Infineon Recap

When qualifying began we started with a small field. Top and Proof were both missing after flying through the Bermuda Triangle on the way back from England. Recent, who we believe is confused by clocks, also wasn't able to attend the race. Qualifying went innocently enough. DJ was able to win the pole going nearly a second faster than second place. The field was inverted for the beginning of the race. Viking started in first, after failing to run a clean lap, Chrisscrossed and Bad followed him up the hill where a caution was brought out immediately. In the melee, Bad and Instink suffered damage and the race restarted after a lap. Viking suddenly found speed and was able to drive off with the lead for the first 7 laps. Behind him, Ford, Instink, DJ, and Mini raced in an always changing order with. Ford was able to separate slightly as the Viking came back to the field. Ford cleanly worked into the lead. Next, Instink started to work around Viking, who fought back and was able to hold second for the time being. DJ was beginning to recover after a poor restart. He went into the pits and was making up time by himself after harassing Mini. Instink tried to go to the pits on lap 11 but failed to forget that other cars had to brake to get into the corner. This caused him to rear end Viking and began what ended up being a long night for him.

The running order at halfway was Ford, DJ, Instink, Mini, Viking, Bad, and Chrisscrossed. The field was spread out until Viking managed to clip the inside curb at the far end of the track and rolled himself over.

The race restarted on the backstretch in that order but Mini made a move to the inside of the chicane and Viking followed. DJ shuffled back along with Instink but not very far. Everyone came out of the last hairpin to the frontstretch where, Ford, Mini, Viking, and DJ crossed the line side by side by side by side. with Instink directly behind. The cluster continued lurching around the track. They got to the last corner of before the backstretch where Viking once again rolled over bringing out the third caution.

With 7 to go the group restarted again. This time Ford was able to lead Instink and DJ, Mini following closely behind that. Viking worked around Bad and Chrisscrossed and began to close on the mess that was the leaders. The front was changing but always went back to the previous order, even though the leaders were only a few lengths apart the whole time. Viking worked around Mini and started tussling with the leaders. Ford had and off with 3 to go which allowed Instink and DJ to swap places with him in the line.

With 2 to go, everyone lined up to get into the final corner. Viking got overly aggressive and started pushing Ford through it, this pushed Ford into DJ’s rear bumper, sending him spinning. Unfortunately, this stretched the gap for Instink who opened a small but sufficient lead. Ford was easily able to fend off a hurt Viking. DJ worked back around Mini and set his sights on Viking. Going into the last corner before the backstretch Viking flipped for the third time attempting to defend the inside line. This allowed Mini to move into fourth.  Chrisscrossed pulled out 6^th and Bad 7^th.

Note: Proof, Top, and Recent were awarded the new provisional race bonus of 5 points which is a one-time award for missing a race.