The only thing certain six races into the 2018 F4 United States Championship season is that nothing is certain.
Last season Kyle Kirkwood dominated nearly every weekend
In 2016, Cameron Das left such a mark on the series that there’s now an award named after him.
This year, we’ve had four winners. Benjamin Pedersen and Christian Rassmussen each won two. James Raven and Jose Blanco each have one.
Dakota Dickerson has zero despite being on the podium a record 10 times in his short F4 career.
Braden Eves has zero podiums in 2018 after a strong debut last season.
So what does this all mean?
Well, I don’t expect Eves and his Jay Howard Driver Development ride to be away from the sharp end of the grid very long. His teammates have been incredibly fast all season, but had zero luck at Road Atlanta. (Although, Wyatt Briachek dodged a wing during that melee in Race 6) In fact, Eves’ told me recently there have been some equipment changes that should help.
Sooner or later Dickerson will find the top step of the podium. He told me on the grid at Road Atlanta that he wants nothing more than to get that first win and does not want to add to his record number of podium finishes.
As for Mid-Ohio- there are only three drivers in the field who’ve made all four trips to the track in Steam Corners- Benjamin Pedersen, Austin Kaszuba, and Jim Goughary, Jr.
I’d wager Kaszuba is out for revenge after spinning out of the lead on the last lap in 2017 when it started to rain.
Speaking of--- the F4 United States Championship Powered By Honda has not had a dry weekend at Mid Ohio in those three previous trips.
It will be good to see Jake French back in the field. He finished 10th in Race 3 at VIR and then had a horrific crash at Road Atlanta and missed all of Event 2.
Something wacky always happens at Mid-Ohio. I’d wager we’ll see a surprise winner in one of the three races.
Kyle Benjamin Bio
Kyle is the host of F4 US Championship Today, an exclusive web series dedicated to the drivers and teams in the F4 paddock.
Kyle started his career in motorsports broadcasting back in 2005, working alongside his dad Rick Benjamin on the ChampCar World Series as a statistician. 
From there, he called college basketball and football games on the radio for his alma mater, Carson-Newman University while an undergraduate.
He began his on-air television journey as a news anchor for NBC Montana in Missoula, Montana in 2012, with stops in Bristol and Roanoke, Virginia as a news anchor and reporter. Kyle’s love for motorsports never faded and he left local news in 2016 to work full-time in the racing industry. When he’s not chasing F4 drivers with a microphone in hand, Kyle works for the Carolinas’ Production Group, covering IndyCar and IMSA on behalf of Honda Performance Development.
Kyle and his wife Amy have one son, who is three, and another on the way this fall. We apologize in advance for the dad jokes