2026 Formula Pro USA Western Championship

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The 2026 Formula Pro USA Western Series is the seventh season of the championship for Formula Regional and Formula 4 cars established on the West Coast of the United States. The championship is promoted and organized by Exclusive Racing and Exclusive Auctions, and is run 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]

Drivers are 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 are powered by Honda and use Avon tires.[2]

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Formula Pro USA 3 (FPUSA-3) entries
World Speed Motorsports 3 United States Larry Schnur 1–2
111 United States Dan Decker 1–2
Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4) entries
Jensen Global Advisors 1 United States Andrew Davis 1
2 United States Ana Palestro F 1–2
5 United States Robert Arana 1–2
7 United States Zachary Lewis 2
Kiwi Motorsport 109 United States Will Franklin 1
123 United States Mauricio Robbins 1–2
124 United States Chloe Jade F 1–2
191 Canada Lucas Hand 1–2
888 United States Narcisse Triano F 2
World Speed Motorsports 114 United States Erik Doan 1–2
115 United States Scott Pyle 1–2
116 United States Yana Kapoor F 1–2
117 United States Austin Tiller 1–2
Source: [3][4]
Icon Status
F Female driver entered in the Women's Racing Series class

Race calendar

The 2026 calendar will once again be held over twelve races spanning across six weekends.[5] The series did not return to Buttonwillow Raceway Park, instead replacing it by a third round at Sonoma Raceway.

Round Circuit Date Support bill Map of circuit locations
1 R1 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma March 7 NASA Northwest & Northern California Region
Formula Car Challenge
R2 March 8
2 R3 April 25 SVRA Sprint Series
Trans-Am Series
R4 April 26
3 R5 Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows May 15–17 San Francisco Region SCCA Series
Formula Car Challenge
R6
4 R7 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey June 26–28 San Francisco Region SCCA Series
Formula Car Challenge
R8
5 R9 October 2–4 SVRA Sprint Series
Porsche GT3 Cup Trophy USA
R10
6 R11 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma November 6–8 NASA Northwest & Northern California Region
R12

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 United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker Canada Lucas Hand Canada Lucas Hand United States Yana Kapoor
R2 United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker Canada Lucas Hand Canada Lucas Hand United States Yana Kapoor
2 R3 United States Larry Schnur United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker United States Erik Doan Canada Lucas Hand United States Ana Palestro
R4 United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker United States Mauricio Robbins United States Scott Pyle United States Ana Palestro
3 R5 Thunderhill Raceway Park
R6
4 R7 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
R8
5 R9
R10
6 R11 Sonoma Raceway
R12

Season report

The 2026 season of the Formula Pro USA Western Championship began with two weekends at Sonoma Raceway. The first one saw two entrants in the FPUSA-3 class, with Dan Decker sweeping the weekend ahead of his World Speed Motorsports teammate Larry Schnur by claiming pole position, fastest lap and the win in both races. Eleven cars entered the FPUSA-4 class, but Kiwi Motorsport's Lucas Hand showed similar levels of dominance by also claiming maximum points. His teammate Will Franklin took second on the road in both races, but was later excluded, handing WSM's Erik Doan two second places. Yana Kapoor, also driving for WSM, beat her two opponents in FPUSA-WRS in both races.[6]

Championship standings

References

External links

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