Round 5: Darlington

Split car drivers participating Darlington

41 Cosmic Nova
26 Greg Marshall -R-
8 Luke Trigger
22 William Brock -R-
07 Henrietta Fitzwater -R-
10 Shane Carter -R-
4 Dajon Weeks -R-

After the first four races, we have three different point leaders. Cyrus LaTerza snatched the lead away from rookie Henry Sandfer by six points. Pericles, Young, and Angel are hounding against the points leader. The gap between first and second after four races is the closest margin since the inaugural season with Jon Lightning (the points leader) and Lewis Duran was separated by a point. That season was using the old points system. Typically, decent road ringers are good at Darlington. However, oval drivers also have good results. The track itself is the oldest pavement on the schedule. They will be sliding around and possibly getting Darlington stripes. Tire wear is very demanding. The older tires you got, the passing is much difficult.

There are news about Google and Dogecoin racing in the 1 in 70 this season. Check the topic out if you want. There are some rumors of possible manufacturers to run in the 1 in 70. The names of the manufacturers will not be disclosed yet. Speaking of the 1 in 70, the officials found a way how to do the auto bids for the 1 in 70. For the past two years, the top 14 in the points will receive an automatic bid to lock themselves in the 1 in 70. Since the split car system is introduced, there has to be a chance where a split car team to race in the main show. The series will do the top 14 in owner points to determine our locks for this season's 1 in 70. Fair warning, if you have not watched the most recent race yet, watch it in case you want to keep the suspense of the points standings.

Owner Points:

If you look at the standings, from last lock-in to 39th, the driver has a shot to overtake the final auto bid. And also the fact Princess with negative points stand out. Like the past two years, it was very close for the final spot lock-in in the 1 in 70. There will be more developing 1 in 70 news regarding participating factories and how split car drivers run the 1 in 70.

Qualifying in Darlington will be up whenever.

Qualifying for Darlington


P # DRIVER TIME
1 20 S Angel 27.190
2 15 N Tsunemochi 27.265
3 17 C LaTerza 27.294
4 1 R Manson 27.294
5 18 A Cavagnaro 27.295
6 8 L Trigger 27.299
7 83 C Louviere 27.311
8 84 N Pericles 27.313
9 16 F Duncan 27.317
10 92 J Finguy 27.339
11 26 G Marshall -R- 27.340
12 88 D Smith 27.344
13 41 C Nova 27.350
14 01 R Vonlanthen 27.355
15 4 D Weeks -R- 27.357
16 10 S Carter -R- 27.361
17 66 C Burnfardt Jr. 27.366
18 48 J Baskinger 27.368
19 19 J Dalton 27.373
20 42 R Sanchez -R- 27.374
21 99 A Brock -R- 27.381
22 2 W Lewis 27.391
23 32 C Dodd -R- 27.393
24 28 B Sakuraba 27.395
25 9 J Richards 27.398
26 5 D Young 27.400
27 7 J Johnston 27.403
28 31 P Williams 27.405
29 24 H Sandfer -R- 27.410
30 70 J Shelly 27.434
31 40 Chris Louviere 27.450
32 11 K Collins 27.459
33 69 B Louviere 27.468
34 44 A Percle 27.484
35 00 J Percle 27.508
36 22 W Brock -R- 27.525
37 29 G Moore 27.544
38 12 R Smith -R- 27.632
39 38 S Keyblade 27.716
40 0 P Sparrow 27.855
41 07 H Fitzwater -R- 28.630
42 55 P Percle 28.737

Oh boy, no one don't want to see this. Sean Angel got the pole at Darlington. It took him 75 races to do it. Yeah, that's how many races this series ran. Points leader Cyrus LaTerza starts in 3rd. Henry Sandfer starts in 29th, Nick Pericles starts in 8th, and Dillon Young starts in 26th. Highest rookie is Greg Marshall in 11th. Highest split car driver is Luke Trigger in 6th.

Race will be up on Memorial Day or the day after.

First off, sorry for series being inactive. I got my college summer classes going on, and I found a decent time to do something. You will see that happening. Don't worry, I'm okay.

Pericles:" Let's get to work."

Smith:" Not having the best of speed in Qualifying.."

Dodd: "Not too bad of a starting spot, 23rd..."

The race is out!



Next race will be at Phoenix.

Brock: "40th. Dead Last."

Finguy: "...20th. Well who cares as I'm still far enough from the cutout line for the 1 in 70. A good day in points would be great as well..."

Pericles:" Not enough Juice in the end, A shame too. We could have caught him with another 2 or 3 Laps. I'm Happy with a P3 Run, Chica With P8. Double Top Ten for Red Bull."

Smith:" Worked great with Pericles like we were team-mates, Glad to see that. We put up a Charge near the end but it wasn't enough. Congrats to the Winner Though, Well Deserved after blasting through the field like that. P2 Podium, Nice Race."

Dodd: "A nice solid finish, 19th. Big thanks to the Tide crew for giving me a solid piece, hopefully we can continue to improve and get more experience as we go along."