NSSCRA 12- Everything Thread

by **Vilita and Turori** » Sun Mar 20, 2022 2:55 pm

Ezis Turns in Career best Result at Kimi Circuit

Kimi-Suomen Kävely, Kimi Circuit, Kimi Kaupunki, Kimi-Suomi :: A Largely consistent but unexciting debut season in the Everlong Contenders Series for longtime NSSCRA driver Rockii Ezis got a real kick start at the Kimi Circuit in Atlantian Oceania as Ezis piloted the #60 CoCoCo Dart to a best career finish. Ezis has been an NSSCRA competitor since Season 6 when they made their debut driving for Vilita and Turori Motorsports in what is now the Multiversal Cup Series at the Li River Speedway in The Sherpa Empire. After initial expecting to run the full NSSCRA Schedule with financial backing from the CoCoCo Logistics and Holdings company, Ezis was the odd driver out when Vilita and Turori Motorsports was forced to contract from a four-car team back down to three cars similar to what they had run during NSSCRA Season 5. After finishing 24th in their debut event, Ezis would improve during each of their first five starts culminating in a first career Top 5 finish at the Vilitan Mountain Challenge Course in their home event, finishing 4th.

For NSSCRA Season 7, Vilita and Turori Motorsports once again was unable to get Ezis on track at the start of the season. Ezis would make their season debut utilizing the home charter in the third race of the season at the Lonngeylin Ring in Vilita and Ezis once again put in a strong performance finishing 11th. The impressive showing would result in Ezis being entered as a non-charter driver for the remainder of the NSSCRA 7 campaign. Over the next 3 events Ezis would finish 9th in the Blue Coast 400 in Vangaziland then improve on their career best finish by placing 3rd at the Ferret National Autrodrome. Ezis would qualify as required on time in all but one event through the remainder of the season and would post a second Top Five finish of the season at the Andromeda Univeral Speedway in One Jamaica.

For NSSCRA Season 8, Ezis once again could not compete at the start of the season being entered only as the open charter driver at the Leruse International Speedway in Sedile. Ezis' personal sponsor the CoCoCo was tired of sitting on the sidelines and was looking for other ways to get their name on the track. After sponsoring a slew of other drivers including Rinzi Aogar Zahilwal, CoCoCo found the full time deal they were looking for making a deal with Rocket Motorsports for Ezis to compete full time in the #48 Rocket. Ezis was released from their contract at Vilita and Turori Motorsports and joined the Newmanistan based outfit immediately, popping off a pair of top 5 finishes at the Hapilopper Speedway and in the Pencurve Electronics 500 to round out the Regular Season and match their career best Top 5 performance mark. Ezis would cloe out the season with two more Top 10 finishes and a 13th place in the season ending Proving Grounds 500.

Ezis would return as a full time Chartered driver for NSSCRA Season 9 and competed in the Tundra Falls 500 for the first time in their four-season long NSSCRA Career. With 36 races on the schedule it was the longest season of NSSCRA Competition in history and with a guaranteed charter Ezis would start every single one of them nearly doubling their all-time career starts in the NSSCRA Cup Series. Unfortunately, the success that Ezis had early on after taking over the #48 car would not be quickly repeated with just one Top 10 finish in thei first 10 races of the season. Ezis would finally break through with a strong showing at the Groleau Vitres d'auto 500 - A Short Track race held only one time in the nation of Terre Septentrionale. It would be Ezis' second career podium finish and second career 3rd place finish - a feat they would equal again later in the season during the Tropicorp 500 at the Tropicoast Beach course. The 3rd place run in Tropicoast set off a three-race stretch of Top 10 finishes for Ezis, the best such streak in their racing career. From there, however, things would fall apart for the Rocket Motorsports team which posted just a single Top 20 finish once the NSSCRA Playoff rounds began.

With a shortened schedule in NSSCRA Season 10, Ezis returned to Rocket Motorsports but was knocked out of the Guaranteed Charter seat after the team signed reigning NSSCRA Championship Four driver Liangmei Li. In a highly competitive field, Ezis would qualify for just one of the first nine events - the Argo Petrol 350 at the Lannisburg Complex in New Northwesteros - despite numerous Top 25 overall efforts in Vilaye Energy Drink Pole Qualifying. In what was undoubtedly the worst season of Ezis' career, it didn't take long for rumors of a change to take hold. Once it was confirmed that Liangmei Li would return to Rocket Motorsports for NSSCRA Season 11 and retain the teams lone Guaranteed Charter, Ezis and the CoCoCo sponsorship jumped ship and signed on with Badai Angin Tim Motorsport of Filindostan.

Ezis would make just their second ever Tundra Falls 500 start in NSSCRA Season 11 but finished 40th in a disappointing debut for the new team. Things would improve slowly with Ezis consistently finishing between 18th-28th position throughout the regular season before finally posting a Top 15 run in the TJUN 600 at the Jungle Circuit. Ezis would round off the season with three more Top 15 finishes including at the Pencurve Electronics 500 where Ezis was looking at times to be a darkhorse candidate to win the race and steal a place in the NSSCRA playoffs. Ezis and team were expecting to return for NSSCRA Season 12 until it was announced that Badai Angin Tim would be ending their NSSCRA Stock Car operation to focus on their World Grand Prix Open wheel efforts. While the move would pay great dividends for Badai Angin Tim who would go on to win the WGPC 19 Constructors Title, it would unexpectedly leave Ezis without a ride once more for NSSCRA Season 12.

It is rumored that Ezis was working a deal with CoCoCo and the Race Eelandii Turorian AOCAR team to potentially run the Atlantian Oceania regional series but a series of musical chairs in the NSSCRA would eventually lead to a reunion with Vilita and Turori Motorsports. When former Vilita and Turori Motorsports driver Centur Tiones announced that he and the Tiones Lumber sponsorship would be switching over to Team Tropicorp for NSSCRA Season 12, it left an opening at Vilita and Turori Motorsports for the first time since NSSCRA Season 6. Ezis and CoCoCo immediately engaged in discussions with the team regarding the seat but it was ultimately determined that the full time drive would go to Everlong Contenders Series driver Islago Tizilna who had backing from major Vilita and Turori Motorsports partner the Vilisorma Beverage Company. Tizilna's promotion, however, would leave a seat open in the Contenders Series and with the prospect of finding a full time ride for NSSCRA Season 12 diminishing by the day, Ezis signed on to compete in the NSSCRA's second tier for the first time. The deal would result in more prominent placement for CoCoCo's CoCoGas brand and an agreement that CoCoLectric would not appear on the car outside of a contingency sized decal. While CoCoLectric and Arcticala Electric are not direct competitors in any market, with Arcticala Electric focusing more on modern, renewable electricity generation as well as infrastructure in the Vilitan Cove region, CoColectric is focused on Logistics and Distribution with minimal investment in future technology research. It is believed that Ezis' deal with the team also includes piloting the #60 at the NSSCRA Multiversal Cup Series events at the Lonngeylin Ring and the Vilitan Mountain Challenge Course as well as an entry into the Rumble in the Rice Fields with a view to a potential start at the Li River Speedway - one of Ezis' best statistical tracks on the Multiversal Cup Series circuit. Otherwise Ezis is expected to focus on the Everlong Contenders Series with a focus on finally winning an NSSCRA Sanctioned event for the first time in their career, and building a strong title challenge to attract a second chance ride in the Multiversal Cup Series for NSSCRA Season 13.

After a slew of Top 12 finishes to start the season as Ezis re-gained familiarity with the Dart Chassis and the slightly lower powered cars of the NSSCRA Everlong Contenders Series, the experience of the 7th-season driver really came to shine in the debut event at the Kimi Circuit in Kimi-Suomi. After qualifying in 14th position, Ezis would march methodically through the field - passing one car after another including series point leader Jixaka Motorai of Team Tropicorp to break into the Top 5. As the race neared its conclusion, Ezis was locked in a battle with the local driver Ilmari Pëkannen for the podium places. While Valkyrie Valentijn Samantha Constantine was too far in front to be caught for the Victory, Ezis would beat Pëkannen back to the line to finish in 2nd place - not only their best finish of the NSSCRA Everlong Contenders Series season but their best ever finish in an NSSCRA sanctioned event.

After the race, Ezis and the #60 CoCoCo team were visible thrilled with the performance. After a difficult two-season stretch without a Top 10 finish Ezis was in competitive equipment and proving they could still battle for victories - even if in the second tier of competition. The result would also move Ezis inside the Top 16 of the Everlong Contenders Series standings and ahead of teammates Lotara Novorali and Turakki Mayelli in 14th and 16th position respectively. In their post race interview, an excited Ezis checked off their 2nd place finish before exclaiming "Next Stop: Victory Lane!". If Ezis is able to find the winners circle at some point this season - regardless of which series they accomplish it in, they would set a new record for longest time passing between a first NSSCRA Sanctioned Race Start and first NSSCRA Sanctioned Race Victory.

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Big Day for @RockiiEzis and the #60 CoCoCo Dart team coming home in 2nd place in the #Kimi-SuomenKävely for the Everlong Contenders Series. Valentian #10 Valkyrie V.S. Constantine was the race winner.

by **TJUN-ia** » Sun Mar 20, 2022 4:59 pm

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

Mekaaninen sirkus on tullut suomalaisten valtakuntaan. Welcome to Kimi-Suomi, a frozen land in Northern AO and good friends of TJUN-ia that has only recently decided to get itself into the world of sports. Now, the NSSCRA party finds itself in this land, at Kimi Circuit in Kimi Kaupunki for the biggest festival of speed these folks have ever seen - the Kimi-Suomen Kolmoisuhka. NSSCRA (or KVOK over here) makes up two of this Triple Threat, with the Kimi-Suomen Kävely in the Everlong Contenders and the Kimi-Suomen Sprintti in the Multiversal Cup, and considering the fast and twisty nature of the Kimi Circuit we all found ourselves upon, everyone knew this weekend was certainly going to be...hauskaa, as the locals say.

Up first on Friday would by Qualifying for the Kävely and JRT2 wouldn't be on their current pace here on this circuit of chaos. Gongming Gao (@GG70) would be the best of our guys in 10th while both Robin Dragonovic (@RD97SNL) and Alice Jepkosgei (@AJ96) were off the pace in 24th and 25th respectively. Daryl Calhoun took another pole over Edmund Flanders and Agata Kosaryova with the local drivers certainly in the mix, Kaarina Salo in 9th and Ilmari Pëkannen in 20th.

Saturday saw an entertaining AOCAR race before business turned to qualifying for the Sprintti - and oh boy, things would happen here. Alfonso Mercado (@AM64) did not have fun here at all and will start down in 41st, Michael Stefan (@Stefan07) was in the need of some good points after a 2nd retirement and will start 7th in car #07 and Maddison Riley-Jones (@MaddyRJ03)...won the fucking day, taking an unexpected pole position over Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton and Wilma von Cärinthen. She was certainly happy with that performance and you better believe #03 will go for it tomorrow. The non-charter picture was certainly fiery with the shakeup expected for after this weekend so Ricky Lee (13th), Anna Star Joy (15th), Andre Massena (18th), Jean Lannes (25th), Timo Szaba (32nd) and Lexie Shelby (43rd) all making it in will be big for their cases. As for the locals, bit would certainly enter tomorrow on a high - Lam Chow-Cheung, painted mask and all, will start 17th while Aurélia Karvonen will use the open charter in 22nd.

Then came the Kävely race and this one was certainly a blast. 5 cars retired and for the first time in a long while, JRT2 was not involved in the battle for the win at all - Robin ending up in 14th, Gao in 16th and AJ in 20th. Kaarina Salo ended up 10th but it would be Valkyrie Valentijn Samantha Constantine who finally claimed their first win of the season, claiming the flag over Rockii Ezis and local Ilmari Pëkannen - a performance the locals would certainly be happy about.

Tomorrow will be KImi-Suomi's time to shine...how eventful will it be? Only the racing gods know that...ja jäämme odottamaan heidän vastaustaan.

Current MCS Standings: #07 - 20th (189pts)/#64 - 4th (257pts/1 Win)/#03 - 5th (256pts)
Current ECS Standings: #97 - 4th (200pts+PS)/#96 - 3rd (210pts)/#70 - 6th (197pts/1 Win)
Next MCS Race: Kimi-Suomen Sprintti, Kimi Circuit, Kimi Kaupunki, Kimi-Suomi
Next ECS Race: Kimi-Suomen Kävely, Kimi Circuit, Kimi Kaupunki, Kimi-Suomi
Music of the Round II: The Rasmus - Jezebel (ALA/FIN/MUR/MAF [FIN - ESC2022])

MemeWatch II
1) "You're BOTH In The Wrong!" Lloyd Clarence (HTN) and Taylor Henderson (#73) - Casual Sexism And Weaponised Basketballs
2) Chaos In The Bay The Race of Oceania (Cup Series Round 3) - For Being Chaotic And Then Some...14 Retirements And All.
3) Abuse Of Your Power Drake Stevenson (#81) - Taylor's Not Queen Regnant Just Yet In This Realm...
4) "Ah Shit, Here We Go Again" Derrick Carlisle (Yep, That's Me) - Team Blue Shut Me Up. That Is All.
5) Time To Bring The Mayhem! Mayhem (STK) - Ilya And Murat, Eh? Two Men Of The Mayhem Indeed.

by **Saint Kanye** » Sun Mar 20, 2022 5:29 pm

The NSSCRA Multiversal Cup Series schedule continues to move along, now going from one end of the thermometer to another as they leave the Pearl Kingdom and travel to Kimi-Suomi. "Looks like they're trying to get us used to different driving conditions," Jeremiah Brooke told his teammates. "You've got the heat of Oontaz and Juang.... Jou... uh... J-Nation, you've got the cold of Ramba and Reykjavik and now Kimi."

"You've got the well-maintained tracks like Tundra Falls, then you've got whatever the heck those Qzvarkians forced us to race on." added Stacie Houston.

"Last week's track was bad too, but at least the scenery more than made up for it," commented Thea Alvarez. "Qzvarkian Qaz was an eyesore wherever you look."

"Damn, was it that bad?" asked Ilya Tsunopin, who was away with sponsor duties in St. Kanye the week of the Qzvarkian race.

"Here, we've got pics," Stacie told him, handing over her phone.

