NSSCRA 7- Everything Thread (IC)

[Vangaziland]

Lindskog Takes Season Opener

Things did not look to be on an upside for Ellie Lindskog after the exhibition race in Newmanistan. She qualified 6th for the 150 but finished 14th. After going her first season without a win, it was an ominous sign. "This win is major for me", Ellie said after the Tundra Falls 500. "Now the goal is to prepare for the Chase."

Lindskog appeared to be all smiles after a long day on the track. She broke down into tears after climbing out of the driver's seat. Ellie fell to the ground crying before she stood, raised both arms and cheered. It was a moment that the driver would probably remember for the rest of her career.

The race got off to a rocky start for Ellie. This was mainly because of her qualifying run. She started 20th. With the way she ran later in the race, one would have expected her to get a good start. "There are some drivers desperate to lead early laps", Ellie said post-race. "The truth is that its about timing. It doesn't matter which random laps you lead."

Ellie fell back as far as 24th in the early laps, running 23rd for much of the first 100 miles. It was an ugly start for the driver, something she needed to change. "The car was feeling a little tight", Ellie said. "We made an adjustment after the first pit stop and that paid off."

This brought the next 100 mile stretch. Ellie's pit stop was indeed one of the fastest, based on the ground she quickly started to make up. It was also more than stop speed. The car was running faster up the field than any other. The adjustments to the car's handling and downforce helped it ride better. It wasn't about pit speed, but about what the team brought to the table. Outside teams may have missed this slight adjustment.

The result was that Ellie ran much of the mid to late race battling for the lead. She would fall back as far as 3rd. A few drivers battled for the lead with her. She spent a good 70 miles or so, battling with Kai Qiang. "Kai is a great driver", said Ellie. "Racers from the Sherpa Empire are motivated and skillful. They'll do well throughout the season."

She also battled with last year's Champion, Shark Suzgar. Shark kept the lead for much of that stretch. He had a strong hold on the lead over Ellie, leading lap after clocking lap. Ellie seemed content just to draft off him for much of the middle 60 miles or so. She would pass occasionally, just for Shark to take back the spot. "We all know Shark will be in it when the curtains fall", Ellie said. "His Championship last year surprised everyone."

Shark soon ran into trouble though. Luckily, his car wasn't taken off the field, but he fell back to last and ran near the back for some time.

With 200 miles to go, there was no turning back for Ellie. With Shark out of the way, her hold on the lead began to intensify. Kai Qiang returned and began to push the tempo. Stacie Houston from Cassadaigua also joined the fray. As the race wore on, Kev Schorebrook fought his way from the top 10, to the top 3. Kev went from 6th to 2nd, drafting on Ellie's tail. It took a slow grind for Kev to battle for the lead. In the end, he couldn't get past Ellie.

"It's funny", Kev said laughing. "I just finished telling Ellie she could draft off me to get up the field. Yet there I was, frantically trying to draft off her towards the end."

Kev couldn't keep up though. He finished 8th. A late race pack made their way past him, 2 or 3 cars at a time. "Our strategy was off by just the slightest amount", Kev admitted. "Our tires lacked a little juice towards the end. Didn't give me the best grip. It's something we can work on."

The result was a bit of a missed opportunity for Schorebrook, who started 5th. "This isn't the WGPC, Kev said. The stock car field moves a lot. Qualifying well is a great way to start a weekend. The truth is that it will take effort all week to fully prepare for a race. Every decision, bit of rest and car adjustment comes into play throughout the race."

An early spin set Kev back. Floyd Hackerbee was aggressively working his way up the field. Floyd's #75 found itself behind Kev's 50. Bryan Harrison of Newmanistan had passed Kev in his own race into the top 10. When Harrison made an unexpected maneuver, Kev had to hit the brakes. Floyd tapped his rear bumper and sent Kev spinning to the inside, opposite of the wall. Luckily Kev was able to regain control before fully wrecking.

Floyd's car was okay, taking a minor adjustment at his next scheduled stop. Kev fell far back, running much of the first 100 miles in the lows 30s. By the end of mile 200, Kev had only worked his way into 18th. Floyd had fallen back just a little to 9th. Kev ran between 5th and 7th for much of laps 200-400. "We had to fight to regain our spots, but then our strategy came into play."

Kev and the REDUP #25 spent much of that time drafting. Kev turned things up towards the race's last quarter. By the last 100 miles, he made his way into the top 3. This was where he met Ellie and tried to draft and pass for the lead. Ellie knew his passing strategy. Both cars also had the same engine. It pushed all three Vannish Motors chassis up the field at separate times.

Both Ellie and Kev found themselves in the middle to rear of the pack during the Tundra Falls 500. The win took Ellie to the podium, where she again cried tears of joy. "I want to thank my sponsors, Royal Imperial. Vannish Motors. They put out a great car today. Here's to more success in the future."

"I feel this was a good starting point", said Kev. "We have some good takeaways from this. We made a run for the lead, even after a little trouble on the track. We can improve in the future."

Hackerbee had a race that was downright ugly. He made the contact which ruined Kev's early race. He still kept to the top 10 for a hundred miles or so after the incident.

Floyd ran into his own trouble on mile 241. He made contact with the wall, while coming out of a turn. The pack ran extra tight to the outside wall and left Floyd little room. After a pit stop to fix the aerodynamics, Kev returned to run much of the next 60 miles closer to 27th.

"It was a disappointing first race", Floyd said. "We didn't gain much ground in the race for a wild card spot. Luckily it's still early."

Floyd would move up as the race wore on. Climbing from the rear was a slow process. After 100 miles, Floyd had only moved up to 22nd. As the race began to wind down, Floyd pushed towards the top 10. He ran many late miles in 11th, but had trouble getting past Stacie Houston. To make matters worse, Curtis, Logan and Li skipped ahead of him before the final flag fell. The Humboltson Hotels #75 finished 14th.

A look at the progression of the field shows Vannish cars are capable of making a lot of time up on the track. Floyd and Kev ran into late race strategy issues. Kev fell back from a top 3 finish. Floyd failed to make it into the top 10. Both male Vangazi would need to tighten up that last loose bolt to find success in NSSCRA 7.

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[Jebslund]

9th Place Finish Puts Oberst Eva Kerman in the Top 10
First scored race of NSSCRA 7 puts the tankers above the sailors and flyboys.

Well, sports fan, I'm certainly in a good mood today. My girl Oberst Eva put herself in the top ten after her performance in the first real race of the NSSCRA 7 season. Yes, I know it's not a top 5 or even a pole spot, but cut a reporter some slack! After last season, I'll take it. Anyway, if the Oberst keeps driving on like she's been, and works on doing better each race, I'm sure she'll be our best bet for the Chase. Either way, though, I'm pulling for her as usual! The Oberst was unavailable for comment, once again, though her pit chief assures me she's hard at work studying for the next race. If you're reading this, Oberst Eva, I hooked you up with a free 5-pack at Die Glückliche Ratte, my treat.

Nicht-Bill, meanwhile, seems to have found the gas pedal, going from his disappointing 28th-place finish in the exhibition to 13th place in the opener. Improvement like that will take you far, Hauptmann, and I'm sure I'm not the only Jebslunder who'd like to see you keep on keeping on. Your shipmates on the Hornissennest-II have all written in regarding my last article and this week's improvement (I almost didn't have time to get this to print), and I'm glad, for my mailbox's sake, to be able to write on you in a better light. Once again, though, Nicht-Bill was unavailable for comment, which is probably for the best. I hear he wasn't all that happy with me after last week's issue went to print.

This week's disappointing finish goes to Oberfeldwebel Sofia Kerman, who seems to have forgotten the "zoom" part of "boom and zoom". Dropping from 17th last race to 26th in this one, I find myself wondering if the pressure to score well got to her opening race. I can't really think of any other reason for the lackluster performance, seeing as she qualified 17th. Hopefully, she'll get used to the pressure as the season goes on, or this one's going to be a dismal one for the Luft-Raum Armeekorps. My heart goes out to you, Oberfelwebel Sofia, and a six-pack of soda and desert chocolate from Dürrdürrwüste to help lift your spirits.

Today's featured Imbissmeister is Die Glückliche Ratte, which specialises in stadium fare. Ever since Jebslund's participation in NSSCRA 6, tourists who went to the Sherpa Empire have wanted to bring back a wonderful Guilin local specialty they had: Roasted rat. Now, as you readers, particularly fans of racing, know, one pair in particular, the brothers Maxwell Kerman and Folger Kerman, had several breeding pairs imported to begin a rat farm. Several months of careful farming, imports of more breeding pairs, and vet bills later, the brothers had developed a new snacking sensation that swept the nation's sporting fans! From their humble beginnings of Guilin-style roast rats, new flavors have been being introduced constantly, such as Teriyaki, Bier und Limette, Speck-Ranch, and Jet-Auspuff, a super-spicy smoked barbecue flavor for the boldly adventurous. When you folks out there get hungry during the big race, stop by a Die Glückliche Ratte booth and get a roasted rat! Welfare certified, so you know it's good and worth the money!

Writing for the Sportler, this has been Eva Kerman wishing you a lucky season!

[Newmanistan]

Qualifying for Grande Mountain is underway!

Race: Pink Love 350
Track Record: 29.428 sec

Drivers in red needed to qualify into the field, and failed to.

1 #27 Stacie Houston (Cassadaigua)                        29.678
 2 #18 Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                       29.707
 3 #1 Hauptmann Wilhelm Kerman (Jebslund)                  29.708
 4 #25 Kev Schorebrook (Vangaziland)                       29.777
 5 #90 Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                     29.797
 6 #32 Andrew Holden (Lisander) *Q*                        29.818
 7 #24 Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                       29.852
 8 #44 Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                       29.885
 9 #4 Meghan Sharpe (Cassadaigua)                          29.892
10 #75 Floyd Hackerbee (Vangaziland)                       29.912
11 #46 Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                          29.920
12 #9 Lício Granado (Lisander)                             29.946
13 #14 River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilita & Turori)           29.966
14 #48 Shawn Curtis (Newmanistan)                          29.972
15 #98 Adam Poboski (Greythorne) *Q*                       30.014
16 #70 Larry Toothworth (Greythorne)                       30.019
17 #2 Centur Tiones (Vilita & Turori)                      30.024
18 #16 Tom Bombelli (Xanneria)                             30.080
19 #41 Yraaga Gilli'i (Vilita & Turori)                    30.083
20 #12 Roman Gwinnett (Xanneria)                           30.141
21 #13 Oberst Eva Kerman (Jebslund)                        30.206
22 #76 Kevin von Pressman (Greythorne)                     30.239
23 #69 Oberfeldwebel Sofia Kerman (Jebslund)               30.270
24 #7 Lourdina Westgrens (Lisander)                        30.280
25 #3 Skip Stiller (Saint Kanye)                           30.289
26 #55 Francis Furheart Sr. (The Ferret Lands)             30.323
27 #71 Mael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)           30.367
28 #28 Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                             30.381
29 #78 Cocoabo #78 (Tropicorp)                             30.460
30 #56 Francis Furheart Jr. (The Ferret Lands)             30.565
31 #99 Gael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)           30.574
32 #88 Liangmei Li (The Sherpa Empire)                     30.608
33 #42 Euroli Islander (Tropicorp) *Q*                     30.644
34 #94 Yael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine) *Q*       30.647
35 #23 James McCurty (Hampton Island) *Q*                  30.814
36 #17 Tyler Abbott (Cassadaigua)                          30.831
37 #22 Kevin Cosgrove (Hampton Island)                     31.021
38 #34 Warren Pawstone (The Ferret Lands) *Q*              31.094
39 #5 Bryan Harrison (Newmanistan)                         31.160
40 #11 Jenna Logan (Cassadaigua)                           31.224
41 #49 Melvin Andrew (One Jamaica) *Q*                     31.374
42 #29 Jeff Shreeves (Central Shanesville) *Q*             31.382
43 #21 Omar Brady (One Jamaica)                            31.439
44 #10 Eddie Walters Jr (Xanneria) *Q*                     31.449
45 #8 Jennifer Jane (One Jamaica)                          31.484
46 #6 Alex Knight (Hampton Island)                         31.609
47 #91 David Land (Central Shanesville)                    31.630
48 #20 Shane Wray (Central Shanesville)                    31.762
49 #50 Ellie Lindskog (Vangaziland)                        31.996

[The Sherpa Empire]

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‭Mendok Sherpa didn't know whether to be grossed out or amused when she stumbled upon a Jebslunden article about Die Glückliche Ratte's new line of roasted rat snacks. "So much great food in the Sherpa Empire, and that's what they want to bring home?" She already thought it was gross that people in the southern Chinese Territories ate rats, and the Jebslunden flavors sounded like they would only make it worse. People were strange.

‭She showed it to Tsering Chu, and Chu responded, "That's disgusting. I don't know why anybody eats rats in the first place."

‭"You've never had them?"

‭"No, not everybody Chinese eats rats. That's gross."

‭They were both from the Yangtze valley, whereas roasted rats were a regional specialty further south.

‭Kai Qiang and his crew had eaten their share of rats back home in Guilin, but they thought of them as a casual snack for lower class people who wanted something meaty to munch on, but didn't have a lot of money to spend on it. They were a bit puzzled when Mendok showed them the article.

‭"Teriyaki might be good," said a mechanic.

‭"I kind of wonder what speck-ranch tastes like," said Qiang.

‭"It sounds weird, but it might work," said his crew chief, Houzhi Chang. "Maybe I should buy some ranch dressing and try that when I get home."

‭"I just think it's funny that they're treating rats like some kind of delicacy," said Qiang's gas man.

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‭Tshering Chu had the best qualifying session of any of the drivers from the Sherpa Empire at Grande Mountain. She and her crew bounced around grinning and signing to each other, their expressions and gestures exaggerated to make up for having no words to express their excitement. Between this and their thoroughly respectable 4th place finish at the Tundra Falls 500, they were feeling like they had demonstrated their right to be in NSSCRA.

‭Kai Qiang found their exaggerated body language a bit comical, but he wasn't too fussed about them. He was in a decent position himself, having qualified 8th.

‭Liangmei Li, who had qualified 32nd, was finding it increasingly difficult to cling to her delusions of superiority and ranted at length about how Chu was only there because people had coddled her because of her disability.

‭"You know, jealousy is an ugly thing," Qiang said to her when he overheard some of her ranting.

‭Li patted him on the head. "Little dogs always have the loudest bark."

‭Qiang brushed her hand away. "I'm not a dog!"

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‭Back home in the Sherpa Empire, a controversy was brewing. Dinggu Wang wanted to race at Plum Lake, since the Sherpa Ministry of Culture had first dibs on the open charter for that race and getting there was less of a logistical challenge than going overseas. However, the Ministry of Culture was being uncooperative. They wanted to see if any foreign teams would pay them to step aside and leave it open for another driver.

‭The Ministry was upset because IRACT and the Suzhou Racing Club were behind schedule on the preparations they had promised to make at Plum Lake, including some safety measures that NSSCRA officials said were not optional. At one of IRACT's qualifying races, someone had driven into the lake that the course was named for and nearly drowned, as well as completely ruining their car. Liuyong Xu had also derailed his efforts to qualify for a 2nd season of NSSCRA by driving through a fence and rolling his car into some poor unlucky farmer's fruit trees. Stuff like that might be fun to watch in action movies, but it was dangerous, and NSSCRA officials said it had no place in any NSSCRA-sanctioned event. IRACT and SRC had promised to install a barrier to prevent cars from going into the lake, as well as reinforcing some of the less sturdy fences along the route, adding foam cushioning where there were stone walls, and making arrangements for the crowds of spectators they were expecting. IRACT was still a new organization scrambling to keep up with their financial and organizational responsibilities, they had not yet made the promised improvements at Plum Lake, and the Ministry was worried that it would have to step in with its own money and manpower to clean up IRACT's mess if they didn't get their act together.

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‭Meanwhile, somewhere in rural Guangdong, a different kind of drama was unfolding, something much more private, but in some ways much more serious.

