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]

2016 Formula 4 United States Championship
Previous: none Next: 2017
Parent series:
Trans-Am Series
Atlantic Championship

Teams and drivers

All teams are American-registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Momentum Motorsport[3] 1 Baltazar Leguizamón[3] 1–3
Brian Fowler[4] 5
2 Skylar Robinson[5] 2–3, 5
3 Quinlan Lall[6] 3
GMV Motorsports[7][N 1]
MVM Motorsports[4][N 1]		 4 Michael Goodyear[7] 1–2, 4
Skylar Robinson[8] 4
34 Austin Kaszuba[7] All
45 Baltazar Leguizamón[9] All
51 Alan Miller[4] 5
Primus Racing[3] 5 Kyle Kirkwood[3] All
10 Davis Durrett[3] 1–2
11 James Goughary Jr.[3] All
JDX Racing[3] 7 Blake Mount[3] All
25 Darren Keane[3] All
28 Cameron Das[3] All
DRG[4] 10 Davis Durrett[4] 3–5
Leading Edge Grand Prix[10][N 2]
Global Racing Group[4][N 2]		 12 Moisés de la Vara[10] All
24 Benjamin Pedersen[11] All
47 Konrad Czaczyk[10] All
Group-A Racing[12] 62 Raphael Forcier[12] All
86 Jackie Ding[5] 2–5
Bamford Motorsports[3] 77 Steve Bamford[3] 1–4
  1. Team entered as GMV for rounds 1-4 and as MVM for round 5.
  2. 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 Kyle Kirkwood Darren Keane Konrad Czaczyk Leading Edge GP Atlantic Championship
F2000 Championship Series
F1600 Championship Series
R2 3 July Konrad Czaczyk Konrad Czaczyk Leading Edge GP
R3 Kyle Kirkwood Konrad Czaczyk Leading Edge GP
2 R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 12 August Cameron Das Konrad Czaczyk Kyle Kirkwood Primus Racing NASCAR Xfinity Series
Trans-Am Series
R2 Cameron Das Skylar Robinson Momentum Motorsport
R3 13 August Cameron Das Cameron Das JDX Racing
3 R1 New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey 27 August Cameron Das Cameron Das James Goughary Jr. Primus Racing Atlantic Championship
F2000 Championship Series
F1600 Championship Series
R2 28 August Cameron Das Cameron Das JDX Racing
R3 Quinlan Lall Cameron Das JDX Racing
4 R1 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia 17 September Cameron Das Cameron Das Cameron Das JDX Racing Historic Sportscar Racing Series
R2 Cameron Das Cameron Das JDX Racing
R3 18 September Skylar Robinson Cameron Das JDX Racing
5 R1 Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida 9 October Cameron Das Cameron Das Cameron Das JDX Racing Trans-Am Series
R2 10 October Cameron Das Cameron Das JDX Racing
R3 Cameron Das Cameron Das JDX Racing

Championship standings

Points are 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 Cameron Das 5 4 4 12 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 281
2 Konrad Czaczyk 1 1 1 10 DNS 10 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 224
3 Kyle Kirkwood 2 2 2 1 Ret 2 2 11 Ret 2 3 3 5 9 6 183
4 James Goughary, Jr. 7 10 6 3 6 9 1 6 4 7 8 7 3 5 5 141
5 Skylar Robinson 2 1 12 15 3 3 DSQ 4 6 4 4 3 132
6 Baltazar Leguizamón     8 Ret 7 Ret 12 DNS 11 10 12 5 5 Ret 6 3 2 72
7 Moisés de la Vara 13 6 10 Ret 5 3 6 9 6 Ret 13 5 10 6 12 71
8 Austin Kaszuba 9 7 Ret Ret 3 5 7 13 11 4 Ret 4 15 12 7 69
9 Raphael Forcier 6 5 3 Ret 13 Ret 3 14 7 Ret 14 11 Ret 7 10 61
10 Benjamin Pedersen 3 9 5 Ret Ret Ret 9 4 10 11 6 10 7 Ret Ret 57
11 Darren Keane 10 3 Ret 6 7 8 8 Ret Ret 6 10 Ret 8 Ret 14 53
12 Jackie Ding 4 2 Ret Ret 5 5 Ret 11 9 9 Ret Ret 50
13 Davis Durrett Ret 11 9 5 9 7 10 7 8 10 12 8 13 11 9 40
14 Michael Goodyear 4 13 11 7 11 4 WD WD WD 30
15 Blake Mount Ret 12 8 9 10 6 14 Ret 14 8 9 Ret 11 8 8 29
16 Steve Bamford 11 8 Ret 8 8 11 13 12 13 9 7 12 20
17 Quinlan Lall 12 8 9 6
18 Alan Miller 12 10 11 1
- Brian Fowler 14 13 13
Pos Driver MDO1 MDO2 NJMP ATL HMS Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (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
  1. DeHarde, Christopher (17 September 2015). "SCCA to sanction Formula 4 championship". Motorsport. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  2. Topeka, Ken (12 November 2015). "Inaugural Formula 4 United States Championship calendar unveiled". US F4 Championship. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. "Mid Ohio United States Formula 4 Entry List" (PDF). Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  4. "F4 US Championship Homestead-Miami Entry List". Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  5. "F4 U.S. Championship attracts new drivers from China and Georgia". United States Formula 4 Championship. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  6. "F4 U.S Championship gap narrows heading into third race weekend". Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  7. "IndyCar and NFL Stars Team Up for F4". United States Formula 4 Championship. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  8. "GMV Motorsports makes a last minute change before round 12". United States Formula 4 Championship. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  9. "F4 US Championship Road Atlanta Entry List". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  10. "F4 On the Leading Edge". United States Formula 4 Championship. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  11. "Danish Driver announced for FIA US F4 Championship". United States Formula 4 Championship. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  12. "Forcier Joins U.S Formula 4 With Group-A Racing". Group-A Racing. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  13. "SCCA Pro Racing postpones launch of F4 U.S. Championship". United States Formula 4 Championship. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  14. "New Debut Weekend Announced for F4 U.S. Championship". United States Formula 4 Championship. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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