Formula Atlantic race at Indianapolis - SCCA Runoffs 2021
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- The Formula Atlantic (FA) race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the 2021 SCCA Runoffs.
I was driving my 2013 Phoenix F1K.12 F1000 race car, which races as an FA these days. This video follows me from when I leave the garage before the race, continuing for the entire race, and ending when I return to the garage after the race. Thanks to Sean for the video from the garage to the grid, and thanks to the SCCA for several clips from the live stream sprinkled throughout to provide context.
Sadly, there were only about six green-flag laps. The first full-course yellow (FCY) was caused by two cars colliding in T10. The second FCY, and eventual early checkered flag, was caused by rain starting midway through the race. Afterward, the race director called everyone in the FA class to a meeting, where he apologized for the actions of one of the operating stewards with regard to the rain. The operating steward had ended the race early, but the situation should have been handled differently: most teams, including ours, had rain tires staged in the hot pits, and we would have pitted for those tires had we not seen the checkered fly that lap. What should have happened was that the race was continued under green after people started pitting, or at the very least, the race should have been black-flagged (to give everyone a chance to change) before resuming under green.
Oh well. Was still fun getting to drive the Brickyard!
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That was pretty cool. Stunk about the early spin. Quick recovery and got it going again. Good dodge with the spin front of you. I was able to participate in the SRF3 race on Sunday. Just way too much fun. I had to get in through the last chance qualifier. Started 8th, finished 8th in that race to set positions 61 - 72. Started the race on Sunday in 68th and finished 49th. It was pretty cool out there on Thursday evening with all of the people watching.
I am just about to start my SCCA journey. I hope to one day soon line up with you in FA
Amazing experience man, don’t listen to all of these broke jealous people who can only dream about having what you have. Keep it up!
This was pretty bad. I honestly couldn’t tell if you were racing or just out for a leisurely drive. And I don’t mean during the fcy
Warm your front tires with brakes on the out lap
good comeback drive after the spin, i'm not a professional nor have i even gotten to race in a series or SCCA, but warming the tires even doing brakes and throttle together a little would've made worlds of difference. I wanna race in a series like FA but idk how i even start or get to that point, i cant even manage to get a car or crew if i did get my license. any reccomendations or tips on how to get there? im a decent driver but want to try to go into something like SCCA. i dont expect an answer but if you happen to see this let me know!!
Great heads up driving.
unfortunate spin on the opening lap on sticker tires, I still hope you enjoyed your Runoffs experience. There are lessons to be learned here, and I assume and hope you are better racer after that experience. Obviously rotating the car back & forth to scrub in the tires would of been a good call, when dealing with a low ambient temperature like that morning I'd suggest being really hard on the brakes to generate heat. Even to the point of doing very minor lock ups or riding the brakes while simultaneously adding throttle. Additionally, I’d recommend lighting up the rear tires, I tend to do that as I enter pit lane. I attached a video of the front runner in P2 and you can see how dodgy they were on the brakes during the pace car lap. One last trick would of been to do a hardship lap on your sticker tires to scrub them in pre-race (wink wink).
ruclips.net/video/wbHmct8VK70/видео.html
Takeaway: When it's overcast and everybody else is scrubbing in, it might be time to take notes so I don't end up in the grass. Of course, that's one way to get a clear line.
Dude went to the Kimi school for warming tires.
The reason you spun is that unfortunately your budget is bigger than your racing experience. The tires were stone cold and pressures low because you used the warm up lap like a grandma taking a Sunday drive. Those stickers should have been completely gone before the green flag. The tire temps and pressures should have been almost to max before the green flag. How do you do this, you may ask? Wide open throttle, then braking hard almost to lock up, then wide open throttle, repeat. If you dont know this you have no business driving those cars there bud. Next question...who the F are you, right? I won 2 Championship one step under Indy Car. 2 Drivers went straight to F1 out of the cars I drove and won in. On an oval, I sacrificed 2 of my 3 green flag qualifying laps to fully get heat into the brakes and tires. I came into turn 3 for the last lap, hit wide open throttle for one lap, took the pole. So ya I know what I'm talking about. Learn and Good luck :)
That's a hell of a downforce package you have. It makes 5-8lbs of downforce just sitting in grid!
You could just go I RACING FOR THAT TYPE OF CRAP ! Spend all the time money hart ache and do 6 LAPS wow
It was a bummer, but still, after driving the rFactor 2 version of the Indy GP course many, many times over the past few months (the iRacing version is outdated but slated for an update), it was still a bunch of fun to drive the real thing. I just wish they would have kept it green through the rain. We were ready to switch to rains in the hot pits. That would have been so much fun!
I was shocked that you didn’t warm your tires on the pace lap. Not a weave, not a single hard braking or hard acceleration. The tires were cold cause you didn’t do anything to build heat in them…..no surprise you spun when you gassed it…..stupid question but is tire warming a skill you haven’t learned or did you just goof? It happens, hopefully the experience helps you in the future.
@@bryancohn9406 And just how many races have you been in ?
@@CORNDODGER been racing since age 17, two SCCA Runoffs, one podium at the NASA Championships, seven divisional titles (admittedly not all were very competitive fields but four of them were), owned over 30 different race cars, driven over 60 different race cars in over 40 different classes, owned a race prep shop ‘90-‘02 before going to work for sanctioning bodies in executive roles and I trained at Skip Barber Racing as a driving instructor/coach, working for the company 90-95. Oh and I work as a driving coach currently, just back from the new track, Ozarks International Raceway from a private testing day. One of the things I teach ALL my clients, HPDE, Time Trial, Racing is how to warm tires by loading them via turning, acceleration and braking. That’s the whole purpose of pace laps for rolling starts or sighting laps for standing starts. Total race count is well over 400. David, long story short I’m more than qualified to ask why the driver didn’t warm his tires. I knew he was screwed when the stickers were still on the tires at the green, that only happens when the tires are still cold. A simple lighting up of the rear tires leaving pit lane would have helped, the lazy spin is exactly why you see professionals and gentlemen drivers light up the rears after pit stops, so they don’t Loop it on cold rear tires. At 56 I’m still racing, restoring two vintage race cars, a 1975 FV and 1959 HProd Bugeye. Gonna try something different with my racing after having run amateur club racing stuff for 35 years. Oh and in my professional mechanic career in the 80’s and 90’s I worked as crew chief in World Challenge & F2000, plus as a wrench on Trans Am, Can Am (final season), Indy Car, and more. My post might have come off a bit harsh I admit but i was so surprised that a driver in an F1000 car wouldn’t know anything about tire warming.
@@bryancohn9406😂😂😂😂 mic drop