Racers Island - Drift Series - Round 12 @ Oasis Drift

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A beautiful green track, surrounded by beautiful palms, with a blue sky above it - this magnificent place has been chosen as a place to have the last event of the Drift Series. And the racers today have revealed the most hidden vibes of competition and brought them up to the track!
After dealing with/causing a couple of problems, I finally managed to get to the track, let it rez and just relax and watch the practice. The track was full, but racers got rooms, what allowed them to set some great lap times, such as Shaft Laval's 20.935, Miku Hatsune's 21.027 or Biggs Braham's 21.067, other racers didn't hang behind too. Then, of course, Brave Ashbourne showed up - and the best lap time of the practice (and actually of the whole event) went to him with his 20.858.
My attention was attracted by a furry racer I haven't seen here before but who was doing very decent laps - his name is Sinedd Landfall. After the race, I got to ask him a few questions, and turned out he's been brought at Racers Island by Laval, who also did his car's paintjob and showed him the basics of the racing. He's going to perform in the next season under another name though. Welcome aboard!
And we're moving to the qualifuing session where, suprisingly, Ashbourne successfully got the pole position, unlike the rest of the season, when usually it has been taken by Yuriko Nishi. That was not a very big, but a first surprise for me. Apparently, his new method of qualifying worked well - he happened to take the 2nd gate, and instead of starting right after the gate has been opened, he politely waited for Landfall (the racer he has been qualifying along with) to pass about half a lap and only then started. Getting himself a room worked out greatly, and Nishi got the 2nd position on the grid.
There were 9 racers - so 2 races in total.

And the grid for the race B has been formed by:

P 5. Biggs Braham,  21.334, -0.357
P 6. Shaft Laval,  21.377, -0.400
P 7. Sinedd Landfall,  21.870, -0.893
P 8. Nella Boccara,  22.624, -1.647
P 9. domilyon,  22.912, -1.935
At the first laps, there was a very spectacular battle for the 1st place between 4 racers - Domilyon slept at the start and lost a few vital seconds and any chance to catch up with the rest.
But the rest seemed to get a fever for the competition - even the new racer got onto the 1st position once (has been passed by Nella Boccara after a few turns. At first, they were continuously trading places: turn after turn, walls at every hairpin (I've counted at least 4 at the track, and there's one more turn that looks suspicious too) were touched by at least one racer of the pile at almost every lap.
That lasted 7 first laps (it's approximately 2,5 minutes), then Laval and Braham pulled ahead after a smart pass, and racers have spreaded out: Braham and Laval were in intensive fight for the 1st place, there seemed to be some action between Boccara and Landfall too - Landfall successfully took the advantage and pulled ahead when Boccara hit the wakk at another hairpin, and kept the leadership (3rd place I mean, the leadership over Boccara) till the end of the race, even catching up once with Braham and Laval who were going ahead of them.
Braham and Laval kept on competing hard, with Braham winning but Laval on his tail permanently. But, after the 18th level, Braham began making less and less mistakes, so Laval got left behind, losing time a bit, but constantly.
And that was the order they've finished in.
Ought to say, that was an amazing start for Landfall - even though he didn't make it to the Race A, 3rd place and a hard competition against Braham, Laval and Boccara is something I'm pointing out at with a great pleasure!
So, Braham got the 5th position on the grid (and also set a very close time to Ashbourne - 20.868 that became the fastest lap time of the racetime), and Laval - 6th. Race A promised to be tough - but it brought up some things I couldn't expect at all!

Let's see the grid first:

Pole Position. Brave Ashbourne  20.977
P 2. Yuriko Nishi,  21.138, -0.161
P 3. Eddie Mathieson,  21.247, -0.270
P 4. Miku Hatsune (Doll Kabuki),  21.334, -0.357
Race B P 1. Biggs Braham
Race B P 2. Shaft Laval
Nishi confessed after the race she started at the first gear - happens to every racer at least once in a lifetime, doesn't it? 

