Redline National League [RNL] [Mail-in Event]
I'm still here! I just haven't been typing my emotions, which turn out to be a delight in my team. Somewhat. I don't want to say this, cause FOTF would have a field day about this, but
the Faillady Z is not doing as good as in Florida!
I'm still here too WorpeX!
Watching every week (and wishing I'd sent something besides that damned Shoebox!).
So does this mean we might see a return of the 93 Camaro or Corvette Z1? That might end up being a tough decision for you if the ShoeBox doesn't start to perform in the last 2 weeks!
Busy weekend again for me, so no video. However, I do sort of regret not making one as two of the matches were very good!
Like last time, I will list the races from the most mundane to the most exciting!
Team FrictionFiction Racing 4 - 1 Sloppy Jalopies
Anyone following the league closely enough could have predicted this result without much effort. Sloppy Jalopies clutch #96 got an unlucky pairing against the slow (but gorgeous) Hot Rod FTE which resulted in the teams only win this week. Perhaps if the car had been against the Wildcat, the result may have been different, but as it stands, TFF will keep their playoff dreams alive. However, they're up against JDC Racing next week. They need to somehow manage to win with a score of at least 4-1 if they wish to get into the playoffs!!
GsR Microracing 5 - 0 Weber Cabin Racing
The last team match for Weber Cabin ends in a disaster! GsR smoked another one. However, the McJiggles's team gave it a good try. The Lumina FTE vs Cul8tor FTE battle went into overtime! The blue chevy managed to squeeze in a few wins but when the timer ran out, the Cul8tor was able to win on the top and bottom lane consecutively before it did- ending the series.
NerveHammerFTE Racing 4 - 1 Team Dirt
This race almost went sour for NHF! His team pulled an early 3-0 lead against the Dream Van and 2 duds of Team Dirt but when the forth race lined up, things changed. The Dieselboy snagged yet another win in what ended up being a "Middleweight Challenge Series I" duel. In that series, the Dieselboy performed much better then the GT Racer... and the results in RNL confirmed that. The last race was with the Fairlady Z and Stingray FTE. The results were almost staggering as the later pulled the very first win in the series due to an unfortunate "hop" on the track. But, the Z pulled its act together and won the last 2 races to end the match in NerveHammers favor!
Dodge RT/10 Viper is now an FTE killer!!! That gives two cars from NerveHammerFTE the award! Congratulations to him on that, but you can only get the achievement once!!
DVB Racing 1 - 4 FOTF Racing
With dreams of advancing to play-offs fading for DVB, the team knew that this could be their last chance! They had good match-ups this week as well but would they be enough??? Nope. Luck was not on the teams side! An (expected) early loss to the Orange Thing set the team back early but the two DVB FTEs should have statistically been wins this week. The Infinity pulled through against White Lightning, but the Shelby did not. The car started out with an early lead in both races but eventually hit a break in the orange track poorly - causing the car to lose much speed and allow the Escalade to finish off the match with wins. The teams new Magnum also was unable to pull through... even though it lost by only a bumper to the Thunderbird Stocker! FOTF officially qualifies for the play-offs as of this week! DVB's play-off hopes and dreams were officially crushed - but at least they had fun and perhaps they will do better in the as-of-yet "unannounced" individual car brackets... (woops, did I say?)
WorpeX Racing 3 - 2 Team HalfFast
Perhaps this match was the most exciting cause it was my team, but man I wish I had my camera for this one! Things start off rather poorly for WorpeX Racing as the Dieselboy gets slammed by the 300C and the FastBack FTE (JUST BARELY) squeezes by the Way 2 Fast. But, things start to look up for the team when The Triumph FTE and V-16 defeat the lackluster Shoebox and Testarossa! Tied up at 2-2, everything was at stake here. Team HalfFast needs that 3rd point to effectively knock out GsR Microracing next week!!
Full Results can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub ... aHc&gid=12
Also, if someone could check double check my math with the team points, that would be fantastic. Thanks!!!
Congrats to FOTF and all of the other winners! I was looking forward to this weeks as we race each other often at the LJLRC. I'm disappointed in the results but maybe I'll get him at the April club meeting.
If there's any positives in my team it's that at least they manage to stay pretty close (although close only counts in horse shoes ) and it gives me something to build on.
Worpex, it has been a blast and I've enjoyed all your videos and reports, thank you.
Good race, Bill; sorry to do that to you.
Glad to hear FOTF's in the playoffs! Thanks for the update, WorpeX--and next week should be interesting. WX and FOTF are racing each other, tied in points, and my team has a possibility to achieve an achievement.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again...don't mess with the
Good race, Bill; sorry to do that to you.
Glad to hear FOTF's in the playoffs! Thanks for the update, WorpeX--and next week should be interesting. WX and FOTF are racing each other, tied in points, and my team has a possibility to achieve an achievement.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again...don't mess with the
Every match next week should be a good one! I'll definitely video it. I'm probably most excited for Team Dirt vs Sloppy Jalopies though. That match could go either way and I can't even begin to predict the result! The Two top teams are against the two teams still fighting for a play-off spot also. FOTF vs WpX should also go down in history as a great race as we are both tied up and fighting for 3rd place! Although, NerveHammer might sneak in and steal 3rd from us if he gets a big win against DVB. Lucky for me, I win the tiebreaker vs him... but FOTF doesn't!
GsR Microracing 5 - 0 Weber Cabin RacingThe last team match for Weber Cabin ends in a disaster! GsR smoked another one. However, the McJiggles's team gave it a good try. The Lumina FTE vs Cul8tor FTE battle went into overtime! The blue chevy managed to squeeze in a few wins but when the timer ran out, the Cul8tor was able to win on the top and bottom lane consecutively before it did- ending the series.
Thanks for the update, WorpeX!
Sorry, McJiggles...nothin' personal, man. You see, my cars have 'minds of thier own' and have been on a rampant streak of domination lately..."Type A" personalities, for sure!
GspeedR
So my team is on thin ice. Seeing as the ice is starting to melt around here it doesn't look to promising. No big deal. I've enjoyed participating and look forward to every weekend for the results. It's still tons of fun, just wish we did a little better.
Thanks for doing this Worpex!
Hope you had a great vacation.