NSSCRA 10- Everything Thread (IC)

by **Hapilopper** » Sat Dec 12, 2020 9:47 am

Cocoa-bo Speedway, Starksville, Cassadaigua
The Milford’s Milkshakes 400

“So, with that in mind, I put this to you,” asked Michael Bowers in a sit-down interview with Amanda McAlister, the team principal of Team Blue. “Has your team engaged in any fuel tampering of any sort?”

“No,” Amanda replied. “We have never altered or tampered the fuel we use. Period.”

In a different week, Team Blue would have been excited to compete in Cassadaigua for the NSSCRA race, the Milford’s Milkshakes 400. Drake Stevenson would have fired off a wisecrack about how “my milkshakes bring all the boys to the yard”, and Taylor Henderson probably would have jokingly chastised him, while Frank Bronson, under pressure to get in the field without a charter, would have kept his head down and focused primarily on qualifying for the race. But none of the three – and in fact, nobody from Team Blue – were in a particularly positive mood.

That’s because of a recent writeup in the Hapilopper City Herald from a man who used the pen name “Hap O’Loppa,” which accused Team Blue of doing something rather illegal with its fuel. Supposedly, the team had put a special device inside its fuel filler cans that would blend a special, exotic material into the fuel before the fuel was added to the car during pitstops. As a result, the altered fuel would provide the team with an extra 40-50 horsepower. The team was curious who would spread such a rumor to the media.

“Well, first off, you know and I know that’s bullshit,” Frank said over lunch at the Team Blue Center. “I have no earthly idea who this ‘Hap O’Loppa’ is. All he does is spread falsehoods about people and people lap it up. He’s kind of like that Lee Iyokoka guy from Xanneria. You know the one, right?”

“Yeah,” Drake replied, twirling some pasta around with a fork. “But I wonder if someone was telling him stuff. Anyone you know that left the team lately and wanted to burn a bridge?”

Frank thought about it for a second, stared at his lunch, and then looked right at Drake, his eyes going wide. A lightbulb had just gone off inside his head.

“I know just the person,” Frank said. “I wonder where he’s at. Let’s go find him.”

“Yeah, let’s do,” Drake said. Both men were wanting blood, and they had an idea that someone they knew had been spreading bullshit to some hack writer in Hapilopper City in an attempt to ruin their name. They had put two and two together and had an idea of who that person was.

A short while later, they found their man, putting some things into a car as he prepared to drive to the airport. Chris Holmes turned around to find a very pissed-off Frank Bronson and Drake Stevenson coming his way.

“What’s up?” Chris asked.

“Maybe you could tell us that same thing,” Frank replied. “What the fuck do you think you’re doing? Hap O’Loppa? Who the fuck is that and where the fuck do you get off telling that guy we’re using illegal fuel?”

Chris looked at his former teammates and didn’t know what to say.

“Uh… who is Hap O’Loppa?” Chris asked, kind of pensively, afraid that Frank and Drake were going to beat the hell out of him. “I don’t know what you guys are talking about.”

“The guy that wrote the story about cheating,” Drake said. “Were you the one that said we were using illegal fuel?”

“Illegal fuel?” Chris asked. “When’d you start doing that? I didn’t know you guys were doing that! I always thought you were doing that thing with the air guns! I had no idea you guys were doing anything with the fuel.”

And just like that, Drake and Frank realized that Chris was innocent. He was not Hap O’Loppa’s “reliable source,” nor did he have any idea about the story that had been written.

“I mean, weren’t you guys pumping more nitrogen into the air guns so you could get tires changed quicker?” Chris asked. “I never heard anything about illegal fuel when I was there.”

“You’re right,” Drake said, almost apologetically. “Do you know who would have that Hap O’Loppa’s ear?”

“No,” Chris said. “I don’t know who that is. Who is he?”

“He’s a columnist for the Hapilopper City Herald,” Frank replied. “Kind of a shit-stirrer if you ask me. He’s accused us of cheating, and we’d like to know who his ‘reliable source’ is that he mentioned.”

“I don’t read newspapers, guys,” Chris replied. “I’ve never read his stuff before and I have no desire to. I’m not doing too well, and the last thing I need to read right now is for some hack asshole to tell the world about how I’m nothing. I don’t need to reminded of that. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m getting the hell out of here. Nothing hurts more than sitting around watching a race I didn’t make.”

Chris got into his car and drove off. It was clear that Chris hadn’t been the one that had spoken to the anonymous columnist, and it seemed for all the world that it was going to be over with. But people were talking about Team Blue, and not in the best of ways. There were suspicious individuals not far from each of the three cars’ pit stalls on race day. None of the crew from Team Blue recognized the individuals, and didn’t want to cause any undue incident, especially if these were just fans watching the action from behind pit road, as was the custom at NSSCRA tracks across the multiverse.

The race had been rather nondescript, although Frank took a 4th place finish, while Taylor took 13th and Drake, having gotten nudged out of the way late by an aggressive competitor, dropped back to 21st after running much higher late in the race. And it seemed like the team could put whatever cheating nonsense behind them. But then, “Hap O’Loppa” put out a twii while the team was on the Team Blue Shuttle leaving Cassadaigua.

HAP O'LOPPA

@HCH-OLoppa
Hearing two Team Blue drivers confronted @CHolmes56 about my story. Interesting, but he wasn't the one I spoke to.

#NSSCRA : #Cheating

Drake Stevenson, looking at the twii on his phone, went several shades of red.

“That...fucking...LIAR!!!” Drake roared, which got a few people's attention.

“Who're you talking about?” Frank asked as he rushed over. Drake showed Frank the twii, and Frank quickly realized that either Chris had played them, or Chris had told someone who told Hap O'Loppa everything. This one, unfortunately, was far from over.

by **Kohnhead** » Sat Dec 12, 2020 9:50 am

Tyler Butler does well in Starksville

Info
Driver: Tyler Butler
Number: 91
Qualification Finish: 50th
Start: 37th
Row: 18
High: 16th
Low: 41st
Finish: 27th (+10)
Lap counter: 5 laps down

For the third race of the NSSCRA season Tyler Butler and Dexter Warner traveled to a type of race track neither had ever raced on before. This was short track racing in Starksville and there are no short tracks in Kohnhead so it was thought that neither would do well. Qualifying certainly backed this up with each having extremely poor performances finishing in 50th and 51st respectively clearly not good enough for Warner to qualify in.

Race day came and arrived and Butler would be starting down in the 18th row but he took off flying and never looked back as the short track one of the most difficult types of races there is he just seemed to do well at. Butler ran for the first time in his NSSCRA career a consistent race start to finish and because of this was able to pick up 10 spots and finish in 27th place.

Butler spent much of the final part of the race battling Thea Alvarez from Saint Kanye and Liangmei Li from Newmanistan but would not be able to beat either of them robbing him of his first ever top 25 finish. However the finish moves him up to 30th in the overall standings which is exactly where he wanted to be heading into the season and puts him squarely in the rookie of the year conversation third on points out of all the rookies although far behind Shigeru Ishikawa from Squidroidia and Ganglie Zhe from Abanhfleft who is unchartered yet still winning the rookie of the year race.

Next week Warner and Butler will travel to the Kermania Fortress Run in Jebslund for their first ever road course. Road courses just like short tracks are not found in Kohnhead (there aren't many tracks to begin with) and so it will be a new experience for them both. Maybe Butler takes to the road course like a duck to water or maybe he takes it like a (insert a different like a blank to blank).

While Tyler Butler and Dexter Warner have yet to encounter a short track, TIm Lateman is coming off of a third place finish in the Contender's Series at a short track. At the GoSwordIsland.com 350 in Brisbane, Sword Island, Lateman for the first time raced on a road course and he did valiant in his attempt finishing in third place after qualifying all the way down in 15th.

It hasn't been the season everyone was hoping for after his win at the Prospect Showdown with Lateman coming in 21st in Banjia at the RTC 400 following a 13th in Newmanistan at the Tundra Falls 400. Lateman sat in 15th of the points before this weekend and after a 15th place finish in qualification many were expecting a similar race.

Lateman really told the doubters to be quiet with a stellar third place finish that saw every part of the race go well and he even led two laps which is the first two laps he's led since his win at the Propsect Showdown. Lateman is now up to tied for 11th in the standings on 71 points which is 10 clear of the cutoff line for the chase but 30 behind leader Chris Gordon from Sword Island the guy Lateman finished behind at Gordon's home track.

Next up Lateman travels to South Newlandia at Sun City Speedway which is home to fellow competitor in the Everlong's series Robin Dragonovic who has done very well as South Newlandia's only driver in the NSSCRA as he sits in 4th of the standings right now.

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Sat Dec 12, 2020 11:55 am

LESTER LEONIDAS BAXTER ✓

@The_Leo_Baxter_420
Just heard that a kid mistook @SageTheRacer 4 me. Honestly can't remember ever having dreads once tho. Just cant grow my hair long enough

#NSSCRA : #MilfordsMilkshakes400 : #BrothersFromAnotherMother

WILHELMINA DEMETER VON CÄRINTHEN ✓

@queertrucker1998
Tara Milford is an example of a girl who doesn't let anything get in the way of her success. Remember: Girls can b successful in anything!

#NSSCRA : #MilfordsMilkshakes400 : #GirlsWillSellMilkshakes : #YouGoGirl

GUILLERMO RODOLFO ARCHER ✓

@ItsGilArcher69
Daily reminder a team of literal cheergirls qualified 4 WC twice more recently than us. TWICE. @FutbolAbanhfleft u literally have no excuse.

#NSSCRA : #MilfordsMilkshakes400 : #CheergirlsWorldCup : #AbanhfleftIsShitAtFootball : #JustVenting

The first three races have not been kind at all to Dinggu Wang, UrGa's (well, more accurately Olga Gatutina's) chosen championship contender. Well, maybe not been kind was too strong a phrase to describe the situation. But things have definitely not gone the same way that they had at the same time in the previous season. Back then, in the early races at least, it was immediately clear that Guillermo Archer deserved being given the guaranteed charter that UrGa started out with. Today though, while Dinggu Wang certainly deserved to hold the guaranteed charter on merit, his results on the track were a somewhat different story. Of course, Olga was happy as everyone else that UrGa got all three of its drivers into the Exhibition Race, but still, who would have thought that it would be Hossem fucking Nasri of all people to be the fastest among the team's drivers?

UrGa and Olga had gotten a lot of flak for signing Hossem Nasri to the team over someone who actually had NSSCRA experience in the form of former Ceroat driver Rustam Yudin. Olga had taken much of the flak for the decision even as she knew that there was every chance that Nasri would embarrass himself and the team by being among the slowest of the slow drivers on this particular grid. Everyone in Abanhfleft was also thinking the same thing. So when Nasri emerged as the fastest out of the three UrGa drivers at the Exhibition in the Proving Grounds, the Fleftic motorsports world lost its collective head. Theories abounded as to how the fuck exactly did the man dubbed "Sheikh Rattle and Roll" manage to outqualify two men with actual NSSCRA experience. Some said that Hossem Nasri was only pretending to be a shit driver in ARTS, and that he had deliberately set the bar low for himself so that when he finally bought a seat in NSSCRA, he could surprise everyone. If that was true then he certainly surprised everyone in Abanhfleft. Another theory, only slightly more likely than the previous one, made use of the fact that Nasri was one of the first people to receive the street version of the Luxur Byzant (UrGa's current NSSCRA contender), and that he used his experience in the street version of the car to inform himself of what he was about to feel in the top stock car racing series in the multiverse. And of course there was the theory that Nasri had just paid off his teammates to go slower than him, even if it was just for the Exhibition.

At least one driver was performing to expectations, sometimes even exceeding it. No one, not even Ganglie Zhe himself, would have thought that he would be reaching these sorts of heights when he agreed to become spotter for Leo Baxter all those years ago. He started from there, drove in Xanneria and the Chinese Territories, and now not only was he a bona fide NSSCRA driver, he was also now one of the frontrunners for the Rookie of the Year award. And, for the first two races of the season, there was actually clamor from some sectors of Fleftic motorsports to give UrGa's guaranteed charter to Zhe instead of Wang. Not that that would have been probably possible given current NSSCRA rulings, but some folks like to dream. Then again, expectations for Zhe were now set quite high after he finished in 8th place at the Exhibition, and as was often the case for young and promising drivers, it would certainly be a great task to continue racking up those high finishes. But the faith in Zhe seemed to have been rewarded when he replicated his Exhibition race performance by qualifying in the exact same place for the actual Proving Grounds 500. The only real shame was that he had been unable to repeat his performance now that there were actual points on the line.

In New Northwesteros, at the track notorious for chewing up tyres to pieces, Dinggu Wang was once again outqualified by his teammates, although this time Hossem Nasri was no longer among the six fastest must-qualify drivers. Ganglie started the Argo Petrol 350 in 13th place while Dinggu was twenty places behind. As far as drafting was concerned, it just simply wasn't doable, unless Wang was able to make his way past the twenty cars in between him and his teammate. As it turned out though, it was Zhe who dropped down places to get closer to Wang, although this was most definitely not part of the plan. This circuit was just hell on tyres, and tyre management apparently was not one of Ganglie's strong suits, even with UrGa having ordered the hardest available rubber compound from Tropicorp. Both Zhe and Wang finished in the twenties, and Olga Gatutina's plan to make Dinggu Wang the oldest NSSCRA champion to date was being put through the meme treatment once again.

And then Wang turned the whole thing on its head by becoming the fastest UrGa driver in Starksville, nabbing a start in 10th place at the newly rebranded Milford's Milkshakes 400. Whether it was just luck finally favoring the Chinese Sherpalander or if it was the makings of the man becoming a short track specialist, nobody really knew. But what everyone knew, or more properly just realized, was that maybe Wang wasn't that big of a meme after all. Maybe Olga Gatutina was right; there was indeed some championship material in the old man. But if the doubters thought that Wang was finished there, they were wrong. Oh boy, were they wrong.

Dinggu Wang shot up through the field in the starting laps of the race, running as high as 3rd place before settling down around the higher end of the single digits. But once again, tyre management became an issue and Wang slowly dropped down the order. And then things got worse when there was confusion over whether Wang wanted to change only two tyres or all four. It might have been lost in translation, it might have been actual miscommunication. Whatever it was, Wang got all four of his tyres changed, but in the post-race debrief it was eventually clarified that he only wanted the two left tyres replaced. Nevertheless, despite this pitlane confusion dumping him as far down as 25th place, Dinggu Wang still managed to worm his way back up to 9th place by the time the checkered flag was waved in Starksville, on the day that River "Shark" Suzgar took home his first win of the season. Ganglie Zhe also had a good recovery drive of his own, going from all the way down at 32nd place to nab 14th at the end. Finally, it looked like UrGa's new team was gelling. Dinggu Wang could still win that title just yet, but as things stand, there was still much work to do.

by **Valentine Z** » Sat Dec 12, 2020 1:33 pm

The Valentians – 1st Tier: Milford's Milkshakes 400, Cocoa-bo Speedway, Starksville, Cassadaigua (Short Track); 2nd Tier: GoSwordIsland.com 350, Brisbane International Raceway, Sword Island (Road Course)

"Oh, you have got to be kidding me," was the first thing that came into Gwen's mind, as well as to exclaim it softly in front of the Valentians. As they touched down at the venue, she knew that she was in for nasty surprise, or a lukewarm performance at best. "A short course again, really?" she continued, "I had really bad experiences with these before, you know? Ahh well, there's no harm in trying!"

Anastasia: Yeah, it won't be that bad! Well, I mean... It'll be extremely crowded, but the speeds are more or less controlled, right? We can't go that fast.

Gwen: Yeah, the excessive speed was not my fear of it. It was just the crowd. You would think that squeezing in 40 plus drivers in a tight course was going to be disastrous, but nope, so happens to be one of the more popular courses in the history of NSSCRA.

Marcus: Haha, don't sweat it too much, you'll be fine! Maybe lukewarm at worst, but I'm sure that you guys will pull something nice today. Hey, all the best!

Gwen: Thanks! Well, I can't whine too much. Yeah, let's go ahead!

