World F1 (F10) Championships - Season 2
Preseason Race
Daytona Road Course
Race Report - By MajikTom
Well folks, it was a scorcher this afternoon with temperatures reaching 36 degrees Celsius. Small patches of clouds, but an otherwise bright and sunny day here in Daytona. Our grid of 10 drivers were rockin' the Qualifications and ready to go!
Into Turn 1 they went looking great.
Before they could all get through Turn 1, at the back of the grid, Oshawa Joe takes it from behind and goes off the inside hitting the guard rail.
Into Turn 2, Artmannn kisses GianDoe and sends him on a wild lawn-mowing adventure.
Being the gentleman driver he is, Art slows and waits for Gian to return to the track while Chattimusmaximus takes a solo venture of his own through the International Horseshoe.
Further up at Turn 5, No_Bull tries to take a dip at ATR Management who dominated the Pole and got off to a good start.
ATR Management would have none of that and took a decisively early lead over the rest of the pack after No_Bull lost an edge coming onto Turn 7.
As the field spread out, the first battle ensued between Art, Chat and Tex as they fought for position.
By the end of Lap 3, ATR Management took a commanding lead over the pack leaving IPSwich, No_Bull, Art and Chat way down the track out of sight.
The Busstop got hungry early and took Chat as its first victim of the day.
IPSwich tried to hold off No_Bull, but No_Bull was all over him challenging every corner.
Coming out of Turn 4, No_Bull finally takes IPSwich and leaves him behind.
Now he's got open track ahead and sets his sights for ATR Management.
Suddenly, on Lap 4, DISASTER! Immortal catches some grass and the Busstop takes its second victim!
As he tries to get back on the track, No_Bull comes flying through the Busstop like nobody's business and they come together HARD!
This sends No_Bull into the wall at 170mph!
IPSwich motors on through and takes 2nd position away from Immortal as No_Bull is sent careening across the infield.
This of course affords the rare opportunity for someone other than Immortal to lead the race. Fortunately for ATR Management, it's Immortal's Teammate MajikTom who goes on to lead 10 laps before the Busstop eats him for another snack.
After succumbing to the evil Busstop's wrath, MajikTom takes an early pit at lap 14. A 2 stopper seemed to be the Formula for the day.
Immortal took his pit on schedule and that afforded another opportunity for others to lead. No_Bull and Art fought it out for a few laps trading the point, as well as paint and rubber. They continued fighting after Immortal re-took his seat at the head of the race.
Later in the race, MajikTom was working hard to regain his position when out of Turn 5 comes MrSafeway, "unsafely" backing up back out on the track after a spin. Luckily he notice Majik Coming through and pulled back off at the very last second avoiding a tragic incident.
A couple of laps later, Majik notices MrSafeway parked all lonely-like out of sight in Turn 5 and decides to give him a show. Majik skillfully pulls around Turn 5 and executes a perfect 360 and continues on down to Turn 6 with the pedal to the metal...
...leaving poor MrSafeway in a cloud of smoke!
As the race wore down, Chat's quest for 5th position came to a conclusion as he beat GianDoe exiting the pits.
They drafted Immortal around the track as he zoomed by, but GianDoe forgot his water bottle, so he took another trip back into the pits on the very next lap.
By Lap 47, Majik had been busy making up time, lapping back markers, cruising all alone when suddenly the podium was in sight. He reeled in Art, who was comfortably in 3rd position for awhile at the end of the front straight and stuck to Art's tail for a number of corners, waiting for the perfect pass.
Coming out of the Busstop, Majik made his move. They darted down the straight side by side with the furious drone of a hornet's nest.
Unbeknown to them, just about a quarter mile ahead, OshawaJoe had spun out and was trying to get back on the track when No_Bull was passing through in 2nd place. Joe caught the skirt and rammed No_Bull into the wall!
Unfortunately, this sent No_Bull into another pin ball bounce to the infield and propelled him into the pits!
Meanwhile Majik and Art were racing down the straight across the line battling for what was now 2nd position in the dying laps of the race!
No_Bull was stuck in the pits and OshawasJoe, likely feeling bad, decided to mow some lawn while he waited for No_Bull to take back his place. Majik held the high line into Turn 1 and went on to take 2nd position while Art still managed to pull off a podium himself.
But of course, the star of the day was once again our IMMORTALPILOT taking the checkered flag in style.
Another eventful day of racing in the World F1 Championships comes to a close as everyone gathered together for a beer and peanuts.
out of gas on lap 49 :'( almost made it a a one stop race. I wanted to disrupt the ATR team with a second place finish so badly but to no avail.
