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 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. 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. TeamDriverClassRoundsFormula Pro USA 3 (FPUSA-3) entriesJensen Global Advisors1 John O'Donnell511 Aiden Zelaya6World Speed Motorsports3 Larry Schnur1–3, 5–638 Dan Decker4–563 Charles Duncan2, 4–5Crosslink Motorsports13 Barrett Wolfe3Kiwi Motorsport15 Jake Bonilla401 Bruno Ribeiro3Atlantic Racing Team88 James Lawley1177 Nicolas Stati1Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4) entriesJensen Global Advisors1 Marco Martin3 Zach Fourie11532 Ana PalestroAll3 Robert Arana4, 6 Aiden Zelaya374–5 Max Parker3World Speed Motorsports14 Ridgeley WelshAll15 Christopher DeFreitas1–216 Yashom KapoorAll17 Austin Tiller5Crosslink Motorsports20 Austin Kaszuba634 Aidan Schuh6134 Joshua Griffith3Kiwi Motorsport26 Ayden Kohut3123 Carolyn FitzgeraldAllSources: IconStatus Female driver entered in the Women's Racing Series class
Race calendar The 2025 calendar was held over twelve races spanning across six weekends. The series raced at the same four circuits as it did the previous year. Round Circuit Date Support bill Map of circuit locations1R1Sonoma Raceway, SonomaMarch 15SCCA Majors ChampionshipFormula Car ChallengeR2March 162 R3Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows April 5 San Francisco Region SCCA SeriesFormula Car Challenge R4April 63 R5 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey June 28 San Francisco Region SCCA SeriesPacific F2000 Championship R6June 294 R7Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma September 13 NASA Northern California RegionFormula Car Challenge R8September 145 R9 Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows October 24 San Francisco Region SCCA SeriesFormula Car Challenge R10October 256 R11 Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow November 15 California Sports Car ClubFormula Car Challenge R12November 16
Race results RoundCircuitPole positionFPUSA-3FPUSA-4FPUSA-WRS Fastest lap Winning driverFastest lapWinning driverWinning driver1R1Sonoma Raceway James Lawley Nicolas Stati James Lawley Zach Fourie Zach Fourie Carolyn FitzgeraldR2 James Lawley Nicolas Stati James Lawley Zach Fourie Zach Fourie Carolyn Fitzgerald2 R3Thunderhill 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 Fitzgerald3 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 Palestro4 R7Sonoma 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 Palestro5 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 Palestro6 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.
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.
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.
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.
A second round at Thunderhill was up next, where Decker won race one in F3 before race two went to another debutant in Jensen's John O'Donnell, despite dropping to the rear of the field at the start. Duncan meanwhile took two more second places to slightly close up to Schnur in the standings. Welsh dominated the field in F4 by taking two wins, taking the lead in the standings off of Kapoor, who had held it since the second round of the season. He finished third in both races, behind Zelaya, who built on his podium streak.
The season final was held at a rainy Buttonwillow Raceway Park. With Duncan and Decker both absent, Schnur was able to seal the F3 class title without opposition, sharing wins in the two races with Zelaya, who was the only other competitor in F3 when he made the mid-season step up from F4. Two second places for Welsh were enough to claim the F4 class title as both wins went to Crosslink's Austin Kaszuba on debut. Fitzgerald meanwhile narrowly became the inaugural Women's Racing Series champion in third overall.
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 PosDriverSON1THU1LAGSON2THU2BUTPtsR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12Formula Pro USA 3 (FPUSA-3)1 Larry Schnur 3 3 1 1 3 3 3 4 1 21842 Charles Duncan 2 2 2 2 2 21083 Dan Decker 3 3 1 372 =4 Bruno Ribeiro 1 1 54=4 Jake Bonilla 1 1546 James Lawley 1 1507 Aiden Zelaya 2 1478 Nicolas Stati 2 2409 John O'Donnell 4† 13910 Barrett Wolfe 2 2 36Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4)1 Ridgeley Welsh 2 2 2 2 5 3 3 2 1 1 2 22222 Yashom Kapoor 4 3 1 1 2 4 4 1 3 3 3 71993 Carolyn Fitzgerald 5 4 3 3 8 7 5 6 5 6 7 51144 Ana Palestro 6† 6 4 4† 7 6 6 5 6† 5 6 41105 Zach Fourie 1 1 1 11086 Aiden Zelaya 9 2 2 3 2 2 917 Robert Arana 1 4 5 6558 Austin Kaszuba 1 1549 Aidan Schuh 4 32710 Christopher DeFreitas 3 5 Ret Ret2511 Austin Tiller 4 42412 Ayden Kohut 4 5 2213 Joshua Griffith 3 9 1714 Max Parker 6 8 12— Marco Martin DNS Ret0PosDriverR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12PtsSON1THU1LAGSON2THU2BUTBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
Women's Racing Series standings Women's Racing Series entrants scored championship points on their overall FPUSA-4 finishing position; the positions shown below are their finishing positions within the Women's Racing Series class.
PosDriverSON1THU1LAGSON2THU2BUTPtsR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R121 Carolyn Fitzgerald 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 21142 Ana Palestro 2† 2 2 2† 1 1 2 1 2† 1 1 1110PosDriverR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12PtsSON1THU1LAGSON2THU2BUT
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