As they prepped themselves - some of them staying on the plane and others in the lounge that they were provided with, the Valentians called it a day and had a little R&R. The drivers abstained from drinking altogether, though Clarissa took some medicine-grade alcohol in order to cool herself down and to clean her systems. Disassembling herself in the way of a T-1000, followed by taking a shower, would have fared better, but alcohol worked as well. Gwen and Anastasia had a talk regarding the strategies as they took turns on the simulator, while Jolyn and Holly, the Valentians that were under the different group, went for some afternoon TV. Jolyn did not have much of a confidence in the first place regarding herself this time. Her glory days - at least before the last race - was only in NSSCRA 8, and she was here mainly to support Holly and to take up some opportunities that she still got it.

Going back to the main Valentians, Gwen and Anastasia each took a cumulative total of 4 hours on the simulations. Clarissa, on the other hand... Gwen and Anastasia were beside her as she was sitting on her bed, motionless but resting; she doesn't need air like people, and it was uncanny for those unfamiliar with her. Gwen quietly but friendlily woke her friend up.

Gwen: Hey, Clarrie! Oooh, hey, sorry about that, just figured we would talk a little.

Clarissa: Ohh, hi there! ^^ Oh no worries, you know how it is!

Gwen: Oh wait, you're not napping, aren't you? Simulation?

Clarissa: Yes! I have ran for quite a while, but doing okay!

Gwen: Ahh, how many hours?

Clarissa: I ran for 63,000 hours! Simulated and accelerated, of course.

Gwen: Damn, I wish I have a computer mind. Though time manipulation works wonders too! Hmm, nah, not using it now, too much of a hassle and reality breaking.

Then the qualifications happened on the very next day. Valentijn, the leading woman of Valentine Z, saw herself leading and finishing 1st for the qualifications, essentially a pole position. As the Valentians cheered her on on the TV, she finished 13th for the race. In the post-race interview, she explained, "Well, you know what they say! The qualifications were great because there was only you on the race! Then the road course happened, and there goes the neighborhood. It was a good race today, but I guess I'm not used to driving in such high speeds in a while, much less on a road course. Burma back in those days... Yeah, we didn't really get a lot of leeway with speed!"

The Valentians in the main race, on the other hand, placed rather handsomely. Clarissa netted herself a 9th, Anastasia 7th, and the biggest surprise of all - Gwen with a 3rd. "Well, I'll be!" the latter exclaimed at the surprising turn of events, "I'm not going to lie, I fumbled a bit at the course today, but the fact that I was able to get 3rd? Huh, guess that means that I didn't really screw up loyally as I thought I did! Well, here's to me having faith on Fate, that is... myself!"

Valentijn and his crew took the day off, having done their deed decently, all they need to do was to sync their watches and wait for the main team to finish their race, then they will plan their next route to Jebslund. In the meantime, it was race day for the Valentians, and they have each taken their own precautions. Three racers, three precautions, but a single determination.

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(C stands for Crew Chief).

Jenny (#7, C): Remember, stick it nice and easy! Your systems are all green, and the simulations were fantastic! Watch out for the other cars, this will get super crazy.

Clarissa (#7): Hm hm, thank you! Yeah, all readings are fine, no discrepancies.

Anastasia (#15): How am I looking today? Err, the tire pressure indicator seems to be a bit wonky. The needle is moving up and down.

Jared (#15, C): Damn, I thought that was fixed. Okay, here's the screwdriver. Adjust the back panel a little bit. [Few seconds passed] Ahh, good, that's better.

Anastasia (#15): Thanks! Well, at least it's not engine related!

Marcus (#31, C): Remember what I said: You got this. There will be a lot of traffic, but this is nothing you can't handle. Oh, and that is water in your bottle, right? No raw egg mix?

Gwen (#31): Nope! Pure, drinking water! I should have gotten a thermal flask, but eh... Hey, cheers!

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... And they are away! As the three Valentians depart from their respective Top 10 positions, the vehicles roared away from the staring point as they go Green. All three of them kept a close like, even during the turns. #7 last, #31 middle, #15 front.

Anastasia (#15): With the two of us around you, you got nothing to worry about, Gwen!

Clarissa (#7): Keeping it nice, haha! Watch out for the turns, they are the nasty part of the course.

Gwen (#31): Thanks, guys! Appreciate the lookout.

Jared (#15, C): Looking good, keep at it.

Jenny (#7, C): All systems operational!

Marcus (#31, C): We are seeing some activity, watch out. Try not to go 3 wide, we can't afford that.

(Some time later...)

Jared (#15, C): Attention, Valentians. Crash on the course, please do watch out.

Gwen (#31): Goodness gracious, is that a DNF? #28?

Marcus (#31, C): Wait, how did you know?

Gwen (#31): Well, they have a big-screen TV, for one.

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Unfortunately, as the race went on, Anastasia was having problems dealing with the drivers around her. She was giving leeways constantly and eventually, she was unable to catch up back to Clarissa and Gwen, followed by losing her position more and more. No vehicle problems, it was a matter of her not being that aggressive for that day.

Anastasia (#15): Ohh, dear. Well, that could have gone better. I wasn't very aggressive, I was afraid of bumping someone.

Jared (#15, C): It's okay, we got more races to do, anyway. Good work as always!

Clarissa finished 3rd, while Gwen finished with a 5th. Clarissa getting 3rd was something that the Valentians did not seem to be too surprised by. They were happy about it, sure, but at this point, the Valentians thought that Clarissa was more or less doing pretty good at this whole NSSCRA thing. Gwen, on the other hand, was a complete surprise that even she herself admits it, "You know, for someone who was very reluctant on the Short Track, I was pretty surprised at myself that I was able to do this well. No, I want to preface that this is not me being arrogant about it. I really am surprised, and I would like to share my sympathies to those that have DNF'ed, and to congratulate #14 for that victory!" In the meantime, Clarissa went up to the podium for receiving the medal, as well as a few photo opportunities of herself. A few of them would be of her wearing her normal firesuit, while the rest of the photos would be Clarissa in her dress, which she changed in a whim while no one noticed. Her photo would then be superimposed on a normal looking but bright background that would scream Valentian. Clarissa was also overly joyful about her recent performance, giving her a 1st in the overall points. It’s only a matter of time and requirement that Clarissa needs to win at least one race in order to become a Champion of this season. Or at least tried to be in the Top 4.

With the race more or less done, the team gathered up with the Gardeners (Holly and Jolyn, and their crew), and after packing their belongings, decided to think on the next destination. "So... we can go by two options, here they are," Valentijn explained via the conference call, "So we can clear and request permission from Jebslund to request airspace and clearance for your plane to land on their surface. This means that you can use our large planes and all that, it will be normal as we make our way underground. If that does not work, we can use the planes in your place, and here, to transport our stuff. The pilots will then fly these places back to Valentine
Z in order to prepare for the next race after the one at Jebslund, at least for you guys. That race, and the city as a whole, is underground. I am personally vouching on asking Jebslund for permission, maybe send an email to their President that we would like to land in their land space." As everyone comes to an agreement, it was a 73%-27% between the Valentians. It was a bit heated in a friendly way, but the Valentians came down to a consensus that they would like to email Jebslund to use their own planes.

"Okay, I will send the email, then," Valentijn confirmed, reassuring everyone, "I have sent the email to Jebslund's leader to use their airspace and to land as close to the capital as possible. Oh and yeah, sorry about the misconception; they have an Emperor, not a President. His name is Emperor Jeb. If you guys meet him, don't hesitate to say hello! I am sure he is a very friendly soul and will welcome the Valentians."

by **Garden at 6th Mile Road** » Sat Dec 12, 2020 1:33 pm

The Gardeners – 1st Tier: Milford's Milkshakes 400, Cocoa-bo Speedway, Starksville, Cassadaigua (Short Track); 2nd Tier: GoSwordIsland.com 350, Brisbane International Raceway, Sword Island (Road Course)

The Gardeners have seen themselves improving over time, both Holly and Jolyn. Jolyn, despite being unable to score a place during the qualifications, she noticed that she was moving up the qualification rankings. "I was so close too," she told Holly, as the two of them talked about it post-qualifications, "Just 6 drivers ahead of me. I know I am just here to chill out and help you, but it would be nice if I can at least get in soon. I already am behind by 3 races, I can't keep on missing with the qualifications. So Holly... listen up. You will need to be very careful with this. This is a Short Track, and as the name suggests, this means that it is going to be super tight. There will be cars all over the place, and this is when DNFs were extremely common. You might feel very anxious during the race, it's normal. There are a lot of cars at the same time, so I understand. Just try your best, my friend!"

The two gave each other a handshake - Jolyn reckoned that she would not hug her friend for a while, not because of unfriendliness, but because Holly's literal coldness radiates even from the suit sometimes. It was a miracle that the extreme cold did not affect the car badly, or that the heat of the vehicle was not bothering her all this time.

After the qualifications, the race happened. Holly started from 37th and along the way, did her fair share of overtaking and being overtook. As Jolyn told her, it was the amount of drivers around her that was causing her distress. She did not want to hit or hurt anyone in the process of her race, and thus she would stay on the outside for most of the time. That, unfortunately, cost her precious time, as she was falling behind in the first few segments. Eventually, Jolyn told her that she can make it in the inside too, along with a few other words of encouragement. After a pit stop, Holly went for the inside this time. Bumped into a few vehicles around her, but nothing that she felt where she caused a DNF to other fellow drivers; just minor inconveniences. Eventually, she was driving inside miraculously well, not hitting anyone, as well as overtaking a few drivers around her. She was right beside Valentine Z's main team's Anastasia #15, but they eventually had to split up due to the number of cars around them, as well as Holly generally slower and more inexperienced compared to Anastasia. Finally, she finished with 33rd after a handful more laps.

They went back to their lounge after the race, Holly genuinely happy that she was improving - a DNF in the first race, to 39th in the second race, to 36th in the third race, to 33rd in the fourth race. Technically the third, since the first race was an exhibition and did not count towards the score. They would be going together with the main Valentian team to Jebslund, specifically the underground city where the race course is at. The technicalities were taken care of, so the Gardeners took a look a the news along with the main team. Jolyn went on to announce the news about the... news, "So get this: ZHANGJIAJIE RACING CLUB INVITES INTERNATIONAL RACERS TO COMPETE AT LAO LONG 380. It would be open to international drivers, so basically us, or some of the open charter drivers that we know of. I am talking about Marcus or Jamie, of course." However, since Marcus was running Crew Chief for Gwen, they figured that they could reach out to Jamie. Jolyn definitely could go for it, especially since she has been not making it into the races, but that day might be different. Jamie, or Head Secretary Jamie Izabella Maxie Clara “The Elegant and Magnificent Mathematician” Pernella Ellie Natie Lexie Marie Valerie Ruby Æstriðr Fni. Clementine Millicent Lizbeth Alex Cass Eirian, to be precise. They reached Jamie, who was in Valentine Z at that time, for a call. "So yeah, hi Jamie!" Jared was on the line explaining the entire race and how she is able to come in, "We were wondering if you would like to go for this race. It would be fun, we can promise that, haha! We thought we would reach out to you since you have tried open charter before."

Jamie replied with her usual Transatlantic accent, "Well, I suppose so! It has been a while since I tried this, and I definitely loved it last time. I would love to! I can have Mandy to be in charge of the place, or I could ask another person while having her to come along with me. I will make the necessary arrangements!"

Jared: So... any vehicle number that you would like? I think we will need to do a reservation.

Jamie: Hmm... #23? No wait... #40, #50, #10... nah, nah, nope. So many choices, so many favorite numbers, hm hm! Ohh, how about #84?

Jared: #84 seems free. We will have to ask them about it. So is it confirmed?

Jamie: Indeed! I would really be delighted to participate in this race, under the car #84. As for the vehicle design, I will send it sometime soon in a few days! Would like to finalize it again.

Jared: Splendid! Yeah, have Mandy to tag along too if you would like. Voorzichtigheid always have another person to run!

Jamie: Ohh, I know who will be the most suitable for running the place while I am out!

by **Filindostan** » Sat Dec 12, 2020 2:07 pm

Mercy will be returning behind the wheel of the #0 Badai Angin for the next Everlong Contenders' series race in Sun City Speedway a few thousand kilometers from Filindostan. The current FISCAR runner-up, who decided to compete full time in the domestic series, have been assigned to race for all the Esportivan races in the series. He was asked by Werner if she can participate in the Lao Long 380, an IRACT race in The Sherpa Empire where the winner will have the open charter for the race.She accepted the offer and will drive the #0 Orion Company Badai Angin at the event, and she will be joined by third placer Marinel Agamata who will run the #00 car which will be sponsored by Descension/Girls Will Code. Binayas will not miss any NSSCRA event as Tadashi Mitsubishi will run the #0 in the Everlong Series at Tropicorp.

She hopes that the #0 team will sort out any issues that caused her to lose many spots despite having strong qualifying results. Mitsubishi though has run well in the Katana Racing-run car, finishing 2nd in the race in Banija, and unfortunate to finish just outside the top 10 in Sword Island. She even challenged Fiona Sunarya to run the race in Jusenkyo to determine which of the two is better. Sunarya declined the challenge though as she is committed to run the #00 car in the main series for the full season and the team would not sanction any drive for her in other racing series this season, aside from a possible FISCAR appearance when the NSSCRA folks hit the Yoggy Oval during the playoffs.

Fiona has qualified for the race at the Cocoa-bo Speedway for the Milford's Milkshakes 400, though she could only finish 29th place, and with the Kermania Fortress Run at Jebslund incoming, she hopes that she can sustain the qualifying form she currently has this season. She and Hana have just returned to their motorhomes from a meeting regarding paint schemes for the time the #0 team will be donning Zalada colors. If the #00 team do not qualify for any races where Descension will be sponsoring the #0, the Zalada 'heart' logo in the hood of the #0 will be replaced by the Girls Will Code logo, to maintain the presence of their initiative in television. The logo has been in the hood of the #46 team driven by Yeezie cutie Thea Alvarez when she visited Victory Lane in New Northwesteros.

Meanwhile, Hana was comfortably running in the top 10 after 80 percent of the race has been completed. However, a mistake in turn 3 caused her #0 car to brush the wall, bringing in the caution, and cause her to lose many spots due to needed repairs. She would ultimately finish 19th place, and based on her previous performances at the Kermania Fortress Run, it would be an uphill task for her as she managed to finish only one of the two races she had at the track, and her best finish of 40th leaves a lot to improve upon.

At the other side of the garage in the Everlong Series, Barney has started to adapt well to the stock car racing, and has finished in the top 20 in the past two races, a 14th in Banija, and a 17th in Sword Island. The Gergarian driver had qualified 10th, but an excursion in the pit road has caused him to lose some places to finish in the bottom portion of the top 20. He hopes that the next race in Sun City would yield him his first win in the NSSCRA's second tier series.

by **The Sherpa Empire** » Sat Dec 12, 2020 5:32 pm

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by **Newmanistan** » Sat Dec 12, 2020 6:59 pm

Qualifying: Kermania Fortress Run, Kermania Citadel, Jebslund (Road Course)
Lap Record: 35.000 sec.

