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 MOH 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 MOH VIR COTA1 COTA2 Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

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