FOFC Racing - Sprint Cup Series - Season 2 Champion Is Crowned!

[britrock88]

Ahh, Helen, get to the bottom!

[stevew]

Is it too late to change my cars? Totally slipped my mind.

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It was a great day of racing in Daytona. 72 lead changes among 22 drivers throughout the day with only 1 caution flag. Nile Kinnick, Benton Gale, and Patrick Hutt had the best cars on the day but all that mattered was setting yourself up for the end. Kinnick was shuffled back and finished 33rd, Gale came home in 19th and Hutt was 11th.

At the end it was Comrade Twelve leading with a gang of cars behind him trying to make the pass. He was able to hold them all off taking the victory over Al Cohallik, Wheely McStephens, Helen Wheels and Dexter Jackson Sr.


Event Details:

Weather: Clear, 52 F, Northwest 4 mph
Laps: 200
Cautions: 1
Caution Laps: 3
Lead Changes: 72
Leaders: 22

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[Vince, Pt. II]

Ace was in the mix but couldn't repeat. Danville is still terrible.

[wolverine29]

Good run for Dexter but from the looks of it he could have gotten the win. We need to have a better strategy there at the end.

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[Lathum]

Holy shit, second at Daytona! YEE HAW!!!!

[tarcone]

Man, that was disappointing. My cars were both solid. But got into that top line and that was that.
Kinnick was very disappointed in that race. Led the most laps and finished 33rd. Ouch

[Coffee Warlord]

Not the best start for the defending champ.

[britrock88]

Restrictor-plate racing, man.

[Lathum]

Man- disappointing finish for Ginny Tonic after a respectable 14th place finish in points last year. I expected more of her this season

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I'll keep this updated on one of the front page posts after this. This will always show your driver's career statistics.

[britrock88]

Helen is the ONLY driver not to have led a lap! Yikes.

[path12]

Originally Posted by cmp

Comrade Twelve holds them off to win the Daytona 500!

WOOHOO!!

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I'm going to peridocially update some of the paint schemes as I have time. Here is the first one. The #44 Sterzing's Potato Chips car of Nile 'Krush' Kinnick. Kinnick will start driving this car at Texas. Also, if anyone ever wants a change to their paint scheme or sponsor or even wants to run a 'special' paint scheme or new sponsor for one race let me know and I'll try and get something set.

[tarcone]

I like. Very cool.

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This race looked to be going the same way that Daytona did. Good clean racing with a few different drivers emerging as contenders. But then, lap 364 happened. Ricky Anderson Jr. and Helen Wheels collided triggering what turned into a massive pileup. 15 different drivers were knocked out of the race due to the accident.

Comrade Path was the first driver to look to be on his way to victory. He took the pole and led the race's first 92 laps before pit stops shuffled him back and he wound up 10th. From there Blue Neckansack took the lead and led for 82 laps before relinquishing the lead to Wheely McStephens who would lead for 78 laps. Luke Duke was next up as he led for 91 laps. But with 35 laps remaining, Al Collalik, who finished 2nd at Daytona, made the pass on Duke and never looked back. He took the checkered flag by 3.05 seconds over Blue Neckansack. Luke Duke was 3rd followed by McStephens and Rob Nielsen. Nielsen as you will see in the highlights somehow miraculously drove right through that massive pileup on lap 364 and suffered no damage.

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[tarcone]

Ouch. Grey blew a header and lost Kinnick in the crash. We must of had a plane to catch.

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The big wreck occurs around the 1:10 mark

[britrock88]

Rough day for Ninth Circle. None of the garage's 4 cars survive the Wheels-Anderson incident.

[Lathum]

wow.

Apparently whatever change I made in my stats is working. Go AL!!

[britrock88]

Looks like Anderson was a few laps down and still getting up to speed from the pits when Helen tried to go low in a hurry. We'll have to talk to her and her spotter about that. (And the AI! )

[stevew]

Bonaparte is clearly employing the Ricky Bobby driving style.

[Vince, Pt. II]

Here's hoping the changes Stroker made in the offseason weren't a step in the wrong direction.

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Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

Here's hoping the changes Stroker made in the offseason weren't a step in the wrong direction.

Stroker actually ran pretty well in the race until getting caught up in the accident. Was a top 10 car most of the day.

[MrBug708]

If we didnt ever update stats, does the AI automatically do it?

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Originally Posted by MrBug708

If we didnt ever update stats, does the AI automatically do it?

It ends up being a generic middle of the road stat set. No real strengths everything is about the same.

