2017 Formula 4 United States Championship
# 2017 Formula 4 United States Championship

The 2017 Formula 4 United States Championship season was the second season of the United States Formula 4 Championship, a motor racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations and sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing, the professional racing division of the Sports Car Club of America. It began on 8 April at Homestead-Miami Speedway and finished on 22 October at the Circuit of the Americas, after seven triple header rounds.

## Teams and drivers

All teams were American-registered.

| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - |
| Group A Racing | 1 | Konrad Czaczyk | 1 |
| Group A Racing | 29 | Jonathan Scarallo | All |
| Group A Racing | 30 | Flinn Lazier | 2 |
| Group A Racing | 30 | Russ McDonough IV | 6–7 |
| Momentum Motorsports | 2 | Skylar Robinson | All |
| Momentum Motorsports | 16 | Kent Vaccaro | All |
| Indy Motorsport Group | 3 | Vincent Khristov | 1–6 |
| Indy Motorsport Group | 10 | Davis Durrett | 1–6 |
| Indy Motorsport Group | 10 | Chandler Horton | 7 |
| Indy Motorsport Group | 35 | Chris Archinaco | 1–5 |
| Indy Motorsport Group | 35 | Nick Andries | 6 |
| Indy Motorsport Group | 62 | Raphael Forcier | All |
| Primus Racing Team | 4 | James "Jim" Goughary Jr | All |
| Primus Racing Team | 5 | Austin McCusker | All |
| Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development | 6 | Parker Locke | All |
| Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development | 11 | Colin Mullan | 4 |
| Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development | 11 | Tyler O'Connor | 5 |
| Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development | 14 | Max Peichel | 1–4 |
| Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development | 14 | Elliot Finlayson | 5 |
| Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development | 14 | Dalton Peak | 6–7 |
| Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development | 26 | Sam Paley | 1, 3, 7 |
| Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development | 41 | Braden Eves | 2, 6–7 |
| Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development | 61 | John Paul Southern Jr | All |
| Cape Motorsports | 07 | Steve Bamford | All |
| Cape Motorsports | 8 | Kyle Kirkwood | All |
| Cape Motorsports | 9 | Mathias Soler | All |
| Cape Motorsports | 51 | Jett Noland | 1 |
| JDX Racing | 7 | Blake Mount | All |
| JDX Racing | 19 | Timo Reger | 1–6 |
| JDX Racing | 28 | Ben Waddell | All |
| DEForce Racing | 12 | Moisés de la Vara | 5–6 |
| DEForce Racing | 77 | Kory Enders | 5–7 |
| HellHound Motorsports Abel Motorsports | 21 | John Andrew Entwistle | 1–2, 7 |
| HellHound Motorsports Abel Motorsports | 22 | Jacob Abel | All |
| Global Racing Group | 24 | Benjamin Pedersen | All |
| Global Racing Group | N/A | Pierre Thiriet | 6 |
| Global Racing Group | 25 | Frederik Vesti | 7 |
| Global Racing Group | 39 | Justin Sirgany | All |
| Global Racing Group | 68 | Jacob Loomis | 1–6 |
| Austin Kaszuba Racing | 27 | Austin Kaszuba | 1–2 |
| Crosslink Racing | 27 | Austin Kaszuba | 4–7 |
| Crosslink Racing | 37 | Jordan Sherratt | All |
| Miller Vinatieri Leguizamón Motorsports | 40 | Jack William Miller | 1, 3–7 |
| Miller Vinatieri Leguizamón Motorsports | 45 | Baltazar Leguizamón | All |
| Miller Vinatieri Leguizamón Motorsports | 65 | Alan Miller | 1–2 |
| Miller Vinatieri Leguizamón Motorsports | 65 | Chandler Horton | 4 |
| Miller Vinatieri Leguizamón Motorsports | 96 | Lawson Nagel | All |
| Kiwi Motorsport LTD | 85 | Dakota Dickerson | 3, 5–7 |
| Kiwi Motorsport LTD | 86 | Brendon Leitch | All |
| C.G. Racing | 97 | Christopher Gumprecht | 2, 4–5 |

