NationStates Stock Car Racing Association- Season 1

[Newmanistan]

This is how the points look heading into qualifying tomorrow for the Mantwenic 500 @ Mantwenic National, Mantwenic.
Starting tomorrow, be advised we have either qualifying or a race on a daily basis. This is being kicked into fourth gear again.

Pos	#- Driver- Country           	Pts	Behind
1	8-  Chip Woods- TBI      	1725	0
2	7-  Jeff Connolly- DEL     	1676	-49
3	5-  Kristen Hopkins- CDG    	1665	-60
4	14- A.J. Henderson- TAE  	1643	-82
5	27- Calvin Emberton- JGV	1572	-153
6	4-  Matthew Portland- ADN	1543	-182
7	42- Cathy Trillium- TBI    	1540	-185
8	72- Kyle Onasi- JGV      	1512	-213
9	17- Matthew Schaefer- SEC	1511	-214
10	48- Danielle Pearson- CDG	1500	-225
11	81- Ryan Wilkins- ADN    	1495	-230
12	1-  Tony Abbott- DEL      	1450	-275
13	26- Thwante Handbosm- VPH	1439	-286
14	34- Colby Andretti- TAE    	1384	-341
15	96- Jason Antilles- JGV     	1366	-359
16	15- Eric Murphy- SEC     	1354	-371
17	12- Erica Phillips- NEW    	1331	-394
18	22- Ambrose Douglas- TAE	1325	-400
19	92- Baspaalt Cagenil- VPH	1298	-427
20	93- Theodore Amyas- QMB    	1297	-428
21	3-  Marco Perez- DEL     	1261	-464
22	11- Chris Sullivan- SEC     	1255	-470
23	24- Ashley Clarke- CDG    	1254	-471
24	9-  Kibad Hahnea- VPH    	1240	-485
25	55- Bobby Lawrence- BLU  	1231	-494
26	50- Pedro Vaches- DFU     	1202	-523
27	25- Fransisco Ozinho- DFU	1199	-526
28	39- Chris Miller- NEW     	1186	-539
29	99- Fernando Romao- DFU     	1167	-558
30	37- Oliver Krousher- MAN	1116	-609
31	16- Mike Carroll- NEW     	1096	-629
32	21- Bandon Corp Uranium- GUV	1094	-631
33	19- Qui Vaul Obama- LAN    	1043	-682
34	69- Branden Syd- QMB      	1041	-684
35	20- Roamin Gary- GUV      	1036	-689
36	30- Phillip Johnson- SIB	1001	-724
37	43- Raul Florentino- BLU	987	-738
38	02- Guy Delmagio- GUV    	987	-738
39	00- Stan Pentti- QMB    	972	-753
40	01- Fred Hallock- BLU    	925	-800
41	54- Kip Stensen- MAN    	895	-830
42	77- Bobcat Jones- LAN    	866	-859
43	31- Byron King- SIB        	841	-884
44	13- Matt Hensen- MAN    	832	-893
45	28- Ed Lorenzo- SIB        	802	-923

[Newmanistan]

Qualifying for the Mantwenic 500 @ Mantwenic National is complete. Here are the results: (pretty good times across the board, we may be in for quite a race).

Pos	Driver                         	Lap Time (in sec)
1	8-  Chip Woods- TBI     	33.816
2	37- Oliver Krousher- MAN	33.856
3	72- Kyle Onasi- JGV         	33.881
4	34- Colby Andretti- TAE       	33.883
5	12- Erica Phillips- NEW       	33.932
6	48- Danielle Pearson- CDG	33.938
7	42- Cathy Trillium- TBI     	33.952
8	55- Bobby Lawrence- BLU   	33.957
9	26- Thwante Handbosm- VPH	33.992
10	5-  Kristen Hopkins- CDG	34.004
11	13- Matt Hensen- MAN         	34.027
12	27- Calvin Emberton- JGV	34.035
13	31- Byron King- SIB     	34.050
14	7-  Jeff Connolly- DEL     	34.091
15	24- Ashley Clarke- CDG        	34.115
16	00- Stan Pentti- QMB          	34.137
17	30- Phillip Johnson- SIB	34.151
18	01- Fred Hallock- BLU          	34.152
19	4-  Matthew Portland- ADN	34.177
20	16- Mike Carroll- NEW          	34.183
21	43- Raul Florentino- BLU	34.190
22	93- Theodore Amyas- QMB     	34.192
23	1-  Tony Abbott- DEL       	34.221
24	22- Ambrose Douglas- TAE	34.241
25	92- Baspaalt Cagenil- VPH	34.252
26	17- Matthew Schaefer- SEC	34.270
27	69- Branden Syd- QMB           	34.295
28	96- Jason Antilles- JGV        	34.298
29	14- A.J. Henderson- TAE       	34.303
30	81- Ryan Wilkins- ADN       	34.348
31	39- Chris Miller- NEW          	34.351
32	3-  Marco Perez- DEL      	34.358
33	54- Kip Stensen- MAN         	34.400
34	99- Fernando Romao- DFU        	34.420
35	50- Pedro Vaches- DFU      	34.488
36	21- Bandon Corp Uranium- GUV	34.490
37	28- Ed Lorenzo- SIB            	34.498
38	20- Roamin Gary- GUV          	34.515
39	15- Eric Murphy- SEC      	34.554
40	77- Bobcat Jones- LAN        	34.615
41	11- Chris Sullivan- SEC 	34.638
42	19- Qui Vaul Obama- LAN    	34.678
43	9-  Kibad Hahnea- VPH        	34.703
44	25- Fransisco Ozinho- DFU	34.769
45	02- Guy Delmagio- GUV        	34.826

[Mantwenic]

Mantwenic Racing News

Fans gathered around the speedway yesterday to see there national drivers in qualifying and boy did they have a treat. Oliver Krousher, the country favorite qualified second while Matt Hensen qualified thirteenth and Kip Stensen qualified in thirty third. "It looks like they shall get a treat on race day." said prideful driver Oliver Krousher. "It's my job to get them a national winner."

