Maple Valley Recap

The season and race started off just as expected, by everything changing at the last second. Just a few hours before the race teams were still deciding on cars and 20 minutes before the start Viking jumped onto Team Proof in fear of the new Mazda MX-5 Superlight becoming banned.

When the dust settled on the field and qualify concluded Instink had the pole. Top was close behind him. DJ, Viking, Ford, Mini followed in some order with Proof, rookie Chrisscrossed, and Bad. The race kicked off with Top and DJ getting around Instink but Instink came back to lead the first lap. Instink and Top had the vastly superior vehicles and drove away. Viking drove next to DJ for awhile before falling back. Ford raced DJ as Mini struggled to survive this week. Proof should've brought out the first caution of the race after rolling over but not announcing it.

Around lap 12 Viking hit a curb that sent his car hard into the wall. As he drove around to the pits he came upon Proof who drove straight into the pit entrance wall. The 20 minute old team KingProof was off to a terrible start. On lap 14 Mini lagged out of the room, to the relief of team King Proof. At this time the running order was Instink, Top, and DJ. Followed by Ford, Mini, Chrisscrossed, Bad, Viking, and Proof.

Coming back from the caution saw another quick one as DJ rolled after hitting the curb. This again spawn another caution between Mini and Chrisscrossed. When this was over Top and Instink were still the class of the field. Followed by Viking, Ford, Mini, and the field. After 5 laps on new tires and only 10 to go. Viking and Top elected to give up their position for fresh rubber. This strategy slightly backfired. When the green flag came out it stayed till the end of the race. Instink drove away from the field. Top and Viking worked back through getting up to fights for second and third. Top raced hard with Ford and pulled to his door but was never able to finish the job. Viking held third till the last straightaway when DJ was able to work his way past him by .05 seconds.

Finishing Order

1. Instink - 11
2. Ford - 9
3. Top - 8
4. DJ - 6
5. Viking - 5
6. Mini - 4
7. Chrisschrossed - 3
8. Proof - 2
9. BadRiver - 1