2026 Formula Pro USA Western Championship

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.[1]

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.[2]

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Formula Pro USA 3 (FPUSA-3) entries
World Speed Motorsports 3 United States Larry Schnur 1–4
111 United States Dan Decker 1–4
Jensen Global Advisors 11 United States Aiden Zelaya 4
Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4) entries
Jensen Global Advisors 1 United States Andrew Davis 1
United States Zachary Lewis 2–3
United States Marco Martin 4
2 United States Ana Palestro F 1–3
5 United States Robert Arana 1–3
United States Jeremiah Thomas 4
6 United States Ryan Spencer 4
7 United States Jeremiah Thomas 3
United States Zachary Lewis 4
8 United States Jonathan Carette 4
Kiwi Motorsport 109 United States Will Franklin 1
123 United States Mauricio Robbins 1–4
124 United States Chloe Jade F 1–4
177 United States Ana Palestro F 4
191 Canada Lucas Hand 1–4
888 United States Narcisse Triano F 2, 4
World Speed Motorsports 114 United States Erik Doan 1–4
115 United States Scott Pyle 1–3
116 United States Yana Kapoor F 1–4
117 United States Austin Tiller 1–4
Source: [3][4][5][6]
Icon Status
F Female 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.[7] 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 locations
1 R1 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma March 7 NASA Northwest & Northern California Region
Formula Car Challenge
R2 March 8
2 R3 April 25 SVRA Sprint Series
Trans-Am Series
R4 April 26
3 R5 Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows May 16 San Francisco Region SCCA Series
Formula Car Challenge
R6 May 17
4 R7 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey June 27 San Francisco Region SCCA Series
Formula Car Challenge
R8 June 28
5 R9 October 2–4 SVRA Sprint Series
Porsche GT3 Cup Trophy USA
R10
6 R11 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma November 6–8 NASA Northwest & Northern California Region
R12

Race results

Round Circuit Pole position FPUSA-3 FPUSA-4 FPUSA-WRS
Fastest lap Winning driver Fastest lap Winning driver Winning driver
1 R1 Sonoma Raceway United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker Canada Lucas Hand Canada Lucas Hand United States Yana Kapoor
R2 United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker Canada Lucas Hand Canada Lucas Hand United States Yana Kapoor
2 R3 United States Larry Schnur United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker United States Erik Doan Canada Lucas Hand United States Ana Palestro
R4 United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker United States Mauricio Robbins United States Scott Pyle United States Ana Palestro
3 R5 Thunderhill Raceway Park United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker United States Erik Doan United States Erik Doan United States Yana Kapoor
R6 United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker United States Dan Decker United States Erik Doan United States Erik Doan United States Yana Kapoor
4 R7 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Canada Lucas Hand United States Aiden Zelaya United States Aiden Zelaya Canada Lucas Hand United States Zachary Lewis United States Ana Palestro
R8 United States Aiden Zelaya United States Aiden Zelaya Canada Lucas Hand Canada Lucas Hand United States Yana Kapoor
5 R9
R10
6 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.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

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.[11][12]

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

Pos Driver SON1 SON2 THU LAG1 LAG2 SON3 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12
Formula Pro USA 3 (FPUSA-3)
1 United States Dan Decker 1 1 1 1 1 1 DNS DNS 162
2 United States Larry Schnur 2 2 2† 2 2 2 DNS DNS 108
3 United States Aiden Zelaya 1 1 54
Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4)
1 Canada Lucas Hand 1 1 1 7 2 2 2 1 168
2 United States Erik Doan 2 2 2 5 1 1 11† 2 138
3 United States Austin Tiller 4 3 6 3 11† 4† 3 5 87
4 United States Scott Pyle 3 6† 4 1 3 7† DNS DNS 81
5 United States Mauricio Robbins 10† 7 3 6 4 3† 5 4 81
6 United States Zachary Lewis 7 4 5 5† 1 3 78
7 United States Robert Arana 5† 4 5 2 10† 6† DNS DNS 59
8 United States Yana Kapoor F 7† 8 9 10 7 8† 8 8 31
9 United States Ana Palestro F 8† 9 8 8 8 10† 6 9 29
10 United States Jonathan Carette 4 6 20
11 United States Andrew Davis 6† 5† 18
12 United States Jeremiah Thomas 6 11† DNS 7 14
13 United States Chloe Jade F 9† 10 11 9 9 9† 10 11 10
14 United States Ryan Spencer 7 12 6
15 United States Narcisse Triano F 10 11 9 10 4
— United States Marco Martin DNS DNS 0
— United States Will Franklin EX EX 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 Pts
SON1 SON2 THU LAG1 LAG2 SON3
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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. ↑ "Formula Pro USA Unveils High-Profile 2026 Championship Calendar | World Speed Motorsports - Winning, it's what we do!". www.worldspeed.com. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  2. ↑ BDM_FPU, Admin. "About FPUSA". Formula Pro USA. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  3. ↑ "FPUSA Western Championships Rounds 1 & 2 - Attendees". MotorsportReg.com. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  4. ↑ "2026 SVRA with Racing America @ Sonoma Raceway - Group 5a 7 9 11a 11b Qualifying". www.race-monitor.com. April 25, 2026. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
  5. ↑ "The Thunderhill Open @ Thunderhill Raceway Park - 5/15/2026-5/18/2026 - Formula Awesome Race 1". www.race-monitor.com. May 16, 2026. Retrieved May 17, 2026.
  6. ↑ "San Francisco Region SCCA - Apevie Double Regional - Race 1". www.race-monitor.com. June 27, 2026. Retrieved June 28, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Formula Pro USA Western Championship presented by Exclusive Racing confirms 2025 schedule". RTD Media. November 25, 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  8. ↑ Morgan, Mallory (March 10, 2026). "FPUSA Springs Forward into the 2026 Season with High-Octane Opener at Sonoma Raceway". Formula Pro USA. Retrieved April 1, 2026.
  9. ↑ Morgan, Mallory (April 28, 2026). "Photo Finishes, First-Time Wins and a Repeat WRS Champ Light Up Sonoma". Formula Pro USA. Retrieved May 8, 2026.
  10. ↑ Morgan, Mallory (May 19, 2026). "Decker Stays Perfect, Doan Sweeps FPUSA-4, and Kapoor Doubles Up in the Women's Racing Series at the Thunderhill Open". Formula Pro USA. Retrieved June 9, 2026.
  11. ↑ Morgan, Mallory (July 1, 2026). "Hand Rewrites the Record Books in FPUSA-4, Zelaya Goes Perfect in FPUSA-3, and the WRS Trades Wins at Laguna Seca". Formula Pro USA. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
  12. ↑ "2026 Formula Pro USA Western Championships – Current Points" (PDF). Formula Pro USA. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
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