2022 SVRA Indy SpeedTour Saturday Formula Ford Race

This was a really fun race as we had no yellow flags or any other stoppages. We were the first race after the lunch break so we rolled out on time and the track was in great condition on a warm afternoon. I started 14th overall out of a field of 38 cars; the train of cars seen from the rearview camera at the start is quite a sight. Mercifully we all managed to get through Turn 1 unscathed and then the race was truly on.

It took me until lap 3 to catch up with Mark Clark (#5 '78 Crossle 32F), Kim Madrid (#291 '78 Crossle 32F) and Adam Stanton (#182 '77 Crossle 32F) with whom most of my race was run. I got by Mark in turn 1, after which he spun coming out of turn 12, and then got past Kim going into Turn 1 on the next lap. I passed Adam going into 12 but felt I'd been overly aggressive causing him to have to bail out of the turn, so I gave the position back as we went through turn 13. Reviewing the video it actually looks like a pretty clean pass, but it felt right to give it back in the moment.

The rest of the race is me chasing Adam with Kim and Erik Inkrott (#42 '69 Winkelmann WDF-1) right on my tail. On the last lap we had some traffic going into turn 13 and I was right in Adam's draft coming out of 14, but it wasn't enough and he crossed the line 3 thousandths of a second ahead of me. We finished 6th and 7th in class respectively, 10th and 11th overall.

This is the first race weekend where I shot all the footage in the GoPro's 4K mode. There's quite a battery hit when shooting in 4K (they were down to 20% at the end of the race), let me know if you think the resolution bump is worth it, I may try 2.7K for Weathertech at Road America in July or go back to 1080p to extend the battery life.

Chapters
00:00 Race Start
01:25 Lap 1 - Four cars into Turn 7
01:58 Lap 1 - Turn 12 pass
04:14 Lap 3 - Turn 1pass
05:29 Lap 3 - #5 spin exiting Turn 12
05:55 Lap 4 - Pass entering Turn 1
07:06 Lap 4 - Pass entering Turn 12 (and subsequent return of position)
07:45 Lap 5 - Turn 1 action
08:23 Lap 5 - Turn 7 action
09:43 Lap 6 - Turn 2 - Catch Can bracket is broken
10:49 Lap 6 - Turn 13 - Catch Can comes off the car
12:45 Lap 8 - Start Final Lap
14:07 Lap 8 - Traffic at Turn 12
14:21 Lap 8 - Race to the Finish Line
14:54 Replay - Start of Race from Rear Camera View
15:15 Replay - Lap 1 Turn 7 Rear Camera View
16:11 Replay - Mark Clark's Spin & Save exiting Turn 12
16:27 Replay - The Finish Line