The Bepis 105.
(Note: lore wise this race takes place the Sunday following the Taco Knight 500.)
Race Report:
Laps 1-35
As usual, the cars started from their iconic rolling start; as soon as the green flag was shown the drivers gave their cars full throttle, with an excellent start from Dale R once again taking the lead; chasing it closely the Dermott in second place, Biffle third, Fußmacher fourth, Titcomb fifth, Bonkarenko sixth, Sivutuuli seventh, Ross eighth, the Tariuz ninth and Peech closing the top ten.
As the laps went by the race started taking shape. While the Celento and the Dermott kept their places, Wallace had climbed all the way to third place, overtaking Ross which had at the same time overtaken Biffle, the Shromet now in fifth place. The Cannonball held onto its sixth place, with the ocassional rubbing and controversial moves to overtake or defend their place; the Saber, after a poor start, had recovered quickly taking the seventh place. Following them closely were MacRoye and Jonrosh, and then Sivutuuli and Bonkarenko, who had previously understeered and scrapped the wall, losing valuable time and places.
Mitchell and Kakayama fought for the 12th place, with the ACA unwilling to give its place; Kakayama managed to get in front for two laps, only for an excessively early braking maneuver to take it away as the Traveller invaded the lower line to take the place back. Fußmacher lost control of the car halfway through this segment, spinning out of the track; the MSL could recover, but not without losing several places first.
Dunne, Hollerhousen, Spront and Smart formed another pack, without any fight yet; they were waiting for any of the other to make a mistake to attack and take the lead of the patch. The last pack was leaded by Callaway, with Bolovic, Roberts, Sinistra, Moore and O’Brien chasing him. The Bugbear closed the grid.
Laps 35 - 70
A series of quick false movements allowed Biffle to fool Ross and Ayrton, taking the third place by the inside; recovering quickly, Ross took the fourth place by rubbing with Wallace. Jonrosh had overtaken both the Saber and the Cannonball, now in sixth place; behind, Titcomb bumped into Donovan, forcing the Stallion to correct and let Titcomb pass; the Saber did, however, recover before MacRoye could threaten to steal their place.
Mitchell kept the place from the constant attacks of Rodrigues; at some point Rodrigues accidentally tapped the ACA, but in a show of sportsmanship he let the Traveller keep its place. The next battle was taking place between Fußmacher and Kakayama; after an excellently placed draft, the Fallwing took the outside of the turn, carrying the most speed, and overtook the MSL.
The midpack stayed more or less the same, with the rest of the action at the back pack; motivated by some words from his chief over the radio, the Bogliq had climbed to the top of the back pack, now leading it with the Birmingham and Sinistra still harrassing Bolovic behind.
Laps 70 - 105
The gap between the Celento and the Dermott had increased over the laps, with Connaughan’s worry now being the Shromet as it pushed strong. Wallace got revenge from Ross, rubbing him into letting the Mytheme pass; with this, Wallace was now in fourth place. The Ares and V590 were now in fifth and sixth place, after a mistake by Titcomb made him rub the wall and lose most of his momentum in turn 2; he had to let the Saber pass and take seventh place at the exit of the turn too.
Most of the action was in the back once again; the Regal had relaxed too much, not confident enough, falling behind and losing places; he was now being harrassed by Bolovic, who was still leading the last pack.
Laps 105 - 140
The most uneventful segment of the race was this, with only Donovan recovering their place from MacRoye with some unintended help from Titcomb, who put pressure - quite literally - on the V590 by sharing paint with it once again. The rest of the places remained more or less the same, with the drivers starting to feel the fatigue of going 100% from the beginning: they felt forced to do so as this was the last race of the season.
Laps 140 - 175
As the race end approached, the racers started preparing their strategies for the last laps; with quite a bit of agression, MacRoye took Titcomb’s place, bumping his back first, now slightly enraged by the Cannonball’s style of driving.
With the midpack remaining relatively equal, the focus was shifted once again to the back of the grid. The Maverick had finally managed to overtake the Regal and the Tariuz, separating itself from the patch that harrassed him.
Laps 175 - 200.
The last stint of the race was a tense one; in front, the Shromet tried to overtake the Dermott multiple times, at some point even sharing paint and contact with it. Connaughan managed to defend his position, however, until the end of the race, finishing second, behind the Celento who finished first. The Shromet closed the podium.
