07Road Courses
Drivers face a variety of technical, high-speed and traditional American road circuits requiring braking precision, car control, setup knowledge and racecraft.
Inaugural Season/November — February/Applications Open
American
Formula
Sim Series*
America's new open-wheel racing championship begins in the virtual world. Twenty selected drivers. Ten races on the Dallara SF23 over seven road courses and three ovals. One champion.
* The American Formula Sim Series is an independently operated competition conducted on the iRacing simulation platform using the Super Formula SF23. The series is not affiliated with or endorsed by iRacing, Dallara, Japan Race Promotion or the Super Formula championship unless otherwise stated.
- 20Drivers
- 10Races
- 07Road Courses
- 03Ovals
- 01Championship
Dallara SF23◆Toyota-powered◆iRacing◆550+ hp◆7 road courses◆3 ovals◆$5,000 championship prize◆Formula 3 test◆Broadcast on SPEED SPORT 1◆Grid limited to 20◆
01The Championship
Ten rounds.
Two disciplines.
One champion.
A championship built to identify the most complete driver — not simply the fastest hot-lapper.
- 20
- selectedDrivers on the grid
- 10
- roundsChampionship races
- 07
- eventsRoad-course rounds
- 03
- eventsOval rounds
- NOV
- to FebCompetition window
- SS1
- broadcastSpeed Sport One
- $5K
- prizeChampionship purse
- F3
- testReal-world opportunity for the champion
AFS combines the precision and technical demands of road-course formula racing with something rarely found in high-level international formula competition: American-style oval racing.
Drivers will have to demonstrate more than raw speed. Twenty selected drivers contest ten rounds from November through February, with professional race broadcasts, a $5,000 purse and a Formula 3 test waiting at the end of it.
What the title demands
- Qualifying
- Racecraft
- Tire management
- Strategy
- Consistency
- Traffic
- Road courses
- High-speed ovals
02The Car
Dallara
SF23Toyota
Every competitor races the Toyota-powered Dallara SF23 available through iRacing — the current-generation chassis developed by Italian constructor Dallara for Japan's premier open-wheel championship, Super Formula.
The real-world SF23 pairs an exceptionally lightweight formula chassis with a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder producing more than 550 horsepower, with an aerodynamic package developed in part to encourage closer racing and increased overtaking. iRacing's officially developed virtual SF23 brings that platform into simulation, including its sophisticated vehicle dynamics and overtaking system.
- Chassis
- Dallara SF23
- Engine
- Toyota-powered SF23
- Configuration
- 2.0L turbocharged inline-four
- Real-world output
- 550+ horsepower
- Platform
- iRacing
- Car type
- High-downforce open-wheel single-seater
The SF23 rewards precision. Small mistakes matter. Consistency matters. Racecraft matters. That is exactly why AFS chose it.
real-world output
03The Schedule
Seven road
courses.
Three ovals.
The inaugural championship runs November through February, built around a combination of America's most recognizable road courses and oval tracks.
03Ovals
Three oval races bring an unmistakably American element to the formula racing experience — drafting, traffic management, side-by-side racing, changing balance, strategic positioning and decisions made at extremely high speeds.
The calendar — 10 rounds
Race dates announced separately
- R01Sonoma RacewaySonoma, CaliforniaRoad course
- R02Circuit of The AmericasAustin, TexasRoad course
- R03New Hampshire Motor SpeedwayLoudon, New HampshireOval
- R04Watkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, New YorkRoad course
- R05Michelin Raceway Road AtlantaBraselton, GeorgiaRoad course
- R06The Milwaukee MileWest Allis, WisconsinOval
- R07Road AmericaElkhart Lake, WisconsinRoad course
- R08Barber Motorsports ParkBirmingham, AlabamaRoad course
- R09Nashville SuperspeedwayLebanon, TennesseeOval
- R10Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaRoad course
Dates to be announced — season runs November through February
04Who Can Compete
Twenty seats.
Nothing
handed out.
AFS is looking for twenty talented, committed drivers who want to compete in a serious championship environment. What matters is the ability — and the commitment — to compete.
Drivers may come from
- Sim racing
- Karting
- Junior formula
- Sports cars
- Oval racing
- Other disciplines
Commitment requirements9 items — read before applying
- 01Maintain an active iRacing account
- 02Maintain an active SVS Insiders membership
- 03Own or acquire the required Dallara SF23 content and scheduled circuits
- 04Maintain reliable computer, internet and sim-racing equipment
- 05Participate in scheduled races and required league activities
- 06Race professionally and respectfully
- 07Follow AFS sporting and competition regulations
- 08Participate in reasonable promotional and media activities surrounding the championship
- 09Commit to completing the championship season
How selection worksApplications reviewed on a rolling basis
Applications are reviewed as they arrive. Every submission is read, and drivers under consideration are contacted directly about the next steps toward a confirmed entry.
Speed is part of the evaluation, but so are consistency, conduct, reliability and the ability to commit to a full season alongside the media activity that surrounds a broadcast championship.
What this is notSet expectations honestly
AFS is not being built as a casual drop-in league. There is no open grid, no rotating entry list and no space for drivers who disappear halfway through a season.
We are building a championship.
05More Than Sim Racing
The road to
American
Formula.
AFS is being developed as the virtual foundation for the future American Formula Series — a proposed real-world American open-wheel championship targeted for later this decade.
The Sim Series is the first stage of a larger vision: a distinctly American formula racing platform combining competition, driver development, media and entertainment — and a laboratory for everything the real championship will need.
01Drivers compete
A real grid, real standings, real pressure across a full season.
02Fans discover personalities
Names and rivalries that carry from one round to the next.
03Sponsors activate
Partners test motorsport programs in a measurable environment.
04Broadcast concepts are developed
Storytelling, graphics and formats refined round by round.
05Tracks and formats are tested
Circuit mix, race length and structure proven in competition.
06Communities are built
An audience that exists before the first physical car turns a wheel.
The virtual championship begins establishing the identity of American Formula before the first physical race car ever takes the green flag. The objective is a pathway in which sim racing and real-world motorsports are no longer completely separate worlds.
06Race For Something
$5,000
Championship prize
The objective is simple: provide a meaningful reward that reaches beyond a virtual trophy, and give the champion an opportunity to demonstrate ability in a real racing environment.
Plus
A Formula 3
test opportunity
The inaugural champion earns a seat in a real Formula 3 car — the point where a season of virtual results turns into a genuine on-track evaluation.
Virtual competition.
Real opportunity.
07Watch the Championship
Planned for
broadcast on
Speed Sport 1
Race coverage takes the championship beyond the competitors themselves and turns AFS into a motorsports entertainment property — focused not only on the racing, but on the drivers inside the cars.
- Their personalities
- Their backgrounds
- Their rivalries
- Their progress
- The title fight
Because racing becomes more compelling when fans know who is inside the car.
08Built By
Speedway
Venture
Studio
The American Formula Sim Series is an initiative of Speedway Venture Studio LLC, a motorsports-focused venture studio building businesses at the intersection of racing, media, technology, driver opportunity and fan engagement.
AFS is an important part of that strategy: use racing as both a competitive platform and a media platform, while creating new opportunities for drivers, partners and fans.
- Racing
- Media
- Technology
- Driver opportunity
- Fan engagement
09Apply to Race
The grid is
limited to
twenty.
We are assembling the inaugural field now. If you believe you have the speed, racecraft, commitment and professionalism to compete, we want to hear from you.
20 drivers. 10 races.
One champion.