FOFC Sprint Cup Series - Season 1 - Final Race Posted - Season 1 Champion Crowned
 

Welcome to the very first season of the NEW FOFC Sprint Cup Series. This season we will have 20 races in total. After the first 15 are complete, the top 10 drivers in points will be entered into the Chase. Also, two wildcard spots for drivers with the most wins of any drivers outside of the top ten will be awarded giving us 12 drivers in the Chase for the final 5 races. The points are reset for the final races. Every driver starts with a base of 0 and then bonus points are given for the position the driver is in after the 15th race.

1st - 50
2nd - 45
3rd - 40
4th - 35
5th - 30
6th - 25
7th - 20
8th - 15
9th - 10
10th - 5
Wildcard 1 - 0
Wildcard 2 - 0

Each driver will then get 5 more bonus points for each win they have. (Wild cards will not get bonus points for their wins. They will start at 0.

Race #1 of 20 - Daytona 500 Qualifying
 

Ace Idol takes the pole as he is over a mile an hour faster than the second place qualifier. Ken Schoonover is 2nd followed by Avery Thomas, Kyle Kappe and David Gonzalez.

ToPaw racing in 1st and 3rd at quals...let's hope we finish the same in the race!

Flying Yak teammates Nielsen & Flamebeard qualify at identical speeds. Heh.

not a good start for the Ruddy Rhenish Racer! The actual race HAS to be better!

Trick Dickle was the fastest in practice, but finished a disappointing 31st in qualifying for the Daytona 500. When asked the reason for his disappointing performance during qualifying, he winced slightly and then ran for the nearest bathroom...

Qualifying == 2 laps

Race == 300-500 laps depending on the tracks.


perspective is everything =)

Race #1 of 20 - Daytona 500 Results
 

The two dominant cars for the last half of the race were the two who ended up battling it down to the checkered flag. Benton Gale held off a strong challenge from Kyle Kappe down the stretch to take the win in the Daytona 500.

The race only featured 3 cautions, but those cautions knocked a lot of top cars from contention. Ace Idol had the strongest car early on but was caught back in the pack before a wreck and suffered some damage, knocking him a lap down and out of contention. David Gonzalez, Alejandro Murrieta, Kerri Kong and Aemon Snow were all knocked out in a lap 32 crash. Chris Snow's day ended early with a broken valve, Trick Dickle was knocked out with a fuel leak and Dan Schoonover was knocked out in a wreck on lap 135.

A terrific day for Dumbo Racing as our two rookie drivers put their talents to good use. First, Nick Harold had a big day moving from 29'th to a 16'th place finish and even found his way to the lead for one lap. Cash Bradley, starting out of the 11 spot, fought his way to a top 5 finish, leading 7 laps, and scoring 160 points in the Chase.

Standings - After Race #1 of 20
 

Well at least we know Topaw racing can qualify well, now we just have to finish :)

Surprised that first wreck didn't take more people out as tight as the pack was. Good season opening race.

Disappointing finish after leading 29 laps for Kevin Kong, but still better than getting caught up in a wreck like teammate Kerri.

That game is fantastic! Thanks for running this!


And the fox and the wolf are both in the top 10! Woooo!

Wow Fox just lost 2nd place in the last lap.

I hate restrictor plate racing. Lets get to some 1.5 mile tracks =)

Great....Both FC Racing teammates get taken out in the same wreck.

A mixed day for Ninth Circle Holdings.

Helen Wheels accomplished her usual pattern of mediocre qualifying, a great race day, and a bad last lap. She lost 3 positions after the white flag flew to finish in 7th, but still gained 26 positions on her qualifying spot.

Rip Lickingood's #07 Vanilla Coke Chevy was caught in one of the day's cautions, but rode out the damage to a mid-table finish.

New drivers can still get into the series. You would be able to start at race #3. I have actually already run the 2nd race, trying to get a few ahead so I will be able to post them on fairly regular schedule.

Any new drivers would still have a shot at making the chase due to the wildcard spots.

It was a mediocre day for Cannon Pace and #5 car. He's not much of a super speedway driver so for him to stay mid pack was about all we could hope for the at CMP Racing. Hopefully he will be able to break out at when we get to tracks better suited to his skills.

