Rinzi Zakhilwal thought the dashcam footage of Chuck Harvey throwing himself at Drake's car was hilarious, and he went around showing it to all the other Sherpalanders -- drivers, crews, and even a few Beihua cameramen.
Some Sherpa racing fans posted pictures of Kai Qiang in drag accompanied by messages like, "Hey, Nancy, I found a picture of Frank's girlfriend," and replies like, "She's definitely hotter than you."
Qiang debated whether it was worth commenting on, but decided no. Reacting might just draw more attention to the posts.
Out on the track at the Anderscroggin Fairgrounds, Rinzi and Qiang did all right, but Tsering got knocked around. After some bumping and banging, she found herself struggling with a loose car and dropping back. Rinzi would have had a realistic chance of picking up a second win if he didn't get dumped by Liangmei Li with 4 laps to go. He hung on for a respectable 6th place finish, but he was still ticked off at Li. "She's not even in the Chase and she still thinks she's the queen of the damn track," Rinzi grumbled after the race.
As people were milling about and packing up their things, Rinzi came up behind Qiang and ruffled his hair. "Hey, Qiangkaibo..."
As usual, Qiang swatted his hand away. "Rinzi, what did I fucking tell you..."
"Haha, we should team up with the cocoabos and gang up on Li."
"Pff! Who cares about Li? She does more modeling and advertising than actual racing nowadays. I had to stop collecting Newmanistanian lingerie catalogs because of her."
Qiang had finished 12th, which was good enough to keep him above the cut line for this round of the Chase, but just barely. With 12 very good drivers competing for 8 spots in the next round, the pressure was on, and Qiang didn't want to be distracted by some stupid feud with Liangmei Li.
