2023 F1600 Championship Series

The 2023 F1600 Championship Series season is the twelfth season of the F1600 Championship Series. The season began on March 23 at Road Atlanta, and ended on August 20 at Summit Point Motorsports Park.

Last year's champion, Thomas Schrage of Rice Race Prep, moved up to the USF2000 Championship on the Road to Indy ladder. The championship was won by Porter Aiken. Ayrton Houk and Jack Sullivan would go on to be team USA scholars and would race in the Formula Ford Festival as well as the Walter Hayes Trophy in the United Kingdom.

Drivers and teams

Pro Division
Team/Sponsor	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Chassis	Engine
Arrive Drive Motorsports	91	BJ Shaw (R)	1-6, 13-15	Spectrum	Honda
	93	Austin Holtgraewe (R)	1-6, 10-15, 19-21
Raceworks	11	Christopher Kierce	1-6, 10-15, 19-21	Spectrum	Honda
	48	John Kierce	13-15
	70	Sam Lockwood (M)	1-6, 13-15
Rice Race Prep	01	Ely Navarro (R)	1-12	Mygale	Honda
		Ayrton Houk	13-15
		Michael Bulzacchelli	19-21
	02	Ayrton Houk	4-12, 16-21
		Misha Goikhberg	1-3
	03	Steve Jenks (M)	1-3
		Misha Goikhberg	7-9
		Jason Pribyl	13-18
Team Pelfrey	80	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	All	Mygale	Honda
	81	Dillion Defonce (R)	1-9
		Connor Willis	16-18
	82	Karsten Defonce (R)	1-9
	83	Ken Bouquillon (M)	1-3, 7-18
	84	David Adorno	1-18
	88	Hugh Esterson	10-12
		Dexter Czuba	7-9
Dietz Racing	18	Robert Dietz	4-6, 10-12	Van Diemen	Honda
	22	James Dietz (M)	4-6, 10-12
Drivers Services	2	Mike Scanlan (M)	1-15, 19-21	Spectrum	Honda
	18	Gary Gecelter (M)	7-9, 16-18	Spectrum
	21	Dave Petzko (M)	All	Spectrum
	22	Wes Allen	7-9	Swift
Steele Carreras	7	Timothy Steele	1-9, 13-15, 19-21	Van Diemen	Honda
	75		10-12
Lee Racing	0	Jonathan Lee	1-3	Swift	Honda
	00		4-6
	00	James Morgan (M)	1-3
Tovo Motorsports	031	Jackson Tovo	19-21	Mygale
	13	Ethan Tovo	19-21
Borland Racing Developements	2	Mike Scanlan (M)	16-18	Spectrum
	23	Eddie Beswick	13-18
Auriana Racing	3	Joe Colasacco (M)	1-12, 16-18	Van Diemen	Ford / Honda
	4	Michael Siracusano	16-18
Dole Racing	4	John Dole	19-21	Mygale
Kelly Moss Inc.	8	Theodore Burns	1-6, 10-15, 19-21	Piper
Aero Metals	9	Robert Stowell (M)	10-15, 19-21	Spectrum
PT&T Motorsports	12	Bob Reid (M)	1-18	Citation
			19-21	Spectrum
IronRock Motorsports	09	Camryn Reed	13-15	Piper
	14	Cooper Shipman	1-3, 7-9, 19-21
Steve Roux Racing	16	Steve Roux (M)	7-9	Wyvern
Wyvern	16	Steve Roux (M)	1-3, 16-21	Wyvern
Sullivan Racing	19	Jack Sullivan	1-18	Piper	Honda
AntiSpeed	26	Charles Anti	1-3, 10-12	Van Diemen	Honda
Practical Precision Engineering	30	Will Velkoff	7-12, 16-21	Van Diemen
MAJ Performance	31	Scott Rubenzer (M)	1-6, 10-15, 19-21	Spectrum	Honda
Red Arrow Racing	32	Trevor Russell	13-21	Ray FF	Honda
Home Tech Consultants	41	Robert Albani (M)	1-3, 7-12	Mygale
Cordova Racing	42	Joe Parsons	16-21	Spectrum
CT Motorsports	45	Karsten Defonce (R)	16-18
Kingham Racing	47	Phil Kingham (M)	4-6, 10-15, 19-21	Spectrum
Britain West Motorsports	65	Callum Baxter	1-9	Mygale	Honda
DBM Racing	72	Steve Oseth	10-12, 16-21	Citation
BPMS	73	Robert Perona (M)	1-3, 7-9	Piper
ThermaMasters	85	David Livingston Jr. (M)	1-6, 10-15	Spectrum	Honda
Brumbaugh Racing	86	Kevin Brumbaugh (M)	1-3	Van Diemen
Lavender Competition	96	Brandon Lavender	13-15	Van Diemen
Bulzacchelli Racing	98	Michael Bulzacchelli	1-9	Piper	Honda
Chillout Motorsports	99	Porter Aiken	1-15	Piper	Honda
Aiken Racing	99	Porter Aiken	16-21	Piper	Honda
Tatman Motorsports	122	Hunter Tatman	13-15	Van Diemen
References:

Schedule

Rd.	Date	Track	Location
1	March 23–26	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia
2
3
4	April 28–30	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
5
6
7	May 26–29	Lime Rock Park	Salisbury, Connecticut
8
9
10	June 8–11	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania
11
12
13	July 6–9	Road America	Plymouth, Wisconsin
14
15
16	July 28–30	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey
17
18
19	August 18–20	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Summit Point, West Virginia
20
21
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Results & performance summaries

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
1	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	March 24	Ely Navarro	Jonathan Lee	Porter Aiken
2			March 25		Joe Colasacco	Robert Perona
3			March 26		Robert Perona	Porter Aiken
4	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	April 28	Ayrton Houk	Jack Sullivan	Jack Sullivan
5			April 29		Ayrton Houk	Ely Navarro
6			April 30		Jack Sullivan	Jack Sullivan
7	Lime Rock Park	Salisbury, Connecticut	May 27	Ely Navarro	Porter Aiken	Jack Sullivan
8			May 28		Ely Navarro	Ayrton Houk
9			May 29		Jack Sullivan	Porter Aiken
10	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania	June 9	Porter Aiken	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Ayrton Houk
11			June 10		Porter Aiken	Porter Aiken
12			June 11		Jack Sullivan	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo
13	Road America	Plymouth, Wisconsin	July 7	Jack Sullivan	Theodore Burns	Porter Aiken
14			July 8		Porter Aiken	Eddie Beswick
15			July 9		Timothy Steele	Jack Sullivan
16	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	July 28	Ayrton Houk	Porter Aiken	Jack Sullivan
17			July 29		Jason Pribyl	Porter Aiken
18			July 30		Ayrton Houk	Eddie Beswick
19	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Summit Point, West Virginia	August 18	Porter Aiken	Porter Aiken	Theodore Burns
20			August 19		Ayrton Houk	Porter Aiken
21			August 20		Scott Rubenzer	Ayrton Houk
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Standings
Pos	Driver	RAT			MOH			LRP			PITT			RA			NJMP			SP			Pts	Drop Points
1	Porter Aiken	1	3	1	2	4	2	2		1		1		1				1			1	DNS	827 (793)
2	Ayrton Houk				3	3	3	5	1		1											1	699
3	Jack Sullivan	9	4	5	1	2	1	1	DNS				1			1	1						608
4	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	2	7	19	7	6	8	9															629 (597)
5	Theodore Burns	8	9	9	6	23	5													1			408
6	Joe Colasacco (M)	12	11	4	10	12	12	6															371
7	Ely Navarro	27	2	3	4	1	4	3															353
8	Timothy Steele	13	10	7	8	24	25	7		DNS													338
9	Scott Rubenzer (M)	16	12	31	12	15	11																310
10	Ken Bouquillon (M)	18	16	24				13															291
11	David Adorno	10	13	13	20	11	14	23															255
12	Callum Baxter	4	6	2	5	26	7	8															237
13	Dillon Defonce	7	8	8	11	7	6	12															219
14	Eddie Beswick														1				1				213
15	Christopher Kierce	28	18	17	14	8	13																200
16	Mike Scanlan (M)	23	22	25	22	19	20	20															200 (193)
17	Robert Perona (M)	3	1	6				16															186
18	Will Velkoff							17			DNS												185
19	Bob Reid (M)	20	19	27	18	14	17	18															180 (169)
20	Karsten Defonce	11	23	16	25	9	15	11															170
21	Jonathan Lee	5	5	10	9	5	10																160
22	Charles Anti	17	14	12																			159
23	Jason Pribyl																						157 (148)
24	Dave Petzko (M)	25	24	28	23	21	23	22															145 (141)
25	Michael Bulzacchelli	30	DNF	14	17	10	9	14															131 (122)
26	David Livingston Jr. (M)	14	15	18	13	17	16								DNS								129
27	Cooper Shipman	22	27	22				25															127
28	Misha Goikhberg	6	31	11				4		DNS													125
29	Steve Oseth																						107
30	BJ Shaw	15	21	15	24	13	26																87 (74)
31	Trevor Russell															DNS							86 (71)
32	Connor Willis																						83
33	Robert Albani (M)	21	20	23				15					DNS										79
34	Austin Holtgraewe	29	29	26	26	20	24																76
35	Phil Kingham (M)				19	16	18																73
36	Steve Roux (M)	DNS	28	30				24															73
37	Ethan Tovo																						73
38	Dexter Czuba							10															71
39	Gary Gecelter (M)							19															62
40	Sam Lockwood (M)	24	26	21	21	18	19																48
41	Robert Dietz				16	25	22																46
42	Jackson Tovo																						43
43	Joe Parsons																						41
44	Camryn Reed																						39
45	John Dole																						38
46	James Dietz (M)				15	22	21																36
47	Gordon Scully																						34
48	Hugh Esterson																						31
49	Robert Stowell (M)													DNS	DNS								29
50	Brandon Lavender																						28
51	Steve Jenks (M)	19	17	20																			22
52	Wes Allen							21															20
53	Hunter Tatman																						19
54	John Kierce																						12
55	Michael Siracusano																	DNS	DNS				7
56	James Morgan (M)	26	25	29																			3
57	Kevin Brumbaugh (M)	31	30	DNS																			2