Lap 8

Guess there's no doubt that Ashbourne successfully headstarted. Mathieson promptly shaked off the pile fo competitors and caught up with him - only to give up his place to Braham, who definitely has been in the zone today. Mathieson was left to lead the pile, then - to join the pile, then - to be left behind the pile, where a few mistakes costed him a chance to get even at the 5th place.
Meanwhile, Ashbourne was leading, but Braham kept on troubling him staying right behind him with 1 second and less gap. When it seemed that he's about to be left behind - he fixed the situation within the next lap. Others were more spreaded out with Miku Hatsune leading (3rd place).
Getting on Ashbourne's nerves seemed to work out - at the 16th lap Braham began to catch up, at the 18th lap he got to going side by side with him. One successful manoeuvre - and Braham leads the race! Ashbourne, of course, wasn't going to give up easily, but, according to what Braham said after the race, instead of passing a couple of turns accurately, he t-boned him, and not once, but twice. Ashbourne commented it that his car went left and didn't turn right for 2 seconds. Lags are so usual racers companions...
Back to the race. So, there the toughest battle of the race has been formed, between Braham and Ashbourne, at the 18th lap. They were so busy with that (me either - watching them, that was extremely exciting), that nobody noticed Hatsune, who caught up with them at the 21th lap and joined the battle. Nishi didn't waste her time too - she joined them at the next lap.
However, Ashobourne managed to get out of the battle, so there were 3 competitors involved: Hatsune, Nishi and Braham, in the following order. Braham lost it and dropped down at the 4th place, so Hatsune and Hishi got the opportunity to fight for the 2nd place, what they were doing with a rage I've seen once already - the drift race that took place a month ago, Round 8, also known as Canada's day. That was another time I've seen Nishi and Hatsune competing as hard as it was today!

Lap 29

Starting from the 26th lap, Hatsune began increasing the gap between her and Nishi... And then it happened. The greatest drifter of the Racers Island has lost his lead at the last but one lap - and not only to Hatsune, who was leading, but to Nishi at the 2nd position too! I'm not going to lie - this moment made me totally speechless. I just was looking at the local chat and hardly could believe my eyes.
The remaining lap couldn't change anyhing, so the racers finished in this order.

Like it happened at the last Stock Car race, I can say the last race of the season is a huge success. It seemed to be predictable, but who could guess it would turn out like this? I barely managed to take pictures - was afriad to miss a single moment of it.

Competitions are over!

As always, all stats are available in the Racers Island Drift Series blog - I bet you're interested what the exact  results are! The link is found in the head of this post.

And this is a conclusion of the summer Drift series. I would like to thank all the racers for the courage they perfectly expressed through the season, and of course for your competitive spirit that brought you together and made you best of the best friends off the track and the toughest competititors at the track. And, of course, congratulations to the winners of the series - Brave Ashbourne on the 1st place, Miku Hatsune (Doll Kabuki) on the 2nd and Yuriko Nishi on the 3rd!
Have a good rest before the next season, but, of course, don't let your driving skill get lost. See you at other racers, and... you all have something you can be proud of!

TXT Racing Series Summer 2012 - 7th race!

(race of 7/21/12)

I got back home just in time to fix the fan once and for all and go to the Track 2, where practice was already on the go.
Yesterday night, Tudy Araw, the builder of the track, found out with a hepl of one of racers there was a bug at the track and she literally patched it, what added some difficulcy to the course. Surprises were expected, and not for nothing.
Before the race, there were rumors several other great racers are going to join us - the scoreboard was displaying some really amazing results set by racers we've never seen before at 2RAW (including Miku Hatsune from Racers Island).
They did not show up though, and the other names were unfamiliar for others, too. So it's still a mystery who are those drivers... There were only all kinds of assumptions, from logical to crazy ones. Everyone was suspected to be Annie, the mysterious racer I never happened to meet in person in Second Life, though racers claim she was nearly the best racer in Second Life before she left.
Well, the ones who competed yesterday were not worse at all!
Grosmanteau DeCuir set the practice time record - 30.372. Sharon Densmith, who fully dedicates herself to racing, was second with 30.492, also Brave Ashbourne set a close to hers result - 30.526. 
Pomponia decided to test her other sences and drive with a blindfold, what didn't help her a lot - she finished 5th, like a week ago. Actually all the racers have finished at the same order they did a week ago, at the other track. 
As always, intensive battle took place at the start and there were even victims - well, one victim, Millennium Sands. I've missed the moment (was camming at other racers), but, according to what Ashbourne said after the race, she even has passed him, but - tough luck! - she flew off the track. Only at 2RAW... She recovered pretty quickly, got a new car and joined others 3 laps down (others' dream about Grosmanteau DeCuir, by the way).

