[UE4] ASCAR - 1987 season. Race 5, Bristol!

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That’s a breakneck speed of those race updates, I thought I had a few days time between each race to put in a comment!

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Dan Kowalski, for IWRC Sports: Mike, three races, in you are third in the championship, how do you feel?

Mike Connaughan: I feel great Dan. Especially after that first lacklustre race at Daytona, but I suppose that’s just gonna happen when you are geared too short. The car’s doing much better now on the other track and I am having a lot of fun fighting at the top of the pack.

Dan: Mike, there’s a lot of talk in the paddock about the Celento, do you think you can catch Thomas?

Mike: Oh, that’s going to be tough. They went three for three with a blistering pace. To be honest I am surprised ASCAR hasn’t taken a look at that car yet. We all know they can just show up and grab it when you are too good. Anyway, I’ve gotta go there’s some ladies waiting for me, see you.

Dan: This was Dan Kowalski for IWRC Sports, signing off.

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The Taco Knight 500.

(Note: lore wise this race takes place the Sunday following the Conservative Insurance 480.)

Race report:

Laps 1-35

The cars started coming out of the last turn towards the finishing line, ready to start; the green flag went out and everyone accelerated and spun their wheels. An excellent start from the Shromet gave Biffle the lead early on, quickly followed by the Celero and the Fallwing with Kakayama in third place. Connaughan glued to the front pack with a fourth place and the Colosseo, GBSC and Maverick behind it.

However these starting positions would soon change: the Celento overtook the Radiant at the Crown (turn 3), making a movement as risky as taking the outside. Then Scorpio and Mytheme followed the Celento, taking the Shromet on at the esses. But Biffle kept going, taking its place back from Connaughan.

The upper midpack was being guided by Donovan, which was struggling to keep the Ares at bay; however the latter couldn’t find a correct moment to try and make a move, and wouldn’t risk it yet. They were also being followed by the MSL, which had Titcomb and Bolovic behind fighting for ninth place. Further down the midpack, the Colosseo, the Fallwing and the V590 had fallen behind losing several places; putting some pressure on the was the Usurper, trying to dive at times without success, as Kakayama and MacRoye protected their racing lines as much as they could.

The next duel early one was the one had between the Traveller and the CTFM, which the ACA won getting further from the Eezeemove lap after lap. The Deshevo, Regal and Barrier followed them, and the last duel was had between the Birgminham and the Sinistra; the latter, once again, outgunned the former at the corners. Closing the grid were the Bromine and Bugbear, with the Dragoon chasing the B6000.

Laps 35-70

Most of action took part during the late parts of this segments; after some paint sharing, the Shromet managed to force the Dermott to let him pass; this was followed by a risky yet incredibly well pulled off overtake during the braking phase in turn 11, where Donovan overtook Ayrton by getting on the brakes later and more firmly.

The Special drafted the Maverick, taking the seventh place. Bolovic, feeling the pressure, made a few mistakes in the following corners, which the Ares and MSL took advantage of to overtake the Bogliq.

While the rest of the midpack remained calm, the action was located in the backpack during the first few pit stops; after a fierce battle with the Barrier, the Senator managed to overtake it during turn 7, where the driver of the Allendale nearly lost control of the vehicle.

Laps 70-105

The race only got more interesting during this segment. Due to bad pit stops, the Scorpio and Saber lost their places, which were now claimed by the Mytheme and Dermott and the Fallwing which had had a comeback.

The Colosseo managed to fool the Cannonball mid segment, thinking it was taking the outside when it was taking the inside and sneaking in in turn 4. As they stopped for fuel, the Maverick, Traveller and Champion lost places as well.

Laps 105-140

The boring part of the race took part during this segment; the places went back to more or less what they were early on; however we did have some remarkable stuff here too. The Maverick and Traveller had a duel at the same time they started recovering places; the same happened to the Saber and the Special, which had been following the Stallion to try and claim its place. No car managed to threaten the lead of the Celento, however.

