2025 Formula Pro USA Western Championship

The 2025 Formula Pro USA Western Series was the sixth season of the championship for Formula Regional and Formula 4 cars established in the West Coast of the United States. The championship was promoted and organized by Exclusive Racing and Exclusive Auctions, and was ran under the same sporting regulations as the FIA-sanctioned Formula Regional Americas Championship and Formula 4 United States Championship.

It began in March, with the championship spanning six weekends until November.[1] World Speed Motorsports driver Larry Schnur claimed the FPUSA-3 title with two races to spare when his closest competitor, Charles Duncan, did not enter the final round. The FPUSA-4 class was won by Ridgeley Welsh, also driving for World Speed Motorsports, while Kiwi Motorsport's Carolyn Fitzgerald took victory in the Women's Racing Series class.

Teams and drivers

Drivers were able to enter either the FPUSA-3 or the FPUSA-4 class, with the former using a Ligier JS F3 car and the latter a Ligier JS-F4 car. All cars were powered by Honda and used Avon tires.[2]

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Formula Pro USA 3 (FPUSA-3) entries
Jensen Global Advisors 1 John O'Donnell 5
11 Aiden Zelaya 6
World Speed Motorsports 3 Larry Schnur 1–3, 5–6
38 Dan Decker 4–5
63 Charles Duncan 2, 4–5
Crosslink Motorsports 13 Barrett Wolfe 3
Kiwi Motorsport 15 Jake Bonilla 4
01 Bruno Ribeiro 3
Atlantic Racing Team 88 James Lawley 1
177 Nicolas Stati 1
Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4) entries
Jensen Global Advisors 1 Marco Martin 3
Zach Fourie 1
15 3
2 Ana Palestro F All
3 Robert Arana 4, 6
Aiden Zelaya 3
7 4–5
Max Parker 3
World Speed Motorsports 14 Ridgeley Welsh All
15 Christopher DeFreitas 1–2
16 Yashom Kapoor All
17 Austin Tiller 5
Crosslink Motorsports 20 Austin Kaszuba 6
34 Ayden Schuh 6
134 Joshua Griffith 3
Kiwi Motorsport 26 Ayden Kohut 3
123 Carolyn Fitzgerald F All
Sources: [3][4][5][6][7][8]
Icon Status
F Female driver entered in the Women's Racing Series class

Race calendar

The 2025 calendar was held over twelve races spanning across six weekends.[1] The series raced at the same four circuits as it did the previous year.

Round Circuit Date Support bill Map of circuit locations
1 R1 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma March 15 SCCA Majors Championship
Formula Car Challenge
R2 March 16
2 R3 Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows April 5 San Francisco Region SCCA Series
Formula Car Challenge
R4 April 6
3 R5 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey June 28 San Francisco Region SCCA Series
Pacific F2000 Championship
R6 June 29
4 R7 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma September 13 NASA Northern California Region
Formula Car Challenge
R8 September 14
5 R9 Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows October 24 San Francisco Region SCCA Series
Formula Car Challenge
R10 October 25
6 R11 Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow November 15 California Sports Car Club
Formula Car Challenge
R12 November 16

Race results

Round Circuit Pole position FPUSA-3 FPUSA-4 FPUSA-WRS
Fastest lap Winning driver Fastest lap Winning driver Winning driver
1 R1 Sonoma Raceway James Lawley Nicolas Stati James Lawley Zach Fourie Zach Fourie Carolyn Fitzgerald
R2 James Lawley Nicolas Stati James Lawley Zach Fourie Zach Fourie Carolyn Fitzgerald
2 R3 Thunderhill Raceway Park Larry Schnur Larry Schnur Larry Schnur Yashom Kapoor Yashom Kapoor Carolyn Fitzgerald
R4 Larry Schnur Larry Schnur Larry Schnur Ridgeley Welsh Yashom Kapoor Carolyn Fitzgerald
3 R5 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Bruno Ribeiro Bruno Ribeiro Bruno Ribeiro Zach Fourie Zach Fourie Ana Palestro
R6 Bruno Ribeiro Bruno Ribeiro Bruno Ribeiro Zach Fourie Zach Fourie Ana Palestro
4 R7 Sonoma Raceway Jake Bonilla Jake Bonilla Jake Bonilla Aiden Zelaya Robert Arana Carolyn Fitzgerald
R8 Jake Bonilla Jake Bonilla Jake Bonilla Yashom Kapoor Yashom Kapoor Ana Palestro
5 R9 Thunderhill Raceway Park Dan Decker Dan Decker Dan Decker Ridgeley Welsh Ridgeley Welsh Carolyn Fitzgerald
R10 John O'Donnell John O'Donnell John O'Donnell Ridgeley Welsh Ridgeley Welsh Ana Palestro
6 R11 Buttonwillow Raceway Park Larry Schnur Aiden Zelaya Larry Schnur Austin Kaszuba Austin Kaszuba Ana Palestro
R12 Aiden Zelaya Aiden Zelaya Aiden Zelaya Austin Kaszuba Austin Kaszuba Ana Palestro

