Turtle Racing League - FLEX Racing Series
Race 14: May 23rd, 2014 - Three Two 30 Minute Races - Three Two (Shortened) Monaco Grand Prix
Round 1
Track: Cote de Azur
Car: Light Car Company Rocket
Laps: n/a - 30 Minute Endurance Setting
Tires: Racing Hards
Damage: Light
Round 2
Track: Cote de Azur
Car: Light Car Company Rocket
Laps: n/a - 30 Minute Endurance Setting
Tires: Sports Softs
Damage: Light
Race 1
Pole - BionicDerp
1st Place: BionicDerp (Fastest Lap - 1:34.613)
2nd Place: DolphDrago (Fastest Lap - 1:33.996) +2.780
3rd Place: Bombonito (Fastest Lap - 1:34.924) +9.800
4th Place: RacingOtaku86 (Fastest Lap - 1:35.996) +25.288
5th Place: GTP_Severn (Fastest Lap - 1:34.315) +33.232
6th Place: GTMX-HECTO1 (Fastest Lap - 1:36.001) +44.088
7th Place: euclid58 (Fastest Lap - 1:38.765) +1:28.753
8th Place: randy1122 (Fastest Lap - 1:37.707) +1:37.992
Race 2
1st Place: BionicDerp (Fastest Lap - 1:37.993)
2nd Place: DolphDrago (Fastest Lap - 1:38.505) +2.899
3rd Place: GTP_Severn (Fastest Lap - 1:38.852) +3.623
4th Place: RacingOtaku86 (Fastest Lap - 1:39.703) +17.209
5th Place: euclid58 (Fastest Lap - 1:43.128) +DNF
Bombonito - DNS
GTMX-HECTO1 - DNS
randy1122 - DNS
Turtle Racing League - Final Results
1st Place: BionicDerp (65 Points - Pole)
2nd Place: DolphDrago (60 Points)
3rd Place: GTP_Severn (52 Points ~ Tiebreaker ~ Faster lap in both races)
4th Place: RacingOtaku86 (52 Points ~ Tiebreaker ~ Slower lap in both races)
5th Place: euclid58 (44 Points)
6th Place: Bombonito (28 Points)
7th Place: GTMX-HECTO1 (22 Points)
8th Place: randy1122 (18 Points)
Turtle Racing League - Race Night Recap
What a fun night of racing at the legendary Monaco Circuit we had! Lots of close battling, wall crashing, and wicked fast Turtles.
The night started off with BionicDerp putting down an uber fast lap for the pole for race 1. A rough start was had by at least two drivers, as DolphDrago and GTMX-HECTO1 (and possibly euclid58) had a false start with the new starting system in place. Immediately they were put behind the 8 ball. Bionic pulled away for a large lead which he would hold for the entirety of the race. However, it wasn’t without pressure near the end. Dolph put down some quick laps, breaking into the 1:33’s on one seriously fast lap. After the false start that put him back aways, he methodically made his way past the the drivers in front of him until he reeled in Bionic with only a handful of laps remaining. Unfortunately, while right on the tail of Bionic, Dolph would clip the wall coming out of the chicane with 2 to go, ending his bid for a come-from-behind victory. He would settle for 2nd, less than 3 seconds behind race winner Bionic. Bombonito ran a solid race to take bronze. RacingOtaku86 and GTP_Severn had a good battle going into the final lap before Severn looped it in one of the later corners. Racing would end up 4th while Severn would finish in the 5th position. Hector, who like Dolph had the false start penalty, found himself in 6th at the end of the race. Euclid and randy1122 hung in there, both finishing the race, in 7th and 8th respectively.
Three drivers did not start race 2: Bombonito, Hector, and Randy. However, it would prove to be just as, if not more, exciting than race 1. Race 2 saw Severn take off and pull out to a hefty lead. Bionic would be the first to break out and start to chase down Severn, later followed by Dolph. By around the midpoint of the race, there was a fantastic 3 car battle for the lead. Severn would lead, with Dolph and Bionic exchanging positions throughout the race. Eventually Dolph got alongside and by Severn going through the tunnel. Severn suddenly appeared to suffer from brake fade
and went very deep into the chicane, ghosting and getting a penalty. Dolph had to maneuver around him, and Bionic seized the opportunity by passing both Severn and Dolph coming out of the chicane. While at the time, Dolph and Bionic had set identical fast laps, Bionic seemingly turned on the nitrous (figuratively of course, with tuning prohibited and all
), pulling away and setting a blistering fast lap time into the 1:37’s on his sports softs. He would pull out another victory of just under 3 seconds. Dolph again would be the silver place finisher, with Severn right on his bumper for the majority of the final laps, finishing 3rd. Racing had a lonely race, coming home 4th. Finally, euclid made a couple of laps before engine failure, sending him into the pits and relegating him to a 5th place finish.
There was no race 3, as a driver or two of those that were left couldn’t run another race.
Congrats go out to Bionic for his pole and 2 wins; a perfect evening for him.