2024 F1600 Championship Series

2024 F1600 season
Season
Races21
Start dateMarch 21
End dateAugust 18
Awards
Drivers' champion Mateo Naranjo
Manufacturers' Cup Mygale

The 2024 F1600 Championship Series season was the thirteenth season of the F1600 Championship Series.

The prior year's winner was Porter Aiken from Chillout Motorsports.

The national F1600 Championship Series doesn't have the second 'F' because it uses Honda engines instead of Ford engines. In 2024, the series took place over seven rounds. Naranjo from Team Pelfrey won the championship in one of the latest cars on the track, even though it is already ten years old. Timothy Steele came in second place. Naranjo didn't lose any races in the season opener at Road Atlanta and the three races in Pittsburgh. In contrast, Steele managed to win only once during the 19-race season at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

Thomas Schrage, who finished on the podium in USF2000, won all three races at Mid-Ohio. After that, Cooper Shipman, a second-year driver from Iron Rock Motorsports, won a race. Then, Naranjo celebrated two victories at Lime Rock. He increased his total wins to eight by winning once at Road America and once at NJMP. The other two races at Road America were won by USF2000 driver Ayrton Houk.

Jack Sullivan, a fellow scholar from Team USA in 2023, won the first race of the Summit Point finale, while Shipman took first place in the second race.[1]

Drivers and teams

Pro Division
Team/Sponsor No. Drivers Class Rounds Chassis Engine
Rice Race Prep 01 Michael Dowden[2] R 1–15 Mygale Honda
02 Ayush Pasricha R 1–3
Thomas Schrage[3] 4–6
Scott Oliver R 10–12
Ayrton Houk[4] 13–15
03 Simon Sikes 1–3
Rehm Racing 03 Greg Peluso M 10–12, 19–21 Van Diemen
08 1–3
12 Bob Reid[5] M All Spectrum
CT Motorsports 41 Karsten Defonce[5] 1–21 Ray FF Honda[6]
45 Dillion Defonce[5] 1–12
Jack Sullivan[7] 19–21
Lee Racing 0 Jonathan Lee[5] 1–3 Swift Honda
1 4–6 Ford
Raceworks 11 Christopher Kierce[5] 1–3, 10–12 Spectrum Honda
48 John Kierce 10–12 Piper
K-Hill Motorsports 031 Jackson Tovo[8] All Mygale
13 Ethan Tovo[8][5] 16–18 Spectrum
1–15, 19–21 Mygale
76 Ava Hanssen[9][10][5] R All Mygale Honda
113 Joseph Tovo G M 13–15 Spectrum
Dole Racing 4 John P Dole[11] R 16–18 Mygale
8 John Dole[11] G M 16–18 Ray FF
Team Pelfrey 7 Timothy Steele[12][5] 1–3 Van Diemen Honda
80 Sebastian Mateo Naranjo[13][5] All Mygale Honda
Partstop 2 Mike Scanlan[14] M 4–12, 16–18 Spectrum
Auriana Racing 3 Joe Colasacco[5] M 1–9, 16–18 Van Diemen
TTO Motorsports 5 John Thompson[14] R M 1–3, 7–9 Piper
Steele Carreras 7 Timothy Steele[5] 4–21 Van Diemen Honda
Aero Metals 9 Robert Stowell M 4–9, 13–21 Spectrum
Steel Services 11 Tom Schwietz G M 16–21 Piper
18 Gary Gecelter[14] M 7–9 Spectrum
Drivers Services 10–12, 16–18 Spectrum
Shady Hill Clayworks 21 Dave Petzko M 1–9, 13–15, 19–21 Spectrum
Cahan Racing Team[15] 22 Ayrton Cahan R All Van Diemen Honda
AntiSpeed 26 Charles Anti 10–12 Van Diemen Honda
Practical Precision Engineering 30 Will Velkoff 7–12, 16–21 Van Diemen
AJMoto 31 Scott Rubenzer[5] M 1–6, 10–15, 19–21 Spectrum Honda
Red Arrow Racing 32 Trevor Russell[5] 4–6, 13–15 Ray FF Honda
Cordova Racing 42 Joe Parsons M 19–21 Spectrum
Kingham Racing 47 Phil Kingham[5] M 1–6, 10–15, 19–21 Spectrum
Bob Gross Racing 62 Robert Gross M 4–6 Piper
IronRock Motorsports 14 Cooper Shipman[3] 4–12, 16–21 Piper
70 1–3
DBM Racing 72 Steve Oseth[11] M 16–21 Citation
RaceDog 75 Jay Messenger[4] M 13–15 Van Diemen Honda
Kelly Moss Inc. 81 Theodore Burns[4] 13–15 Piper
ThermaMasters 85 David Livingston Jr.[5] M 1–6, 10–15 Spectrum Honda
Bulzacchelli Racing 98 Michael Bulzacchelli 10–12 Piper Honda
FRP F1600 Championship Series 2024[16]
Icon Class
M Masters
R Rookie
G Guest

