TD1 Season 1 Round 1

## Info

The **TD1 Season 1 Round 1 Race Event** or known as the **Forest Raceway Inaugural Round** was a International Touring Car Division 1 race held on August 27th, 2022 at the Forest Raceway in the United States. The race ran 36 laps over the course of ~40 Minutes, and was the 1st TD1 Race, along with the 1st BW Motorsports Group Race. The race was won by Race Motors at 8:15 PM American Central Time in the Race Motors G20 TD1.

## Background

The event was held over the course of August 24th to August 27th, of 2022. It was the first round of the First International Touring Car Division 1 Season, and marked the official beginning of Touring Division 1. The race was on the full circuit variant of Forest Circuit, running a 2-way finish line setup which allowed the longest configuration in the track's history.

Prior to the race, cars were run under extensive testing over the course of the past 2 weeks, and cars were engineered to meet the harsh TD1 safety regulations. Manufacturers expressed optimism towards their cars' performance, as the TD1 class is the current fastest class in the BW Motorsport Classes, and rivals even Blockmans Prototype 1 cars.

## Practice and Qualification

There were 3 practice sessions, each of about 45 minutes. 1 on the 24th of August, 1 on the 25th of August, and 1 on the 26th of August. This allowed manufacturers to seek out problems in their cars and iron them out before the race.

Qualification lasted a total of 2 hours on the 27th of August, and ended with the Nitrium Z Comet TD1 taking pole position for the race. The Unnamed Motors TD1 experienced a minor electric motor problem after its second lap in qualification, which prevented it from setting a true qualification lap.

## Race

The race started at 5:35 PM local time (US Central Time), and went on for about 40 minutes. At the beginning, most of the cars were taking off with minimal wheelspin due to their retrofitted traction control developed by Race Motors (contracted by the BW Motorsports Group, patented for only TD1 use). The pack would constantly swap around near the beginning of the race, but most cars settled into their positions trading back and forth after Lap 17.

On Lap 22, the G20 pitted and exited the pits with a fully recharged battery pack, and utilized it to generate extreme pace which would allow it to weave through the pack from 7th place to 4th place in the course of the lap. On Lap 23, the G20 fought its way to second place, racing towards its sibling. On Lap 26, the G20 was finally able to pass the Comet and held position for the rest of the race.

Throughout the course of the race, the Unnamed Motors TD1 was slowly losing pace to its competitors. On Lap 18, it fell from 5th place to 6th on the back straight of the track. On Lap 22, it was giving the passing #53 G20 problems as it was a roadblock in its reduced speed. On Lap 28, the car was running at a top speed of around 55 BPS, and was announced that the car needed to be run to the pits immediately. On Lap 29, after an examination and systems relaunch, the car was struggling yet again, and lost all power near the middle of Lap 29. This ended in a DNF, and the car was transported back to the pits via a health and safety crew, effectively invalidating the car's ability to drive.