I think I've already done better in this season than I have in all the others combined....

Dixieland finishes with 2 running cars in the middle of the pack. Fantastic editing there cmp! Looks great! We'll take the finishes and the points. The General Lee was almost knocked out of the race by 2 of those crashes, so to finish at all was a plus.

PF Racing had a so-so day...Elliot Foley had some changes made to his car after a weak practice and I thought Andrew Foley would be the better of the two to start. Not so, as Elliot finishes with a top 10 and Andrew finishes 7 laps back in 25th. Still early in the year, but I'd rather see them both in the middle of the pack than at opposite ends like that.

Trick Dickle springs a leak...the press is gonna have a field day with that one...

:lol:

Avery Thomas was tied up in one of the wrecks and ended up dropping way back.

Looks like the ToPaw Racing team will have to pick it up here.

Team Phillips is very pleased with their showing in the Daytona 500. Phillips and Henderson are not super-speedway drivers and anything in the top half of the field is good. They should both look better in the 1.5 mile races.

Race #2 of 20 - Texas Qualifying
 

Nice! 5 and 8 for team Starfox!

Helen Wheels shows her speedway potential with a speed above 190.

...and the Paul MCartney song blares over the P.A.

Outside pole, I'm really happy about that qualifying effort, that's what I want to see.

And you're also gonna see a nice Guinness logo as Nielsen blows by you and takes the checkered flag.

3rd and 19. Interesting. My past history has shown that good qualifying results don't necessarily translate into good race results. In either case, the good 'ol boys are here to race.

Race #2 of 20 - Samsung Mobile 500
 

Trick Dickle and Kevin Kong completed dominated the race this afternoon as the two nearly lapped the entire field, leaving only 6 cars on the lead lap at the end. It was Kevin who led the most laps but it was Trick who took the lead and then held off a challenge from Kevin on the final lap to take the win. Mustafa Henderson was 3rd, David Ginsberg 4th and Bo Duke finished 5th.

The race was unusual in the fact that there were no cautions. That allowed Trick and Kevin to continue to increase their lead the entire race.

Headline: Dickle firms up performance, pounds his way to a huge, Texas-sized victory.

Qualified 25th, finished 2nd. I'll take that, and the points lead to boot.

Teammate - Kerri Kong is not going so well.

Completely thrilled with the 4th place finish, never beings in danger in this race as well really helps.

Two drivers in the top 6 thus far for the season standings, I'm pretty happy. As someone else said earlier, this is already my most successful season in FOFC Sprint Cup!

Makes three of us there.

Blah.

Wow not a good run there. THere needs to be more crashes ;)

Second then not so good :(

FC Racing has both drivers sitting dead last... Ouch

Snow Motorsports is focusing on Race performance over Qualifying.


Qualified 28th and 30th

Finished 10th and 11th.

2 cars gained 57 spots on the racetrack between them.

Watch yourselves. We're ready to roll!

Dixieland had a good day. Bo finishes 5th and Luke was having a great run until the car quit on him. We could have easily had 2 top 10 finishes there. We will take that!

Race #3 of 20 - Richmond Qualifying
 

FOFC Sprint Cup Series - Season 1 - Race #3 Richmond
 

Luke Duke took the pole and dominated the early running of the Richmond 400 before getting into a pit road accident while he was the leader. He later on would get collected in another wreck and despite leading for most of the first half of the race he would finish 29th. David Gonzalez took advantage of Luke's troubles and dominated the final half of the race leading 194 laps en route to an easy win. Ace Idol, Dan Schoonover, Andrew Foley and Chris Snow rounded out the top 5.

Standings - After Race #3 of 20
 

Gee, Bo and Luke, do you think you hit enough people? That's NOT cool! :)

Whoops- missed the start of the season.

The 4th at Daytona was a really nice finish and a middle of the pack at Texas to go into 2nd overall was very cool. Unfortunately, Richmond was not so kind and Silvers is back down to 8th. Still, it's in the Chase if the season ended today but there's a long way to go.