Schedule

Rd. Date Track Location
1 March 21–24 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia
2
3
4 April 26–28 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
5
6
7 May 24–27 Lime Rock Park Salisbury, Connecticut
8
9
10 June 7–9 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania
11
12
13 June 28–30 Road America Plymouth, Wisconsin
14
15
16 July 26–28 New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey
17
18
19 August 16–18 Summit Point Motorsports Park Summit Point, West Virginia
20
21
References: Formula Race Promotions Confirms 2024 Dates and Locations[17][18]

Results and performance summaries

Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Masters class winner Supporting
1 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia March 23 Trevor Russell Race cancelled[a] F2000 Championship Series
North American F1000 Championship
Atlantic Championship
International GT
SVRA Sprint Series
Trans-Am Series
Prototype Sprint Series Association
Ginetta Challenge Race Series
2 March 23 Joe Colasacco Sebastian Mateo Naranjo Scott Rubenzer
3 March 24 Simon Sikes Sebastian Mateo Naranjo David Livingston Jr.
4 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio April 27 Cooper Shipman Thomas Schrage Thomas Schrage Joe Colasacco F2000 Championship Series
North American F1000 Championship
Atlantic Championship
SVRA Sprint Series
5 April 28 Thomas Schrage Thomas Schrage Joe Colasacco
6 April 28 Thomas Schrage Thomas Schrage Joe Colasacco
7 Lime Rock Park Salisbury, Connecticut May 25 Jackson Tovo Ethan Tovo Cooper Shipman Joe Colasacco F2000 Championship Series
SVRA Sprint Series
International GT
Trans-Am Series
Ginetta Challenge Race Series
8 May 27 Sebastian Mateo Naranjo Sebastian Mateo Naranjo Joe Colasacco
9 May 27 Jackson Tovo Sebastian Mateo Naranjo Joe Colasacco
10 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania June 8 Sebastian Mateo Naranjo Sebastian Mateo Naranjo Sebastian Mateo Naranjo Scott Rubenzer F2000 Championship Series
Atlantic Championship
SVRA Sprint Series
International GT
Trans-Am Series
11 June 9 Sebastian Mateo Naranjo Sebastian Mateo Naranjo Scott Rubenzer
12 June 9 Sebastian Mateo Naranjo Sebastian Mateo Naranjo Scott Rubenzer
13 Road America Plymouth, Wisconsin June 29 Trevor Russell Karsten Defonce Sebastian Mateo Naranjo Scott Rubenzer F2000 Championship Series
North American F1000 Championship
Atlantic Championship
Trans-Am Series
International GT
Prototype Sprint Series Association
SVRA Sprint Series
14 June 30 Ethan Tovo Ayrton Houk Scott Rubenzer
15 June 30 Sebastian Mateo Naranjo Ayrton Houk David Livingston Jr.
16 New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey July 27 Karsten Defonce Sebastian Mateo Naranjo Sebastian Mateo Naranjo Joe Colasacco F2000 Championship Series
Atlantic Championship
Formula Regional Americas Championship
Ligier JS F4 Series
Formula 4 United States Championship
SVRA Sprint Series
17 July 28 Sebastian Mateo Naranjo Timothy Steele Joe Colasacco
18 July 28 Karsten Defonce Karsten Defonce Joe Colasacco
19 Summit Point Motorsports Park Summit Point, West Virginia August 17 Jack Sullivan Karsten Defonce Jack Sullivan Scott Rubenzer F2000 Championship Series
North American F1000 Championship
Atlantic Championship
SVRA Sprint Series
20 August 18 Jack Sullivan Cooper Shipman Bob Reid
21 August 18 Race cancelled[b]
References:[19]

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top twenty-five classified drivers, and the top drivers who are able to achieve the Pole Position or the Fastest Lap during the qualify session are awarded with the corresponding +3 and +2 bonus points.

The Season Championship will recognize only each driver's best 18 of 21 race results including all bonus points earned.[20]

Points are awarded using the following system:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th   25th+   DNF 
Points 50 42 37 34 31 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

Guest drivers are ineligible to score points.