[The Babbage Islands]

MANTWENIC (BPA) -- The Woods Motorsport stock car team didn't miss a beat in returning from the NSSCRA hiatus. At qualifying for the Mantwenic 500 at Mantwenic National, Chip Woods landed the pole position in the #8 Tesla-Benz. Teammate Cathy Trillium in the #42 qualified seventh.

Coincidentally, Woods and Trillium are also first and seventh in the current driver points standings for the series.

Qualifying times are quite close together, with 28 cars within a half-second of Woods's pole position time. A very tight race is expected. Trillium's crew chief, Martin Stewart, downplayed the impact of the layoff. "It will be a dogfight at first, but over 500 it will settle down. These folks are professionals, and we weren't the only team doing tests during the downtime to stay sharp. As long as nobody gets stupid out there it will be a good race and a safe one."

[Taeshan]

X Island Inquirer

It was another great qualifying day for the Taeshan Racing Team last night. The series restarted yesterday with Qualifying for the Mantwenic 500 at Mantwenic National Raceway, in Mantwenic. All three Taeshani drivers qualified nicely and showed no signs off falter after the two month break to make way for the Cup of Harmony break. Only 2 weeks stand before the first half of the series is officially over, and the final half of 13 races. Tomorrow is the final race before the first of the two in Taeshan, the Orange Lake 300 at Orange Lakes Speedway's Road Course.

The top qualifier for the Purple Suited Racing team was Colby Andretti in fourth place. The veterean member of the team Andretti has seemed to have gotten better in the past few races, and may be hitting the prime part of his season. Ambrose Douglas will start in the 24th position right in the middle of the pack,as will A.J. Henderson who will start 29th. Hopefully the two will be able to wrok together and get a nice push to the front. With the tracks nice curves hopefully the three will continue their great season. Henderson is only 82 points out of the top position he held earlier this year.

[Newmanistan]

THE ROCKET REPORT

ENGINES ROARING AGAIN

Mantwenic- It seems like an eternity the last time we got to racing. After a long delay which many attribute to the nation’s hosting of the Cup of Harmony, the NSSCRA’s engines have been quiet, at least to the general public. No doubt that during this time, all of the participating teams were hard at work fine-tuning their cars and doing whatever they could to either improve over the second half of the schedule or improve their standing. This was pretty evident in the qualifying times that we saw for the Mantwenic 500. All very good, making us very excited about what this first race after layoff will bring to our fans. Certainly, the NSSCRA hopes that fans did not lose interest over the layoff, but at the same time it feels good to say “I told you so!” to anyone out there who thought that the NSSCRA would not return. Not only is it back, it is recharged and ready for a strong second half. Team Newmanistan is in need of a good string of races as the highest placed Newmanistanian driver in the points right now is Erica Phillips, who is 17th, and trails by 394 points. Now, if there was a Chase format, she would only be 119 points out of 12th, but we don’t do that here. While it is unlikely that a Newmanistanian will make the comeback, our Jenn Murphy sat down with Erica to talk about what the team’s goals are in the second half. (Though yes we realize there are still 17 of 31 races to go).

JM: Good morning from Mantwenic everyone. I’m Jenn Murphy here with the Empire’s most successful stock car driver, Erica Phillips, who is only 17th in the standings as the NSSCRA season’s red flag period is over. Thank you for joining us.

EP: My pleasure.

JM: How does it feel now to know that the layoff is finally over and we are racing once again?

EP: It’s good to be racing again, but we’ve all been working hard, still.

JM: Explain to our viewers what the team has been doing during this time period?

EP: We, like probably everyone involved, have done a lot of testing. We have taken our setup to several Newmanistanian tracks, but have also gone to venues in our countries, renting track time from them and gathering as much information as we could so we would be more prepared for when we go race there for real.

JM: I’m sure that will help, and of course, simply going to those tracks will let you know what to expect when the real race is there.

EP: Yeah it will. This time was just great to test and do work, and I think we made a lot of improvements. As much as we may have done, I can pretty much guarantee you that other countries have done the same thing. We weren’t the only ones testing in other countries. I ran into a driver from another country while in Quakmybush. That just shows that everyone is doing that.

JM: Are the 16 and 39 teams feeling as good about the results of testing too?

EP: I believe so.

JM: It’s pretty unlikely that you will be able to make up the needed to ground to win the title, so what are you aiming for at this point of the season?

EP: Yeah, there will be no title. I think we can run very well but Chip, Jeff, Kristen, A.J. and Calvin should all be strong as well. Maybe if we only had to gain 300 and more on one of them, I’d say we would have a chance, but to have to do it on all of them, I am realistic about it. It’s not going to happen. I think, looking at the points, that 6th or 7th is a good thing to shoot for. I would say top 10, but I’d like to do more then 10th. I’m gonna say 6th or 7th. Maybe a top 5. Otherwise, I’d just like to win a couple races.

JM: You’ve won one already. So you know you can win at this level.

EP: Yeah I have no doubt in my ability to win at this level, but the other 44 drivers in this series are real good too.

JM: You roll off 5th tomorrow. How’s the car?

