Caleb Campbell Sweeps Saturday Races at NOLA Motorsports Park

Caleb Campbell won the season-opening Formula 4 United States Championship (F4 U.S.) race at NOLA Motorsports Park on Saturday morning. Marking the second win of his career, Campbell (No. 68 Steele Auto Group / Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F422) returned to F4 U.S. for his sophomore season while moving under the Kiwi Motorsport banner.

Notes of Interest:

• Caleb Campbell earned his first win of the 2026 season and second of his F4 U.S. career when he took the checkered flag in Race 1 at NOLA Motorsports Park.
• Zach Fourie earned a career-best finish with his second-place result in the NOLA season opener.
• In his series’ debut, Gastón Irazú earned his first F4 U.S. podium with a third-place result.
• The 2025 Champion in the Ligier Junior Formula Championship, Gastón Irazú advanced to F4 U.S. this season with support from the Champion’s Scholarship. The program granted Irazú the lease of a Ligier JS F422 car and Ligier Storm engine from Ligier Automotive, as well as race tires from Hankook Motorsports and race entry fees from Racing America.
• While the series is known as F4 U.S., the Race 1 podium showed its global appeal with three nations represented. Campbell hails from Canada, while Fourie is a native of South Africa and Irazú lives in Uruguay.

Having earned his first-career pole, Zach Fourie (No. 15 Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F422) led the field to green for the season-opening race at NOLA Motorsports Park. With the South African immediately jumping to the point, an incident back in the field brought out the full-course caution leaving Fourie to defend his lead minutes later. Able to once again take control of the race, Fourie continued to lead as the race passed halfway. Another full-course yellow bunched up the field, which gave Campbell another chance at the lead. Staying perfectly in step with Fourie as they raced through the opening turns, Campbell made his move as they reached Turn 3 and overtook the lead.

Never looking back, the Canadian led the field to the finish line claiming the first checkered flag of the 2026 season. Behind him, Fourie finished second, while Gastón Irazú (No. 27 Elia Group / Baly / Canal 4 / Ancap / Champagne Racing Ligier JS F422) came home third.

>> SEE MORE: Race 1 Official Results

“This feels awesome,” said Campbell after climbing from his car. “I’m so happy right now. I have so many people to thank for this; I’m just so grateful for everything the team and all my sponsors have done for me. So, just thank you to everyone. I was able to get Zach Fourie at the restart in Turn 3, and I just tried to keep up the pace, building a gap away from the rest of the field. It was a great race.”

Caleb Campbell went two for two on Saturday at NOLA Motorsports Park in Formula 4 United States Championship (F4 U.S.) competition.

Notes of Interest:

• Caleb Campbell earned his second win of 2026, taking the victory in Race 2 at NOLA Motorsports Park.
• Zach Fourie captured second in Race 2, with Campbell and Fourie finishing back to back in both of Saturday’s races.
• Rookie driver Cole Medeiros earned his first-career podium with a third-place result.

After setting the fastest lap in Race 1, Campbell (No. 68 Steele Auto Group / Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F422) led the field to the green. He faced an early challenge from both Gastón Irazú (No. 27 Elia Group / Baly / Canal 4 / Ancap / Champagne Racing Ligier JS F422) and Zach Fourie (No. 15 Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F422). Irazú, the 2025 Ligier JFC champion, briefly took the lead and the three raced nose to gearbox. While hurrying through Turn 13, Irazú lost control, spinning on the circuit and collecting Clemente Huerta Raab (No. 17 Velox USA / Speed Factory Ligier JS F422) to bring an early end to both of their races.

Campbell regained the race lead while Fourie remained in his mirrors. The two drivers spent the final 20 minutes of the race within a few car lengths of each other, but Campbell refused to give up the race lead. As they crossed the finish line, it was Campbell, followed by Fourie, with rookie Cole Medeiros (No. 77 MLT Motorsports Ligier JS F422) rounding out the top three.

>> SEE MORE: Race 2 Official Results

“This is awesome—I’m so happy,” said Campbell after climbing from the car. “What a great start to the season. We’ll see what we can do tomorrow. A clean sweep would be pretty cool. Zach [Fourie] was really going for it. He kept a crazy pace and was right behind me the entire race. He was doing an amazing job, and keeping me focused. It was a really good race. I’d like to thank all my sponsors—Steele Auto Group, Levante Living, Invictus Academy, Torpedo Rays, Kids Help Phone, and just everyone who's supporting me.”

F4 U.S. will contest their final race of the Racing America at NOLA weekend tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. CT. Live timing and scoring will be available on Race Monitor with additional news and updates posted on the series’ Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

-Photo credit: Gavin Baker Photography