Laps 140-175

The trend of not having many events here, appart from the Mytheme climbing to second place and the pit stops, continued here; however, there was a highlight in lap 174 as the Dermott tried to lap the Maverick in turn 11, taking the outside, a risky maneuver. It went wrong: Connaughan soon got in Bolovic’s line, appearing out of nowhere; realizing this could end in an accident Vlad screamed in panic briefly, trying to regain control of the car as Connaughan ran into the Bogliq. Fortunately for the latter, the blue car recovered its stability as the Dermott couldn’t help but go front first into the tyre wall, having to drop out of the race.

Laps 175 - 200

A few more overtakes happened in the last stints of the race: the Scorpio overtook the Mytheme, taking the second place; the Traveller went up a few places, recovering from the bad streak it had been having throughout the race and the Tariuz had managed to overtake the Sinistra. The clear leader throughout the race had been the Celento, now crossing the finish line first yet again.

The final race standings are:

  1. Dale R. Thomas (Celento) +20 points.
  2. Oliver Ross (Scorpio) +15 points.
  3. Ayrton Wallace (Mytheme) +10 points.
  4. Joseph Biffle (Radiant) +5 points.
  5. Marc Donovan (Saber) +4 points.
  6. George Titcomb (Special) +3 points.
  7. Eric Jonrosh (Ares) +2 points.
  8. Michael Fußmacher (MSL) +1 point.
  9. Daniel Rodrigues (Colosseo).
  10. Vlad Bolovic (Maverick).
  11. James Peech (National).
  12. James Dunne (Archer).
  13. Tuomo Sivutuuli (Champion).
  14. Takumi Kakayama (Fallwing).
  15. Danielle MacRoye (V590).
  16. Barry Bonkarenko (Usurper).
  17. Ryan Mitchell (Traveller).
  18. Maxine Smart (Darwin).
  19. Vlad Kostyrov (Deshevo).
  20. Martin Hollerhousen (CTFM).
  21. Adam Spront (Regal).
  22. Tariuz.
  23. Luke Sinistra (Senator).
  24. Marvin Callaway (B6000).
  25. Luke Roberts (Barrier).
  26. Buddy O’Brien (Dragoon).
  27. William Moore (Bromine).
  28. Bugbear.
  29. Mike Connaughan (Dermott).

After the Taco Knight 500, the championship standings are as follows:

  1. Dale R. Thomas (Maesima Celento). 80 points.
  2. Joseph Biffle (Shromet Radiant). 35 points.
  3. Oliver Ross (Maine Motors Scorpio). 35 points.
  4. Ayrton Wallace (Grehet Mytheme). 29 points.
  5. Mike Connaughan (RM Dermott). 28 points.
  6. Marc Donovan (Stallion Saber). 15 points.
  7. Eric Jonrosh (LMC Ares). 5 points.
  8. George Titcomb (Cannonball Special). 4 points.
  9. Michael Fußmacher (RAM MSL). 4 points.
  10. Luke Sinistra (Sinistra Senator). 2 points.
  11. Vlad Kostyrov (Deshevo). 2 points.
  12. Martin Hollerhausen (Eezeemove CTFM) 1 point.
  13. Ryan Mitchell (ACA Traveller). 0 points.
  14. James Dunne (JHW Archer). 0 points.
  15. Adam Spront III (RCM Regal). 0 points.
  16. Maxine Smart (Oldman Darwin). 0 points.
  17. Daniel Rodrigues (Vitorino Colosseo). 0 points.
  18. James Peech (Wallys National). 0 points.
  19. Marvin Callaway (Birmingham 6000). 0 points.
  20. Danielle MacRoye (GBSC V590). 0 points.
  21. Tuomo Sivutuuli (Amerigo Champion). 0 points.
  22. Vlad Bolovic (Bogliq Maverick). 0 points.
  23. Barry Bonkarenko (PMI Usurper). 0 points.
  24. Luke Roberts (Allendale Barrier). 0 points.
  25. Buddy O’Brien (IOS Dragoon). 0 points.
  26. Hruck Bugbear. 0 points.
  27. William Moore (Bramble Bromine). 0 points.
  28. Takumi Kakayama (TSR Fallwing). 0 points.
  29. Parizon Tariuz. 0 points.

(Times spreadsheet, in Google Docs once again. Even if Docs might have screwed the sorting, the data is correct).