EP: It’s a good car. We have speed and it handles will. We can win this race.

JM: I hope you do. Thank you for your time.

EP: Thanks Jenn.

[Newmanistan]

This is the cutoff for the Mantwenic 500.

Pos	Driver                         	Interval	Pts
1	14- A.J. Henderson- TAE       	Winner	        180
2	17- Matthew Schaefer- SEC	-3.776	        170
3	12- Erica Phillips- NEW       	-5.119	        165
4	27- Calvin Emberton- JGV	-5.421	        160
5	8-  Chip Woods- TBI     	-6.133	        160
6	16- Mike Carroll- NEW          	-7.495	        150
7	5-  Kristen Hopkins- CDG	-8.803	        146
8	48- Danielle Pearson- CDG	-10.234	        142
9	9-  Kibad Hahnea- VPH        	-10.770	        138
10	37- Oliver Krousher- MAN	-11.381	        134
11	42- Cathy Trillium- TBI     	-14.044	        130
12	13- Matt Hensen- MAN         	-15.210	        127
13	30- Phillip Johnson- SIB	-15.253	        124
14	00- Stan Pentti- QMB          	-15.891	        121
15	81- Ryan Wilkins- ADN       	-16.377	        118
16	93- Theodore Amyas- QMB     	-18.019        	115
17	22- Ambrose Douglas- TAE	-18.532	        117
18	15- Eric Murphy- SEC      	-20.091	        109
19	28- Ed Lorenzo- SIB            	-23.123	        106
20	96- Jason Antilles- JGV        	-23.687	        103
21	34- Colby Andretti- TAE       	-25.002	        105
22	72- Kyle Onasi- JGV         	-25.113	         97
23	26- Thwante Handbosm- VPH	-27.409	         94
24	24- Ashley Clarke- CDG        	-30.272	         91
25	7-  Jeff Connolly- DEL     	-1 lap	         88
26	31- Byron King- SIB     	-1 lap	         85
27	1-  Tony Abbott- DEL       	-1 lap	         82
28	11- Chris Sullivan- SEC 	-1 lap	         79
29	77- Bobcat Jones- LAN        	-1 lap	         76
30	39- Chris Miller- NEW          	-1 lap	         73
31	4-  Matthew Portland- ADN	-1 lap	         70
32	50- Pedro Vaches- DFU      	-1 lap	         67
33	21- Bandon Corp Uranium- GUV	-1 lap	         64
34	99- Fernando Romao- DFU        	-2 laps	         61
35	55- Bobby Lawrence- BLU   	-2 laps	         58
36	69- Branden Syd- QMB           	-3 laps	         55
37	01- Fred Hallock- BLU          	-3 laps	         52
38	02- Guy Delmagio- GUV        	DNF	         49
39	54- Kip Stensen- MAN         	DNF	         46
40	92- Baspaalt Cagenil- VPH	DNF	         43
41	19- Qui Vaul Obama- LAN    	DNF	         40
42	25- Fransisco Ozinho- DFU	DNF	         37
43	43- Raul Florentino- BLU	DNF	         34
44	3-  Marco Perez- DEL      	DNF	         31
45	20- Roamin Gary- GUV          	DNF	         28

8- Woods received 5 bonus points for winning the pole.
22- Douglas and 34- Andretti received the winning nation 5 bonus points.

How about some point standings:

Pos	#- Driver- Country           	Pts	Behind
1	8-  Chip Woods- TBI      	1885	0
2	14- A.J. Henderson- TAE  	1823	-62
3	5-  Kristen Hopkins- CDG    	1811	-74
4	7-  Jeff Connolly- DEL     	1764	-121
5	27- Calvin Emberton- JGV	1732	-153
6	17- Matthew Schaefer- SEC	1681	-204
7	42- Cathy Trillium- TBI    	1670	-215
8	48- Danielle Pearson- CDG	1642	-243
9	4-  Matthew Portland- ADN	1613	-272
10	81- Ryan Wilkins- ADN    	1613	-272
11	72- Kyle Onasi- JGV      	1609	-276
12	26- Thwante Handbosm- VPH	1533	-352
13	1-  Tony Abbott- DEL      	1532	-353
14	12- Erica Phillips- NEW    	1496	-389
15	34- Colby Andretti- TAE    	1489	-396
16	96- Jason Antilles- JGV     	1469	-416
17	15- Eric Murphy- SEC     	1463	-422
18	22- Ambrose Douglas- TAE	1442	-443
19	93- Theodore Amyas- QMB    	1412	-473
20	9-  Kibad Hahnea- VPH    	1378	-507
21	24- Ashley Clarke- CDG    	1345	-540
22	92- Baspaalt Cagenil- VPH	1341	-544
23	11- Chris Sullivan- SEC     	1334	-551
24	3-  Marco Perez- DEL     	1292	-593
25	55- Bobby Lawrence- BLU  	1289	-596
26	50- Pedro Vaches- DFU     	1269	-616
27	39- Chris Miller- NEW     	1259	-626
28	37- Oliver Krousher- MAN	1250	-635
29	16- Mike Carroll- NEW     	1246	-639
30	25- Fransisco Ozinho- DFU	1236	-649
31	99- Fernando Romao- DFU     	1228	-657
32	21- Bandon Corp Uranium- GUV	1158	-727
33	30- Phillip Johnson- SIB	1125	-760
34	69- Branden Syd- QMB      	1096	-789
35	00- Stan Pentti- QMB    	1093	-792
36	19- Qui Vaul Obama- LAN    	1083	-802
37	20- Roamin Gary- GUV      	1064	-821
38	02- Guy Delmagio- GUV    	1036	-849
39	43- Raul Florentino- BLU	1021	-864
40	01- Fred Hallock- BLU    	977	-908
41	13- Matt Hensen- MAN    	959	-926
42	77- Bobcat Jones- LAN    	942	-943
43	54- Kip Stensen- MAN    	941	-944
44	31- Byron King- SIB        	926	-959
45	28- Ed Lorenzo- SIB        	908	-977

Qualifying for the Orange Lake 300 @ Orange Lake Road Course, Taeshan will take place tomorrow.

