Trackside Report

Schedule of Today’s Events (All Times Local)

Thursday August 11th

7:00 a.m. Tech Inspection Opens

7:30 a.m. Driver’s Meeting at Maintenance Building

8:00 a.m. Tech Inspection Closes

9:00 a.m. Promoter Test Session Begins

9:45 a.m. Promoter Test Session Ends

10:00 a.m. Registration open at Registration Building

11:00 a.m. Promoter Test Session Begins

11:45 a.m. Promoter Test Session Ends

Noon- Registration closes

2:00 p.m. F4 US Championship Practice #1 Starts

2:30 p.m. F4 US Championship Practice #1 Ends

3:45 p.m. F4 US Championship Practice #2 Starts

4:15 p.m. F4 US Championship Practice #2 Ends

5:00 p.m. Driver’s Seminar Begins

5:00 p.m. Tech Inspection Opens

5:30 p.m. Crew Chief Meeting

6:30 p.m. Tech Inspection Closes

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Entry List

CAR DRIVER HOMETOWN CAR NAME ENTRANT 1 Baltazar Leguizamon Bueno Aries, Argentina Momentum Motorsport Momentum Motorsport 2 Skylar Robinson Augusta, GA Momentum Motorsport 4 Michael Goodyear Carmel, IN Indy Dental Group GMV Motorsport 5 Kyle Kirkwood Jupiter, FL Primus Racing Primus Racing 07 Steve Bamford Toronto, Ontario, CAN Steve Bamford with Rice Race Prep Bamford Motorsports/Rice Race Prep 7 Blake Mount Littleton, CO Coca Cola JDX Racing 10 Davis Durrett Indianapolis, IN Cortex Safety Technologies Primus Racing 11 James Goughary Jr. Jupiter, FL Primus Racing Primus Racing 12 Moises de la Vara Guadalajara, MEX UAG Leading Edge Grand Prix Leading Edge Grand Prix 24 Benjamin Pedersen Copenhagen, Denmark DirtFish Leading Edge Grand Prix Leading Edge Grand Prix 25 Darren Keane Boca Raton, FL Cal Development JDX Racing 28 Cameron Das Brooklandville, MD Zero Chroma JDX Racing 34 Austin Kaszuba Burleson, TX Indy Dental Group GMV Motorsport 47 Konrad Czaczyk Loxahatchee, FL LCA Leading Edge Grand Prix Leading Edge Grand Prix 62 Raphael Forcier Montreal, Quebec, CAN Group A Group A 86 Jackie Ding Shenzen, China Huawei Telecommunications Group A

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Teams started arriving at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio around 7am. The temperature was 81 degrees with 56 percent humidity.

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7:30 a.m. Drivers and their crew chiefs attended a meeting reviewing race one material, on-track procedures, a schedule of events and a lighting demonstration.

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The first round of tech inspections ended at 8 a.m. Several teams were non-compliant with their tire usage and received warnings. One team received a clothing citation.

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Mid-Ohio hosted a promoter’s test session. All 16 competitors took advantage of this opportunity. Times were not recorded during the first test session held at 9 a.m.

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The second Mid-Ohio promoter test session started at 11 a.m. and lasted 45 minutes. While 16 cars were on the track, only 12 recorded times due to unresponsive transponders. Cameron Das recorded the fastest lap time of the session at 1:26.40.

Pos Name Laps Best Time Hometown Entrant 1 28 Cameron Das 25 01:26.4 Brooklandville, MD JDX Racing 2 2 Skylar Robinson 19 01:26.8 Augusta, GA Momentum Motorsports 3 25 Darren Keane 26 01:26.8 Boca Raton, FL JDX Racing 4 47 Konrad Czaczyk 23 01:27.3 Loxahatchee, FL Leading Edge Grand Prix 5 86 Jackie Ding 25 01:27.9 Shenzen, China Group-A Racing 6 07 Steve Bamford 23 01:28.0 Toronto, Ontario Bamford Motorsports/Rice Race Prep 7 12 Moises de la Vara 24 01:28.0 Guadalajara, Mexico Leading Edge Grand Prix 8 4 Michael Goodyear 20 01:28.1 Carmel, IN GMV Motorsport 9 24 Benjamin Pedersen 28 01:28.4 Copenhagen, Denmark Dirtfish Leading GP 10 62 Raphael Forcier 24 01:29.0 Montreal, Quebec Group-A Racing 11 1 Baltazar Leguizamon 19 01:29.0 Bueno Aries, Argentina Momentum Motorsports 12 7 Blake Mount 20 01:31.2 Littleton, CO JDX Racing

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Due to a blown engine during the Trans-Am practice session, the official first practice of F4 U.S. did not start until 2:18 p.m. Because of the delay, the track extended on-track time to finish at 2:48 p.m. instead of 2:30 p.m. All 16 cars practiced, but Cameron Das had an unresponsive transponder and did not record time. Darren Keane finished the session with the most laps at 17 and three-time F4 race winner Konrad Czaczyk left with quickest lap time at 1:27.524. Only .246 of a second separate first position from third.