DeCuir photobombs

What was happening in front of her? At the very first laps, DeCuir pulled ahead, and Ashbourne, Densmith and Eagle Clawtooth started the battle for the 2nd place. Densmith even was ahead at the first, then they were going side by side during few laps - but the turns have no mercy, one bump, and you're left behind. That's what happened to Densmith. Well, to other too, but that wasn't so fatal.
Basically, racers have established themselves closer to the middle of the race, though Clawtooth kept on making efforts to catch up with Densmith. But one bump rule worked for him either.

Ichtyo is that mesh huge something
with the headphones

After the race was the usual ceremony, but there was a little surprise to all of us - we've got a special guest. Ichtyo Broome is a vehicle scripter, and his scripts are unique. I mean what I say - it's not a simple copy-paste with a few changes, he wrote the script by himself. Cars bodies are not his though - he collaborates with other creators for them. But all the scripting is his merit. Also, he's a very pleasant person!
His cars are not cheap, but they're worth every linden - just like Haru Motors. Feel free to give it a try in the mall at 2RAW and see for yourself! And thanks for coming, mr. Broome... and everyone! See you next week at the race, and come practice anytime!
Next race - at the 6th track.

The grid:

Pole Position. Grosmanteau DeCuir  30.377
P 2. Brave Ashbourne,  30.905, -0.528
P 3. Sharon Densmith,  31.305, -0.928
P 4. Eagle Clawtooth,  31.983, -1.605
P 5. Millennium Sands,  33.162, -2.784
P 6. Excess Lemmon,  35.113, -4.735




Final Results:
1st. Grosmanteau DeCuir, 25 laps. Total Time : 778.179
2nd. Brave Ashbourne, -12.761 seconds.
3rd. Sharon Densmith, -27.394 seconds.
4th. Eagle Clawtooth, -1 laps.
5th. Excess Lemmon, -3 laps.
6th. Millennium Sands, -5 laps.
Fastest race lap: Grosmanteau DeCuir, 30.375

TXT Racing Series Summer 2012 - 7th race - the points

7th race of the series - 7/21/12:
Grosmanteau DeCuir - 50
Brave Ashbourne - 45
Sharon Densmith - 40
Eagle Clawtooth - 36
Ρσмρσηία ﾚεΜσгţ (Excess Lemmon) - 32
Millennium Sands - 28



Total series points (up to the present day,  7/21/12):
Millennium Sands - 296
Ρσмρσηία ﾚεΜσгţ (Excess Lemmon) - 180
Grosmanteau DeCuir - 150  
Brave Ashbourne - 135
Sharon Densmith - 112Cameron Geordie - 102
PhiloSophical Vervain - 81
flea Fang - 81
Eagle Clawtooth - 72Dalton Aiten - 45
Durron Sockington - 40
Rosie Varnish - 40
Stoney Maloney (Hagbard Hyx) - 32

R.I.R. Camping World Truck Race @ Daytona Speedway

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Daytona Speedway in-world


(race of 7/14/12)





Believe me or not, yesterday was the first time I got able to make it! Always thought that if it's out of the series - it's supposed to be boring: veterans keep the lead till the finish, new racers lose the hope and give up early, Grosmanteau DeCuir finishes first, Eagle Clawtooth - second...

How wrong I was! And how much I like it!
They've got pitstops. They've got custom paintings. They've got different settings.
They've got the competition.