Qualifying Results:

NSSCRA 10
 1 #2- Centur Tiones (Vilita & Turori)                               35.427
 2 #41- Yraaga Gilli'i (Vilita & Turori)                             35.514
 3 #46- Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                                   35.555
 4 #31- Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton (Valentine Z)                      35.561
 5 #30- Lexi Patterson (Jebslund) *Q*                                35.616
 6 #14- River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilita & Turori)                    35.678
 7 #73- Taylor Henderson (Hapilopper)                                35.753
 8 #15- Anastasia Freya Yadana Aye (Valentine Z)                     35.760
 9 #28- Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                                      35.765
10 #4- Bryan Harrison (Cassadaigua)                                  35.772
11 #11- Jenna Logan (Cassadaigua)                                    35.780
12 #0- Hana Bhe (Filindostan)                                        35.848
13 #44- Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                                35.856
14 #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha (Valentine Z)                   35.858
15 #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                                     35.860
16 #8- Frank Bronson (Hapilopper) *Q*                                35.877
17 #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia) *Q*                                35.893
18 #78- Cocoabo #78 (Tropicorp) *Q*                                  35.964
19 #88- Anavella Ariiki (Tropicorp) *Q*                              35.972
20 #40- Shigeru Ishikawa (Squidroidia)                               36.016
21 #79- Dinggu Wang (Abanhfleft)                                     36.052
22 #80- Ganglie Zhe (Abanhfleft) *Q*                                 36.057
23 #23- James McCurty (Hampton Island) *Q*                           36.134
24 #48- Rockii Ezis (Newmanistan) *Q*                                36.136
25 #01- Hossem Nasri (Abanhfleft) *Q*                                36.153
26 #35- Kassie Collins (Sword Island) *Q*                            36.274
27 #27- Stacie Houston (Cassadaigua)                                 36.277
28 #06- Rinzi Aogar Zakilwal (The Sherpa Empire)                     36.308
29 #05- Micheal Rush (Sword Island)                                  36.314
30 #43- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                              36.324
31 #22- Matthew Conrad (Hampton Island) *Q*                          36.406
32 #9- Lício Granado (Lisander)                                      36.460
33 #6- Alex Knight (Hampton Island)                                  36.556
34 #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Starlight (Garden at 6th Mile Road)       36.654
35 #92- Thomas Delgado (Northwest Kalactin) *Q*                      36.689
36 #91- Tyler Butler (Kohnhead)                                      36.722
37 #90- Dexter Warner (Kohnhead) *Q*                                 36.727
38 #18- Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                                36.733
39 #56- Chris Holmes (Wreckeria) *Q*                                 36.743
40 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                 36.753
41 #3- Sage Caldwell (Saint Kanye)                                   36.774
42 #13- Brigadegeneral Eva Kerman (Jebslund)                         36.776
43 #21- Tyler Linde (New Northwesteros)                              36.779
44 #12- Roman Gwinnett (Xanneria)                                    36.814
45 #54- Scott Hawking (Wreckeria)                                    36.860
46 #97- Darnell Curry (Northwest Kalactin)                           36.870
47 #96- Mahkas Hynesohne (Vykta) *Q*                                 36.940
48 #00- Fiona Sunarya (Filindostan) *Q*                              36.996
49 #5- Liangmei Li (Newmanistan)                                     37.019
50 #76- Jolyn Maxine Helen Ceeta (Garden at 6th Mile Road) *Q*       37.070
51 #57- Gordon Orton (Appalachian Nation)                            37.374
52 #47- Anthony Barnes (Northwest Kalactin) *Q*                      37.466
53 #70- Gongming Gao (The Northern Chinese Republic) *Q*             37.597
54 #60- Ricky Lee (The Northern Chinese Republic) *Q*                37.617
55 #77- Depp Jones (Kriegiersien)                                    37.621
56 #66- Hengxing Tian (The Northern Chinese Republic)                37.634
57 #10- Eddie Walters Jr (Xanneria) *Q*                              37.773
58 #87- Layla Diamantriov (Twicetagram and JYPe)                     37.801
59 #51- Tex Crazy (Kriegiersien) *Q*                                 37.900
60 #52- Lee Shera (Kriegiersien) *Q*                                 38.092
61 #1- Vanda Rosa Cordeiro Kerman (Jebslund) *Q*                     38.149  <--- In race via the open charter
62 #84- Claude Dzibaiyev (Twicetagram and JYPe) *Q*                  38.249
63 #29- Shigeru Tsuchie (Hispinas)                                   38.379
64 #20- Dail Bernze-Hahdt (Vykta) *Q*                                38.458
65 #25- Ahron Ahndreus (Vykta)                                       38.494

Race: Sun City Speedway, Sun City, South Newlandia (Speedway)
Lap Record: 30.839 sec.

Qualifying:

EverLong Contenders Series
 1 #41- Turakki Mayelli (Vilita & Turori)                           31.670
 2 #19- Pyotr Lavrentiev (Saint Kanye)                              31.752
 3 #97- Robin Dragonovic (South Newlandia)                          31.842
 4 #10- Valkyrie Valentijn Samantha Constantine (Valentine Z)       31.854
 5 #04- Lexie Shelby (Sword Island)                                 31.857
 6 #47- Edmund Flanders (Hapilopper)                                31.959
 7 #77- Al Shelton (Hapilopper)                                     32.050
 8 #49- Lotara Novorali (Vilita & Turori)                           32.092
 9 #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                              32.111
10 #05- Chris Gordon (Sword Island)                                 32.152
11 #37- Cocoabo #37 (Tropicorp)                                     32.243
12 #16- Tucker Capps (Xanneria)                                     32.296
13 #93- Tim Lateman (Kohnhead)                                      32.299
14 #27- Maddie Alexander (Cassadaigua)                              32.371
15 #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                            32.430
16 #99- Jelan Ozoemena (Banija)                                     32.728
17 #0- Mercy Binayas (Filindostan)                                  32.729
18 #22- Jason Carrigan (Hampton Island)                             32.755
19 #20- Daryl Calhoun (Saint Kanye)                                 32.865
20 #5- Travis Barkley (Newmanistan)                                 32.940
21 #17- Chelsea Taylor (Cassadaigua)                                33.049
22 #98- Jixaka Motorai (Tropicorp)                                  33.105
23 #71- Barnabas Mate (Filindostan)                                 33.169
24 #24- Kevin Daniels (Newmanistan)                                 33.427
25 #26- Mor Holstein (Lisander)                                     33.581
26 #4- Jessica Reagan (United Pink States)                          33.583
27 #1- Jupiter Cosmos (Space)                                       33.585
28 #15- Harrison Cooper (Appalachian Nation)                        33.618
29 #75- Kiki Lambosa (Hispinas)                                     33.667
30 #32- Andrew Holden (Lisander)                                    33.672
31 #23- David Clarke (Sultanate of Oontaz)                          33.751
32 #70- Astigar Armendaritze (Hispinas)                             33.871
33 #40- Agata Kosaryova (Sultanate of Oontaz)                       33.890
34 #25- Paul Nystrom (New Northwesteros)                            33.894
35 #11- Martin Finney (United Pink States)                          34.003

Race:
(Minimum to avoid DNF= 33.900 sec.)

EverLong Contenders Series
 1 #49- Lotara Novorali (Vilita & Turori)                           31.759 WINNER
 2 #93- Tim Lateman (Kohnhead)                                      31.785
 3 #04- Lexie Shelby (Sword Island)                                 31.828
 4 #10- Valkyrie Valentijn Samantha Constantine (Valentine Z)       31.905
 5 #20- Daryl Calhoun (Saint Kanye)                                 31.972
 6 #27- Maddie Alexander (Cassadaigua)                              32.024
 7 #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                              32.055
 8 #19- Pyotr Lavrentiev (Saint Kanye)                              32.064
 9 #17- Chelsea Taylor (Cassadaigua)                                32.102
10 #41- Turakki Mayelli (Vilita & Turori)                           32.153
11 #77- Al Shelton (Hapilopper)                                     32.237
12 #99- Jelan Ozoemena (Banija)                                     32.474
13 #16- Tucker Capps (Xanneria)                                     32.480
14 #0- Mercy Binayas (Filindostan)                                  32.566
15 #97- Robin Dragonovic (South Newlandia)                          32.584
16 #98- Jixaka Motorai (Tropicorp)                                  32.678
17 #22- Jason Carrigan (Hampton Island)                             32.748
18 #37- Cocoabo #37 (Tropicorp)                                     32.759
19 #05- Chris Gordon (Sword Island)                                 32.812
20 #24- Kevin Daniels (Newmanistan)                                 32.990
21 #5- Travis Barkley (Newmanistan)                                 33.050
22 #15- Harrison Cooper (Appalachian Nation)                        33.553
23 #40- Agata Kosaryova (Sultanate of Oontaz)                       33.564
24 #32- Andrew Holden (Lisander)                                    33.572
25 #26- Mor Holstein (Lisander)                                     33.592
26 #23- David Clarke (Sultanate of Oontaz)                          33.705
27 #25- Paul Nystrom (New Northwesteros)                            33.775
28 #1- Jupiter Cosmos (Space)                                       33.890
29 #70- Astigar Armendaritze (Hispinas)                             33.914 DNF
30 #4- Jessica Reagan (United Pink States)                          33.924 DNF
31 #71- Barnabas Mate (Filindostan)                                 33.947 DNF
32 #11- Martin Finney (United Pink States)                          33.985 DNF
33 #47- Edmund Flanders (Hapilopper)                                34.058 DNF
34 #75- Kiki Lambosa (Hispinas)                                     34.214 DNF
35 #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                            34.224 DNF

Points (After 4 Races):

+----+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----+
|  1 | #27- Maddie Alexander (Cassadaigua)                         | 122 |
|  2 | #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)*                        | 121 |
|  3 | #05- Chris Gordon (Sword Island)                            | 118 |
|  4 | #17- Chelsea Taylor (Cassadaigua)                           | 112 |
|  5 | #10- Valkyrie Valentijn Samantha Constantine (Valentine Z)* | 107 |
|  6 | #77- Al Shelton (Hapilopper)                                | 107 |
|  7 | #16- Tucker Capps (Xanneria)*                               | 106 |
|  8 | #97- Robin Dragonovic (South Newlandia)                     | 105 |
|  9 | #93- Tim Lateman (Kohnhead)                                 | 105 |
| 10 | #20- Daryl Calhoun (Saint Kanye)                            | 102 |
| 11 | #99- Jelan Ozoemena (Banija)                                | 101 |
| 12 | #04- Lexie Shelby (Sword Island)                            |  92 |
| 13 | #49- Lotara Novorali (Vilita & Turori)*                     |  91 |
| 14 | #22- Jason Carrigan (Hampton Island)                        |  91 |
| 15 | #41- Turakki Mayelli (Vilita & Turori)                      |  90 |
| 16 | #19- Pyotr Lavrentiev (Saint Kanye)                         |  89 |
| 17 | #98- Jixaka Motorai (Tropicorp)                             |  88 |
| 18 | #37- Cocoabo #37 (Tropicorp)                                |  84 |
| 19 | #24- Kevin Daniels (Newmanistan)                            |  65 |
| 20 | #47- Edmund Flanders (Hapilopper)                           |  65 |
| 21 | #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                       |  62 |
| 22 | #0- Tadashi Mitsubishi (Filindostan)                        |  59 |
| 23 | #71- Barnabas Mate (Filindostan)                            |  56 |
| 24 | #5- Travis Barkley (Newmanistan)                            |  47 |
| 25 | #32- Andrew Holden (Lisander)                               |  46 |
| 26 | #0- Mercy Binayas (Filindostan)                             |  42 |
| 27 | #15- Harrison Cooper (Appalachian Nation)                   |  42 |
| 28 | #26- Mor Holstein (Lisander)                                |  37 |
| 29 | #70- Astigar Armendaritze (Hispinas)                        |  34 |
| 30 | #11- Martin Finney (United Pink States)                     |  31 |
| 31 | #40- Agata Kosaryova (Sultanate of Oontaz)                  |  31 |
| 32 | #23- David Clarke (Sultanate of Oontaz)                     |  28 |
| 33 | #25- Paul Nystrom (New Northwesteros)                       |  27 |
| 34 | #1- Jupiter Cosmos (Space)                                  |  24 |
| 35 | #4- Jessica Reagan (United Pink States)                     |  16 |
| 36 | #75- Kiki Lambosa (Hispinas)                                |  10 |
+----+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----+

by **The Northern Chinese Republic** » Sat Dec 12, 2020 8:02 pm

Gongming Gao had failed to qualify for yet another race, but there were a few things that went right.

For one, his pit crew had succeeded in swapping one of their fuel cans for a Hapiloppian one.

Have you ever seen one of those people that make everything take waaaaaay longer than it should? They take twenty minutes to check out at the grocery store, or they spend an hour telling you the same story five times. Well, one of these people was a huge fan of Drake Stevenson. For this particular slowpoke, watching the Kermania Fortress Run and meeting Drake in person was the thrill of a lifetime, and of course, she wanted Drake's autograph. And a selfie. And she wanted to tell him how much it meant to her. Needless to say, what should have been a couple of seconds signing and autograph and taking a quick selfie turned into a lengthy ordeal. Everyone except the gushing fan was rolling their eyes, tapping their feet, and giving her impatient looks that said get on with it already! -- but she didn't seem to notice. She just rambled on. Another guy from Team Blue was trying to ask Drake a question, but had a hard time breaking into the conversation without being rude because the fan just would NOT shut up.

This was exactly the diversion Gao's fuel man needed to snag a Team Blue fuel can and replace it with his own. It would still take a little time for Beiyang's people to study the fuel can and determine whether it had been illegally tampered with, but that shouldn't be too hard now that they had the can in their possession.

The other thing that went right was that Gao had a faster qualifying time than Tian for the second race in a row. If he could keep that up, maybe Beiyang would give him a turn with the team's charter.

by **Squidroidia** » Sun Dec 13, 2020 8:11 am

Inklingcraft Singularity Racing

Tales from Qualifying
Round 4 - Kermania Fortress Run

Qualifying for the Kermania Fortress Run NSSCRA Main Series event was what you would normally expect out of NSSCRA qualifying this early in the season - With the top drivers slinging their cars to high grid spots, there is always some storylines waiting to be uncovered for the race up ahead in Jebslund. What stories should you follow when the green flag flies in Kermania?

Everything's Better with Cocoa-bo and Tropicorp

It's a front row lockout for Vilita & Turori Motorsports for the Fortress Run, as Centur Tiones in the Cocoa-bo/Tiones Lumber #2 picks up their first Vilaye Energy Drink Pole Award of the season, clocking home a 35.427 laptime. Just behind Tiones in 2nd is the Tropicorp Racing Supply #41 of Yraaga Gilli'i, who gets denied a 3rd pole award but will start outside pole for the run in the Fortress with a 35.514 laptime. With River 'Shark' Suzgar II slotting themselves in 6th place, it is safe to say the Darts were flying in Kermania. Will this hold true during the race? It remains to be seen.

Valentinian Effort Pays Off... Kinda

With the next round in their own wheelhouse, the 3 drivers of Valentine Z knew they had to show up to Kermania with their game faces. Although Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha isn't starting in the Top 10, her teammates Gwen Tracer and Anastasia Freya have managed to slot themselves within the first 5 rows, with Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton starting 4th and Anastasia Freya Yadana Aye starting in 8th. The only thing separating these 2 Valentinians on the outside? Shark himself. Once again the Valentinians are looking like they could win the race, but with their spectacular qualifying efforts not amounting to much in Starksville, it could be hard to tell if one of them will grab the checkered flag.

A Spektakulare Leistung for a Local

One driver who has proven themselves in Kermania apart from the heavy hitters was a driver local to Jebslund. Lexi Patterson was not only the highest non-chartered driver in qualifying, the local at her home track will start 5th, clocking in a 35.616 laptime at the Fortress Run. While Brigadegeneral Eva Kerman will start 34th and open chartered driver Vanda Rosa Cordeiro Kerman will start 44th, Patterson will be the best local to watch for not only Jebslund citizens but for NSSCRA neutrals wanting to see a driver at their home track winning a race. Will she perform according to the lofty expectations of a 5th place qualification? It may depend on if she really knows this track.

Flipping the Scripts

2 teams have been doing some script-flipping for the qualifying session at the Fortress Run, but one has everybody's eyes focused on a male driver in a Dagan car. Bryan Harrison barely qualifies for the Top 10, the Newmanistan driver getting the nod ahead of Jenna Logan with a 35.772 laptime in his Spacebook #4 car, edging out the Dagan Airways #11 by 8 one-thousandths of a second. It could be very possible that Concord Heights will be shocked and rocked to its core if Harrison finishes above their local heroes in the race, but like all things in motorsports it's unpredictable. On the opposite spectrum, Taylor Henderson in her Sharpe's #73 is the highest qualifying driver for Team Blue of Hapilopper, starting 7th while Bronson, who normally places his Hap Airlines #8 as the highest qualifying non-chartered driver, will start 16th between the 2 Jags of Stefan and Mercado.

Rookie of the Year Candidates Perform

In the ever-important battle for NSSCRA Rookie of the Year, qualifying for the Fortress Run was more important than ever. Winning the qualifying battle among rookies is a name that you might recognize - Shigeru Ishikawa himself. The Squidroidian had a major improvement in qualifying speed between the Milford's Milkshakes 400 and the Fortress Run, with the FunStar #40 starting 20th with a 36.016 laptime at the road course. That is a 16 spot jump from last time, and it could really indicate that there is more to come from ISR. The same cannot be said for ROTY leader Ganglie Zhe, the non-chartered driver barely starting the race in 22nd, just ahead of Hampton's James McCurty. Micheal Rush had a good time in his UnionRacing machine, and although Collins did have a faster time than him, it wasn't enough to see her through to her NSSCRA debut. Nevertheless the driver 5th in the Rookie of the Year hunt will start 25th, in between a poor showing from last race's polesitter Rinzi Aogar Zakilwal and Tsering Chu, both from the Sherpa Empire. The other 2 drivers in the top 5 for ROTY honors? Tyler Butler of BBM will start 30th, while non-chartered driver Fiona Sunarya did not qualify for the race.

