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The 2024 Formula Pro USA Western Series was the fifth 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 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. In the FPUSA-3 class for Formula Regional cars, Kiwi Motorsports driver Landan Matriano Lim won the championship at the penultimate race, while World Speed Motorsports driver Valentino Garbarino won the FPUSA-4 class championship with two races to spare.

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 use Avon tires. A female-only class called Formula Pro Women's Racing Series was to be introduced, running alongside the main championship and also using the Ligier JS-F4, but it received no entries for any of the events.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Formula Pro USA 3 (FPUSA-3) entries
Jensen Global Advisors	1	Jake Pollack	5
World Speed Motorsports	8	Frank Vezer	5
	13	Larry Schnur	1–2, 4
	37	Jay Horak	All
Kiwi Motorsports	02	Jett Bowling	2
	55	Jonathan Collins	3–4
	73	Landan Matriano Lim	1–4, 6
Atlantic Racing Team	77	James Lawley	1, 6
Crosslink Kiwi Motorsports	131	Barrett Wolfe	6
Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4) entries
World Motorsports	00	Alexander Cornfeld	2–4, 6
Jensen Global Advisors	1	Athan Sterling	4–6
	2	Ethan Brobston	4
	7	Robert Krayevsky	6
World Speed Motorsports	4	Valentino Garbarino	All
Kiwi Motorsports	74	Drew Szuch	1
	95	Brad Majman	1–2, 4
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Race calendar

The 2024 calendar was held over twelve races spanning across six weekends. The series raced at the same four circuits as the previous year. A one-round winter series was scheduled to be held at the beginning of March, but it was instead converted into two days of open testing.

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows	March 23	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge	SonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca
	R2		March 24
2	R3		April 20	SCCA Majors Championship Formula Car Challenge
	R4		April 21
3	R5	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey	June 8	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge
	R6		June 9
4	R7		July 6	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge
	R8		July 7
5	R9	Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma	August 30	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge
	R10		August 31
6	R11	Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow	November 16	California Sports Car Club Formula Car Challenge
	R12		November 17

Season report

The 2024 season began at Thunderhill Raceway Park, where Kiwi Motorsports driver Landan Matriano Lim secured pole position for both races. Lim delivered a commanding performance in the F3 class, claiming victories in both events and recording the fastest lap in each. In the F4 class, the competition was closely contested, with Brad Majman of Kiwi Motorsports and Valentino Garbarino of World Speed Motorsports each winning a race, leaving the two tied on points at the end of the weekend.

In the second round, held at the same venue as the season's opening event, Lim extended his winning streak by claiming victory in the first race, while his teammate Jett Bowling secured first place in the second race. However, as Bowling did not participate in the first round, Lim was able to further increase his championship lead over Horak in second. Meanwhile, in the F4 class, Majman and Garbarino continued their rivalry, each earning wins and fastest laps to maintain their identical points progression.

The championship proceeded to Laguna Seca, where Lim delivered a commanding performance in the F3 class. He secured two pole positions, set two fastest laps and claimed two victories. Horak finished second in both events, leaving him 52 points behind Lim in the standings. In the F4 class, Majman did not participate, allowing Garbarino and Alexander Cornfeld of World Motorsports to each claim a win. Garbarino therefore capitalized on this opportunity to build up a 47-point gap over Majman.

The fourth round, also held at Laguna Seca, saw Lim continue his unchallenged dominance. He achieved another weekend sweep, securing 54 additional points and extending his lead, with Horak trailing by 73 points. In the F4 category, Jensen GA’s Athan Sterling made his series debut, immediately claiming two second-place finishes as Garbarino secured two more victories. Meanwhile, Majman returned to the competition but managed only fifth place in both races, enabling Garbarino to extend his lead to 81 points.

Sonoma Raceway hosted round five, and only three drivers entered the F3 class. Lim was not among them, leaving Jensen GA’s Jake Pollack to take both race wins on his debut weekend. Horak claimed two more second places to shorten Lim’s standings lead to 35 points ahead of the final event. The F4 class also saw only two competitors, with Cornfeld’s absence allowing Garbarino to notch two more race wins and claim the F4 class title in the process. Sterling, the only other F4 competitor, took two more second places.

The final round, held at Buttonwillow Raceway Park, saw Lim return to competition in style as he beat his teammate Barrett Wolfe to race one victory to clinch the championship. That allowed him to skip the second race, which was won by Atlantic Racing Team’s James Lawley, while two third places for Horak saw him finish the season 32 points behind Lim. The F4 class finished its season without any change at the top of the order, as the top two for both races were Garbarino ahead of Sterling for the third weekend in a row.

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	FPUSA-3		FPUSA-4
				Fastest lap	Winning driver	Fastest lap	Winning driver
1	R1	Thunderhill Raceway Park	Landan Matriano Lim	Landan Matriano Lim	Landan Matriano Lim	Valentino Garbarino	Brad Majman
	R2		Landan Matriano Lim	Landan Matriano Lim	Landan Matriano Lim	Brad Majman	Valentino Garbarino
2	R3		Landan Matriano Lim	Jett Bowling	Landan Matriano Lim	Valentino Garbarino	Brad Majman
	R4		Jett Bowling	Jett Bowling	Jett Bowling	Brad Majman	Valentino Garbarino
3	R5	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	Landan Matriano Lim	Landan Matriano Lim	Landan Matriano Lim	Valentino Garbarino	Alexander Cornfeld
	R6		Landan Matriano Lim	Landan Matriano Lim	Landan Matriano Lim	Valentino Garbarino	Valentino Garbarino
4	R7		Landan Matriano Lim	Landan Matriano Lim	Landan Matriano Lim	Valentino Garbarino	Valentino Garbarino
	R8		Landan Matriano Lim	Landan Matriano Lim	Landan Matriano Lim	Valentino Garbarino	Valentino Garbarino
5	R9	Sonoma Raceway	Jake Pollack	Jay Horak	Jake Pollack	Valentino Garbarino	Valentino Garbarino
	R10		Jake Pollack	Jake Pollack	Jake Pollack	Valentino Garbarino	Valentino Garbarino
6	R11	Buttonwillow Raceway Park	James Lawley	Landan Matriano Lim	Landan Matriano Lim	Valentino Garbarino	Valentino Garbarino
	R12		James Lawley	James Lawley	James Lawley	Valentino Garbarino	Valentino Garbarino

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver THU1 THU2 LAG1 LAG2 SON BUT Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 Formula Pro USA 3 (FPUSA-3) 1 Landan Matriano Lim 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 DNS 232 2 Jay Horak 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 200 3 Larry Schnur 4 3 4 4 3 2 84 4 James Lawley 2 4 4 1 69 5 Jake Pollack 1 1 52 6 Jett Bowling 2 1 47 7 Jonathan Collins 3 3 4 DNS 42 8 Barrett Wolfe 2 2 36 9 Frank Vezer 3 3 30 Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4) 1 Valentino Garbarino 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 299 2 Alexander Cornfeld 3 3 1 2 4 3 3 DNS 115 3 Brad Majman 1 2 1 2 5 5 110 4 Athan Sterling 2 2 2 2 2 2 108 5 Drew Szuch 3 3 30 =7 Ethan Brobston 3 4 27 =7 Robert Krayevsky 4 3 27 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 Pts THU1 THU2 LAG1 LAG2 SON 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

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External links

• Official website: Formula Pro USA

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