Racers Island Raceway blog
Grid positions, final results and racers' personal stats are available here: Racers Island Drift Results blog
Skyline Track, a short and quite winding road course, welcomed the racers with its grey and dusty roads for the Round 2 of the Drift series. Although not a lot of racers were able to make it - there were 8 in total - and, therefore, they've spread out pretty quickly, the race turned out to be a great test for drivers' ability to handle all kinds of turns.
The difference between racers' qualifying times was impressively significant - and, during the race itself, the drivers have spread out and the positions turned out to be certain pretty quick. On the 6th lap, though, Miku Hatsune (Doll Kabuki), who was 3rd at the moment, cracked up on a few turns, while Biggs Braham (5th position) was successfully catching up with Eddie Mathieson (4th). There was a battle on the next lap between Hatsune, Mathieson and Braham which caused a crash and a 3 seconds loss for Mathieson, who dropped behind them on the 5th place. Hatsune and Braham continued battling, taking advantage of each other's accidents on turns.
By the 10th lap, wild traffic had been formed by a couple lapped racers and the gaps between 1st position (that, of course, belonged to Brave Ashbourne) and the rest had grown. Biggs Braham already had managed to overpass Miku Hatsune but was hardly catching up with Yuriko Nishi (2nd).
On the 19th lap, however, a couple of accidents in turns happened to Nishi allowed Braham to reach her, and a couple more (not without the help of a battle with Braham) on the 21th lap became crucial for Nishi - Braham passed her by, obtaining 2nd position, and then solidified his position. Thereafter, the finishing positions for the racers were obvious.
Miku Hatsune - not on the podium? But yes, that's what we've witnessed on Thursday. Different racers might be good on different types of track, and that's normal.
Congratulations to Biggs Braham with his first finish in the Top 3 of the season, and see you on the grid, racers and readers! Never forget to have fun - and compete hard!
P.S.: Big thanks to Grosmanteau DeCuir for handing me the gate logs after the race (because, for the unknown reason, I didn't get messages from the gate).
Grid positions, final results and racers' personal stats are available here: Racers Island Drift Results blog
The difference between racers' qualifying times was impressively significant - and, during the race itself, the drivers have spread out and the positions turned out to be certain pretty quick. On the 6th lap, though, Miku Hatsune (Doll Kabuki), who was 3rd at the moment, cracked up on a few turns, while Biggs Braham (5th position) was successfully catching up with Eddie Mathieson (4th). There was a battle on the next lap between Hatsune, Mathieson and Braham which caused a crash and a 3 seconds loss for Mathieson, who dropped behind them on the 5th place. Hatsune and Braham continued battling, taking advantage of each other's accidents on turns.
By the 10th lap, wild traffic had been formed by a couple lapped racers and the gaps between 1st position (that, of course, belonged to Brave Ashbourne) and the rest had grown. Biggs Braham already had managed to overpass Miku Hatsune but was hardly catching up with Yuriko Nishi (2nd).
On the 19th lap, however, a couple of accidents in turns happened to Nishi allowed Braham to reach her, and a couple more (not without the help of a battle with Braham) on the 21th lap became crucial for Nishi - Braham passed her by, obtaining 2nd position, and then solidified his position. Thereafter, the finishing positions for the racers were obvious.
Miku Hatsune - not on the podium? But yes, that's what we've witnessed on Thursday. Different racers might be good on different types of track, and that's normal.Congratulations to Biggs Braham with his first finish in the Top 3 of the season, and see you on the grid, racers and readers! Never forget to have fun - and compete hard!
P.S.: Big thanks to Grosmanteau DeCuir for handing me the gate logs after the race (because, for the unknown reason, I didn't get messages from the gate).
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