As Ilya scrolled through the pictures, the other GFR drivers continued talking. "Hey, did you hear that the Jags were gonna have bowling at the next Jungle Fever party?" Thea asked.

"Really?" was Jeremiah's reaction. "Well, that's a first. I've never bowled before, you know."

"Me neither." replied both the girls at almost the same time.

"I've done some bowling, though not professionally," spoke Ilya. "I'm always looking for opportunities though."

"Great, then we'll be counting on you to carry the team," said Jeremiah.

"Wait, how long is it until the party?" asked Ilya.

Stacie counted on her fingers. "Five weeks. More than a month."

"More than enough time to learn, then," Ilya said with a smile.

The GFR quartet did all they can to make the Kimi-Suomen cold more bearable. Stacie made a large pot of hot chocolate not just for herself and her teammates, but also their respective crew members. They had all of their showers hot, visited saunas in their spare time, and of course bundled up with appropriate clothing.

"I didn't know you went to Upper Westside," Stacie told Jeremiah upon noticing his hoodie with the letters UWU and a red panda on it.

"I didn't," was the reply. "I got this to support their gridiron squad. NSCF's coming up, you know? UWU's the only team from St. Kanye there. Oh, and my cousin goes there too."

"Haha, I get how you feel." Stacie pushed aside her scarf to reveal the words "University of Concord Heights" on her sweater. "My cousin goes there. Or went.... did she graduate this year? I can't remember."

"So you follow the NSCAA?"

"Sure do. Wait, you like hoops, why don't you come watch the games with me?"

"You never ask."

The two cuddled - but then again, they frequently did given the weather.

"So, we going out for lunch today?" Just then Ilya walked into the garage, wearing a simple gray sweater and a beanie.

"What happened to your pink coat?" asked Jeremiah.

:"Hey guys!" said Thea, arriving a few seconds after Ilya. She was wearing a Cocoabo hat, a scarf in her favorite seafoam green..... and a large pink coat.

BATTLE FOR ROTY

Lam and Karvonen make a huge push and hope to keep doing so as they approach their home race. Meanwhile, Rodger continues to decline, rather puzzling given his partnership with one of the bigger teams in the series.

(--) 1. #39 Rustam Ilyich Yudin (AFT) - 177
(--) 2. #4 Islago Tizilna (VNT) - 163
(--) 3. #58 Koshiro Kawai (AFT) - 153
(--) 4. #24 Chelsea Taylor (NEW) - 117
(+1) 5. #38 Lam Chow-Cheung (KIM) - 113
(+4) 6. #71 Aurelia Karvonen (KIM) - 103
(-2) 7. #61 Joachim Murat (TFA) - 98
(-1) T8. #10 Anna Thanda (GSM) - 97
(--) T8. #62 Andre Massena (TFA) - 97
(-2) 10. #0 Ezekiel Rodger (ESM) - 90
(--) 11. #63 Jean Lannes (TFA) - 78
(--) 12. #37 Yageny Qabaliq (QQZ) - 69
(--) 13. #16 Laura McKenzie (SAJ) - 55
(--) 14. #12 Daniel Wynfor (KAN) - 29
(+1) 15. #88 Al Jak (STR) - 29
(-1) 16. #17 Timo Szaba (QQZ) - 24

by **Kimi-Suomi** » Sun Mar 20, 2022 5:32 pm

Kaarino Salo would have an interesting Saturday and by the end, she didn't know what to think.

Things began with the Atlantis here at Kimi Circuit where the crowd would witness the first trophy, vodka and huuhkajat given away. The lucky driver would end up being Hikp Ènuts, who beat out Sampson Milwork and Ssotass Kaddaske in a surprisingly clean race with only 1 DNF. All three of HM AOAk's drivers made it to the end with Georg Lundberg showing his worth as an open charter in 8th and the two full-timers, Marjatta Särestöniemi and Tapio Pellonpää, ending up 17th and 18th respectively. The crowd certainly appreciated the effort.

Then came Sprintti Kelpoisuus and HM certainly did well there, Lam Chow-Cheung in 17th and Aurélia Karvonen in 22nd - certainly an indicator that her team had improved over the course of these 8 races. Kaarina didn't have any ill will against either Lam or Karvonen and she certainly was a cheerleader when the T1s were racing.

Then...it was her and Ilmari Pëkannen's turn in the Kävely and it was here the crowd turned up the volume. The tunnelmaa the home crowd emanated as she waited to start this race was certainly sobering, a reminder to her very core that she was on home turf and she had to defend the pride of her nation out there on that track. She would be starting from P9, Ilmari P20 - a focused Ilmari that didn't speak with anyone all week as he "focused on the task at hand".

Kaarina's race would turn into an alright one in front of her home crowd. Sure, Ilmari did get past in his usual way, but she still felt liberated to be racing on this track, in front of people who cheered her name in all the different kielet of this fine kansakunta. Things were certainly tight out there, but she crossed the line in 10th and she was certainly happy with that...until she was notified that Ilmari ended up in 3rd...palkintokorokkeella. Suddenly, things were level...she had one and now he did too.

He certainly seemed excited to be up there and he lapped up the praise of the crowd, much to Salo's muted chagrin. Sure, he was still a douchebag...but she still knew that the character he had was fake, created to satisfy Jyri Pëkannen and Jyri Pëkannen only. It was still fresh in her mind, the way Ilmari questioned the things Kaarina always assumed were set in stone up above and the fear in his voice as he tried to get out of his father's anger. She didn't think she could feel sympathy for Ilmari...but she did and now, she didn't know what to do.

HM was certainly in a T1 prep mood later that night - Marx and LCC in deep thought, Karvonen going to "look for a handshake I couldn't get" and the engineers trying to get the pressures of a home weekend out of their systems. Salo found herself with Ilmari for a few seconds, away from Jyri's watchful eye, and she decided to pounce on him with a simple sentence: "Hyvää kisaa, Ilmari, ja hyvin tehty!" It was mainly a way to gauge a reaction from him away from his answer...and what he did would be enough. He looked around to see if anyone was watching before, with slight nervousness, taking her outstretched hand and responding with a simple "Kiitos".

Kiitos. Thank you. That was the first time he showed any sign of respect towards her since the season began...and now, it confirmed what she already knew. Without Jyri's influence, Ilmari would be a different driver and a different person entirely...and Kaarina Salo was now determined to try and see the true Ilmari Pëkannen if she could, to see if he was actually as kind on the inside her brain was making him out to be.

Häkki on avattava.

by **Tropicorp** » Sun Mar 20, 2022 5:59 pm

Kimi-Suomen Atlantis / Kimi-Suomen Kävely, Kimi Circuit, Kimi Kaupunki, Kimi-Suomi :: It was the worst qualifying effort of the season for Anavella Ariiki on the AOCAR circuit. After an average starting position of 1.333 over the first three races of AOCAR's second season of Stock Car Racing, Ariiki found herself in an uncomfortable position for the start of the Kimi-Suomen Atlantis: 15th. Her teammate Cocoabo #78 was two rows ahead having qualified in 11th place while Sampson Milwork was 33rd on the 36 car grid - well in the back. It was not a good qualifying session for Team Tropicorp. The race would be a slightly different story, however, as Milwork amazingly used strategy and some really old tires to gain track position - leading late in the race until getting passed by Hikp Ènuts who would go on to take their first ever AOCAR victory. Once "the Peanut" got passed Milwork, the Tropicorper locked things down and held up the charging polesitter Ssotass Kaddaske from getting passed and preventing the Efnakia driver from challenging for the race win. Milwork would hold on for a second place finish to kick start their season. Ariiki, on the other hand, continued her struggles and would finish a lowly 23rd, while Cocoabo #78 placed 13th after running in and around the 10th position all race long.

After 4 races on the AOCAR circuit, both Team Tropicorp primary drivers Anavella Ariiki and Sampson Milwork remained inside the top ten in the point standings with Ariiki hanging on to 4th place despite her poor showing in Kimi-Suomi. Cocoabo #78 running under the Cocoabo Park banner was also inside the Top 10 in 7th position.

While the post-AOCAR interviews were ongoing, the Everlong Contenders Series drivers were already headed out to their cars and Team Tropicorp were putting stock in the performance of another #98 driver: Jixaka Motorai. Motorai had put together a string of Top 5 finishes and was looking a threat for the Everlong Contenders Series Title. As the top qualifying Team Tropicorp driver in 7th place for the Kimi-Suomen Kävely, hopes were high that she could continue the trend.

Motorai was competitive from the drop of the green flag and was joined inside the Top 5 by teammate Bryan Harrison of Newmanistan who had advanced from their starting position of 11th. Near the halfway mork the two drivers found themselves 1st and 3rd in the race but ultimately fell behind the Valentian driver Valkyrie Valentijn Samantha Constantine who drove away to the race victory. Motorai and Harrison would be passed late in the race by hard charging drivers Rockii Ezis of VTM Novorali Enterprises and local driver Ilmari Pëkannen who thrilled the home fans with their charge to the front. Motorai would finish just ahead of Harrison with the teammates crossing the line 4th an 5th respectively. By extending her performance streak, Motorai also took on the Everlong Contenders Series Regular Season Points Lead by five points over Lexi Patterson who finished 11th at the Kimi Circuit.

by **Newmanistan** » Sun Mar 20, 2022 6:04 pm

Race: Kimi-Suomen Sprintti, Kimi Circuit, Kimi Kaupunki, Kimi-Suomi (Road Course)
Lap Record: 77.777 sec.
Minimum Time To Avoid DNF: 83.800 sec.

Segment 1:

NSSCRA Multiversal Series
 1 #44- Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                         1:18.453
 2 #15- Anastasia Freya Yadana Aye (Valentine Z)              1:18.456
 3 #58- Koshiro Kawai (Abanhfleft)                            1:18.540
 4 #98- Wilma von Cärinthen (Abanhfleft)                      1:18.599
 5 #4- Islago Tizilna (Vilita & Turori)                       1:18.609
 6 #1- Maddie Alexander (Tropicorp)                           1:18.656
 7 #27- Stacie Houston (Saint Kanye)                          1:18.672
 8 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                          1:18.704
 9 #99- Ricky Lee (New Northwesteros) *Q*                     1:19.092
10 #5- Liangmei Li (Newmanistan)                              1:19.152
11 #10- Anna Star Joy Thanda Pwint Thinzar Nwe (G6MR) *Q*     1:19.181
12 #24- Chelsea Taylor (Newmanistan)                          1:19.184
13 #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                              1:19.318
14 #48- Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                         1:19.359
15 #46- Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                            1:19.558
16 #43- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                       1:19.559
17 #18- Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                         1:19.577
18 #31- Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton (Valentine Z)               1:19.717
19 #63- Jean Lannes (The French Army) *Q*                     1:19.754
20 #61- Joachim Murat (The French Army)                       1:19.792
21 #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                        1:19.860
22 #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                      1:19.926
23 #13- Sage Caldwell (New Northwesteros)                     1:19.968
24 #14- River ‘Shark’ Suzgar (Vilita & Turori)                1:19.976
25 #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha (Valentine Z)            1:20.262
26 #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Starlight (G6MR)                   1:20.305
27 #8- Chris Holmes (Hapilopper)                              1:20.316
28 #2- Centur Tiones (Tropicorp)                              1:20.490
29 #3- Jenna Logan (Tropicorp)                                1:20.558
30 #0- Ezekiel Rodger (Esmerel)                               1:20.585
31 #06- Rinzi Aogar Zakhilwal (The Sherpa Empire)             1:20.739
32 #41- Yraaga Gilli’i (Vilita & Turori)                      1:20.796
33 #71- Aurélia Karvonen (Kimi-Suomi) *Q*                     1:20.867
34 #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia)                             1:20.985
35 #76- Jolyn Maxine Caulfield Ceeta (G6MR)                   1:21.220
36 #38- Lam Chow-Cheung (Kimi-Suomi)                          1:21.447
37 #17- Timo Szaba (Qzvarkian Qaz) *Q*                        1:21.946
38 #90- Lexie Shelby (Sword Island) *Q*                       1:22.269
39 #73- Taylor Henderson (Hapilopper)                         1:22.841
40 #56- Kelly Monroe (Xanneria)                               1:22.928
41 #12- Daniel Wynfor (Kannapian Sports Federation)           1:23.185
42 #37- Yageny Qabaliq (Qzvarkian Qaz)                        1:23.242
43 #62- Andre Massena (The French Army) *Q*                   1:23.338
44 #16- Laura McKenzie (Sajnur)                               1:23.528
45 #88- Al Jak (StrayaRoos)                                   1:23.916 DNF
46 #05- Chris Gordon (Sword Island)                           1:24.154 DNF

Segment 2:

NSSCRA Multiversal Series
 1 #44- Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                         1:18.417
 2 #14- River ‘Shark’ Suzgar (Vilita & Turori)                1:18.558
 3 #1- Maddie Alexander (Tropicorp)                           1:18.568
 4 #27- Stacie Houston (Saint Kanye)                          1:18.595
 5 #3- Jenna Logan (Tropicorp)                                1:18.611
 6 #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                      1:18.620
 7 #41- Yraaga Gilli’i (Vilita & Turori)                      1:18.673
 8 #4- Islago Tizilna (Vilita & Turori)                       1:18.755
 9 #13- Sage Caldwell (New Northwesteros)                     1:18.972
10 #58- Koshiro Kawai (Abanhfleft)                            1:19.026
11 #43- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                       1:19.039
12 #31- Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton (Valentine Z)               1:19.067
13 #63- Jean Lannes (The French Army) *Q*                     1:19.254
14 #61- Joachim Murat (The French Army)                       1:19.271
15 #99- Ricky Lee (New Northwesteros) *Q*                     1:19.303
16 #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                              1:19.328
17 #48- Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                         1:19.392
18 #46- Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                            1:19.478
19 #5- Liangmei Li (Newmanistan)                              1:19.566
20 #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                        1:19.606
21 #06- Rinzi Aogar Zakhilwal (The Sherpa Empire)             1:19.669
22 #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia)                             1:19.688
23 #62- Andre Massena (The French Army) *Q*                   1:19.690
24 #2- Centur Tiones (Tropicorp)                              1:19.752
25 #71- Aurélia Karvonen (Kimi-Suomi) *Q*                     1:19.760
26 #15- Anastasia Freya Yadana Aye (Valentine Z)              1:19.830
27 #98- Wilma von Cärinthen (Abanhfleft)                      1:19.992
28 #38- Lam Chow-Cheung (Kimi-Suomi)                          1:20.122
29 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                          1:20.157
30 #10- Anna Star Joy Thanda Pwint Thinzar Nwe (G6MR) *Q*     1:20.208
31 #0- Ezekiel Rodger (Esmerel)                               1:20.461
32 #18- Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                         1:20.592
33 #24- Chelsea Taylor (Newmanistan)                          1:20.783
34 #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Starlight (G6MR)                   1:20.837
35 #73- Taylor Henderson (Hapilopper)                         1:21.259
36 #17- Timo Szaba (Qzvarkian Qaz) *Q*                        1:21.684
37 #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha (Valentine Z)            1:22.052
38 #56- Kelly Monroe (Xanneria)                               1:23.068
39 #90- Lexie Shelby (Sword Island) *Q*                       1:23.088
40 #12- Daniel Wynfor (Kannapian Sports Federation)           1:23.229
41 #8- Chris Holmes (Hapilopper)                              1:23.435
42 #16- Laura McKenzie (Sajnur)                               1:23.745
43 #37- Yageny Qabaliq (Qzvarkian Qaz)                        1:24.123 DNF
44 #76- Jolyn Maxine Caulfield Ceeta (G6MR)                   1:24.888 DNF