Another Qualifying Slump for GFR

Although the Multiversal #46 of Thea Alvarez will start 3rd for the Kermania Fortress Run, there were some woes for the other 2 cars in the Glorious Free Republic Motorsports family. The #18 GGtech of defending series champion Jeremiah Brooke will start 31st behind the likes of Tyler Butler, Micheal Rush and Alex Knight (Who also had a poor showing after finishing 2nd in Starksville), while the Rich #3 of Sage Caldwell will start a row behind Brooke in 33rd. However bad the positions may be for these top tier drivers, their positions can help the 2 slingshot through the field, and as such they could be dark horse candidates for the win at Kermania.

by **Kohnhead** » Sun Dec 13, 2020 11:53 am

Butler to start 30th as Lateman finishes second

Neither Tyler Butler nor Dexter Warner had ever raced on a road course and the Kermania Fortress Run at the Kermania Citadel in Jebslund was a daunting course to be the first one. Unlike Starksville last weekend qualifying was not as bad with Tyler Butler running 36th behind 6 unqualified non chartered racers and Dexter Warner running just behind him in 37th.

This marks the second straight time and second time all season that Warner has finished one spot behind Butler and he has yet to beat him in qualifying this season showing once again that giving the charter to Butler was the right thing to do. In practice the two did spend a while learning the course and had been spending time studying the track to give them the best chance of doing well.

At this point it seems unlikely that Dexter Warner will do much this season but the goal remains for him to qualify into at least one race although he has never been that close so it might take a miracle. For Tyler Butler he sits in 30th of the points and while top 30 was his goal he could try and get a spot in the top 25 which would be huge.

Butler will be starting in the 15th row next to Holly Aurora Lapia Starlight in the 55 car. Many are hoping he once again can out perform his qualifying performance in the race although racing at a road course is quite a different expereince than just running laps around the track.

For Tim Lateman he was ready to build off of his performance in Brisbane, Sword Island as the Contender's Series made their way to Sun City, South Newlandia. Lateman had just qualified 15th at his road course debut but in the race he showed a new side of him getting all the way to third and leading a few laps in the process the first he had led since his thrilling performance in the Prospect Showdown.

Lateman will obviously not be getting the call back to the second iROS as he is not the leader in the standings but with more races like Sword Island and like South Newlandia he can make his way back up to the top of the standings. Qualifying would not go much better than last week for the guy in 12th of the points as he would finish with the 13th best time.

The race itself however was completely different as Lateman behind some nice passes, good pitting, and a few lucky cautions would work his way up into first with 50 to go. It wouldn't last however as he would manage to lead 12 laps from there to the end and would end up finishing in a close second to Lotara Novorali from Vilita & Turori who wasn't having a good season but has now locked herself into the chase despite only being 13th in points.

Lateman has moved himself up into tied for 8th on points with South Newlandian Robin Dragonovic at 105 and is only 17 off of leader Cassadaiguan Maddie Alexander but is just two points out of the top five. Good races like this are the reason Lateman is 14 points safe and into the chase, he's gone third to second will he finish first at Starlight Speedway in Valentine Z to lock himself into the chase?

by **TJUN-ia** » Sun Dec 13, 2020 11:55 am

This blog was written by Derrick Carlisle, Jaguar Racing's Social Media Manager

After a weekend of both highs and lows in Round 3 of the seasons, Round 4 begins in earnest in NSSCRA X. 3 drivers have already claimed spots in the postseason in both series and time is running out fast to secure the remaining spots. Round 4 in the main series takes us to the Kermania Fortress Run in Jebslund, a land where they like to race what could be described as tanks competitively. Yes, I'm not joking. As for T2, while the Sun City Speedway doesn't see tanks race here, it would see a big audience for the first-ever race in South Newlandia.

Let's start in Kermania for qualifying day in Tier 1. This road course was a blast to drive last time out and it showed it stuff again here. The JR guys enjoyed it, too, as we will have both guys in the mix tomorrow for the 2nd time in a row. Micheal Stefan (@Stefan07) was only 4-tenths off the pace in 15th while Alfonso Mercado (@AM64) was 3rd among the non-charters in 17th, the 2 JR cars separated by Frank Bronson this time. The fastest non-charter honour went to Lexi Patterson this time, the former Hampton Islander taking the home team to 5th for the race tomorrow. Cocoabo #78 and Anavella Ariiki will be directly behind Mercado tomorrow, while Ganglie Zhe just about sneaked into the 6th and final non-charter slot in 22nd.

The rest of the grid is a bit bonkers. It will be a Vilita and Turori 1-2 with Centur Tiones just about beating Yraaga Gilli'i to pole. Thea Alvarez was 3rd but her teammates will have a lot to do tomorrow, Jeremiah Brooke starts 31st and Sage Caldwell in 33rd. Stacie Houston also struggled Stacie Houston while Shigeru Ishikawa continued to impress in 20th. Vanda Rosa Cordeiro Kerman is the open-charter for this weekend and she will start 3rd-from-last in 44th.

Now, let's check in with Maddison Riley-Jones (@MaddyRJ03) in Sun City. The first-ever race held here was certainly an interesting one, with high attrition on this oval a key factor. Turakki Mayelli took pole ahead of Pyotr Lavrentiev and crowd favourite Robin Dragonovic with both Maddy and Chris Gordon having to share row 5 (Maddy P9, Gordon P10). 7 drivers failed to make the end here and that is a testament to how wacky the racing was here today. The surprise winner would be Lotara Novorali, who started ahead of Maddy in P8, who drove for JR for a race in NSSCRA 9. Tim Lateman converted 13th to 2nd while Lexie Shelby proved her worth for Sword Island in 3rd. Maddy would cross the line 7th, just behind the other Maddie - Maddie Alexander of Cassadiagua - while both Gordon and Dragonovic struggled in 19th and 15th respectively. That meant Maddie is now the leader of the standings, 1 point ahead of Maddy. Maddie beat Maddy to the iROS spot. Try saying that quickly.

That's all for now, but next up is race day in Kermania. One of the big mysteries of the season thus far is the identity of the mysterious Hap O'Loppa and the source who is providing information about Team Blue to this guy. Some may say that Chris Holmes was a good shout for the source, due to the way he exited Team Blue in NSSCRA 9, but a recent twii by Hap himself proved that this theory was false. Maybe. Now, I'm no detective and I never will be, but I have a few guesses as to how this source could be. Chris Holmes wasn't the only person fired by Team Blue. Think about it, Amanda...

Current Standings: (T1) #07 - 28th (53pts)/#64 - 38th (29pts)/(T2) #03 - 2nd (92pts)
Next T1 Race: Kermania Fortress Run, Kermania Citadel, Jesbslund
Next T2 Race: Sun City Speedway, Sun City, South Newlandia
(Updated on Sundays to avoid confusion)

She waited for someone she didn't even know would show up. It was strange, waiting for something that might not even happen, but Maddy knew how important it could be. It seemed fitting to send that letter to Robin Dragonovic the week before his home race, but she didn't know how he took it. Did he like it? Was he weirded out? Does he want to talk or not? All these questions were flowing inside her head and she might never know the answer to any of them in the near future.

The race certainly made things interesting in terms of the championship. With Chris Gordon not having the best of days, it was a Maddie at the top but not her. Maddie Alexander now leads by a point and took the iROS spot with her. It seemed fitting that only driver to deny Maddy a spot in iBen's Race of Stars was...Maddie. She felt that the competition was getting fiercer as the season went on and that things will certainly be interesting come playoff time.

The reason for that letter was purely simple: she had no other option. She couldn't just walk up to Robin and ask if he was ok, that would make her very nervous and very embarrassed at the same time. Even giving the letter to the engineer was embarrassing enough, she just about managed to give it without making a fool of herself, and she didn't want to imagine how she would act around the guy she was trying to help.

Unfortunately for her, she wouldn't have long to figure that out. She saw Robic walking down the paddock, looking a bit...miffed, maybe due to his performance in front of the home fans today. She knew she had to act at some point so she decided now was the time. So, with as much calm as she could muster, she walked over to the Newlander.

"A-are you a-alright there?"

by **The Sherpa Empire** » Sun Dec 13, 2020 4:29 pm

Kai Qiang's pit crew were amused by the way the Fleftic press compared Yasir and Hossem Nasri, and the way they acted so surprised when Hossem finished anywhere other than last. "They don't know how bad it gets when one person really inherits ALL the driving talent in the family," one of the men quipped to another as they sat on a bench in Kermania, munching pretzels and sausages and watching PRL tanks chase each other around.

Qiang himself wasn't there because he was busy with iRoS, but the #44 crew had all gone to see the tanks. Rinzi and his crew were sitting a little way away.

Yuan Qiang -- Kai Qiang's younger sister -- was easily one of the worst drivers on the face of the Earth. She had taken several tries to pass the road test to get her driver's license, and people never let her hear the end of it. Kai Qiang had tried giving her driving lessons a couple of times when he was home visiting Guilin, but it hadn't helped much. On top of having zero natural talent for it, Yuan had not started learning to drive until she was in her early 20s, and she was a victim of Chinese foot binding. She had been in a few accidents during driving lessons before she even got her license -- mostly just scuffed paint, a couple of dented bumpers. Yuan was naturally embarrassed about the whole thing.

Lately, she had been applying for jobs and driving to interviews, and everyone at the Guilin Racing Club (IRACT's headquarters) was worried that she was going to get in a crash. Some of these were the same people who went street racing in their younger days, or neglected basic safety precautions at the Li River Speedway. So when they said they were worried about Yuan getting in a crash, she understandably thought it was some kind of concern trolling.

The #44 crew didn't talk about Yuan Qiang's driving when Kai was around, but now that he'd gone off to Liventia, they didn't need to worry about offending him. "How can you be THAT bad at driving when your brother is Qiang Kai?" they wondered.

"Maybe she gets it from her dad?" Guan Qiang -- Kai and Yuan's father -- had been a notorious grouch who hated racing. Some people at the Guilin Racing Club believed his angry ghost was responsible for the devastating landslide that closed the Li River Speedway. They thought he was still trying to stop Kai Qiang from racing, even from beyond the grave.

"Qiang Guan wasn't terrible at driving, though," one of the crew men said. "He just hated racing and he couldn't afford a car for a while."

"His ghost is probably the only person that thinks Qiang Kai is more likely to die in a car crash than Qiang Yuan."

Kai Qiang arrived in Kermania shortly before qualifying for the Fortress Run. He was already familiar with the course, but he still needed to shake down his car and make sure it was handling the way he wanted. He was fastest of the Sherpalanders, qualifying 13th with a time of 35.856 -- almost half a second faster than Rinzi and Tsering. Rinzi was feeling sluggish after overindulging on fattening snacks and Tsering was still struggling to get back into the swing of NSSCRA after her time away.

by **Wrecker** » Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:32 pm

Chris Holmes's apartment, Halsted
Right after returning from Jebslund, having failed to qualify for another race

CHRIS HOLMES ✓

@CHolmes56
Can I just say something? I don't know who Hap O'Loppa is and I didn't say anything to them.

#NSSCRA : @TeamBlue : #Cheating

CHRIS HOLMES ✓

@CHolmes56
What happened between Team Blue and myself is up to the two of us, and the last thing I want to do is burn my bridges with them, especially considering the fact there's probably one open seat next season.

#NSSCRA : @TeamBlue : #Cheating

CHRIS HOLMES ✓

@CHolmes56
That's right. I want to go back to Team Blue, where at least I know I can make races and run well, and not where I'm failing to qualify at 25th quick while Scott Hawking tools around at 60th and makes every race.

#NSSCRA : @TeamBlue : #Cheating

CHRIS HOLMES ✓

@CHolmes56
Besides, Team Blue doesn't do anything with its fuel. They do something else, and I'm not saying. Hell, I bet half the field does what Team Blue does.

#NSSCRA : @TeamBlue : #Cheating

CHRIS HOLMES ✓

@CHolmes56
Either way, I'm sick and tired of failing to qualify for races. I've won in Kermania before and I could have won again. I joined Hawking Motors with the belief I could win races with this team and I've gotten jack shit.

#NSSCRA : @TeamBlue : #Cheating

by **Hapilopper** » Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:48 pm

Kermania Citadel, Jebslund
Leading up to the Kermania Fortress Run
Deacon Myers, a staffer for Team Blue, was getting agitated at this point, but did not want to interrupt a fan and cause an unfortunate scene for the team at a point where they could scarcely afford an unfortunate moment. Drake Stevenson was in the midst of a conversation with a lady that appeared to be a massive fan of his. And for one reason or another, Drake was taken by this lady. He didn’t mind the fact that she was asking the same question several times over. There was something about her that just seemed so endearing to him, and a large part of him wanted to ask her for her phone number, so maybe the two could keep on this conversation.

But there had been another part of him that had remembered getting burned in past relationships. It had been many months, but the way his relationship with Gabriela had ended still weighed heavily on his mind, and the last thing he wanted to do was run the risk of getting hurt again. So he stopped short of asking her for her number. All Drake thought was this girl’s pretty cute, but… no. It’d only end badly.

He failed to notice that someone from the North China team had done a little swipe-job with the fuel cans. They had put one of their fuel cans in the 81 team’s inventory and taken one of the Stevenson team’s. Nobody from Team Blue noticed. And as the team’s three cars hit the circuit for practice, nobody noticed either. It didn’t hurt the fact that these fuel cans, which carried about 10 gallons of fuel, all looked the same. Everything seemed the same for the team as they went through their practice runs at the Fortress Run.

And, in fact, nobody even cared even as the team prepared for the race. Maybe they should have, but in spite of what “Hap O’Loppa” had told the general public, the team had not been tampering with the fuel. They had been doing something else, but it hadn’t been divulged to the public, nor had they wanted it divulged, at least, until the “statute of limitations” had run out on the cheat, or until it had officially become legal.

The next morning, as the teams prepared for the Kermania Fortress Run, the talk of Team Blue was a twiistorm from Chris Holmes. Usually, this one would have been cause for concern, but on this day, it actually sounded like Chris was defending the team, stating that Team Blue had not run illegal fuel, but rather something else that he contended “half the field” does.

But, still, Chris’s remarks that he wanted to return to Team Blue was met with some trepidation.

“Chris wants to come back?” Drake asked. “Oh hell no. I’m not teaming with him again. After the shit he pulled last season, and the year before that, no way.”

Drake had spent the entire morning talking about that fan that wouldn’t stop talking his ear off, and wondered out loud if maybe he had made a mistake by not asking for her phone number. This was something that irritated Taylor Henderson, considering the fact she kind of liked Drake in more ways than one.

“You’ll never see her again, Stevenson,” Taylor grumbled. “You don’t know who she is other than some overzealous fan. We deal with fans like that every single weekend. For all we know, you probably fell head-over-heels with some pit lizard.”

Taylor’s use of the term “pit lizard,” which she spit out with some extra venom, seemed to get to Drake a little bit. While nobody knew who the person was, Taylor had every reason to believe that the fan was a mere pit lizard, a lady that hangs around the pits with the intention of hooking up with a driver at the end of the day. Taylor had a very low opinion of such people. She remembered running late model stock cars at the rough-and-tumble world of the Hampton Cities, working late nights to get her car ready for the weekend’s racing, running twice, three times a weekend only to get bumped around by some jackass who such ladies would fawn over.

They never worked to get a car ready, Taylor thought. They never rebuilt an engine at three in the morning for a midday race. They never had to hustle for parts at the local store just two hours before a god damn race. All they want to do is sleep around with some creep while the guy’s wife and kids are at home wondering where their man is.

“Quite frankly, Stevenson, I’m disappointed in you,” Taylor said. “These people are trash. And you can spot them a mile away. Stay the hell away from them. You know better than that. Now, as for Holmes, I don’t want to work for anyone that’s going to trash the team he works for, or anyone else for that matter.”

TAYLOR HENDERSON ✓

@THendo73
I'm not working with someone whose claim to fame is burning their bridges with everyone they've ever worked with, including, it looks like, their current employer.

