Race Report @ NASCAR Italia
JoeOftheFire, team owner of Rick Ware Racing, led from start to finish in emphatic style. In taking maximum points, Rick Ware Racing closed the gap on fellow rivals, Red Bull and Joe Gibbs. MULE, team owner of Red Bull Racing took second in a relatively quiet race for him. Unforunately, fastest in practice, Carbonox suffered a setback on lap 1 after suffering a chain reaction accident and ending up in the gravel. Testament to his good race etiquette, he managed to claw back a last place start to finish fourth with the newly transferred driver, Chqr taking fifth. D4LVY_ recorded his best finish yet in the Nationwide in third despite suffering a penalty along with Chqr.
In the Owners' Championship, Richard Childress Racing took 4th and 5th to help conserve their top spot. A resurgent JR Motorsports clawed back some of the deficit with a strong 3rd and 6th place. Rick Ware Racing led from the front and the back with Joe taking the win and Filipe taking to the gravel. racefan78 was very unlucky to not finish as high as his qualifying position may have allowed as a lap 4 incident with Chqr ruined his chances. Red Bull Racing similarly had a solid evening with Mule finishing second and Jakob running cleanly and strongly. Joe Gibbs Racing took a little bit of a hit on their points but without Cowboys and fastfox, it was a credible effort.
Stewards Office @ NASCAR Italia
In our investigations, we have been quite tolerable and we have forgiven drivers for corner cutting when:
a) they are on low tyres and had four tires on the rumble strip
b) have been pushed
c) did corner cut but yielded the position
d) did not infract the two wheels on asphalt rule more than two times on good tyres
e) used the run off no more than two times
DamageNano has a 60-second penalty for putting four tyres off the track and putting all four tyres on the green turf on four noticeable occasions when he chasing Carbonox and on his outlap chasing D4LVY_when he had good tyres.
Chqr has a 30-second penalty for causing an avoidable accident with racefan78 on lap 4.
D4LVY_ has a 15-second penalty for cutting the chicane very noticeably on lap 4 and showed no sign of reducing the increased gap interval.
An incident between Carbonox, DamageNano and Jakob is deemed a racing incident.
An incident between MULE_9242, racefan78 and Carbonox is deemed a racing incident.
It simply is a matter of courtesy if drivers wish to yield their position as a result of causing an accident. Drivers should also yield their position if they cut any corner. Appreciation goes to Carbonox for doing so.