‭Yuan Qiang and Bao Xing had never had a happy marriage. They were dirt-poor and they had married for all the wrong reasons. Bao Xing had a very rigid and outdated notion of gender roles, and he didn't care who his wife was as long as she was pretty and he could keep her under his thumb. Yuan Qiang had been pressured into marrying him because her parents were dead, she had no employment prospects to speak of, and the relatives that she was staying with did not want to be responsible for her any longer. Her only other living relative at that time was her brother, who lived hundreds of kilometers away in Guangxi and was already working his fingers to the bone just to support himself.

‭In the beginning, Bao Xing thought Yuan Qiang was perfect for him. She was strikingly beautiful, and he was sure that in time she would learn to love him and behave the way he wanted. Yuan Qiang never agreed. She knew from the start that she wanted nothing to do with Bao Xing. She thought of running away to live with her brother instead of marrying Xing, but she wasn't sure what she would find when she got to Guangxi, or how she would get there with bound feet and no car. So she didn't go. She stayed in Guangdong and married Bao Xing. At their wedding feast, she barely ate anything because she had no appetite, and she could barely sit through it without crying.

‭As time wore on, and Yuan Qiang still didn't love Bao Xing, he became increasingly resentful. He had always had unreasonable expectations, but as time went on, passive-aggressive "requests" gave way to angry demands and threats. And when he still could not make her love him, threats gave way to violence.

‭Bao Xing still wanted to keep up the outward illusion that Yuan Qiang loved him, and that meant keeping her away from other people as much as possible so she couldn't complain to them about the way he treated her. He kept her at home as much as possible, and she didn't have many friends. But she still talked to her brother from time to time, and if Xing was out of the house when they talked, she would tell her brother the truth about what was going on. Xing didn't like it, but when he had tried to stop her from using the phone, her brother had threatened to drive down to Guangdong and bash Xing's head in.

‭Bao Xing and his brother in law had always disliked each other. Kai Qiang thought Xing was a shitty husband and his sister deserved better. Bao Xing saw Kai Qiang as a threat because he was the most likely person that Yuan Qiang would turn to if she ever tried to leave.

‭It was the sort of dysfunctional family drama that plays out for hundreds of families around the world, but is usually swept under the rug because most people would rather not think about it.

‭And then NSSCRA came along and things took a bizarre twist.

‭Bao Xing had all sorts of conflicting thoughts and feelings about Kai Qiang's newfound fame and fortune. The part of him that saw Kai Qiang as a threat was terrified that he would now have the means to actually do something for his sister instead of being constantly distracted with his own survival. But there was another part of Xing that saw an opportunity. He could use Yuan Qiang as leverage to guilt trip Kai Qiang into sending him money. And there was jealousy too.

‭Bao Xing had been trying for several months to get Kai Qiang to send him money, saying he needed it to take care of Yuan Qiang and their son. The first time, Kai Qiang had sent a check made out to Yuan Qiang, but Bao Xing had gotten her to deposit the check and hand the money over to him. Lately, though, Kai Qiang refused to send any more money because he thought Bao Xing was just taking advantage.

‭The start of a new season of NSSCRA had reminded Bao Xing that Kai Qiang had money, which brought on a fresh round of guilt trips begging for money and saying he couldn't afford to feed the family without it. When Qiang said no, Xing got angry and took it out on his wife, becoming more abusive than ever. Xing demanded that Yuan Qiang make her brother send them money, and when she couldn't get the money he wanted, he got violent.

‭In the morning before the Pink Love 350, Kai Qiang got a phone call from his sister. She was crying. She said Bao Xing was throwing tantrums and refusing to feed her or their son. "I can't live like this!" she wailed.

‭"You need to get out of there," said Kai Qiang.

‭"I'm scared of what he'll do if I leave."

‭"Okay... I will help you get out of there, but I'm in Cassadaigua right now and I have a race today. I can't do anything until after this race, but I will help you get out there as soon as I can. I promise."

‭"Okay, but what do I do now?" said Yuan Qiang.

‭"I don't know! I'll help you as soon as I can, but I'm sorry -- I need to get down to the track."

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[Greythrone]

Location: Xavam Automotive Sports Team Base, Polington Tower, East Dunside, Greythrone
Time: 21:00 Local Time

Pink Love 350 Qualification result

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- 15 #98 Adam Poboski (Greythorne) 30.014
- 16 #70 Larry Toothworth (Greythorne) 30.019
- 22 #76 Kevin von Pressman (Greythorne)  30.239

Xavam AST principal/ manager, Rob McTempest III express his delight with Pink Love 350 Qualification result. Some improvement he said. #98 Adam Poboski qualified for the first time and registered a fastest among the team with 30.014 and followed closely by #70 Larry Toothworth with 5 sec. behind. #76 Kevin von Pressman in number 22 with 30.239.

They should do a better performance at an actual race, he said.

[Saint Kanye]

NSSCRA: "STACEMIAH" MAKE UP FRONT ROW AT G. MOUNTAIN
Lindskog goes from winner to rear of field

by Dante Dinkley

GRANDE MOUNTAIN - Pink Love Clothing, the Cassadagan apparel brand, has secured the naming rights to the second points race of the seventh NSSCRA (Nationstates Stock Car Racing Association) season, held here at Grande Mountain Speedway. The qualifying session for the newly christened Pink Love 350 has concluded with hometown driver Stacie Houston (#27) getting pole position, with Kanyean Jeremiah Brooke, driver of the #18 Hyde Medical Group Chadwick for Glorious Free Republic Motorsports, on her outside. The release of the qualifying results have created a huge buzz among online supporters of the series, as Brooke has been falsely rumored to be Houston's boyfriend. "These sort of rumors never fail to make me laugh", said the Yeezie driver. "I'm thinking that maybe Stacie and I should do more stuff together, just to mess with the masses some more."

Thea Alvarez, also of St. Kanye, had a decent qualifying run, taking her #46 Multiversal Automotive Coatings Chadwick to the eleventh position in the grid. Skip Stiller, the third Kanyean entry, is way behind his teammates at twenty-fifth. "Here we go again with all the climbing from the middle to the front. Hoping for a better outcome than back in Tundra Falls", said the driver of the #3 QED Car Rentals Chadwick.

Tundra Falls 500 winner Ellie Lindskog, who drives the #50 Royal Imperial Brewery VM, is starting forty-third and last. The DNQs for this race are #94 Yael Erwann, #23 James McCurty, #34 Warren Pawstone, #49 Melvin Andrew, #29 Jeff Shreeves and #10 Eddie Walters Jr. Erwann, Andrew and Shreeves have failed all of their qualifying attempts so far. Pawstone's absence comes a week after placing seventh in Tundra Falls.

GFR part-time driver Philip west was supposed to attempt this race, but gave way to local part-timer Tyler Abbott (#17). Abbott, as NSSCRA fans may remember, used to sit behind the wheel of the Team Cassadaigua #11 car, before being replaced late last season by Jenna Logan, who remains in that car today. West's #19 Blood Moon Beer Chadwick has yet to show up in a race this season.

All qualifying sessions and races will be broadcast live on SKYNET (Saint KanYe NETwork) Sports Channel 12, and online at nsscra.skynet.stk.

[Vilita and Turori]

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Tiones shines as Defending Champ DNF's.

#14 River 'Shark' Suzgar braces for impact as something has broken in the Right Front.


#2 Centur Tiones passes #41 Yraaga Gilli'i en-route to a Top 3 Finish in Tundra Falls

Tundra Falls 500, Tundra Falls Proving Grounds, Newmanistan :: Vilita & Turori driver and defending NSSCRA Champion River "Shark" Suzgar II appeared to be picking up right where they left off in Tundra Falls having won the NSSCRA Title in Newmanistan to end the sixth season of competition and after 3 segments of action in the Tundra Falls 500, Suzgar found themselves ahead of the pack leading Ellie Lindskog and Thea Alvarez.

While leading in the 4th Segment Suzgar noticed the car acting strange but decided to try to diagnose it themselves on the track. Ultimately it would be the wrong decision as the car went straight into turn 3 eventually making heavy contact with the wall. Suzgar brought the car to pit road where the Vilita & Turori Motorsports team did their best to repair the damage and keep the #14 Vilitan Tourism / Vilaye energy drink Machine competitive but after riding around for a handful of laps it was clear that there was just too much damage and Suzgar brought the car to the garage retiring from the event.

That left two Vilita & Turori drivers left to fight things out, Centur Tiones and Yraaga Gilli'i. Both drivers had shown strength during the race - perhaps not as strong as Suzgar who had led the race earlier on, but Tiones and Gilli'i were knocking on the door of the top 5. Tiones would eventually climb into the top five during the final segment and rally for a top 3 finish and a great start to the season with Tiones' having stated that anything other than an appearance in the playoffs would be a disappointment for the #2 Dart team on the season.

Yraaga Gilli'i in the Tropicorp Racing Machine would slide back towards the end of the event finishing 20th. With the top five finish, Centur Tiones finds themselves third in the NSSCRA points standings behind Ellie Lindskog of Vangaziland and Kai Qiang of the Sherpa Empire after one event.

Centur Tiones :: #2 Tiones Lumber Dart
:: WINS: [ 0 ] :: TOP 5: [ 1 ] :: TOP 10: [ 2* ] -:- POLES: [ 0 ]

Tiones had a quiet but exciting day in the Tundra Falls 500, battling in the midst of the action all day long and floating to the top to finish third in the Tundra Falls 500, the Turorian drivers fifth career Top 5 and 9th career Top 10 finish.

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River "Shark" Suzgar :: #14 Vilitan Tourism / Vilaye Energy Drink / Toys '4' All Dart
:: WINS: [ 0 ] :: TOP 5: [ 0 ] :: TOP 10: [ 0 ] -:- POLES: [ 1* ]

Defending NSSCRA Champion had Vilitan Tourism on the hood of the car for the Tundra Falls 500 and looked set to give the perfect advertising boost to the Tourism Department after the #14 Dart was leading through three segments. In the end, it was not to be however, as a suspected cut tire in Segment four ended Suzgar's day early and opened the door for eventual winner Ellie Lindskog of Vangaziland.

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Yraaga Gilli'i :: #41 Tropicorp Racing Supply Dart
:: WINS: [ 0 ] :: TOP 5: [ 0 ] :: TOP 10: [ 1* ] -:- POLES: [ 0 ]

Gilli'i had a great short run car throughout the day and regularly battled inside the top 10 particularly in the 6-10 portion of the leaderboard but struggled to keep the consistency throughout the day. Unfortunately, as timing would have it the last run of the day and last set of tyres weren't to the liking of Gilli'i who slide back to a 20th place finish in the Tundra Falls 500 after running as a 8th through multiple segments of action earlier on.

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Development / Open Drivers ::

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Rockii Ezis :: #60 CoCoCo / Coco-Mart Dart

The #60 CoCoCo Dart testing at the Lonngeylin Ring

:: WINS: [ N/A ] :: TOP 5: [ N/A ] :: TOP 10: [ N/A ] -:- POLES: [ N/A ]
While the rest of the Vilita & Turori team were busy contesting the Tundra Falls 500 in Newmanistan, Rockii Ezis, resigned to the fact that they would not be racing in either the Tundra Falls 500 or the NSSCRA's second matchup, got to work focusing on a race that he knew he would be certain to be racing at, the Lonngeylin Bull Ring. Ezis made over a hundred laps around the ring which could give the part-time driver an edge when the field come to Rockii Coast.

Ezis hopes to impress in the Toys '4' All 500 at the Lonngeylin Ring and hopes his team can sort out the paperwork for a charter transfer to ensure that the second race in Cassadaigua is the last race of the season that the #60 is not a part of.

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iBen Toralmintii :: #77 Turori Tourism / Cocoabo Preservation Society Dart
:: WINS: [ N/A ] :: TOP 5: [ N/A ] :: TOP 10: [ N/A ] -:- POLES: [ N/A ]

iBen Toralmintii is currently not scheduled for any events this season.

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Vilaye continue pursuit of NSSCRA Pole Award Partnership

:: Vilaye Energy Drink

The Vilisorma beverage company have continued negotiations with the NSSCRA organizing committee regarding the possibility of one of its brand being named the official sponsor of the NSSCRA series Pole Award, handed out weekly to the driver fastest in the Qualification Round. To date it is believed that the Vilisorma Beverage Companies Vilaye Energy Drink brand is the only company interested in the Pole Award sponsorship however they did want to wait before awarding the rights to sponsor the Pole Award to Vilaye Energy Drink in the event that another company showed interest and injected a competitive bidding into the process.

Vilaye Energy Drink also serve as an associate sponsor on the #14 Vilita & Turori Motorsports machine of defending NSSCRA Champion River 'Shark' Suzgar II and will serve as primary sponsor of the #14 car for select races during the NSSCRA season including the next event on the calendar, the Pink Love 350 at Grande Mountain Raceway.

It will be the first race that Vilaye has been primary sponsor for since Jama'obo Pegasii left the series at the end of NSSCRA Season 6 to pursue an open wheel career with SVJ Racing in Savorjarna running the World Grand Prix 2 Circuit.

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[Cassadaigua]

Houston Knows Her Way,
by Erica Finn, Grande Mountain Gazette

Qualifying for the Pink Love 350 is over, and sitting on the pole for the race is Stacie Houston, something that is not unusual at Grande Mountain Speedway. This is a track that has been kind to Stacie over the years, and she has six poles domestically at this track to go along with four wins, the current winningest driver in Cassadaigua at this track. Speaking of the pole, there have been rumors that Vilaye Energy Drink is trying hard to receive naming rights for the pole award. However, Spacebook executive Cathy Brinley told us, “Spacebook is placing a bid as well to receive this distinction. NSSCRA has proven itself to be a successful series, and we have proudly placed our logo on the number four machine driven by Meghan Sharpe. Meghan was able to get us into the chase last year, and we believe she will duplicate that performance this series, and hopefully build on it. It is an honor for a company to receiving the naming right for this, and you have to think that the Spacebook Pole sounds a lot better then the Vilaye Energy Drink Pole.” Brinley went on to add, “However, I must add that Vilaye is a very good product that I endorse.” World Cup forward Hannah Ranucci, the MVP of our effort pointed out, “I like both Vilaye and Spacebook. However, Spacebook might be having some declining membership numbers. Vilaye is cool, we had some before our World Cup game against Vilita, and I think it went a long way in being the only nation that ever defeated them during the cycle.”

If Spacebook was hoping to get an endorsement from Pink Love Clothing, the sponsor for the upcoming race in Grande Mountain, a Pink Love spokesperson, Brittany Fontaine, told us, “Spacebook is about yesterday. I can’t remember the last time I checked my spacebook account. By the way, Pink Love is proud to offer a 27% discount on all items if Stacie Houston wins the race, you can go online, or check us out on social media, even if you use Spacebook. I have acquired a taste for Vilaye Energy Drink. Nothing will get you revved up in the morning by putting on some Pink Love and sippin’ a Vilaye.”

As for being on the pole, and again not being far from Jeremiah Brooke, who starts beside her, Houston told us, “Obviously, it’s the best place start, getting that first pit stall is beneficial, especially here. Not surprised to see that 18 next to me.” It is no secret that Houston and Brooke have become good friends, with many wondering if it will ever be any more then that. There was some people talking about that on Spacebook, but wait, hardly no one reads that anymore.

OOC: I only wish for Spacebook to be considered as another bidder for pole naming rights and do not seriously want it considered over Vilaye Energy Drink.

[Jebslund]

Spirits were high for the Wasserarmee team. Nicht-Bill, their driver, had not only managed to qualify highest of all the Jebslunden, he had also managed to put himself in the 2nd row by qualifying third. For the first hour after the results were announced, the Wasserarmee team celebrated with everything except alcohol, good feelings and congratulations spread round the team as a whole. After that, however, it was time to get serious and knuckle down, and knuckle down they all did, with near-ceaseless practice laps and video review and pit practice and studying and scheming as they redoubled their efforts in a bid to make the most of the fortuitous qualifier and hopefully secure a win using the start as a springboard. They weren't the only ones, either. With interviews and food runs as the rare exception, neither hide nor hair was seen of any NSSCRA-participating Kerbal outside of the track and their quarters between the qualifier and the race.

