By alley - Aug 21, 2017, 4:10 PM ET

Scott Rettich: The right formula

An emphasis on setup keeps Scott Rettich running up front in SCCA Formula Enterprises.

By any standard, Scott Rettich is one of the leading drivers in SCCA Road Racing. He has claimed numerous SCCA national championships, all behind the wheel of a Mazda-powered Formula Enterprises racecar, plus he has a professional racing championship in the 2011 SCCA Pro Racing Formula Enterprises series.

"My father drag raced for years and years, so I grew up around drag racing," Rettich says. "But I always liked the idea of participating in road racing rather than drag racing because you get way more [track] time than you spend working on the car."

Rettich started road racing in karts at age 12, and at age 32 he has spent most of his life in racing as a driver and founder of the Alliance Autosport team. His resume also includes professional competition in the Star Mazda series, US F2000, the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, and in Grand-Am Road Racing. But his passion has always been formula cars.