2026 Formula Regional Americas Championship

The 2026 Formula Regional Americas Championship is the ninth season of the FIA-sanctioned F3/FR-level series across North America, and the seventh season under the Formula Regional moniker after a rebrand in 2020. The series is promoted by SCCA Pro Racing, the professional racing division of the Sports Car Club of America.

The 2026 season is scheduled to be held over eight race weekends. It starting in April and will finish in October.[1]

Teams and drivers

All drivers compete with Ligier JS F3 cars on Hankook tires powered by mountune MK20R engine power units based on the Honda K20C1 engine.[2]

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
Jensen Global Advisors 1 United States Aiden Zelaya[3] R 5
2 United States Robert Arana Jr.[3] R 5
Toney Driver Development 5 United States Luke Powers[4] R 1–2, 4–5
7 United States Christian Bogle[5] 1–5
40 United States Brady Golan[6] 1–5
Crosslink Motorsports 8 Mexico Alejandro Bobadilla[7] R 1–5
13 United States Barrett Wolfe[8] 1–4
14 United States Aidan Schuh[9] R 1–5
24 Canada Kevin Janzen[10] M 1–5
29 United States Kekai Hauanio[11] R 1–5
71 United States Evagoras Papasavvas[12] R 1–5
Kiwi Motorsport 9 United States Harbir Dass[13] R 1–5
10 United States Cooper Shipman[13] R 1–5
Hillenburg Motorsports[14] 21 United States Whitney Strickland[15] M R 1–5
25 United States Eric Wisniewski[16] R 1–4
MLT Motorsports 75 United States Jonathan Cottrill[17] R 1
Atlantic Racing Team 77 United States Jake Pollack[18] 1
88 Canada James Lawley[18] 1–4
Momentum Motorsports 07 United States Anthony Autiello[19] M 1, 4–5
Icon Status
R Rookie
M Masters' class
  • Fernando Rivera was originally announced to join Crosslink Motorsport in FR Americas, before he elected to join the team's F4 US outfit instead.[20][21]

Race calendar

The 2026 calendar was announced on 2 October 2025.[1] The championship will visit the same eight locations as it did the year before.[22]

Round Circuit Date Support bill Map of circuit locations
1 R1 United States NOLA Motorsports Park, Avondale April 11 SVRA Sprint Series
Formula 4 United States Championship
Ligier Junior Formula Championship
R2 April 12
R3
2 R4 United States Road America, Elkhart Lake May 16 SVRA Sprint Series
Formula 4 United States Championship
Ligier Junior Formula Championship
R5 May 17
R6
3 R7 United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington June 13 Formula 4 United States Championship
Ligier Junior Formula Championship
R8 June 14
4 R9 United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway June 20 SVRA Sprint Series
Trans-Am-Series
Vintage Sports 2000 North America
Historic Stock Car Racing Association
R10 June 21
R11
5 R12 United States New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville August 1 SVRA Sprint Series
Formula 4 United States Championship
Ligier Junior Formula Championship
R13 August 2
R14
6 R15 Canada Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Bowmanville September 3–6 Trans-Am-Series
Formula 4 United States Championship
NASCAR Canada Series
Radical Cup Canada presented by Michelin
R16
R17
7 R18 United States Virginia International Raceway, Alton September 17–20 SVRA Sprint Series
Formula 4 United States Championship
Ligier Junior Formula Championship
R19
8 R20 United States Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham October 16–18
R21

Race results

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie winner Masters' winner
1 R1 United States NOLA Motorsports Park United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Brady Golan United States Brady Golan Toney Driver Development United States Cooper Shipman United States Whitney Strickland
R2 United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Evagoras Papasavvas Crosslink Motorsports United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Whitney Strickland
R3 United States Cooper Shipman United States Cooper Shipman Kiwi Motorsport United States Cooper Shipman United States Anthony Autiello
2 R4 United States Road America United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Brady Golan Toney Driver Development United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Whitney Strickland
R5 United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Evagoras Papasavvas Crosslink Motorsports United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Whitney Strickland
R6 race cancelled due to inclement weather
3 R7 United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course United States Brady Golan United States Cooper Shipman United States Kekai Hauanio Crosslink Motorsports United States Kekai Hauanio United States Whitney Strickland
R8 United States Cooper Shipman United States Evagoras Papasavvas Crosslink Motorsports United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Whitney Strickland
4 R9 United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway United States Brady Golan United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Brady Golan Toney Driver Development United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Whitney Strickland
R10 United States Brady Golan United States Brady Golan Toney Driver Development United States Cooper Shipman United States Anthony Autiello
R11 United States Brady Golan United States Brady Golan Toney Driver Development United States Evagoras Papasavvas Canada Kevin Janzen
5 R12 United States New Jersey Motorsports Park United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Luke Powers[a] Toney Driver Development United States Luke Powers United States Whitney Strickland
R13 United States Brady Golan United States Cooper Shipman Kiwi Motorsport United States Cooper Shipman United States Whitney Strickland
R14 United States Cooper Shipman United States Evagoras Papasavvas Crosslink Motorsports United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Anthony Autiello
6 R15 Canada Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
R16
R17
7 R18 United States Virginia International Raceway
R19
8 R20 United States Barber Motorsports Park
R21

