World Speed Motorsports and VMB Driver Development announced today that they would be graduating Rayce Dykstra into their F4 program for 2019. Dykstra secured the 2018 VMB FormulaSPEED Scholarship, and went on to finish the season as vice-champion with race wins at Sonoma Raceway, Laguna Seca, and Portland International Raceway. Dykstra was on the podium 11 times in the 14 race championship. When he wasn’t racing his FormulaSPEED, Dykstra competed in Spec Miata where he won his second consecutive championship.
“We are really excited to be working with Rayce again this season,” noted VMB President Steve Brisentine. “Rayce has proven that he will put in the hard work needed to get the job done, and he is always a willing student of racing.” World Speed Principal Telo Stewart added, “When we started working with Rayce he had a lot of raw talent and drive, and we spent this past season really focusing on making improvements each and every session. Even when we met those goals Rayce wasn’t satisfied, he wanted us to gain as much ground as we could every time he put his helmet on. We know he’ll be great in the F4 car, and we can’t wait for the 2019 season to begin.”
Dykstra had this to add, “I am so thankful for the opportunity to be able to continue on with VMB and World Speed for the 2019 racing season in the VMB F4 car racing the Formula Pro USA Western Championships. I can’t thank Steve Brisentine and Andy Brown enough for the opportunity they have given me with the VMB Driver Development Scholarship. The Formula Car Challenge program was such a great experience and I was able to learn so much in the FormulaSPEED car. I’m looking forward to the new challenges that the 2019 season has in store.”
About Rayce Dykstra
Rayce is a third generation racer who started racing karts at the age of 8. He has had a very successful career working his way up the national karting ladder in the Rotax national program and the SKUSA Pro-Kart Challenge. In his first season of karting he was on pole in 15 out of 16 races, won 14 of those races and clinched the championship. Dykstra moved into open wheel and sedan racing in 2017, and secured a championship is his first year of car racing.
Rayce Dykstra Career Highlights
- 2015 Rotax Racing the Rockies Vice-Champion
- 2015 Rotax Racing the Rockies Vice-Champion
- 2016 Colorado Sprint Championship in Mini-max Karts
- 2017 Skip Barber Racing School Graduate
- 2017 SCCA Spec Miata Regional Champion
- 2017 Youngest driver to ever receive the Ron Hunter Rookie of the Year trophy
- 2017 World Speed Rising Star Award Winner
- 2018 VMB Driver Development Scholarship Recipient
- 2018 FormulaSPEED Vice Champion
- 2018 SCCA Colorado Region Driver of the Year Award Winner
- 2018 SCCA RM Division Spec Miata Champion
Dykstra and the team will be contesting the entire 2019 Formula Pro USA Championship in the brand-new VMB Driver Development Ligier JSF4.
2019 Formula Pro USA Championship (6 weekends, 12 races, 4 different tracks)
- March 16th -17th Sonoma Raceway
- April 26th – 28th Auto Club Speedway
- May 18th – 19th Portland International Raceway
- July 6th – 7th Sonoma Raceway
- July 25th – 28th WeatherTech Laguna Seca Raceway
- August 31 – Sep 1 WeatherTech Laguna Seca Raceway
More information:
VMB Driver Development: www.worldspeed.com/vmb
World Speed Motorsports: www.worldspeed.com
Formula Pro USA: www.formulaprousa.com
Rayce Dykstra: www.raycedykstra.com