## Race calendar

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Supporting |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | R1 | Homestead-Miami Speedway (Homestead, Florida) | 8 April | Benjamin Pedersen | Raphael Forcier | Timo Reger | JDX Racing | Trans-Am Series |
| 1 | R2 | Homestead-Miami Speedway (Homestead, Florida) | 9 April | | Kyle Kirkwood | Raphael Forcier | Indy Motorsport Group | Trans-Am Series |
| 1 | R3 | Homestead-Miami Speedway (Homestead, Florida) | 9 April | | Sam Paley | Timo Reger | JDX Racing | Trans-Am Series |
| 2 | R1 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Indiana) | 10 June | Kyle Kirkwood | Timo Reger | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports | Sportscar Vintage Racing Association Atlantic Championship |
| 2 | R2 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Indiana) | 11 June | | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports | Sportscar Vintage Racing Association Atlantic Championship |
| 2 | R3 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Indiana) | 11 June | | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports | Sportscar Vintage Racing Association Atlantic Championship |
| 3 | R1 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (Bowmanville, Ontario) | 8 July | Dakota Dickerson | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports | Weathertech Sportscar Championship |
| 3 | R2 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (Bowmanville, Ontario) | 9 July | | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports | Weathertech Sportscar Championship |
| 3 | R3 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (Bowmanville, Ontario) | 9 July | | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports | Weathertech Sportscar Championship |
| 4 | R1 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (Lexington, Ohio) | 11 August | Kyle Kirkwood | Brendon Leitch | Brendon Leitch | Kiwi Motorsport | Trans-Am Series NASCAR Xfinity Series |
| 4 | R2 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (Lexington, Ohio) | 11 August | | Kyle Kirkwood | Skylar Robinson | Momentum Motorsports | Trans-Am Series NASCAR Xfinity Series |
| 4 | R3 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (Lexington, Ohio) | 12 August | | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports | Trans-Am Series NASCAR Xfinity Series |
| 5 | R1 | Virginia International Raceway (Alton, Virginia) | 26 August | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Baltazar Leguizamón | Miller Vinatieri Leguizamón Motorsports | Weathertech Sportscar Championship |
| 5 | R2 | Virginia International Raceway (Alton, Virginia) | 26 August | | Tyler O'Connor | Jordan Sherratt | Crosslink Racing | Weathertech Sportscar Championship |
| 5 | R3 | Virginia International Raceway (Alton, Virginia) | 27 August | | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports | Weathertech Sportscar Championship |
| 6 | R1 | Circuit of the Americas (Austin, Texas) | 15 September | Benjamin Pedersen | Benjamin Pedersen | Benjamin Pedersen | Global Racing Group | FIA World Endurance Championship |
| 6 | R2 | Circuit of the Americas (Austin, Texas) | 15 September | | Dakota Dickerson | Benjamin Pedersen | Global Racing Group | FIA World Endurance Championship |
| 6 | R3 | Circuit of the Americas (Austin, Texas) | 16 September | | Braden Eves | Braden Eves | Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development | FIA World Endurance Championship |
| 7 | R1 | Circuit of the Americas (Austin, Texas) | 21 October | Kyle Kirkwood | Benjamin Pedersen | Benjamin Pedersen | Global Racing Group | Formula One |
| 7 | R2 | Circuit of the Americas (Austin, Texas) | 22 October | | Austin Kaszuba | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports | Formula One |

## Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race.

