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
Toney Driver Development 5 Luke Powers[3] R 1–2, 4
7 Christian Bogle[4] 1–4
40 Brady Golan[5] 1–4
Crosslink Motorsports 8 Alejandro Bobadilla[6] R 1–4
13 Barrett Wolfe[7] 1–4
14 Aidan Schuh[8] R 1–4
24 Kevin Janzen[9] M 1–4
29 Kekai Hauanio[10] R 1–4
71 Evagoras Papasavvas[11] R 1–4
Kiwi Motorsport 9 Harbir Dass[12] R 1–4
10 Cooper Shipman[12] R 1–4
Hillenburg Motorsports[13] 21 Whitney Strickland[14] M R 1–4
25 Eric Wisniewski[15] R 1–4
MLT Motorsports 75 Jonathan Cottrill[16] R 1
Atlantic Racing Team 77 Jake Pollack[17] 1
88 James Lawley[17] 1–4
Momentum Motorsports 07 Anthony Autiello[18] M 1, 4
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.[19][20]

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.[21]

Round Circuit Date Support bill Map of circuit locations
1 R1 NOLA Motorsports Park, Avondale April 11 SVRA Sprint Series
Formula 4 United States Championship
Ligier Junior Formula Championship
R2 April 12
R3
2 R4 Road America, Elkhart Lake May 16 SVRA Sprint Series
Formula 4 United States Championship
Ligier Junior Formula Championship
R5 May 17
R6
3 R7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington June 13 Formula 4 United States Championship
Ligier Junior Formula Championship
R8 June 14
4 R9 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 New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville July 31 – August 2 SVRA Sprint Series
Formula 4 United States Championship
Ligier Junior Formula Championship
R13
R14
6 R15 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 Virginia International Raceway, Alton September 17–20 SVRA Sprint Series
Formula 4 United States Championship
Ligier Junior Formula Championship
R19
8 R20 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 NOLA Motorsports Park Evagoras Papasavvas Brady Golan Brady Golan Toney Driver Development Cooper Shipman Whitney Strickland
R2 Evagoras Papasavvas Evagoras Papasavvas Crosslink Motorsports Evagoras Papasavvas Whitney Strickland
R3 Cooper Shipman Cooper Shipman Kiwi Motorsport Cooper Shipman Anthony Autiello
2 R4 Road America Evagoras Papasavvas Evagoras Papasavvas Brady Golan Toney Driver Development Evagoras Papasavvas Whitney Strickland
R5 Evagoras Papasavvas Evagoras Papasavvas Crosslink Motorsports Evagoras Papasavvas Whitney Strickland
R6 race cancelled due to inclement weather
3 R7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Brady Golan Cooper Shipman Kekai Hauanio Crosslink Motorsports Kekai Hauanio Whitney Strickland
R8 Cooper Shipman Evagoras Papasavvas Crosslink Motorsports Evagoras Papasavvas Whitney Strickland
4 R9 Indianapolis Motor Speedway
R10
R11
5 R12 New Jersey Motorsports Park
R13
R14
6 R15 Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
R16
R17
7 R18 Virginia International Raceway
R19
8 R20 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.[22] 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.[23]

Road America hosted the second round of the season, and Papasavvas took a second pole position in qualifying.[24] 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.[25] 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.[26]

Pole position for round three of the season at Mid-Ohio went to Golan ahead of Papasavvas.[27] 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.[28] 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.[29]

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
 ROA
 MOH
 IMS
 NJM
 MOS
 VIR
 ALA
 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5[a] R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21
1 Evagoras Papasavvas 4 1 6 2 1 C 2 1 118.5
2 Brady Golan 1 Ret 8 1 10† C 3 2 87.5
3 Cooper Shipman 3 2 1 8 9 C 4 4 87
4 Christian Bogle 2 6 4 4 3 C 5 3 82.5
5 Kekai Hauanio 7 3 2 6 2 C 1 10 82
6 Luke Powers 6 5 3 7 4 C 45
7 James Lawley 5 8 10 5 Ret C 10 6 34
8 Harbir Dass 14 11 13 3 Ret C 6 12 23
9 Barrett Wolfe 9 4 9 Ret 5 C 9 Ret 23
10 Eric Wisniewski 8 10 5 9 Ret C 12 7 23
11 Aidan Schuh 12 Ret 11 Ret 7 C 8 5 17
12 Alejandro Bobadilla Ret 7 14 10 11† C 7 11 13
13 Whitney Strickland 10 9 Ret 11 6 C 11 8 11
14 Jonathan Cottrill Ret DNS 7 6
15 Kevin Janzen 11 Ret Ret 12 8 C 13 9 4
16 Anthony Autiello 13 Ret 12 0
— Jake Pollack DNS DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5[a] R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21 Pts
NOL
 ROA
 MOH
 IMS
 NJM
 MOS
 VIR
 ALA
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did 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
 ROA
 MOH
 IMS
 NJM
 MOS
 VIR
 ALA
 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5[a] R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21
1 Whitney Strickland 1 1 Ret 1 1 C 1 1 66
2 Kevin Janzen 2 Ret Ret 2 2 C 2 2 40.5
3 Anthony Autiello 3 Ret 1 19
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5[a] R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21 Pts
NOL
 ROA
 MOH
 IMS
 NJM
 MOS
 VIR
 ALA

Teams' standings

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

Pos Driver NOL
 ROA
 MOH
 IMS
 NJM
 MOS
 VIR
 ALA
 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5[a] R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21
1 Crosslink Motorsports 4 1 2 2 1 C 1 1 209.5
7 3 6 6 2 C 2 5
2 Toney Driver Development 1 5 3 1 3 C 3 2 196.5
2 6 4 4 4 C 5 3
3 Kiwi Motorsport 3 2 1 3 9 C 4 4 110
14 11 13 8 Ret C 6 12
4 Atlantic Racing Team 5 8 10 5 Ret C 10 6 34
DNS DNS DNS
5 Hillenburg Motorsports 8 9 5 9 6 C 11 7 34
10 10 Ret 11 Ret C 12 8
6 MLT Motorsports Ret DNS 7 6
7 Momentum Motorsports 13 Ret 12 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5[a] R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21 Pts
NOL
 ROA
 MOH
 IMS
 NJM
 MOS
 VIR
 ALA

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Half points were awarded in the second race at Road America as less than 50% of laps were completed under green flag conditions.

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