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Leeroy Racing, #86 Vlad “The Impaler” Bolovic

Conversations with pitcrew

Taco Knight 500

Pre-race

“Now, Vlad, don’t dwell on what happened last race. These things happen, just shrug it off and you’ll do well… Stay safe and stay hungry!!!”

“Yes Boss…”

“OK fire her up and get out there, I’ll be on the comms if you need me”

“10-4 sir”

The #86 Maverick fired up on the first try and Vlad roared out onto the circuit, fired up and ready to race and place!

Laps 1 - 35

“And they’re off” boomed through the speakers as the Taco Knight 500 officially began. Vlad had a good start and was able to stay with the lead pack without any incidents…

“Good work kid, you’re doing well, stay focussed and you’ll have this race in the bag!”

“Thanks Chief, the car feels good and nothings amiss with the instruments, I think we’ll be OK”

“Absolutely we will, now stop the jibber-jabber and get racing!”

Laps 35 - 70

“Ohhh Fuck, Oh Fuck, where is he? That bastard will spin me!”

“Calm down Vlad, look around and listen for his engine. Where’s the snarl coming from?”

“I think it’s on my left… NO RIGHT!!! screeching tyres Shit that was close!”

“That flummox cost you three places! Focus lad and don’t let 'em scare you, they’re just big kittens and you, you’re the impaler! Make 'em scared of you!!!”

“Copy that”

Laps 70 - 105

The #86 Maverick pulls up to the pitwall, engine stumbling from being forced to idle after being at near max RPM for so long, and Vlad waves for the windscreen to be cleaned. The team rushes to fill the car with fuel but they’re unable to finish in time to save Vlad’s place… The Maverick then roared off to re-join the race, a place down but no less determined to win.

Laps 105 - 140

“Vlad, you’re coming up on Ryan Mitchell in the Traveller. Stick on his tail and follow him wherever he goes!”

“Uhhh OK, why do you want me to do that?”

“We’ve been watching him and he’s really quick right now, so you’ll make up places much easier. Then, at the last minute, you can pop out and take his place from under his nose!”

“Got it, I’m chasing him now”

Laps 140 - 175

“Wake up Vlad! People are pitting again so keep an eye out!”

“No worries Chief, I’m being careful”

Then on lap 174…

“Ohhh Shit, Ohhh Fuck, please don’t hit me, I’ve got nowhere to go!! AAAAARRRGGHH!!! I’m GONNA DIEEEE!!!” Massive crunch sound

“Vlad, don’t pop the motor! Get on the clutch and ride it out… It was a solid bump, I know, but you can catch it!”

heavy breathing and tyre screeches

“I caught it, I CAUGHT IT!!! I’m not going to die in a ball of flame!!!”

“Good work kid, now keep at it, don’t lose any more positions than you have to, you hear?”

“Yes chief, I’ll bring her home in one piece, AFTER I’ve finished the race!”

Laps 175 - 200

The #86 Maverick, looking a bit worse for wear, with it’s crumpled rear end and scraped side panels, triumphantly crossed the line in tenth place. No-one was more glad that the car made it than Vlad, who was worried another DNF would see him ousted from the team. The Chief Engineer was glad that, despite the bad luck on the track, Vlad had pulled through and that he was shaping up to be a really good asset for the Leeroy Racing team…

Post Race wind-down

The Chief Engineer sighed and entered the corporate annex at Leeroy Racing USA’s HQ. He hated having to deal with the legal types and the pen pushers; they had no honour or sense of what it took to go racing. Upon entering the room he was instructed to sit down at the end of the table. Once seated, the head lawyer began the meeting…

“Chief, in your opinion, should we bring this Connaughan fellow before the Tribunal? After all, he cost us position and prestige…”

“No. Just NO! Today was about racing, no-one had malicious intent, no-one gained unfair advantage and no-one was a dangerous driver. I spoke to Vlad and he feels that there was nothing anyone could have done to avoid the incident!”

“Hmmm… Very well, I’ll take your advice. What about the Bonkarenko incident then?”