Season report

First half

The 2026 Formula Regional Americas Championship began at NOLA Motorsports Park. Crosslink's Evagoras Papasavvas claimed pole position in qualifying, but contact between him and teammate Kekai Hauanio saw both drop down the order at the start of the first race. That handed the lead to Toney's Brady Golan, and he would go on to win ahead of teammate Christian Bogle. Crosslink's Barrett Wolfe finished third on the road, but a post-race penalty saw him lose his podium to Kiwi Motorsport's Cooper Shipman. Race two began with polesitter Golan stalling on the grid and retiring. Hauanio took over in front before a gearbox issue dropped him behind eventual winner Papasavvas and Shipman.[23] Papasavvas started race three from pole position, but fell behind Hauanio in the opening part of the race. Shipman also got past Papasavvas before claiming the lead to end the weekend with his maiden victory. A post-race penalty dropped Papasavvas to sixth, handing third to Toney's Luke Powers and awarding Shipman a 13-point championship lead.[24]

Road America hosted the second round of the season, and Papasavvas took a second pole position in qualifying.[25] Golan qualified second to start the opening race alongside him, and after a slow start for the polesitter, Golan was able to take the lead right away. Papasavvas fell to seventh as Shipman slotted into second, before the former was able to rise back up to fourth. A mid-race restart then allowed him to take second place in a three-wide moment that saw Kiwi's Harbir Dass take third as Shipman dropped to eighth.[26] Race two saw Papasavvas led the field to green in a rolling start as he defended his lead. Rain then began to fall, which led to multiple incidents. Eventually, a red flag was thrown to allow drivers to switch to wet tires. Three laps were left on the final restart, and Papasavvas was able to fight off Hauanio to take victory as Bogle took third after post-race penalties. Half points were awarded for the second race before race three was cancelled due to the persistent intense rain, leaving Papasavvas 12.5 points ahead of Shipman.[27]

Pole position for round three of the season at Mid-Ohio went to Golan ahead of Papasavvas.[28] He lost that advantage after both Hauanio and Papasavvas overtook him on the opening lap of race one. The trio ran closely together for the whole race - a safety car interruption brought a chance for Papasavvas to challenge the leader, but Hauanio stayed faultless to take his maiden victory by just over half a second.[29] Shipman and Hauanio formed the front row for the second race, but a collision between the pair saw both drop out the top four. Papasavvas assumed the lead as Golan and Dass slotted in behind him. Two safety car phases punctured the race, but Papasavvas was not challenged through the two subsequent restarts as he took victory to extend his lead over Golan to 31 points. A post-race penalty for Dass dropped him down the order, handing third place to Bogle.[30]

The first half of the season concluded at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with Golan taking pole position again.[31] Shipman, who started alongside him, was attacked by Bogle straight away at the start of the first race. He could not find a way past, however, and dropped back down the order. Papasavvas, who had started 15th after a bad qualifying, worked his way up the order, claiming third by the halfway point before overtaking Shipman with four minutes to go.[32] Papasavvas started race two from pole position as Golan and Hauanio battled behind him. Hauanio then dropped down with a flat tire, before Golan was able to take the lead off Papasavvas on a mid-race restart. The latter then dropped away, with Shipman able to overtake him for second on the final lap.[33] The third race saw roles reversed, with poleman Golan initially bested by Papasavvas. Once again, a safety car restart allowed Golan to retake the lead, which he turned into his third win of the weekend, with Hauanio third. That saw him close up to 10.5 points behind Papasavvas.[34]