[Brittany Normandy Aquitaine]

Nantes Time

Slow Day

A slow news day as the Banana Erwann Motorsports Team once again has Yael missing out on the race, this time just barely missing the cut for the race, while Mael and Gael start near eachother around the 20's. This is practically a repeat of last week's lookout, as the drivers prepare for Grande Mountain, a track that will test if they can repeat the success from the last race.

[Vangaziland]

Team WGP2 Versus NSSCRA Squad For Charity

On an off weekday between WGPC and NSSCRA events, six drivers under the banner of Vannish Motors Racing got together for a friendly basketball game. Three drivers from each series would square off in a 3-on-3 game for charity. The match was held in Blue Coast Secondary's gymnasium. Since BCS is a basketball powerhouse in its academic division, the facility was worthy of the event.

Tickets were sold to raise money for the Order of the Purple Cross. The humanitarian aid organization is raising funds for a mission in East Africa. The Order is an international body of 30 nations that come together to donate equipment, personnel and funding to help affected nations.

"I think The Order has such an important mission", said Jessica Franssen. Jess isn't technically a WGP2 driver. She competes in the top tier WGPC. Franssen was brought on as acting principal for VMR WGP2. It's her second season in the role. Joining Jess was Karli Schmitt, one of VMR's WGP2 drivers. An interesting third choice was Ade Imoju.

Imoju technically drives for a team in West-East Timor. Ade ran a GT2 series in Hodori for Vannish Motors. He's still considered a part of the VMR family, especially since he did so well in competition with the company's flagship sports car.

The outsiders would face Ellie Lindskog, Floyd Hackerbee and Kev Schorebrook. The game started with light teasing from Team WGP2. "Aren't you NSSCRA guys more into bass fishing as a sport?" Jessica directed the snark towards Floyd Hackerbee. She seemed to be trying to get into his head before the game started, teasing him a few times. Floyd looked bothered, eventually turning red.

"Basketball isn't exactly my sport", Hackerbee said. The fact that he was the tallest person on the court seemed to draw Jessica's attention.

The first team to score 21 would win. Normal shots would be worth 1 point. 3 pointers would be worth 2 points. Each team would have to bring defensive rebounds behind the 3 point line before they could shoot. After one team scores, the opposite team receives the ball. A ref was in place to call fouls, but planned on being lenient. There was only one camera, connected to the official livestream. The best way to see the game would be to see it live.

The high school was packed, with this many drivers in one place. They signed autographs and took pictures after the game. They did so for a donation to The Order. The game would be an exciting product for the day. Both teams had their surprises.

Karli had discovered how good Jess was after a few mid-season shoot-arounds. She practiced with Jess, who had insider training from a member of the IBCs Royals.

Team WGP2's star turned out to be Franssen. "Hectare taught me a lot", she said about the captain of the Vannish national team. "I do drills often, just for the exercise. I really want to get good at it."

Much like Hectare Yulssen, Jess put on a display of handling and facilitation. Kev Schorebrook decided to guard Jess. Ellie Lindskog and Ade Imoju guarded each other. This left Floyd Hackerbee and Karli Schmitt. Neither of the last pair really seemed to want the ball.

Karli was still more of an effective player than Floyd. It almost became a mismatch. Karli knew how to post up and use the backboard to score. She backed her shoulders into Floyd before turning to his inside. With a slippery shoulder shrug, she dipped her way into the lane for a point. Floyd seemed out of it. His first shot was a long air ball. Karli always had a step on him. She soon realized she could pass out of her dribble.

Ade was a decent shooter, she soon found out. He seemed to always run in the right place to catch a pass. Jess helped this out by setting screens when Karli had the ball. Sometimes Jess would roll off her screen and cut to the basket. It turned into an ugly start for NSSCRA squad as they fell behind 8-13.

The most exciting thing about the game had to be the way Jessica dribbled the basketball. Kev was the most athletic person on the NSSCRA team and he had a hard time keeping up with the WGPC driver. "Jess is a tricky duck", Kev said after the game. Some of the plays were downright embarrasing.

At one point, Jessica stutter stepped her way up to Kev. With each step, she put the ball between her legs, rocked her shoulders and stutterered her step as if she was about to take off. Finally she bounded right, just to twist left and push that way. When Kev moved his body to change directions, Jess stopped with a jump. Now Kev was tangled up and stuck in motion. Jess pushed off her left calf and sprinted hard right. Kev had to turn and spin to try to cut her off.

Jess brought the ball around her chest in a circle before lifting it high for a windmill layup. The crowd went wild. Some even laughed at Kev's expense.

The other surprise was the shooting ability of Ellie Lindskog. She started slow, missing a few shots. Her form looked good. Finally, she began to warm up. She hit a three pointer, now worth 2 points. At that point, she figured out this rim. "Basketball was my love in high school", said the lanky Royal Imperial Brewery driver. Both Ellie and Karli have blonde hair. Karli's is darker and has green eyes, unlike Ellie's light blues.

The NSSCRA drivers' appearances are fairly known. A Vannish comedy skit portrayed Kev and Floyd as opposites as each other. They focused on the difference in hairstyles. Floyd was a fanatic about his big hair. Kev shaved his bald. Both were meticulous in maintaining their style. They wrote Kev's character as being a suave secret agent type of character. Floyd was written as a clueless country rocker.

Ellie hit three 2 point shots (normally 3 pts) in a row to bring the score to 18-19. WGP2 had the lead, but NSSCRA had brought things closer. The large gym rose to its feet. Kev worked well to read where she liked to shoot from. Floyd Hackerbee's sole task was to set picks. This would force Karli to switch to Ellie and Ellie could shoot easier.

Out deep behind the three point line, Jess had the ball. She dribbled slowly until Kev began playing her aggressively. That's what she wanted. The former Mattijana Racing Team driver ran right toward Ade Imoju. Kev smashed into the black Omni Katoa driver. This forced Ellie to switch. Now Jess prepared to give Ellie some of her own medicine.

Now Ellie tried to guard Jessica Franssen frantically. Both drivers had been their team's star tonight. Who would prevail? Ellie expected Jess to waste time with an iso dribble and then cut to the basket. She crouched back, trying to cut off the lane.

Jess had an almost indignant look, as if 'you're going to give me this room?'

With such a fluid motion, she rose high into the air before releasing her shot. She landed with her right hand still up and held it, fingers closed tight against each other. Jess leaned to the left more and more as the shot got closer. The ball rolled around the inside of the rim until it bounced straight up. It looked like a possible miss. Three people jumped for the rebound.

Except gravity caught the ball above the net. It fell straight down and in for a two pointer. The crowd erupted in cheers.

"It was great to show how hard I've been working at the sport", said Jessica. "It's the national craze, after all. But remember. This was all for charity. All for the Order of the Purple Cross." Vannish Motors NSSCRA cars will sport a small OPC badge on the rear bumper.

[Newmanistan]

Race: Pink Love 350 @ Grande Mountain, Cassadaigua
Track Record: 29.428 sec.
Minimum Time Needed to Avoid DNF: 32.400 sec.

Segment 1:

1 #27 Stacie Houston (Cassadaigua)                    29.618
 2 #90 Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                 29.641
 3 #44 Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                   29.675
 4 #46 Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                      29.711
 5 #25 Kev Schorebrook (Vangaziland)                   29.716
 6 #4 Meghan Sharpe (Cassadaigua)                      29.746
 7 #3 Skip Stiller (Saint Kanye)                       29.761
 8 #9 Lício Granado (Lisander)                         29.787
 9 #69 Oberfeldwebel Sofia Kerman (Jebslund)           29.817
10 #13 Oberst Eva Kerman (Jebslund)                    29.868
11 #2 Centur Tiones (Vilita & Turori)                  29.869
12 #14 River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilita & Turori)       30.014
13 #11 Jenna Logan (Cassadaigua)                       30.023
14 #88 Liangmei Li (The Sherpa Empire)                 30.041
15 #32 Andrew Holden (Lisander) *Q*                    30.063
16 #50 Ellie Lindskog (Vangaziland)                    30.092
17 #16 Tom Bombelli (Xanneria)                         30.136
18 #48 Shawn Curtis (Newmanistan)                      30.138
19 #1 Hauptmann Wilhelm Kerman (Jebslund)              30.146
20 #18 Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                   30.176
21 #75 Floyd Hackerbee (Vangaziland)                   30.273
22 #12 Roman Gwinnett (Xanneria)                       30.284
23 #6 Alex Knight (Hampton Island)                     30.425
24 #5 Bryan Harrison (Newmanistan)                     30.438
25 #70 Larry Toothworth (Greythorne)                   30.462
26 #55 Francis Furheart Sr. (The Ferret Lands)         30.527
27 #71 Mael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)       30.535
28 #7 Lourdina Westgrens (Lisander)                    30.544
29 #28 Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                         30.667
30 #41 Yraaga Gilli'i (Vilita & Turori)                30.722
31 #99 Gael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)       30.727
32 #17 Tyler Abbott (Cassadaigua)                      30.731
33 #24 Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                   30.733
34 #76 Kevin von Pressman (Greythorne)                 30.748
35 #78 Cocoabo #78 (Tropicorp)                         30.970
36 #22 Kevin Cosgrove (Hampton Island)                 31.153
37 #56 Francis Furheart Jr. (The Ferret Lands)         31.408
38 #20 Shane Wray (Central Shanesville)                31.415
39 #91 David Land (Central Shanesville)                31.445
40 #8 Jennifer Jane (One Jamaica)                      31.550
41 #98 Adam Poboski (Greythorne) *Q*                   31.591
42 #42 Euroli Islander (Tropicorp) *Q*                 31.702
43 #21 Omar Brady (One Jamaica)                        31.730

Segment 2:

1 #88 Liangmei Li (The Sherpa Empire)                 29.523
 2 #3 Skip Stiller (Saint Kanye)                       29.742
 3 #27 Stacie Houston (Cassadaigua)                    29.754
 4 #7 Lourdina Westgrens (Lisander)                    29.755
 5 #13 Oberst Eva Kerman (Jebslund)                    29.850
 6 #24 Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                   29.854
 7 #69 Oberfeldwebel Sofia Kerman (Jebslund)           29.858
 8 #11 Jenna Logan (Cassadaigua)                       29.866
 9 #44 Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                   29.876
10 #2 Centur Tiones (Vilita & Turori)                  29.949
11 #90 Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                 29.974
12 #18 Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                   29.978
13 #48 Shawn Curtis (Newmanistan)                      30.020
14 #25 Kev Schorebrook (Vangaziland)                   30.041
15 #55 Francis Furheart Sr. (The Ferret Lands)         30.080
16 #4 Meghan Sharpe (Cassadaigua)                      30.095
17 #17 Tyler Abbott (Cassadaigua)                      30.098
18 #70 Larry Toothworth (Greythorne)                   30.203
19 #12 Roman Gwinnett (Xanneria)                       30.238
20 #98 Adam Poboski (Greythorne) *Q*                   30.285
21 #41 Yraaga Gilli'i (Vilita & Turori)                30.308
22 #46 Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                      30.324
23 #75 Floyd Hackerbee (Vangaziland)                   30.335
24 #5 Bryan Harrison (Newmanistan)                     30.401
25 #14 River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilita & Turori)       30.402
26 #32 Andrew Holden (Lisander) *Q*                    30.412
27 #99 Gael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)       30.421
28 #50 Ellie Lindskog (Vangaziland)                    30.433
29 #9 Lício Granado (Lisander)                         30.531
30 #6 Alex Knight (Hampton Island)                     30.544
31 #28 Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                         30.550
32 #76 Kevin von Pressman (Greythorne)                 30.783
33 #42 Euroli Islander (Tropicorp) *Q*                 30.822
34 #22 Kevin Cosgrove (Hampton Island)                 30.985
35 #1 Hauptmann Wilhelm Kerman (Jebslund)              30.987
36 #21 Omar Brady (One Jamaica)                        31.307
37 #91 David Land (Central Shanesville)                31.383
38 #78 Cocoabo #78 (Tropicorp)                         31.501
39 #8 Jennifer Jane (One Jamaica)                      31.515
40 #20 Shane Wray (Central Shanesville)                31.624
41 #16 Tom Bombelli (Xanneria)                         32.163
42 #71 Mael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)       32.277
43 #56 Francis Furheart Jr. (The Ferret Lands)         32.340

Segment 3:

1 #46 Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                      29.681
 2 #9 Lício Granado (Lisander)                         29.730
 3 #13 Oberst Eva Kerman (Jebslund)                    29.795
 4 #4 Meghan Sharpe (Cassadaigua)                      29.869
 5 #98 Adam Poboski (Greythorne) *Q*                   29.882
 6 #7 Lourdina Westgrens (Lisander)                    29.887
 7 #24 Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                   29.897
 8 #76 Kevin von Pressman (Greythorne)                 29.930
 9 #25 Kev Schorebrook (Vangaziland)                   29.972
10 #41 Yraaga Gilli'i (Vilita & Turori)                30.004
11 #14 River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilita & Turori)       30.082
12 #5 Bryan Harrison (Newmanistan)                     30.107
13 #90 Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                 30.145
14 #56 Francis Furheart Jr. (The Ferret Lands)         30.147
15 #50 Ellie Lindskog (Vangaziland)                    30.191
16 #99 Gael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)       30.266
17 #2 Centur Tiones (Vilita & Turori)                  30.291
18 #12 Roman Gwinnett (Xanneria)                       30.295
19 #3 Skip Stiller (Saint Kanye)                       30.325
20 #44 Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                   30.326
21 #1 Hauptmann Wilhelm Kerman (Jebslund)              30.422
22 #71 Mael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)       30.424
23 #32 Andrew Holden (Lisander) *Q*                    30.435
24 #55 Francis Furheart Sr. (The Ferret Lands)         30.455
25 #48 Shawn Curtis (Newmanistan)                      30.504
26 #78 Cocoabo #78 (Tropicorp)                         30.557
27 #69 Oberfeldwebel Sofia Kerman (Jebslund)           30.558
28 #16 Tom Bombelli (Xanneria)                         30.558
29 #18 Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                   30.578
30 #6 Alex Knight (Hampton Island)                     30.611
31 #27 Stacie Houston (Cassadaigua)                    30.702
32 #75 Floyd Hackerbee (Vangaziland)                   30.836
33 #28 Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                         30.854
34 #11 Jenna Logan (Cassadaigua)                       30.897
35 #88 Liangmei Li (The Sherpa Empire)                 30.977
36 #22 Kevin Cosgrove (Hampton Island)                 31.012
37 #42 Euroli Islander (Tropicorp) *Q*                 31.210
38 #91 David Land (Central Shanesville)                31.314
39 #20 Shane Wray (Central Shanesville)                31.350
40 #21 Omar Brady (One Jamaica)                        31.486
41 #8 Jennifer Jane (One Jamaica)                      31.652
42 #17 Tyler Abbott (Cassadaigua)                      31.914
43 #70 Larry Toothworth (Greythorne)                   32.498 DNF

Segment 4:

1 #27 Stacie Houston (Cassadaigua)                    29.670
 2 #88 Liangmei Li (The Sherpa Empire)                 29.675
 3 #90 Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                 29.676
 4 #25 Kev Schorebrook (Vangaziland)                   29.682
 5 #75 Floyd Hackerbee (Vangaziland)                   29.706
 6 #3 Skip Stiller (Saint Kanye)                       29.711
 7 #9 Lício Granado (Lisander)                         29.736
 8 #46 Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                      29.775
 9 #48 Shawn Curtis (Newmanistan)                      29.799
10 #69 Oberfeldwebel Sofia Kerman (Jebslund)           29.815
11 #18 Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                   29.827
12 #4 Meghan Sharpe (Cassadaigua)                      29.856
13 #44 Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                   29.881
14 #41 Yraaga Gilli'i (Vilita & Turori)                29.891
15 #32 Andrew Holden (Lisander) *Q*                    29.898
16 #7 Lourdina Westgrens (Lisander)                    29.950
17 #28 Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                         30.056
18 #24 Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                   30.067
19 #50 Ellie Lindskog (Vangaziland)                    30.080
20 #2 Centur Tiones (Vilita & Turori)                  30.103
21 #1 Hauptmann Wilhelm Kerman (Jebslund)              30.196
22 #71 Mael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)       30.234
23 #56 Francis Furheart Jr. (The Ferret Lands)         30.239
24 #55 Francis Furheart Sr. (The Ferret Lands)         30.292
25 #99 Gael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)       30.346
26 #13 Oberst Eva Kerman (Jebslund)                    30.384
27 #78 Cocoabo #78 (Tropicorp)                         30.477
28 #98 Adam Poboski (Greythorne) *Q*                   30.610
29 #11 Jenna Logan (Cassadaigua)                       30.635
30 #5 Bryan Harrison (Newmanistan)                     30.677
31 #16 Tom Bombelli (Xanneria)                         30.752
32 #14 River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilita & Turori)       30.927
33 #12 Roman Gwinnett (Xanneria)                       30.997
34 #42 Euroli Islander (Tropicorp) *Q*                 31.067
35 #21 Omar Brady (One Jamaica)                        31.343
36 #8 Jennifer Jane (One Jamaica)                      31.350
37 #17 Tyler Abbott (Cassadaigua)                      31.419
38 #20 Shane Wray (Central Shanesville)                31.449
39 #76 Kevin von Pressman (Greythorne)                 31.510
40 #6 Alex Knight (Hampton Island)                     31.769
41 #91 David Land (Central Shanesville)                31.797
42 #22 Kevin Cosgrove (Hampton Island)                 31.852

Segment 5:

1 #18 Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                   29.665
 2 #13 Oberst Eva Kerman (Jebslund)                    29.743
 3 #69 Oberfeldwebel Sofia Kerman (Jebslund)           29.743
 4 #1 Hauptmann Wilhelm Kerman (Jebslund)              29.745
 5 #50 Ellie Lindskog (Vangaziland)                    29.770
 6 #76 Kevin von Pressman (Greythorne)                 29.819
 7 #90 Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                 29.826
 8 #27 Stacie Houston (Cassadaigua)                    29.851
 9 #7 Lourdina Westgrens (Lisander)                    29.863
10 #48 Shawn Curtis (Newmanistan)                      29.947
11 #75 Floyd Hackerbee (Vangaziland)                   29.948
12 #55 Francis Furheart Sr. (The Ferret Lands)         29.952
13 #16 Tom Bombelli (Xanneria)                         30.031
14 #4 Meghan Sharpe (Cassadaigua)                      30.209
15 #56 Francis Furheart Jr. (The Ferret Lands)         30.297
16 #25 Kev Schorebrook (Vangaziland)                   30.311
17 #6 Alex Knight (Hampton Island)                     30.402
18 #99 Gael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)       30.430
19 #46 Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                      30.538
20 #2 Centur Tiones (Vilita & Turori)                  30.543
21 #88 Liangmei Li (The Sherpa Empire)                 30.544
22 #22 Kevin Cosgrove (Hampton Island)                 30.557
23 #28 Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                         30.562
24 #42 Euroli Islander (Tropicorp) *Q*                 30.638
25 #3 Skip Stiller (Saint Kanye)                       30.723
26 #24 Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                   30.739
27 #12 Roman Gwinnett (Xanneria)                       30.742
28 #11 Jenna Logan (Cassadaigua)                       30.744
29 #14 River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilita & Turori)       30.803
30 #78 Cocoabo #78 (Tropicorp)                         30.833
31 #5 Bryan Harrison (Newmanistan)                     30.881
32 #17 Tyler Abbott (Cassadaigua)                      30.913
33 #9 Lício Granado (Lisander)                         30.923
34 #32 Andrew Holden (Lisander) *Q*                    30.969
35 #71 Mael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)       31.047
36 #98 Adam Poboski (Greythorne) *Q*                   31.080
37 #91 David Land (Central Shanesville)                31.396
38 #41 Yraaga Gilli'i (Vilita & Turori)                31.697
39 #44 Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                   31.864
40 #20 Shane Wray (Central Shanesville)                32.121
41 #8 Jennifer Jane (One Jamaica)                      32.584  DNF
42 #21 Omar Brady (One Jamaica)                        32.634  DNF

Final Results (Average Segments 1-5)

 1 #90 Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                 29.852 WINNER
 2 #27 Stacie Houston (Cassadaigua)                    29.919
 3 #13 Oberst Eva Kerman (Jebslund)                    29.928
 4 #25 Kev Schorebrook (Vangaziland)                   29.944
 5 #4 Meghan Sharpe (Cassadaigua)                      29.955
 6 #69 Oberfeldwebel Sofia Kerman (Jebslund)           29.958
 7 #7 Lourdina Westgrens (Lisander)                    30.000
 8 #46 Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                      30.006
 9 #18 Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                   30.045
10 #3 Skip Stiller (Saint Kanye)                       30.052
11 #48 Shawn Curtis (Newmanistan)                      30.082
12 #50 Ellie Lindskog (Vangaziland)                    30.113
13 #9 Lício Granado (Lisander)                         30.141
14 #2 Centur Tiones (Vilita & Turori)                  30.151
15 #88 Liangmei Li (The Sherpa Empire)                 30.152
16 #75 Floyd Hackerbee (Vangaziland)                   30.220
17 #24 Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                   30.258
18 #55 Francis Furheart Sr. (The Ferret Lands)         30.261
19 #1 Hauptmann Wilhelm Kerman (Jebslund)              30.299
20 #44 Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                   30.324
21 #32 Andrew Holden (Lisander) *Q*                    30.355
22 #11 Jenna Logan (Cassadaigua)                       30.433
23 #99 Gael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)       30.438
24 #14 River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilita & Turori)       30.446
25 #5 Bryan Harrison (Newmanistan)                     30.501
26 #12 Roman Gwinnett (Xanneria)                       30.511
27 #41 Yraaga Gilli'i (Vilita & Turori)                30.524
28 #28 Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                         30.538
29 #76 Kevin von Pressman (Greythorne)                 30.558
30 #98 Adam Poboski (Greythorne) *Q*                   30.690
31 #16 Tom Bombelli (Xanneria)                         30.728
32 #6 Alex Knight (Hampton Island)                     30.750
33 #78 Cocoabo #78 (Tropicorp)                         30.868
34 #17 Tyler Abbott (Cassadaigua)                      30.871
35 #56 Francis Furheart Jr. (The Ferret Lands)         30.886
36 #71 Mael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)       30.903
37 #42 Euroli Islander (Tropicorp) *Q*                 31.088
38 #22 Kevin Cosgrove (Hampton Island)                 31.112
39 #91 David Land (Central Shanesville)                31.467
40 #20 Shane Wray (Central Shanesville)                31.592
41 #8 Jennifer Jane (One Jamaica)                         DNF
42 #21 Omar Brady (One Jamaica)                           DNF
43 #70 Larry Toothworth (Greythorne)                      DNF

Point Standings After 2 Races (*- Denotes Driver With Win, and has qualified for chase)

1 #90 Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                 88*
 2 #50 Ellie Lindskog (Vangaziland)                    80*
 3 #13 Oberst Eva Kerman (Jebslund)                    79
 4 #27 Stacie Houston (Cassadaigua)                    77
 5 #25 Kev Schorebrook (Vangaziland)                   76
 6 #46 Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                      75
 7 #2 Centur Tiones (Vilita & Turori)                  71
 8 #3 Skip Stiller (Saint Kanye)                       70
 9 #4 Meghan Sharpe (Cassadaigua)                      68
10 #44 Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                   66
11 #48 Shawn Curtis (Newmanistan)                      66
12 #18 Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                   61
13 #88 Liangmei Li (The Sherpa Empire)                 60
14 #75 Floyd Hackerbee (Vangaziland)                   58
15 #69 Oberfeldwebel Sofia Kerman (Jebslund)           56
16 #24 Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                   55
17 #11 Jenna Logan (Cassadaigua)                       54
18 #55 Francis Furheart Sr. (The Ferret Lands)         53
19 #1 Hauptmann Wilhelm Kerman (Jebslund)              50
20 #7 Lourdina Westgrens (Lisander)                    49
21 #99 Gael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)       44
22 #41 Yraaga Gilli'i (Vilita & Turori)                41
23 #28 Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                         38
24 #5 Bryan Harrison (Newmanistan)                     38
25 #34 Warren Pawstone (The Ferret Lands) *Q*          37
26 #12 Roman Gwinnett (Xanneria)                       35
27 #9 Lício Granado (Lisander)                         34
28 #78 Cocoabo #78 (Tropicorp)                         27
29 #16 Tom Bombelli (Xanneria) *Q*                     27
30 #14 River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilita & Turori)       24
31 #56 Francis Furheart Jr. (The Ferret Lands)         24
32 #32 Andrew Holden (Lisander) *Q*                    23
33 #76 Kevin von Pressman (Greythorne)                 22
34 #71 Mael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)       21
35 #23 James McCurty (Hampton Island) *Q*              21
36 #63 Kevin Daniels (Newmanistan)                     20
37 #6 Alex Knight (Hampton Island)                     14
38 #8 Jennifer Jane (One Jamaica)                      14
39 #98 Adam Poboski (Greythorne) *Q*                   14
40 #20 Shane Wray (Central Shanesville)                12
41 #70 Larry Toothworth (Greythorne)                   11
42 #21 Omar Brady (One Jamaica)                        11
43 #91 David Land (Central Shanesville)                11
44 #17 Tyler Abbott (Cassadaigua)                      10
45 #42 Euroli Islander (Tropicorp) *Q*                  7
46 #22 Kevin Cosgrove (Hampton Island)                  7
47 #10 Eddie Walters Jr (Xanneria)                      5

Next Race: (Oct 24/25)- Lonngeylin Ring, Lonngeylin, Vilita (Short Track)

[Saint Kanye]

(OOC: I give laps led to drivers who are in the top positions in every segment. Please TG me for any objection or if you want your driver to not be mentioned.)



NSSCRA: A WINNER IS CHU
Sherpa conquers Pink Love 350; Yeezies finish 8-9-10

by Yennefer Spencer

GRANDE MOUNTAIN - Kanyean driver Thea Alvarez was interviewed after the end of the Pink Love 350 NSSCRA (Nationstates Stock Car Racing Association) race here in Cassadaigua. The teenage driver for St. Kanye's Glorious Free Republic Motorsports had these words to say about the outcome: "I have to say, that was very impressive. She had a disability, but she didn't let it show or get in the way of what she's doing. I already believe that she belongs in this series, but that might change the minds of the doubters. Respect!" The "she" that Alvarez was referring to is deaf driver Tsering Chu, and the impressive act was the Sherpa driver wheeling her specially-prepared #90 car all the way to a win, a Chase spot, and an early points lead.

Hometown driver Stacie Houston (#27) started at the pole for this race and came home in a spot very familiar to her in the previous NSSCRA season - second place. Jebslunder racer Eva Kerman was third in the #13 machine; Vannish competitor Kev Schorebrook grabbed fourth in the #25 REDUP Energy Drink VM; and Houston's fellow Cassadagan Meghan Sharpe drove the #4 Spacebook car to a fifth-place finish, just slightly ahead of Sofia Kerman of Jebslund (#69) in sixth. Lisanderian Lourdina Westgrens in the #7 Dunneot was seventh, followed by the three GFR Chadwicks: Alvarez in the #46 Multiversal Automotive Coatings car, then Jeremiah Brooke in the #18 Hyde Medical Group car (also known as the "Hyde Ride"), and Skip Stiller in the #3 QED Car Rentals machine (the "Blue Trey") rounding out the top ten.

Houston started strong, mainly contesting Brooke for the lead in the early part of the race. SKYNET Sports Channel 12's coverage of the event gave the battle between the #27 and the #18 much screen time, to the delight of race fans (according to online discussions). Chu and her teammate Kai Qiang in the #44 "Flying Fish" car also kept up with the leaders. Alvarez maintained her position near the top 10, with Stiller joining soon after muscling his way to the front.

The absence of cautions in the early stages of the race meant that drivers have to determine a strategy in pitting. Brooke and Alvarez had separate early pit stops, losing positions but gaining them again after several laps' efforts. Stiller decided to wait until he was up front and had led some laps before getting his fill of gas and tires. In fact, it was well past the halfway mark when the yellow flag flew; the caution was caused by one of Graythronean team Xavam Autosport's identical pink cars, the #70 of Larry Toothworth. Alvarez lost her lead, but remained in the top 10, where she was joined by Stiller and Brooke, who both moved up the field. Another caution much later, involving Jennifer Jane (#8) and Omar Brady (#21), both of One Jamaica, separated the three GFR cars, putting Brooke in the lead and the other two way behind him, outside the top 20. Again, the Kanyeans managed to catch up with each other in the top 10 until the checkered flag.

"This is an improvement from last week", said Brooke, who finished nine spots better than in the Tundra Falls 500, and also climbed six spots to twelfth in driver points. "If this continues, we [the 18 team] could find ourselves at or near the top of the standings with a win, or two, or more." Stiller commented on the season in general. "Even this early, I could see that this season would be a good one. That new kid [Chu] proved to be a great acquisition for the Sherpa team. The Jebslunden team is looking better than they did last season. And the Vannish haven't lost their spark. It already looks like a tougher challenge for me and my teammates." GFR's resident veteran was also asked for his opinion on defending champion River Suzgar's poor showing so far, but he declined to comment.

Philip West, the Kanyean part-time driver, has confirmed that he will not attempt next week's race at Lonngeylin Ring in Vilita. "I know VTM [Vilita & Turori Motorsports] won't pass up a chance to dig into their deep roster of developmental drivers and put someone of their own in there, so let's just let them. I heard the plan, though: GFR is looking instead at races in countries whose teams don't have part-timers, and having the #19 attempt those."

All qualifying sessions and races will be broadcast live on SKYNET (Saint KanYe NETwork) Sports Channel 12, and online at nsscra.skynet.stk.

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OFFICIAL STANDINGS - Race 2 of 23 (Grande Mountain)

1. #90 Tsering Chu (SHW)
2. #27 Stacie Houston (CDG)
3. #13 Eva Kerman (JEB)
4. #25 Kev Schorebrook (VNG)
5. #4 Meghan Sharpe (CDG)
8. #46 Thea Alvarez (STK)
9. #18 Jeremiah Brooke (STK)
10. #3 Skip Stiller (STK)

DRIVER POINTS

1. #90 Tsering Chu (SHW) - 88 (1 win)
2. #50 Ellie Lindskog (VNG) - 80 (1 win)
3. #13 Eva Kerman (JEB) - 79
4. #27 Stacie Houston (CDG) - 77
5. #25 Kev Schorebrook (VNG) - 76
6. #46 Thea Alvarez (STK) - 75
8. #3 Skip Stiller (STK) - 70
12. #18 Jeremiah Brooke (STK) - 61

NEXT RACE

Lonngeylin Ring, Lonngeylin, Vilita

[The Sherpa Empire]

‭

----o-֎-o----

‭Liangmei Li didn't know whether to be proud that she'd beat Kai Qiang for once, annoyed that she had finished a mediocre 15th overall, or furiously jealous of Tsering Chu. People were flocking around Tsering to congratulate her on winning.

‭Even if Tsering Chu had known how to talk, she wouldn't have gotten many words out when the press tried to interview her after the Pink Love 350. Mendok Sherpa and a Cassadagan interpreter that had been brought in to help the local track staff communicate with Chu were now trying to help her talk to the press, but Chu kept having to stop because she was too overcome with emotion to sign without shaking. She was crying tears of joy and generally having a bit of a meltdown -- but a good sort of meltdown.