#NSSCRA : @TeamBlue : @CHolmes56

Taylor was in a pissed-off mood all throughout the morning, partially because of the fan, and partially because of Chris’s twii, but by the time race time drew near, she appeared to be cool as a cucumber. The exact mood she needed to be in. It was about time to go racing, and time to kick some ass in the Fortress Run, a place where Team Blue had won in the past.

by **Saint Kanye** » Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:52 pm

Sun City, South Newlandia
Shortly after the South Newlandia Everlong race

A week after posting less than satisfactory finishes in rainy Sword Island, the GFR prospect duo of Pyotr Lavrentiev and Daryl Calhoun came in hot on an equally hot South Newlandian day. Lav drove his #19 Chadwick to an eighth place finish, with Calhoun three spots ahead of him in fifth (which has been a pretty popular position for the Kanyean second tier drivers, whether in qualifying or the race itself).

"Gosh, Banija was hot, but it's nothing compared to this," said Lav as he drank from a bottle of ice cold Blood Moon Beer about an hour after the race. He has changed out of his firesuit and was now just wearing a tank top, shorts, flip-flops and even sunglasses. "Guess Sun City really lives up to its name."

"Bet," replied Calhoun, who had similarly changed to something more comfortable. "And you know what's funny? Apparently this ain't even the hottest it can go in this place."

"For real?"

"Yeah, I saw it on the internet."

"Just imagine if we raced here during one of the hotter days then. That one Cocoabo driver would have been roasted in its car," Lav joked, at which both laughed.

"You know, maybe we should go back to the hotel," Lav suggested a few minutes later. "At least our rooms have AC, and there's always the pool."

"Yeah, hope we meet someone as hot as the weather here."

"Sounds like a plan." The two teammates liked hanging out with each other. Aside from Lav regularly chatting online with fellow Ceroat-born Rustam Ilyich Yudin of the Fleftic team, and the two of them sharing mutual friends (GFR's main series drivers) with Paul Nystrom, they knew no other Everlong driver personally.

Kermania, Jebslund
That same day; day of qualifying for the Kermania Fortress Run

Over in Jebslund, the NSSCRA main series drivers, including the Yeezies, have just finished their qualifying sessions for tomorrow's event. Thea Alvarez would be starting third, behind the VTM duo of Centur Tiones and Yraaga Gilli'i, with Jeremiah Brooke and Sage Caldwell way behind her at thirty-first and thirty-third, respectively.

"If you people could stop making such a huge fuss about us starting where we're starting, that would be great. You're not helping," Caldwell told reporters after the quals. "I guess that comes with us being part of a team like GFR," added Brooke. "You guys see us qualify like this, and suddenly you think, 'Oh, they're in a slump.' Well, what really matters for us is how we do in the race itself. Those who started the back can rise, just as those up front can fall. We saw that on countless other occasions throughout this series. Oh, and even as we speak, our crews are already making sure that any issues we had today would get straightened out once we hit the track tomorrow."

Later, the trio were at Alvarez's hotel room, watching a replay of the PRL tank race. The local series is much like the NSSCRA, but instead of cars, they used tanks equipped with paint cannons. Since Brooke was in Liventia for the second round of iROS (where he got starstruck upon meeting NSSCRA and WGPC legend Matthew Portland), he didn't see the race in person. Alvarez and Caldwell did, but they didn't care, the tank race/paintball battle hybrid was exciting enough to be worth watching again, this time on TV.

The Hapiloppians' alleged fuel-tampering continued to be a hot topic in the NSSCRA community, Hap O'Loppa's twii doing nothing to kill the rumors that Chris Holmes was involved in the leak of Team Blue's supposed illegal activities. "Some people think that Hap O'Loppa guy was lying in his twii. Others think that, since Holmes was only cleared of direct involvement, it's still possible there was another contact, sort of a middleman," said Caldwell during a caution/commercial break.

"And you believe those?" asked Alvarez.

"I was just pointing things out." Caldwell, like his teammates, got along with Holmes as well as Team Blue. They want to keep it that way, so the outcome they were hoping for regarding the issue is that the Haps didn't cheat, and that Holmes wasn't involved in the leak.

Once again, Ricky Lee failed to qualify. The Kanyean driver for the Beiyang factory team has still not appeared in any race this season, even the Exhibition, and he was getting more and more frustrated. He was faster than Hengxing Tian, who held his team's one charter, for crying out loud. Add to that the call from AutoRealm saying that they will pull their sponsorship if he didn't qualify at least thrice by the thirteenth race (the midpoint of the season), and you get one really pissed off Yeezie hopping on the first flight home. No, not to North China, but to St. Kanye. He's going back to school. Skip Stiller's school of racing.

by **Vilita and Turori** » Sun Dec 13, 2020 6:58 pm

Race #3 Leaderboard

1 [159] :: @SurfinSummer

2 [151] :: @covehopper

- [151] :: @Cocoabo_luvr

4 [147] :: @gorockiigo

5 [146] :: @RustyIbuna71

6 [145] :: @ole_yutzie

7 [144] :: @easternrac

8 [139] :: @Ametza014

9 [129] :: @DJCleverPork

10 [126] :: @DMizushima63

Overall Standings

1 [431] :: @covehopper

2 [402] :: @PinkHKluvs2718

3 [397] :: @Cocoabo_luvr

4 [395] :: @SurfinSummer

5 [392] :: @DJCleverPork

6 [389] :: @jaqeplanst

6 [389] :: @ole_yutzie

8 [384] :: @DMizushima63

9 [383] :: @drhamonii

9 [383] :: @gorockiigo

Argo Petrol 350, Lannisburg Complex, Lannisburg, New Northwesteros :: After being denied a repeat victory in the Argo Petrol 250 at the Lannisburg Complex during the second round of the NSSCRA's 10th Season, River 'Shark' Suzgar II and the #14 Vilaye Energy Drink Dart team were already behind the eight ball. Just one season prior they strolled in to the Cocoa-bo 400 at the Cocoa-bo Speedway in Starksville as a race winner with a ticket in hand for the Playoffs. Now, the newly renamed Milford's Milkshakes 400 at the Cocoa-bo Speedway is 3rd race on the calendar for NSSCRA Season 10. While Vilita & Turori Motorsports was expected to put in a good performance at the Starksville track, those top performances were expected to come from Cocoa-bo backed #2 Centur Tiones who has 3 of their 4 career victories on Short Tracks and #41 Yraaga Gilli'i who has secured five career NSSCRA Short Track victories. Very little was expected on the day from Suzgar who, despite eight career NSSCRA Victories over four full seasons of competition, had never won a race on a Short Track before.

While Suzgar was the only Vilita & Turori Motorsports driver to not either start or finish in the Top five during last seasons event at the Cocoa-bo Speedway, it actually wasn't that bad of a performance for the NSSCRA Season 6 Champion who qualified in 12th position and finished 6th. It was clear from the qualification session that Vilita and Turori Motorsports would be the team to beat in Cassadaigua, much to the disappointment of the local fans who arrived at the track decked out in their Team Cassadaigua Blaze attire. Perhaps the biggest surprise on the day was the struggles of Stacie Houston and Yraaga Gilli'i. The two short track rivals can typically be found at the front of the field on tracks less than one mile in length, battling it out much as they did last season for the victory on the final lap of the race. Instead, each driver was the lowest finishing driver of their team on the day with Gilli'i mired back in 28th position finishing behind Tyler Butler of Kohnhead while Houston was slightly improved in 12th place but still finished behind teammates Bryan Harrison (11th) and Jenna Logan (6th). Neither driver was in contention when it mattered, at the end of the race.

Suzgar had started the Vilaye Energy Drink Dart from the 5th position and ran inside the Top 4 for the majority of the race but never led until the final 50 laps. Suzgar bypassed Valkyrie driver Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha and never looked back, stretching out a comfortable victory in the end over #6 Alex Knight who put in the best performance of the season for the Hampton Island outfit. Importantly for Suzgar, however, was that the Vilitan driver would be guaranteed a spot in the NSSCRA Playoffs for the fifth straight season and the #14 team could now relax a little easier on race days as they no longer had to be concerned as much about the big picture and could instead look for race victories and R&D for the team. Of course, there was still the Regular Season championship - something that no Vilita & Turori Motorsports driver had ever won no less come close to contending for in the past. With some of the largest collection of full time major sponsors in the NSSCRA, it is possible that Vilita & Turori Motorsports will press forth with Suzgar in search of a Regular Season Championship as the season continues with its rotation between The Dart Group, the Vilitan Tourism Bureau, Toys '4' All and Vilaye Energy Drink featuring on the #14 Dart. The win was Suzgar's first in Cassadaigua and continues the trend throughout Suzgar's career of winning on different tracks in different countries. In fact, each of Suzgar's 9 career NSSCRA victories have come not only at a different Track but in a different country. That could all change at the next event however as the Kermania Fortress Run finds a new home on the schedule as the 4th race of the season. It was just 6 races ago that the circuit visited the underground course in Jebslund for the middle race of the Round of 8 and Suzgar drove the Vilaye Energy Drink Dart to Victory lane on that day. Although the race now occupies a new slot in the schedule, Suzgar and the #14 Vilita & Turori Motorsports team are still the defending champions of the race and now the Vilitan driver will be looking to write their own piece of history by not only joining an exclusive club of back-to-back NSSCRA race winners, but also a short list of drivers who have defended their race victory at a single track in consecutive seasons.

#14 River 'Shark' Suzgar II - NSSCRA Race Victories
[SS] : VT - NSSCRA 6 - Rd. 10- Pencurve Electronics 500 (Jalton, Saint Kanye)
[SU] : VT - NSSCRA 6 - Rd. 14- Sankyoku Tri Oval (Sankyoku, Aji No Moto)
[SP] : VY - NSSCRA 7 - Rd. 8 - Tropicorp 500 (Tropicoast, Tropicorp)
[SP] : VT - NSSCRA 7 - Rd. 17- Central Shanesville 300 (Central Shanesville)
[SP] : T4 - NSSCRA 8 - Rd. 10- Lantis Sirenia 300 (Sirenia, Lisander)
[SP] : VT - NSSCRA 9 - Rd. 2 - Argo Petrol 350 (Lannisburg, New Northwesteros)
[RC] : T4 - NSSCRA 9 - Rd. 14- Grand Prix of Marietta (Marietta, Xanneria)
[RC] : VY - NSSCRA 9 - Rd. 34- Kermania Fortress Run (Kermania Citadel, Jebslund)
[ST] : VY - NSSCRA 10 - Rd. 3- Cocoa-bo Speedway (Starksville, Cassadaigua)

Of course, with a victory by a Vilita & Turori Motorsports driver - particularly one as popular as River 'Shark' Suzgar II, it is no surprise that the weekly results of the Vilita & Turori Racer NSSCRA Pick 'em Contest were heavily weighted towards participants from the Vilitan Cove region. With max points from Suzgar the celebrity contestant Summer Conlin of Surfing fame put up the highest score of the season thus far in the NSSCRA Pick 'em Contest. Conlin rode the wave by correctly picking three of the Top 4 finishers including Top 2 finishers Suzgar and Knight as well as the fourth placed driver Frank Bronson of Hapilopper's Team Blue. The adept inclusion of Knight and Bronson on the roster may have seemed a risk at the start of the season but has ultimately given Conlin the golden ticket of a guaranteed place in the V&T Racer NSSCRA Pick 'em Chase. It set Conlin apart from the scores of other Vilitan Cove region participants who may have grouped Suzgar with teammate Centur Tiones or some of the Tropicorp drivers.

The majority of the Top 10 scores after Cassadaigua belonged to participants from the local V&T Racer distribution area with the lone exception being World Grand Prix driver Rustom Ibuna who was the second best performing celebrity participant of the round in 5th place with a score of 146 - thirteen points behind Conlin. The score of 151 by @covehopper was the second best of the round and was enough to move the 'hopper into the overall points lead over the defending champion @PinkHKluvs2718 whose score was about 40 points off the pace in a tie for 17th position along with @MeghanWolcottOfficial.

After making its debut during the NSSCRA Speedweeks at the Tundra Falls Proving Grounds, iBen's Race of Stars returns this week as the Stars of the NSSCRA, the World Grand Prix Championship and other premier series throughout the multiverse head to the Talbott Autodrome in Liventia as a support even to the penultimate event on the WGPC Season 18 calendar. Some of the NSSCRA's stars will be behind the eight ball from the drop of the green in Talbott and not just because the course is one of the most technically challenging road courses on the World Grand Prix calendar. The starting order for iROS Round 2 in Liventia will be an inverse of the results of the first event in Newmanistan which had a heavy NSSCRA presence in the top half of the standings. After three of the sixteen vehicles are dropped to the back of the pack due to driver changes it will give Recuecn's Abdoulaye Goita the pole position for the second consecutive iRoS event while the winner of iRoS Round 1, Frank Bronson, will have to fight back from the 12th starting position to have a chance at keeping his lead atop the Race of Stars standings.

There will be plenty of additional intrigue in Liventia as the two-time World Grand Prix driver's Champion Matthew Portland is planning to don the helmet once more taking a break from the consulting lifestyle to prove they still have what it takes to compete against some of the Worlds Best drivers. The race will also feature the reigning Formula Hodori champion Tegiza Zaotani driving the #03 Fans Choice Hybrid Dart Sport.

A look back at some of the highlights from the first Race of Stars round at the Tundra Falls Proving Grounds in Newmanistan:

It had been a struggle of a season thus far in the Everlong Contenders series for Lotara Novorali, Turakki Mayelli and the entire Novorali Enterprises - Vilita & Turori Motorsports team. It had been particularly difficult for Lotara Novorali who many had expected to be a potential challenger for the Contenders series championship but was instead mired deep in the standings without a single finish better than 17th in the first three events including the Prospect Showcase at the Proving Grounds. Mayelli's 10th place finish in Banija was the only tally of any kind on the stats board for the team. That would change in Sword Island as Novorali put the #49 Arcticala Electrical Dart on the inside of Row 2 following the qualifying session with the third fastest lap. While she couldn't back up her performance on race day, her teammate Turakki Mayelli did as Mayelli drove the #41 Visit Turoki Island Dart to the teams first Top 5 finish of the season coming in 4th place. It would give the team a huge confidence boost as they headed back to sporting territory in Esportiva as the Everlong Contenders series continued its string of isolation as the series marched along its own schedule separate from that of the NSSCRA Main Tier.

New Users can complete team selection to sign up for V&T Racers NSSCRA Pick 'em Regular Season competition. Users already signed up who wish to make changes to their rosters using the updated Tier allocations can submit their changes to Vilita and Turori Racer at a cost of 2 points from that users total score.

VILITA & TURORI RACER ✓

@VTRacer
Wow! Our first celebrity contestant winner of the season as @SurfinSummer post the top score of Round 3 while reigning champ @PinkHKLuvs2718 comes in 15th and loses the points lead!

#NSSCRA : #nspickem : #Milfords400

by **Newmanistan** » Sun Dec 13, 2020 7:01 pm

Race: Kermania Fortress Run, Kermania Citadel, Jebslund (Road Course)
Lap Record: 35.000 sec.
Minimum Time to Avoid DNF: 38.300 sec.