[Taeshan]

X Island Inquirer

Yesterday was the third race in the first Nationstates Stock Car Series year that one of the three Taeshani drivers hoisted the winners trophy for the race up. For the second time this season, A.J. Henderson won a race, this time the Mantwenic 500 at the Mantwenic National Raceway in Mantwenic. This helped him move back up to second place in the point standings, and now only 62 points behind The Babbage Islands Chip Woods, and heading to Taeshan he will look to make many of the points needed up in the next race.

After a nice qualifying effort of 4th on friday, Colby Andretti was able to have another nice performance and come out only down 17 positions in 21st. He is now up to fiftienth in the stadnings, while after a nice performance Ambrose Douglas moved up to 18th in the standings with a 17th place race. Next up is the Orange Lake 300 at the Orange Lake Speedway-Road Course at home in Taeshan so the three Tae's will look to use home fiueld advantage in the next race.

[Sibirsky]

From the Republic of Sibirsky to Byron King and Ed Lorenzo. We think you guys are confused and are looking at the standings upside down. And because of that are intentionally shooting for last place.

[The Babbage Islands]

MANTWENIC(BPA) -- Chip Woods tried to win from the pole, but it was not to be. Despite leading almost half the race, the Woods Motorsport star from The Babbage Islands settled for a fifth-place run in the Mantwenic 500, but held on to his series point lead.

A.J. Henderson of Taeshan became the first two-time winner of the series, and closed to within 62 points of Woods in the overall standings.

The series now moves to Taeshan and the Orange Lake Road Course, which will suit Woods's teammate Cathy Trillium just fine. She ran 11th in Mantwenic, and remains seventh overall.

[Adihan]

Portland leaves Grand Prix team to concentrate on NSSCRA

Folenisa, LIVENTIA and Modna Nord, GRAND ISLAND— Grand Island Racing's Matthew Portland, currently ninth in the overall standings in the NationStates Stock Car Racing Association (NSSCRA), has asked his World Grand Prix Championship (WGPC) team for permission to focus on his stock car career.

Initial reports from Folenisa, Liventia, where InfoInternet Liventia Racing is based, say Portland is unlikely to take the wheel for the team when the WGPC makes the final stop of its season 8 calendar in Fort Boston, Bostopia.

Portland, who is assured of fourth in the WGPC drivers' standings, has informed his team principal Mark Marsh that he wants to focus on his NSSCRA commitment. Marsh has reportedly acceded to the request on the condition that Portland agrees to return for the next WGPC season if the team ask him back.

With Portland now free to concentrate on the NSSCRA and its next race at a road course in Taeshan, where Portland will be one of the favourites to win, many pundits are expecting him to really up his game.

The team have also confirmed that its reserve driver, Johnny Webb, who was to have deputised for Portland if not for the mid-season break in the NSSCRA, had been released from his contract.

[Newmanistan]

Qualifying for the Orange Lake 300 @ Orange Lake Road Course, Taeshan is complete. Here are the results:

Pos	Driver                         	Lap Time (in sec)
1	14- A.J. Henderson- TAE       	1:17.384
2	37- Oliver Krousher- MAN	1:17.670
3	93- Theodore Amyas- QMB     	1:17.855
4	4-  Matthew Portland- ADN	1:18.014
5	42- Cathy Trillium- TBI     	1:18.148
6	19- Qui Vaul Obama- LAN    	1:18.177
7	22- Ambrose Douglas- TAE	1:18.332
8	5-  Kristen Hopkins- CDG	1:18.409
9	81- Ryan Wilkins- ADN       	1:18.679
10	8-  Chip Woods- TBI     	1:18.933
11	28- Ed Lorenzo- SIB            	1:19.007
12	92- Baspaalt Cagenil- VPH	1:19.095
13	34- Colby Andretti- TAE       	1:19.126
14	25- Fransisco Ozinho- DFU	1:19.163
15	13- Matt Hensen- MAN         	1:19.246
16	43- Raul Florentino- BLU	1:19.274
17	27- Calvin Emberton- JGV	1:19.354
18	17- Matthew Schaefer- SEC	1:19.368
19	55- Bobby Lawrence- BLU   	1:19.422
20	72- Kyle Onasi- JGV         	1:19.474
21	7-  Jeff Connolly- DEL     	1:19.501
22	12- Erica Phillips- NEW       	1:19.590
23	69- Branden Syd- QMB           	1:19.661
24	96- Jason Antilles- JGV        	1:19.738
25	54- Kip Stensen- MAN         	1:19.800
26	1-  Tony Abbott- DEL       	1:19.812
27	30- Phillip Johnson- SIB	1:19.873
28	48- Danielle Pearson- CDG	1:20.045
29	99- Fernando Romao- DFU        	1:20.209
30	26- Thwante Handbosm- VPH	1:20.257
31	31- Byron King- SIB     	1:20.373
32	15- Eric Murphy- SEC      	1:20.399
33	50- Pedro Vaches- DFU      	1:20.436
34	16- Mike Carroll- NEW          	1:20.480
35	24- Ashley Clarke- CDG        	1:20.594
36	3-  Marco Perez- DEL      	1:20.733
37	39- Chris Miller- NEW          	1:20.852
38	20- Roamin Gary- GUV          	1:21.041
39	77- Bobcat Jones- LAN        	1:21.233
40	11- Chris Sullivan- SEC 	1:21.360
41	02- Guy Delmagio- GUV        	1:21.405
42	00- Stan Pentti- QMB          	1:21.478
43	21- Bandon Corp Uranium- GUV	1:21.685
44	01- Fred Hallock- BLU          	1:21.837
45	9-  Kibad Hahnea- VPH        	1:22.177

