The week is almost through - time to race!
And we're back at Screaming Eagle Ranch, to have an offroad race today. Just reminding you that the place is owned by Eagle Clawtooth, one of R.I.R. most successful racers who's racing talent is uncontroversial. Turned out he's a great tracks builder too! |
| Before the race; racers are queueing |
The grid was formed randomly, and Clawtooth was on the 1st place. Who wants to guess without scrolling down to the results who won the race? Clawtooth always knows how to remain his position, even though Garth Moonites was showing some really good results during the practice session.
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| Lined up |
I'll never get tired of saying that I love this kind of racing - where else the cars, right after repairing, all nice and clean (even if pickup trucks) turn into a moving pile of prims after the 2nd lap? Well, not all of them. Badguy Boozehound, Garth Moonites and Bobcatt Nielson, one of the newcomers, have showed themselves as careful drivers, unlike Cracker Chrome, Mastermind and Astrid Blackadder who have scored a full ride and messed up their cars on first laps.
Careful driving usually pays off, but there are always exceptions.
Cracker probably confused his pickup with a tank and was going straight ahead, but he also has showed a good reaction - and finished with 2 laps down. Third!
Clifford was doing fine through the practice and even the beginning of the race, but something happened during the race - halfway he's spent nuzzling into the hill.
Astrid had some difficulties too - only later, in a private interview, I've found out she's used to drive bikes, that's why she was climbing hills a lot. That immediately reminded me of my own driving experience - I used to do only bike races until May 2012, and I know how hard it is to move to the 4-wheeled vehicles - it's absolutely different physics, different feelings while you drive. No worries, everything comes with experience!
Well, it was a pretty quick race, only 20 laps, and it was more of a friendly competition - everybody had fun wrecking redneck cars, hitting each other, jumping over the canyons. Aggressive, but not negative. Newcomers were there too, they've possibly tried a new kind of racing for themselves.
And the real races are up ahead!
And - some stats:
Grid:
1. Eagle Clawtooth
2. cracker Chrome
3. mastermind17 Resident
4. Garth Moonites
5. Bobcatt Nielson
6. badguy Boozehound
7. Clifford Market
8. Astrid Blackadder (Astrid Kaufmat)
Race overview:
Frankly, there were no big changes noticed through the race - mainly everybody were going at a certain distance from each other.
Eagle Clawtooth was going 1st through the whole race. Badguy Boozehound, who caught up with him in no time, also remained 2nd till the finish line. 3rd place was taken by Clifford Market in the beginning of the race, but on the lap 7 an accident mentioned above dropped him out of the competition and cracker Chrome who was going behind Market inherited his position and held it through the rest of the race. Garth Moonites kept up with him and was going 4th almost through the whole race.
Astrid Blackadder and Bobcatt Nielson were the only ones who actually had some kind of competition for the 5th and the 6th place. Blackadder started losing the fight after the 10th lap when she dropped behind.
Final Results
1st. Eagle Clawtooth, 20 laps. Total Time : 643.392
2nd. badguy Boozehound, -14.354 seconds.
3rd. cracker Chrome, -2 laps.
4th. Garth Moonites, -2 laps.
5th. Bobcatt Nielson, -3 laps.
6th. Astrid Kaufmat, -5 laps.
7th. mastermind17 Resident, -6 laps.
8th. Clifford Market, -12 laps.
Fastest race lap: Eagle Clawtooth, 30.758
just amazing great blog i love how the trucks look at the end
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