If a guest driver finishes in first position, the second-placed finisher will receive 50 points. The same goes for every other points scoring position. Thus, if three guest drivers place fourth, fifth and sixth, the seventh-placed finisher will receive 34 points and so forth – until the twenty-eighth-placed finisher receives the final point.

Driver standings

Pos Driver RAT[a] MOH LRP PITT RA NJMP SP[b] Pts Drop Points
1 Sebastian Mateo Naranjo C 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 15[c] 8 1 3 2[d] 10 6 C 770 721
2 Timothy Steele C 3 5 4 18 5 11 3 2 2 DNF DNS 7 3[e] 5 2 1 3 4 2 C 567 558
3 Karsten Defonce C 10 11 5 4 2 5 5 17 3 2 3 9 6 17 4 2 1 2 9 C 595 558
4 Ethan Tovo C 8 7 10 6 4 10 2 6 5 4 5 18 4 6 5 5 10 6 18 C 509 496
5 Cooper Shipman C 18 17 2 17 22 1 6 4 7 6 2 3 4 4 3 1 C 478 478
6 Jackson Tovo C 12 12 6 9 13 4 4 3 6 5 6 8 9 9 6 7 8 5 16 C 493 451
7 Ava Hanssen C 11 8 13 14 14 6 7 8 16 20 7 11 8 10 7 6 7 8 4 C 416 387
8 Ayrton Cahan C 15 14 15 10 9 7 10 7 23 9 8 12 7 7 DNF 9 6 7 17 C 365 352
9 Dillion Defonce C 4 9 11 5 6 3 8 5 4 3 4 334 334
10 Scott Rubenzer C 5 4 16 11 11 8 8 10 3 5 4 9 8 C 334 334
11 Joe Colasacco C 7 6 8 3 7 8 9 10 9 10 11 279 279
12 Bob Reid C 14 15 17 15 15 17 12 12 13 15 14 14 11 13 16 12 12 11 5 C 279 250
13 David Livingston Jr. C 6 3 9 12 8 10 22 16 4 16 3 247 247
14 Will Velkoff 9 14 9 9 11 11 10 11 9 12 7 C 227 227
15 Phil Kingham C 13 16 12 13 12 11 13 13 13 10 11 14 12 C 208 208
16 Thomas Schrage 1 1 1 156 156
17 Mike Scanlan 18 19 16 12 15 11 14 14 19 12 15 15 148 148
18 Michael Dowden C 20 20 19 16 17 15 11 15 19 18 15 17 14 12 144 144
19 Ayrton Houk 2 1 1 142 142
20 Jonathan Lee C 2 10 7 8 10 136 136
21 Robert Stowell 20 22 18 16 DNS Wth 10 12 16 15 DNF 16 16 11 C 131 131
22 Dave Petzko C 17 19 21 20 19 14 17 16 16 17 14 18 14 C 120 120
23 Theodore Burns 5 2 2 115 115
24 Gary Gecelter 13 16 14 20 16 22 14 16 17 94 94
25 Jack Sullivan 1 3 C 92 92
26 Christopher Kierce C 9 13 12 12 12 89 89
27 Steve Oseth 11 14 13 13 10 C 85 85
28 John P Dole 8 8 5 81 81
29 Trevor Russell C Wth Wth 14 7 21 6 DNF DNS 81 81
30 Greg Peluso C 19 22 15 17 20 17 13 C 62 62
31 John Thompson C 16 18 18 13 13 56 56
32 Michael Bulzacchelli 17 10 9 53 53
33 Simon Sikes C 22 2 48 48
34 Jay Messenger 15 13 15 37 37
35 Charles Anti 22 7 21 36 36
36 Scott Oliver 18 21 17 22 22
37 John Kierce 21 19 18 20 20
38 Joe Parsons 19 15 C 19 19
39 Robert Gross 22 21 20 15 15
40 Ayush Pasricha C 21 21 10 10
Drivers ineligible for points
John Dole 13 13 14
Joseph Tovo 19 Wth Wth
Tom Schwietz 17 DNF 18 15 19 C
Pos Driver RAT[a] MOH LRP PITT RA NJMP SP[b] Pts Drop Points
References: FRP Official Points Standings[21] & Championship Series Central[22][f] & Race Monitor[23]
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd-place finish
Bronze 3rd-place finish
Green Top 5 finish
Light Blue Top 10 finish
Dark Blue Other flagged position
Purple Did not finish (DNF)
Brown Withdrew (Wth)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did Not Start (DNS)
Race abandoned (C)
Blank Did not participate
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(3 points)
Italics Fastest lap of the race
(2 points)
Master of the Year
Masters