[Taeshan]

X Island Inquirer

Well it seems home track advantage works in racing as it does in many other sports. A.J. Henderson, Colby Andretti and Ambrose Douglas were all treated like gods upon there return to Taeshan this weekend for the Orange Lake 300 at Orange Lake Speedways Road Course. They all three qualified like gods as well, theyt will all start tomorrows race in the top 15 positions, by far their greatest qualifying effort to date. Hopefully they can race as well for their home fans and continue to have great seasons in the Nationstates Stock Car series.

Henderson will get to start on the pole in the first of two home races. Standing only 62 points behind the leader Chip Woods of the Babbage Islands in points Henderson will look to use home track to his advantage and get a lot of them back. Ambrose Douglas will start in the middle of the other two purple clad drivers in 7th, while Colby Andretti will bring up the rear of the Taeshanis in 13th. with all of them so close it will be interesting to see if they can work together at home and get a win for their fans.

[The Babbage Islands]

TAESHAN (BPA) -- Cathy Trillium is optimistic about her chances in today's Orange Lake 300. She will start from the inside of the third row, two rows behind hometown favorite A.J. Henderson and two rows ahead of Woods Motorsport teammate Chip Woods.

"I like this course," she said. "It's in very good shape, with a fair range of challenges. Martin (Stewart, Trillium's crew chief) and the crew have really got the setup on target for this race, and I like our chances."

Trillium is in seventh in the NSSCRA points standings. Teammate Woods is the overall points leader. But Woods only has a 62 point lead over the pole-sitter Henderson, who is coming off his second series win last race in Mantwenic.

[Secristan]

BACK IN THE DRIVERS SEAT

It’s great to go racing once again. The NSSCRA has resumed after the organizers put the series on hold so they could play their soccer and then every so subtly, held it off a few more days to the conclusion of their run in the World Baseball Classic as well. Don’t think we didn’t notice that, Rocketmen! The engines are revving again, and Taeshan’s A.J. Henderson was the big winner in the return of the series, which was in Mantwenic last week but the driver who finished second is the one we want to talk about because that was our very own Matthew Schaefer. Matt led 61 laps of the race before Henderson got by him with 13 laps to go. “A.J. was a lot faster then me there at the end. Once he passed me, I couldn’t do anything about it and he really pulled away. I saw Erica there wanting to take second from me and I knew there was no way I was going to let her pass me.” Said Schaefer, who has one win so far this year. Eric Murphy finished 18th, two spots ahead of rival Jason Antilles of Jeffgordonville. The two battled for 19th with 28 laps to go, and a nudge by Murphy to move Antilles out of the way got many Mantwenicans (sp?) out of their seats as they knew their history. Chris Sullivan was a lap back in 28th. Schaefer is 6th in the points, trailing first place Chip Woods of The Babbage Islands by 204 points.

Schaefer then put forth an outstanding qualifying time for the Orange Lake 300, placing 18th on the grid. Since road course are not his strength and he dislikes them, this was a very satisfying performance. The team must feel as though they can be rather competitive, and if they can finish around the top 15, it will be a great day. After this race, the next six will be ovals, and it should shake up the points a bit, with us benefitting. The next race is in Newmanistan, and then the series returns to Secristan for the Loophole Life Insurance 500 at Lakeland Speedway!

[Newmanistan]

This is the RP cutoff for the Orange Lake 300

Pos	Driver                         	Interval	Pts
1	42- Cathy Trillium- TBI     	WINNER	        180
2	5-  Kristen Hopkins- CDG	-4.819       	170
3	4-  Matthew Portland- ADN	-9.274	        165
4	14- A.J. Henderson- TAE       	-10.301	        165
5	93- Theodore Amyas- QMB     	-11.462	        155
6	43- Raul Florentino- BLU	-15.690	        150
7	92- Baspaalt Cagenil- VPH	-15.816	        146
8	17- Matthew Schaefer- SEC	-18.221	        142
9	27- Calvin Emberton- JGV	-22.095	        138
10	22- Ambrose Douglas- TAE	-22.537	        134
11	13- Matt Hensen- MAN         	-23.161	        130
12	8-  Chip Woods- TBI     	-23.459	        132
13	81- Ryan Wilkins- ADN       	-23.850	        124
14	69- Branden Syd- QMB           	-24.148	        121
15	12- Erica Phillips- NEW       	-25.262	        118
16	37- Oliver Krousher- MAN	-25.883	        115
17	1-  Tony Abbott- DEL       	-26.431	        112
18	26- Thwante Handbosm- VPH	-26.920	        109
19	31- Byron King- SIB     	-28.533	        106
20	15- Eric Murphy- SEC      	-30.109	        103
21	16- Mike Carroll- NEW          	-32.477	        100
22	96- Jason Antilles- JGV        	-33.857	         97
23	72- Kyle Onasi- JGV         	-33.904	         94
24	28- Ed Lorenzo- SIB            	-34.466	         91
25	11- Chris Sullivan- SEC 	-37.332	         88
26	25- Fransisco Ozinho- DFU	-38.551	         85
27	34- Colby Andretti- TAE       	-40.444	         82
28	77- Bobcat Jones- LAN        	-41.279	         79
29	02- Guy Delmagio- GUV        	-42.336	         76
30	55- Bobby Lawrence- BLU   	-45.810	         73
31	21- Bandon Corp Uranium- GUV	-49.666	         70
32	19- Qui Vaul Obama- LAN    	-51.326	         67
33	3-  Marco Perez- DEL      	-55.452	         64
34	24- Ashley Clarke- CDG        	-58.332	         61
35	48- Danielle Pearson- CDG	-1:00.146	 58
36	99- Fernando Romao- DFU        	-1:05.449	 55
37	30- Phillip Johnson- SIB	-1 lap	         52
38	00- Stan Pentti- QMB          	-1 lap	         49
39	39- Chris Miller- NEW          	-1 lap	         46
40	7-  Jeff Connolly- DEL     	DNF	         43
41	20- Roamin Gary- GUV          	DNF	         40
42	9-  Kibad Hahnea- VPH        	DNF	         37
43	01- Fred Hallock- BLU          	DNF	         34
44	50- Pedro Vaches- DFU      	DNF	         31
45	54- Kip Stensen- MAN         	DNF	         28