“My opinion, Bonkarenko made a mistake. No malice, no ulterior motive, just an incident that didn’t roll our way. We should drop the dangerous driving claim and accept the bonuses that ASCAR have given us and move on. Bonkarenko’s a decent fellow, as is Connaughan, and we need to clear the air and get on with good, clean racing free of fear that someone will lose their livelihood because of an on-track mistake!”

“Hmpf… Fine, I’ll write up the press briefings and we’ll make the announcement soon. Start winning Chief, or else we may all be required to find new livelihoods, not just our competitors”

And with that, the meeting was over. The Chief headed back to his home, happy that he’d cleared away the controversy surrounding Leeroy Racing but also worried; the MY87 Maverick race car wasn’t a winner, not this year anyway…

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[Martin enters the pits after the race, stops the car an just sits there, not doing anything]

Pit crew: “you are okay? was the car good to drive?”

Martin: [silently sits in the car for a few minutes, then starts fiddeling around with the seat belt/ harness]
“are you gonna get me out of this shitbox of a car or what?!”

[the crew helps martin get out of the car and after that, he storms off in anger]

broadcast ended

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Meanwhile, at the TSR Pit Stop
Takumi: It is an ok race. At least the launch is good but still no points.

Katana Racing Team: Ahhhh… Fine, try your best at the last race. At least try to get a point. Try to use risky moves even though it makes contact and more pit stop. Do whatever you can. Just don’t spin others.

Takumi: Yes I will.

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In his Hethel office, Arthur burst through the door, before furtively glancing behind him. Just the bustle of the rest of the warehouse. One of the engineers noticed him and gave him a cheery wave. He waved back, before slinking in, shutting the door and locking it behind him. Settling onto his favourite chair, he reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out the envelope. It was a blue envelope, with a fancy yellow seal, and he’d never seen anything the likes of it. Frowning to himself, he fished out the letter opener from his desk drawer, and slipped the envelope open. Inside was a letter, again bearing that fancy yellow seal, with printed words in capital below: THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ANIKATIA WELCOMES YOU.

Huh? Confused, Arthur read on. The writing was heavy, formal. It also intimated towards his financial troubles, and he had to resist the urge to promptly scrunch up the letter and curse out the debt collectors. Except this didn’t seem at all like a debt collecting agency. If it was, this was a mighty strange ploy. Especially when they seemed to be offering some kind of invitation. And financial protection. Arthur’s heart fluttered, and not the kind that had him reaching for his tablets. Part of him had long been resigned to the prospect of imminent bankruptcy and closure and probably going to jail, but what if-

There was a click, and without warning, the door opened. Arthur blinked, then in a flash hastily threw the letter into the drawer and was on his feet in an outrage. “Graham, what did I tell you about–”

Except the man who had unlocked his door was no Graham. He was a stern faced pointy jaw in a dark suit and a trilby. In one hand was a skeleton key, which he’d no doubt used to pick the lock. In the other was an ID, which he was currently waving in Arthur’s face. Arthur peered at it: this time it bore an English insignia. Squinting harder he could barely make out the words: SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, MI6.

“Good afternoon, Mr Herrington,” the inscrutable agent said, before half a dozen armoured goons trooped into the office behind him. “Terribly sorry to barge into your office like this, but that letter you just dropped in your drawer is a matter of national security. You’ll have to come with us.”

It was at this moment, that Arthur regretted not speaking to Graham sooner.

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Team Leeroy Racing

Official Announcement

Internal Legal Position

It has now been two weeks since the incident at the Conke Cola 100 and we here at Leeroy Racing have conducted thorough internal interviews with all who were involved with the incident and have come to the conclusion that Bonkarenko had no malicious intent towards our driver and that it was merely a racing incident.

It is Leeroy Racing’s position that the matter is now closed and we’ll be formally withdrawing our complaint with the relevant ASCAR officials.