| 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 | HMS | HMS | HMS | IMS | IMS | IMS | MSP | MSP | MSP | MDO | MDO | MDO | VIR | VIR | VIR | COTA1 | COTA1 | COTA1 | COTA2 | COTA2 | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kyle Kirkwood | Ret | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 345 |
| 2 | Raphael Forcier | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 28 | 162 |
| 3 | Dakota Dickerson | | | | | | | 4 | 2 | 2 | | | | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 152 |
| 4 | Benjamin Pedersen | 2 | 11 | Ret | 18 | 15 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 147 |
| 5 | Jordan Sherratt | 7 | DNS | 15 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 132 |
| 6 | Braden Eves | | | | 2 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 130 |
| 7 | Timo Reger | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 20 | 19 | Ret | 13 | | | 124 |
| 8 | Brendon Leitch | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | Ret | 16 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 113 |
| 9 | Baltazar Leguizamón | 6 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 11 | Ret | 1 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 104 |
| 10 | Skylar Robinson | 26 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 28 | Ret | 21 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 101 |
| 11 | Jacob Loomis | 3 | 6 | DNS | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | Ret | 23 | Ret | 18 | 10 | 14 | 26 | | | 91 |
| 12 | Mathias Soler | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 21 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 7 | 88 |
| 13 | Ben Waddell | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | Ret | 9 | 15 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 19 | 6 | 68 |
| 14 | Jim Goughary Jr | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | Ret | 15 | 17 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 22 | 16 | 27 | 22 | Ret | Ret | 20 | 40 |
| 15 | Austin Kaszuba | 8 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 12 | | | | 21 | 26 | Ret | 11 | 10 | Ret | 14 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 26 | 33 |
| 16 | Justin Sirgany | DNS | 15 | 19 | 7 | 23 | 13 | 12 | Ret | DNS | 15 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 12 | Ret | DNS | 17 | 15 | 29 |
| 17 | Kory Enders | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 28 |
| 18 | Jack William Miller | 5 | Ret | 6 | | | | 11 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 20 | 14 | 30 | 17 | 12 | EX | 18 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 23 |
| 19 | John Paul Southern Jr | DNS | 21 | 22 | 19 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 24 | Ret | 10 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 20 |
| 20 | Jonathan Scarallo | 11 | 9 | 4 | DSQ | 9 | 25 | Ret | 18 | 17 | Ret | 18 | 9 | 17 | 12 | Ret | 18 | 16 | Ret | 20 | 31 | 18 |
| 21 | Flinn Lazier | | | | 5 | 6 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 |
| 22 | Colin Mullan | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 7 | 13 | | | | | | | | | 16 |
| 23 | Austin McCusker | 22 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 13 | NC | 28 | Ret | 19 | 9 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 27 | 12 |
| 24 | Jacob Abel | 24 | Ret | DNS | 10 | 25 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 9 |
| 25 | Tyler O'Connor | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24 | 29 | 6 | | | | | | 8 |
| 26 | Sam Paley | 13 | 10 | 7 | | | | 19 | 14 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 13 | 8 |
| 27 | Davis Durrett | 18 | 19 | 13 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 17 | DNS | 20 | 23 | DNS | 23 | 22 | | | 2 |
| 28 | Max Peichel | Ret | 13 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 11 | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 29 | Frederik Vesti | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 12 | 1 |
| 30 | Blake Mount | 17 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | 21 | 22 | Ret | 24 | 12 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 25 | 29 | 24 | 0 |
| 31 | Moisés de la Vara | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29 | 15 | Ret | 29 | 30 | 12 | | | 0 |
| 32 | Elliot Finlayson | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 24 | 17 | | | | | | 0 |
| 33 | Steve Bamford | 16 | 16 | 18 | Ret | 21 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| 34 | Lawson Nagel | Ret | 24 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 24 | Ret | 19 | 16 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 0 |
| 35 | John Andrew Entwistle | 25 | 14 | 17 | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28 | 25 | 0 |
| 36 | Chris Archinaco | Ret | Ret | 21 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 23 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 20 | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | | | 0 |
| 37 | Jett Noland | 14 | 22 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 38 | Dalton Peak | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 0 |
| 39 | Chandler Horton | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 15 | Ret | | | | | | | 22 | 30 | 0 |
| 40 | Kent Vaccaro | 19 | 23 | DNS | 21 | 28 | 27 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 18 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 30 | Ret | 22 | EX | 20 | 24 | 17 | 0 |
| 41 | Parker Locke | 20 | Ret | DNS | 26 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 19 | 0 |
| 42 | Vincent Khristov | 23 | 18 | Ret | 27 | 17 | 19 | Ret | Ret | 20 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 17 | Ret | | | 0 |
| 43 | Alan Miller | 21 | Ret | Ret | 22 | 27 | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 44 | Russ McDonough IV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26 | 26 | Ret | Ret | 22 | 0 |
| 45 | Christopher Gumprecht | | | | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | DNS | DNS | 23 | 27 | 28 | 27 | | | | | | 0 |
| 46 | Nick Andries | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 27 | 23 | | | 0 |
| – | Konrad Czaczyk | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | – |
| – | Pierre Thiriet | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WD | WD | WD | | | – |
| Pos | Driver | HMS | HMS | HMS | IMS | IMS | IMS | MSP | MSP | MSP | MDO | MDO | MDO | VIR | VIR | VIR | COTA1 | COTA1 | COTA1 | COTA2 | COTA2 | Points |
| 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) |

### Teams' championship

| Pos | Team | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Cape Motorsports | 433 |
| 2 | Global Racing Group | 268 |
| 3 | Kiwi Motorsport | 266 |
| 4 | JDX Racing | 192 |
| 5 | Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development | 183 |
| 6 | Indy Motorsport Group | 164 |
| 7 | Crosslink Racing | 164 |
| 8 | Miller Vinatieri Leguizamón Motorsports | 127 |
| 9 | Momentum Motorsports | 101 |
| 10 | Primus Racing Team | 52 |
| 11 | Group A Racing | 36 |
| 12 | Austin Kaszuba Racing | 32 |
| 13 | DEForce Racing | 24 |
| 14 | Abel Motorsports | 9 |
| 15 | C.G. Racing | 0 |