I said that before and I say this again: Sharon Densmith's racing skill improvement shows so clear, you don't have to run through the race log too much for the evidence. Guess it's not a surprise that DeCuir got the best time at the practice - 13.179, but looks at Densmith's time - 13.182. It's not close, it's totally the same! Because the 0.003 difference I don't count as a difference.
DeCuir decided to start half a lap down without qualifying. And pole position was successfully taken by Densmith with 13.001 seconds!
The pack at the start messed her up a little, and MidnightRambler Frostbite got ahead of her, but only to get pressed by her from behind. It didn't take long to her to get back to the 1st place. Behind her, Eagle Clawtooth dropped down and was going 5th, while ZZ, who is well-known as a postion improver, took the 3rd, and eventually the 2nd one. In conclusion, Clawtooth pulled to the pits at the 4th lap (it wasn't about pitting though) and dropped to the 7th position. DeCuir made it to the 4th position.
At the lap 9, ZZ gain the lead, but only for a couple of laps, then Densmith got back there. Meanwhile, DeCuir took over the 2nd place, but there was lapped Clifford Market between him and Densmith.
Frostbite became first who had the pitstop and dropped onto the 4th place, behind ZZ. Then there were Market (fastest pitstop), Densmith and others. ZZ, as always, made the pitstop last. And Densmith, DeCuir and Market got 1 speed ticket each.
Sharon got back 3rd at the track, but behind ZZ and DeCuir, who pitted later than her, so she obtained the leading again. DeCuir successfully caught up with her, unlike ZZ, who was 4th, with Frostbite ahead. Ought to say, the gap between Densmith and DeCuir was noticeable - about 5 seconds and increasing.
At the lap 41, Densmith hit the wall and made the second pit at the next lap. Where she got the second ticket, but at least quickly recovered at the track. DeCuir was the hext one who pitted, but got back 2nd. Then were others, but the gaps between them were big enough not to make it fatal for any of them.
3rd pitstop - Densmith and DeCuir have switched places again.
And the 4th, where Densmith got her third ticket, what meant the race was over for her. DeCuir was leading regardless, the second position was obtained by Frostbite, and the 3rd was taken by ZZ.
Then Frostbite was pitted, again... that was a long stop, long enough to drop onto the 4th place, right behind Clawtooth. When Clawtooth's at the 3nd place, that means he'll take the 2nd, what he did. And then... the finish!

If there were no parking tickets, I bet Densmith would win the race - but what's done is done. Better luck and more attention at the pits next time, and I bet DeCuir has got a very competitive opponent.
Thanks for the race, guys, and congratulations winners :)


Here come the stats:

The Grid
Pole Position. Sharon Densmith  13.001
P 2. Eagle Clawtooth,  13.202, -0.200
P 3. BanningBairde,  13.424, -0.422
P 4. MidnightRambler Frostbite,  13.513, -0.511
P 5. 'ZZ Bottom' (foneco Zuzu),  13.647, -0.646
P 6. Clifford Market,  15.824, -2.823
Grosmanteau DeCuir - 1/2 lap down






Final Results:
1st. Grosmanteau DeCuir, 100 laps. Total Time : 1480.807
2nd. Eagle Clawtooth, -2 laps.
3rd. 'ZZ Bottom' (foneco Zuzu), -4 laps.
4th. BanningBairde, -6 laps.
5th. MidnightRambler Frostbite, -6 laps.
6th. Sharon Densmith, -14 laps.
7th. Clifford Market, -18 laps.

Fastest race lap of the race: Sharon Densmith, 13.044
Fastest race lap of the day: Sharon Densmith, 13.001

TXT Racing Series Summer 2012 - 6th race!

(race of 7/14/12)

Oh jeez, what a day it was yesterday! First, I forgot to save the chat log before logging off. Second, when I started looking for pictures - turned out the unfinished process (some media player I've decided to try out) messed up the file system and all the pictures were lost! Switching back to VLC - it never screwed up my precious pictures. (Don't ask how the hell it's connected, I don't have a clue.)

Eagle Clawtooth

But what could I do without the amazing estate manager and simply a good person, known by all of you as M? She passed me the chat log and send some pictures she took. So, without her there wouldn't be any article here - I can't thank you enough, M!

Millennium Sands

OK, enough sentimentality - let's move to the biggest race of the series so far, and I would even dare myself to call it the most competitive one. I've dropped by 2 hours before the race, and rejoiced the vision of some racers practicing. Have to say, Sharon Densmith has put a lot of work into that track - most of the time, when I was at the sim (other days) I've seen her at the radar. At the Track 10. Practicing.
One of the noticeable faces was Eagle Clawtooth - yes, that legendary competitor of R.I.R.! Told by Sharon, he came over yesterday, too, to add some heat into the race.

