2025 Formula Car Challenge

The 2025 Formula Car Challenge presented by Goodyear was the 21st season of the Formula Car Challenge, a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seater open wheel formula racing cars held across the American west coast. The series was sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America.

Christian Okpysh defended his championship title for the third year in a row.

Drivers

No. Driver Car Status Rounds
4 Melvin Kemper Jr. Star Formula Mazda G 4
7 Rodney A. Simmons Mazda Formula Mazda 2
11 Ken Boatright Formula Mazda 3, 5
12 Marcus Brodie 1997 Mazda Formula Mazda 1–3
17 John Ertel 1994 Mazda Formula Star 5–6
20 Ben Booker Formula Mazda Star Formula Mazda 1
26 Aidan Bennitt Formula Mazda G 4
28 Stew Tabak 1993 Mazda Formula 2–7
29 Christian Okpysh 1997 Mazda Formula Mazda 1–6
63 Lars Jensen 1997 Star Formula Mazda 3, 6–7
67 Bill Weaver 1997 Star Mazda Formula Mazda 1–2, 4–6
69 Jeff Clark Formula Mazda G 4
77 Derry O'Donovan 1996 Formula Mazda FM 2, 6–7
78 Brad Drew 1997 Mazda Formula 2–6
Sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Icon Legend
G Guest driver

Race calendar

The 2025 schedule was announced on November 25, 2024, with one round yet to be announced.[8] The FCC Winter Series that saw no entries in 2024 will not return, while the eight-round main series visited the same five destinations it did in 2024. In December 2024, the calendar was revised and the Portland round was shifted to one month earlier.[9]

Round Circuit Date Support bill Map of circuit locations
1 R1 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma March 15 SCCA Majors Championship
San Francisco Region SCCA Series
R2 March 16
2 R3 Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows April 5 San Francisco Region SCCA Series
Formula Pro USA Western Championship
R4 April 6
3 R5 May 17 San Francisco Region SCCA Series
R6 May 18
4 R7 Portland International Raceway, Portland June 14 International Conference of Sports Car Clubs
Cascade Sports Car Club Series
R8 June 15
5 R9 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey June 27 San Francisco Region SCCA Series
Formula Pro USA Western Championship
R10 June 28
6 R11 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma September 13 NASA Northern California Region
Formula Pro USA Western Championship
R12 September 14
7 R13 Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows October 24 San Francisco Region SCCA Series
Formula Pro USA Western Championship
R14 October 25
8 R15 Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow November 14–16 Pacific F2000 Championship
Formula Pro USA Western Championship
R16

Race results

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1 R1 Sonoma Raceway Marcus Brodie Christian Okpysh Christian Okpysh
R2 Marcus Brodie Christian Okpysh Marcus Brodie
2 R3 Thunderhill Raceway Park Christian Okpysh Christian Okpysh Christian Okpysh
R4 Bill Weaver Marcus Brodie Christian Okpysh
3 R5 Christian Okpysh Christian Okpysh Christian Okpysh
R6 Christian Okpysh Christian Okpysh Christian Okpysh
4 R7 Portland International Raceway Bill Weaver Christian Okpysh Christian Okpysh
R8 Bill Weaver Bill Weaver Bill Weaver
5 R9 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Christian Okpysh Christian Okpysh Christian Okpysh
R10 Christian Okpysh Christian Okpysh Christian Okpysh
6 R11 Sonoma Raceway Bill Weaver Christian Okpysh Christian Okpysh
R12 Christian Okpysh Christian Okpysh Christian Okpysh
7 R13 Thunderhill Raceway Park Lars Jensen Stew Tabak Lars Jensen
R14 Lars Jensen Lars Jensen Stew Tabak
8 R15 Buttonwillow Raceway Park no entries
R16

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top twenty drivers taking the green flag.[10]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 29 25 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4

Each driver's three worst results were dropped.

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver SON1 THU1 THU2 POR LAG SON2 THU3 BUT Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16
1 Christian Okpysh 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 340
3 Stew Tabak 5 4 2 4 5 5 3 3 5 3 3 1 260
2 Bill Weaver 3 3 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 245
4 Brad Drew 4 6 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 205
5 Marcus Brodie 2 1 3 2 6 2 144
6 Lars Jensen 4 5 3 4 1 2 135
7 Derry O'Donovan 7 5 6 6 2 3 119
8 Ken Boatright 5 6 6 6 73
9 John Ertel 5 5 7 7 72
10 Rodney A. Simmons 6 7 35
11 Ben Booker DNS 3 22
guest drivers inelegible to score points
— Melvin Kemper Jr. 4 4 0
— Aidan Bennitt 6 6 0
— Jeff Clark 7 7 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 Pts
SON1 THU1 THU2 POR LAG SON2 THU3 BUT
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

References

  1. ^ "Sonoma Regional 1-2 - Group 1 & 2 - Qualify - Speedhive live timing". speedhive.mylaps.com. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  2. ^ "SFR SCCA Major Regional/National @ Thunderhill Raceway Park - Qualify 1 - Race Monitor". Race Monitor. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  3. ^ "SFR SCCA Regional 5&6 @ Thunderhill Raceway Park 5/16/2025 - 5/19/2025 Race 1". Retrieved May 18, 2025.
  4. ^ "QUALIFY Sat Qualifying, The Chicane Challege XXXIII, Cascade Sports Car Club, United States - Official Event Results, MYLAPS Speedhive". speedhive.mylaps.com. June 14, 2025. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  5. ^ "SFR SCCA Regional 7/8 Laguna Seca Results" (PDF). San Francisco Region SCCA. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  6. ^ "NASA NorCal Sonoma Raceway Sept 13-14 Group FPUSA FCC Saturday Qualifying" (PDF). National Auto Sport Association. September 13, 2025. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  7. ^ "SFR SCCA Regional 13-14 @ Thunderhill Raceway Park 10/23/2025 - 10/27/2025 Qualify 1". www.race-monitor.com. October 24, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  8. ^ "2025 Formula Car Challenge Presented by Goodyear Schedules Announced | Formula Car Challenge". formulacarchallenge.com. November 25, 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  9. ^ "2025 Formula Car Challenge Schedule". formulacarchallenge.com. December 2024. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
  10. ^ "Competitor Page | Formula Car Challenge". Retrieved February 19, 2023.

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