‭She grinned and blushed as she signed, "I'm so excited I can't even talk. I can't believe this is real! Everything here is so beautiful; I'm so happy I could come here and win this race. I've always said I could do everything that other people can do -- I wouldn't let it slow me down being Deaf -- and today, that really came true." She hugged first the Cassadagan interpreter and then Mendok. "I'm so happy..."

‭The locals might have preferred to see one of their own women win, but the ones who came over to congratulate Chu still seemed sincerely happy for her. She wasn't an imposing figure and she didn't have Li's sex appeal or the elegance that Qiang managed when he was calm, but she could be very cute and likable.

‭On his way off the track, Kai Qiang called out to get Chu's attention, but of course she didn't hear him. He tried waving. Eventually she looked his way. He made a graceful bow. He really could be classy when he wanted to. She smiled sweetly and signed, "Thanks! Love you too!" He waved, then turned and hurried away spending as little time with the press as he could get away with without being rude or offending his sponsors. He had other things to worry about.

‭He needed to get his sister away from Bao Xing. It was an ongoing issue that had been nagging at the back of his mind for a long time, but it was time to do something about it. He couldn't keep putting it off and shoving it to the back of his mind. It was too distracting.

‭He couldn't be sure what would have happened on the track if he wasn't worrying about Yuan Qiang's dysfunctional marriage, but after a clumsy collision with the inside wall that spun him out and almost took him out of the race, and a disappointing 20th place finish, it was hard not to think that the stress was affecting his driving.

‭He had originally planned to go directly from Cassadaigua to Vilita, allowing plenty of time to get over jet lag and practice at the track in Lonngeylin. Now he changed his flight reservations to go home to the Sherpa Empire for a few days in between so he could try to sort out his family drama.

‭When he explained what he was doing to Houzhi Chang, the dutiful crew chief said he would come along to make sure nothing went wrong.

‭"I can handle it myself," said Qiang. "You don't need to come."

‭"No, I don't want you facing this guy on your own," said Chang. "You can take the cost of the plane tickets out of my pay, but I'm coming with you."

‭"It's not about the money," said Qiang. "This isn't your problem."

‭"If he beats you up so you can't drive, that's a problem for me," said Chang.

‭"I can handle him myself," Qiang insisted.

‭"I know you like to act tough, but what if he pulls a gun or something?" said Chang. "From the way you talk about him, this guy sounds really unhinged."

‭"And what are you going to do if he pulls a gun?"

‭"I dunno. Call the police? If you don't want me to come, at least bring someone with you."

‭"Okay, I'll bring someone with me," said Qiang, "but you don't need to worry about it. Go to Lonngeylin and get our crew ready. I'll meet you there."

‭

----o-֎-o----

‭It was the sort of foggy day that was perfect for filming dream sequences in kung fu movies or composing heart-wrenching poetry about the mystery of nature and the transcience of human lives -- but absolutely terrible for driving. The world looked like an endless sea of white, with only by vague shapes of buildings and trees floating in it like pale shadows. Even with the high beams on, Jia Huang could only see a few feet up the road. She was only driving about 30 km/h, but even at that slow speed, it was a challenge to stay on the road and avoid vehicles coming the other way. Even though it was in her nature to drive like a maniac, the fog was thick enough that common sense won out and she slowed down for once. The suspension and muffler on her van both had seen better days. The van rumbled noisily over the rough gravel roads, jolting Jia Huang and her passengers every time they hit a bump. In the passenger seat, and sleep-deprived Kai Qiang was chugging Vilaye energy drinks to stay awake. He had already drunk several cans, and the floor at his feet was littered with the empty cans. He hadn't managed to sleep on the flight home from Cassadaigua because the seats were too cramped and there was a fussy 4 year old kid in the next seat over. In the back seat, Qiang's hapless young business partner Arjun Bhandari rode in anxious silence, just hoping Jia Huang wouldn't run off the road in the thick fog.

‭Huang glanced at Qiang as he took another swig of Vilaye. "How many of those have you had?"

‭"I need them to keep me awake."

‭"I don't know how you can drink that crap," said Huang.

‭"It keeps me awake," said Qiang.

‭"But it tastes like crap."

‭Qiang shrugged. "I'm not drinking it for the taste, and it's not that bad anyway. It kind of grows on you."

‭They were coming up to an intersection. "Which way do I go?" Huang asked.

‭Qiang squinted at the dull gray shapes outside the van and rubbed his eyes groggily. "Straight. We're almost there, though. I think we want to turn left at the next intersection after this one."

‭They drove on until they came to another intersection. Qiang squinted at the scenery again. "Turn here."

‭The road where they turned was a narrow causeway surrounded by rice paddies on both sides. Here and there, the paddies were separated by scraggly trees. A few lonely figures moved about in the foggy landscape, some working the fields, and one picking his way along a causeway with pack mule.

‭They turned a few more times as they made their way deeper into the rice fields. They drove through a shallow ford and bounced their way up the rutted dirt track on the other side. This was not a place that had the modern conveniences of downtown Guilin or even the quaint charm of Jia Huang's home in Yangshuo or the natural beauty of the Qiang family's old farm. (The Qiang family farm was gone now, sold off to the Li River Speedway and covered with food stalls, but it had been picturesque in the old days when Kai Qiang's father was still alive and the Guilin Racing Club was just a few people's hobby.)

‭The fog hid some of the roughness of the landscape, but it was still clear that this was the ass end of nowhere.

‭Finally, Qiang told Huang to pull over on a patch of dirt outside a hovel with crumbling plaster walls and weeds growing on the ramshackle roof. Bamboo poles and dirty cloth sacks were stacked by the wall of the house, and scraggly ears of corn were piled on a tarp in front of the sacks.

‭"Are you serious?" said Bhandari when he saw how shoddy the house was. "I knew your family were rat-eaters, but whoa..."

‭"Yeah, it's a dump," said Qiang.

‭Bao Xing had heard the van rumbling up the road, and he knew it was not normal for unfamiliar vehicles to drive out here. He had a hunch it was Yuan Qiang's relatives -- either the one of her cousins that lived nearby or her brother the bigshot race car driver -- coming to pester him about the way he treated her. He grabbed a hoe and walked around to the front of the house to confront them.

‭Kai Qiang took one last swig of Vilaye before stepping out of the van.

‭"Wait... What's he doing?" Bhandari said, as he noticed the hoe in Xing's hand and the angry way he marched toward the van.

‭"Get ready to call the police," said Huang.

‭Bhandari pulled out his phone and found that he had no signal. Huang tried hers and Qiang's and found that neither of them had a signal either.

‭"This is bad," said Huang. She set the dead phones aside and reached across the van to get something out of the glove compartment.

‭Bhandari's eyes went wide as he realized what it was. "Is that a gun???"

‭"I keep it for self-defense," said Jia Huang.

‭Kai Qiang and Bao Xing were both thin and ragged-looking. Qiang was jittery from too much Vilaye and not enough sleep, and his clothes and hair were rumpled from too much time crammed into the seats of planes or vehicles. Xing was beaten down by too many years of poverty, too much back-breaking work in the fields, and not enough good nutritious food. He was in his 30s, but he looked older than that because the rough conditions that he lived in had taken their toll.

‭"What the hell are you doing here?" Xing demanded.

‭"I came to see my sister," said Qiang.

‭"You came to steal my wife!" Xing corrected him.

‭Yuan Qiang appeared at the door of the hovel. Her hair was tangled, her clothes were drab, her hands and face were streaked with dirt, and she had a black eye, but even in that wretched condition it was still easy to see that she would clean up pretty if she had a chance to wash the grime off and let the bruises heal. "What's going on?" she asked.

‭"Get back in the house!" Xing ordered.

‭"I'm getting you out of here," said Qiang.

‭"You're not taking her anywhere! Go back inside!" Xing bellowed.

‭"You guys have a kid, right?" said Kai Qiang. "Get the kid."

‭"I thought you were in Cassadaigua!" Yuan Qiang said, still struggling to process what was happening.

‭"I came back to get you out of this dump," said Qiang. "Get your kid."

‭Xing brandished the hoe threateningly and ordered Yuan Qiang, "Go back in the house and don't come out until I tell you or I'll give you a beating you'll never forget!" She stepped back, cowering in the doorway, and Xing wheeled on Kai Qiang. "As for you... Qiang Yuan is my wife and you have no right to interfere in my marriage! I break my back to put food on the table and put a roof over her head and this is the thanks I get! She just sits around the house doing nothing all day and I have to do everything myself because she says her feet hurt. And you won't even send money to help me feed her!"

‭"What happened to her face?"

‭"That's none of your damn business!" Xing hefted the hoe like he was getting ready to swing it. "Go back to Cassadaigua and be some 'Dagan bitch's plaything, why don't you? Fucking sorry excuse for a man!"

‭"I'm not going to let you beat up my sister. Put the hoe down and get out of the way."

‭"She's my wife and I'll do whatever I want with her! Now get off my property before I put this hoe through your skull! I'm warning you!"

‭Kai Qiang tried to snatch the hoe out of Xing's hands, but Xing's grip was stronger than he expected. Xing shook Qiang off, smacking him in the face with the handle of the hoe in the process and knocking him backwards. Yuan Qiang screamed and stumbled backward into the house. Xing swung the hoe back down, trying to put the blade through Qiang's head like he had threatened, but Qiang was fast enough to roll out of the way.

‭A shot rang out and they all flinched at the sound. They turned to see Jia Huang standing behind the hood of her van with the gun raised and pointed into the sky. "Put the hoe down!"

‭"You brought a gun???" Bao Xing sounded genuinely shocked. He had argued with his in-laws before, but this was the first time he had ever been threatened with a gun. He tossed the hoe down angrily.

‭"I didn't know she had a gun," said Kai Qiang. He got to his feet and dusted himself off.

‭"Don't you know me by now, brother Qiang?" said Jia Huang. "Of course I have a gun!"

‭Yuan Qiang, who didn't know Jia Huang and wasn't used to her no-holds-barred attitude, looked absolutely terrified. "Why does she have a gun?"

‭"Because she does," said Kai Qiang. "Never mind. Go get your kid!"

‭"You won't get away with this!" Bao Xing snarled.

‭"But she has a gun..." Yuan Qiang said uncertainly.

‭"It's for him, not you," Jia Huang said, jabbing a stubby finger toward Bao Xing.

‭"When I get though with you, you'll all wish you stayed in Cassadaigua!" Xing blustered impotently, completely ignoring the fact that Kai Qiang was the only one who had been to Cassadaigua recently. "You can kiss your racing career good-bye Qiang Kai! If you're lucky, the police will catch you before I do and you'll spend the rest of your life rotting in prison!"

‭Kai Qiang folded his arms across his chest and said, "Okay, call the police. I'll wait."

‭There was a moment of awkward silence as Bao Xing realized the fatal flaw in his plan. He didn't actually want the police to get involved.

‭Meanwhile, Yuan Qiang had slipped away into the house. She hobbled into the bedroom where her son had been napping when the commotion started. The noise had already woken him from his nap, and he was crying, but he was still in his crib. She picked him up and tried to calm him, but he wouldn't stop crying. Oh, well. She had more serious things to worry about right now. She didn't want to walk too close to Bao Xing, so she went out the back door and around the side of the house, moving as fast as she could with her bound feet -- which wasn't very fast. The prospect of fleeing when she had no idea where Kai Qiang was taking her was terrifying, but Bao Xing scared her more. Xing had really gone off the deep end recently, and he was sure to want revenge for Kai Qiang and Jia Huang barging onto his property. As she came around the corner of house, Jia Huang rudely told her to hurry up. "What's taking so long???"

‭"I'm going as fast as I can!" Yuan Qiang protested. Her feet were hurting her, but she forced herself to keep walking anyway.

‭"Since when do you have bound feet?" Kai Qiang asked as he realized what the problem was. It wasn't something their parents had done.

‭"It's been 8 years, brother! How did you not know?"

‭"I never see you..."

‭"I'm sure I told you!"

‭Kai Qiang and Arjun Bhandari helped Yuan Qiang walk the last bit of the distance to the van. They gave her the front seat because it was easier to climb into (even though it was littered with empty Vilaye cans).

‭Bao Xing was still seething mad, but he hadn't thought of any way to get around the fact that Jia Huang had a gun and he didn't. He yelled out a few last threats and curses as they all climbed into the van and drove away.

‭"Where are we going?" Yuan Qiang asked anxiously as the van rattled away over the narrow causeways through the fog-shrouded fields.

‭"I'll take you to my apartment in Guilin and you can stay there until you find a place of your own," said Kai Qiang.

‭"What if he comes after me?"

‭"I'll have someone come by to check on you and make sure you're okay."

‭"You can stay with me if you want," said Jia Huang.

‭"I'd like that," said Yuan Qiang. "I'd feel safer having another woman around."

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[Vangaziland]

Kev's Battle Towards A Wild Card Spot

Former GT2 touring car driver, Kev Schorebrook spoke to the media after the Pink Love 350. He seemed excited and full of energy in front of the cameras. "REDUP provided a great car today.. Vannish Motors. Van-Bands. I was pleased with the way the car handled. We're still working on our late race strategy. We all feel we're headed in the right direction."

Kev was asked about the results. "I've got to say. Pink Love 350 might be the most apt event name of the season." He was speaking of the female dominant results. There were seven women in the top 8 as the checkered flag fell. Kev was the lone guy to fight off the female dominance which was seemingly inspired by the local atmosphere.

"I don't think it's about gender", Kev said laughing. "I don't feel like I was racing for all men worldwide."

Schorebrook started 4th after a blazing quick qualifying time. Each VMR sponsored team has 4 cars. One is for superspeedways. Two are for ovals. The fourth is for road courses. The number of cars also give each Vannish team extra time to work on cars between races. It also helps the team keep up with the rapid pace of the schedule. At least 2 cars are in the process of being shipped at any given seasonal week. The settings on the oval car selected for this event were perfect for the track.

"She's dialed in, buddy", Kev said over the team headset. At the time, it was lap 178. Kev was currently fighting his way back into the top 10. He ran into trouble in the previous 70 laps. He'd fallen from the top 5 as low as 14th. By the time he made the call over the headset, his car had found its pace. The chassis sat perfectly. "Running just slightly loose", Kev called out on the next turn.

The truth was that he liked the car a little loose on this type of oval. He'd rather have it a little tighter on a short track. He would care even more about balance for a road course. Now he had enough give, so he didn't have to fight the car through each corner. "People don't realize how physical it is to drive a stock car", Kev told reporters. "Every race is a fight. Today's car was pleasant to drive though. We just didn't have the final oomph."

Kev found himself knocked out of the top 10 after an incident between the two cars from One Jamaca. To avoid colliding with them, he had to slam on the brakes and cut sharp to the inside. After that, it wasn't like he could just merge back into the pack. He fell back to 20th. As the race wound down, he found himself closer to 16th for much of the race.

His last pit stop was fairly fast, the crew rushing to add fuel and tires. They didn't need to tweak anything else. They knew the car could make up time. But how much?

By the time the last lap was tallied, Kev had fought his way back into 4th.

"It was not easy to get back into the top 5", Kev said laughing. The late race clips of Schorebrook fighting up the field of women was the kind of highlight stock car fans love. No pass came easy. Time was winding down. No car wanted to give any room. There was no weakness, only desperation. Kev fought past ladies from Saint Kanye, Lisander, Cassadaigua and Jebslund.

In the end, the Oberst from Jebslund kept the Vangazi at bay. The closest Kev came to passing was when Eva Kerman, Stacie Houston and Kev went three wide. The crowd had to applaud at that, especially since their hometown lady was involved. They had to be satisfied when Schorebrook's indigo & red fell behind the two women. He could have sworn he heard a roar from the crowd at the exact moment he backed off the throttle.

"Sounds like we don't have fans here", Schorebrook said over the team radio.