Segment 3:

NSSCRA Multiversal Series
 1 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                          1:18.466
 2 #18- Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                         1:18.484
 3 #44- Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                         1:18.486
 4 #73- Taylor Henderson (Hapilopper)                         1:18.511
 5 #31- Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton (Valentine Z)               1:18.545
 6 #41- Yraaga Gilli’i (Vilita & Turori)                      1:18.599
 7 #2- Centur Tiones (Tropicorp)                              1:18.609
 8 #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                              1:18.660
 9 #3- Jenna Logan (Tropicorp)                                1:18.680
10 #43- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                       1:18.744
11 #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia)                             1:18.814
12 #15- Anastasia Freya Yadana Aye (Valentine Z)              1:18.906
13 #61- Joachim Murat (The French Army)                       1:18.991
14 #27- Stacie Houston (Saint Kanye)                          1:18.994
15 #8- Chris Holmes (Hapilopper)                              1:19.002
16 #13- Sage Caldwell (New Northwesteros)                     1:19.007
17 #14- River ‘Shark’ Suzgar (Vilita & Turori)                1:19.066
18 #99- Ricky Lee (New Northwesteros) *Q*                     1:19.080
19 #5- Liangmei Li (Newmanistan)                              1:19.134
20 #24- Chelsea Taylor (Newmanistan)                          1:19.276
21 #1- Maddie Alexander (Tropicorp)                           1:19.327
22 #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                        1:19.409
23 #63- Jean Lannes (The French Army) *Q*                     1:19.523
24 #38- Lam Chow-Cheung (Kimi-Suomi)                          1:19.722
25 #58- Koshiro Kawai (Abanhfleft)                            1:19.730
26 #48- Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                         1:19.939
27 #62- Andre Massena (The French Army) *Q*                   1:20.168
28 #71- Aurélia Karvonen (Kimi-Suomi) *Q*                     1:20.197
29 #10- Anna Star Joy Thanda Pwint Thinzar Nwe (G6MR) *Q*     1:20.375
30 #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha (Valentine Z)            1:20.584
31 #06- Rinzi Aogar Zakhilwal (The Sherpa Empire)             1:20.911
32 #98- Wilma von Cärinthen (Abanhfleft)                      1:21.323
33 #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                      1:21.595
34 #16- Laura McKenzie (Sajnur)                               1:23.070
35 #56- Kelly Monroe (Xanneria)                               1:23.181
36 #46- Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                            1:23.244
37 #90- Lexie Shelby (Sword Island) *Q*                       1:23.281
38 #4- Islago Tizilna (Vilita & Turori)                       1:23.437
39 #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Starlight (G6MR)                   1:23.582
40 #12- Daniel Wynfor (Kannapian Sports Federation)           1:23.886 DNF
41 #0- Ezekiel Rodger (Esmerel)                               1:24.096 DNF
42 #17- Timo Szaba (Qzvarkian Qaz) *Q*                        1:24.354 DNF

Segment 4:

NSSCRA Multiversal Series
 1 #46- Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                            1:18.413
 2 #06- Rinzi Aogar Zakhilwal (The Sherpa Empire)             1:18.490
 3 #98- Wilma von Cärinthen (Abanhfleft)                      1:18.561
 4 #73- Taylor Henderson (Hapilopper)                         1:18.588
 5 #31- Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton (Valentine Z)               1:18.630
 6 #2- Centur Tiones (Tropicorp)                              1:18.749
 7 #14- River ‘Shark’ Suzgar (Vilita & Turori)                1:18.793
 8 #18- Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                         1:18.810
 9 #38- Lam Chow-Cheung (Kimi-Suomi)                          1:18.856
10 #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Starlight (G6MR)                   1:18.867
11 #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia)                             1:18.881
12 #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha (Valentine Z)            1:18.884
13 #3- Jenna Logan (Tropicorp)                                1:18.900
14 #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                      1:18.975
15 #44- Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                         1:18.986
16 #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                        1:19.015
17 #61- Joachim Murat (The French Army)                       1:19.038
18 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                          1:19.119
19 #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                              1:19.139
20 #43- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                       1:19.187
21 #48- Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                         1:19.364
22 #13- Sage Caldwell (New Northwesteros)                     1:19.368
23 #99- Ricky Lee (New Northwesteros) *Q*                     1:19.401
24 #5- Liangmei Li (Newmanistan)                              1:19.451
25 #27- Stacie Houston (Saint Kanye)                          1:19.558
26 #4- Islago Tizilna (Vilita & Turori)                       1:19.751
27 #41- Yraaga Gilli’i (Vilita & Turori)                      1:19.835
28 #24- Chelsea Taylor (Newmanistan)                          1:19.838
29 #62- Andre Massena (The French Army) *Q*                   1:20.450
30 #58- Koshiro Kawai (Abanhfleft)                            1:20.620
31 #8- Chris Holmes (Hapilopper)                              1:20.756
32 #71- Aurélia Karvonen (Kimi-Suomi) *Q*                     1:20.785
33 #15- Anastasia Freya Yadana Aye (Valentine Z)              1:21.031
34 #63- Jean Lannes (The French Army) *Q*                     1:21.397
35 #1- Maddie Alexander (Tropicorp)                           1:21.494
36 #90- Lexie Shelby (Sword Island) *Q*                       1:22.520
37 #56- Kelly Monroe (Xanneria)                               1:22.651
38 #10- Anna Star Joy Thanda Pwint Thinzar Nwe (G6MR) *Q*     1:22.966
39 #16- Laura McKenzie (Sajnur)                               1:23.133

Segment 5:

NSSCRA Multiversal Series
 1 #06- Rinzi Aogar Zakhilwal (The Sherpa Empire)             1:18.495
 2 #8- Chris Holmes (Hapilopper)                              1:18.504
 3 #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                              1:18.529
 4 #43- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                       1:18.590
 5 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                          1:18.665
 6 #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                        1:18.780
 7 #14- River ‘Shark’ Suzgar (Vilita & Turori)                1:18.810
 8 #4- Islago Tizilna (Vilita & Turori)                       1:18.853
 9 #73- Taylor Henderson (Hapilopper)                         1:18.908
10 #27- Stacie Houston (Saint Kanye)                          1:18.920
11 #18- Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                         1:18.997
12 #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha (Valentine Z)            1:19.145
13 #3- Jenna Logan (Tropicorp)                                1:19.169
14 #58- Koshiro Kawai (Abanhfleft)                            1:19.227
15 #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                      1:19.297
16 #62- Andre Massena (The French Army) *Q*                   1:19.313
17 #10- Anna Star Joy Thanda Pwint Thinzar Nwe (G6MR) *Q*     1:19.331
18 #71- Aurélia Karvonen (Kimi-Suomi) *Q*                     1:19.525
19 #41- Yraaga Gilli’i (Vilita & Turori)                      1:19.525
20 #61- Joachim Murat (The French Army)                       1:19.640
21 #98- Wilma von Cärinthen (Abanhfleft)                      1:19.815
22 #48- Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                         1:19.819
23 #2- Centur Tiones (Tropicorp)                              1:19.882
24 #1- Maddie Alexander (Tropicorp)                           1:19.947
25 #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Starlight (G6MR)                   1:20.091
26 #44- Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                         1:20.456
27 #31- Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton (Valentine Z)               1:20.651
28 #5- Liangmei Li (Newmanistan)                              1:20.671
29 #24- Chelsea Taylor (Newmanistan)                          1:20.821
30 #38- Lam Chow-Cheung (Kimi-Suomi)                          1:20.915
31 #13- Sage Caldwell (New Northwesteros)                     1:21.093
32 #63- Jean Lannes (The French Army) *Q*                     1:21.460
33 #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia)                             1:21.566
34 #15- Anastasia Freya Yadana Aye (Valentine Z)              1:22.076
35 #99- Ricky Lee (New Northwesteros) *Q*                     1:22.096
36 #46- Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                            1:22.260
37 #90- Lexie Shelby (Sword Island) *Q*                       1:22.680
38 #56- Kelly Monroe (Xanneria)                               1:22.918
39 #16- Laura McKenzie (Sajnur)                               1:23.160

Race Results:

+-----+--------------------------------------------------------+--------+
| Pos |                         Driver                         |  Avg.  |
+-----+--------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|   1 | #27- Stacie Houston (Saint Kanye)                      | 78.948 | WINNER
|   2 | #44- Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                     | 78.960 |
|   3 | #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                          | 78.995 |
|   4 | #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                      | 79.022 |
|   5 | #43- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                   | 79.024 |
|   6 | #14- River ‘Shark’ Suzgar (Vilita & Turori)            | 79.041 |
|   7 | #3- Jenna Logan (Tropicorp)                            | 79.184 |
|   8 | #18- Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                     | 79.292 |
|   9 | #31- Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton (Valentine Z)           | 79.322 |
|  10 | #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                    | 79.334 |
|  11 | #61- Joachim Murat (The French Army)                   | 79.346 |
|  12 | #58- Koshiro Kawai (Abanhfleft)                        | 79.429 |
|  13 | #41- Yraaga Gilli’i (Vilita & Turori)                  | 79.486 |
|  14 | #2- Centur Tiones (Tropicorp)                          | 79.496 |
|  15 | #48- Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                     | 79.575 |
|  16 | #5- Liangmei Li (Newmanistan)                          | 79.595 |
|  17 | #1- Maddie Alexander (Tropicorp)                       | 79.596 |
|  18 | #98- Wilma von Cärinthen (Abanhfleft)                  | 79.658 |
|  19 | #06- Rinzi Aogar Zakhilwal (The Sherpa Empire)         | 79.661 |
|  20 | #13- Sage Caldwell (New Northwesteros)                 | 79.682 |
|  21 | #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                  | 79.683 |
|  22 | #99- Ricky Lee (New Northwesteros) *Q*                 | 79.794 |
|  23 | #4- Islago Tizilna (Vilita & Turori)                   | 79.881 |
|  24 | #24- Chelsea Taylor (Newmanistan)                      | 79.980 |
|  25 | #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia)                         | 79.983 |
|  26 | #73- Taylor Henderson (Hapilopper)                     | 80.021 |
|  27 | #15- Anastasia Freya Yadana Aye (Valentine Z)          | 80.060 |
|  28 | #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha (Valentine Z)        | 80.185 |
|  29 | #38- Lam Chow-Cheung (Kimi-Suomi)                      | 80.212 |
|  30 | #71- Aurélia Karvonen (Kimi-Suomi) *Q*                 | 80.227 |
|  31 | #63- Jean Lannes (The French Army) *Q*                 | 80.278 |
|  32 | #8- Chris Holmes (Hapilopper)                          | 80.403 |
|  33 | #10- Anna Star Joy Thanda Pwint Thinzar Nwe (G6MR) *Q* | 80.412 |
|  34 | #46- Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                        | 80.591 |
|  35 | #62- Andre Massena (The French Army) *Q*               | 80.592 |
|  36 | #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Starlight (G6MR)               | 80.736 |
|  37 | #90- Lexie Shelby (Sword Island) *Q*                   | 82.768 |
|  38 | #56- Kelly Monroe (Xanneria)                           | 82.949 |
|  39 | #16- Laura McKenzie (Sajnur)                           | 83.327 |
|  40 | #12- Daniel Wynfor (Kannapian Sports Federation)       | DNF    |
|  41 | #0- Ezekiel Rodger (Esmerel)                           | DNF    |
|  42 | #17- Timo Szaba (Qzvarkian Qaz) *Q*                    | DNF    |
|  43 | #37- Yageny Qabaliq (Qzvarkian Qaz)                    | DNF    |
|  44 | #76- Jolyn Maxine Caulfield Ceeta (G6MR)               | DNF    |
|  45 | #88- Al Jak (StrayaRoos)                               | DNF    |
|  46 | #05- Chris Gordon (Sword Island)                       | DNF    |
+-----+--------------------------------------------------------+--------+

Point Standings (After 8 Races):