Segment 1:

NSSCRA 10
 1 #44- Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                                35.430
 2 #06- Rinzi Aogar Zakilwal (The Sherpa Empire)                     35.435
 3 #46- Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                                   35.488
 4 #18- Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                                35.534
 5 #15- Anastasia Freya Yadana Aye (Valentine Z)                     35.594
 6 #5- Liangmei Li (Newmanistan)                                     35.620
 7 #79- Dinggu Wang (Abanhfleft)                                     35.649
 8 #27- Stacie Houston (Cassadaigua)                                 35.654
 9 #73- Taylor Henderson (Hapilopper)                                35.654
10 #3- Sage Caldwell (Saint Kanye)                                   35.662
11 #88- Anavella Ariiki (Tropicorp) *Q*                              35.685
12 #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha (Valentine Z)                   35.703
13 #11- Jenna Logan (Cassadaigua)                                    35.742
14 #43- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                              35.844
15 #13- Brigadegeneral Eva Kerman (Jebslund)                         35.848
16 #80- Ganglie Zhe (Abanhfleft) *Q*                                 35.861
17 #6- Alex Knight (Hampton Island)                                  35.877
18 #40- Shigeru Ishikawa (Squidroidia)                               35.994
19 #0- Hana Bhe (Filindostan)                                        36.040
20 #05- Micheal Rush (Sword Island)                                  36.067
21 #1- Vanda Rosa Cordeiro Kerman (Jebslund) *Q*                     36.090
22 #31- Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton (Valentine Z)                      36.100
23 #2- Centur Tiones (Vilita & Turori)                               36.259
24 #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                                     36.310
25 #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia) *Q*                                36.377
26 #28- Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                                      36.399
27 #9- Lício Granado (Lisander)                                      36.489
28 #8- Frank Bronson (Hapilopper) *Q*                                36.529
29 #30- Lexi Patterson (Jebslund) *Q*                                36.553
30 #91- Tyler Butler (Kohnhead)                                      36.692
31 #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Starlight (Garden at 6th Mile Road)       36.719
32 #97- Darnell Curry (Northwest Kalactin)                           36.836
33 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                 36.864
34 #12- Roman Gwinnett (Xanneria)                                    36.936
35 #29- Shigeru Tsuchie (Hispinas)                                   37.159
36 #54- Scott Hawking (Wreckeria)                                    37.267
37 #4- Bryan Harrison (Cassadaigua)                                  37.431
38 #66- Hengxing Tian (The Northern Chinese Republic)                37.439
39 #78- Cocoabo #78 (Tropicorp) *Q*                                  37.454
40 #21- Tyler Linde (New Northwesteros)                              37.488
41 #41- Yraaga Gilli'i (Vilita & Turori)                             37.776
42 #57- Gordon Orton (Appalachian Nation)                            37.807
43 #77- Depp Jones (Kriegiersien)                                    37.845
44 #25- Ahron Ahndreus (Vykta)                                       38.082
45 #14- River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilita & Turori)                    38.288
46 #87- Layla Diamantriov (Twicetagram and JYPe)                     38.404 DNF

Segment 2:

NSSCRA 10
 1 #18- Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                                35.434
 2 #14- River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilita & Turori)                    35.448
 3 #44- Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                                35.514
 4 #31- Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton (Valentine Z)                      35.564
 5 #46- Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                                   35.567
 6 #06- Rinzi Aogar Zakilwal (The Sherpa Empire)                     35.594
 7 #11- Jenna Logan (Cassadaigua)                                    35.623
 8 #88- Anavella Ariiki (Tropicorp) *Q*                              35.636
 9 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                 35.653
10 #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                                     35.683
11 #3- Sage Caldwell (Saint Kanye)                                   35.735
12 #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia) *Q*                                35.768
13 #30- Lexi Patterson (Jebslund) *Q*                                35.777
14 #8- Frank Bronson (Hapilopper) *Q*                                35.782
15 #2- Centur Tiones (Vilita & Turori)                               35.802
16 #80- Ganglie Zhe (Abanhfleft) *Q*                                 35.802
17 #27- Stacie Houston (Cassadaigua)                                 35.813
18 #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha (Valentine Z)                   35.851
19 #5- Liangmei Li (Newmanistan)                                     35.875
20 #43- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                              35.882
21 #41- Yraaga Gilli'i (Vilita & Turori)                             35.923
22 #6- Alex Knight (Hampton Island)                                  35.927
23 #4- Bryan Harrison (Cassadaigua)                                  35.938
24 #73- Taylor Henderson (Hapilopper)                                36.039
25 #12- Roman Gwinnett (Xanneria)                                    36.116
26 #91- Tyler Butler (Kohnhead)                                      36.179
27 #1- Vanda Rosa Cordeiro Kerman (Jebslund) *Q*                     36.261
28 #13- Brigadegeneral Eva Kerman (Jebslund)                         36.342
29 #15- Anastasia Freya Yadana Aye (Valentine Z)                     36.389
30 #21- Tyler Linde (New Northwesteros)                              36.416
31 #40- Shigeru Ishikawa (Squidroidia)                               36.424
32 #05- Micheal Rush (Sword Island)                                  36.454
33 #66- Hengxing Tian (The Northern Chinese Republic)                36.494
34 #0- Hana Bhe (Filindostan)                                        36.627
35 #79- Dinggu Wang (Abanhfleft)                                     36.718
36 #97- Darnell Curry (Northwest Kalactin)                           36.823
37 #78- Cocoabo #78 (Tropicorp) *Q*                                  36.867
38 #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Starlight (Garden at 6th Mile Road)       37.011
39 #9- Lício Granado (Lisander)                                      37.016
40 #57- Gordon Orton (Appalachian Nation)                            37.484
41 #29- Shigeru Tsuchie (Hispinas)                                   37.555
42 #77- Depp Jones (Kriegiersien)                                    37.602
43 #28- Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                                      37.692
44 #54- Scott Hawking (Wreckeria)                                    37.706
45 #25- Ahron Ahndreus (Vykta)                                       38.342 DNF

Segment 3:

NSSCRA 10
 1 #18- Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                                35.416
 2 #46- Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                                   35.425
 3 #27- Stacie Houston (Cassadaigua)                                 35.464
 4 #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha (Valentine Z)                   35.493
 5 #73- Taylor Henderson (Hapilopper)                                35.494
 6 #31- Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton (Valentine Z)                      35.568
 7 #5- Liangmei Li (Newmanistan)                                     35.667
 8 #15- Anastasia Freya Yadana Aye (Valentine Z)                     35.674
 9 #30- Lexi Patterson (Jebslund) *Q*                                35.677
10 #79- Dinggu Wang (Abanhfleft)                                     35.700
11 #11- Jenna Logan (Cassadaigua)                                    35.760
12 #41- Yraaga Gilli'i (Vilita & Turori)                             35.775
13 #4- Bryan Harrison (Cassadaigua)                                  35.823
14 #88- Anavella Ariiki (Tropicorp) *Q*                              35.835
15 #78- Cocoabo #78 (Tropicorp) *Q*                                  35.850
16 #0- Hana Bhe (Filindostan)                                        35.920
17 #06- Rinzi Aogar Zakilwal (The Sherpa Empire)                     36.047
18 #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia) *Q*                                36.057
19 #2- Centur Tiones (Vilita & Turori)                               36.107
20 #8- Frank Bronson (Hapilopper) *Q*                                36.135
21 #80- Ganglie Zhe (Abanhfleft) *Q*                                 36.184
22 #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                                     36.201
23 #1- Vanda Rosa Cordeiro Kerman (Jebslund) *Q*                     36.277
24 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                 36.360
25 #91- Tyler Butler (Kohnhead)                                      36.409
26 #9- Lício Granado (Lisander)                                      36.476
27 #44- Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                                36.497
28 #3- Sage Caldwell (Saint Kanye)                                   36.558
29 #43- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                              36.614
30 #14- River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilita & Turori)                    36.659
31 #40- Shigeru Ishikawa (Squidroidia)                               36.752
32 #97- Darnell Curry (Northwest Kalactin)                           36.796
33 #12- Roman Gwinnett (Xanneria)                                    36.820
34 #6- Alex Knight (Hampton Island)                                  36.848
35 #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Starlight (Garden at 6th Mile Road)       36.865
36 #54- Scott Hawking (Wreckeria)                                    36.912
37 #29- Shigeru Tsuchie (Hispinas)                                   37.316
38 #13- Brigadegeneral Eva Kerman (Jebslund)                         37.341
39 #28- Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                                      37.468
40 #57- Gordon Orton (Appalachian Nation)                            37.508
41 #05- Micheal Rush (Sword Island)                                  37.531
42 #21- Tyler Linde (New Northwesteros)                              37.616
43 #66- Hengxing Tian (The Northern Chinese Republic)                37.626
44 #77- Depp Jones (Kriegiersien)                                    38.153

Segment 4:

NSSCRA 10
 1 #14- River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilita & Turori)                    35.473
 2 #41- Yraaga Gilli'i (Vilita & Turori)                             35.514
 3 #18- Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                                35.525
 4 #44- Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                                35.531
 5 #11- Jenna Logan (Cassadaigua)                                    35.566
 6 #31- Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton (Valentine Z)                      35.570
 7 #8- Frank Bronson (Hapilopper) *Q*                                35.572
 8 #06- Rinzi Aogar Zakilwal (The Sherpa Empire)                     35.577
 9 #13- Brigadegeneral Eva Kerman (Jebslund)                         35.623
10 #5- Liangmei Li (Newmanistan)                                     35.679
11 #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                                     35.697
12 #15- Anastasia Freya Yadana Aye (Valentine Z)                     35.702
13 #43- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                              35.758
14 #28- Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                                      35.788
15 #0- Hana Bhe (Filindostan)                                        35.801
16 #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha (Valentine Z)                   35.934
17 #4- Bryan Harrison (Cassadaigua)                                  36.021
18 #2- Centur Tiones (Vilita & Turori)                               36.057
19 #3- Sage Caldwell (Saint Kanye)                                   36.059
20 #46- Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                                   36.083
21 #12- Roman Gwinnett (Xanneria)                                    36.103
22 #40- Shigeru Ishikawa (Squidroidia)                               36.157
23 #88- Anavella Ariiki (Tropicorp) *Q*                              36.160
24 #6- Alex Knight (Hampton Island)                                  36.205
25 #80- Ganglie Zhe (Abanhfleft) *Q*                                 36.329
26 #78- Cocoabo #78 (Tropicorp) *Q*                                  36.358
27 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                 36.398
28 #66- Hengxing Tian (The Northern Chinese Republic)                36.665
29 #97- Darnell Curry (Northwest Kalactin)                           36.676
30 #73- Taylor Henderson (Hapilopper)                                36.709
31 #1- Vanda Rosa Cordeiro Kerman (Jebslund) *Q*                     36.812
32 #54- Scott Hawking (Wreckeria)                                    36.845
33 #91- Tyler Butler (Kohnhead)                                      36.919
34 #05- Micheal Rush (Sword Island)                                  37.068
35 #9- Lício Granado (Lisander)                                      37.206
36 #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Starlight (Garden at 6th Mile Road)       37.256
37 #21- Tyler Linde (New Northwesteros)                              37.282
38 #57- Gordon Orton (Appalachian Nation)                            37.393
39 #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia) *Q*                                37.427
40 #79- Dinggu Wang (Abanhfleft)                                     37.479
41 #77- Depp Jones (Kriegiersien)                                    37.802
42 #27- Stacie Houston (Cassadaigua)                                 37.818
43 #30- Lexi Patterson (Jebslund) *Q*                                37.866
44 #29- Shigeru Tsuchie (Hispinas)                                   37.905

Segment 5:

NSSCRA 10
 1 #41- Yraaga Gilli'i (Vilita & Turori)                             35.396
 2 #18- Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                                35.434
 3 #44- Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                                35.450
 4 #13- Brigadegeneral Eva Kerman (Jebslund)                         35.451
 5 #46- Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                                   35.461
 6 #06- Rinzi Aogar Zakilwal (The Sherpa Empire)                     35.500
 7 #2- Centur Tiones (Vilita & Turori)                               35.536
 8 #8- Frank Bronson (Hapilopper) *Q*                                35.559
 9 #3- Sage Caldwell (Saint Kanye)                                   35.566
10 #11- Jenna Logan (Cassadaigua)                                    35.624
11 #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia) *Q*                                35.663
12 #5- Liangmei Li (Newmanistan)                                     35.678
13 #80- Ganglie Zhe (Abanhfleft) *Q*                                 35.727
14 #15- Anastasia Freya Yadana Aye (Valentine Z)                     35.739
15 #27- Stacie Houston (Cassadaigua)                                 35.827
16 #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha (Valentine Z)                   35.902
17 #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                                     35.905
18 #31- Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton (Valentine Z)                      35.917
19 #40- Shigeru Ishikawa (Squidroidia)                               36.029
20 #79- Dinggu Wang (Abanhfleft)                                     36.061
21 #88- Anavella Ariiki (Tropicorp) *Q*                              36.067
22 #05- Micheal Rush (Sword Island)                                  36.116
23 #4- Bryan Harrison (Cassadaigua)                                  36.295
24 #73- Taylor Henderson (Hapilopper)                                36.328
25 #12- Roman Gwinnett (Xanneria)                                    36.365
26 #78- Cocoabo #78 (Tropicorp) *Q*                                  36.368
27 #21- Tyler Linde (New Northwesteros)                              36.441
28 #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Starlight (Garden at 6th Mile Road)       36.673
29 #28- Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                                      36.768
30 #6- Alex Knight (Hampton Island)                                  36.772
31 #1- Vanda Rosa Cordeiro Kerman (Jebslund) *Q*                     36.849
32 #43- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                              36.871
33 #54- Scott Hawking (Wreckeria)                                    36.965
34 #14- River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilita & Turori)                    36.965
35 #66- Hengxing Tian (The Northern Chinese Republic)                36.993
36 #9- Lício Granado (Lisander)                                      37.017
37 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                 37.037
38 #0- Hana Bhe (Filindostan)                                        37.291
39 #29- Shigeru Tsuchie (Hispinas)                                   37.358
40 #91- Tyler Butler (Kohnhead)                                      37.424
41 #97- Darnell Curry (Northwest Kalactin)                           37.455
42 #30- Lexi Patterson (Jebslund) *Q*                                37.458
43 #57- Gordon Orton (Appalachian Nation)                            37.482
44 #77- Depp Jones (Kriegiersien)                                    37.955

Race Results (Average Segments 1-5):

+-----+-------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
| Pos |                           Driver                            |  Avg.  |
+-----+-------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|   1 | #18- Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                          | 35.469 | WINNER
|   2 | #46- Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                             | 35.605 |
|   3 | #06- Rinzi Aogar Zakilwal (The Sherpa Empire)               | 35.631 |
|   4 | #11- Jenna Logan (Cassadaigua)                              | 35.663 |
|   5 | #44- Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                          | 35.684 |
|   6 | #5- Liangmei Li (Newmanistan)                               | 35.704 |
|   7 | #31- Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton (Valentine Z)                | 35.744 |
|   8 | #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha (Valentine Z)             | 35.777 |
|   9 | #15- Anastasia Freya Yadana Aye (Valentine Z)               | 35.820 |
|  10 | #88- Anavella Ariiki (Tropicorp) *Q*                        | 35.877 |
|  11 | #8- Frank Bronson (Hapilopper) *Q*                          | 35.915 |
|  12 | #3- Sage Caldwell (Saint Kanye)                             | 35.916 |
|  13 | #2- Centur Tiones (Vilita & Turori)                         | 35.952 |
|  14 | #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                               | 35.959 |
|  15 | #80- Ganglie Zhe (Abanhfleft) *Q*                           | 35.981 |
|  16 | #73- Taylor Henderson (Hapilopper)                          | 36.045 |
|  17 | #41- Yraaga Gilli'i (Vilita & Turori)                       | 36.077 |
|  18 | #27- Stacie Houston (Cassadaigua)                           | 36.115 |
|  19 | #13- Brigadegeneral Eva Kerman (Jebslund)                   | 36.121 |
|  20 | #43- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                        | 36.194 |
|  21 | #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia) *Q*                          | 36.258 |
|  22 | #40- Shigeru Ishikawa (Squidroidia)                         | 36.271 |
|  23 | #4- Bryan Harrison (Cassadaigua)                            | 36.302 |
|  24 | #79- Dinggu Wang (Abanhfleft)                               | 36.321 |
|  25 | #6- Alex Knight (Hampton Island)                            | 36.326 |
|  26 | #0- Hana Bhe (Filindostan)                                  | 36.336 |
|  27 | #1- Vanda Rosa Cordeiro Kerman (Jebslund) *Q*               | 36.458 |
|  28 | #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                           | 36.462 |
|  29 | #12- Roman Gwinnett (Xanneria)                              | 36.468 |
|  30 | #14- River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilita & Turori)              | 36.567 |
|  31 | #78- Cocoabo #78 (Tropicorp) *Q*                            | 36.579 |
|  32 | #05- Micheal Rush (Sword Island)                            | 36.647 |
|  33 | #30- Lexi Patterson (Jebslund) *Q*                          | 36.666 |
|  34 | #91- Tyler Butler (Kohnhead)                                | 36.725 |
|  35 | #28- Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                                | 36.823 |
|  36 | #9- Lício Granado (Lisander)                                | 36.841 |
|  37 | #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Starlight (Garden at 6th Mile Road) | 36.905 |
|  38 | #97- Darnell Curry (Northwest Kalactin)                     | 36.917 |
|  39 | #66- Hengxing Tian (The Northern Chinese Republic)          | 37.043 |
|  40 | #21- Tyler Linde (New Northwesteros)                        | 37.049 |
|  41 | #54- Scott Hawking (Wreckeria)                              | 37.139 |
|  42 | #29- Shigeru Tsuchie (Hispinas)                             | 37.459 |
|  43 | #57- Gordon Orton (Appalachian Nation)                      | 37.535 |
|  44 | #77- Depp Jones (Kriegiersien)                              | 37.871 |
|  45 | #25- Ahron Ahndreus (Vykta)                                 | DNF    |
|  46 | #87- Layla Diamantriov (Twicetagram and JYPe)               | DNF    |
+-----+-------------------------------------------------------------+--------+