Sharon Densmith

Also, there was another newcomer, but she got unknown for us problems at the qualifying round and quitted.  However, there were 7 competitors: 4 of them are legends of the grid and other 3 are 2RAW patrons you can remember since the very first races.

Ρσмρσηία ﾚεΜσгţ (Excess Lemmon)

Also, I can't skip the practice, when Grosmanteau DeCuir set 56.501 seconds, Brave Ashbourne got under 57 too (he was driving the pink car today - maybe it's faster indeed?), Densmith got very close - obviously lots of practice helped.
Clawtooth got 59.275 during the qualifying round - not so bad for the first time.
So, after a few inconveniences, we made it to the race.
DeCuir expectedly pulled ahead, but Ashbourne, despite his 2nd position on the grid, messed up a little and let Densmith pass him by. Meanwhile, behind them was a great battle for the 4th place, and Cameron Geordie was left behind by the pack - was hitting walls too much at the turns...

Brave Ashbourne

Clawtooth won the 4th place at the 2nd lap, but LeMort promptly caught up with him and didn't let go. Millennium Sands, current leader of the series, was a bit aside them, at the 6th.

Cameron Geordie

Ashbourne kept on catching up with Densmith and got her at the 6th lap. Clawtooth settled down at the 4th place, LeMort dropped far behind getting into the competition with Sands and - guess! - winning it. They were staying close to each other at first, then Sands got stuck very bad in the wall and lost plenty of seconds. They have spreaded out at the 10th lap.

Grosmanteau DeCuir

At the 15th lap happened something I was pretty surprised to witness - Clawtooth got lapped by DeCuir. So, the final positions became totally obvious - they should have been a miracle to change anything. But the drivers were going pretty much the same, and none fatal accidents have happened during the last 8 laps. Brave stood a chance I believe... but DeCuir was too good at this. He, along with Densmith, have spent plenty of time here at the Track 10, and it was showing pretty well. The lap time record also goes to him - 56.485 at the Lap 14, how do you like to repeat that?

That concludes yet another race here at 2RAW. Another competition, another driving skills comparing. Sharon Densmith got her first 2RAW trophy yesterday - congratulations, Sharon, it's well-deserved! Congratulations winners, and thanks everyone for coming!
Points for the race and the total scores are available in this post.
Hope to see everyone next week! Don't forget: it's Track 2 next time, it's already set up, car vendors are there.

I bet you want to see the stats now. Here you go!

The grid:

Pole Position. Grosmanteau DeCuir  56.731
P 2. Brave Ashbourne,  57.348, -0.617
P 3. Sharon Densmith,  57.801, -1.070
P 4. Eagle Clawtooth,  59.275, -2.544
P 5. Millennium Sands,  61.334, -4.603
P 6. cameron Geordie,  61.857, -5.125
P 7. Ρσмρσηία ﾚεΜσгţ (Excess Lemmon),  63.527, -6.796



Final Results
1st. Grosmanteau DeCuir, 25 laps. Total Time : 1443.378
2nd. Brave Ashbourne, -11.910 seconds.
3rd. Sharon Densmith, -38.596 seconds.
4th. Eagle Clawtooth, -1 laps.
5th. Ρσмρσηία ﾚεΜσгţ, -2 laps.
6th. Millennium Sands, -2 laps.
7th. cameron Geordie, -3 laps.

Fastest race lap: Grosmanteau DeCuir, 56.485

TXT Racing Series Summer 2012 - 6th race - the points

Yes, I've decided to count them before writing the article about the race today, guess it will be so from now on - writing articles takes a lot of time, just don't want to keep you waiting. Here you go!


