Race Report GT300 Round 2 Daytona Road 75 Laps (approx. 2.5 hours)
After 30 mins qualifying the grid looks like this.
1. micantony Autobacs ARTA Garaiya (Orange #43)
2. Cobani - RE Amemiya Mazda RX7 (Yellow #7)
3. Knukken - RE Amemiya Mazda RX7 (Yellow #7)
4. Pluxtheduck - Autobacs ARTA Garaiya (Orange #43)
5. Davidb_165 Toyota WEDSPORT Celica (Yellow/Blue #19)
6. Gadget334 CUSCO Subaru Impreza (Black #77)
7. MichoRexo Lexus Weds Sport IS350
8. ANFD - Toyota Celica Wedsport (Yellow/Blue #19)
9. Heathenpride - CUSCO Subaru Impreza (Black #77)
10. mr_paincake - Autobacs ARTA Garaiya (Orange #43)
11. I-was-ere (Scott) - CUSCO Subaru Impreza (Black #77)
12. WIDFO RE Amemiya Mazda RX7 (Yellow #7)
Track Dry Tyres RM
Lap 2

After the formation lap the first time through the bustop and David gets a bit of a wobble on allowing MichoRexo to pass on the exit.

The first dash down the main straight sees Cobani draft past Mic for the lead. Plux gets a double tow and is catching both cars fast.
Plux is around the outside of Mic, and then dives inside of Cobani to take the lead into T1. His attempt to close the door simply sees him lose another position to Mics similar Arta.

30 seconds later Cobani is getting a draft into the bustop, but misjudges his braking and touches Mic causing which in the seconds that follow would result in carnage for the chasing pack.

Cobani and Knukken hit the tyres hard which would require a trip to the pits.

Davidb goes into the wall and takes off MichoRex as he bounces back on track.

Gadget manages to safely negotiate through the wreckage and move smartly from 7th to 3rd. He owes Cobani a pint! Heathenpride, mr_paincake, ANFD and WIDFO and i-was-ere (Scott) also make it safely through to move up the order.
Micho and all three RX7~s are forced to a lap 2 pitstop to repair damage

Positions at end of Lap 3
Lap 4

Another lap, another problem at the bustop as paincake looses it.

As all take avoiding action, Scott rear ends WIDFO, and both sustain damage. Scotts is worse and he~ll need a stop. HP has light diagonal damage but soldiers on.
Lap 7

Ethan laps Micho who seems determined to stay on the lead lap

Positions end of Lap 7
Lap 10

An uncharacteristic error from Mic as he drops an outside wheel onto the grass at Turn 4 sending him arrowing across the track and into the barrier.
Gadget is happy to accept the gifted 2nd place from Mic who pits for repair at the end of the lap, as does Paincake who has suffered heavy damage himself.
Lap 11

A great battle going on between the lap 2 disaster recovering RX7~s of Kev and davidb, currently running 8th and 9th.

Positions end of Lap 11
Lap 12

More backmarker dramas for the leader as Paincake spins right in front of Ethan but luckily no contact is made and little time lost.

The three RX7 of Kev, David and Cobani continue to run with strong pace and progressing through the field. At this stage they occupy 7th, 8th and 9th
Lap 14

HP had been running a solid 4th in the Cusco Scooby, still with light damage from his Lap 4 incident. He has no answer for Mics hard charging Arta who passes him on the back straight.
Lap 17

Like Gadget ahead of him in 2nd, ANFD is keeping out of trouble and running at his own pace which currently sees him in a lonely 3rd.

Scott has reeled in HP and makes an easy draft pass for 4th. A fight back into T1 at the start of L18 results in HP hitting the wall and sustaining heavy damage.
Lap 19

The scrapping of the two Cuscos has allowed Kev to close in and shapes up for a pass on HP.
Lap 21

Paincake has a spin at the bustop again and close following Mic (whod just set a new fastest lap of the race) makes contact through the plumes of smoke. Itll be another unscheduled pitstop for Mic but at least this time its almost in the window for a 2 stop strategy.

Positions end of Lap 23
Lap 24

The battle for 3rd is really hotting up as Scotts Scooby is right on the tail of ANFDs Celica, with Kev and Cobanis RX7s also in view.
Lap 25

Scott dives down the inside of ANFD into T4 but doesnt quite complete the pass.

By the time Scoot does ease past on the start finish straight, Kev is right in the mix as well and pulls off a double draft assisted pass. Nice driving! These three would swap places repeatedly over the next few laps in a great battle. Meanwhile Cobani makes his scheduled pitstop.

Positions at end of Lap 29
Lap 30

Most cars have been in for tyres on around lap 25, but Gadget has stayed out and in doing so picked up the lead from Plux. But the Arta is now much faster and reeling in Gadget at a rate of almost 3 seconds per lap (1:52s vs 1:55s).
Lap 31

Scott had fallen a lap down on Gadget when he made his stop, and as Gadget makes room for his Motion Blur teammate to unlap himself into T6, Plux takes a late dive into the gap himself and with it regains a lead.

Micho on fresh tyres unlapping himself from 3rd place Kev, who has not stopped for tyres since his damage enforced stop early in the race.
Lap 37
HP disappears off the lap lap charts with a disconnect.
Lap 40

Gadget finally makes what would be his only pitstop of the race. Kev also makes his stop for tyres.
Lap 42

WIDFO is running consistently in 7th, and puts a lap on Mr Paincake into the bustop.

Positions after 42 laps
Lap 43

Plux is still comfortably leading, and puts a lap on 4th place Gadget into T1. Scott(5th) has been keeping pace with Plux since emerging from his last pitsop, but is a lap down.
MichoRexo pulls into the pits and announces his retirement from the race
Lap 49

All except Plux and Scott are now tyred and fuelled to the finish. Gadget is hanging on in 2nd but his tyres are 13 laps older than most of the others, so will be fighting a rearguard action to salvage as many points as possible in the closing stages. There is an intense battle going on for 4th, as Cobani and Kevs RX7s are charging fast, and looming not far behind is Mics Arta.
Lap 53 ANFD announces his retirement and drops off the lap chart.
Lap 56

Gadget now has Cobani, Mic and Kev in close attendance. Cobani would draft past on the next straight.

Positions at end of Lap 56

The podium battle continues as Kevs RX7 gets past Gadget and Mic to move to 3rd. Cobani has broken away a little in 2nd

Positions at end of lap 70
Lap 73

Scott has caught Gadget in the battle for 5th and 6th and the teammates exchange places multiple times on the run to the flag, but its Scott that clinches it with a great recovery drive after early race incident.
Results after 75 laps
To add to the results board wed have
9th ANFD DNF 53 laps
10th MichoRexo DNF 43 laps
11th Heathenpride DNF 37 laps

A very dominant win for series debutant Pluxtheduck. He kept out of trouble on the first lap and showed consistency and exceptional pace when needed. In 2nd was Cobani, which was reward for an excellent recovery drive from the back after the lap 2 problems. Mic showed great pace in 3rd, and chased Cobani hard to the finish, but in the end the multiple unscheduled damage repair stops cost him dear.