Point Standings:

+-----+-------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
| Pos |                           Driver                            | Points |
+-----+-------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|   1 | #11- Jenna Logan (Cassadaigua)                              |    169 |
|   2 | #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha (Valentine Z)             |    168 |
|   3 | #44- Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)*                         |    162 |
|   4 | #18- Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)*                         |    153 |
|   5 | #27- Stacie Houston (Cassadaigua)                           |    150 |
|   6 | #06- Rinzi Aogar Zakilwal (The Sherpa Empire)               |    148 |
|   7 | #14- River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilita & Turori)*             |    144 |
|   8 | #2- Centur Tiones (Vilita & Turori)                         |    143 |
|   9 | #8- Frank Bronson (Hapilopper) *Q*                          |    140 |
|  10 | #31- Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton (Valentine Z)                |    138 |
|  11 | #46- Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)*                            |    137 |
|  12 | #73- Taylor Henderson (Hapilopper)                          |    136 |
|  13 | #5- Liangmei Li (Newmanistan)                               |    136 |
|  14 | #15- Anastasia Freya Yadana Aye (Valentine Z)               |    133 |
|  15 | #6- Alex Knight (Hampton Island)                            |    128 |
|  16 | #41- Yraaga Gilli'i (Vilita & Turori)                       |    118 |
|  17 | #80- Ganglie Zhe (Abanhfleft) *Q*                           |    117 |
|  18 | #4- Bryan Harrison (Cassadaigua)                            |    116 |
|  19 | #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                           |    116 |
|  20 | #0- Hana Bhe (Filindostan)                                  |    115 |
|  21 | #79- Dinggu Wang (Abanhfleft)                               |    103 |
|  22 | #40- Shigeru Ishikawa (Squidroidia)                         |     98 |
|  23 | #3- Sage Caldwell (Saint Kanye)                             |     94 |
|  24 | #43- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                        |     91 |
|  25 | #88- Anavella Ariiki (Tropicorp) *Q*                        |     90 |
|  26 | #13- Brigadegeneral Eva Kerman (Jebslund)                   |     90 |
|  27 | #78- Cocoabo #78 (Tropicorp) *Q*                            |     86 |
|  28 | #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                               |     86 |
|  29 | #28- Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                                |     81 |
|  30 | #91- Tyler Butler (Kohnhead)                                |     61 |
|  31 | #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia) *Q*                          |     55 |
|  32 | #21- Tyler Linde (New Northwesteros)                        |     52 |
|  33 | #05- Micheal Rush (Sword Island)                            |     48 |
|  34 | #9- Lício Granado (Lisander)                                |     46 |
|  35 | #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Starlight (Garden at 6th Mile Road) |     43 |
|  36 | #97- Darnell Curry (Northwest Kalactin)                     |     41 |
|  37 | #00- Fiona Sunarya (Filindostan) *Q*                        |     36 |
|  38 | #10- Eddie Walters Jr (Xanneria)                            |     34 |
|  39 | #12- Roman Gwinnett (Xanneria)                              |     31 |
|  40 | #01- Hossem Nasri (Abanhfleft) *Q*                          |     26 |
|  41 | #48- Rockii Ezis (Newmanistan) *Q*                          |     25 |
|  42 | #54- Scott Hawking (Wreckeria)                              |     25 |
|  43 | #66- Hengxing Tian (The Northern Chinese Republic)          |     25 |
|  44 | #23- James McCurty (Hampton Island) *Q*                     |     24 |
|  45 | #29- Shigeru Tsuchie (Hispinas)                             |     23 |
|  46 | #1- Vanda Rosa Cordeiro Kerman (Jebslund) *Q*               |     20 |
|  47 | #57- Gordon Orton (Appalachian Nation)                      |     20 |
|  48 | #77- Depp Jones (Kriegiersien)                              |     19 |
|  49 | #87- Layla Diamantriov (Twicetagram and JYPe)               |     16 |
|  50 | #47- Anthony Barnes (Northwest Kalactin) *Q*                |     16 |
|  51 | #25- Ahron Ahndreus (Vykta)                                 |     15 |
|  52 | #30- Lexi Patterson (Jebslund) *Q*                          |     14 |
|  53 | #92- Thomas Delgado (Northwest Kalactin) *Q*                |     14 |
|  54 | #59- Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                          |     12 |
|  55 | #33- Liuyong Xu (New Northwesteros)                         |      9 |
|  56 | #17- Tyler Abbott (Cassadaigua)                             |      7 |
+-----+-------------------------------------------------------------+--------+

Next Races:
Main: (Dec. 15/16)- Starlight Speedway, Holly's Delights, Nuuk, Greenland, Alanis Star (Valentine Z) (Superspeedway)
EverLong Contenders: (Dec. 15)- Starlight Speedway, Holly's Delights, Nuuk, Greenland, Alanis Star (Valentine Z) (Superspeedway)

by **Saint Kanye** » Sun Dec 13, 2020 8:40 pm

SAGE CALDWELL ✓

@SageTheRacer
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@CeroatLav
Hey @39YudinRustamIlyich, don't let that DNF get you down. CEROAT WILL RISE AGAIN NEXT TIME! /s

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by **Valentine Z** » Sun Dec 13, 2020 9:35 pm

The Tourist Guide to Valentine Z

Main Author: Exuberant Superintendent T-2000/2904-3 Surveillant Clarissa Alanis Star Breya « La Amoureux Chéri » Millie Taissa Butterfly Mélody Coraline Jolijn Trini Clementine Hollie Samantha Zeta Harumi.
Chief Editor: Head Diplomat Charlene Jeannie Natalia Adeline Marceline “Wanbyeoghan Hyeobsang-Ga” Celestie Christine Irelle Dva. Arianna Rees Edith Novena Annie Ciara W. I. Bethany Myong Suh-Hyung.

Credits to: Mechyrdia.

Hello to you, my friends! I am Clarissa Alanis Star among many names, but many of you might have known me as Clarissa! I am hoping that you have a wonderful day ahead, and on behalf of everyone around me, I would like to thank you all for coming down to our humble nation.

A Quick Overview

De Geweldige Sierlijke Katachtige Utopia en Zijne Autonome Machten ov Valentine Z (The Graceful and Wonderful Feline Utopia and its Glorious Autonomous Superpowers of Valentine Z), or simply known as Valentine Z, is a combination of nearly the entirety of Earth, along with Mars. Its territories on Earth is everything, minus Australia, which belongs to The Borderlands of Vidunderlige Nye Verden. Valentine Z covers 141,247,976 km².

The pre-Valentian history was identical to the history of what was known as "Earth with non-disastrous Cold War results". For this parallel, the Cold War escalated and the world was separated to two sides: The Western Hemisphere (USA and its allies), and The Eastern Hemisphere (USSR and its allies). On the grim evening of 25th of September, 1998, both USA and USSR had enough of each other. They launched nuclear missiles at one another, as well as through its ally regions. Basically, almost every single square mile of the Earth was bombarded by radiation. From the ashes of the old world, comes terraforming, and a new Earth of peace, love, and harmony. Valentine Z's role is to unite the world under one roof, as well as to prevent further atrocities and crimes against humanity from happening again. Namely, Valentine Z has sworn off its usage of nuclear weapons on international stages (though 16 ICBMs are kept in case of possible large-scale invasions), while recognizing the presence of other worlds, and even other Earths, through parallel universes. Risen from the ashes of Earth's former nations and colonies, Valentine Z's aim is simple: For betterment of humanity, as well as to eliminate discrimination based on race, religion, or ethnicity. As of Jan 2050, Valentine Z set itself a goal to colonize Mars to accommodate the growing population, and by 2067, most of the Valentians have taken their first flight to Mars, setting up a permanent colony on the new red planet. Valentine Z operates on an Autocracy, with Limited Capitalism and a degree of Socialist and Communist ideologies implemented in its economic system.

We also use Decimal Time for the most parts, but since we will be mostly only here for a few days at best, I thought I might give you a quick rundown! A quick rule of thumb is that our days are 3 hours and 46 minutes longer, while our hours equate to 2 hours and 46 min of Normal Earth Time. It's a bit confusing, I do apologise for that, but here is a nifty little conversion table so that you would not get lost!

Conversion Table, to show each division equating to number of Decimal / Old Earth Seconds

	Decimal Year	Decimal Month	Decimal Day	Decimal Hour	Decimal Minute	Decimal Second
Number of Decimal Seconds	10 * 100 * 10 * 100 * 100	100 * 10 * 100 * 100	10 * 100 * 100	100 * 100	100	1

You can look more into our nation's humble overview right here, though please do bear in mind that the site has not been updated in a long while, and many of the elements were either missing, or have inaccurate entries!

Alanis Star, and Getting There!

Well, first things first, we will have to look at the wondrous world of Alanis Star - the autonomous region that I run! Alanis Star is the closest to Valentine Z in terms of aesthetics, and having been the oldest autonomous state of Valentine Z. While its architecture is also mostly trees and greenery, intricate yet breathtaking glass buildings and skyscrapers were built all around, as well as having most of the regions under Alanis Star to be automated. As a result of this, I am extremely proud to call Alanis Star my home, and it is a perfect harmony of the best technological aspects that Valentine Z has to offer, while maintaining the peace and serenity that we have all been hoping for! You can get and buy home the latest laptops, desktops, cameras, and many other gadgets either from the other places that I will be going through soon, or you can buy them from Starlight Speedway with no extra cost! We are definitely not fans of overcharging racers and tourists alike, or having tourist traps, after all.

There are multiple ports of entries to Valentine Z, and specifically to Alanis Star, but for the NSSCRA folks, I am afraid that there is only one way in and one way out of our world - the interdimensional portal. Don't worry, we have been using these countless times, and Gwen can reassure you that nothing wrong will happen. We will be opening the interdimensional portals to Valentine Z approximately 200 km from Jebslund's landmass, which we hope that it is a sufficient distance to be in the international waters. The two Valentian planes will be leading the way, while the rest of the private jets and cargo planes will have to follow us. Word of caution, though. >,< The interdimensional portal has more than enough radius and width for most planes' wingspans, going twice or thrice. In other words, it has a radius of 400-500 meters. However, please be advised not to hit the walls of the portal, or we will never know where you might end up on Valentine Z. You won't be vaporised like in the movies, but you might get lost! Anyway, once we have crossed the portal, we will directly go over to Alanis Star, and this is where the fun begins!

As for the track and the place that we are going to, we are going to Greenland! Specifically, Nuuk, Greenland of the days of old. We are currently in the 10th Month of our calendar, so the temperatures, especially in the Polar Regions, have been extremely cold! It is much colder than the standard Earth that most of us are accustomed to, thanks to the rather different form of Geography and nature of Valentine Z's Earth. It is an absolute delight for the many of us, especially me, who works extremely well under this temperature! As for the rest of you folks, please bring plentiful of heaters and winter clothing! Aptly called Holly's Delights, right after one of our characters, and the racers that some of you might be acquainted with! She is a very, very shy soul, made out of light, but underneath it all, she is also slowly gaining her confidence and with our permission, we have managed to secure an event detailing about herself. A cooling light show, that no one must absolutely miss!

And this is just for one person.

The accommodation and lounges were provided free of charge to the drivers and crew alike, as well as freeflow breakfast, lunch, and dinner for everyone! The lounges have the praised and lauded Valentian King-sized beds, and yes, just like the previous season, we now offer you these at a special discount. Simply head on down and talk to one of us, or to the friendly Valentians (they are tall, you can't miss them!) to lead you the right way! Since the lounges are technically inside of the track, there is no worry for you to brave through the cold just to make your way to the track. The lounges are sufficiently heated, with full climate control options.

Starlight Speedway, Holly's Delights, Nuuk, Greenland, Alanis Star (Valentine Z) (Superspeedway)

With that said, let us look at the track itself! It is certainly a superspeedway that we have recently commissioned. The surrounding cold made the ambient temperature of -50 to -40 degrees Celsius, which might make many of you wonder: How on Earth are we going to race in these temperatures and hazards? Well, wonder no more! The superspeedway is indoors, and has a large dome overhead! It is also warmed up sufficiently to temperatures of 25 to 33 degrees Celsius, so do be reassured that the race conditions and track will be the same as the rest of the races this season. The cold will never bother the race, anyway! In the middle of the speedway are three 700-cm televisions placed along the turns for the crew, the drivers, and the audience to see. Special word of precaution that drones are not allowed on the racetrack, but we will certainly use our own in order to capture exhilarating footage of the race! Of course, you have our Valentian guarantee that these drones will not fall onto the racers. However, in the event that they do, they are programmed to disintegrate harmlessly into liquid metal (like the one you see that made the T-1000) and flow towards the middle of the track.

The track is in excellent condition having been built recently and maintained, also being a reminiscence and a bigger homage to Daytona International Speedway, albeit the track does look a little different! The current track record is by me, at a 48.052 second! Those that beat my record will be getting a bonus payout of $10000 per person! Don't worry, these will be from our pockets, and we have adequate amounts going around! Turn 1 and Turn 2 are of little to no concern for many of our racers, but most of you might want to take precautions on Turn 3, for it is relatively the sharpest!

And now, the trivial bits! :3

What to see, and what to do.

Valentine Z is most definitely a place of many wonders. Having been built from the ashes of the old as I have stated, we have definitely made strides improving ourselves, while keeping the history of the past alive. We would like to also make it clear that we do not have light or mocking stance on death itself, as well as to many other tragedies. The sacrifices of the old are not forgotten, and this is also the reason why we have uphold peace as best as possible, so that the younger generations and the future will be a bright one for the many of us!

With that said, first things first! There are many airports scattered around the entire planet - most of them have global destinations, while others were more for local / continental destinations. I recommend going to Nuuk's international airport in order for a getaway to other warmer (or colder, if that is your thing) places!

For the technology and computer inclined, the visitors would like to either remain here in Greenland, or could go to other parts of Alanis Star for a little gadgetry exposition! There is a tourist discount of 20% for all the purchases, and we would like to emphasise on our no-tourist trap policy!

For the history buffs, look no further than Victoriaans Nederlands, a place full of rich culture and traditional buildings, as well with a certain steampunk aesthetics. Despite the name, and perhaps a few misspellings, Victoriaans Nederlands do not span just the Netherlands, and has extended to many other countries, as you may see below:

Victoriaans Nederlands has decided to take the backwards approach in terms of time period. While the buildings were still as functional as any other buildings from all over Valentine Z, Victoriaans Nederlands’ buildings are characterised by their steampunk aesthetics, as well as pertaining to the buildings that one would see in the actual Victorian Era. As a result, while Victoriaans Nederlands was not exactly well-known for the clean look of their cities, the eco-friendly factor is still very high on the account that most of these steampunk and Victorian buildings were retrofitted with solar panels, wind mills, and any other green sources of energy. It might not have the look of a green city, but it still operates as one, as described by many of its inhabitants, as well as from the outside visitors.

The Valentian International and Historical Museum of the Pre-Valentian Era (sorry, that is a mouthful!) is a place to look at if you would like to take a look at the world before us!

Voorzichtigheid is termed the military region, serving as a self-defense network of Valentine Z. For the average tourist, I am afraid that there is little to nothing that might interest you. However, it does not mean that it is not totally unwelcome for tourists! The region is still open like always, and you can even perhaps see and have a look at how the Valentians train! For the purpose of defending Valentine Z, however, some parts of it are unfortunately out of bounds.

Vostrov is a place to go if you are looking for the educational aspects of our world - the very forefront of intelligence, science, research, and development!

Rules and Etiquette, and other tips

Being a place built on friendliness, happiness, inclusiveness, peace, and many others, I definitely am prideful of our country, and is deemed a very, very safe place! However, low crime does not mean no crime, and there is a 1 out of 10000 chance that someone might have been robbed. I am sorry for the bearer of bad news, but even with our welfare programs, free education, free healthcare, and many more, suffice to say that a few of us are still up for a life of crime. I do believe and trust the visitors and tourists, as well as the drivers, that are coming for NSSCRA, but I suppose this still needs to be said for everyone involved. The rules apply to the entire regions under Valentine Z.