SI

Team Dumbo is having some fighting over the peanuts apparently. If you check out the 1:26 mark of the video from Richmond you will see my #7 Jack Daniels car spin out our #49 Addidas car. A bad, bad day for the team.

The cars obviously had a great day. Can't say that much about the drivers but what else do you expect from a couple of good ol boys? A pit road crash isn't indicative of a quality effort. Lots of wrecks, but it looks like it was a gearbox that put us out of the race. Rough to have a top 5 in the chase and a bottom 5 as well. It'll take some more good luck and consistency to stay/improve.

Wrecks happen, especially when slower cars don't get out of your way. Just move over and let us blow by and you can go back about your business. :)

Nice, overall points lead for Ace Idol and Topaw racing! Hopefully the consistency continues.

Rip Lickingood continues to be caught in the accidents of the other poor drivers; this time, it's his suspension that gave way.

Helen Wheels began her usual comeback, and I saw her in what looked like the top 10 or so during the highlights. But she receded to 3 laps down and a middling finish, pushing her further down into the teens in the Chase standings.

Race turned into Survivor.

Terrible qualifying (to be expected) for Andrew Foley, but a 4th place finish is fantastic.

Nice job by Tricky Dick to salvage an 8th place finish after getting caught up in a couple of those wrecks. And up to 5th in the overall standings...I'll take it.

Both Chris and Aemon Snow worked magic as they avoided all the talentless hacks that were wrecking around them.

13th to 5th
30th to 6th - AWESOME day for Young Aemon! his quick wits avoided at least 3 wrecks.

another 32 places gained during the event and another back to back finish for this team. They know how to work together!

Mediocre showing for Cannon at Richmond. Started mid pack and finished mid pack. Currently sitting in the final chase spot so hopefully we'll have some good weeks ahead and move further into the top ten.

Gonzalez with a much needed win to get us back in the race. Murrieta is still buried down in the standings and will need to get hot soon.

I missed the first couple races there. Glad I hit the wrong button and realized this was going on now.

Stupid clutch! Qualified 10th and looked to hopefully get a good run in but the clutch gave way and Dexter finished 28th. Stuck in 30th in the points now. Time to get this thing turned around!

At least Ace is...Avery is stinking it up.

We need to start tag teaming!

Race #4 of 20 - Coca-Cola 600 Qualifying
 

Race #4 of 20 - Coca-Cola 600 Results
 

Trick Dickle and his team have the #15 Coors Light locked in early on in this Sprint Cup Season. He moved up from his 20th starting position to lead 236 laps and dominate the last half of the Coca-Cola 600 and win his 2nd race this season. Aemon Snow made a strong charge at the end but it wasn't enough to overtake Trick. Once again the Snow's finish back-to-back as Chris Snow finished 3rd after starting 25th. Kevin Kong was strong yet again as he finished 4th and Nick Phillips bounced back from a terrible Richmond race with a top 5. David Ginsberg, who had the strongest car early on finished 6th followed by Luke Duke, Andrew Foley, Mustafa Henderson and Ken Schoonover.

Ahhh, now my drivers are back to their usual style.

Ninth Circle's drivers both qualify well at their home track. Helen Wheels edges into the lead position from her 6th-place start, but she fades to the back of the lead lap and a 16th-place finish. Rip Lickingood, meanwhile, fades from the 5th row to last among running cars. Don't know what's going wrong in the 07 car's shop.

Still trying to get the video finished for this race. It's giving me a few problems.

Wish I had done even better, but 6th place is still a great finish.

I'm glad my low qualifying/high finishing route with Andrew Foley isn't totally coming back to bite me yet...but whatever I tried with Elliot is clearly not working.

7th to 2nd
25th to 3rd

another 28 places gained.

Another back to back finish as Father and son hook up and roll past the competition.

Chris snow up to 4th in the points
Aemon Snow from dead last at Daytona to 7th in the points 3 races later.

That car in your mirrors? Yeah, thats DOOM and its coming for YOU.

Teammates Kevin & Kerri Kong are having completely opposite seasons so far. One is 2nd, the other is 2nd to last.

