Sunday the 26th marked the first
race of the fall season at Racers
Island
The Upshaw couple, Mystic and Kert, were the stars of the qualifications taking
respectively 1st and 2nd in front of David Wetherby.
Newcomer Iasos did fairly well with a 9th place in qualifications.
The first 6 qualifiers gained a direct entry to the A race, while the reminder
of the 7 other racers would battle it out in the B race for a chance to finish
in the top 2 spots to move up to the A race.
The B race started out with Shaft Laval
starting on pole, followed by Eddie Mathieson and Iasos. Here’s the complete
grid of the B race:
P 7. Shaft
P 8. Eddie Mathieson, 8.173,
-0.076
P 9. iasos, 8.213, -0.116
P
10. miller Tomcat,
8.227, -0.130
P
11. Nella Boccara,
8.281, -0.184
P
12. hippie (hippie51 OHare),
8.337, -0.240
P
13. Harleybeth28 Amoufhaz, 8.362, -0.265
On the first lap, Mathieson managed to take
the lead from Laval who was closely followed by Iasos. These two battled for
two laps, where Iasos overtook Laval who was then overtook by Miller Tomcat on
the following lap. Iasos continued on his run and managed to pass Mathieson on
the 8th lap to take control of the race. For most of the race, Iasos kept a small healthy lead in front of the veteran Mathieson, surprising many racers on the track and in the stands with his ability behind the wheel. Mathieson, aware that a second place was all that was required to move up to the A race, didn't take any risk on the track and steadily followed Iasos's fast pace. Miller Tomcat, who moved up to third place following Laval's bad start, remained in third place for the whole race but never had any chance to catch up to the two leaders. As the racers came to the checkered flag, Iasos and Mathieson gained their entry to the A race.
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First, let’s see the grid:
Pole
Position. Mystic Audion 8.097
P 2. Kert (Upshaw34), 8.135,
-0.038
P 3. David Wetherby, 8.138,
-0.040
P 4. Tessa Massenberg, 8.146,
-0.049
P 5. Miku Hatsune (Doll Kabuki), 8.151, -0.054
P 6. Yuriko Nishi, 8.164, -0.066
Race
B P 1. iasos, 8.213, -0.116
Race
B P 2. Eddie Mathieson, 8.173, -0.076
The start of the race was a clean one which
saw the Upshaws keep their position in front of Wetherby.
Doll Kabuki, Tessa
Massenberg, Yuriko Nishi, Mathieson and Iasos battled behind the trio very
close to each other and traded positions numerous times. On lap 8, due to
technical difficulties, Massenberg had to quit the race and as such this became
a battle of 7 racers. On the same lap Wetherby passed Kert to take second place
and chase after Mystic. Iasos and Nishi fought hard with each other and fell
behind the trio of Kert, Mathieson and Kabuki who were fighting hard for third
place. Kert managed to hold on while Mathieson and Kabuki got into an incident
with each other, falling away from Kert.
At this point, the race had two
battle: One for the lead, between Mystic and Wetherby, and one for the fourth
position, between Kabuki and Mathieson. Kert, in third place, was too far
behind the leaders to catch up, while being too far ahead of the battling
Kabuki and Mathieson to be catched up, which allowed him to drive without too
much pressure. These two battles proved to be very exciting, with racers
passing each other back and forth. The first battle to conclude was the one for
the lead, where Wetherby managed to get in front of Mystic and build a small
lead from her. The battle for fourth, however, was one that lasted until the
checkered flag, with Kabuki having the best on Mathieson. Iasos, in his first
race, made a good appearance and finished in front of Nishi.
Doll Kabuki, Tessa
Massenberg, Yuriko Nishi, Mathieson and Iasos battled behind the trio very
close to each other and traded positions numerous times. On lap 8, due to
technical difficulties, Massenberg had to quit the race and as such this became
a battle of 7 racers. On the same lap Wetherby passed Kert to take second place
and chase after Mystic. Iasos and Nishi fought hard with each other and fell
behind the trio of Kert, Mathieson and Kabuki who were fighting hard for third
place. Kert managed to hold on while Mathieson and Kabuki got into an incident
with each other, falling away from Kert. 
At this point, the race had two
battle: One for the lead, between Mystic and Wetherby, and one for the fourth
position, between Kabuki and Mathieson. Kert, in third place, was too far
behind the leaders to catch up, while being too far ahead of the battling
Kabuki and Mathieson to be catched up, which allowed him to drive without too
much pressure. These two battles proved to be very exciting, with racers
passing each other back and forth. The first battle to conclude was the one for
the lead, where Wetherby managed to get in front of Mystic and build a small
lead from her. The battle for fourth, however, was one that lasted until the
checkered flag, with Kabuki having the best on Mathieson. Iasos, in his first
race, made a good appearance and finished in front of Nishi.
That is all for the first stock race of the
season! The drift season will start on Thursday at 19:00 SLT, so make sure to
make it in time if you wish to race! Bye everyone!
(K.T.: the complete stats of the race are available on Racers Island Pro-Stock Car Series Results - you'll like them. And thank you very much Grosmanteau for the great article, very comprehensive and nicely written - you rock!)
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