Do not drink and drive. When your blood alcohol content (BAC) is 0.07% or higher, you're considered legally impaired and thus are unfit to drive, let alone a racecar. Drivers who are considered legally impaired will not be allowed on the race tracks, and if they are found drunk, might impose a fine of NSD 5,000. This includes drugs and narcotics as well. We have quite an anti-drugs stance, though not until putting someone on a death penalty.
No weapons! Despite the many peaceful ways of Valentine Z, guns and weapons are more or less allowed to a degree for an upstanding citizen. If a Valentian is of perfect health, have no criminal records, and among other things, they can legally own a gun. Still, even with the relaxed gun laws, only 1 out of 500 Valentians have a weapon, and it is mostly the police or the military. We absolutely do not believe in violence! For the purpose of this race, and to give everyone a breather, no weapons on the race course.
No speech (be it through advertisements, posters, or any other medium) that denounces or is discriminatory towards a race. We are a nation proud of our tolerance and acceptance of everyone regardless of race, language, or religion! It would really be a shame if someone were to do this on our place. I am confident that our racers will not do that, but I thought I would state it here as a legal obligation!
No cruelty to animals or other persons.
We have no death penalty or corporal punishment. I would like to welcome everyone and the visitors that we are not into torment, and would like to provide you all with a safe place to race and have some fun with. The worst we will do is a stern talking to, along with a fine, which we will then use for further development of our nation!

And now, a few more tips for the visitors!

If you are unable to reach for something, and trust me, we Valentians know, please do not hesitate to ask any of us for assistance! We are more than happy and willing to help a fellow stranger out!
In the event of an emergency, the phone numbers of Valentian Fire Department, Ambulance, and Police is: *#8444.
Non-emergency services can be reached out via: *#8333.
The best mode of transport are the Transcontinental Railroads if you are not the sort of person to go for air travel. These go at a breakneck speed of 2000 km/h, and spans throughout the oceans.
Buses and Trains around towns are plentiful, and most of the natives can speak English fluently!
The Valentians can speak English primarily, but all of them are at least bilingual. Feel free to converse with them!

And with that, I hope to see you around in Valentine Z, and wishing you a great day ahead!

by **The Northern Chinese Republic** » Mon Dec 14, 2020 12:06 am

With Hengxing Tian still not getting results and AutoRealm threatening to withdraw their sponsorship, Xuan Tou decided it was time to shake things up. He called both Auto Realm and Lee and told them that he wanted to talk to them before the Valentine Z race. But first, he needed to talk to Tian.

They met at a cafe in Kermania after the Fortress Run. Tou insisted on paying for the coffee and pastries even though he knew damn well Tian could afford them. He already needed to tell Tian something he wouldn't like, and he didn't want to upset the wealthy young scion more than necessary, so paying for the food just seemed like the decent thing to do. Tou was worried about how the meeting would go, but there was nothing to do but get it over with. "Mr. Tian, we're very grateful to have you on our team, but you haven't been getting the results we're looking for," Tou explained. "It's hard for me to explain to Lee and Gao why they're sitting on the sidelines while you go out there and finish 40th."

"It was 39th," Tian corrected him irritably.

"Okay, 39th," said Tou. "Our sponsors on the 60 and 70 cars are starting to complain..."

"About me or your shitty cars?" Tian shot back. "Lee and Gao aren't exactly lighting up the race track either, you know."

Tou sighed. He'd been afraid something like this would happen. "Qualifying isn't the same as the race," he said. "We need someone that knows how to be aggressive without putting the car into the wall. I want to give Ricky Lee a chance to see if can do that for us." He waited with trepidation to see if Tian would fly off the handle.

"If you fixed your shitty cars and got rid of these shitty Solymok tires, maybe he could qualify in!" Tian blustered, sloshing his coffee as he waved his arms in frustration. The people at the next table turned to look, wondering what he was yelling about. "Why do you think everyone else uses Sifakas?"

"There's more than one brand of tires in NSSCRA," said Tou. "Qiang Kai won a championship using Highland."

"Yeah, Highland, not Solymok!" said Tian.

"Okay, let's make a deal," said Tou. "We'll get you whatever kind of tires you want for the Valentine Z race. All three of you. But if you finish lower than 25th place, you let one of them have a turn with the charter."

Tian didn't like the deal, but if he complained that he didn't think he could finish in the top 25, then he'd have to admit the problem wasn't the tires. He decided to stick to his guns and hope for the best rather than admit there was an issue with his driving ability. "Okay, I want Tropico-- No, Highland." He changed his mind at the last minute when he remembered that they were going to be racing in the far north. He figured a Tibetan company whose tires were commonly used on icy mountain roads would be better prepared to cope with the cold, whereas Tropicorp products would probably work better in hot sticky conditions. "Highland," he reaffirmed. "They have more experience with cold weather driving than Tropicorp."

"Okay, you got it," said Tou. He would have preferred to let Lee have a turn with the team's charter in Nuuk, but at least he had something he could use to try to appease Lee and Auto Realm. He would explain that they were trying different tires, and if Tian got another 39th place finish, the #60 would race at Lonngeylin.

by **Tropicorp** » Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:54 am

Ariiki Stands up to the Pressure in Non-Charter Era

Kermania Fortress Run, Kermania Citadel, Jebslund :: At the conclusion of the famed Kermania Fortress run, an underground battle that has been on the NSSCRA Calendar for five seasons running, an unlikely driver crossed the line as the highest finishing in a Dart. It was none of the trio from Vilita and Turori who were expected to do well at a track where they had produced the race winner just six races prior on the NSSCRA calendar. It was not Michael Stefan or Alfonso Mercado from Jaguar Racing nor was it either of Team Tropicorp's Cocoabo drivers. Instead, the highest finishing driver at the Kermania Fortress Run in a Dart was Anavella Ariiki. The very same Anavella Ariiki who was nearly shuffled off to the Everlong Contenders series at the start of the NSSCRA Season only for Team Tropicorp management to extend their agreement with Vilita & Turori Motorsports to keep Yraaga Gilli'i in the #41 and show faith in Ariiki that she could make a difference on track even without one of the Guaranteed Charters that she had relied on in seasons past.

Now, although she did fail to qualify for the Argo Petrol 350 in New Northwesteros, Ariiki is still the highest placed Team Tropicorp driver in the NSSCRA Tier 1 Driver Standings. In a complete reversal from the prior season, Ariiki is besting both Cocoabo #78 and Cocoabo #28 in the standings with the latter being more impressive due to the fact that Cocoabo #28 holds the Guaranteed Charter and has competed in every event on the NSSCRA Circuit this season. While Ariiki's finish of 10th in Kermania equals the best finish of the season for both Cocoabo #28 and Cocoabo #78 thus far, her body of work - when she has made the race, has been the most consistent. Ariiki's worst finish thus far was 22nd and also boasts both the best average finish (17th) and best average starting position (19th) of the three Team Tropicorp drivers so far this campaign. While the team has struggled to challenge for victories thus far it was always going to be a difficult campaign for the team after two of its drivers finished outside the Top 20 in points during NSSCRA Season 9. Losing the two guaranteed charters from its stable has meant that Team Tropicorp has had to dedicate the entirety of their preparations and practice for each NSSCRA event into obtaining single lap speed for Qualifying in a very deep and very challenging field of non-chartered drivers. It has thus far directly affected the ability for the team to compete in race trim. As such, the Tropicorp 500 can not come soon enough for Team Tropicorp when they will get the added bonus of the home charter for experienced setup and data analysis engineer
Euroli Islander to step in and get on track to help re-baseline the team into their new NSSCRA normal.

Tropicorp Racing Supply ✓

@TropicorpRS
Check out the starting lineup for the @RaceOfStars Round 2 Event in Liventia! Your reigning @WGP2 Champion @GTAVII starts from pole position yet again

#NSSCRA : #WGPC : #IROS

As a major partner of iBen's Race of Stars, Tropicorp Racing Supply has looked to involve themselves as much as possible in the pomp and circumstance surrounding the first ever cross-discipline series for the superstars of motorsports. Prior to the opening round in Newmanistan that also included sponsorship of the Random Draw for starting position in the Inaugural iRoS event. While the draw was considered a success, it would later be determined that the random draw format would not be used for subsequent events. Instead, starting lineup for the remainder of the iRoS races would be set in a similar fashion to weekly short track racing. Race of Stars and Tropicorp officials announced that starting with iRoS Round #2 at the Talbott Autodrome in Liventia, the starting lineup for the Race of Stars would see a field inversion of all drivers who finished the prior race. Any drivers who either did not compete in the prior event due to a driver change or who failed to complete the race due to an incident would start at the back of the field behind all drivers who did complete the race. While there was no draw to broadcast, Tropicorp Racing Supply did turn to the communication platform twii.tur to officially reveal the starting lineup for the iRoS Round at the Talbott Autodrome and for the second consecutive event it resulted in the Red #7 car of Abdoulaye Goita being placed on pole position. Of course, as Goita finished 14th after starting on pole in Newmanistan, perhaps the Recuecn driver would be wary of drawing the same startin position again one race later.

by **TJUN-ia** » Mon Dec 14, 2020 11:08 am

This blog was written by Derrick Carlisle, Jaguar Racing's Social Media Manager

It seemed like repetition was in the air as we prepared for racing at the Kermania Fortress Run in Jebslund. For the 2nd race in a row, Michael Stefan (@Stefan07) and Alfonso Mercado (@AM64) would be starting near to each other, separated by only 1 car to start. Of course, the separator this time is Frank Bronson instead of Hana Bhe, but the similarity remains. No one wanted a pure repeat of last time out, where Stefan retired due to a car issue, but we hoped that our boys would do use proud out there and, in some way, they did.

For the first half of the race, the two couldn't seem to avoid each other. They traded positions all the time and they looked evenly matched out there on the circuit. That was until a puncture pushed Mercado down to 39th, but he would recover to be ahead of Stefan heading into the final section. The two would continue to battle with the field but in the end, Mercado would gradually fall off Stefan's pace. Michael crossed the line in 14th, Alfonso in 21st, and it certainly was a good effort by both out there. Keep up the good work, lads!

Turns out Jeremiah Brooke didn't need to worry at all after yesterday, as he led a GFR 1-2 with Thea Alvarez to book his place in the playoffs. Rinzi Aogar Zakilwal finished 3rd with the consistent Jenna Logan taking the overall lead in 4th. Anavella Ariiki was the best of the non-charters, finishing ahead of Frank Bronson to take 10th, while Shigeru Ishikawa continued his good season in 22nd. Only 2 retirements here, so it was pretty quiet for a race...

Now then, Round 5 up next. Both T1 and T2 will make the trip to Greenland for the race at Starlight Speedway in Alanis Star, the autonomous region within Valentine Z. It's sure to be cold up in Nuuk and with the Superspeedway making its NSSCRA debut, who knows what could happen on this green track in the middle of the ice!

Current Standings: (T1) #07 - 28th (86pts)/#64 - 31st (55pts)/(T2) #03 - 2nd (121pts)
Next T1 Race: Starlight Speedway, Holly's Delights, Nuuk, Greenland, Alanis Star, Valentine Z
Next T2 Race: Starlight Speedway, Holly's Delights, Nuuk, Greenland, Alanis Star, Valentine Z
(Updated on Sundays to avoid confusion)

A flyer, delivered to all NSSCRA personnel, in both Series, after the races in South Newlandia and Jebslund.

Jaguar Racing formally invites you to...

JUNGLE FEVER II: NON-ALCOHOLIC EDITION

@Streams and Electric Currents, downtown Peninsula
After the running of the TJUN 600

All T1 and T2 drivers and crew are invited to attend if they wish

No alcohol is permitted on the premises (i.e. if you want booze, go elsewhere please! )

No dress code, as it is a non-alcoholic club, so wear whatever you choose.

by **Squidroidia** » Mon Dec 14, 2020 12:39 pm

"Hello?" Shigeru Ishikawa answered the phone whilst preparing for the race in Valentine Z. He seemingly had everything prepared for the race - Jacket included. A big, comfortable jacket that was going to sustain the temperatures of such a cold environment like Nuuk.

"Hey Shigeru! It's Daryl Mizushima from WGPC Motorworks!" The grand prix driver answered back. He had received his email from all the way in Liventia - Qualifying ended not a while ago for the race at the Talbott Autodrome and although Daryl did not qualify, he had a great time in practice.

"Ah yes, Daryl. Congrats on your 2 points in Hap City. We have to go there for the start of the Chase, but you did get the better track. Have you seen the oval there? It's NUTS!"

"Yeah that does not look good Shigeru. I like to call it the "Track Too Tough to Tame" - It's a slippery and challenging track and there could be some crashes, looking at the results of the last time they went there."

"Yeah, thankfully I won't have to deal with that... Yet." Shigeru sighs as he packs up his clothes. "So, you're here because of something, yes?"

"Yes sir. You wanted me to tell you about something." Daryl replied.

"Okay, I got word from the IRACT camp that they are allowing drivers outside of the Chinese Territories to participate in the Lao Long 380 race at the Jusenkyo Training Ground. The winner of the race will drive a open-chartered car during the TMW 500 along with cash prizes. How about that?"

"Looking at my schedule, Shigeru, I am open for doing that. The WGPC season ends about a couple days or so before the race, so I might actually get there!"

"Good job Daryl. I know that you aren't doing well in the WGPC, but I have to applaud you for your work. Hopefully this race will allow a WGPC driver to participate in NSSCRA!*"

"Oh sweet. I think I need sponsorships too... My father owns FunStar and we could probably get the decal on my car for that race. Is it fine?"

"For Lao Long, yes. If you do get to compete in NSSCRA, no. I suggest taking the Lao Long sponsorship. 2 FunStar cars is going to cause a lot of confusion on the track, as well as accusations of fishy stuff going on behind the scenes.**"

"Alright then, I'll sign up."

"Thank you Daryl. Bye."

Shigeru hung up the phone. Daryl, however? He sent a registration to the Zhangjiajie Racing Club. #63 FunStar Inklingcraft. He also asked for the Lao Long and Westlake sponsors to be on his open chartered ride if he won the 380. Some prep for next season indeed...

OOC notes: This is a continuation from my latest WGPC post, just so you know.

*In the NS world, the most prominent example of a WGPC driver going to NSSCRA was Matthew Portland of Liventia, who won 2 World Grand Prix Championships along with 2 NSSCRA race wins. In real life, 2007 Formula 1 World Champion Kimi Räikkönen competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the NASCAR Nationwide Series (Now the Xfinity Series) in 2011 during his break from F1. He nearly got to race in the Cup Series too - Only a crash at Sonoma prevented him from making a start in the top division. 7 time grand prix winner Juan Pablo Montoya also went from F1 to NASCAR and competed in Cup, although most NASCAR fans remember him for striking a jet dryer during the Daytona 500.

**The most prominent example of a single company (Or in this case person) getting their name plastered on multiple cars was real estate mogul J.D. Stacy, who often plastered his name on as many as 7 cars. He also owned what used to be Rod Osterlund's #2 car, with the late Dale Earnhardt Sr. driving at the time. After a falling out between Stacy and Dale, the then 1 time Winston Cup champion moved over to the #3 car owned by Richard Childress - The rest, as they say, was history. NASCAR doesn't allow companies to sponsor more than 1 car during any given race - Although a company can sponsor entries in the Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series at the same time, like Menard's usually do.

by **Sword Island** » Tue Dec 15, 2020 9:31 am

Chris Gordon, Mr. Consistency, had finally cooled off. Really it was more releaving than anything to finally have a bad race, or at least by his standards. He was still 29 points to good but another lackluster race and he could lose all the momentum he had built up to that point. And now he was in Alanis Star with the Tier 1 crew for the first merger of the season since Tundra Falls. He still needed to talk to Rush about the Tier 1 ride offer. But in the meantime he needed to find a drafting partner. He thought about hooking up with Maddison and trying to tandem draft with her seeing as they finished first and second at the first superspeedway race of the season but deciced that he would work with whoever started behind him. The only question was what the Stevens Motorsports car and Lexie Shelby would do. They had finished 3rd last time out and had been bad fast through the Thursday practice session, passing anywhere and everywhere in the 'Tandem Killer' as Stevens called it. Gordon had also been fast and had even locked bumpers with the #04 car at one point for a lap or two.

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