6th race of the series - 7/14/12:
Grosmanteau DeCuir - 50
Brave Ashbourne - 45
Sharon Densmith - 40
Eagle Clawtooth - 36
Ρσмρσηία ﾚεΜσгţ (Excess Lemmon) - 32
Millennium Sands - 28
Cameron Geordie - 25



Total series points (up to the present day,  7/14/12):
Millennium Sands - 268
Ρσмρσηία ﾚεΜσгţ (Excess Lemmon) - 148
Cameron Geordie - 102
Grosmanteau DeCuir - 100 
Brave Ashbourne - 90
PhiloSophical Vervain - 81
flea Fang - 81
Sharon Densmith - 72
Dalton Aiten - 45
Durron Sockington - 40
Rosie Varnish - 40
Eagle Clawtooth - 36
Stoney Maloney (Hagbard Hyx) - 32

Racers Island - Drift Series - Round 9 @ Nitro Drift Track

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Racers Island in-world (+TPer to all tracks)

(Race of 7/12/12 - sorry for the huge delay again guys, got sick yesterday, heh, tell me about getting under the pouring rain when you're hafl an hour away from home)

Who gets into the battle today? That's the question you ask before the race, if you're a patron of races at Racing Island (doesn't matter - a participant or a spectator). It's obvious the battle will be, and a hot one, and apparently not the only one, and between different racers...

The practice session

There's a place at the track I haven't seen a racer who haven't had problems with - the first hairpin, to be exact. Without exaggerating, this was the most crusial part of the road - if there were any position changes, most of the time it was caused by how racers passed it.

That hairpin and how Ashbourne
took advantage of it over Mathieson

Only 3 of the racers got under 22 seconds during the practice: Miku Hatsune (Doll Kabuki), Brave Ashbourne and Yuriko Nishi who set the record of the practice - 21.784. Eddie Mathieson got very close with his best time of 22.012, too, but the qualifying round wasn't successful for him -  5th position on the grid, however it was an advantage for him - he got the pole position in the Race B.

Brave was making predictions about the race: that Nishi will take the pole position since Zev Titanium didn't show up, that Laval and Mathieson will make it to the Race A.

How could it be otherwise though? With their position on the grid:
P 5. Eddie Mathieson,  22.318, -0.351
P 6. Shaft Laval,  22.428, -0.461
P 7. Andrea Von Brokenhymen,  22.471, -0.504
P 8. Nella Boccara,  23.073, -1.106
P 9. 2cul4scul,  24.870, -2.903
that wasn't a problem at all for them to do a headstart. Then there was a racelong battle for the 1st place with Laval pressing Mathieson through the whole race. Also, what happened behind them kept on taking my attention too - the competition for the 3rd place, that basically didn't mean anything for the race itself, but was so exciting! Andrea Von Brokenhymen and Nella Boccara were going side by side most of the time, with the 2 seconds gap between them and Mathieson with Laval.
In the middle of the race, Shaft lost a few seconds at the turn failed to drift through, and Mathieson expanded the lead. But it has changed on the 21th lap, when Laval caught up with Mathieson - thanks to the hairpin mentioned above (though Mathieson has showed the amazing skill of quick recovering again, he still was losing seconds there), and Laval gained the lead. Von Brokenhymen started closing on Mathieson... but that was the last lap, and there was a 1,5 seconds gap, so Mathieson finished 2nd and, along with Laval, moved to the next race, Race A, which I find the most competitive one among all I've seen before.


First, the grid:

Pole Position. Yuriko Nishi  21.967
P 2. Brave Ashbourne,  22.077, -0.110
P 3. Miku Hatsune (Doll Kabuki),  22.168, -0.201
P 4. Biggs Braham,  22.300, -0.333
Race B P 1. Shaft Laval
Race B P 2. Eddie Mathieson

Mathieson pulled ahead at the start and got into a battle with Ashbourne for the 1st place - Nishi, despite her pole position, wasn't as good in cutting off as others, and dropped behind, but the pack in the tail was competing hard for the 4th place, so she caught up with Mathieson and Ashbourne on the 3rd lap. The hairpin slowed Mathieson down again - Ashbourne took the lead almost in no time. 


Meanwhile, Hatsune sneak out of the battle behind and took the 3rd place from Yuriko, expanding the gap between them lap after lap. Same was happening with Mathieson, until he reached Hatsune.

And they started the thrilling battle for the 2nd place. Never could assume anyone would be able to compete with Miku Hatsune, keeping her down during 15 laps - 5,5 minutes! Of course, sometimes she was taking his position, but was losing it as fast as she took it. Impressive one, Eddie!