Pos Name Laps Best Tm Hometown Entrant 1 47 Konrad Czaczyk 15 01:27.5 Loxahatchee, FL Leading Edge Grand Prix 2 86 Jackie Ding 15 01:27.7 Shenzen, China Group-A Racing 3 25 Darren Keane 17 01:27.8 Boca Raton, FL JDX Racing 4 12 Moises de la Vara 16 01:28.2 San Antonio, TX Leading Edge Grand Prix 5 2 Skylar Robinson 10 01:28.4 Augusta, GA Momentum Motorsport 6 34 Austin Kaszuba 16 01:28.4 Burleson, TX GMV Motorsport 7 5 Kyle Kirkwood 10 01:28.5 Jupiter, FL Primus Racing 8 11 James Goughary Jr. 10 01:28.5 Jupiter, FL Primus Racing 9 1 Baltazar Leguizamon 14 01:28.7 Bueno Aries, Argentina Momentum Motorsport 10 4 Michael Goodyear 15 01:28.8 Carmel, IN GMV Motorsport 11 10 Davis Durrett 12 01:28.9 Indianapolis, IN Primus Racing 12 24 Benjamin Pedersen 15 01:29.0 Copenhagen, Denmark Dirtfish Leading GP 13 07 Steve Bamford 14 01:29.1 Toronto, Ontario Bamford Motorsports/Rice Race Prep 14 62 Raphael Forcier 16 01:29.4 Montreal, Quebec Group-A Racing 15 7 Blake Mount 13 01:31.3 Littleton, CO JDX Racing

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The second practice started at 3:49 p.m. The teams received a full 30 minutes of on-track time. All the competitors practiced. Davis Durrett pulled off the track after five laps having throttle sensor problems. Crawford Composites looked into the issue and will be fixing the part before qualifications on Friday. Darren Keane also retired from second practice early with engine complications. Only .086 seconds separate first from sixth place.

Pos Name Laps Best Tm Hometown Entrant 1 28 Cameron Das 16 01:27.1 Brooklandville, MD JDX Racing 2 2 Skylar Robinson 16 01:27.7 Augusta, GA Momentum Motorsport 3 34 Austin Kaszuba 20 01:27.8 Burleson, TX GMV Motorsport 4 11 James Goughary Jr. 17 01:27.8 Jupiter, FL Primus Racing 5 47 Konrad Czaczyk 12 01:27.9 Loxahatchee, FL Leading Edge Grand Prix 6 86 Jackie Ding 16 01:27.9 Shenzen, China Group-A Racing 7 4 Michael Goodyear 20 01:28.1 Carmel, IN GMV Motorsport 8 5 Kyle Kirkwood 17 01:28.1 Jupiter, FL Primus Racing 9 12 Moises de la Vara 17 01:28.4 Guadalajara Mexico Leading Edge Grand Prix 10 24 Benjamin Pedersen 19 01:28.4 Copenhagen Denmark Leading Edge Grand Prix 11 62 Raphael Forcier 18 01:28.7 Montreal Quebec Group-A Racing 12 25 Darren Keane 8 01:28.8 Boca Raton FL JDX Racing 13 1 Baltazar Leguizamon 13 01:29.2 Bueno Aries Argentina Momentum Motorsport 14 7 Blake Mount 14 01:29.9 Littleton CO JDX Racing 15 77 Steve Bamford 16 01:30.2 Toronto Ontario Bamford Motorsports/Rice Race Prep 16 10 Davis Durrett 5 01:31.4 Indianapolis IN Primus Racing

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Quotes from Practice Results

Jackie Ding, Group-A Racing- We had a pretty positive day. Coming to a circuit where most others already had plenty experience, we held our own in a tight and extremely competitive grid. Hopefully, tomorrow will be even better for us and maybe we will even take home a win or two.

Jeremy Dale, JDX Team Owner- There was a lot of compact track time today, but it was good. I feel we made progress from a month ago when we were here last time at Mid-Ohio. Drivers are happier and that really reflects in their lap time.

Photos from today's event