SCCA Pro Racing

ALTON, Va. (October 6, 2023) – Michael Costello secured the Formula 4 United States Championship Powered by Honda (F4 U.S.) pole for Race 1 of the Andy Scriven Memorial at the VIR SpeedTour. Currently in a heated battle for the championship title, Costello (No. 19 Jay Howard Driver Development / CSU One Cure / Lucas Oil / LHP Ligier JS F4) edged out his championship rival to secure the top spot on the leaderboard with a 1:57.134 lap. Current points leader, Patrick Woods-Toth (No. 27 Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F4), was second, just 0.419-seconds behind Costello. After securing his first podium finish at New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP) during the series’ last outing, Bacon Zelenka (No. 45 Bacon Racing Ligier JS F4) was third. Mid-Ohio winner Augie Soto-Schirripa (No. 24 International Motorsport Ligier JS F4) was fourth, followed by NOLA winner Carl Bennett (No. 9 Gonella Racing Ligier JS F4) in fifth.

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Woods-Toth led the sole practice session for F4 U.S. on Friday morning. Titus Sherlock (No. 31 Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F4)—a first-time winner at NJMP—was second on the speed charts, followed by Daniel Cará (No. 10 Tenuta Foppa & Ambrosi Ligier JS F4) in third and Alex Berg (No. 08 MySim.ca/Rohde & Liesenfeld/Easy Drift/Penn Elcom Online/Dae Systems) in fourth. Costello was fifth in that session.

     SEE MORE:  Practice Results

Next up for F4 U.S. is Race 1. The lights will go out to start the action at 8:40 a.m. ET on Saturday morning, with a live stream available on the SpeedTourTV YouTube page. Live timing and scoring will be available via the Race Monitor app, and additional news and updates from the Andy Scriven Memorial at the VIR SpeedTour will be posted on the series’ Facebook, Instagram and Twitter throughout the weekend.