ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Brady Golan secured his second Formula Regional Americas Championship (FR Americas) win of the 2026 season during the opening race of the Road America weekend.
Brady Golan became the first repeat winner of the 2026 season, taking the victory in Race 1 at Road America.
Evagoras Papasavvas earned his second podium of the season with a runner-up finish.
Earning his first podium, rookie driver Harbir Dass recorded a career-best third-place finish. Over the last eight days, Dass became both a college graduate and FR Americas podium finisher.
Three teams were represented on today’s podium with Toney Driver Development winning the event with Golan, Crosslink Motorsports finishing second with Papasavvas, and Kiwi Motorsport taking third with Dass.
Whitney Strickland won in the Masters Cup class for the third time this season.
After recording the fastest lap in qualifying, Evagoras Papasavvas (No. 71 Crosslink Motorsports Ligier JS F3) led the field to the starting grid. When the lights went out, it was second-place starter Brady Golan (No. 40 Toney Driver Development Ligier JS F3) who got the jump to take control of the race. Points leader Cooper Shipman (No. 10 Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3) challenged for the lead after starting third, but ultimately settled into second instead.
A mid-race restart gave the field another chance to mix up the running order. Golan maintained control of the race, while drivers jockeyed for position behind him.
Polesitter Papasavvas had climbed back up to fourth after dropping to seventh on the initial start, and the restart gave him the opportunity to gain even more ground. Racing three-wide down the front straight, Papasavvas emerged in second. Behind him, Harbir Dass (No. 9 Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3) was also climbing up through the pack, settling into third as the field stretched out. When the checkered flag waved, Golan crossed the line first, followed by Papasavvas in second and Dass in third.
“Honestly [Road America] has been one of my weaker tracks, so to win here just shows how good our car is this year,” said Golan. “I’m stoked with the team; they’ve done an amazing job and I’m really proud of these guys. The race was good; it’s hard to escape the cars behind in this place, but I think we did a good job of it. We got one at the start and had some competition going into [Turn] five on lap one, but we kept the lead the whole time. It feels great to win here. Thanks to everybody on the 40 crew; everybody’s done an amazing job. I have to thank some of my teachers, too—I just took a final this morning.”
With a steady performance all race long, Whitney Strickland (No. 21 TF Companies / Hillenburg Motorsports Ligier JS F3) was the first Masters Cup driver to cross the finish line, winning the class for the third time this season.