Championship standings

Points are awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver NOL
United States		 ROA
United States		 MOH
United States		 IMS
United States		 NJM
United States		 MOS
Canada		 VIR
United States		 ALA
United States		 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5[b] R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11[c] R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21
1 United States Evagoras Papasavvas 4 1 6 2 1 C 2 1 2 3 2 NC 2 1 203.5
2 United States Brady Golan 1 Ret 8 1 10† C 3 2 1 1 1 4 3 2 195
3 United States Cooper Shipman 3 2 1 8 9 C 4 4 3 2 4 6 1 14† 159
4 United States Christian Bogle 2 6 4 4 3 C 5 3 8 Ret Ret 3 6 4 121.5
5 United States Kekai Hauanio 7 3 2 6 2 C 1 10 5 10 3 12 4 8 116.5
6 United States Luke Powers 6 5 3 7 4 C 4 6 8 1 14 5 102
7 United States Harbir Dass 14 11 13 3 Ret C 6 12 11 4 6 5 5 3 74
8 Mexico Alejandro Bobadilla Ret 7 14 10 11† C 7 11 6 5 Ret 2 8 6 61
9 Canada James Lawley 5 8 10 5 Ret C 10 6 7 Ret Ret 40
10 United States Aidan Schuh 12 Ret 11 Ret 7 C 8 5 DNS Ret 7† 7 7 7 38
11 United States Eric Wisniewski 8 10 5 9 Ret C 12 7 9 9 5 32
12 United States Barrett Wolfe 9 4 9 Ret 5 C 9 Ret 14 7 9 30
13 United States Whitney Strickland 10 9 Ret 11 6 C 11 8 10 Ret DNS 9 9 12 16
14 United States Jonathan Cottrill Ret DNS 7 6
15 United States Aiden Zelaya 8 13† 9 6
16 United States Anthony Autiello 13 Ret 12 12 8 Ret 10 11 10 6
17 Canada Kevin Janzen 11 Ret Ret 12 8 C 13 9 13 Ret 10 11 10 13 5.5
18 United States Robert Arana Jr. 13† 12† 11 0
— United States Jake Pollack DNS DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5[b] R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11[c] R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21 Pts
NOL
United States		 ROA
United States		 MOH
United States		 IMS
United States		 NJM
United States		 MOS
Canada		 VIR
United States		 ALA
United States
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

† — Did not finish, but classified

Masters' class standings

For 2026, separate standings for the masters' class were introduced. Points are awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 12 9 7 5 3 2 2 1 1 1
Pos Driver NOL
United States		 ROA
United States		 MOH
United States		 IMS
United States		 NJM
United States		 MOS
Canada		 VIR
United States		 ALA
United States		 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5[b] R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11[c] R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21
1 United States Whitney Strickland 1 1 Ret 1 1 C 1 1 1 Ret DNS 1 1 2 111
2 Canada Kevin Janzen 2 Ret Ret 2 2 C 2 2 3 Ret 1 3 2 3 76.5
3 United States Anthony Autiello 3 Ret 1 2 1 Ret 2 3 1 68
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5[b] R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11[c] R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21 Pts
NOL
United States		 ROA
United States		 MOH
United States		 IMS
United States		 NJM
United States		 MOS
Canada		 VIR
United States		 ALA
United States

Teams' standings

Only a teams' two best-finishing cars are eligible for teams' championship points.

Pos Driver NOL
United States		 ROA
United States		 MOH
United States		 IMS
United States		 NJM
United States		 MOS
Canada		 VIR
United States		 ALA
United States		 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5[b] R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11[c] R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21
1 Toney Driver Development 1 5 3 1 3 C 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 374
2 6 4 4 4 C 5 3 4 6 8 3 6 4
2 Crosslink Motorsports 4 1 2 2 1 C 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 366
7 3 6 6 2 C 2 5 5 5 3 7 4 6
3 Kiwi Motorsport 3 2 1 3 9 C 4 4 3 2 4 5 1 3 233
14 11 13 8 Ret C 6 12 11 4 6 6 5 14†
4 Hillenburg Motorsports 8 9 5 9 6 C 11 7 9 9 5 9 9 12 48
10 10 Ret 11 Ret C 12 8 10 Ret DNS
5 Atlantic Racing Team 5 8 10 5 Ret C 10 6 7 Ret Ret 40
DNS DNS DNS
6 MLT Motorsports Ret DNS 7 6
7 Jensen Global Advisors 8 12† 9 6
13† 13† 11
8 Momentum Motorsports 13 Ret 12 12 8 Ret 10 11 10 6
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5[b] R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11[c] R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21 Pts
NOL
United States		 ROA
United States		 MOH
United States		 IMS
United States		 NJM
United States		 MOS
Canada		 VIR
United States		 ALA
United States

Notes

  1. ↑ Brady Golan finished the race first, but received a penalty for a false start. Luke Powers inherited victory.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Half points were awarded in the second race at Road America as less than 50% of laps were completed under green flag conditions.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Half points were awarded in the third race at IMS as less than 50% of laps were completed under green flag conditions.

References

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