"Fourth isn't a bad way to end a weekend", Kev said at a press conference. "If we don't get a win, we need to stay in the hunt for a wild card spot. A fourth place finsh works towards that." Kev won 2 races last season, in Newmanistan and Northwest Kalactin. "We have to like our chances at some of these tracks coming up. This season is shaping up well."

Kev was asked about the development of Ellie Lindskog. "El has really come along", said the former touring car driver. "She's near the top of the leaderboard and is looking consistent so far." Lindskog was the only Vangazi not to win a race last season. Now she was the first to do so. "Her international career is just starting. I think we can all say that", Kev added.

The next time NSSCRA races at an oval, it will be in the Northern Vannish Mainland. The Blue Coast 400 should be an exciting event, with the orbital speed action stock car racing is known for.

[Vilita and Turori]

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Vilita & Turori Struggle at Grande Mountain Speedway

Pink Love 350, Grande Mountain Speedway, Grande Mountain, Cassadaigua :: Vilita & Turori Motorsports struggled throughout the race weekend at the Grande Mountain Speedway in Cassadaigua and ultimately failed to place any drivers inside the Top 10.

Centur Tiones in the #2 Tiones Lumber Dart was the most consistent Vilita & Turori Motorsports driver throughout the race running in the top 10 for much of the event before falling back late in the event. Yraaga Gilli'i showed flashes of speed and climbed through the field multiple times before being repeatedly set back by events of the race. After a poor finish at the season opening event at the Tundra Falls Proving Ground, defending NSSCRA Champion River 'Shark' Suzgar II was looking for a strong performance to kick off their Title Defense but certainly did not get it in the Pink Love 350 failing to crack the top 20 and struggling with the handle of the car all race long.

The home fans would be disappointed at the end of the day as fan favorite Stacie Houston in the #27 machine was defeated by the #90 of Tsering Chu from The Sherpa Empire. Cassadaigua's other star driver Meghan Sharpe finished 5th in the Spacebook #4 entry.

In the end, Vilita & Turori Motorsports will be happy to get out of Cassadaigua and look forward to returning home for the first ever Toys '4' All 500 at the Lonngeylin Ring.

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Centur Tiones :: #2 Tiones Lumber Dart
:: WINS: [ 0 ] :: TOP 5: [ 1 ] :: TOP 10: [ 2* ] -:- POLES: [ 0 ]

For the second consecutive race Centur Tiones and the #2 Tiones Lumber Dart was the most consistent Vilita & Turori Motorsports machine running in the top 15 throughout the day and coming home uneventfully as the highest finishing of the three competing VTM machines in the 14th position.

Despite finishing outside the Top 10 it was still a solid points performance for Tiones who, combined with the third place finish at Tundra Falls, is 7th in the NSSCRA standings after two events heading back to Vilita & Turori. With two drivers having already clinched their place in the Playoff Round with their victories in the first two events, Tiones is just 9 points behind Oberst Eva Kerman of Jebslund for the 'best of the rest' points wise and just six points behind Vannish Motors Racing driver Kev Schorebrook in fifth place. With 13 events comprising the Regular Season, at least three non-winning drivers will advance via points.

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River "Shark" Suzgar :: #14 Vilitan Tourism / Vilaye Energy Drink / Toys '4' All Dart
:: WINS: [ 0 ] :: TOP 5: [ 0 ] :: TOP 10: [ 0 ] -:- POLES: [ 1* ]

Vilaye Energy Drink made their season debut as hood sponsor for the #14 of defending NSSCRA Champion River "Shark" Suzgar II but there was not a lot of exposure for the Vilisorma Beverage Company and their signature Energy Drink as Suzgar struggled with handling and never really looked like challenging for a Top 10 finish eventually coming home in 24th place. Following a DNF in Tundra Falls, Suzgar is just 30th in series points and already over 50 points behind 5th place Kev Schorebrook.

Suzgar's sponsor Vilaye Energy drink remains hopeful of signing a partnership agreement with the NSSCRA as weekly sponsor of the series Pole Award. Vilaye has reportedly increased their offer to the sanctioning body after it was revealed during the Pink Love 350 weekend that Cassadaiguan social platform Spacebook was also making a play for the Pole Award rights.

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Yraaga Gilli'i :: #41 Tropicorp Racing Supply Dart
:: WINS: [ 0 ] :: TOP 5: [ 0 ] :: TOP 10: [ 1* ] -:- POLES: [ 0 ]

Yraaga Gilli'i continued to show great speed in short bursts at Grande Mountain Speedway much as they had in the Tundra Falls 500. Unfortunately, a pit road speeding violation and a late brush with one of the Central Shaneville cars and an overheating vehicle due to a piece of tape stuck on the grille after having flown off another car compounded for a 28th place performance.

Ironically, Gilli'i has exactly 41 points after two races and while the Tropicorp Racing Supply driver would rather be scoring 41 points each race rather than every two races, it remains an instantaneous quirk of the standings.

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Development / Open Drivers ::

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Rockii Ezis :: #60 CoCoCo / Coco-Mart Dart
:: WINS: [ N/A ] :: TOP 5: [ N/A ] :: TOP 10: [ N/A ] -:- POLES: [ N/A ]

Rockii Ezis spent the early part of the week working with Team Tropicorp driver Euroli Islander in the brand new Simulator Training Center designed with Islander's assistance to help local development drivers get on track familiarity without actually having to physically drive the track. As Vilita & Turori Motorsports continue to search for an approved charter swap or purchase agreement to get Ezis back on the circuit full time, working with Islander in the Simulator is expected to keep the CoCoCo sponsored driver sharp.

When Islander departed for Cassadaigua, Ezis returned to the Lonngeylin Ring to acclimate themselves with the environment at the track. While on-track activities were no longer permitted as the grounds crew worked to prepare the facility for the upcoming Toys '4' All 500, Ezis walked the track studying its many intricate bumps and elevation changes to ensure he made the most of his opportunity utilizing the open charter for Vilita & Turori Motorsports when the NSSCRA rolls into Lonngeylin.

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iBen Toralmintii :: #77 Turori Tourism / Cocoabo Preservation Society Dart
:: WINS: [ N/A ] :: TOP 5: [ N/A ] :: TOP 10: [ N/A ] -:- POLES: [ N/A ]

iBen Toralmintii is currently not scheduled for any events this season.

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NSSCRA 7 | Round 3 Preview: Lonngeylin Ring


Toys '4' All 500, Lonngeylin Ring, Lonngeylin, Vilita

Lonngeylin Ring :: Information

About the Track:

Track Location: Lonngeylin, Vilita, Atlantian Oceania
Lap Record: 14.77s (Typical flying laps ~16.00s)
Track Lap Length: 1/3rd Mile

The Lonngeylin Ring is a one-third mile Short Track the offers the possibility of a high speed racing line utilizing the greatest elevation change per distance traveled on the circuit. The 'Ring' features elevation changes similar to those on a multi-mile Road Course packed into a traditional short track experience with two different bankings on opposite ends of the race track and relatively flat straightaways offering a unique experience and challenging course to perfect for the Crew Chiefs.

Crossing the Start Finish line drivers will enter Turns 1 and 2. The fastest line will be around the bottom of the track where drivers will have to dive down as the 20 degrees of banking begin at the top of the track where the outside wall is level in altitude to the flat front straightaway. The inside of the turn however drops down and drivers will gain speed as their momentum pulls them along toward the gravitational center.

Exiting turn 2 the drivers will climb back up the track returning to station zero down the back straight away where they will have the option to stay at the same elevation on the low side of the track or climb to the high side and build up potential energy as they climb to the tracks highest point.

Both the high and low line in Turns 3 and 4 and provide their advantages as the high line towers above the rest of the track in the 33 degree banked Turn. The exit of Turn 4 is the most dangerous part of the track as cars from the high line come roaring back down the track at high speed intersecting with cars who have taken the shorter route around the track but are pushing towards the outside wall having been unable to use the high banking to help them through the turn.

Fan Access:

Fans will watch the race from the large Main Grandstand on the Front Stretch. There is no public seating in Turns 1 & 2 as this is where the teams will be based for the weekend outside the track. There is a smaller grandstand for crew and team members between Turn 1 & 2. There will be a fanzone outside Turn 3 & 4 where fans may find Activities, Souvenirs and Sponsor Tents.

Where to Eat:

While there is no Poultry Shack at the Lonngeylin Ring, "We'll Fry It" will be present all weekend long. The business model is supreme as they don't supply any of the food with the price of the meal. "We'll Fry It"s profitable business model allows the customer to bring whatever they want... and "We'll Fry It" fries it for them for a nominal fee. We'll fry it also has a selection of things that fly, things that moo, things that swim and even candies that can be purchased and fried for an additional fee. "We'll Fry It" will fry anything under 2 square feet in size for just 7 tures or three separate items for 15 tures. Each item includes a full selection of condiments at no additional cost.

In addition to "We'll Fry It" there will be a standard selection of foods at the central eatery with all the local cuisine from throughout Atlantian Oceania and even abroad. There will be a Cocoa-bo tent in the fanzone outside turn 4 with a full selection of the most popular Cocoa-bo delectables.

FanZone Information

Many local corporations will be sponsoring booths and activities throughout the fanzone. The Vilisorma Beverage Company always brings a spirited display and the Vilaye Booth in turn 4 will be handing out samples. Fans will not be able to bring cans of Vilaye into the grandstand with them and will have to request the special edition paper based containers if purchasing to bring into the Grandstand.

Tiones lumber will be set up outside Turn 3 with their mini-lumberjack competition fanzone. Fans can line up to compete in many famed wood-based competitions such as the 40-foot speed climb, Long rolling, the Standing Block Chop and there will even be a team relay. The best times each day win prizes from Tiones Lumber. First prize winners will be excluded from winning on subsequent days but alternate prize winners can compete for the big prize the following day. Fans who beat the all time-records could find themselves winning free Paddock Passes or other great prizes from Tiones Lumber.

Tropicorp Racing Supply will host their 'Pit Stop Challenge" display near the end of the back straightaway where fans will be able to test their ability to change an NSSCRA tyre or act as the fuel person so long as they first sign a release form indemnifying Tropicorp and the Lonngeylin Ring facility of any injury that may occur as they attempt to set the fast times to qualify for a daily prize drawing from Tropicorp.

Lonngeylin based Lighthouse Lightworx will have an all-touch extra-sensory display zone including the glasses-free Virtual Reality zone. While the GFVR zone is a must-see the lines are likely to be long as just two fans can enter the GFVR experience at one time and the experience takes between two and five minutes per person.

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:: Toys '4' All

The leading distributor and retailer of Toys and Games in the Tropics, Toys '4' All prides itself in providing a positive experience for children and adults alike when visiting its stores. Customers enjoy a wide selection of otherwise hard-to-find Toys and Games with Toys '4' All bringing to market toys from independent toy makers and innovators. The future of the Toys '4' All brand likely depends on being able to retain the market share from the independent toy makers using Toys '4' All as a storefront for their goods.

Toys '4' All re-invigorated their brand with the release of their collectors box series representing popular character from many Tivaliwood hit films as well as featuring mascots of the National Footsport Teams qualified or the 80th World Cup and again as the official Toy & Collectable partner of World Cup 81 in Banija and the Free Republics

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[Tropicorp]

Pink Love 350, Grande Mountain Speedway, Grande Mountain, Cassadaigua :: Team Tropicorp had a strong start to the NSSCRA season after putting all three of their cars into the pre-season exhibition race at the Tundra Falls. Once the Regular Season started, however, things weren't as rosy as Experimental Driver Euroli Islander was unable to qualify for the Tundra Falls 500 meaning that Team Tropicorp had no baseline to compare the performance of their two Cocoabo drivers, Cocoabo #28 and Cocoabo #78 against.

The irony of Islander's DNQ at the Tundra Falls 500 is that the Euroli initiative in Team Tropicorps experimental NSSCRA 7 season outline relies on the idea that Euroli Islander is entering races at tracks they have never before driven on in real life, but instead has experience limited only to racing simulators and virtual reality sessions. While Islander qualified for the Exhibition at Tundra Falls in their first time ever on the actual Tundra Falls proving grounds course, when they did it again for real and Islander had experience on the course the driver of the #42 was unable to get into the event.

Team Tropicorp had considered a charter swap between Cocoabo #28 and Euroli Islander to ensure Islander qualified for the Pink Love 350 in Cassadaigua but decided against making any paperwork changes in the event that they complicated ongoing negotiations between Tropicorp and Vilita & Turori motorsports regarding the transfer of Team Tropicorps second charter for use by their development driver Rockii Ezis. Team Tropicorp decided to maintain the status quo heading into Cassadaigua and this time everything went to plan as, after having only seen the course before in a Simulator, Euroli Islander qualified for the main event.

Being the #42 driver's first ever NSSCRA points race, Islander was understandably off the pace finishing the race multiple laps down to the eventual winner Tsering Chu while Cassadaigua's Stacie Houston racked up yet another second place finish to their career total. Team Tropicorp's two chartered drivers Cocoabo #28 and Cocoabo #78 fared better with Cocoabo #28 faring the best running in the Top 20 at times and eventually bringing the #28 Dart-X home in 28th position.

It has been a successful start to the season for Team Tropicorp who currently have both of their chartered Cocoabo placed higher in the NSSCRA standings than the defending series champion River "Shark" Suzgar of Vilita & Turori Motorsports. Team Tropicorp is also placed ahead of the entire One Jamaican and Greythorne team after two events.

Tropicorp Headquarters, Tropicoast, Tropicorp :: Team Tropicorp are the third team on the grid to sign an exclusive agreement with Tropicorp Racing Supply to use the Tropicorp Sifaka X-14n Tyre in competition for the NSSCRA 7 season. Tropicorp Racing Supply are at the track each week to supply tyres to whichever teams wish to purchase from them regardless of which Tyres they may have used in previous events. However, teams which sign an exclusive agreement with Tropicorp Racing Supply receive a discounted bulk purchase rate and will be invited to participate in special closed testing session at various race tracks to test different tyre build compounds throughout the season.

Tropicorp is a quasi-governmental corporation created to conduct Research, Development and Production activities primarily on behalf of the Tropics of Vilita. One of the byproducts of Tropicorps development in a remote location on the Calanian mainland has been the removal of native and wild tree species to make way for development space. Tropicorp engineers discovered a dense grove of Calanian rubber trees.

Tropicorp Engineering developed the special Calanian rubber to create high performance racing tyres for testing purposes. After the tests proved successful, It wasn't long before the tooling was done and Racing Tyres were popping out on an hourly basis from the workshop and Tropicorp Racing Supply was born. Everything on Tropicorp Racing Supply's standard product line from Crew Uniforms to Composite-Material suspension parts will be on offer. - even the potential for advanced product opportunities through Tropicorp Engineering to include Chassis and Hybrid Power systems. Additionally, any team with an official supplier arrangement with Tropicorp Racing Supply will receive discounted Tropicorp Sifaka tyres. Teams may also purchase Tropicorp Sifaka tyres at cost on a week-to-week basis.

[Jebslund]

Caissons Rolling Along Nicely
Schnellezeichnung storms ahead to 3rd, Army and Navy climb standings

Well, Schnellezeichnung, you've once again done me and every Eva in Jebslund proud! Third place in the 2nd race of the season and 3rd place in the standings, well done indeed! I'm not sure if it was the Cassidagua air everyone's on about or just good ol' fashioned Kermanic Gedupango, and I really don't care, 'cause you ripped 'em a new one out there! And, for the racing fans reading this, you're in for a treat today, because...

Interview with Oberst "Eva Schnellezeichnung" Kerman

Me: So, Oberst Eva...

Schnellezeichnung: Don't be so formal, Eva Kerman! Call me "Schnellezeichnung".

M: Okay! Schnellezeichnung, first question on everyone's minds: How's it feel to so high in the standings this early?

S: Feels pretty good, pressure aside. The rest of my crew, racing fans acrodd Jebslund, my family, and even the Emperor on occasion have been writing me with well wishes and hopes that I do well and keep going strong. It feels good to have fans pulling for me, of course, but it also underlines how poorly the Jebslunden drivers did last season.