+-----+--------------------------------------------------------+--------+
| Pos |                         Driver                         | Points |
+-----+--------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|   1 | #06- Rinzi Aogar Zakhilwal (The Sherpa Empire)*        |    301 |
|   2 | #31- Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton (Valentine Z)           |    295 |
|   3 | #15- Anastasia Freya Yadana Aye (Valentine Z)          |    294 |
|   4 | #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                    |    294 |
|   5 | #27- Stacie Houston (Saint Kanye)*                     |    291 |
|   6 | #43- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                   |    288 |
|   7 | #18- Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                     |    287 |
|   8 | #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia)*                        |    279 |
|   9 | #14- River ‘Shark’ Suzgar (Vilita & Turori)            |    270 |
|  10 | #44- Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                     |    259 |
|  11 | #13- Sage Caldwell (New Northwesteros)                 |    256 |
|  12 | #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)**                    |    254 |
|  13 | #1- Maddie Alexander (Tropicorp)                       |    252 |
|  14 | #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha (Valentine Z)        |    250 |
|  15 | #3- Jenna Logan (Tropicorp)*                           |    249 |
|  16 | #73- Taylor Henderson (Hapilopper)                     |    244 |
|  17 | #98- Wilma von Cärinthen (Abanhfleft)                  |    241 |
|  18 | #2- Centur Tiones (Tropicorp)                          |    236 |
|  19 | #46- Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)*                       |    233 |
|  20 | #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                          |    233 |
|  21 | #5- Liangmei Li (Newmanistan)                          |    220 |
|  22 | #41- Yraaga Gilli’i (Vilita & Turori)                  |    217 |
|  23 | #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                  |    203 |
|  24 | #58- Koshiro Kawai (Abanhfleft)                        |    188 |
|  25 | #4- Islago Tizilna (Vilita & Turori)                   |    187 |
|  26 | #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Starlight (G6MR)               |    186 |
|  27 | #48- Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                     |    182 |
|  28 | #8- Chris Holmes (Hapilopper)*                         |    173 |
|  29 | #99- Ricky Lee (New Northwesteros) *Q*                 |    161 |
|  30 | #76- Jolyn Maxine Caulfield Ceeta (G6MR)               |    160 |
|  31 | #24- Chelsea Taylor (Newmanistan)                      |    140 |
|  32 | #61- Joachim Murat (The French Army)                   |    134 |
|  33 | #38- Lam Chow-Cheung (Kimi-Suomi)                      |    131 |
|  34 | #71- Aurélia Karvonen (Kimi-Suomi) *Q*                 |    120 |
|  35 | #10- Anna Star Joy Thanda Pwint Thinzar Nwe (G6MR) *Q* |    111 |
|  36 | #62- Andre Massena (The French Army) *Q*               |    109 |
|  37 | #0- Ezekiel Rodger (Esmerel)                           |     96 |
|  38 | #63- Jean Lannes (The French Army) *Q*                 |     94 |
|  39 | #28- Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                           |     89 |
|  40 | #37- Yageny Qabaliq (Qzvarkian Qaz)                    |     73 |
|  41 | #16- Laura McKenzie (Sajnur)                           |     63 |
|  42 | #56- Kelly Monroe (Xanneria)                           |     52 |
|  43 | #45- Ilya Tsunopin (Saint Kanye)                       |     41 |
|  44 | #12- Daniel Wynfor (Kannapian Sports Federation)       |     36 |
|  45 | #90- Lexie Shelby (Sword Island) *Q*                   |     32 |
|  46 | #05- Chris Gordon (Sword Island)                       |     31 |
|  47 | #88- Al Jak (StrayaRoos)                               |     31 |
|  48 | #17- Timo Szaba (Qzvarkian Qaz) *Q*                    |     29 |
|  49 | #59- Derek Harwood (Newmanistan)                       |     26 |
|  50 | #40- Ongmu Yeti (The Sherpa Empire)                    |     20 |
|  51 | #84- Jamie Izabella Astrid Eirian (Valentine Z)        |     17 |
|  52 | #50- Bismillah Untas (Sultanate of Oontaz)             |     12 |
|  53 | #35- Kassie Collins (Sword Island) *Q*                 |      8 |
+-----+--------------------------------------------------------+--------+

Next Races:
Multiversal- (Mar 22/23)- Eon Energy 380, Aurora Motorsports Park, Ember Valley, Enera Province, Esmerel (Speedway)
EverLong- (Mar 22)- Cygnus 228, Aurora Motorsports Park, Ember Valley, Enera Province, Esmerel (Speedway)

by **Sixty-ninE X** » Sun Mar 20, 2022 8:52 pm

OOC: Minor update for Ilya.

Cold is good. was what's on Ilya Tsunopin's mind, as he enjoyed the sights of the ice- and snow-covered lands of Kimi-Suomi. As with his teammates at the Gale Force Racing, this was a massive upgrade for Ilya, for not only did Ilya, the native of ever-frozen Sonnelian nation of 69X, find all about its climate a massive pleasure, but also a natural element. It was also an environment where he, being a teenager, simply had lot easier time navigating through without spotty data connections or worrying about smell. Of course, the latter is fairly rich coming from a guy with beard and moustache as long and unruly as that of an Orthodox priest in his hometown of 69X-City, but you know that's not the point I'm trying to make across.

Still, trying to have a bit of Xoom call with your longtime friends, who also come from the same block of 69X City, was a massive challenge of own. 69X's a nation of argonauts, travellers and not to mention adventurers, and the relatively uneven nature of its economy, as well as its openness towards the world, had meant that most of his colleagues, who usually had the means to do so, were abroad studying or working somewhere after their two year compulsory service at the military. This happened to be the case for Ilya and his good friends, twins Swell 'Swole' and Curtis 'Cursed' Kirby, who was chatting with Ilya while Ilya was watching Stacie, Jeremiah, Thea (who Ilya's been feeling every shape and form of :heart_eyes: lately) and of course, Kai Qiang (twice the :heart_eyes:).

'Yo yo! How's it all going Ilya? I can't hear you!' shouted Swell, the martial artist of the family. 'Are you actually at the fucking race in Kimi-Suomi?'

'YES! $!%R$%@%#! Yes! Kai Qiang's having a good race once, though I want Jeremiah and Stacie to win!' responded Ilya, jumping back and forth as he was trying his best to get the best view of the trio. 'Can't see Thea though..'

'Bruh, Gale Force looking really good this race...two on top of the grid, fucking amazing,' nodded Curtis, casually having a pint of beer. 'Yo, I know you want this...let's actually have a pint or two when you get back eh? Ronnie came to visit me last week, and we had all the blast on the beaches.' Their hometown friend Ronald 'Ronnie' Lightbound, who was travelling across the multiverse, had decided to extend his stay in Saint Kanye by a month, and together they have been having heckuva time being college-aged lads. 'Man...you need to come back to THE UWU man! Upper Westside needs ya even more!' Curtis said.

'All good, babies,' Ilya answered, chuckling twice before continuing. 'You know you can't deadlift 1k pounds if I keep distracting you with the stories though...nothing can go wrong when you travel with living legends, meet your hero and idol, and may be giving a shot in the dark right?'

All of sudden the entire space felt silent for all three of them. Immediately the Kirby brothers realised something was odd with the way Ilya's been behaving lately. 'Wait, are you talking about Alvarez?' Curtis asked. 'The redhead, the woman who always has the most intriguing of message board slogans?'

'Who else would it be?' Ilya smiled back in agreement. 'She's a fighter, and you know I am into fierce people. Men or women, I don't give a fuck.'

'That's not Kai Qiang though,' Swell said in genuine surprise. 'Qiang's skinny, often hesitant and uh....you know...'

'Akunjee though, bro,' interrupted Curtis. As old-time friends and gym workout buddies, they had long read about Ilya's fanfic series 'When the Racer Met the Pitcher' (still ongoing, 359 parts into the storyline) and 'To All The Drivers I've Loved Before' (sees twice-monthly updates, 123 parts in with 3-month hiatus ongoing), and since former involved him writing about his ships of Kai Qiang and Sherpaland baseball pitcher Kami Akunjee, they ended up doing a bit about that. 'That fucker's bloody hilarious and just not giving fucks about anything.'

'But yeah, Thea Alvarez it is,' nodded Ilya once again, seriousness showing up in his eyes for once. 'Not in rush though. Besides, a man with as big of a heart as me...can always try his best to earn those of many people right? Kai Qiang has two wives, let's be honest.'

'Right...' and they went onto a conversation about Ilya coming for a week off in Kardashia, maybe to catch the Upper Westside University's NSCF season opener at the front seat, before moving onto talking about how to gift Mendok, the first wife of Kai Qiang, a gift of a beautiful pullup poster of muscular Kai Qiang, as an unconditional thank-you-gift.

As Upper Westside University freshmen (future majors: mechanical engineering for Curtis and civil engineering for Swell) getting themselves to fight in the famous circuits of Ranorian Combat International now and then, the MMA artists of future (and maybe present, if all goes well with their initial fights) found this a good opportunity to get together with sponsors of Ilya, who can maybe offer them a good deal too. Perhaps a potential NSSCRA team alongside their fighting future.

That said....they also knew about something that Ilya, who was so blindly into Thea Alvarez, and Kai Qiang and Kami Akunjee, didn't bother to know. Swell and Curtis, being longtime NSSCRA enthusiasts, had followed the NSSCRA series thanks to their parents, who were motorsports historians and automotive engineers. And when their parents, after noticing on television the presence of Ilya, a good friend of their boys, had his #45 sandwiched right next to #44 and #46...they immediately twitched.

But it was not for their friends to tell them about the past...feelings between Thea and Qiang. At least not yet.

by **TJUN-ia** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 4:04 pm

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

The Kimi-Suomen Sprintti was finally here, the day that all of Kimi-Suomi, the city of Kimi Kaupunki and KImi Circuit had been waiting for. Kimi-Suomi was finally in the NSSCRA spotlight and despite the cold weather this nation is known for, the stands were certainly packed for this fine occasion. The parade of nations did was all in Finnish and displayed everyone taking part across the entire Kolmoisuhka, even those only in the AOCAR event. Of course, KS got the biggest reaction of them all and their anthem was played with a thunderous collective voice before the order was given to, in a great shout, "KÄYNNISTÄ MOOTTORIT!" and thus, the great event was about to begin.

For our three drivers, this race would certainly be interesting and one where all of them ended up with different moods. Alfonso Mercado (@AM64) started from 41st and certainly pulled off a bit of a recovery drive to end up in 25th. Maddison Riley-Jones (@MaddyRJ03) started from pole and while she didn't end up there at the end, 10th was certainly good enough to end up as the best JR driver in the points standings halfway through the regular season - a feat no one saw coming. MIcheal Stefan (@Stefan07) started from 7th and would have the best race of the three, duking it out with the best of them all the way to the line and ending up in P3 - a well-earnt result considering his ill luck in the past. Stacie Houston would end up taking the flag over Kai Qiang and Micky, which meant that Micky could finally ask Qaing a question we've all been wondering since the start of the season: "Why does everyone want to touch your hair?" No, I'm being serious - we don't get it at all and we don't know why everyone wants to touch the mop of #44.

The locals would end up down the pack, Lam Chow-Cheung in 29th and Aurélia Karvonen in 30th, but at least they know the 2-car setup will both have charters next time out as the shakeup brings charters to Karvonen and Andre Massena over Daniel Wynfor and Al Jak. 7 cars, including both guys who lost charters, failed to make the end and P19 was enough for Rinzi to take control of the points lead after the regular season halfway point.

Up next will be Esmerel for the first time in a long while as the Aurora Motorsports Park hosts both the Cygnus 228 and the main event Eon Energy 380. It will be great to be back over there for the NSSCRA and with 8 spots left to fill, the pressure will certainly ramp up from here!

p.s. I don't know if Stefan touched t h e h a i r. I will ask him about that and the answer to the question in due course...

Current MCS Standings: #07 - 20th (233pts)/#64 - 8th (279pts/1 Win)/#03 - 4th (294pts)
Current ECS Standings: #97 - 5th (224pts+PS)/#96 - 3rd (228pts)/#70 - 6th (219pts/1 Win)
Next MCS Race: Eon Energy 380, Aurora Motorsports Park, Ember Valley, Enera Province, Esmerel
Next ECS Race: Cygnus 228, Aurora Motorsports Park, Ember Valley, Enera Province, Esmerel
Music of the Round II: Earth, Wind & Fire and The Emotions - Boogie Wonderland (JPN, OKI, HOK)

MemeWatch II
1) "You're BOTH In The Wrong!" Lloyd Clarence (HTN) and Taylor Henderson (#73) - Casual Sexism And Weaponised Basketballs
2) Chaos In The Bay The Race of Oceania (Cup Series Round 3) - For Being Chaotic And Then Some...14 Retirements And All.
3) Abuse Of Your Power Drake Stevenson (#81) - Taylor's Not Queen Regnant Just Yet In This Realm...
4) "Ah Shit, Here We Go Again" Derrick Carlisle (Yep, That's Me) - Team Blue Shut Me Up. That Is All.
5) Time To Bring The Mayhem! Mayhem (STK) - Ilya And Murat, Eh? Two Men Of The Mayhem Indeed.

by **Kimi-Suomi** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 6:28 pm

LCC 29th, Karvonen 30th. The first-ever Kimi-Suomen Kolmoisuhka was a roaring success in terms of getting butts in seats to watch the action as Hikp Ènuts took the Atlantis, Valkyrie Valentijn Samantha Constantine took the Kävely and now Stacie Houston took the Sprintti to all claim the Trophy, the Vodka and the Huuhkajat. HM's weekend may have ended on a whimper, but here is how all three of Marx, Karvonen and LCC reacted to the conclusion of the first NSSCRA weekend on Suomen soil...

First up, Daniel Marx...a happy boss who certainly enjoyed his first HM Home Weekend. The T3 guys showed that they can fight towards the top after all, the T2 guys continued to show their consistency and while the T1 gang didn't finish the job in the race, that qualifying session in front of the home faithful was certainly something worth fighting for. He could certainly feel how much that crowd cared about his team and he knew if things got better and better, maybe they could see a HM car towards the Top 5 soon enough. That would be good news...but not as good as the one he was about to deliver to the GOAT.

Aurélia Karvonen certainly enjoyed being the open charter on the home court. Being able to enjoy the crowd's unwavering attention while not worrying about not racing on this track was certainly a godsend and getting 22nd for the race was certainly fun for the woman of many races. Vuohi may have regressed in the race down to 30th, but that didn't matter to her...getting to race in front of her peeps was a prize in itself. As was the news Marx informed her of during their post-race chat...the Charter Shake-up has happened. From next week in Esmerel, Aurélia Karvonen would be racing with a full-time charter. She certainly took that news well, giving the boss a hug may be too hard for her liking in hindsight...but it was still a time to celebrate nonetheless. She would tell Lam of the news too...but they were nowhere to be seen.

They got word of Karvonen's charter at the same time as the rest of the world.
Of course, Lam Chow-Cheung was happy for their colleague and would celebrate with them back at HQ.
But for LCC, they were in a not celebrating mood right now.

Alone on a bench more towards the backstretch than the pitlane, they contemplated their race.
Most nations did better on the home court but apparently, they didn't get the memo on that regard.
They managed a spectacular P17 in qualifying, ahead of all 3 Team Blue cars.
By the time the race ended, only Chris Holmes remained behind car #38.

