Road America played host to the opening race of the GASCAR 2012 S700 Summer Series. New team StinkyKing looked strong going into the race and it showed in qualifying with Viking coming in second to teammate Instink who collected the poll and the bonus point. The national anthem was then performed by Hologram Biggie Smalls, attempting to one up Hologram Tupac. The first six positions were inverted and this lead to Proof leading the field to the green flag with Mini on the outside. The rest of the lineup was:
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| Bad (355C) hitting a sideways DJ (Shelby Series 1) |
- Proof
- Mini
- Roadie
- Top
- Viking
- Instink
- DJ
- Recent
- Trigga
- Stauburst
- Bad
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| Stauburst, Viking, Proof, and Instink in the Carousel |
After last season's relative tameness, GASCAR returned to form quickly. Entering the first corner, Recent got into DJ's rear bumper sending him spinning in corner. Everyone managed to avoid the wreck until Bad came out of the corner and smashed the side of DJ. A caution came out and the field regrouped for a restart on the backstretch. Going into Canada Corner. Instink locked up the brakes and managed to avoid most of the field until he slide into Viking. The hit damaged both cars to the point of preventing contention for the win. The caution never came out and Team StinkyKing hit the pits to and settled in the for long haul. At the front of the field, Roadie was pulling away followed by Recent, Proof, and Mini with Top Fuel latched to his bumper.
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| Viking (Gallardo) spinning with Stauburst (Countach) in the background |
Pit stops started to shuffle the field by lap 9, Roadie was still leading
with Mini, Recent, Top, Stauburst, Proof, Viking, Instink following at widely varying intervals from second through eighth.
Proof, Viking, and Stauburst began to stack up, Stauburst had a slight off in the kink which allowed Viking and Proof to squeak by. Then getting into Canada Corner, Stauburst locked up his brakes and collided with Viking's rear bumper bringing out the second caution of the race.
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| Trigga (GT) getting hit by Stauburst (Countach) |
The race restarted on lap 10. Roadie jumped into the pits as the green
flag came out. Mini stayed out for a couple laps and got his lap lead
bonus.Top Fuel jumped the restarted (admitted to it) and was able to get around his teammate and Recent. The field regrouped again, and Roadie was able to pull back up to the rest of the field. Top Fuel got the jump on the restart, partly because his car was one of the few left in one piece and partly because of what was going on behind him, which was pure magic. The drivers of GASCAR put on one of the most impressive forms of driving ever as 6 cars battled for second place over a period of a fews laps. The story continues below this set of gorgeous pictures.
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| Instink (Gallardo), Recent (Legacy), and Roadie (GT) going into the blind corner three wide |
Mini finally ducked into the pit on the next lap afraid to get caught out again. The field began to sort itself back out. Roadie, who had caught back up thanks to the previous caution, was able to work through the field and return to second. Now damaged, as visible able, he was unable to compete with Top Fuel. Instink worked through the field and was able to take the last podium position with his injured vehicle. Recent settled behind them in fourth. The furious racing continued throughout the final 8 laps without any cautions, leaving Mini stranded in the back of the pack, ultimately a ninth place finish. Proof, Viking, and DJ raced for 5th for awhile until Proof was able to pull away from them. Viking and DJ then continued to battle until the last lap for the important 6th position. After numerous swaps DJ was able to win the battle and Viking settled for 7th in his crippled car. Trigga and Stauburst in their cripple cars from the last caution and having to pit came in 9th and 10 respectively. Bad River was doing a great job of allowing the leaders plenty of room on the final laps and wrapped up the race in 11th. The final finishing position was as followed:
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| Mini leading Top Fuel through the Kink |
- Top*
- Roadie*
- Instink*
- Recent
- Proof
- DJ
- Viking
- Mini*
- Trigga
- Stauburst
- Bad
GASCAR returns in two weeks on May 4th with their first ever visit to the Indianapolis Road Course.
FOR ARCHIVING PURPOSES
RULES
2012 GASCAR S700 Championship
Car Specs
- S700 P.i.
- Weigh more than 2500 lbs.
- Horsepower 600 or less.
Team Rules
- 2 drivers/team
Car Rules
- Can have 'dibs' on one car at a time.
- Can call 'dibs' an infinite number of times.
- 'Dibs' grants the owner the sole ability to run that car in a race.
- Allowed to run 2 different cars throughout the season.
- 'Dibs doesn't effect number of cars used count, only affected once the race starts.
Points
- 10
- 8
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- and below. 1
- *one bonus point for leading a lap
- Should majors be brought back?
- Maybe not for double points but maybe 1.5 times points?
Handicaps
Ok, revision time.There will be two handicaps added together every week to determine your P.I. handicap for the next race.
The first handicap will be assessed based on your points position
- 1st - 25 p.i.
- 2nd - 15 p.i.
- 3rd - 10 p.i.
- 4th - 5 p.i.
- 1st - 15 p.i.
- 2nd - 10 p.i.
- 3rd - 5 p.i.
The previous race penalty will not be applied until after the second
race. This will prevent cars that are slightly better from taking a
gigantic hit just because they had one good starting race.
Example if you are first in points and finished the previous race in 3rd place you will have a P.I. handicap of -40.
If you are 5th in points and won the previous race you will have a P.I. handicap of 20.
*Due to the nature of the cars, no one will be allowed to add additional P.I. and cross the S700 mark.
Example if you are first in points and finished the previous race in 3rd place you will have a P.I. handicap of -40.
If you are 5th in points and won the previous race you will have a P.I. handicap of 20.
*Due to the nature of the cars, no one will be allowed to add additional P.I. and cross the S700 mark.
Starting Order
Every race will start based on points with the top 6 positions inverted.- 6th in points
- 5th in points
- 4th in points
- 3rd in points
- 2nd in points
- 1st in points
- 7th in points
- 8th in points
- 9 in points
- and so on...