Season report

The 2025 season commenced Sonoma Raceway with Atlantic's James Lawley claiming two pole positions. He then continued to head teammate Nicolas Stati and WSM's Larry Schnur in both races, with Stati setting the fastest laps on each day. The F4 class saw Jensen's Zach Fourie sweep the weekend, leading WSM's Ridgeley Welsh in both races, with his teammates Christopher DeFreitas and Yashom Kapoor each taking a third place. The standings after the weekend saw Fourie and Lawley leading their respective classes.[9]

Thunderhill Raceway Park held round two, and the top two in F3 were absent, leaving Schnur to dominate in their stead, leading WSM's Charles Duncan in both races to take maximum points and the championship lead in class. The F4 class saw a similar picture, with an absent Fourie replaced by Kapoor as the man in front. Kapoor won both races to take a five-point lead in the standings, while Welsh claimed two more second places and Kiwi Motorsport's Carolyn Fitzgerald finished third on both occasions.[10]

Round three at Laguna Seca brought yet another new face to the front in the F3 class, as Kiwi's Bruno Ribeiro and Crosslink's Barrett Wolfe formed the top two in both races on their series debut. Schnur collected two more third-place finishes to bolster his championship lead. The F4 class saw ten cars entered, a high-point for the series, but it was returnee Fourie who was once again on top in both races. Second and fourth place for Kapoor were enough to retain a one-point lead, with Welsh now ten points behind.[11]

Formula Pro USA returned to Sonoma for round four, where Kiwi's Jake Bonilla dominated proceedings in F3, winning both races and taking the F3 track record in the process. Duncan claimed two more second places, leading teammate Dan Decker to close up to Schnur in the standings. The F4 class saw a new winner in race one in Jensen's Robert Arana, before Kapoor was back on top in race two to bolster his points lead again. Jensen's Aiden Zelaya and Welsh also claimed two further podium finishes.[12]

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   FL 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 2

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver SON1 THU1 LAG SON2 THU2 BUT Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12
Formula Pro USA 3 (FPUSA-3)
1 Larry Schnur 3 3 1 1 3 3 3 4 1 2 184
2 Charles Duncan 2 2 2 2 2 2 108
3 Dan Decker 3 3 1 3 72
=4 Bruno Ribeiro 1 1 54
=4 Jake Bonilla 1 1 54
6 James Lawley 1 1 50
7 Aiden Zelaya 2 1 47
8 Nicolas Stati 2 2 40
9 John O'Donnell 4† 1 39
10 Barrett Wolfe 2 2 36
Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4)
1 Ridgeley Welsh 2 2 2 2 5 3 3 2 1 1 2 2 222
2 Yashom Kapoor 4 3 1 1 2 4 4 1 3 3 3 7 199
3 Carolyn Fitzgerald F 5 4 3 3 8 7 5 6 5 6 7 5 114
4 Ana Palestro F 6† 6 4 4† 7 6 6 5 6† 5 6 4 110
5 Zach Fourie 1 1 1 1 108
6 Aiden Zelaya 9 2 2 3 2 2 91
7 Robert Arana 1 4 5 6 55
8 Austin Kaszuba 1 1 54
9 Ayden Schuh 4 3 27
10 Christopher DeFreitas 3 5 Ret Ret 25
11 Austin Tiller 4 4 24
12 Ayden Kohut 4 5 22
13 Joshua Griffith 3 9 17
14 Max Parker 6 8 12
— Marco Martin DNS Ret 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 Pts
SON1 THU1 LAG SON2 THU2 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

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  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.
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