They knew that more opportunities for points would come.
They knew that both they and Karvonen would act as a double act for HM from here on out.
They knew that one day, one day in the distant future, their day would come.

But that didn't mean today didn't sting.
That didn't mean the thoughts of "I could've done better" didn't pinball behind that mask.
That didn't mean the words of the past didn't haunt them still.
That didn't mean they didn't feel so behind, as a Chinese driver, compared to Qiang and Chu and Rinzi.

Lam Chow-Cheung was simply...there. Nothing more, nothing less.
Everyone else had something going on...all except this masked enby.

by **Esmerel** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 6:41 pm

THE ROCKFORD REPORT

Local news for a city of millions

WHEN IN ROME...
Authored by Ben Bragg - 21 Mar 2022

Eight races into the NSSCRA season, and things are getting heated. Seven drivers have won races, and gotten spots locked in to at least the first round of the playoffs to end the season. With eight races before the cutoff, and a competitive top of the fiend, there may be a couple more repeat winners, and that means some slots open for entering the championship Chase on point totals. The top 9 in that so far are separated by just 31 points, a gap that could easily be closed over the coming weeks.

One driver who's probably in a must-win scenario for any kind of playoff appearance is our own local boy, Zeke Rodger. Eight races in, and he hasn't finished any higher than the upper 30s, including a difficult race last time out in Kimi-Suomi, where he would get credit for 41st after suffering from what he said were major handling problems and opting to take the car to the garage around halfway, his first time failing to finish.

So far, we haven't heard much from Zeke on any of the matters; aside from a quickie interview at Tundra Falls he hasn't said any words to the outside. But, in general, his performance so far is somewhat of a paradox. It makes sense he's in the lower positions, jumping right into the top level of competition, but using GFR equipment should be giving him the edge. Interestingly enough, as of late he's seemed to start finding performance in qualifying, starting the last two races in the top 25; it's the multi-lap performance he can't quite keep up with.

It seemed at the beginning of the year he was going to compete for Rookie of the Year, but as of now he sits 107 points back of the top rookie, Rustam Ilyich Yudin of Abanhfleft, who themselves is only 16 points clear of the next highest rookie. At one point he was the fastest of all drivers without any prior experience, but he's fallen behind the representatives from Kannap and the French Army, some of whom don't even have a charter. His poor performance doesn't seem to be nagging the sponsors or the fans; they've all made a commitment to last the full schedule and support him through thick and thin. They say nice guys finish last, and that a good underdog is going to draw in fans. But sitting in the rear of the field constantly isn't going to make anyone an underdog. Just a field filler. Thankfully, no one in the NSSCRA has sold their soul enough to even think about a start-and-park.

Still, having had time to get his sea legs, maybe the upcoming races will be Zeke starting to improve; it was mentioned he'd been working on single-lap pace thanks to his knowledge in tuning. In addition, the race coming up soon is to be the Eon Energy 380, both a major sponsor of Zeke and also at his and our home track. Not Rockford Port, but still a race in Esmerel at Aurora MP. The 2.28 mile low-banked speedway is sure to give a fast race, and with a shorter distance than most races on the calendar it should spice things up a bit. Attendance should be through the roof as well, given that this is the first top-level racing event in Esmerel in nearly four years, after the constant relegation of Forest Cross by the WGPO to testing, and then nothing at all.

If Tuesday's practice and qualifying and Wednesday's race will do anything, I know the TV will pick up on the crowd cheering each time the #0 car passes by the start/finish line.

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This column was written subjectively. All statements made are of the opinion of the author, and do not represent the only possible views on the subject matter, nor the overall opinion of the Rockford Report.

by **The Sherpa Empire** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:34 pm

At the beginning of the NSSCRA season, Kai Qiang and Tsering Chu made a friendly wager with Jeremiah Brooke and Stacie Houston. If one couple picked up a win apiece, then the husband from the losing couple would spend a day in drag.

Qiang had more or less forgotten about the bet. He had other things to worry about, especially since he was having a pretty unimpressive season so far. He was beginning to wonder if he'd gotten too comfortable and lost his competitive instinct. Pushing yourself as if your whole future depended on it came more naturally when your whole future really did depend on it. Nowadays Qiang was at a point in life where he would be okay no matter what happened on the track. Even if his career tanked, he could always just go home and be a full-time dad.

He was in Kimi-Suomi battling Stacie Houston for the lead with two laps to go when his crew chief reminded him about the bet. Chang thought maybe it would motivate Qiang to battle Houston a little harder and pull out a win.

Qiang tried, but Stacie was not going to go down without a fight. There was a little spray of sparks as the cars grazed against each other, but Stacie was still not backing down. Qiang cussed up a blue streak so vile that the French reconnaissance officer who was listening in chose to turn off his radio rather than endure the barrage of profanity.

Qiang gave it everything he had, but Stacie was just a little faster.

After the race, Qiang was careful not to say anything about the bet unless someone else brought it up first. He would honor it, but he didn't want to draw attention to it. "It's frustrating to be that close and not get the win," he said to explain why he seemed grumpy.

When Michael Stefan first tapped Qiang on the shoulder to get his attention as they took their places at the podium, Qiang cringed expecting him to say something about the bet. Instead of Stefan asked, "Why does everyone want to touch your hair?"

"I don't know!" said Qiang. "It's really annoying!"

Kai Qiang and Mendok Sherpa had lunch with their daughters at a cafe in Ember Valley. Tsering was busy holding a meeting with her crew.

Qiang was honoring his bet with Brooke, posing as Mendok's friend instead of her husband. He had his hair all fluffed up like an '80s rockstar and he was wearing women's sunglasses, bright red lipstick, a black bustier, skin-tight jeans, thigh-high leather boots with spiky heels, and a bunch of flashy Himalayan jewelry that he'd borrowed from Mendok.

So far, nobody had commented on Qiang's attire.

Nobody had asked him for autographs or selfies either.

It seemed like nobody recognized him. It was actually kind of nice to have a break from all the attention he usually attracted. Apart from the bustier digging into his sides and the tight jeans occasionally rubbing the wrong way, going out in drag was surprisingly relaxing. The bustier was really digging into his sides, though... Mendok had pulled it way too tight.

by **Valentine Z** » Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:30 am

The Valentians – Race 7 – Multiversal: Chieujeau Raceway, Chieujeau, Jouoangquoi, French Army (Speedway); Everlong: Hoop-cola 175, Szczylek Speedway, Outskirts of Szczylek, Pawlikowskie Voivodeship, Dod Rava (Speedway)

With the Valentians having arrived at Jouoangquoi, they have caught sight of a lot of things. For one, as per their guide, they still chose to land at Chieujeau using their smaller plane, only carrying the bare necessities and making sure that it is VTOL capable. The lack of a runway large enough for the Valentians then was no longer a problem, as they slowly touched down and landed at their designated spot, pushing and driving their cars into the garages, as well as making themselves scarce and hoping to not get any fluff from the French. A tropical place with a more or less black folks – termed the Jouoangquoirens – the Valentians are no stranger to people of other colours; in fact, they openly embraced it, what with them becoming a two-planet power and protecting Oceania's independence and letting them live on their own. Perhaps what was a bit different was, as described by Clarissa, to be the way the people there are dressed. "Ohh my, they don't appear to be wearing anything on their top, above the chest level. Especially for women!" Granted, she does know about a few cultures and people who dressed this way even in Val Z, but it was quite a rare sight to see outside of the country. The Valentians took note of it, but didn't pay any special mind to the dress customs. They certainly got a lot of looks from the locals and the French themselves, since they were sticking out like a Christmas tree in the snowy square of a shopping mall. Valentijn and Clarissa walked first, followed by Gwen and Anastasia who are all huddling around Holly dressed fully in her firesuit, her face not to be seen. Marcus was the last to go out, telepathically prompting his armour to stay in the ship, "No, stay in the ship. I will be fine, trust me. We need to not attract a lot of attention here. Just keep an eye out, all right?" With the nod and a thumbs-up from the living armour, it then lumbered and walked back into the ship, with the rest of the Valentians (the non-drivers and staff) preparing and prepping for perhaps another normal and uneventful race and day.

On the course itself, it would have seemed like Gwen and Clarissa traded places, with Clarissa ending up on the podium after placing 3rd, finishing as the best performing Valentian on the course. This was followed by Anastasia, a finish at the 4th position right after her already-stellar performance at Rowell Salcedo Commemorative Racing Circuit. Gwen was trailing behind at 15th, but she was not very fazed by such an outcome, and instead was satisfied with it for a change. "Hey, as long as I am not- well, as long as I don't end up getting hit or anything like that, I am fine. I cannot say the same thing for Jolyn, though. Poor her, I thought to herself. I really, really do." For possibly the second time, Holly came in at it again, finishing at 8th. Not a podium finish, but considering the positions that she has been in, as well as the experience that she has been trying her best to gather, it was definitely noteworthy. It also goes to show that the Gardeners are as capable as the Valentians if given enough time, which is definitely not something that the main team Valentians doubt. In fact, they were happy with Holly placing 3rd, and now at 8th.

The Everlong Valentians – Valkyrie Valentijn Samantha Constantine and Marcus Alan Ariel Reynolds – were also doing decently, albeit trying to have some sort of a comeback going on as they were simply doing average, without much of a victory in their way. Time will have to tell on whether or not they are going to place higher than they used to in NSSCRA 11, or if they will falter yet again, being unable to keep up as they have politics to do back in Val Z.

What was perhaps not mentioned for a while were the two Valentians that were in AOCAR – Atlantian Oceania Championship Auto Racing. A stock car sports event for those in Atlantian Oceania, Valentine Z's autonomous region – Alanis Star – got into it and signed up two drivers, since Alanis Star has claimed a small piece of land in Atlantian Oceania [citation needed]. Details aside, the Valentians got two drivers into the competition - 2nd Cpt. Annabelle Grace Whitney Zoey Luminisa “Femeia Simțurilor Extraordinare” Claire Estevi Danielle Tricia Kate Carrie Kora Costiniu Frumoasa Emiliana Georgeta Melanie Ioannes Corinna and 2nd Warrant Officer Adrian Deston Emile Immanuel Warren Jack “Шокер” Sammie L. Marston Josyp Oleksandr Mykola Leonid Henadij Eduard Mikhael Wr. Kostyantyn Volodymyrovych Dudnyk. And it was an amazingly close call that they still made it into the race, because as it turns out, they were unaware of the sign-ups happening until they were reminded by Clarissa as to whether or not they were going for it. The hasty sign-up, along with the remaining numbers that they had to take, were indicative of such the rush. With Annabelle on #10 and Adrian on #41, the duo have been working hand-in-hand with both the Valentians and the AOCAR staff. Still, they definitely have had seen better days, with a slew of below-average finishes for the most parts, as well as a few DNFs here and there. Annabelle is currently 32nd with 70 points, while Adrian is 38th at 56 points, out of the 42 drivers on the field. Only time will tell if they will be able to comeback.

by **Garden at 6th Mile Road** » Tue Mar 22, 2022 5:13 am

The Gardeners – Race 7 – Multiversal: Chieujeau Raceway, Chieujeau, Jouoangquoi, French Army (Speedway); Everlong: Hoop-cola 175, Szczylek Speedway, Outskirts of Szczylek, Pawlikowskie Voivodeship, Dod Rava (Speedway)

Jolyn slowly walked back to the garage and back into the lounge, simply sighing it off as perhaps just another fumble. Her qualification wasn't that great in the first place, but having to DNF at the last segment, just when she was about to finish the race, seemed like a bad omen if anything else. She remembered the days when she used to place podium finishes, and even a few victories here and there. Those days seemed to have gone past her a little, at least for now. Even her teammate – Holly Starlight – got a podium finish and then followed by an 8th placement at this race, so what about her, she thought to herself. "Well, fumbles are part and parcel of things, I suppose," Jolyn simply shrugged and replied to the media that was swarming around her. Not as many as she thought, which is more than okay with her; Jolyn wasn't exactly the type to be that self-conscious about the fame and popularity stuff, as long as she is not pulling any stunts that would warrant her a negative reputation, or simple flat-out lies that she absolutely detests. Again, they don't seem to be a thing, no one is that focused on Jolyn Maxine Caulfield Ceeta for gossip, and that she is fine with. "I'll be fine alone for now," she said to a group of Valentians, including Clarissa and Anastasia who showed a bit of concern towards her, "Don't worry about it. I just need to go for a short walk."

A simple walk is all she needed, and perhaps the only thing she could do. The little village does not have much to offer compared to major cities, but Jolyn definitely appreciated the simplicity of it all. People just going about and doing their own business. At first, they have been a little wary and terrified of the Valentians, what with their tall stature and the like, but the locals quickly warmed up to Jolyn, greeting her with warm smiles and even offering a meal or two in case she would like some. She appreciated the gesture, even if she wasn't exactly in a mood to eat anything; she simple needed a walk, and perhaps just looking at the surroundings. Something about the village makes her feel warm and fuzzy inside – perhaps it's the simple houses and small bonfires, or it was the aforementioned welcoming party. Either way, Jolyn decided that this is ideal enough, and she simple sat down with the local populace – Jouoangquoirens, as they are called. As she looked around the houses and buildings, she realised that they were all adorned generously by shells and pearls, giving that rather tropical feel. "Reminds me of my, well, assignments in the tropical islands," she thought to herself, reminiscing about her pre-Valentian days, "Just minus being followed by other counterintelligence." She took in the scenery and interacted with the people around her for a good 30 minutes, followed by checking her phone to reveal a couple of messages in Valentine Z's chat group, as well as from a few of the classes that she teaches. One of the messages from her students was particularly a strange one, albeit humorous: "Miss Jolyn, we got Mr. Sadler inviting us in for an impromptu art exam. Turns out it was just a "survey" of sorts to see if we would use the watercolours that he is sponsoring – something about water colours that give an actually genuine gold and silver look." Jolyn smirked and chuckled to herself, sending back a reply: "Haha, he did? Well, it's all good, really. As long as the folks in Arc-En-Ceil knows about it. – Jolyn."

by **Saint Kanye** » Tue Mar 22, 2022 9:37 am

"ARRRGGHHH!!!!!!"

