# 2024 Formula Car Challenge

The 2024 Formula Car Challenge presented by Goodyear was the 20th season of the Formula Car Challenge. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seater open wheel formula racing cars held across the American west coast. The series was sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America.
Christian Okpysh defended his Drivers' Championship title, clinching it at the penultimate race of the season.

## Drivers

| No. | Driver | Car | Rounds |
| 4 | Melvin Kemper Jr. | Star Formula Mazda | 5 |
| 7 | Rodney A. Simmons | Mazda Formula Mazda | 2, 7 |
| 8 | Timothy Carel | 2024 Tatuus AP T-021 | 8 |
| 9 | Ritchie Hollingsworth | 1995 Mazda Formula Mazda | 7 |
| 11 | Ken Boatright | Formula Mazda | 6–7 |
| 12 | Marcus Brodie | 1997 Mazda Formula Mazda | 1, 3 |
| 17 | John Ertel | 1994 Mazda Formula Star | 3 |
| 19 | Brian Anderson | Formula Mazda | 5 |
| 22 | Michael Morgan | Mazda Formula Mazda | 5 |
| 25 | Bret Imhoff | Mazda Formula Mazda | 3 |
| 28 | Stew Tabak | 1993 Mazda Formula | 2–8 |
| 29 | Christian Okpysh | 1997 Mazda Formula Mazda | 1–6, 8 |
| 63 | Lars Jensen | 1997 Star Formula Mazda | 1–4, 7–8 |
| 67 | Bill Weaver | 1997 Star Mazda Formula Mazda | 1, 3–5, 7–8 |
| 72 | Taylor Carmona | Formula Mazda | 2–3, 8 |
| 73 | Gokul Manean | Formula Mazda | 8 |
| 74 | Steve Martin | 2003 Formula Mazda | 8 |
| 75 | C.J. Ray | 1998 Mazda Star Formula | 1, 3, 6, 8 |
| 77 | Derry O'Donovan | 1996 Formula Mazda FM | 3–4 |
| 78 | Brad Drew | 1997 Mazda Formula | 1–6, 8 |
| 83 | Cameron Parsons | 2012 Fast Forward Formula | 8 |
| 92 | Rick Bostrom | 1988 Mazda Formula | 5 |
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## Race calendar

The 2024 schedule was announced on 2 December 2023. The season was to open with a one-round winter series at the Attesa Podium Club, but that event attracted no entries in the FCC's class. The eight-round main season saw the return of Portland International Raceway.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Support bill | Map of circuit locations |
| FCC Winter Series | FCC Winter Series | FCC Winter Series | FCC Winter Series | FCC Winter Series | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| NC | R1 | Podium Club Attesa, Casa Grande | 2–3 March | SCCA Majors Championship Saguaro Series | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| NC | R2 | Podium Club Attesa, Casa Grande | 2–3 March | SCCA Majors Championship Saguaro Series | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |||||
| 1 | R1 | Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows | 23 March | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| 1 | R2 | Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows | 24 March | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| 2 | R3 | Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows | 20 April | SCCA Majors Championship Formula Pro USA Western Championship | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| 2 | R4 | Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows | 21 April | SCCA Majors Championship Formula Pro USA Western Championship | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| 3 | R5 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey | 8 June | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| 3 | R6 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey | 9 June | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| 4 | R7 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey | 6 July | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| 4 | R8 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey | 7 July | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| 5 | R9 | Portland International Raceway, Portland | 10 August | Cascade Sports Car Club Series International Conference of Sports Car Clubs Championship | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| 5 | R10 | Portland International Raceway, Portland | 11 August | Cascade Sports Car Club Series International Conference of Sports Car Clubs Championship | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| 6 | R11 | Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma | 31 August | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| 6 | R12 | Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma | 1 September | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| 7 | R13 | Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows | 25 October | San Francisco Region SCCA Series | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| 7 | R14 | Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows | 26 October | San Francisco Region SCCA Series | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| 8 | R15 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow | 16 November | California Sports Car Club Formula Pro USA Western Championship | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |
| 8 | R16 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow | 17 November | California Sports Car Club Formula Pro USA Western Championship | AttesaPortlandSonomaThunderhillButtonwillowLaguna Seca |