Head Lawyer

Team Leeroy Racing

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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:

  1. Dale R. Thomas (Celento) +20 points.
  2. Mike Connaughan (Dermott) +15 points.
  3. Joseph Biffle (Radiant) +10 points.
  4. Ayrton Wallace (Mytheme) +5 points.
  5. Oliver Ross (Scorpio) +4 points.
  6. Eric Jonrosh (Ares) +3 points.
  7. Marc Donovan (Saber) +2 points.
  8. Danielle MacRoye (V590) +1 point.
  9. George Titcomb (Special).
  10. Tuomo Sivutuuli (Champion).
  11. Barry Bonkarenko (Usurper).
  12. Michael Fußmacher (MSL).
  13. Takumi Kakayama (Fallwing).
  14. James Peech (National).
  15. Daniel Rodrigues (Colosseo).
  16. Ryan Mitchell (Traveller).
  17. James Dunne (Archer).
  18. Martin Hollerhousen (CTFM).
  19. Vlad Bolovick (Maverick).
  20. Vlad Kostyrov (Deshevo).
  21. Tariuz.
  22. Maxine Smart (Darwin).
  23. Adam Spront (Regal).
  24. Marvin Callaway (B6000).
  25. Luke Sinistra (Senator).
  26. Luke Roberts (Barrier).
  27. Buddy O’Brien (Dragoon).
  28. William Moore (Bromine).
  29. Bugbear.

Final championship standings:

  1. Dale R. Thomas (Maesima Celento). 100 points.
  2. Joseph Biffle (Shromet Radiant). 45 points.
  3. Mike Connaughan (RM Dermott). 43 points.
  4. Oliver Ross (Maine Motors Scorpio). 39 points.
  5. Ayrton Wallace (Grehet Mytheme). 34 points.
  6. Marc Donovan (Stallion Saber). 17 points.
  7. Eric Jonrosh (LMC Ares). 8 points.
    8. George Titcomb (Cannonball Special). 4 points.
  8. Michael Fußmacher (RAM MSL). 4 points.
  9. Luke Sinistra (Sinistra Senator). 2 points.
  10. Vlad Kostyrov (Deshevo). 2 points.
  11. Danielle MacRoye (GBSC V590). 1 points.
  12. Martin Hollerhausen (Eezeemove CTFM) 1 point.
  13. Ryan Mitchell (ACA Traveller). 0 points.
  14. James Dunne (JHW Archer). 0 points.
  15. Adam Spront III (RCM Regal). 0 points.
  16. Maxine Smart (Oldman Darwin). 0 points.
  17. Daniel Rodrigues (Vitorino Colosseo). 0 points.
  18. James Peech (Wallys National). 0 points.
  19. Marvin Callaway (Birmingham 6000). 0 points.
  20. Tuomo Sivutuuli (Amerigo Champion). 0 points.
  21. Vlad Bolovic (Bogliq Maverick). 0 points.
  22. Barry Bonkarenko (PMI Usurper). 0 points.
  23. Luke Roberts (Allendale Barrier). 0 points.
  24. Buddy O’Brien (IOS Dragoon). 0 points.
  25. Hruck Bugbear. 0 points.
  26. William Moore (Bramble Bromine). 0 points.
  27. Takumi Kakayama (TSR Fallwing). 0 points.
  28. 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 :wink:)

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.

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This has been nice, you should host more stuff like this. Maybe simply another season of this at some point when you’re up to it?

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Perhaps pickups the next time around, but this is most certainly coming back :grin:

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Well that was a season with ups and downs… unless you are @strop and @Rk38.
That Celento needs to be banned; it’s way too good. I really want to take a look at that car, I certainly wouldn’t mind sharing mine.

After that first race I was not expecting my car to perform that well, I am really surprised. @Mr.Computah did a really good job presenting the races. My only complaint is the starting grid ought to be presented before going into the race report to make it easier to follow.

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I’m happy to share the tune if RK is! There was absolutely nothing more to it than the usual tuning to the rules and the good fortune not to attract the wrath of the RNG gods.

That said the handling graph will appear funny, therein lies the secret to getting the edge in drivability and handling.

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At the TSR Pit Stop
Takumi: Not bad huh?

Katana Racing Team: It’s alright. At least you pass someone.

Takumi: Great!

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Ok I’ll finish the writing for the lore that we’ve set up later. What will happen to Arthur, the head of Armada? Will the charge of conspiracy against country be added to his list of woes? Will Dale ever come to terms with his whirlwind ride at the helm of a British Communist car? Will fans of ASCAR ever forgive him? So many questions! All to be revealed in good time.