Incident reports

  • Road America 2024 - Incident Review/Penalty Report[24][e][c]
  • NJMP 2024 - Incident Review/Penalty Report[25][d]

Live streaming on YouTube

  • Race 3 of Road Atlanta: Mission Foods Road Atlanta SpeedTour - Sunday Coverage[26]
  • Race 1 of Road America: Road America SpeedTour - Saturday Coverage[27]
  • Race 2 of Road America: Road America SpeedTour - Sunday Coverage[28]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Road Atlanta Race 1 - Cancelled, No Points
  2. ^ a b c Summit Point Race 3 - Cancelled, No Points
  3. ^ a b Findings: #80 Found in violation of: 1.6.17.3: AVOIDABLE CONTACT & 1.6.17.4: RACING ROOM. Loss of 10 racing points
  4. ^ a b Findings: #80 found in violation of: 1.6.17.3: AVOIDABLE CONTACT. Loss of 10 racing points and purse.
  5. ^ a b Findings: #7 Found in violation of: 1.6.17.5: SAFE PASS & 1.6.17.3: AVOIDABLE CONTACT. Loss of 15 racing points and purse.
  6. ^ New Jersey Motorsports Park Race 3 is not listed in this source

References

  1. ^ "2024 International Formula Ford season review". January 21, 2025.
  2. ^ "Mike Dowden Joins Rice Race". Formula Race Promotions. February 28, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "JT Novosielski Wins the F2000 Major Money Madness at Mid-Ohio While Thomas Schrage Dominates F1600". Formula Race Promotions. April 30, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Byrd and Minor Double Up on Wins while Ayrton Houk Scores Three Podiums in F1600 Full Race Replays Included". July 2, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "New Teams and New Winners in the Opening Formula Race Promotions Event of 2024". Formula Race Promotions. March 27, 2024.
  6. ^ "Karsten Defonce earns the F1600 Pole Position while Joe Colasacco goes quickest in F1600 Masters". July 27, 2024.
  7. ^ "Champions Crowned at 2024 Formula Race Promotions Finale". Formula Race Promotions. August 21, 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Tovo Twins Add to 2024 Schedule with Formula Race Promotion". Formula Race Promotions. February 5, 2024.
  9. ^ "2024 FRP F1600 Championship Driver Ava Hanssen". December 13, 2023.
  10. ^ "K-Hill Motorsports Announces Ava Hanssen as Their Latest Driver in the 2024 F1600 Championship Season". Formula Race Promotions. January 18, 2024.
  11. ^ a b c "Championship Battles Take Shape at New Jersey Motorsports Park with One More FRP Event Left". Formula Race Promotions. July 31, 2024.
  12. ^ "Mateo Naranjo and NEW teammate Timothy Steele will start Race One nose to tail in 2nd and 4th". March 23, 2024 – via Facebook.
  13. ^ "2023 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour". October 20, 2023.
  14. ^ a b c "Sebastian Mateo Naranjo, Joe Colasacco, and Gabriel Cahan Win Big at Lime Rock Park". Formula Race Promotions. May 30, 2024.
  15. ^ "Cahan Racing Team Joins Formula Race Promotions Program in 2024". Formula Race Promotions. January 8, 2024.
  16. ^ "FRP F1600 Championship Series 2024". Driver Database. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  17. ^ "Formula Race Promotions Confirms 2024 Dates and Locations". Formula Race Promotions.
  18. ^ "2024 F1600 Championship Series". racingcalendar.net.
  19. ^ "F1600 2024 Point Standings - Final" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. 2024. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  20. ^ "2024 Points & Purse Distribution Table" (PDF). Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  21. ^ "Standings". Formula Race Promotions.
  22. ^ "2024 F1600 Championship Series Central". the Third Turn.
  23. ^ "Race Results". Race Monitor.
  24. ^ "Road America 2024 - Incident Review/Penalty Report" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  25. ^ "NJMP 2024 - Incident Review/Penalty Report" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  26. ^ "Mission Foods Road Atlanta SpeedTour - Sunday Coverage". March 24, 2024 – via YouTube.
  27. ^ "Road America SpeedTour - Saturday Coverage". June 29, 2024 – via YouTube.
  28. ^ "Road America SpeedTour - Sunday Coverage". June 30, 2024 – via YouTube.
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