Stadium Showdown

That was a blast! Seemed like we just got started and it was over. I was very skeptical about running with this many cars on this very tight and short track, but it seemed to go fairly well.

I don't know who it was, but there was a Baja on the outside of me getting onto the s/f strait side by side and suddenly he was no longer there. When I looked in my mirror, he was about 30 feet in the air pointing strait up. Appearently, he caught the wall that divides the pit area. Sorry, but it took me half a lap to stop laughing after I seen that. I'm quite certain he wasn't laughing too much though.

All in all, it was great fun. Thanks guys!

My first race at Race2Play ended a bit sooner than I really wanted...

I came into the race quite confident, having recorded a personal best time of a 39.461. I knew I wouldn't be the fastest guy in the field, but I hoped I wouldn't be slowest! I'd set my 'green machine' up with slightly stiffer suspension that I had done in practice, with shorter ratios, and it showed pretty well. My first lap out in practice was a 38.999! I got this down to a 38.7-something, which I would never quite replicate.

Going into Qualifying quietly confident, I just couldn't get into a rhythm, and kept lapping in the high 39's until a late run with clear visibility ahead put me third in class, and overall.

I raced around the warmup lap to find that I couldn't actually see where the red box was! I guesstimated it's position; this worked. However, my start wasn't great, as I had to contend with the downhill start slot, being careful with the brakes and such. As a result, Pablo jumped ahead of me, although I still had the inside into turn one. I then proceeded to chicken out going into turn two, and let Pablo go. The first lap was tight and hectic, with the Bajas in hot pursuit of me, but we all got round safely and cleanly. Onto lap two, and by now Pablo had passed Garry, who was now in my sights. However, due to my preferred setup, the car was horribly unbalanced over the little jump before the final corner. I'd coped in Practice and Quali, but came just a little too hot over the jump, the buggy landed awkwardly and speared into the outer wall. I kept over the side as not to hit some of the Bajas, but then found I couldn't actually break away from the wall! Then there was a decision to either carry on to the racetrack, or dive into the pits as that's where I was heading for. Unfortunately for me, I didn't know if there was a rule preventing me from entering the pits at that speed, I tried to get back on the track... and promptly smashed into the end of the pit wall. Wheel off, engine dead. Oops.

Congrats to the class winners though!

so how are these races? seems very interesting and from the ss looks very cool

1 lap penalty issued to a driver for a first-lap punt.