M: I bet. I didn't really cover much of the races last season, but I heard it got bad enough for their Service Exemption to be pulled. Speaking of, though, how's it feel going from driving a tank to driving a stock car?

S: Eh, still have to try to drag every last ounce of Gedupango out of the machine, still have to watch out for smoking wrecks, still getting up way too early, still got a commander shouting in my ear, and still gotta fight enemy drivers to achieve the team's strategic and tactical goals. All that's missing is someone shooting at me.

M: I see. Anything you'd like to share about Kermanic stock cars?

S: Nothing of much note. The pit crew keeps the #13 in good condition, and that keeps her running reliably. *Most* of the time.

M: Okay. I can dig that. Any words for the fans out there?

S: Keep keeping up with NSSCRA, keep cheering me on, and eat plenty of snacks! Oh, and, those of you looking to run new snack businesses, bring back some tasty treats from the other countries! We need more stalls like Die Glückliche Ratte.

M: *laughs* I hear that!

Interview End

Today's featured Imbissmeister is Goldeneschnitzel. One would think schnitzel wouldn't be a stadium food, but 5 years of sports reporting has taught me that no food is immune to the call of stadium snacking wishlists. Goldeneschnitzel serves perfectly fried schnitzel at nearly every event you can think of, and has recently expended their offerings to include hotdogs and burgers. Why not have a properly filling snack next time you watch the big race? Find a Goldeneschnitzel stall and see what you make of stadium snacking meals.

Writing for the Sportler, this has been Eva Kerman wishing you a lucky season!

[Lisander]

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THE NSSCRA SO FAR
We watched the races, reviewed the results, counted the points and we're now thinking about the future of it.

It took a little. We were worried and working in a very serious cause.

We received a petition with 3,000 signatures, including, immediately on page one, the names of all female Lisander drivers. They asked that the "Girls" section of our site be deleted. That's because since the Site was created 11 years ago, this section was the place for slightly more provocative photos. This led to an objectification of the female body. We paused in the publications to correct this. I, Anderson Mosquera, in particular, put myself in my father's place. I would not want to see these photos if they were from my wife or daughter.

We really changed in eleven years. We are not ashamed to take our share of the blame for the foolishness of our past. When we started this blog, we were high school students and ran on the streets of Kasandora, me and Pedro Stockton. And like every teenager, we really liked seeing women in suggestive poses.

But we understand (and therefore thank the complaint) that times change. Women are increasingly gaining space in an environment that was almost exclusively for men. Just see the driver table in WGP3. They are doing a wonderful job. It is completely misleading yet we see them only as beautiful and provocative bodies. Instead of just deleting the section, we made our "mea culpa", and replaced all the pictures by publications related to the great performances of Lourdina Westgrens, Ludwika Wiel, Meliné Agrakian, Sissie Damsgard, Mor Holstein and all the other female drivers.

We're sorry and thank you.

Impossible timezones, awful streaming, lack of update on social networks. It's kind of hard to keep up with the Dunneot team in this NSSCRA. But we're trying. The season is within the expected so far by what we see, with Holden, Granado and Westgrens qualifying most of the time for the races.

The first test, Tundra Falls 500 in Newmanistan, saw Licio Granado start well, but eventually lost control in the third stage, trying to escape pieces that had broken out of the car of the current champion Vilitar River Suzgar II. "The car was too light on turn 3, and I was trying to escape the pieces of Suzgar's car, but I ended up clogged in the gravel and unable to return" He told us via MyFace. In addition to Granado and Suzgar, three more drivers failed to complete the race. Lourdina Westgrens was able to complete the race, finishing in the 32nd position, while Andrew Holden failed to qualify.

The second race, Pink Love 350, in Cassaidagua, saw a great recovery of the drivers of Lisander. Lourdina Westgrens and Licio Granado were very well last Sunday, being one, the other or both within the Top 20 in all stages. In the end, Westgrens finished in seventh place, while Granado finished in the thirteenth place, both guaranteeing a good amount of points, keeping alive in their search for a spot in the Playoffs. Andrew Holden also performed well, qualifying for the first time, and finishing the race in the top half, getting ahead of the # 7 driver in Sector 4. A great performance of the veteran.

NSSCRA Championship Table
1. #90 Tsering Chu (SHW) - 88
2. #50 Ellie Lindskog (VNG) - 80
3. #13 Eva Kerman (JEB) - 79
20. #7 Lourdina Westgrens - 49
27. #9 Lício Granado - 34
32. #32 Andrew Holden - 23

The next stop in NSSCRA around the world is at Lonngeylin Ring, Vilita, where the current champion Suzgar II goes to rehabilitation with the support of his fans, and the Dunneot team goes in search of another good result, this time with the presence of Mor Holstein, although only as a spectator. Despite the amount of money that Stellenbosch Tyres put in this team, according to what we have found, there are excellent reasons (which need confirmation) so she has not yet gone to the track. Both Dunneot and Bitten Heroes seem to be preparing very well as privateers in this world of great builders. They are laying solid foundations for even higher flights.

To watch the Qualifiers and the Toys '4' all 500 with the best quality possible (probably not even HD), make sure you have disconnected every other device of your internet router/cable/li-source.

1. Log into MyFace.
2. Search for Dunneot GT FanPage and after opening it, click in "Stream NSSCRA".

You'll be able to watch the race, but we can't ensure you for how long. If the stream fails, repeat step 2.

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[Newmanistan]

Race: Toys 4 All 500
Track Record: 14.770 seconds

Drivers in red needed to qualify into the field, and failed to.

1 #46 Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                          15.024
 2 #44 Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                       15.033
 3 #1 Hauptmann Wilhelm Kerman (Jebslund)                  15.070
 4 #27 Stacie Houston (Cassadaigua)                        15.085
 5 #50 Ellie Lindskog (Vangaziland)                        15.099
 6 #14 River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilita & Turori)           15.105
 7 #48 Shawn Curtis (Newmanistan)                          15.127
 8 #88 Liangmei Li (The Sherpa Empire)                     15.147
 9 #7 Lourdina Westgrens (Lisander)                        15.159
10 #98 Adam Poboski (Greythorne) *Q*                       15.176
11 #32 Andrew Holden (Lisander) *Q*                        15.189
12 #70 Larry Toothworth (Greythorne)                       15.236
13 #2 Centur Tiones (Vilita & Turori)                      15.262
14 #18 Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                       15.321
15 #56 Francis Furheart Jr. (The Ferret Lands)             15.386
16 #12 Roman Gwinnett (Xanneria)                           15.414
17 #25 Kev Schorebrook (Vangaziland)                       15.437
18 #11 Jenna Logan (Cassadaigua)                           15.471
19 #69 Oberfeldwebel Sofia Kerman (Jebslund)               15.512
20 #24 Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                       15.516
21 #28 Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                             15.526
22 #90 Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                     15.532
23 #75 Floyd Hackerbee (Vangaziland)                       15.621
24 #9 Lício Granado (Lisander)                             15.623
25 #34 Warren Pawstone (The Ferret Lands) *Q*              15.642
26 #94 Yael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine) *Q*       15.683
27 #10 Eddie Walters Jr (Xanneria) *Q*                     15.721
28 #42 Euroli Islander (Tropicorp) *Q*                     15.877
29 #13 Oberst Eva Kerman (Jebslund)                        15.903
30 #78 Cocoabo #78 (Tropicorp)                             15.951
31 #16 Tom Bombelli (Xanneria)                             15.998
32 #99 Gael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)           16.046
33 #41 Yraaga Gilli'i (Vilita & Turori)                    16.081
34 #23 James McCurty (Hampton Island) *Q*                  16.141
35 #6 Alex Knight (Hampton Island)                         16.195
36 #76 Kevin von Pressman (Greythorne)                     16.202
37 #60 Rockii Ezis (Vilita & Turori)                       16.325
38 #55 Francis Furheart Sr. (The Ferret Lands)             16.350
39 #49 Melvin Andrew (One Jamaica) *Q*                     16.632
40 #29 Jeff Shreeves (Central Shanesville) *Q*             16.634
41 #21 Omar Brady (One Jamaica)                            16.813
42 #8 Jennifer Jane (One Jamaica)                          16.859
43 #20 Shane Wray (Central Shanesville)                    16.932
44 #71 Mael Erwann (Brittany Normandy Aquitaine)           16.960
45 #91 David Land (Central Shanesville)                    16.989
46 #22 Kevin Cosgrove (Hampton Island)                     17.165
47 #4 Meghan Sharpe (Cassadaigua)                          17.176
48 #3 Skip Stiller (Saint Kanye)                           17.255
49 #5 Bryan Harrison (Newmanistan)                         17.346

[Saint Kanye]

NSSCRA: GFR EARNS SECOND POLE OF THE SEASON
"Starting first is good, but finishing first is better" - Alvarez

by Claude Harlan



LONNGEYLIN - The upcoming Toys 4 All 500 will be the third points race in the seventh season of the NSSCRA (Nationstates Stock Car Racing Association). It is also the third points race which will feature a Kanyean driver for Glorious Free Republic Motorsports starting in the front row. Jeremiah Brooke in the #18 car started second last week in Grande Mountain, while #3 driver Skip Stiller got GFR its first pole of the season two weeks ago in the Tundra Falls 500. Thea Alvarez and the #46 car made it two poles for the Yeezies with a superb qualifying run here at the Lonngeylin Ring.

"Of course, I'm happy to be on the pole for the Toys 4 All 500. That means one extra point, which will be very valuable as we try to climb up the standings. But while it is good to start first, it doesn't guarantee a win. It's better if we do win", said the teenage driver, who will lead the field alongside #44 driver Kai Qiang of the Sherpa Empire. It is the second straight time that a Kanyean racer will share the front row with a "rumored lover" from a foreign team. Stacie Houston (#27) of Cassadaigua was the polesitter in the race where Brooke qualified in second position.

"To all those fans who may think that the [qualifying] results were rigged, think again", said Alvarez when asked about this statistic. "Qiang is a good wheelman, so it's not surprising to see him up front with me. Same thing with Houston last week." Brooke was asked if he was envious of what his teammates have been doing so far. "No, of course not. I'll get mine, that's my goal. And to reach that goal, me and my guys will do whatever it takes." The driver of the "Hyde Ride" will start fourteenth. He has also added that he'll be looking forward to having his favorite deep-fried Kratos Bars at the We'll Fry It stall near the track after the race.

Stiller, meanwhile, narrowly avoided starting last. His car was having handling problems and was struggling not to spin into the grass or make contact with the wall of the Lonngeylin Ring. "I thought my qualifying session has gone to the trash", said Stiller; he was "somewhat relieved" to find that Newmanistan's Bryan Harrison (#5) had somehow turned in a worse lap than him, bumping the "Blue Trey" up to forty-second.

This week's open charter user will be Vilita & Turori Motorsports' Rockii Ezis (#60), who also appeared in a few races last season. Yael Erwann (#94), Melvin Andrew (#49) and Jeff Shreeves (#29) all failed to qualify, and as a result will have to wait another week for their first NSSCRA appearance. Xanneria's Eddie Walters Jr. (#10) and Hampton Island's James McCurty (#23) are also out, as is Tropicorp engineer-turned-driver Euroli Islander (#42), which will likely cause more trouble for the business conglomerate's racing research and development efforts. Philip West (#19) has declared his intent to run not this race, but the next one at Jebslund, the Kermania Fortress Run. GFR representatives have been talking with NSSCRA officials and Jebslunden track management to let the Kanyean part-timer run the road course, but no decision has been made as of the time of this article's writing.

All qualifying sessions and races will be broadcast live on SKYNET (Saint KanYe NETwork) Sports Channel 12, and online at nsscra.skynet.stk.

[The Sherpa Empire]

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‭Yuan Qiang's only worldly possessions consisted of the clothes on her back, a few cans of Vilaye Energy Drink, and a stack of ‬₹5000‭ bills. (‬₹5000 = ‭$42 NSD) Her brother had left the Vilaye and the cash to help her survive until he came home from... Whatever the hell he was doing. She had been annoyed with him for forgetting about her bound feet, but now she realized that she had missed equally significant changes in his life during the years they were apart. He had said something about getting into a professional racing league, but she was still very fuzzy on the details. The stack of cash he had given her was more money than she had ever seen in one place at one time. Could he really afford to give her all that money without putting himself in a bad place? She had tried to tell him it was too much, but he insisted on giving her all the money. He said he was going to be out of the country for a while, and he wanted to make sure she had enough to take care of herself until he came back. And then he jetted off to Vilita, and she was left behind in Yangshuo with his leftover energy drinks and the wodge of cash. She had no idea what she was supposed to do now. The Vilaye was not like anything she had ever tasted before. She couldn't make up her mind if she liked it or not, but she went ahead and drank it because it was there.

‭Yangshuo was a jumble of narrow streets, dramatic cliffs, and water. It got a lot of tourists for a town of its size, so the streets that had the most picturesque architecture and the best views were jammed full of backpackers, and there were signs in English and German as well as the usual Sherpa, Chinese, etc. There were a bazillion souvenir shops selling regional handicrafts and gimmicky T-shirts, but it wasn't a great place to shop for everyday clothing. Yuan Qiang didn't want local color. She wanted simple Sherpa clothes. After all the years of hobbling around on bound feet and all the hell that Bao Xing had put her through, the Sherpas and their cultural chauvinism didn't seem oppressive by comparison. She wasn't interested in challenging their authority or staying connected to her roots. She just wanted to melt into the crowd.

‭She traded one of the ‬₹5000‭ bills to Jia Huang for some smaller bills, then took the bus up to Guilin and found a nice boring department store in a middle-class Sherpa neighborhood to go shopping for a new wardrobe. At first she was nervous going out and about by herself, but when nobody bothered her except a few people asking if she was okay because of the way she walked, she started to feel more at ease. (Jia Huang didn't have time to come along because she was busy selling snacks, earning a living for her own family.) At the department store, a Sherpa woman offered to walk around with Yuan Qiang and bring her garments to try on, or return the ones she didn't want to the racks, so that she didn't have to walk as much. She was tempted to crack a joke about Sherpas carrying things for other people, but decided it was better not to push her luck making racially insensitive jokes with people she'd just met.

‭Guilin had changed since the last time she saw it. Stores and restaurants that she remembered from her childhood were gone, and new ones that she didn't recognize had sprung up. Taxis, buses, and motorcycles were decorated with colorful animal-inspired designed like fish scales, cat ears, or insect wings. Some streets in the more touristy parts of the city were veritable motorized menageries. She couldn't help but smile at the whimsical designs, but she had no idea that it was her brother and his business partners that had sparked this new fad.

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‭On the flight to Vilita, Kai Qiang had the bad luck to be seated next to one of his biggest fans, who was determined to talk to him instead of letting him sleep. His face was bruised and a little swollen where Xing had hit him with the hoe, and he spent the better part of the flight dabbing it with ice cubes wrapped in a face cloth to try to make the swelling go down. When he arrived in Lonngeylin, he was in no condition to drive practice laps, so he just went to his hotel and collapsed on the bed. The next day, after sleeping for about 12 hours straight, he finally made it out to the track to drive some practice laps and talk strategy with his crew. The crew had checked out the track, practiced in the pit, made a few adjustments on the car, and talked among themselves while Qiang was back home dealing with his dysfunctional personal life -- so at least the crew was well-prepared when he got there.

‭There was still a lot that needed to be done back home, but some of it could be delegated to Arjun Bhandari, and what couldn't be delegated would have to wait until after the Toys 4 All 500.

‭Bao Xing had already been reported to the police, and Bhandari was helping Yuan Qiang with the paperwork for a lawsuit against her relatives that had bound her feet. The Fengkai County Clerk's Office was also named in the lawsuit because they had not reported it to the Sherpa authorities even though there was no realistic way they could have not noticed when Yuan Qiang was in their office to get her marriage license. Suing the county meant they were more likely to get actual money out of it if they won, and also that the case would have to be heard in Guangzhou instead of the local court. In Guangzhou, they could expect to get a grumpy Sherpa judge with no patience for Chinese culture, whereas the local courts often had Chinese judges.

