2023 Formula Car Challenge


The 2023 Formula Car Challenge presented by Goodyear was the 19th 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 took the title in the main Formula Mazda class, while Tao Takaoka and Joe Briggs were victorious in the Formula Speed and Pro Formula Mazda categories, respectively.

Drivers

Drivers competed in three classes, Formula Mazda, Formula Speed and Pro Formula Mazda.

Race calendar

The 2023 schedule was announced on 1 December 2022. All races were held in California. The series returned to Buttonwillow Raceway Park after not competing there in 2022.
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Race results

‡ - event or race did not award any points as it did not meet all FCC rules

Championship standings

Scoring system

Formula Mazda

Points were awarded to the top twenty drivers in each class 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
Points2925222019181716151413121110987654

Pro Formula Mazda and Formula Speed

As the Formula Speed and Pro Formula Mazda classes ran alongside the San Francisco Region SCCA's regional FX and FA3 classes respectively, they used their points system.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Points2521181716151413121110987654321

Each driver's four worst results were dropped.

Drivers' standings

‡ - event or race did not award any points as it did not meet all FCC rules