The last overtake of the race was performed by the Maverick yet again, a car that was providing the commentators with a lot to discuss about this race, taking the Deshevo’s place. However, it couldn’t catch Hollerhousen in time.
Final race standings:
- Dale R. Thomas (Celento) +20 points.
- Mike Connaughan (Dermott) +15 points.
- Joseph Biffle (Radiant) +10 points.
- Ayrton Wallace (Mytheme) +5 points.
- Oliver Ross (Scorpio) +4 points.
- Eric Jonrosh (Ares) +3 points.
- Marc Donovan (Saber) +2 points.
- Danielle MacRoye (V590) +1 point.
- George Titcomb (Special).
- Tuomo Sivutuuli (Champion).
- Barry Bonkarenko (Usurper).
- Michael Fußmacher (MSL).
- Takumi Kakayama (Fallwing).
- James Peech (National).
- Daniel Rodrigues (Colosseo).
- Ryan Mitchell (Traveller).
- James Dunne (Archer).
- Martin Hollerhousen (CTFM).
- Vlad Bolovick (Maverick).
- Vlad Kostyrov (Deshevo).
- Tariuz.
- Maxine Smart (Darwin).
- Adam Spront (Regal).
- Marvin Callaway (B6000).
- Luke Sinistra (Senator).
- Luke Roberts (Barrier).
- Buddy O’Brien (Dragoon).
- William Moore (Bromine).
- Bugbear.
Final championship standings:
- Dale R. Thomas (Maesima Celento). 100 points.
- Joseph Biffle (Shromet Radiant). 45 points.
- Mike Connaughan (RM Dermott). 43 points.
- Oliver Ross (Maine Motors Scorpio). 39 points.
- Ayrton Wallace (Grehet Mytheme). 34 points.
- Marc Donovan (Stallion Saber). 17 points.
- Eric Jonrosh (LMC Ares). 8 points.
8. George Titcomb (Cannonball Special). 4 points. - Michael Fußmacher (RAM MSL). 4 points.
- Luke Sinistra (Sinistra Senator). 2 points.
- Vlad Kostyrov (Deshevo). 2 points.
- Danielle MacRoye (GBSC V590). 1 points.
- Martin Hollerhausen (Eezeemove CTFM) 1 point.
- Ryan Mitchell (ACA Traveller). 0 points.
- James Dunne (JHW Archer). 0 points.
- Adam Spront III (RCM Regal). 0 points.
- Maxine Smart (Oldman Darwin). 0 points.
- Daniel Rodrigues (Vitorino Colosseo). 0 points.
- James Peech (Wallys National). 0 points.
- Marvin Callaway (Birmingham 6000). 0 points.
- Tuomo Sivutuuli (Amerigo Champion). 0 points.
- Vlad Bolovic (Bogliq Maverick). 0 points.
- Barry Bonkarenko (PMI Usurper). 0 points.
- Luke Roberts (Allendale Barrier). 0 points.
- Buddy O’Brien (IOS Dragoon). 0 points.
- Hruck Bugbear. 0 points.
- William Moore (Bramble Bromine). 0 points.
- Takumi Kakayama (TSR Fallwing). 0 points.
- Parizon Tariuz. 0 points.
Times spreadsheet: in Google Docs once again. You know the drill.
Closing ceremony:
(This is to incentive RP and as possible ideas 
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After the race, the racers entered the winners circle, which was way bigger and more detailed than in the previous races, with the top three drivers standing on top of their respective podium places. Biffle and Connaughan received their 2nd and 3rd place prices from the marshalls, and Dale received their championship winner trophy from the champion of the 1967 season of ASCAR, between applauses from his fans.
Congratulations to @strop and @Rk38 for their first place!
Congratulations to @DoctorNarfy for his second place!
Congratulations to @Riso for their third place!
And special thanks to everybody who took part in the challenge! It wouldn’t have been possible without you.
As soon as the prices were retrieved, the racers gathered for a group photo to remember the 1987 season of ASCAR.
(But the challenge is not finished yet…)
The Tuesday following the race, the drivers were boarding their planes with destination the UK after being informed by their teams about the Brands Hatch Thunder Special…and the fact that there would be financial bonuses for the top 5 as well as a minor title up for grabs in that last race.