Thea Alvarez couldn't believe it. Six weeks ago, she had secured her place in the NSSCRA Multiversal Cup Series playoffs with a dominant win in Ramba. A week later, she was leading the standings. A week later in Wollongmatta Bay, she finished seventh, enough to put her on top of the standings. Since then, she would finish outside the top then in the succeeding races. Twelfth in Reykjavik? Not that bad - but what followed definitely was. 28th, 22nd, 27th. Thea looked to break the streak and end the slump in Kimi-Suomi. She started midpack, but gained some positions and climbed to as high as fourteenth in the early stages. However, around the midway point of the race, her #46 Chadwick started leaking oil, making a mess of the Kimi Circuit and bringing out the caution.

Thea searched her mind as hard as she could, but couldn't find any memory of anything she had done to piss the racing gods off. Like the rest of the Gale Force Racing drivers, she raced others hard, but always clean. She was likable and friendly, whether you ask her fellow drivers, crew members or even just fans. So how come the bad things have started happening to her? The car eventually got fixed, but it took a lot of time and Thea lost a lot of laps. Still, she rallied hard, trying to get as high a finish she could, but the best she could do was 34th. From leading the driver points a little over a month ago, she tumbled all the way down to 19th after what had been a disastrous day at the Kimi road course. One could not blame Thea for deciding to skip the presser, lock herself in the ladies' room, and let her frustrations known to the world with a shriek.

But just as Thea was lamenting her fall from grace, her teammates Jeremiah Brooke and Stacie Houston had matching grins on their face. Jeremiah started a mere 34th, but steadily made up positions as the race progressed. He was 15th with four laps remaining, but made a bunch of daring moves to get ahead, including executing a bump and run on Koshiro Kawai (his teammate during both of the exhibition basketball games in Oontaz), then doing the same to newcomer Joachim Murat (except he passed him on the outside), and squeezing himself into a space between Gwen Oxton and Maddison Riley-Jones. All these paid off for the #18 driver as he rebounded from a sorry performance at Chieujeau last week and racked up another top ten finish on the season, an eighth to be exact.

Stacie, on the other hand, climbed into the top ten early, lost some ground at the midpoint, but during the final laps, she was once again in front, fighting a fierce battle for the win. And who would stand between her and the checkered flag but Kai Qiang of all people. Stacie knew she'd have to really beat and bang as much as she has to, because suddenly, this wasn't just about the trophy or a Chase spot anymore. See, at the start of the season, she and Jeremiah made a bet with Qiang and Tsering Chu. "If one couple picked up a win apiece, then the husband from the losing couple would spend a day in drag," they all agreed upon. Well, Jeremiah had already put the GFR ahead when he won the Exhibition at the Proving Grounds (nowhere in the bet did it say only points-paying races count), and now Stacie is looking to seal the deal. Silly, yes, but if it makes them work harder and perform better on the track, then so be it.

Sparks flew between the #27 and #44 cars as they both tried to get ahead of the other. Supporters of both sides roared in delight and were even joined by "Jeremaniacs" and those who root for Tsering. Behind them, Michael Stefan is waiting in case they take each other out. Qiang powered past Stacie as they approached the white flag, only for Stacie to pass Qiang back after rounding the first turn. One nudge led to another and push came to shove as the war between the two past champs, the two halves of two different power couples, the two mobile carrier-sponsored cars raged on. It was a drag race to the finish, and it looked like it would be too close to call, but Stacie gave Qiang a bump on the side one last time, enough to allow her to nose ahead of her rival and win by 0.012 second.

Michael contented himself with the lowest step on the podium, Qiang sulked at his loss, while Stacie pumped her fist in the air. Jeremiah dropped by to congratulate his wife with a hug and a kiss before turning to Qiang and saying, "You know what to do, bro."

The absence of Thea meant that the presser ran shorter than usual. Both the Stacemiah pair were asked about their performances of the day, with Stacie replying, "I'm really glad. Second win under GFR, but first as a full-timer, and also nice to bring the 27 back to victory lane after more than two seasons. Qiang did a hell of a job fighting me for the win, but in the end, only one can prevail, and I'd like to thank my crew for giving me that edge, that little extra, and letting that one be me." Jeremiah said, "With Thea and my lovely wife both already reserving their spots in the Chase, I think I really need to step up if I hope to join them. Try to work harder, put in more effort, that's what needs to be done."

Stacie and Jeremiah were also congratulated by their young R&D teammate Ilya Tsunopin, who was sporting an Upper Westside University hoodie after Jeremiah found out from him that his (Ilya's) friends are attending the Yeezie school. Thea was nowhere to be found though - she ended up crying herself to sleep inside one of the bathroom cubicles.

Next week, the series returns to the country of Esmerel for the first time in three seasons. The Eon Energy 380 will see not only local bet Ezekiel Rodger get sponsored by the energy drink brand, but also all of the GFR drivers, including Ilya who will be promoting Eon's extra strength Keystone variant ("even just 100 mL in the morning could get anyone out of bed", the company claims). "Eon did the right thing by backing such proven drivers as the GFR trio," commented an Esmerelian NSSCRA fan. "Now if only Zeke could also show results."

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:59 pm

"Come on, why won't this bloody thing work?" Yakov Leonidovich Yurievsky muttered as he held up his Western-made smartphone as high as his arms would let him. "Why did we give up our perfectly acceptable and serviceable satellite phones for this unreliable piece of shit technology?!"

Yurievsky was standing on the spotters' tower at the Chieujeau Circuit vainly hoping to get a signal, any signal, for his phone to make a very important call. It was fair to say that his meeting with the French Army had gone way beyond anything that Yurievsky knew that he was capable negotiating by himself. He had gone to the Pearl Kingdom, the place where Napoleon and his marshals had ended up after getting lost in space and time, with the hopes of securing a deal to sell new weapons to the French. Instead, he was now confronted with the prospect of potentially relocating this entire army into Pridnestrovia. Yakov Yurievsky had a lot of things, but the authority to approve the relocation of thousands of lost (and armed) Frenchmen into sovereign Pridnestrovian territory was not one of them. For that, he needed to talk to someone who did have the authority, but the only way that he could talk to that person was by a phone call, and he couldn't do that when there was no signal to be found.

"I never figured to be a man who enjoyed heights, Yakov Leonidovich," Olga Semyonovna Gatutina said as she climbed up the tower as well. "You do realize that you've gathered quite the following from both the locals and our fellow NSSCRA staffers, yes?" she asked.

"Normally, I would be concerned about making such a fool of myself," Yurievsky said. "But given the gravity of the situation I now find myself in, appearances are secondary to finding the solution to my problems."

"What happened to your wheeling and dealing?" Gatutina asked. "Did you finally overpromise and underdeliver, and now you need a Spetsnaz team to extract you out of here?"

"Not exactly," Yurievsky shook his head. "I think I may have gotten more than I bargained for now."

"Karma can be a bitch, can't it?" Gatutina said.

"I really wish I had the time to deal with your sarcasm right now, Olga Semyonovna," Yurievsky retorted as he moved around the tower trying to get a signal, "but as things stand right now, I am currently preoccupied."

"Oh, what a shame," Gatutina snorted, crossing her arms over her chest. "And here I was beginning to enjoy your barbs."

A single bar finally appeared on the screen of Yurievsky's smartphone, and he exclaimed, "Aha! Finally!" He then scrolled through his contacts list and found the person he wanted to call. "Don't cut out on me now," Yurievsky muttered as he initiated the call.

The line rang for what felt like an eternity, and there were moments where Yurievsky thought that the call had been dropped because of another loss of signal, but eventually he heard the line being picked up. "Office of the Minister of Defense," a curt female voice said in Ukrainian.

"This is Yakov Leonidovich Yurievsky. I wish to speak to the General," Yurievsky said.

"One moment, please." But Yurievsky knew that he had waited for more than just one moment before another person picked up the line once again. “Oleg Sergeyevich Dallutev,” the person at the other end said.

“Oleg Sergeyevich!” Yurievsky cried out. “It’s so good to hear from you once again!”

“And I could say the same to you, Yakov Leonidovich,” Field Marshal Oleg Dallutev, Minister of Defense of the Pridnestrovian Republic, said without any of the enthusiasm that his statement would suggest. “Tell me, what top secret battlefield weapon of ours have you promised to your new clients now?”

“Oh, come now, Oleg Sergeyevich, you of all people should know that you don’t talk business on the phone right away!” Yurievsky said. “But, given how spotty the signal has been here at Chieujeau, I will break my own rule and talk business. Remember those Frenchmen from the past who ended up in our time and have now taken over a racetrack?”

“What did you do to them now? Did you scare them away with our modern weapons?” Dallutev asked in an exasperated tone.

“On the contrary, actually,” Yurievsky replied. “They seem very interested in our clones of the French bullpups. They can’t pay for enough rifles to supply their entire force, of course, but they are willing to pay for some. But they brought up something else that I believe requires your attention.”

“And what could that possibly be?” Dallutev asked.

“The French have asked me if they could have some of their men join the ranks of our army. On a temporary basis, of course, until they’ve found a way to return to their original time and place,” Yurievsky hastily added.

“What do you mean by joining the ranks of our army?” Dallutev pressed. “What exactly does that entail, Yakov Leonidovich?”

“I don’t really understand it myself,” Yurievsky admitted. “The French want to move the majority of their army to Pridnestrovia until such time that they can finally find their way back home. That’s all that they told me.”

“What?!” Dallutev roared, and the intensity of the volume of his voice caused Yurievsky to physically put his phone away from his ear. “Do you realize what you’re asking of me, Yakov Leonidovich? You want me to allow the entry of a potentially belligerent army into the sovereign territory of the Pridnestrovian Republic? And all so you can get a few extra rubles into your pockets?”

"Oleg Sergeyevich, what's gotten into you?" Yurievsky asked. "Why are you suddenly shouting now? I thought you had one of the longest tempers in your line of work!"

"My God, Yakov Leonidovich, do you even realize how much you are asking of me?" Dallutev shouted back. "I swore an oath to the Pridnestrovian Republic to protect it from all foreign and domestic enemies, and now you're asking me to allow thousands of French soldiers trained in outdated tactics and weapons to integrate themselves in my army? I won't allow it! I can't allow it! My conscience will never let me allow it, Yakov Leonidovich, and you know that!"

"Perhaps I was too hasty, Oleg Sergeyevich," Yurievsky backpedaled. "There's no need to talk about integrating the Frenchmen into our armed forces right now, of course. They're not yet even in Pridnestrovia yet, for Christ's sake! I still haven't talked to Vladimir Nikolayevich yet to arrange their papers!"

"Then why on earth did you call me first?" Dallutev asked.

"Consider it a favor, Oleg Sergeyevich," Yurievsky said. "When—If these Frenchmen arrive in Pridnestrovia, I expect some of them will raise the question of joining the Army's ranks while they're there. I just don't want you to get blindsided for when that question comes."

"Why, thank you for your concern, Comrade Yurievsky," Dallutev snorted, his tone making it clear that he considered Yurievsky anything but his comrade.

"Oh, and before I go, you might want to call Boris Faddeyevich and ask him for a full briefing on Napoleon Bonaparte's French Army," Yurievsky added. Major General Boris Faddeyevich Birsakov was the commander of the Military Intelligence Directorate of the Pridnestrovian Army, the GRU.

"Goddamn it, Yakov Leonidovich," Dallutev muttered. "At this point, I'll probably learn more about Napoleon's order of battle from historians rather than the damn GRU!"

"You never know. It might make them feel better if they feel like they're being treated like a modern army as well," Yurievsky shrugged.

"One of these days, Yakov Leonidovich, one of these deals that you're trying to make will finally land you in so much trouble that even the might of the entire Politburo won't be able to save you anymore!" Dallutev sighed.

"But what is life without taking any risks at all, Oleg Sergeyevich?" Yurievsky said. "Anyway, give my regards to Anastasia Afanasiyevna."

"And give mine to Kseniya Fominichna," Dallutev said. "She needs all of it and more."

"I take it that your conversation with the Minister of Defense went well, Yakov Leonidovich," Olga Gatutina said when Yurievsky had ended the call.

"Like I told Oleg Sergeyevich, I was giving him the courtesy of knowing what is in store for him once the French arrive in Pridnestrovia."

"Once they arrive in Pridnestrovia?" Gatutina repeated. "Since when did you have the authority to allow the entry of thousands of foreign nationals into our country?"

"I never said I had the authority, Olga Semyonovna," Yurievsky said. He then lifted his phone up into the sky once again to search for another signal. After a few more minutes of searching, he got another bar once again, and he immediately placed another call. "This is Yakov Leonidovich Yurievsky. I wish to speak to the Minister of Foreign Affairs." He was silent for a few more minutes while he waited for his call to be transferred. "Hello, Vladimir Nikolayevich! How easy would it be to arrange temporary asylum papers for… between ten thousand to a hundred thousand men?"

by **Tropicorp** » Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:47 pm

Kimi-Suomen Sprintti, Kimi Circuit, Kimi Kaupunki, Kimi-Suomi :: After a huge day for Team Tropicorp in the Kimi-Suomen Kävely one day before, the team backed it up with a solid performance in the Kimi-Suomen Sprintti led by a Top 10 performance from #3 Jenna Logan. While it wasn't quite as strong a performance as the day prior when they placed two drivers inside the Top 5 during the Everlong Contenders Series, Jenna had the #3 twii.tur / Tropicorp Hybrid Dart in the Top 10 for much of the afternoon before finishing in 7th position. It was a race dominated early on by Kai Qiang who had been getting more attention for their hair in the first half of the Multiversal Cup Series regular season than they had for their driving performances which had left them outside the Top 10 in the point standings without a win coming into the Kimi-Suomi race weekend. By the end of the race, however, Qiang had been caught by a long time rival competing for a new team this season: Stacie Houston. The former Team Cassadaigua driver who sat out much of NSSCRA Season 11 would claim her first race victory since returning to full time action with Gale Force Racing out of Saint Kanye, as teammate to her betrothed Jeremiah Brooke. The former teammate to Team Tropicorp's Jenna Logan and former mentor to then youngster Maddie Alexander, Houston took the Five Star Sponsorship and #27 with her to Gale Force Racing this season and has now made it count with her race victory, responding immediately to the victory claimed by Team Tropicorp and former teammate Jenna Logan earlier this season.

