Road Atlanta

GASCAR returned after an extended holiday break Friday night and everything returned to normal. Ford running in the back, Top lagging everywhere and messing stuff up. Nearly everyone changed cars over the break and Ford even managed to somehow change after the race began, giving up on his Pontiac after the 2 lap lagfest from Roadie and Top. On the second attempt, Top repeating his getaway from the field with the ridiculously (I spelled that right on my first attempt) fast Charger that will be garbage on any track without 2 miles of straights. With 2 laps to go, Viking was chasing down Mini who also had a shot at Super. Going down the backstraight, Mini got around the lap car of Proof as he slide off the track under braking and in the Chicane bit Proof returned to the track in Viking's door stopping an interesting battle for 4th. Besides that, it was a relatively quiet race.

The finishing order was with points in parentheses:
1st - Top Fuel (10)*
2nd - Roadie (7)
3rd - Super Demon (7)*
4th - Mini (5)
5th - Viking (4)
6th - Ford (3)
7th - Proof (2)
8th - Bad (1)
* indicates lap lead bonus

Week 1: Laguna Seca

The first race of the season has taken place unfortunately I fell asleep in the middle of the race and had a terrible nightmare. In the beginning of the nightmare, Proof drove out to the early lead followed by Ford. Farther back in the pack Top and Viking had a run in that sent both of them spinning done the frontstretch with little damage being incurred. Once the race settled down, two groups began to form on the track. The leading group consisted of Proof, Ford, and Viking swapping the lead followed by Mini, Top, and Demon fighting for 4th. Nearing the end of the race, Ford had fallen back off the lead leaving Viking and Proof to do what they normally do, beat each other up and using up all of their stuff, when they could've walked away and decided the race between themselves. More jostling toward the end left the running order, Viking, Ford, and Proof all within a couple seconds to start the final lap. Going down the Rahal straight for the 29th and final time Ford pulled along side Viking. Both drivers then closed their eyes and prayed into the Corkscrew. After the melee, Ford drive free to the finish line as Viking sat at the bottom of the Corkscrew to then be T-boned by Proof. Wait, what, this wasn't a nightmare? it actually happened?!.

The final finishing order for the Tiger Woods Invitational to Mazda 65 was:

1st: Ford*
2nd: Proof*
3rd: Viking*
4th: Top
5th: Mini
6th: Demon
7th: Bad
8th: Road

* indicate lap lead