A little remark is needed to be done: Nishi caught up with them on the 15th lap and there was a battle of 3 for the second place won by Nishi on the 18th lap. So the following fight between Mathieson and Hatsune was for the 3rd place. Won by Hatsune.


Braham and Laval were remaining in the end of the pack - the hairpin had no mercy. However, Laval got a chance closer to the end of the race and used it to get ahead of Mathieson. There was a battle, not a long one though - race has finished.


All the final positions, best times and the rest is available at the Racers Island Drift blog, as always. I myself would like to mark again the great perfomance of Nishi and Mathieson (especialy due to the fact Mathieson had started from the Race B), along with Ashbourne and Hatsune - just not sure if it will surprise anyone... great race it was, thanks to all the competitors, and I mean not only the leaders but also those who was competing hard behind them. Thank you very much! 

R.I.R. Offroad Race @ Off Road Mayhem

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Off Road Mayhem in-world

(race of 7/12/12)


It wasn't the first time Eagle Clawtooth and Badguy Boozehound start the race a lap down. And, if you remember previous reports about the offroad races, usually it turned out to be "how many laps they'll need this time to get to the top" - because we all know they'll get to the top anyway.

Today happened something I coldn't suspect at all - Clawtooth finished first, it was predictable, but Boozehound didn't even make it to the Top 3! I can assume the traffic had some influence on that. Because how may drivers do we usually have there? 6? 7? Today there were 10 drivers. Including a few newcomers. 

They messed up a little at the starting point (the grid was formed randomly). And when the race began, a couple of them failed the 1st lap, finishing it 3 or 4 laps down for different reasons - falling off while jumping or getting stuck. 

But ღ Rαelyɴɴ  ღ (Raelynn Sapphire), despite the RIR veterans who expectedly made it to the first places at the very start, was doing very good in a competition with Shishi90 for the 5th place - at least until Boozehound and Clawtooth started catching up.

At the 1st places, there were no battle for the 1st place - ZZ took it at the start (even though her grid position was the last one), when she promptly got through the pack, Clifford Market was going next to her (2nd) with Saphyre Cyberstar catching up with him now and then. Clawtooth and Boozehound joined them pretty quickly, doing better laps (50-53 seconds against 58 and higher), but ZZ, Cyberstar and Market weren't going to give up. When Clawtooth began getting close, ZZ and Market were very close to each other, but the battle for the 1st place has been won by Eagle - nevertheless, ZZ and Market remained 2nd and 3rd staying close to Eagle. Meanwhile, Badguy got lapped and drooped from the 4th place to the 5th (for the reason I've missed, but there was 119 seconds lap - no words needed I believe).

So, ZZ and Market concentrated on the battle for the 2nd place and dropped far behind Clawtooth (to be exact - they have been lapped), that battle was won by Market, so ZZ finished third, with a very small gap between her and Market though.
Well, most of what I've seen was expected. Market showed the great improvement of his position in the race - from going/finishing last or last but one, yesterday he made it to the 2nd place competing with ZZ - that's right, with ZZ! What about newcomers - well, everything comes with practice, so far Raelynn wins the newcomers challenge. Hope they don't give it up, and Market would be a great example for each new off road racer!


And what the stats say?

The grid:

Pole Position. sararae22
P 2. ღ Rαelyɴɴ  ღ (Raelynn Sapphire)
P 3. shishi90
P 4. cat Woodford
P 5. Clifford Market
P 6. Saphyre Cyberstar
P 7. 'ZZ Bottom' (foneco Zuzu)
P 8. Killian Sandalwood
Eagle Clawtooth, badguy Boozehound - 1 lap down


Final Results:
1st. Eagle Clawtooth, 15 laps. Total Time : 865.742
2nd. Clifford Market, -1 laps.
3rd. 'ZZ Bottom', -1 laps.
4th. Saphyre Cyberstar, -1 laps.
5th. badguy Boozehound, -2 laps.
6th. Killian Sandalwood, -2 laps.
7th. shishi90, -2 laps.
8th. ღ Rαelyɴɴ  ღ, -3 laps.
9th. cat Woodford, -8 laps.
10th. sararae22, -14 laps.
Fastest race lap: Eagle Clawtooth, 49.422