Qualified 2 and 19, finished 7 and 12. Thats more like it. Now if we could just hang out and run strong for a whole race I think we could be back in the running. Looking at the overalls we are at 6 and 26. Those damn DNF's really take a toll on the numbers. We need to stay top 10 and reel these guys in.

Woo!! Another clean race, another big win for the Dickle!

Here's hoping that the #15 silver bullet is setting up for a dominant season, and isn't just peaking early.

Race #5 of 20 - Phoenix Qualifying
 

ack 13 and last....cmon WOlf you can do eeeeeeeeet

What more can you say about Trick Dickle right now. Once again, in a two car battle down the stretch it was Trick who had the strongest car and took home the win. This time he battled with Nick Phillips all day long as Nick led 111 laps, and Trick led 103. But Nick's car faded after the final restart, and despite a minor yellow flag accident that gave Trick's car a bit of damage no one could catch him as he went on to take his 3rd checkered flag of the season. Aemon Snow was 2nd followed by Mustafa Henderson, Cannon Pace and Phillips.

Standings after Race #5 of 20
 

Trick Dickle is starting to pull away a bit at the top of the points. Mustafa Henderson has been consistent all year and sits in 2nd. Aemon Snow, Ace Idol and Cannon Pace round out the top 5. Andrew Foley and Bo Duke sit in a tie for the final Chase spot and Benton Gale and David Gonzalez hold the two wildcard spots currently.

Here is the video from Charlotte that wouldn't post before. The Phoenix video will be up soon.

Ouch, getting killed after a decent early start this season.

I'll take a top 10 finish at the home track, keeps Ace solidly in the top 5 overall.

Love it, love it, looooooove it! The Silver Bullet is really flying now...

Keep it up boys, and don't lose focus...

FC Racing will need some tweaks in the offseason.

Gonzalez and Murrietta are brutal right now.

From the Charlotte video: Ninth Circle is a bit more disappointed coming away from North Carolina after seeing Rip's 07 Vanilla Coke car running in the top 10 early on, and Helen's 6 Discount Tire car running in the top 5 fairly late.

In Phoenix, Rip overcame a poor qualification, picking up 14 spots to finish 20th, but he is still struggling mightily this season. Helen once again waxed toward the front of the pack, but waned as the race went on, finishing 16th. (I thought the heat in Phoenix would suit her!) She is one position outside the Chase as of now.

Wow that back end was really caved in...good thing Phoenix isn't a big aero track...

Cannon keeps qualifying well but can't quite pull off any wins or even lead that many laps. He's being consistent though and is 5th in points.

1 full third of the top 6 Driver drive Snow Motorsports Cars.

Aemon Snow has made a miraculous comeback after starting the season at Daytona dead last in points. While wily veteran Chris Snow just keep posting top level finishes.

You want to look for favorites to be there at the end of teh chase? look for cars number 44 and 64!

Race #6 of 20 - Michigan Qualifying
 

Oooh, a pole.

Race #6 of 20 - Pure Michigan 400 Results
 

What a great finish today in the Pure Michigan 400, which you will see in the video. Nick Phillips and Ches O'Peake battled down the stretch, trading the lead and racing side by side right down to the finish line where Nick Phillips barely edged out O'Peake for the win.

There were 5 caution flags that knocked out some of the day's strong cars such as Chris Snow, Rip Lickingood, Rob Nielsen and Ace Idol and badly damaged plenty of others.

Ooh, a colossal failure.

ToPaw Racing knocked out of the Michigan race...not good...

Helen gets some time in the lead, a Top 10 finish, and is back in the Chase as it stands.

Rip's 5th-place qualification is squandered as he wrecks out of Michigan. Still 50 points below any driver in the series, and up to 3 DNFs in 6 races.

Damn both of us with a DNF, that sucks, especially after a decent starting spot.

Michigan was not a speedway that we were going to be good at. We finished though!

So we are 13th and 17th in the race.

Certainly still in the hunt, but we need some strong showings sooner or later.

Go Dixieland!

Wow the father son team of Schoonover's actually were top 5.

ooooo a top 10! I don't think my cars are good enough to get top 3 tho.