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Turtle Racing League - FLEX Racing Series
Race 16: June 6th, 2014 - One 10 Minute, Two 15 Minute Races - Take Off Your Tops! (Part Un)
Round 1
Track: Autumn Ring - Reverse / Time Change
Time / Progression: 9:00 / 3
Car: BMW 507 '57
Tires: Sports Hards
Damage: Light
Round 2
Track: Autumn Ring - Reverse / Time Change
Time / Progression: 12:00 / 3
Car: BMW Z4 '03
Tires: Sports Mediums
Damage: Heavy
Round 3
Track: Autumn Ring - Reverse / Time Change
Time / Progression: 15:00 / 2
Car: BMW Z8 '01
Tires: Sports Softs
Damage: Light
Race 1
Pole - DolphDrago
1st Place: BionicDerp (Fastest Lap - 1:37.013)
2nd Place: RacingOtaku86 (Fastest Lap - 1:37.897) +6.956
3rd Place: DolphDrago (Fastest Lap - 1:37.773) +7.752
4th Place: racercad (Fastest Lap - 1:40.213) +36.019
Race 2
1st Place: BionicDerp (Fastest Lap - 1:30.100)
2nd Place: RacingOtaku86 (Fastest Lap - 1:30.273) +1.056
3rd Place: DolphDrago (Fastest Lap - 1:29.656) +4.024
4th Place: GTP_Severn (Fastest Lap - 1:32.079) +24.193
5th Place: racercad (Fastest Lap - 1:33.105) +40.863
Race 3
1st Place: BionicDerp (Fastest Lap - 1:23.500)
2nd Place: DolphDrago (Fastest Lap - 1:23.767) +0.891
3rd Place: RacingOtaku86 (Fastest Lap - 1:24.080) +13.128
4th Place: GTP_Severn (Fastest Lap - 1:27.584) +1:17.094
5th Place: racercad (Fastest Lap - 1:29.063) +1 lap
Turtle Racing League - Final Results
1st Place: BionicDerp (96 Points)
2nd Place: RacingOtaku86 (88 Points)
3rd Place: DolphDrago (87 Points - Pole)
4th Place: racercad (74 Points)
5th Place: GTP_Severn (52 Points)
Turtle Racing League - Race Night Recap
Can’t wait for GT Academy to end so we can get some regulars back! Another small crowd was present at the Autumn Ring for some topless racing. It still didn’t stop some great battling on the sun soaked, colorful course. However, there was one noticeable issue that cropped up for practice and eventually the race. Despite being convertibles, the first two cars raced with the top up! Alas, the crisp, cool, autumn air was not to be felt by the Turtles for some time. Nonetheless, the Turtles took to the track.
Race 1 saw DolphDrago take the pole position in the BMW 507 ‘57. The race was shortened to 10 minutes due to the size of the field. BionicDerp got a great jump off the line and made his way past Dolph as they headed through the initial left handers. The top 3 Turtles battled hard for three laps before Dolph made a slight mistake, allowing Bionic to pull away and RacingOtaku86 to get around for 2nd. Despite having never raced on the full Autumn Ring course in reverse, Bionic still cruised off into the sunse...err, morning sun for the victory. Dolph continued to hound Racing for the remainder of the race before making his way past coming off the final corner and to the white flag. Unfortunately, it would not last long, as he would have trouble in turn 1. Racing and Dolph would swap positions several times for the first half of the lap before Racing would come to prevail, taking 2nd place and leaving Dolph in 3rd at the finish. Newcomer racercad rounded out the small field to finish 4th.
The 2nd race featured the Z4 ‘03. GTP_Severn joined the party to make it a five car race. With the extra driver, the race was brought up to half distance, at 15 laps. And what a wild start it was with that bunched up field! Severn enjoyed the lead for a lap and half before he got nabbed by PD for a shortcut penalty at the hairpin, dropping him from 1st to 4th at the blink of an eye. Dolph would take the lead and pull a gap on the heavily contested 2nd place battle until hitting the sand before the hairpin on lap 5. This put Racing and Bionic right on his tail. One lap later, Dolph again beached it in the sand at the same exact spot, this time costing him two positions. Bionic, who had just made a pass on Racing before Dolph’s second mishap, gained the lead. Racing feverishly pushed Bionic to the end, but could never quite get by. Bionic scored his second win while Racing settled for another 2nd place finish. Dolph was unable to recover from his mistakes and found himself in 3rd again. Severn raced home to 4th, while racercad once again filled out the field in 5th.
The Z8 ‘01 was utilized for the third and final race. It was another exciting start to the race. Racing got himself slapped with a penalty for jumping the start. Meanwhile Bionic, hungry for the Triple Crown of Turtle FLEX Racing, made his way from last on the grid up to 1st before the Turtles even reached the long right hander, and immediately began to distance himself from the field. Severn wound up going off track in the tricky last section of the course, with Dolph pooping his pants as he luckily went through his ghosted vehicle. There would be two fantastic battles for some laps, with Racing and Dolph grinding it out for 2nd, and Severn and racercad dueling for 4th. Dolph ran wide in the final corner on lap 5, losing some time to Racing. It would not last long, however, as something would happen to Racing’s car and he would fly off course in turn 1. Dolph took advantage and grabbed the 2nd spot, over 7 seconds behind Bionic. He pushed his car to the limit, but it was too little, too late. He would finish just under a second behind in 2nd. Bionic was able to pull off the trifecta, something that California Chrome would be unable to do one day later. Racing finished off his final race in 3rd, while Severn put on a drifting clinic for the last two laps and came home 4th. Racercad made a pit stop late in the race and would finish 1 lap behind the leaders in 5th.
Overall, Bionic would take the top overall spot with a near perfect night. The only blemishes in his record were Dolph stealing the pole for race 1 and fast lap in race 2. Racing beat out Dolph by 1 point to take home silver for the evening. Racercad never gave in all night and ended up 4th, while Severn placed 5th overall with his two races run.
Congrats to Bionic on his night, and great racing by the rest of the field! (I wrote a lot more than planned.
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. The original version just flows so well (i dislike the newer turn 3 so much! always have. Good to see it wasn't originally set up like that).