14- Henderson received 5 bonus points for winning the pole.
8- Woods received the winning nation 5 bonus points.


Point Standings Following Race:

Pos	#- Driver- Country           	Pts	Behind
1	8-  Chip Woods- TBI      	2017	0
2	14- A.J. Henderson- TAE  	1988	-29
3	5-  Kristen Hopkins- CDG    	1981	-36
4	27- Calvin Emberton- JGV	1870	-147
5	42- Cathy Trillium- TBI    	1850	-167
6	17- Matthew Schaefer- SEC	1823	-194
7	7-  Jeff Connolly- DEL     	1807	-210
8	4-  Matthew Portland- ADN	1778	-239
9	81- Ryan Wilkins- ADN    	1737	-280
10	72- Kyle Onasi- JGV      	1703	-314
11	48- Danielle Pearson- CDG	1700	-317
12	1-  Tony Abbott- DEL      	1644	-373
13	26- Thwante Handbosm- VPH	1642	-375
14	12- Erica Phillips- NEW    	1614	-403
15	22- Ambrose Douglas- TAE	1576	-441
16	34- Colby Andretti- TAE    	1571	-446
17	93- Theodore Amyas- QMB    	1567	-450
18	15- Eric Murphy- SEC     	1566	-451
19	96- Jason Antilles- JGV     	1566	-451
20	92- Baspaalt Cagenil- VPH	1487	-530
21	11- Chris Sullivan- SEC     	1422	-595
22	9-  Kibad Hahnea- VPH    	1415	-602
23	24- Ashley Clarke- CDG    	1406	-611
24	37- Oliver Krousher- MAN	1365	-652
25	55- Bobby Lawrence- BLU  	1362	-655
26	3-  Marco Perez- DEL     	1356	-661
27	16- Mike Carroll- NEW     	1346	-671
28	25- Fransisco Ozinho- DFU	1321	-696
29	39- Chris Miller- NEW     	1305	-712
30	50- Pedro Vaches- DFU     	1300	-717
31	99- Fernando Romao- DFU     	1283	-734
32	21- Bandon Corp Uranium- GUV	1228	-789
33	69- Branden Syd- QMB      	1217	-800
34	30- Phillip Johnson- SIB	1177	-840
35	43- Raul Florentino- BLU	1171	-846
36	19- Qui Vaul Obama- LAN    	1150	-867
37	00- Stan Pentti- QMB    	1142	-875
38	02- Guy Delmagio- GUV    	1112	-905
39	20- Roamin Gary- GUV      	1104	-913
40	13- Matt Hensen- MAN    	1089	-928
41	31- Byron King- SIB        	1032	-985
42	77- Bobcat Jones- LAN    	1021	-996
43	01- Fred Hallock- BLU    	1011	-1006
44	28- Ed Lorenzo- SIB        	999	-1018
45	54- Kip Stensen- MAN    	969	-1048

We will continue to keep the drivers in action tomorrow with qualifying for the Empire Motors 500 at Pocono City Raceway here in Newmanistan.
Following this race, the series will begin to make its second tour duty amongst the participating nations.

[Taeshan]

X Island Inquirer

With one race before the second half Taeshani driver A.J. Henderson madeup about half of the gap between himself and the Nationstates Stock Car Series Leader Chip Woods, at home at the Orange Lake Speedways, Road Course. Henderson won the pole, and was in the top 5 all day ultimately finishing in fourth position. Woods did not have as good of a day and fell about halfway back to Henderson in second. Ambrose Douglas also got a top ten for Taeshan in tneth, while Colby Andretti fell back into the pack and finished in 27th.

[The Babbage Islands]

TAESHAN (BPA) -- Cathy Trillium of The Babbage Islands broke through for her first win in the NSSCRA stock car series by capturing the Orange Lake 300. The #42 car finished nearly five seconds ahead of second-place Kristen Hopkins of Cassadaigua.

Trillium started in the third row, and steadily moved up the ranks until taking the lead for good with about 75 miles to go. The victory moved her up two spots in the overall driver points, from seventh place to fifth.

Her teammate, Chip Woods, overcame early difficulties with tires to finish 12th, good enough to retain his series points lead. However, A.J. Henderson of Taeshan and Cassadaigua's Hopkins both gained ground, and the top three places now stand just 36 points apart.

The series now moves to Pocono City. Newmanistan, for the Empire Motors 500 to conclude the first half of the season.

[Newmanistan]

Qualifying for the Empire Motors 500 @ Pocono City Raceway in Newmanistan is complete. Here are the results:

Pos	Driver                         	Lap Time (in Sec)
1	39- Chris Miller- NEW          	48.526
2	72- Kyle Onasi- JGV         	48.530
3	00- Stan Pentti- QMB          	48.618
4	22- Ambrose Douglas- TAE	48.643
5	26- Thwante Handbosm- VPH	48.699
6	27- Calvin Emberton- JGV	48.814
7	77- Bobcat Jones- LAN        	48.852
8	16- Mike Carroll- NEW          	48.903
9	11- Chris Sullivan- SEC 	49.022
10	15- Eric Murphy- SEC      	49.043
11	8-  Chip Woods- TBI     	49.130
12	12- Erica Phillips- NEW       	49.155
13	48- Danielle Pearson- CDG	49.188
14	93- Theodore Amyas- QMB     	49.224
15	1-  Tony Abbott- DEL       	49.251
16	17- Matthew Schaefer- SEC	49.325
17	30- Phillip Johnson- SIB	49.399
18	7-  Jeff Connolly- DEL     	49.478
19	5-  Kristen Hopkins- CDG	49.492
20	4-  Matthew Portland- ADN	49.534
21	9-  Kibad Hahnea- VPH        	49.552
22	37- Oliver Krousher- MAN	49.576
23	43- Raul Florentino- BLU	49.579
24	99- Fernando Romao- DFU        	49.593
25	54- Kip Stensen- MAN         	49.602
26	3-  Marco Perez- DEL      	49.634
27	96- Jason Antilles- JGV        	49.669
28	25- Fransisco Ozinho- DFU	49.723
29	34- Colby Andretti- TAE       	49.740
30	92- Baspaalt Cagenil- VPH	49.758
31	28- Ed Lorenzo- SIB            	49.923
32	24- Ashley Clarke- CDG        	49.990
33	50- Pedro Vaches- DFU      	50.051
34	14- A.J. Henderson- TAE       	50.148
35	42- Cathy Trillium- TBI     	50.273
36	81- Ryan Wilkins- ADN       	50.311
37	19- Qui Vaul Obama- LAN    	50.413
38	69- Branden Syd- QMB           	50.452
39	20- Roamin Gary- GUV          	50.533
40	55- Bobby Lawrence- BLU   	50.548
41	31- Byron King- SIB     	50.728
42	13- Matt Hensen- MAN         	50.800
43	02- Guy Delmagio- GUV        	50.867
44	01- Fred Hallock- BLU          	50.926
45	21- Bandon Corp Uranium- GUV	50.931

[Taeshan]

X Island Inquirer

It was a pretty solid qualification day for the three Taeshani drivers for tomorrows final first half race, the Empire Motores 500 at Pocono City Raceway. Ambrose Douglas had one of his best qualifying days this season and will start 4th. A.J. Henderson and Colby Andretti did not have as good days and both will be starting in the middle of the pack. Henderson will start 34th and Andretti will be starting in 29th. Most likely they will not finish in so bad of a position, and will have a better race then qualifying day.

[Cassadaigua]

OOC: It's Kirsten Hopkins, not Kristen Hopkins. You've renamed her since the downtime!

[Newmanistan]

This is the cutoff for the Empire Motors 500.

Pos	Driver                         	Interval	Pts
1	11- Chris Sullivan- SEC 	WINNER	        180
2	72- Kyle Onasi- JGV         	-5.532	        170
3	93- Theodore Amyas- QMB     	-8.461	        165
4	15- Eric Murphy- SEC      	-10.226	        165
5	24- Ashley Clarke- CDG        	-11.748	        155
6	26- Thwante Handbosm- VPH	-13.288	        150
7	12- Erica Phillips- NEW       	-14.501	        146
8	22- Ambrose Douglas- TAE	-15.003	        142
9	30- Phillip Johnson- SIB	-15.244	        138
10	77- Bobcat Jones- LAN        	-18.603	        134
11	13- Matt Hensen- MAN         	-19.441	        130
12	16- Mike Carroll- NEW          	-23.759	        127
13	17- Matthew Schaefer- SEC	-24.527	        129
14	9-  Kibad Hahnea- VPH        	-26.116	        121
15	27- Calvin Emberton- JGV	-27.832	        118
16	01- Fred Hallock- BLU          	-28.420	        115
17	1-  Tony Abbott- DEL       	-30.374	        112
18	81- Ryan Wilkins- ADN       	-32.568	        109
19	39- Chris Miller- NEW          	-34.711	        111
20	5-  Kirsten Hopkins- CDG	-37.460	        103
21	50- Pedro Vaches- DFU      	-38.333	        100
22	19- Qui Vaul Obama- LAN    	-39.590	         97
23	14- A.J. Henderson- TAE       	-40.134	         94
24	8-  Chip Woods- TBI     	-42.356	         91
25	48- Danielle Pearson- CDG	-43.677	         88
26	4-  Matthew Portland- ADN	-45.392	         85
27	31- Byron King- SIB     	-47.823	         82
28	7-  Jeff Connolly- DEL     	-48.225	         79
29	34- Colby Andretti- TAE       	-1 lap	         76
30	3-  Marco Perez- DEL      	-1 lap	         73
31	42- Cathy Trillium- TBI     	-1 lap	         70
32	43- Raul Florentino- BLU	-1 lap	         67
33	25- Fransisco Ozinho- DFU	-1 lap	         64
34	99- Fernando Romao- DFU        	-1 lap	         61
35	00- Stan Pentti- QMB          	-1 lap	         58
36	20- Roamin Gary- GUV          	-2 laps	         55
37	37- Oliver Krousher- MAN	-2 laps	         52
38	96- Jason Antilles- JGV        	-2 laps	         49
39	21- Bandon Corp Uranium- GUV	DNF	         46
40	28- Ed Lorenzo- SIB            	DNF	         43
41	54- Kip Stensen- MAN         	DNF	         40
42	55- Bobby Lawrence- BLU   	DNF	         37
43	69- Branden Syd- QMB           	DNF	         34
44	92- Baspaalt Cagenil- VPH	DNF	         31
45	02- Guy Delmagio- GUV        	DNF	         28

39- Miller received 5 bonus points for winning the pole.
15- Murphy and 17- Schaefer received the winning nation 5 bonus points.

Pos	#- Driver- Country           	Pts	Behind
1	8-  Chip Woods- TBI      	2108	0
2	5-  Kirsten Hopkins- CDG    	2084	-24
3	14- A.J. Henderson- TAE  	2082	-26
4	27- Calvin Emberton- JGV	1988	-120
5	17- Matthew Schaefer- SEC	1952	-156
6	42- Cathy Trillium- TBI    	1920	-188
7	7-  Jeff Connolly- DEL     	1886	-222
8	72- Kyle Onasi- JGV      	1873	-235
9	4-  Matthew Portland- ADN	1863	-245
10	81- Ryan Wilkins- ADN    	1846	-262
11	26- Thwante Handbosm- VPH	1792	-316
12	48- Danielle Pearson- CDG	1788	-320
13	12- Erica Phillips- NEW    	1760	-348
14	1-  Tony Abbott- DEL      	1756	-352
15	93- Theodore Amyas- QMB    	1732	-376
16	15- Eric Murphy- SEC     	1731	-377
17	22- Ambrose Douglas- TAE	1718	-390
18	34- Colby Andretti- TAE    	1647	-461
19	96- Jason Antilles- JGV     	1615	-493
20	11- Chris Sullivan- SEC     	1602	-506
21	24- Ashley Clarke- CDG    	1561	-547
22	9-  Kibad Hahnea- VPH    	1536	-572
23	92- Baspaalt Cagenil- VPH	1518	-590
24	16- Mike Carroll- NEW     	1473	-635
25	3-  Marco Perez- DEL     	1429	-679
26	37- Oliver Krousher- MAN	1417	-691
27	39- Chris Miller- NEW     	1416	-692
28	50- Pedro Vaches- DFU     	1400	-708
29	55- Bobby Lawrence- BLU  	1399	-709
30	25- Fransisco Ozinho- DFU	1385	-723
31	99- Fernando Romao- DFU     	1344	-764
32	30- Phillip Johnson- SIB	1315	-793
33	21- Bandon Corp Uranium- GUV	1274	-834
34	69- Branden Syd- QMB      	1251	-857
35	19- Qui Vaul Obama- LAN    	1247	-861
36	43- Raul Florentino- BLU	1238	-870
37	13- Matt Hensen- MAN    	1219	-889
38	00- Stan Pentti- QMB    	1200	-908
39	20- Roamin Gary- GUV      	1159	-949
40	77- Bobcat Jones- LAN    	1155	-953
41	02- Guy Delmagio- GUV    	1140	-968
42	01- Fred Hallock- BLU    	1126	-982
43	31- Byron King- SIB        	1114	-994
44	28- Ed Lorenzo- SIB        	1042	-1066
45	54- Kip Stensen- MAN    	1009	-1099

The Second half gets underway tomorrow with qualifying from the Lakeland Speedway in Secristan for the Loophole Life Insurance 500

[Taeshan]

X Island Inquirer

Well it was a nice end to the first half of the Nationstates Stock Car Series. Even though most of the second half was postponed due to Soccer, it still feels lika a chapter in the season is over. A look back at the season so far shows us that the Taeshani side has been very competitive, more so then many though. A.J. Henderson sits only 26 points out of the Standings lead after a subpar performance finishing 23rd in last nights race. Ambrose Douglas drove above par and finished 8th in the race. Finally Colby Andretti finished 29th in the race, but due to many lower teams having good days and good teams having bad, all three Purple and Gold drivers sit in the top 20 afte rthe first 19 races. We hope they do as well in the second half.

[The Babbage Islands]

POCONO CITY, Newmanistan (BPA) -- Apparently the Woods Motorsport team from The Babbage Islands did a little too much celebrating after Cathy Trillium's win. Or maybe Chip Woods had another date with another mystery blonde.

In any case, the Babbagians were somewhat off form in the Empire City 500, with Trillium a full lap back in 31st place and Woods nearly a lap down in 24th.

However, Woods still sits atop the overall points standings at the end of the first half, although the gap between the first three remains razor-thin. Trillium slipped one position from fifth to sixth overall, but seems to be establishing her credibility as more than a road course specialist.

Other teams to watch in the second half include Taeshan (with two-time winner A.J. Henderson), Cassadaigua (with second-place Kirsten Hopkins), Jeffgordonville (two top 10 drivers), and Ad'ihan (also two top 10 drivers). The Babbage team, fielding only two drivers and not three, is not in contention for the team championship.

[BrightonBurg]

I'll get the next go round..

Roland Mudd,needs some work..