‭Even though there was still a lot to do, and Kai Qiang didn't know how it would all turn out, it was a huge weight off his mind just knowing that the wheels had been set in motion. Now he could give the race his undivided attention. It paid off with a great qualifying time, in which he was 2nd only to Thea Alvarez -- who he liked anyway, so he couldn't be too upset about her getting the pole. As a joke, he threw an obviously fake temper tantrum, pretending to be absolutely outraged that she had beaten him, but there was no way anyone could miss the irony in his voice or the smile on his face.

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‭In Yangshuo, Jia Huang and her family were watching Beihua's NSSCRA coverage on a fuzzy old TV. They snacked on sunflower seeds and left the shells all over the living room table. Yuan Qiang was there with them, though her bright new clothes made her look very out of place. She had her son in her arms, and she was spoon-feeding him rice porridge. She glanced up at the screen. It showed cars on a race track, but it was not like the tracks the racing clubs used in the Chinese Territories. It was much more slick and modern, even nicer than the tracks in the South where they held F1 races. "Where's that?" she asked.

‭"Vilita."

‭"That's really nice."

‭"Now you know how your brother got all that money."

‭Yuan Qiang put the spoon down and just sort of sat there dumbfounded as it finally sank in just how far Kai Qiang had come from their humble beginnings. "This is insane..."

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‭Tsering Chu was embarrassed that she had followed up her big win at the Pink Love 350 by losing out to a cocoabo and a ferret during the qualifying for the Toys 4 All 500. She had really hoped to continue dominating. "It's frustrating not to be more consistent," she signed to a Beihua reporter that interviewed her at the end of the session. "I'll have to make up for it when we race tomorrow."

‭Liangmei Li was more concerned about finishing behind Kai Qiang. Again. When she didn't think any cameras were rolling, she complained to a woman from her pit crew, "It's kind of hard to keep up my reputation as the best female driver in the Sherpa Empire when I keep losing to Qiang Kai."

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[Vangaziland]

Racing | Track Life | Off Grid | Fast Women

Franssen Requests Second Charter

With NSSCRA 7 very much underway, the fourth VMR affiliated driver is seeking a second race. Jessica Franssen is expected to run at the Blue Coast 400. The race is named after the city of Blue Coast itself, which sits on the southeast coast of the Vannish Mainland. Blue Coast is known for its beaches, shopping and entertainment. Blue Coast University is considered the #1 party school in the Empire.

This all points to an exciting atmosphere when NSSCRA ends up in town. Looking to capitalize on the frenzy, is WGPC World Champion Jessica Franssen. "My entire reason for running here is to honor my father", said the Vangazi. She would be fighting to find space between her management of Vannish Motors Racing's WGP2 team. "Stock car racing is in my DNA", she with a slightly tearful look in her eyes. Her father Fred passed away early in Jessica's life.

"I put in a request to race at Brittany-Normandy-Aquitaine." Jess spoke of the season's 9th event. "It seems like a fine country that I would be glad to tour." Jessica studied a little about the nation before choosing it as her potential destination.

"As a fan of history", Jessica said. "I'm really interested in House Yannick. Vannish history was also active in the 11th century. At that time, different Vann tribes were fighting and trading for space on the Mainland. Vangazi can relate to a General like Gael I the Conqueror." She spoke of what she would do if she visited the country. "I'd like to visit a museum and see some of their relics from that time period." She seemed to draw on fond memories as she looked away and to the side. "It'll remind me of school trips to see Vann and Gazilian artifacts at The Museum of Vannish History."

Jess was asked what she plans to do with any win she garners. Would she move onto the Chase? The season comes down to the second half, after all. If she won an event, she could progress to the playoffs full time. "I'd love to even have the chance at a NSSCRA Cup", Franssen said. "It would look pretty good on a record. Thing is... Not right now. I need to finish my commitments to the WGP2. Maybe next season, I'll come to NSSCRA full time."

She laughed a little. "It would be arrogant of me to just hop into stock cars as if I was the Queen. Instead, I'll run a race or two and practice throughout next year." This still left the question of what Jessica would do with any wins this season. "The league is looking for excitement", Jess added. "I'd donate any of my wins to a wild card spot. I understand that running two races can be touchy. Let it be known I'm in it for the spirit of development and exhibition. I also plan to give it my all."

"The last time I was at the HQ, I took a run on the simulator's NSSCRA mode", Jess said excitedly. "I'm preparing for the Blue Coast 400, while my GP drivers sim for their events."

Jessica is deviating from her number 25 to sport a florescent orange 01. The number is an homage to her recent championship, as WGPC tradition allows the World Champion to feature the number. Her car will be a red and purple Hammerhead chassis.

"These two races are all I need to dip my toes into the world of stock car racing." Jess smiled excitedly. It was clear she was looking forward to more track time.

Jess was asked which other racing formats she would like to try. Jessica also has a rally championship under her belt, won racing across a nation called Enfaru. "I'd love to run GT1 racing", Jess said. "Maybe just a third driver for an endurance race or two."

"I'm feeling like a bundle of nerves about my chances on race day", Franssen said about the Blue Coast 400. "I normally rely on my lines. But this will be pretty much the same corner, over and over. It's a different way to keep lines. I'm really pumped up for it."

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Imperial Motorsports Magazine - pgs 14-15 - Matt Hernandesson

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On the days before the race, Kev Schorebrook visited his brother Mikey at his college in Northern Vangaziland. Kev had spent much of his time traveling for NSSCRA. He was glad to see family for a few days. After touring the campus for a several hours, they decided to head into town. Kev wasn't such a huge celebrity that he drew crowds. A few students, his brothers friends, did know he was coming.

They made a big scene at first, taking tons of pictures with the Vannish driver. To them, it was surreal to see the guy they only knew from interviews walking past Kaller Hall. Kev turned out to be a blast to hang out with. He was in a fairly jocular mood and was just glad to be away from the track for a day.

Kev, Mikey and a few of his friends went shopping in downtown Northton, before heading to a pub for dinner. Their favorite shop was Imperial Sports. The place had a wide selection of athletic gear. One of the hottest items on sale was Royals baseball jerseys. One of the college kids bought a Pete Kelderssen jersey. He was the team's second baseman and a rising star. The latest edition of the World Baseball Classic caused interest in the sport to start spiking across the Vannish Empire.

As a bald man, Kev liked hats. He bought one for the Vannish basketball team and another for the Emeros Zap. The latter was a domestic team in the Vannish Basketball Organization. Kev bought a matching Mark Ewingson jersey for his IBC Royals hat.

Kev's brother bought a throwback jersey. It featured the gold material the Royals wore a few IBC season's ago. He wanted to buy the matching shorts, but he would have to come back next month.

Now they shared banter around the table. Kev had a large steak and cold beer in front of him. His brother had a chicken finger platter and a lemon shandy. The pub was called 'Metro'. It was located in the heart of the commerce district. It had a slightly modern feel that was different from the fantasy genre styling many pubs seemed to go for. Three guys and two women joined the group. One was a friend of Mikey's girlfriend that they were trying to set up with Kev.

The driver didn't want to get involved with one of his brother's friends. Well, at least not TOO involved. "I'm looking forward to seeing Vilita", Kev told the group. He had to speak loud to reach the far side of the long table. "I hear it's a beautiful place."

"A few Vannish drivers have done well there, huh?" Mikey took a sip after asking his brother the question.

"Yeah. I forget exactly who", Kev replied. "I think it's been awhile though. Like maybe Jang Xiaopeng or Jenna Vandersen in the WGP2."

The dark haired woman they were trying to pair with Kev smiled at him. "I think it's so cool that an Imperial Royal raced", she said about Jenna in the WGP2. "Have you ever met her?" In her mind, she wasn't sure if all racers hung out at some point.

Kev chuckled a little as he finished a bite of steak. Once he was done eating, he added, "Nah. I wish." With a slight laugh he said, "Celebrities stick to open wheeled racing."

Mikey knew Kev was trying to be low key, so he figured he'd tease him. "Yea, NSSCRA is for no name, GT2, third seat drivers like you."

"Dang man", said Kev. "That hurts." He knew his brother was joking. It was all in good fun.

One of the random friends chimed in with, "You know. NSSCRA is putting on a heck of a show. There are all sorts of runs for the pole. The drivers seem hungry. It looks great on race day. The field changes so much. It's some of the most exciting racing in the multiverse, right now."

"It's great to be a part of", Kev said before washing down a bite with bitter ale. The lights were fairly dim, reflecting off the glossy black tiles of the floor below them. The walls were black on the bottom half, as were the chairs and bar fixtures. The top of the room was stark white, giving the room a sharp contrast. Many patrons wore black and white here as a tradition.

"This is a great time for Vannish sports in general", said Mikey. "Even baseball. That was an exciting series to watch. The second round of the playoffs? Vannish baseball has never gotten that far."

"That's a much better place for them to finish", said Kev. He had followed along and even thought about going to a game. His schedule kept him a little too busy to go. "This year makes a good starting point for the next three seasons. It'll be worth keeping an eye on."

"How do you think the field is shaping up in NSSCRA?" The dark haired woman asked Kev, to show him she followed the sport. She wanted him to at least think she did. All she knew was that she internet-searched his salary and saw his magazine pics. "Do you have like... A plan?"

Kev had to finish chewing once again, but he nodded. "Oh yeah", he said in an answer to her second query first. "The truth is that it's still early", said Kev. "I'm not on about pole awards and stuff. The truth is that we just need to stay warm for the Chase. My issue is that I need to win a race to get there."

"Is it like.. Hard to win?" The interested woman asked him another question. She had baked barbeque chicken with a salad. A glass of wine sat at her side. She was hoping Kev would join her with wine, but he had to be such a guy with that Royal Imperial beer.

Kev was drinking Prince Fritz IPA. The hoppy ale won a silver medal at the Alpen View Brew Festival. While many teams fought it out on the rugby field, the Vangazi were slinging brews at the concession stand.

"It's tough to just break into the front six. Competition is top heavy this season. Nations brought a lot of good drivers into the fray", said Kev with a smile. "But we need to stay consistent. We've done okay so far. It's still early. A lot will come down to late race strategy. Those last 50 laps are so important."

"Man.. It's so crazy to compare NSSCRA with the WGPC", said Mikey's girlfriend. "If you look at certain WGP2 races, you'll see certain races where the top 4 cars stay in position for half the race. In NSSCRA, the entire field flexes and changes across so many laps."

"Yeah", Kev replied. "You don't run hundreds of laps in the WGPC."

"You've got a road course coming up", said Mikey. He really looked up to his brother. Michael Schorebrook was only a college sophomore. Thanks to his brother, he was the big man on campus. His current claim to fame was winning a tournament in the Vannish racing game 'T1: Top Tier'. Out of 32 competiors from his college, Kev beat a bracket of racers to win the title of school champion. "That's going to look sick on TV", the younger brother continued.

"I hope so", Kev said laughing nervously. Driving these stock cars on a road course wasn't the same as GT2. Luckily he had experience with circuits like this, driving endurance races in Hodori. "Let's see how the field deals with it. I just hope to not get caught in the crossfire."

The group continued to char around the table well into the night. After eating, they split up to play pool or darts. Mikey started to feed the jukebox, selecting songs from Brash & Nightowl's band, the Space Ogres. The group had recently rocked out the latest World Cup's halftime finale. The band performed for NSSCRA last year, bringing them lots of racing fans.

Kev showed up to the race weekend relaxed. It might have led to an iffy qualifying run that sat him at 17th for the start. He knew the Vannish Motors car was fast enough to fight its way up the pack. The poor start might hamper his chances to take it all. He should still be able to finish consistently in the push towards a wild card spot.

[Newmanistan]

THE ROCKET REPORT

NSSCRA TIDBITS

by Brianne Henry,

Eventually, we will have time to write more about this series, but right now that main usage of our media comes in the form of using spreadsheets and formatting data. At any rate, this next race should be a thriller, coming at the 1/3- mile Lonngeylin Ring in Vilita. Short track racing is always exciting, and there is no question that there will be a lot of bumping and banging on this track as the drivers race around it for the first time. Different bankings on each end of the track add to the challenge. That is a challenge Bryan Harrison’s team has yet to master. He was slow in practice, and was then the slowest in qualifying. “We have to get this figured out, and figured out quickly!” Harrison exclaimed. He is in the back with a couple other successful single digit car numbers: Meghan Sharpe and Skip Stiller. Harrison took some solace in that, “At least we’re not the only one out here known for being better that struggled.” Shawn Curtis was the top qualifier, and will roll off from the 7th position. Will they help Harrison? “You have to help them. What goes around, comes around. If the roles were reversed, we’d want the same.”

There has been increasing talk about getting a naming sponsor for the pole award in qualifying. In a sponsorship driven sport, it is only inevitable. A spokesperson told us that, “We have two bidders right now. One a social media platform, and the other an energy drink. Vilaye is not a well known name in Newmanistan, so I suggest they send us a bunch of product samples and maybe some Newmanistanian themed cans like they did in the World Cup to persuade us, along with the discussed sponsorship fee. Spacebook can automatically remove all the trackers, and don’t deny that you have them, on NSSCRA reps, on our accounts if we have one.”

[Vilita and Turori]

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Vilita & Turori bested by Rivals in Lonngeylin Qualifying

Toys '4' All 500, Lonngeylin Ring, Lonngeylin, Vilita :: Vilita & Turori Motorsports came in to the first ever NSSCRA event at the Lonngeylin Ring with high hopes but were bested at their own home track but rival drivers from Saint Kanye, The Sherpa Empire, Jebslund and Cassadaigua.

Defending NSSCRA series champion River "Shark" Suzgar II was the fastest Vilita & Turori driver in qualifying posting the 5th best time at 15.105 seconds nearly a tenth of a second behind the blistering time set by Saint GFR's Thea Alvarez.

Speeds in the qualification were very quick as conditions were perfect to set hot laps if the cars were set up properly. The top 13 drivers back to Vilita & Turori's #2 Centur Tiones all bested the 15.26 second mark. From there however there was a quick drop off as the rest of the field struggled to get a handle on the two differing turns featured at the Lonngeylin Ring, or simply made mistakes on their qualifying lap like Vilita & Turori development driver Rockii Ezis who was making their season debut. Ezis will start the race in 33rd position with a lot of work to do to impress on a track where they have as many laps as any other driver after having worked during testing sessions in the build up to the event. There were two surprises amongst those who missed the field, Eddie Walter's Jr. of Xanneria and Euroli Islander of Tropicorp. Walters was faster than teammate Tom Bombelli in qualifying and believed they had a hold of the charter for the race which would have guaranteed a spot into the field. However, Bombelli was given the charter and the spot in the field sending Walters home just ahead of Islander who will have been disappointed in failing to qualifying for the second time in three races.

There was a strong qualifying performance from the Greythorne drivers with un-chartered Adam Poboski the fastest of the non-chartered drivers in 10th position while Larry Toothworth was close behind in 12th.

While the title sponsor of the race in Lonngeylin is Toys '4' All there was till a large presence from the Vilisorma Beverage Company at the track handing out samples and offering driver signings at the various Vilaye Energy Drink displays. Vilaye is still in discussion with NSSCRA officials regarding potential sponsorship of the weekly NSSCRA Pole Award to be handed out to the fastest driver in qualifying, with negotiations between Vilaye and the sanctioning body seeming to have moved away from the monetary and instead towards the growth of the sport, with Vilaye working on potential co-marketing campaigns that might include special edition Vilaye Energy Drink cans to be released at the end of the regular season featuring the 16 drivers and teams that have advanced to the NSSCRA Chase preparing to battle for the NSSCRA Title. It is believed that only Vilaye Energy Drink and Cassadaigua's Spacebook remain under consideration for the pole award sponsorship.