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Seven different drivers led today's Duck Commander 500 for significant portions of the race. Blue Necksansack started the day in 2nd and took the lead on the 4th lap of the race from polesitter Dicky Woodhouse. He would go on to the lead the next 76 laps, the most on the day, but would lose the lead during green flag pit stops and fall back to a 29th place finish on the day. Other drivers who would lead for large portions of the race were Hana Ginsberg who led for 74 laps before finishing 5th. Kellen Killinger led 61 laps and wound up 8th. Wheely McStephens led 42 laps, but much like Season 1, couldn't hold onto the lead and finished 7th. During the race's final 70 laps, three drivers ran up front and swapped the lead quite a few times. Benton Gale, David Ginsberg and Fast Eddie Chilton had a great battle for the win. With 11 laps left, Gale made the pass in turn 2 on Ginsberg and went on to the win by 0.71 seconds over Ginsberg and 1.27 seconds over Chilton. Cannon Pace was 4th and Hana Ginsberg 5th. Last year's champion, Rob Nielsen, struggled all day long as wound up in 34th.

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Wheely McStephens is the new points leader after 3 races, Al Cohallik is 2nd followed by Fast Eddie Chilton, Deacon Palmer and Cannon Pace.

Some of the playoff drivers from last season who are struggling a bit include our defending champion Rob Nielsen who finds himself in 27th place despite his top 5 finish at Dover. Aaron Kappe is 25th and Patrick Hutt 26th.

[tarcone]

The Godzilla Motorsports team in really struggling. Hope we can turn this season around.

[PilotMan]

Dixieland is back to our pedestrian ways I see. We'll always have last year. lol

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by Lathum

wow.

Apparently whatever change I made in my stats is working. Go AL!!

Ditto for Fast Eddie

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We will head to Martinsville tomorrow.

[Jacktop]

Not a bad start for the guys. Kellen has been consistent and finds himself in the top 10. It was good to see him lead a few laps now we just need a win.

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Here are the qualifying results for tomorrow's race at Martinsville.

[tarcone]

Dang. Why did I push Greys qualifying number up? It hasn't helped at all..

[wolverine29]

I guess all the work the crew put in in the offseason for Anderson hasn't worked at all. Jackson Sr. on the other hand is running well and starting near the front today. Time for a win for Right Now Motorsports.

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It has been a caution fest so far today at Martinsville. The race is still ongoing, results will be posted this afternoon.

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14 caution flags flew today at Martinsville as almost every driver was involved in an incident at some point during the race. The driver who was able to avoid most of it was Jace Hunter. Hunter came up from his 33rd place starting position and led 99 laps on the day, including the most important one to take the checkered flag. In second was David Ginsberg who also finished second at Texas. He led 58 laps on the day. In third place was Al Cohallik with his third top five of the season. Fourth was Red Neckanback who led 51 laps and rounding out the top five was Luke Duke who led 45 laps. Hana Ginsberg led the most laps of the day, 175, and finished seventh. Cannon Pace, driving a special Detroit Tigers paint scheme today, led 59 laps and finished 9th.

Our defending champion Rob Nielsen's struggled continued as he failed to finish the race and wound up 39th.

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Al Cohallik holds a large 24 point lead over Wheely McStephens. Cannon Pace is 3rd followed by Red Neckanback and Comrade Path. After back-to-back second place finishes David Ginsberg has moved up to 8th. Defending champion Rob Nielsen has a lot of ground to make up as he finds himself 35th in the points.

[Lathum]

Woo Hoo!

[britrock88]

And Helen finally leads a lap!

[Travis]

Holy crap, sweet!

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[tarcone]

Kinnick needed that finish. Grey continues to disappoint.

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It's strange seeing Cannon up in 3rd in the points. I doubt he will keep it up.

[Sublime 2]

From pole to nearly last...ohhhh Dicky!

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Brooklyn, MI - What a finish we had today at the Michigan International Speedway in the beautiful Irish Hills of Brooklyn, Michigan. With 23 laps remaining in the race, Benton Gale, winner at Texas, took the lead and had his sights set on his second win in three races. All seemed to be going well until he hit lapped traffic and couldn't find a way around them. That allowed Rob Nielsen, our defending champ who has struggled, to catch up to Gale and make the pass on the race's final lap and take the victory away from Gale. Nielsen's win turns around his season which was beginning to look like a lost cause early on.

In third today was Douglas Douglas who put together a great run in his #55 Frank's Red Hot car. In fourth was Bo Duke who led 76 laps on the day. And rounding out the top 5 was Magnus Nielsen.

A big accident on lap 161 knocked out Comrade Path, Seamus Archer, Cannon Pace, David Ginsberg, Mustafa Henderson, Lew Sifford, Kyle Kappe, Dexter Jackson Sr., and Indy Wahl. Pace's car rolled over numerous times in the accident and he had to helped from the car. He was transported to the hospital for further observation. No word on his current status.