## Race results

| Round | Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver |
| 1 | R1 | Thunderhill Raceway Park | Bill Weaver | Bill Weaver | Bill Weaver |
| 1 | R2 | Thunderhill Raceway Park | Bill Weaver | Bill Weaver | Bill Weaver |
| 2 | R3 | Thunderhill Raceway Park | Stew Tabak | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh |
| 2 | R4 | Thunderhill Raceway Park | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh |
| 3 | R5 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh |
| 3 | R6 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh |
| 4 | R7 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh |
| 4 | R8 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh |
| 5 | R9 | Portland International Raceway | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh |
| 5 | R10 | Portland International Raceway | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh |
| 6 | R11 | Sonoma Raceway | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh |
| 6 | R12 | Sonoma Raceway | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh | Christian Okpysh |
| 7 | R13 | Thunderhill Raceway Park | Bill Weaver | Lars Jensen | Bill Weaver |
| 7 | R14 | Thunderhill Raceway Park | Bill Weaver | Stew Tabak | Bill Weaver |
| 8 | R15 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park | Timothy Carel | Timothy Carel | Timothy Carel |
| 8 | R16 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park | Christian Okpysh | Timothy Carel | Timothy Carel |

## Championship standings
### Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top twenty drivers taking the green flag.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
| Points | 29 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Each driver's three worst results were dropped.

### Drivers' standings

| Pos | Driver | THU1 | THU1 | THU2 | THU2 | LAG1 | LAG1 | LAG2 | LAG2 | POR | POR | SON | SON | THU3 | THU3 | BUT | BUT | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | R15 | R16 | Pts |
| 1 | Christian Okpysh | 6 | DNS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | 2 | 366 |
| 2 | Brad Drew | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | (9) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | | | 10 | 7 | 304 |
| 3 | Bill Weaver | 1 | 1 | | | 3 | 2 | 2 | DNS | 3 | 4 | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 277 |
| 4 | Stew Tabak | | | 4 | 3 | 9 | DNS | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 271 |
| 5 | Lars Jensen | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | DNS | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 214 |
| 6 | C.J. Ray | 3 | 3 | | | 4 | 3 | | | | | 2 | 3 | | | 4 | 5 | 175 |
| 7 | Taylor Carmona | | | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 9 | 10 | 105 |
| 8 | Rodney A. Simmons | | | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 4 | 4 | | | 76 |
| 9 | Ken Boatright | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | 75 |
| 10 | Derry O'Donovan | | | | | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | 74 |
| 11 | Marcus Brodie | 4 | 2 | | | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 45 |
| 12 | Cameron Parsons | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 3 | 45 |
| 13 | Ritchie Hollingsworth | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 5 | | | 38 |
| 14 | Bret Imhoff | | | | | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 35 |
| 15 | Gokul Manean | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 8 | 35 |
| 16 | John Ertel | | | | | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | 33 |
| 17 | Steve Martin | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 11 | 28 |
| Drivers ineligible to score points as they did not meet all FCC rules |||||||||||||||||||
| — | Timothy Carel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | — |
| — | Melvin Kemper Jr. | | | | | | | | | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | — |
| — | Brian Anderson | | | | | | | | | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | — |
| — | Rick Bostrom | | | | | | | | | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | — |
| — | Michael Morgan | | | | | | | | | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | — |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | R15 | R16 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | THU1 | THU1 | THU2 | THU2 | LAG1 | LAG1 | LAG2 | LAG2 | POR | POR | SON | SON | THU3 | THU3 | BUT | BUT | | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |