crosslink Racing with Kiwi Motorsport
5	R1	New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville	15 September	Teddy Wilson	Kent Vaccaro	José Blanco-Chock	Crosslink Racing with Kiwi Motorsport	Atlantic Championship F3 Americas Championship
	R2		16 September		James Raven	Dakota Dickerson	DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports
	R3				Dakota Dickerson	Dakota Dickerson	DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports
6	R1	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	20 October	Dakota Dickerson	Dakota Dickerson	Dakota Dickerson	DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports	Formula One F3 Americas Championship
	R2		21 October		Christian Rasmussen	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 Dakota Dickerson 3 2 3 3 2 4 1 2 5 6 4 5 2 1 1 1 Ret 269 2 James Raven 7 8 Ret 2 1 2 4 4 2 13 2 4 4 2 4 3 6 208 3 Christian Rasmussen 2 1 1 Ret 12 17 2 1 1 5 24 9 9 9 10 2 1 196 4 Joshua Car 4 6 4 Ret 21 7 7 10 6 4 1 1 6 7 3 7 2 168 5 Benjamin Pedersen 1 4 5 1 4 3 5 5 4 3 21 7 8 Ret 14 5 Ret 166 6 José Blanco-Chock 6 10 25 5 3 1 19 Ret DNS 1 19 2 1 3 21 Ret 4 154 7 Teddy Wilson 29 3 2 Ret 18 19 3 3 3 8 3 Ret 7 4 2 10 17 134 8 Austin Kaszuba 5 29 6 4 7 6 10 13 8 2 5 6 30 Ret 13 14 16 85 9 Arthur Leist 15 24 9 13 14 Ret 6 9 7 7 10 3 3 6 5 27 27 73 10 Kent Vaccaro 27 Ret 24 16 13 Ret Ret 23 20 Ret Ret 8 5 DSQ 6 8 9 28 11 Kory Enders 13 24 DNS 4 3 27 12 Conrad Clark 28 12 Ret 10 9 9 9 11 13 9 7 Ret 11 5 24 9 12 27 13 Jacob Loomis 9 5 12 8 6 Ret 26 17 11 24 14 Braden Eves 10 17 8 6 5 10 22 12 14 24 15 Jacob Abel 23 7 7 12 11 8 11 6 Ret 15 12 13 WD 24 16 Justin Gordon 11 26 19 7 10 5 23 7 Ret 23 17 Wyatt Brichacek 8 9 17 19 28 Ret 12 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 16 12 15 12 5 16 18 Jack William Miller 30 19 14 14 Ret DNS 8 DSQ 19 11 6 Ret DNS 26 23 16 Ret 12 19 Oliver Clarke Ret 21 23 21 23 15 24 Ret Ret 20 11 DSQ 19 29 7 28 7 12 20 Eduardo Barrichello 13 18 21 9 8 Ret 14 14 10 18 14 12 12 8 11 11 11 11 21 Scott Huffaker 6 14 8 22 Francisco Porto 10 15 10 10 10 22 13 10 5 23 Sam Paley 15 17 Ret 13 8 11 4 24 Alex Mayer 17 11 8 17 Ret 4 25 Chandler Horton 21 28 20 Ret 21 15 17 8 15 28 15 12 24 Ret 4 26 Aske Nygaard Bramming Ret 8 4 27 Cameron O'Conner 18 13 11 17 16 Ret Ret Ret 18 12 9 Ret 21 18 Ret 2 28 Vincent Khristov 14 Ret 18 23 27 14 26 Ret 9 2 29 David Porcelli 18 23 9 2 30 Jake French 22 11 10 DNQ Ret DNS WD 1 31 Matthew Cowley 12 Ret Ret 11 15 11 25 Ret Ret 0 32 Parker Locke 20 16 16 26 25 16 16 17 12 19 16 17 15 13 Ret 0 33 Aidan Yoder 24 20 26 18 19 12 26 19 0 34 Kaylen Frederick Ret 23 12 0 35 Dylan Tavella 19 14 15 25 20 13 17 16 17 14 13 Ret 20 14 Ret 23 Ret 0 36 Blake Upton 25 25 28 24 24 18 21 20 Ret 21 18 16 23 19 Ret 20 13 0 37 James Goughary 15 19 Ret 14 25 Ret 0 38 Chris Archinaco 17 15 22 20 26 Ret 18 18 16 16 Ret Ret 0 39 Sabré Cook 25 16 16 19 15 0 40 Ben Anderson 25 22 21 15 21 0 41 Ethan Billions 16 22 27 22 22 Ret 0 42 William Lambros 22 17 18 0 43 Christian Bogle 23 20 20 26 20 17 29 22 0 44 Shehan Chandrasoma 18 18 0 45 Ricco Shlaimoun 24 26 18 27 21 Ret 22 23 0 46 Daniel Berry 29 22 19 30 24 0 47 Robert Allaer Ret DNS 19 0 48 Hanna Zellers 22 25 NC 24 27 Ret 21 20 0 49 Will Edwards DNQ DNQ Ret 23 22† 31 28 20 25 26 0 50 Angela Durazo 26 27 Ret DNQ 20 22 Ret 0 51 Calder McWhinney Ret 25 0 — Jordan Dempsey Ret Ret DNS — — 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

1. "2018 US Championship Entry List For New Jersey Motorsports Park". F4 United States Championship. September 9, 2018.
2. "Introducing you to @F4Championship and @MomentumMRacing driver Kent Vaccaro". March 20, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
3. "British Driver Teddy Wilson Makes F4 Debut with Jay Howard Driver Development". March 6, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
4. "Brichacek Joins Jay Howard Driver Development for 2018 F4 Season". February 9, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
5. "Eves Commits to Jay Howard's MDD for Full 2018 Season". January 13, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
6. "Hanna Zellers Joins Jay Howard Driver Development Team To Compete in F4 U.S. Championship". 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
7. "Global Racing Group Expands 2018 Campaigns". April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
8. "DC Autosport to Partner with Cape Motorsports for F4 U.S. Program". December 22, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
9. "Dickerson Sets Sights on Championship Title with Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport". April 5, 2018. Archived from the original on April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
10. Allen, Peter (March 29, 2018). "Rubens Barrichello's son Eduardo to race in US Formula 4". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
11. "SCCA National Championship Runoffs Finalist Goes Pro". March 19, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
12. "Primus Racing Team Finalizes 2018 F4 U.S. Lineup with Two Series Rookies". April 26, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
13. "Dylan Tavella Inks Deal with Miller Vinatieri Motorsports for 2018 Season". November 8, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
14. "Miller Vinatieri Motorsports Completes More Laps in New Orleans". March 7, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
15. "Championship-Winning Team Joins F4 U.S. 2018 Campaign". December 18, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
16. "Khristov Returns to F4 U.S. Lineup". March 31, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
17. "Lucas Oil Formula Car Series Championship Runner-Up Signs F4 Deal". March 22, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
18. "SCCA National Runoffs Champion Joins F4 U.S. Grid". January 21, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
19. "Early Season F4 U.S. Entries Surpass Expectations; Abel Motorsports Confirms 2018 Roster". February 23, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
20. "Group-A Racing Development Driver Steps-Up to F4 U.S." April 17, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
21. "Group-A Racing Signs South African Rookie Cameron O'Conner". April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
22. "International Teams Join Forces in a Bid for a Double Win in American Single Seaters". February 13, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
23. "New Zealand's "Star of Tomorrow" Inks Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport Deal". March 28, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
24. "International Karting Champion Joshua Car Joins Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport". February 21, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
25. "Kaszuba Returns for Third Straight F4 U.S. Campaign". April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
26. "Prestigious Karting Team Expands Operation into F4 U.S." November 29, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
27. "Karting Champion Oliver Clarke Set for 2018 F4 U.S.Campaign with BENIK". March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
28. "K-Hill Motorsports Expands Operation into F4 and F3". January 30, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
29. "F4 U.S. Announces 2018 Schedule at PRI Show".

External links

• Official website