For now though here’s the car. The design was all Rk. The tuning was all me. Frankly I optimised it for Daytona, but noticed that to a certain point if I didn’t have wheelspin below the slowest corners on a particular track that would also provide the fastest lap time. It’s easier if you can just floor it right away, after all.

ASCAR - Rk38 strop - Armada Racing Maesima Celento No. 7 Dale R. Thomas.car (82.5 KB)

Also note that the engine wasn’t optimised for maximum hp, but rather, a balance of the right curve at optimal rpm and the exact weight that allowed me to exactly balance the handling right on that weird line. I’m not going to pretend I know how to get the absolute maximum hp (@DoctorNarfy help us here), because I suck at pushrods. Anyway, it’s possible to tune the car to that line in almost any weight distribution and get strangely good values. I don’t like it, and tend to avoid it normally. But there was none so good a balance as with this. It should get a raw time of 54.39 flying on Daytona.

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“No way. No fucking way. Holy… Lawrence, did we actually?” Danielle was staring at the position tree, seeing the #25 in the 8th place as she was driving back to the garage.
“You bet your ass we did, 8th place for GBSC!” She heard the rest of the garage cheering in the background.

As she entered the garage, and stepped out of the car, she was swarmed by the team as they began cheering and chanting. All Danielle could do was laugh. She worked her way through the commotion to the front of the garage. She was very, very happy.

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Here’s my car for comparison. I don’t have a weird setup that’s for sure. But I noticed because of the changed brake calculations it’s now got way too much braking powers.

ASCAR - Riso - RM Dermott Racing 87.car (20.5 KB)

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*** Transcription from Post-Race interview ***

“Hello Mr O’Brien, Brad Hampson here for Motorsport Magazine, can I ask you a few questions about your performance in the 1987 ASCAR season and how Ios feels about being at the bottom of the pack every race?”

“Hi Brad, just call me Buddy, but sure. I’m reasonably happy with my driving this season, although obviously if I said I didn’t wish we placed higher I’d be lying. My accident in the second race was a disappointment, but both myself and the team here at Ios Competition Division have learnt a lot in the process.”

“You say that you’re reasonably happy, but, forgive me if I’m being blunt here, the Dragoon just wasn’t competitive at all was it?”

“You’re right. No we weren’t. But right from the start, we looked at this as a chance to find our feet and get some precious experience. As you would know, this is the first ASCAR season that Ios has entered, so we were obviously coming in with less experience in this sort of thing than the other teams. While the car has had some use in motorsports over in Europe, this is the first time we’ve used it in oval racing. Due to the timeframes involved and unfamiliar regulations, we had to use an engine that wasn’t specifically designed for this sort of thing, so we definitely had some teething issues.”

“The car seemed to handle pretty well, although it looked a bit tail-happy out there! But you were definitely down on power, is that correct?”

“Yeah, from what I can gather, we were probably about 20-30HP down on the lead cars, but again this is the first time we’ve used the engine in a racing environment. Overall, we are happy with how we’ve performed, all things considering. The amount of experience and lessons that we’ve learnt here this year has been priceless, and we will be sure to funnel it back to our engineering and racing tech teams so we can build up a more competitive entry next season!”

“Thank you Buddy, best of luck in the future”

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Leeroy Racing, #86, Vlad “The Impaler” Bolovic

Conversations with pitcrew
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Pre race
“Now Vlad, I know we aren’t that competitive on ovals so don’t expect you to place well.”

“Yes Chief…”

“But don’t slack off though, give 'em hell and race like there’s no tomorrow!”

“Got it Chief”

Vlad fires up the Maverick and heads out onto the track, hoping to place well but knowing that the winner of the season is already decided…

Race start to lap 35

“Bloody hell! This car is so slow… I can’t even catch the mid-pack.”

“Well, changes will have to wait until next season’s car! Stop bitching and make the crowd want to watch you, NOT that candy ass Maesima up front”

“Kay Chief… I’m a leader, not a loser, a leader, not a loser, a leader…”

Laps 36 to 70

“Chief… This mantra ain’t workin’. I just can’t get past!”

“sigh Vlad, you’re too high in the corners. You always do this when you’re scared of being spun… You wanna go home to Moldova and work on cheap, tiny Bogliq’s for the rest of your life?”

