Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 10:41 am
It was the second round of the NSSCRA and for the drivers in the Multiversal Series, it was time for them to take to a road course in Xanneria, which returned to the schedule of the Multiversal Series after a season's absence from the calendar. Unlike in ovals where two attempts of setting a lap time are made by the drivers, only one attempt is done in road courses, which meant that it is paramount for the drivers to set a lap time devoid of any mistakes.
This befell Rockii Ezis on his qualifying run, as a few corners where he was well wide, as well as a near-spin in one of the corners, made his lap a bad one, which was actually the slowest of all the drivers who made their attempts to qualify. He would have certainly missed the race, however, as the team has the charter from Fiona Sunarya's team last season, he was able to make the field, although he would start in the outside of the 23rd row and he would have to carve his way among the other cars if he wants a decent result from Road Marietta. It is obvious he was still adjusting to the Badai Angin car, which was different from either the Darts or the Rockets he drove for the past seasons, but the organization and the fans may start to lose their patience and question the decision made by the team last season if Rockii keeps providing disappointing results for the #60 team.
The same cannot be said for Hana Bhe though. In the ninth season, she was only able to bring the #0 car in 26th place in qualifying, although a strong race pace enabled her to finish just a place outside the top 15 that time. This year though, without a charter, Hana had to qualify on speed to make every race this season. And she did not disappoint. Setting a quick lap time that eventually clocked 11th fastest, with only Wilma von Caerinthen from UrGa being the quicker non-charter entry. It was a risk the organization understood very well, and if Hana keeps delivering the goods pre-race, a win away could net this team their own charter in the near future.
Her best buddy though pulled the surprise result for the organization, as Fiona drove the #99 to a top 5 starting position, arguably her best qualifying performance of her NSSCRA career. She isn't a newbie in this track despite NSSCRA not visiting the track in her rookie campaign, as she drove the then-#83 car to a 36th qualifying position in season 9, finishing 39th of 46 drivers. At last, Fiona has started being one of the drivers to watch for this season, as her 15th place finish in Tundra Falls last week shows, and she would like to keep the car contending for wins this season to show the fans that they would have a Filindo driver to cheer for in the multiverse's most prominent stock car racing competition.
After the qualifying session, the two buds watched the Everlong race in television where the three Rusty Motorsports were running very well and were chasing Rustam Yudin's #39 car for victory. Despite eventually not taking the win, the Rusty cars finished 2-3-4 and seems to be in contention for the title this early. Fiona gave Shania Soraya a call hours after the race, as the latter along with the Rusty crew will travel to Marietta to watch the race in person, and she promised another session of unwinding after the Multiversal race.
This befell Rockii Ezis on his qualifying run, as a few corners where he was well wide, as well as a near-spin in one of the corners, made his lap a bad one, which was actually the slowest of all the drivers who made their attempts to qualify. He would have certainly missed the race, however, as the team has the charter from Fiona Sunarya's team last season, he was able to make the field, although he would start in the outside of the 23rd row and he would have to carve his way among the other cars if he wants a decent result from Road Marietta. It is obvious he was still adjusting to the Badai Angin car, which was different from either the Darts or the Rockets he drove for the past seasons, but the organization and the fans may start to lose their patience and question the decision made by the team last season if Rockii keeps providing disappointing results for the #60 team.
The same cannot be said for Hana Bhe though. In the ninth season, she was only able to bring the #0 car in 26th place in qualifying, although a strong race pace enabled her to finish just a place outside the top 15 that time. This year though, without a charter, Hana had to qualify on speed to make every race this season. And she did not disappoint. Setting a quick lap time that eventually clocked 11th fastest, with only Wilma von Caerinthen from UrGa being the quicker non-charter entry. It was a risk the organization understood very well, and if Hana keeps delivering the goods pre-race, a win away could net this team their own charter in the near future.
Her best buddy though pulled the surprise result for the organization, as Fiona drove the #99 to a top 5 starting position, arguably her best qualifying performance of her NSSCRA career. She isn't a newbie in this track despite NSSCRA not visiting the track in her rookie campaign, as she drove the then-#83 car to a 36th qualifying position in season 9, finishing 39th of 46 drivers. At last, Fiona has started being one of the drivers to watch for this season, as her 15th place finish in Tundra Falls last week shows, and she would like to keep the car contending for wins this season to show the fans that they would have a Filindo driver to cheer for in the multiverse's most prominent stock car racing competition.
After the qualifying session, the two buds watched the Everlong race in television where the three Rusty Motorsports were running very well and were chasing Rustam Yudin's #39 car for victory. Despite eventually not taking the win, the Rusty cars finished 2-3-4 and seems to be in contention for the title this early. Fiona gave Shania Soraya a call hours after the race, as the latter along with the Rusty crew will travel to Marietta to watch the race in person, and she promised another session of unwinding after the Multiversal race.