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The 2024 Formula Car Challenge presented by Goodyear was the 20th season of the Formula Car Challenge. It was 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 Drivers' Championship title, clinching it at the penultimate race of the season.

Drivers

No.	Driver	Car	Rounds
4	Melvin Kemper Jr.	Star Formula Mazda	5
7	Rodney A. Simmons	Mazda Formula Mazda	2, 7
8	Timothy Carel	2024 Tatuus AP T-021	8
9	Ritchie Hollingsworth	1995 Mazda Formula Mazda	7
11	Ken Boatright	Formula Mazda	6–7
12	Marcus Brodie	1997 Mazda Formula Mazda	1, 3
17	John Ertel	1994 Mazda Formula Star	3
19	Brian Anderson	Formula Mazda	5
22	Michael Morgan	Mazda Formula Mazda	5
25	Bret Imhoff	Mazda Formula Mazda	3
28	Stew Tabak	1993 Mazda Formula	2–8
29	Christian Okpysh	1997 Mazda Formula Mazda	1–6, 8
63	Lars Jensen	1997 Star Formula Mazda	1–4, 7–8
67	Bill Weaver	1997 Star Mazda Formula Mazda	1, 3–5, 7–8
72	Taylor Carmona	Formula Mazda	2–3, 8
73	Gokul Manean	Formula Mazda	8
74	Steve Martin	2003 Formula Mazda	8
75	C.J. Ray	1998 Mazda Star Formula	1, 3, 6, 8
77	Derry O'Donovan	1996 Formula Mazda FM	3–4
78	Brad Drew	1997 Mazda Formula	1–6, 8
83	Cameron Parsons	2012 Fast Forward Formula	8
92	Rick Bostrom	1988 Mazda Formula	5
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Race calendar

The 2024 schedule was announced on 2 December 2023. The season was to open with a one-round winter series at the Attesa Podium Club, but that event attracted no entries in the FCC's class. The eight-round main season saw the return of Portland International Raceway.

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
FCC Winter Series					AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca
NC	R1	Podium Club Attesa, Casa Grande	2–3 March	SCCA Majors Championship Saguaro Series
	R2
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1	R1	Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows	23 March	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship
	R2		24 March
2	R3		20 April	SCCA Majors Championship Formula Pro USA Western Championship
	R4		21 April
3	R5	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey	8 June	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship
	R6		9 June
4	R7		6 July	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship
	R8		7 July
5	R9	Portland International Raceway, Portland	10 August	Cascade Sports Car Club Series International Conference of Sports Car Clubs Championship
	R10		11 August
6	R11	Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma	31 August	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship
	R12		1 September
7	R13	Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows	25 October	San Francisco Region SCCA Series
	R14		26 October
8	R15	Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow	16 November	California Sports Car Club Formula Pro USA Western Championship
	R16		17 November

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
1	R1	Thunderhill Raceway Park	Bill Weaver	Bill Weaver	Bill Weaver
	R2		Bill Weaver	Bill Weaver	Bill Weaver
2	R3		Stew Tabak	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
	R4		Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
3	R5	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
	R6		Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
4	R7		Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
	R8		Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
5	R9	Portland International Raceway	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
	R10		Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
6	R11	Sonoma Raceway	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
	R12		Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
7	R13	Thunderhill Raceway Park	Bill Weaver	Lars Jensen	Bill Weaver
	R14		Bill Weaver	Stew Tabak	Bill Weaver
8	R15	Buttonwillow Raceway Park	Timothy Carel	Timothy Carel	Timothy Carel
	R16		Christian Okpysh	Timothy Carel	Timothy Carel

Championship standings

Scoring system

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

Each driver's three worst results were dropped.

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver THU1 THU2 LAG1 LAG2 POR SON THU3 BUT Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 1 Christian Okpysh 6 DNS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 366 2 Brad Drew 2 4 2 2 2 (9) 3 2 2 2 5 2 10 7 304 3 Bill Weaver 1 1 3 2 2 DNS 3 4 1 1 3 4 277 4 Stew Tabak 4 3 9 DNS 4 3 8 3 3 4 2 2 6 6 271 5 Lars Jensen 5 5 3 4 DNS 6 5 4 3 3 8 9 214 6 C.J. Ray 3 3 4 3 2 3 4 5 175 7 Taylor Carmona 5 5 8 4 9 10 105 8 Rodney A. Simmons 6 6 4 4 76 9 Ken Boatright 4 5 6 6 75 10 Derry O'Donovan 5 5 6 5 74 11 Marcus Brodie 4 2 DNS DNS 45 12 Cameron Parsons 5 3 45 13 Ritchie Hollingsworth 5 5 38 14 Bret Imhoff 6 7 35 15 Gokul Manean 7 8 35 16 John Ertel 7 8 33 17 Steve Martin 11 11 28 Drivers ineligible to score points as they did not meet all FCC rules — Timothy Carel 1 1 — — Melvin Kemper Jr. 4 5 — — Brian Anderson 5 6 — — Rick Bostrom 6 7 — — Michael Morgan 7 8 — Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 Pts THU1 THU2 LAG1 LAG2 POR SON THU3 BUT

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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. "SFR Championship Series Regional 3 & 4 - Qualifying results for Group 1". racehero.io. March 24, 2024. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
2. "SFRSCCA Majors Restricted Regional 5&6 - Qualifying results for Group 4~FA,FA2,FA3,FM,F4".
3. "SFR Championship Series Regionals 7&8 - Qualifying results for Group 1".
4. "SFR Championship Series Regionals 9 & 10 - Group 1 - Qualifying 1".
5. "The Dash XL - GROUP 6/3 Sat Qualifying - Official results".
6. "SFR Regional Races - Qualifying results for Group 1".
7. "SFR Championship Series Regionals 15-16 - Group 1/2 ~ Qualifying 1 ~ Official".
8. "California Sports Car Club Meeting 16 November 2024 - Group 2 FX,FA,F3,F4,P1,P2 Qualifying Saturday".
9. "2024 Formula Car Challenge Presented by Goodyear Schedules Announced". formulacarchallenge.com. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
10. "Schedules | Formula Car Challenge". Retrieved 2023-12-04.
11. "Competitor Page | Formula Car Challenge". Retrieved 2023-02-19.

External links

Official Website: Formula Car Challenge

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