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. World Speed Motorsports driver Dan Decker won the championship title in the Formula Regional-level FPUSA-3 class with two races to spare after winning the opening six races in a row.
Teams and drivers 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. TeamDriverClassRoundsFormula Pro USA 3 (FPUSA-3) entriesWorld Speed Motorsports3 Larry Schnur1–4111 Dan Decker1–4Jensen Global Advisors7 Jonathan Carette511 Aiden Zelaya4Alpha Micron9 Jake Bonilla5Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4) entriesJensen Global Advisors1 Andrew Davis1 Zachary Lewis2–3, 5 Marco Martin42 Ana Palestro1–3 Ari Sethi55 Robert Arana1–3 Jeremiah Thomas46 Ryan Spencer4–57 Jeremiah Thomas3 Zachary Lewis48 Jonathan Carette4Kiwi Motorsport109 Will Franklin1123 Mauricio Robbins1–5124 Chloe Jade1–5177 Ana Palestro4–5191 Lucas Hand1–5888 Narcisse Triano2, 4World Speed Motorsports114 Erik Doan1–5115 Scott Pyle1–3, 5116 Yana Kapoor1–5117 Austin Tiller1–5Source: IconStatusFemale 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. 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 locations1R1Sonoma Raceway, SonomaMarch 7NASA Northwest & Northern California RegionFormula Car ChallengeR2March 82 R3 April 25 SVRA Sprint SeriesTrans-Am Series R4April 263 R5 Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows May 16 San Francisco Region SCCA SeriesFormula Car Challenge R6May 174 R7WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey June 27 San Francisco Region SCCA SeriesFormula Car Challenge R8June 285 R9 October 3 SVRA Sprint SeriesPorsche GT3 Cup Trophy USA R10October 46 R11 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma November 6–8 NASA Northwest & Northern California Region R12
Race results RoundCircuitPole positionFPUSA-3FPUSA-4FPUSA-WRS Fastest lap Winning driverFastest lapWinning driverWinning driver1R1Sonoma Raceway Dan Decker Dan Decker Dan Decker Lucas Hand Lucas Hand Yana KapoorR2 Dan Decker Dan Decker Dan Decker Lucas Hand Lucas Hand Yana Kapoor2 R3 Larry Schnur Dan Decker Dan Decker Erik Doan Lucas Hand Ana Palestro R4 Dan Decker Dan Decker Dan Decker Mauricio Robbins Scott Pyle Ana Palestro3 R5 Thunderhill Raceway Park Dan Decker Dan Decker Dan Decker Erik Doan Erik Doan Yana Kapoor R6 Dan Decker Dan Decker Dan Decker Erik Doan Erik Doan Yana Kapoor4 R7WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Lucas Hand Aiden Zelaya Aiden Zelaya Lucas Hand Zachary Lewis Ana Palestro R8 Lucas Hand Aiden Zelaya Aiden Zelaya Lucas Hand Lucas Hand Yana Kapoor5 R9 Jake Bonilla Jake Bonilla Jake Bonilla Lucas Hand Lucas Hand Ana Palestro R10 Jake Bonilla Jake Bonilla Jake Bonilla Erik Doan Lucas Hand Ana Palestro6 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.
Decker continued his dominance in the FPUSA-3 class throughout the second weekend by claiming two more race wins to grow his lead over his sole competitor Schnur to 36 points. The FPUSA-4 class proved far more competitive, as Hand and Doan battled closely throughout the weekend. Hand claimed pole position and narrowly won the opening race after beating Doan by just 0.011 seconds in a final-lap fight. Doan came back to beat him in race two, before post-race penalties saw both drop outside the podium spots as WSM's Scott Pyle inherited victory instead. Hand held on to a 19-point lead in the standings as Jensen's Ana Palestro moved into the FPUSA-WRS lead after winning both races.
Thunderhill Raceway Park hosted round three, and the competitive picture in FPUSA-3 remained the same as Decker took two more pole positions, two more fastest laps and two more race wins, maintaining his maximum points streak and growing his lead over Schnur yet again. FPUSA-4 saw the resumption of the title battle between Hand and Doan, although this time Doan came out on top. He led every lap of both races as Hand took second place both times. That saw him hold on to the championship lead by a single point. Pyle and Kiwi's Mauricio Robbins shared third places in class as Kapoor retook the lead of the FPUSA-WRS standings by taking seventh and eighth overall in the two races.
The season's second half began at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, where FPUSA-3 regulars Decker and Schnur were both absent, allowing Jensen's Aiden Zelaya to sweep both races in the class. In FPUSA-4, contact between points leaders Hand and Doan while battling for the lead in the opening race saw the latter drop to eleventh. Jensen's Zachary Lewis took his first win as Hand was able to recover to second ahead of Tiller. Hand followed that up with a rise from fifth on the race two grid to victory, passing Doan on the road to extend his championship lead to 30 points. In FPUSA-WRS, Palestro and Kapoor shared class wins, leaving Kapoor ahead in the WRS class standings by 31 points to 29.
Championship standings Points are 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 Each driver's two worst results will be dropped.
Drivers' standings PosDriverSON1SON2THULAG1LAG2SON3PtsR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12Formula Pro USA 3 (FPUSA-3)1 Dan Decker 1 1 1 1 1 1 DNS DNS1622 Larry Schnur 2 2 2† 2 2 2 DNS DNS1083 Aiden Zelaya 1 1544 Jake Bonilla 1 1545 Jonathan Carette 2 236Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4)1 Lucas Hand 1 1 1 7 2 2 2 1 1 12202 Erik Doan 2 2 2 5 1 1 11† 2 4 21703 Zachary Lewis 7 4 5 5† 1 3 2 41084 Austin Tiller 4 3 6 3 11† 4† 3 5 5 51075 Scott Pyle 3 6† 4 1 3 7† DNS DNS 3 11966 Mauricio Robbins 10† 7 3 6 4 3† 5 4 11† 3967 Robert Arana 5† 4 5 2 10† 6† DNS DNS598 Ana Palestro 8† 9 8 8 8 10† 6 9 6 6459 Yana Kapoor 7† 8 9 10 7 8† 8 8 7 74310 Jonathan Carette 4 62011 Andrew Davis 6† 5†1812 Jeremiah Thomas 6 11† DNS 71413 Ryan Spencer 7 12 8 81414 Chloe Jade 9† 10 11 9 9 9† 10 11 9 91415 Narcisse Triano 10 11 9 10416 Ari Sethi 10 102— Marco Martin DNS DNS0— Will Franklin EX EX0PosDriverR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12PtsSON1SON2THULAG1LAG2SON3Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
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