2026 Formula Regional Americas Championship

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The 2026 Formula Regional Americas Championship is the ninth season of the FIA-sanctioned F3/FR-level series across North America, and the seventh season under the Formula Regional moniker after a rebrand in 2020. The series is promoted by SCCA Pro Racing, the professional racing division of the Sports Car Club of America.

The 2026 season is scheduled to be held over eight race weekends. It starting in April and will finish in October.[1]

All drivers compete with Ligier JS F3 cars on Hankook tires powered by mountune MK20R engine power units based on the Honda K20C1 engine.[2]

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
Toney Driver Development 5 United States Luke Powers[3] R 1
7 United States Christian Bogle[4] 1
40 United States Brady Golan[5] 1
Crosslink Motorsports 8 Mexico Alejandro Bobadilla[6] R 1
13 United States Barrett Wolfe[7] 1
14 United States Aidan Schuh[8] R 1
24 Canada Kevin Janzen[9] M 1
29 United States Kekai Hauanio[10] R 1
71 United States Evagoras Papasavvas[11] R 1
Kiwi Motorsport 9 United States Harbir Dass[12] R 1
84 United States Cooper Shipman[12] R 1
Hillenburg Motorsports[13] 21 United States Whitney Strickland[14] M R 1
25 United States Eric Wisniewski[15] R 1
MLT Motorsports 75 United States Jonathan Cottrill[16] R 1
Atlantic Racing Team 77 United States Jake Pollack[17] 1
88 Canada James Lawley[17] 1
Momentum Motorsports 07 United States Anthony Autiello[18] M 1
Icon Status
R Rookie
M Masters' class
  • Fernando Rivera was originally announced to join Crosslink Motorsport in FR Americas, before he elected to join the team's F4 US outfit instead.[19][20]

Race calendar

The 2026 calendar was announced on 2 October 2025.[1] The championship will visit the same eight locations as it did the year before.[21]

Round Circuit Date Support bill Map of circuit locations
1 R1 United States NOLA Motorsports Park, Avondale April 11 SVRA Sprint Series
Formula 4 United States Championship
Ligier Junior Formula Championship
R2 April 12
R3
2 R4 United States Road America, Elkhart Lake May 14–17 SVRA Sprint Series
Formula 4 United States Championship
Ligier Junior Formula Championship
R5
R6
3 R7 United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington June 11–14 Formula 4 United States Championship
Ligier Junior Formula Championship
Ginetta Challenge Race Series
Porsche GT3 Cup Trophy USA
R8
4 R9 United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway June 18–21 SVRA Sprint Series
Trans-Am-Series
Vintage Sports 2000 North America
R10
R11
5 R12 United States New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville July 31 – August 2 SVRA Sprint Series
Formula 4 United States Championship
Ligier Junior Formula Championship
R13
R14
6 R15 Canada Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Bowmanville September 3–6 Trans-Am-Series
Formula 4 United States Championship
NASCAR Canada Series
Radical Cup Canada presented by Michelin
R16
R17
7 R18 United States Virginia International Raceway, Alton September 17–20 SVRA Sprint Series
Trans-Am-Series
Porsche GT3 Cup Trophy USA
Formula 4 United States Championship
Ligier Junior Formula Championship
R19
8 R20 United States Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham October 16–18 SVRA Sprint Series
Ginetta Challenge Race Series
Formula 4 United States Championship
Ligier Junior Formula Championship
Formula Race Promotions
R21

Race results

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie winner Masters' winner
1 R1 United States NOLA Motorsports Park United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Brady Golan United States Brady Golan Toney Driver Development United States Cooper Shipman United States Whitney Strickland
R2 United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Evagoras Papasavvas Crosslink Motorsports United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Whitney Strickland
R3 United States Cooper Shipman United States Cooper Shipman Kiwi Motorsport United States Cooper Shipman United States Anthony Autiello
2 R4 United States Road America
R5
R6
3 R7 United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
R8
4 R9 United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway
R10
R11
5 R12 United States New Jersey Motorsports Park
R13
R14
6 R15 Canada Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
R16
R17
7 R18 United States Virginia International Raceway
R19
8 R20 United States Barber Motorsports Park
R21

Season report

First half

The 2026 Formula Regional Americas Championship began at NOLA Motorsports Park. Crosslink's Evagoras Papasavvas claimed pole position in qualifying, but contact between him and teammate Kekai Hauanio saw both drop down the order at the start of the first race. That handed the lead to Toney's Brady Golan, and he would go on to win ahead of teammate Christian Bogle. Crosslink's Barrett Wolfe finished third on the road, but a post-race penalty saw him lose his podium to Kiwi Motorsport's Cooper Shipman. Race two began with polesitter Golan stalling on the grid and retiring. Hauanio took over in front before a gearbox issue dropped him behind eventual winner Papasavvas and Shipman.[22] Papasavvas started race three from pole position, but fell behind Hauanio in the opening part of the race. Shipman also got past Papasavvas before claiming the lead to end the weekend with his maiden victory. A post-race penalty dropped Papasavvas to sixth, handing third to Toney's Luke Powers and awarding Shipman a 13-point championship lead.[23]

Championship standings

References

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