“No way Chief, you know that!”

“Then stop looking behind you and PUSH!!! Make 'em nervous 'bout where you are and use that slab of iron and steel to make 'em FEAR you!!!”

“I’ll try Chief… Wish me luck!”

“Son, do or do not! There is no try!!! 'sides luck is for amateurs and you’re a pro kid! Now make your own luck and don’t call again until you’ve done it!”

Before this session was over, the Maverick took over leadership of the back group of racers!

“Chief, I did it.”

“Excellent work. Now hold the line and keep pushing for position! Don’t give up…”

“Yessir!”

Laps 71 to 105

“Vlad! Watch out for Spront! He’s slacked off so focus on him! He’s the weakest link!”

“Goodbye”

“What?”

“laughs It’s a Moldovan game show. Called “the weakest link”. Signature line when a player was eliminated was “Goodbye”. sighs Tough crowd…”

“Not funny Vlad. Just do what I told you, OK?”

“10-4 Chief chuckles”

Laps 106 to 140

“Vlad. Safety check. You doin’ OK kid?”

“So bummed out right now… Everyone’s so aggressive and I’m feelin’ the burn! I can hardly breathe without feeling like I’m having an ASCAR shoved down my throat!”

“You’ll be fine. You’re just feeling the mid-race heat. Good drivers cope with it, great drivers push back and push through!”

“Gotcha Chief, I’m gonna be fine, just fine…”

Laps 141 to 175

“Go high Vlad, the key is to go high!”

“I see it Chief! They’re dozing off on the job!”

Vlad then finally passes Spront and scores the Tariz as an unexpected bonus!

"Nice work kid! keep it up and you’ll be nipping at the heels of the mid-pack next!

“Thanks Chief! grins”

Laps 176 to Finish

“We don’t have far to go but I reckon you can catch Kostyrov and Hollerhousen if you really push it!”

“Will do Chief!”

The Maverick gains on the Deshevo every lap, Vlad drafts Kostyrov and bursts ahead but is unable to surprise the CTFM car, who baulks Vlad just enough to frustrate his chances of getting past in time before the end of the race.

“Bloody hell that was close! Great race Vlad! Everyone has been talking about you and your racing skills!!! I cannot be prouder of you and your efforts than I am today, unless of course you manage to win the championship next year… Wink, wink!”

“Thanks Chief, that race was incredible! Hopefully this means we’ll get a second season… But Damn!!! That Maesima is dominating! Dale’s living the dream!!!”

“Don’t worry about that now, you’ve done good kid! Now bring in that Maverick so we can hit the after-party!!!”

Post race after-party

Team Leeroy Racing chose to stay overnight and join in the closing ceremony festivities. Vlad cheered on the podium winners, they’d done well and deserved their wins. Vlad made a special point to stand next to Bonkarenko in the group photo and posed with him for the press. By now Vlad had totally forgotten about the incident and only wanted to make a new friend!

Vlad, Bonkarenko and whomever else wanted to come along, went back to the Leeroy Racing pits where they had a Nu-wave dance party with as many grid girls as they could round up and, needless to say, everyone had a great time…

The End - Almost!

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the car in 4th place. i ended up not making any post about it.

because stuff happens, when i got time to write it, it’s already race 2. i just lost motivation. but here’s the bad boi

Race trim

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Road Version

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and the car file, because why not?
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Statement from PMI Racing Director Benny Barstow to The Informer Newspaper

PMI Racing is satisfied with the performance and especially the reliability of the Usurper (despite some rubbing action from a rival at some point). We congratulate Mr. Bonkarenko for his able driving. We recognize the engine was sub-optimal for the ASCAR championship in terms of power, but our driver managed to land us in the middle of the pack almost each race with a mere 385hp.

Request to all other teams from PMI

PMI is looking forward to Bristol. However, may we kindly ask you not to refer to any dates around Mr. Barry Bonkaronko, as we is afraid of flying and is under the impression that we come by boat, a “trip during which sadly enough he had seasickness and slept it off in a daze”.

So, please keep the story up as we need him to drive proper and not go bonkers. Pity the fools who are near him when he realizes.

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