A solid season for defending Coleman and Thorne Rookie of the Season Maddie Alexander would continue - though she might have hoped for more than a 17th place finish it was still a decent way to salvage a difficult day which began from way back in the 38th starting position. Alexander's never-give up attitude throughout the race and ultimate Top 20 finish would allow the sophomore driver to keep her place solidly within the Top 16 of the Regular Season Standings at the midway point - with only team newcomer Centur Tiones on the outside looking in at this point in the season. After the quick detour to Atlantian Oceania for the first ever Multiversal Cup Series race in Kimi-Suomi, Team Tropicorp and the NSSCRA circuit would be headed back out on the road with race weekends in Esmerel on the Speedway at the Aurora Motorsports Park and then a return to the Brisbane International Raceway in Sword Island which made its debut on the schedule one season prior. After a week back with the Enrichment program in Cocoabo Park, Team Tropicorp will be looking to enter Cocoabo #28 in one or possibly both of the traveling events. In a handful of starts this season since being withdrawn from full time competition, Cocoabo #28 has been good but not great putting in solid performances without challenging for race victories. The Cocoabo driver is still ahead of six full time drivers in the overall series point standings in 39th position despite the limited number of starts. Cocoabo #28 hopes to get back on track for the Eon Energy 380 in Esmerel with Team Tropicorp applying for one of the open charter slots for their driver.

Of course, with Cocoabo #28 taking up most of Team Tropicorp's R&D resources, long time research and development driver Euroli Islander has largely been confined to the simulator in recent weeks - though it is rumored that Islander will be participating in the AOCAR Stock Car Series Tropicorp 300 at the Tropicoast Beach Course during the triple-header race weekend with the NSSCRA later in the season.

by **New Northwesteros** » Tue Mar 22, 2022 5:26 pm

"THIS IS MADNESS!" Ricky Lee shouted. "I'm leading the points among the non-charters. I've been the fastest qualifier more often than not. And the charters are going to some self-proclaimed GOAT and one of those French clowns? Let me go, damn it! I'm gonna complain to the league office!" The end of the Kimi-Suomen Sprintti marked the halfway point of the NSSCRA regular season, which meant that it was time to take charters away from two underperforming drivers, in this case Daniel Wynfor and Al Jak, and give them to two who did well, which were revealed to be Aurelia Karvonen and Andre Massena. Of course, Ricky didn't take the news lightly, raging and raving as his crew members restrained him.

"Calm down, buddy," spoke one of the tire carriers. "We thought you deserved a spot too, you know."

"Let go of me, then! I won't be settling for this nonsense."

"Ricky, it's the league's decision. We gotta honor it. Just keep doing what you're doing in qualifying, it's almost like you already have a charter anyway," said Jared Vaughan, his crew chief.

"Oh, they want chartered? I'll show them chartered."

"That's the spirit," said the fuel guy.

"I'm gonna beat that Massena and that Kimi woman."

"Yeah, prove you're the one who should be out there not worrying about quals," spoke the other tire carrier.

"Now hand me that wrench, I've got a score to settle."

"Beat them at the track, you dolt!" Jared exclaimed, tightening his grip on Ricky's arm.

"I'm joking. No, really, let me go. I'm hitting the gym. Gotta blow off steam and look good for my groupies."

by **Newmanistan** » Tue Mar 22, 2022 5:38 pm

Qualifying: Eon Energy 380, Aurora Motorsports Park, Ember Valley, Enera Province, Esmerel (Speedway)
Lap Record: 43.992 sec.

NSSCRA Multiversal Series
 1 #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                                44.316
 2 #98- Wilma von Cärinthen (Abanhfleft)                        44.329
 3 #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                        44.333
 4 #43- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                         44.335
 5 #1- Maddie Alexander (Tropicorp)                             44.338
 6 #2- Centur Tiones (Tropicorp)                                44.345
 7 #41- Yraaga Gilli’i (Vilita & Turori)                        44.349
 8 #44- Kai Qiang (The Sherpa Empire)                           44.351
 9 #06- Rinzi Aogar Zakhilwal (The Sherpa Empire)               44.352
10 #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha (Valentine Z)              44.354
11 #31- Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton (Valentine Z)                 44.360
12 #18- Jeremiah Brooke (Saint Kanye)                           44.365
13 #4- Islago Tizilna (Vilita & Turori)                         44.366
14 #46- Thea Alvarez (Saint Kanye)                              44.372
15 #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia)                               44.374
16 #8- Chris Holmes (Hapilopper)                                44.396
17 #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                          44.397
18 #58- Koshiro Kawai (Abanhfleft)                              44.420
19 #13- Sage Caldwell (New Northwesteros)                       44.426
20 #73- Taylor Henderson (Hapilopper)                           44.428
21 #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Starlight (G6MR)                     44.444
22 #27- Stacie Houston (Saint Kanye)                            44.456
23 #15- Anastasia Freya Yadana Aye (Valentine Z)                44.480
24 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                            44.481
25 #76- Jolyn Maxine Caulfield Ceeta (G6MR)                     44.481
26 #3- Jenna Logan (Tropicorp)                                  44.520
27 #5- Liangmei Li (Newmanistan)                                44.564
28 #10- Anna Star Joy Thanda Pwint Thinzar Nwe (G6MR) *Q*       44.607
29 #61- Joachim Murat (The French Army)                         44.613
30 #62- Andre Massena (The French Army)                         44.674
31 #14- River ‘Shark’ Suzgar (Vilita & Turori)                  44.688
32 #48- Ashley Matthews (Newmanistan)                           44.690
33 #63- Jean Lannes (The French Army) *Q*                       44.693
34 #71- Aurélia Karvonen (Kimi-Suomi)                           44.697
35 #45- Ilya Tsunopin (Saint Kanye)                             44.719
36 #24- Chelsea Taylor (Newmanistan)                            44.726
37 #0- Ezekiel Rodger (Esmerel)                                 44.845
38 #28- Cocoabo #28 (Tropicorp)                                 44.873
39 #99- Ricky Lee (New Northwesteros) *Q*                       44.957
40 #38- Lam Chow-Cheung (Kimi-Suomi)                            45.418
41 #17- Timo Szaba (Qzvarkian Qaz) *Q*                          45.936
42 #35- Kassie Collins (Sword Island) *Q*                       46.324
43 #37- Yageny Qabaliq (Qzvarkian Qaz)                          46.409
44 #90- Lexie Shelby (Sword Island) *Q*                         46.413
45 #56- Kelly Monroe (Xanneria)                                 46.500
46 #05- Chris Gordon (Sword Island)                             46.511
47 #16- Laura McKenzie (Sajnur)                                 46.637
48 #74- Yuro Kiuba (StrayaRoos) *Q*                             46.667
49 #88- Al Jak (StrayaRoos) *Q*                                 46.735
50 #12- Daniel Wynfor (Kannapian Sports Federation) *Q*         46.774

Race: Cygnus 228, Aurora Motorsports Park, Ember Valley, Enera Province, Esmerel (Speedway)
Lap Record: 43.992 sec.

Qualifying:

NSSCRA EverLong Series
 1 #30- Lexi Patterson (Saint Kanye)                                44.474
 2 #97- Robin Dragonovic (TJUN-ia)                                  44.489
 3 #60- Rockii Ezis (Vilita & Turori)                               44.524
 4 #47- Edmund Flanders (Hapilopper)                                44.527
 5 #22- Pyotr Lavrentiev (Saint Kanye)                              44.547
 6 #10- Valkyrie Valentijn Samantha Constantine (Valentine Z)       44.553
 7 #42- Ganglie Zhe (Abanhfleft)                                    44.565
 8 #5- Bryan Harrison (Tropicorp)                                   44.582
 9 #96- Alice Jepkosgei (TJUN-ia)                                   44.652
10 #40- Agata Kosaryova (Abanhfleft)                                44.657
11 #70- Gongming Gao (TJUN-ia)                                      44.667
12 #07- Kaarina Salo (Kimi-Suomi)                                   44.739
13 #98- Jixaka Motorai (Tropicorp)                                  44.875
14 #77- Marcus Alan Ariel Reynolds (Valentine Z)                    44.938
15 #49- Lotara Novorali (Vilita & Turori)                           44.976
16 #24- Dwight Webster (Newmanistan)                                45.281
17 #72- Zacarias Policarpio (Oontaz Dert Li Ng)                     45.594
18 #37- Cocoabo #37 (Tropicorp)                                     45.648
19 #73- Yuri Piotr (Qzvarkian Qaz)                                  45.717
20 #41- Turakki Mayelli (Vilita & Turori)                           45.782
21 #7- Ilmari Pëkannen (Kimi-Suomi)                                 46.097
22 #50- Tawfiq Chouchane (Oontaz Dert Li Ng)                        46.206
23 #20- Daryl Calhoun (Saint Kanye)                                 46.272
24 #48- Ryan Carroll (Newmanistan)                                  46.278
25 #59- Brookes Benson (Xanneria)                                   46.461
26 #15- Allison Maddox (Sword Island)                               46.464
27 #05- Carson Zanby (Sword Island)                                 46.470
28 #14- Gerges Shenouda (Krbustan)                                  46.712
29 #43- Cynthia Verdenne (Kharao)                                   46.729
30 #34- Mariusz Psikuta (Dod Rava)                                  46.737
31 #13- Amr Tarif (Krbustan)                                        46.779
32 #91- Aidan Rowan (Kannapian Sports Federation)                   46.780
33 #87- Agdta Ndugane (Kharao)                                      46.792
34 #44- Alina Carbalo (Dod Rava)                                    46.808
35 #33- Joshua Pelayo (Kannapian Sports Federation)                 46.917
36 #04- Tyler Davidson (Sword Island)                               47.051
37 #11- Luist Mata (Kharao)                                         47.254

(Minimum To Avoid DNF= 46.900 sec)

Race Results:

NSSCRA EverLong Series
 1 #20- Daryl Calhoun (Saint Kanye)                                 44.445 WINNER
 2 #10- Valkyrie Valentijn Samantha Constantine (Valentine Z)       44.484
 3 #96- Alice Jepkosgei (TJUN-ia)                                   44.539
 4 #47- Edmund Flanders (Hapilopper)                                44.545
 5 #22- Pyotr Lavrentiev (Saint Kanye)                              44.609
 6 #37- Cocoabo #37 (Tropicorp)                                     44.651
 7 #49- Lotara Novorali (Vilita & Turori)                           44.683
 8 #77- Marcus Alan Ariel Reynolds (Valentine Z)                    44.767
 9 #70- Gongming Gao (TJUN-ia)                                      44.809
10 #40- Agata Kosaryova (Abanhfleft)                                44.821
11 #41- Turakki Mayelli (Vilita & Turori)                           44.823
12 #60- Rockii Ezis (Vilita & Turori)                               44.834
13 #98- Jixaka Motorai (Tropicorp)                                  44.890
14 #5- Bryan Harrison (Tropicorp)                                   44.987
15 #30- Lexi Patterson (Saint Kanye)                                45.300
16 #48- Ryan Carroll (Newmanistan)                                  45.423
17 #7- Ilmari Pëkannen (Kimi-Suomi)                                 45.496
18 #50- Tawfiq Chouchane (Oontaz Dert Li Ng)                        45.639
19 #72- Zacarias Policarpio (Oontaz Dert Li Ng)                     45.674
20 #07- Kaarina Salo (Kimi-Suomi)                                   45.681
21 #97- Robin Dragonovic (TJUN-ia)                                  45.735
22 #42- Ganglie Zhe (Abanhfleft)                                    45.869
23 #24- Dwight Webster (Newmanistan)                                46.117
24 #59- Brookes Benson (Xanneria)                                   46.330
25 #15- Allison Maddox (Sword Island)                               46.445
26 #73- Yuri Piotr (Qzvarkian Qaz)                                  46.478
27 #05- Carson Zanby (Sword Island)                                 46.663
28 #43- Cynthia Verdenne (Kharao)                                   46.750
29 #91- Aidan Rowan (Kannapian Sports Federation)                   46.754
30 #44- Alina Carbalo (Dod Rava)                                    46.780
31 #33- Joshua Pelayo (Kannapian Sports Federation)                 46.788
32 #87- Agdta Ndugane (Kharao)                                      46.805
33 #11- Luist Mata (Kharao)                                         46.818
34 #13- Amr Tarif (Krbustan)                                        46.904 DNF
35 #34- Mariusz Psikuta (Dod Rava)                                  46.941 DNF
36 #14- Gerges Shenouda (Krbustan)                                  46.996 DNF
37 #04- Tyler Davidson (Sword Island)                               47.067 DNF

Point Standings (After 9 Races):

+-----+-------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
| Pos |                 EverLong Contenders Series                  | Points |
+-----+-------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|   1 | #98- Jixaka Motorai (Tropicorp)*                            |    274 |
|   2 | #30- Lexi Patterson (Saint Kanye)*                          |    268 |
|   3 | #96- Alice Jepkosgei (TJUN-ia)                              |    263 |
|   4 | #40- Agata Kosaryova (Abanhfleft)**                         |    256 |
|   5 | #10- Valkyrie Valentijn Samantha Constantine (Valentine Z)* |    253 |
|   6 | #22- Pyotr Lavrentiev (Saint Kanye)*                        |    251 |
|   7 | #47- Edmund Flanders (Hapilopper)                           |    249 |
|   8 | #70- Gongming Gao (TJUN-ia)*                                |    248 |
|   9 | #97- Robin Dragonovic (TJUN-ia)                             |    241 |
|  10 | #42- Ganglie Zhe (Abanhfleft)*                              |    233 |
|  11 | #37- Cocoabo #37 (Tropicorp)                                |    228 |
|  12 | #49- Lotara Novorali (Vilita & Turori)                      |    223 |
|  13 | #60- Rockii Ezis (Vilita & Turori)                          |    221 |
|  14 | #7- Ilmari Pëkannen (Kimi-Suomi)                            |    220 |
|  15 | #20- Daryl Calhoun (Saint Kanye)*                           |    218 |
|  16 | #41- Turakki Mayelli (Vilita & Turori)                      |    210 |
|  17 | #5- Bryan Harrison (Tropicorp)                              |    208 |
|  18 | #48- Ryan Carroll (Newmanistan)                             |    197 |
|  19 | #07- Kaarina Salo (Kimi-Suomi)                              |    195 |
|  20 | #24- Dwight Webster (Newmanistan)                           |    188 |
|  21 | #77- Marcus Alan Ariel Reynolds (Valentine Z)               |    182 |
|  22 | #73- Yuri Piotr (Qzvarkian Qaz)                             |    158 |
|  23 | #50- Tawfiq Chouchane (Oontaz Dert Li Ng)                   |    154 |
|  24 | #72- Zacarias Policarpio (Oontaz Dert Li Ng)                |    139 |
|  25 | #59- Brookes Benson (Xanneria)                              |    123 |
|  26 | #04- Tyler Davidson (Sword Island)                          |    102 |
|  27 | #05- Carson Zanby (Sword Island)                            |     97 |
|  28 | #33- Joshua Pelayo (Kannapian Sports Federation)            |     92 |
|  29 | #34- Mariusz Psikuta (Dod Rava)                             |     88 |
|  30 | #15- Allison Maddox (Sword Island)                          |     86 |
|  31 | #44- Alina Carbalo (Dod Rava)                               |     83 |
|  32 | #13- Amr Tarif (Krbustan)                                   |     83 |
|  33 | #14- Gerges Shenouda (Krbustan)                             |     75 |
|  34 | #11- Luist Mata (Kharao)                                    |     73 |
|  35 | #91- Aidan Rowan (Kannapian Sports Federation)              |     69 |
|  36 | #87- Agdta Ndugane (Kharao)                                 |     60 |
|  37 | #43- Cynthia Verdenne (Kharao)                              |     54 |
+-----+-------------------------------------------------------------+--------+

by **Hapilopper** » Tue Mar 22, 2022 9:17 pm

(OOC: Permission sought and granted from Queb to use Ilya in this.)

