This week, the series headed to the streets of Rome for its first laps on a temporary road circuit. Neovre (as expected) took the pole in a blistering time of 1:08.452 followed by Grim and Coach. The race had a number of passes throughout the race however it wasn't until the closing laps when tire and fuel management reared its ugly head once again as a number of drivers either ran out of fuel or had to dive into the pits for a splash and go. Up font, Grim, Neovre and JWalker battled it out with each assuming the lead during the various pit cycles however Grim managed to hold onto the race win with teammate turnupdaheat taking 2nd and Wardenclyffe beating out Parcells2 at the line for 3rd.
Race 2 had the field inverted as usual and Walker dominated the early laps. The rest of the field continued to battle and it also appeared that the others learned from the first race and managed the fuel and tires effectively. Grim was able to move up through the field and was able to take the win with a hard charging JWalker finishing 2nd and turnupdaheat rounding out the top 3.
This brings us to the point battle for the Season Champion as the top 3 (turnupdaheat, Grim and JWalker) are separated by
2 points going into the final week of the season. It really is anyone's championship to win and will no doubt come down to the final corner to determine the champion.
Qualification Order
1st - Neovre
2nd - GrimGrnninGhost
3rd - CoachMK21
4th - JWalker_SSR7
5th - ZMalinowski
6th - turnupdaheat
7th - Wardenclyffe
8th - Parcells2
9th – zii1993
Results from Race #1
1st - GrimGrnninGhost (34 Laps)
2nd - turnupdaheat (34 Laps)
3rd - Wardenclyffe (34 Laps)
4th - Parcells2 (34 Laps)
5th - Neovre (34 Laps)
6th - CoachMK21 (34 Laps)
7th - ZMalinowski (33 Laps)
8th - zii1993 (33 Laps)
9th - JWalker_SSR7 (33 Laps)
Results from Race #2
1st - GrimGrnninGhost (33 Laps)
2nd - JWalker_SSR7 (33 Laps)
3rd - turnupdaheat (33 Laps)
4th - ZMalinowski (33 Laps)
5th - Parcells2 (33 Laps)
6th - Wardenclyffe (33 Laps)
7th - CoachMK21 (33 Laps)
8th - zii1993 (33 Laps)
Per the rules, only the top 16 in points are guaranteed starting positions on the grid for next week’s race at Twin Ring Motegi Road Course. If you are in the top 16, and you are sure you will
not make it to the race, please let us know so that alternates (in the order listed) know they can race. That said, I’m sure a couple folks will not make the race so there is a good chance alternates will be racing.
Please not that this rule will be changing at the start of next season. Details to follow soon
Team
Transatlantic Motorsport owned the streets of Rome this past week as the team captured 61 of 65 possible points to extended their lead over
Empire State Motorsports going into the final race of the season. Next week will wrap up the season and the title is still up for grabs.
Entry into the season ending All Star race currently has 8 drivers qualified for the event based on last night’s results and
all 8 drivers have have guaranteed spots on the grid.
Next week, the series heads to Twin Ring Motegi Road Course for the final race of the season. See you on the track!