Monday, September 17, 2012

9/15/12 TXT Fall Series 2012 - Round 1


Here we go again!!!
Yes, the new season has blasted off just yesterday, at 2RAW Extreme. Back to the Track 9, one of the favorite tracks by racers who visit 2RAW. Always great to see people coming back for a new challenge - and, I should say, this race had some impressive challenges performed when it was suspected the least!

Along with those who raced the summer series, we had some new faces as well! Also, 2RAW team is allowed to race in this series as well - I'm not sure you'll see me racing, to be honest, but others will make a great competition for racers, I believe! Well, from what I've seen yesterday...

During the qualifying round, some racers got a bit of lag, so the grid was formed, in my opinion, not really objectively - some got more lag, some less. But still, it all depends on the main event!

Tudy Araw got the pole position being the only one who got under 53 seconds during the qualifying round. However, her start wasn't as perfect - and Grosmanteau DeCuir, along with Brave Ashbourne, got the lead. Who could have suspected that after a very short while and a few crashes M Whybrow would join the battle? But it happened! The battle for the lead was extremely intensive before her... but with Whybrow, it became simply furious! On the 2nd lap Whybrow got a bit behind her opponents, and, after a short battle with PhiloSophical Vervain (unsuccessful for her, unluckily), dropped onto the 6th position.

What was going on behind them? PhiloSophical Vervain remained 3rd, but only for the first 3 laps - because of Ronin Zane and then Tudy Araw, who caught up with him and overpassed him pretty soon. On the 7th lap, the battle between Araw and Zane began and was finished 2 laps after - Araw got the 3rd position when Zane crashed himself with a roughly 4 seconds loss.

Meanwhile at the Top 2... Brave Ashbourne overtook the lead on the 6th lap and kept it until somewhere around 9th lap, when he got stuck in the corner and, after that, began hitting more walls - that put him far behind Grosmanteau DeCuir (6 seconds, pretty crusial for a road course), so their places were apportioned. Same was with the 3rd place, which was occupied by Tudy Araw - mostly because those who might demand the 3rd position aswell were busy fighting each other, and that were M Whybrow and Ronin Zane. Whybrow was showing an impressive competitive spirit there - no matter who she was fighting with, that always was very, very intensive! Their battle was continuing till the very end of the race - and Whybrow was the one who finished 4th.

As we can see, you never know who to expect the competition from. It might be a well-known pro racer - and it might be someone you never have seen at the track. Maybe it's just me, since I've met the racing world only recently... but still!
So, racers and readers, have fun - but never hesitate to compete hard!

The grid:
Pole Position. tudy Araw  52.887
P 2. Grosmanteau DeCuir,  53.435, -0.548
P 3. Brave Ashbourne,  54.148, -1.260
P 4. el Sebas (Paidos McMinnar),  54.827, -1.939
P 5. Ronin Zane,  54.892, -2.004
P 6. M (Mmmm Whybrow),  54.903, -2.015
P 7. PhiloSophical Vervain,  55.534, -2.646


Final Results:
1st. Grosmanteau DeCuir, 15 laps. Total Time : 805.910
2nd. Brave Ashbourne, -6.394 seconds.
3rd. tudy Araw, -22.047 seconds.
4th. Mmmm Whybrow, -31.564 seconds.
5th. Ronin Zane, -32.344 seconds.
6th. PhiloSophical Vervain, -37.453 seconds.
7th. el Sebas (Paidos McMinnar), -48.621 seconds.

Fastest race lap: Brave Ashbourne, 52.515

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