The media center, Aurora Motorsports Park, Ember Valley, Enera Province, Esmerel
A day before the Eon Energy 380
Things were not going well for Team Blue – at least, not by their lofty standards, at least. Sure, the team had won three races, but it had been feast or famine for the team – too many bad runs had spoiled the season thus far. And there was talk that Team Blue was about to swap crew chiefs. John Malloy would stay with Drake Stevenson, largely because the two had worked so well together over the past 15 or so years, and while the two had gotten into an argument with each other at one point or another during the season, they weren’t the issue.

Primarily because the two, over a bottle of whiskey and some cigars, settled what was bothering them.

Taylor Henderson and the Pit Box Chief, Pat Howard, didn’t have that luxury. Hendo had yet to win in the season, and it was hurting their relationship. During the Kimi-Suomen Sprintti, the two blew up at each other over the radio, in a way that was less entertaining and more concerning.

Taylor, sitting in front of the NSSCRA traveling media, along with the other Team Blue drivers, realized she couldn’t get out of answering questions about it, and just faced it head-on.

“It’s just been ongoing issues since the start of the season,” Taylor said sadly. “We’ve been trying to fix the issues with our cars and it just seems like we’ve been having communication issues. We just lost our tempers last week in Kimi-Suomi and we’re hopefully going to straighten it out here in Esmerel.”

Taylor was then asked if a change of crew chiefs would be the best solution.

“I’m not going to answer that,” Taylor said matter-of-factly. “Pat Howard has done some incredible stuff for me since I started racing NSSCRA. He’s got experience on the top level, and he’s one of the best crew chiefs in the business. Our goal is, we’re going to figure out our problems, and we’re going to be better for it. Both of us.”

But while Taylor was saying that to the media, the fact was that, after the race in Esmerel, she and Chris Holmes were going to swap crew chiefs. Taylor would have Lawrence Malloy as her crew chief, while Chris would start working with Pat Howard.

Drake Stevenson, meanwhile, had a completely different – and totally bizarre – radio issue in Kimi-Suomi, one that he found hilarious several days later. A member of the media asked him about an unusual radio transmission that came over his radio, a transmission that was aired on H-Sports’ show “NSSCRA Radioactive” a day later.

“Aight, so just so you know, I’m not a fan of them airing my radio transmissions, I’ve said that in the past, but I’m actually glad they aired that one,” Drake said. “I don’t know if a fan got my radio or what, because that’s happened to me before.”

“It was Ilya Tsunopin shouting something over his radio,” the media member said.

“Really?” Drake exclaimed. “That weird guy in the 45?”

“Yeah,” the media member said.

“Well damn,” Drake replied. “That’s one of the strangest things I’ve ever heard over the radio. I guess our channels got crossed up or something. Never had that happened with other drivers. I think once before, I remember we were at West Hampton, and I heard some maintenance guy talk about, in disturbing detail, how someone had massacred a toilet in the grandstands. I couldn’t stop laughing, but it was one of the most disgusting things I have ever heard. Almost sounded like a porta-toilet on pit road.”

“So, my next question is, how aware are you of Ilya’s ongoing series, ‘To All The Drivers I’ve Loved Before’?” the media member asked. “Apparently he’s got quite a feature on you.”

Drake looked at the media member with an uneasy look on his face.

“Uh… what?” Drake asked. “As in… me? No, haven’t heard of it, but I think I might want to find out. That guy seemed nice enough, we talked about country music of all things, but… holy shit man. You know, I don’t think I’ve ever heard about a driver writing about how they were in love with me. Wow.”

by **Sixty-ninE X** » Tue Mar 22, 2022 9:41 pm

OOC: A super short one that goes back to Kimi-Suomi.

'Congrats Stacie!' shouted Ilya, as he waved at both Jeremiah and Stacie after a great race. He was wearing an Upper Westside University hoodie that Jeremiah got for their fourth team member. 'You guys have been racing phenomenal today! You two and of course, Kai Qiang, had a heckuva race. But good to be back right?'

'Oh certainly,' nodded Stacie, before smiling back at both her husband and young Ilya. 'It's like the old times, when we would just race as if there's no tomorrow...who'd have thought that all of us would become parents? But it's certainly good to be back, for sure.'

'Hey, old heroes never die in this sport,' chuckled Jeremiah in agreement, before continuing to speak. 'How are your friends doing? Were they watching the race too?'

'Yeah, they are slightly busy right now....' Ilya slightly dragged on. 'You know, college freshmen and whatnot. They have their own school projects and cool stuff to do. Like robotics and all that. But they always find themselves a time to watch every race, so we chatted a bit about Gale Force Racing.'

'Wait, are they thinking of getting into the NSSCRA too?' Jeremiah asked. 'You know, those guys certainly don't seem like they'd say no if you guys work on something together.'

'I'd say so, but we'll have to wait and see,' Ilya shrugged, before realising that he was feeling slightly...cold. Being a man with extremely long beard and lots of body heat, Ilya knew something was wrong, and that it concerned one of two peoples of his interest. Yes - while Ilya may have written about a dozens of racedrivers and sportspeople he's written over 600 chapters of fanfiction about, there were only two people who caught his interests in that manner. And she was on that team. 'Where is...Thea?'

'Sir! Sir!' Dr. Balthazar Grey, standing in front of the hallway, grabbed Ilya's left arm as he struggled to prevent Ilya Tsunopin from breaking out and accidentally entering the Ladies' washroom. 'You cannot do this! No matter how deep your feelings are and how much all this affects you.'

'Let me go Doc!' shot back Ilya, trying to push away Dr. Grey's hold on him. Fortunately for everybody else (which also meant nobody else because it was an empty hallway), Ilya simply wasn't strong enough to get past the hold of the man who deadlifts 420kg (925 lbs). 'Let me see her!'

'Please behave for once, Ilya Vadimovich!' responded Dr. Grey, before finally planting both Ilya's feet to the ground. 'You cannot just try to barge into somewhere you, a man, cannot go. Please have some decency as public individual.'

'I won't let my woman cry!' Ilya shouted.

'Please! Let the woman have her peace!' he answered.

It took five minutes of back-and-forth struggle between the driver and his secretary before Ilya eventually calmed down. Ilya came to realise that no matter how hot his blood was feeling right now, he still had to wait for everything to eventually materialise. Right...this is Kimi-Suomi. Ilya thought to himself, before they slowly went outside and watched the sun set. He then asked the doc: 'Do you think it's a good idea to ask Drake Stevenson about a possible gig together? Or even an album.'

'Well what do you want to do with it, sir? He's a country lover and you, a cough-syrup-sounding man with love of rap and trap music,' said Dr. Grey, his moustache slowly fluttering in the cold air as he spoke in middle of cold air. 'Sure, but you may want to find a middle ground..'

'Why don't we have a think about that down the line?' Ilya asked, his eyes flickering like candlestick flames once again. To him, Drake Stevenson was one of the most distinctive drivers he actively rooted for, as the Hapilopperian, who possesses a massive potty pot mouth and mojo of a swole kirby, certainly held his attention for past few seasons. And with Ilya, never the shy one when it comes to recording his desires, having written chapters 31 to 49 of the 'To All The Drivers I’ve Loved Before' in dedication to the aggressive NSSCRA driver, there only stood even more potential for future to be worked out. 'I like this too much, Doc, and maybe we could build something fun, fresh and permanent into the future...'

by **The French Army** » Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:47 pm

The Kimi-Suomen Sprintti was the third race in a row that ended with high-ranking French military officers shouting at each other in the paddock. Once again, Andre Massena had stubbornly refused to move aside and make way for his compatriots -- except this time Joachim Murat had solved the problem by shoving Massena into a safety barrier on the outside of one of the winding turns at the north side of the track. The barrier and the bumper of Massena's car were nicely mangled, and Massena was pissed off.

Once again Berthier stepped in to defuse the situation, but that was easier said than done. Luckily, Leujouje showed up and grabbed Massena's arm so he and Murat could not start a brawl. Massena looked at Leujouje and decided taking her back to his hauler and having some time alone was more important than his dispute with Murat.

"And what are you doing with her?" Berthier demanded. He knew perfectly what Massena was doing, but he disapproved. Lots of guys in the French Army had extra-marital affairs, but you were supposed to be discreet about it and you were supposed to favor white women -- not go around in broad daylight in front of all the crowds and cameras with a Jouoangquoirenne on your arm.

"I'm embracing progress and keeping up with the times," Massena replied sarcastically. "Getting woke, you know. See you later, boomers."

Berthier and Murat exchanged confused glances. "What the hell is he talking about?"

"What's a boomer?"

Massena was only "woke" when it was convenient, but right now it was convenient.

Aurora Motorsports Park, Ember Valley:

Jean Lannes was looking for Kai Qiang so they could rant at each other in really obscene French and Lannes could vent about getting passed over for a charter. Lannes searched high and low, but he could not figure out where Qiang had gone. Finally someone told him that Qiang had gone to lunch with his wife and daughters. That sounded like a reasonable thing to do. Lannes decided he would wait for Qiang and meet him when he returned to the track.

At first he didn't recognize Qiang. Lannes had not heard about Qiang's bet with Jeremiah Brooke, so he spent a couple of minutes scratching his head trying to figure out why Mendok had showed up with a female friend instead of Qiang. Finally he decided he would just ask Mendok. She didn't speak French and he didn't speak Sherpa, but they had both been traveling the NSSCRA circuit and picked up some bits of English.

"Excuse me, do you know where is Qiang?" Lannes asked.

"I'm right here!" Mendok's "friend" pulled down "her" sunglasses, and Lannes saw that it was actually Kai Qiang.

"What the fuck???" Lannes blurted out in French. Qiang tried to explain and Lannes tried to ask more questions, but Qiang's French was so bad, the only thing he could understand was the homophobic and transphobic slurs that Lannes used. Within a few minutes they were thoroughly disgusted with each other and Lannes went back to his hauler to sulk.

Later in the afternoon, when Lannes heard about the bet, he felt terrible about the way he had talked to Qiang. He went looking for a translator to help him apologize. It was time they had a proper conversation that was not just cussing at each other, hugging, and sharing drinks.

by **Saint Kanye** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 8:01 am

"Where is...Thea?"

At the end of the race in Kimi-Suomi, only three of the four drivers of Gale Force Racing were accounted for: winner Stacie Houston, her husband Jeremiah Brooke, and R&D driver Ilya Tsunopin, who was the one who presented the question to the other two. Thea Alvarez, upset about an oil leak causing her to finish outside the top twenty for the fourth race in a row, had locked herself in a bathroom stall. Neither Jeremiah nor Stacie were aware of this, only that she was not present at the post-race press conference, but they offered Ilya alternate theories as to her whereabouts.

"Maybe she went back to the garage and had a go at the simulator," spoke Jeremiah. "I do that on weeks I don't win, try to see what I could have done differently and give myself a better outcome than what actually went down."

"Or maybe she went for a walk," Stacie offered. When a race doesn't go his way, Sage Caldwell wanders the surrounding areas of the track on foot to try and clear his mind. Stacie suspected that Thea might have tried to see if it works for her too, and done the same.

"Either way, I doubt she's in a good mood right now," Jeremiah said.

"And that's precisely why I must search for her, she needs some cheering up!" was Ilya's response. "Hey! Wait!" Stacie was worried that Ilya's act (while noble) might not end up with the desired outcome, but the 69Xer was gone before she could have a chance to stop him.

Thea woke up about forty minutes after Ilya started his search, unaware that he had dropped by the restroom earlier (and entered, if his manager had not stopped him). Slowly, she lifted herself up, walked out of the bathroom stall, and in front of the mirror. She was still in her firesuit, her hair was a mess, and her eyes were puffy from crying. "Oh, no, I can't go out like this," she would have usually thought, but today she didn't seem to care. Thea exited the restroom in her zombie-like state, only for what must have been a couple dozen cameras and microphones to get shoved in her face. Several reporters simultaneously and rapidly spat their questions out; Thea could make out words like "decline", "slump" and "Ilya Tsunopin" amongst the sea of words. She has no time for all this crap, to listen to the questions, let alone answer them. With fists clenched and tears forming back in her eyes, Thea silenced the press people with a scream: "LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE!" before running towards the comfort and safety of the GFR garage.

"Okay Brooke, I did what you wanted. Now are you happy?"

"Happy? Dude, I'm ecstatic. This is comedy freaking gold!" Jeremiah replied to Kai Qiang, who had come out in full drag that day in Esmerel as a result of a bet he lost against the Yeezie. Qiang had in fact put a lot of effort into his outfit, and wouldn't even be recognized by Jeremiah and Stacie if Mendok hadn't called their attention and pointed him out to them. Stacie started snapping photos of Qiang with her phone, leading the Sherpa driver to get a little nervous. "What are you doing with those? I thought we agreed that we're not getting the media involved?"

"Relax, bro, we're not gonna post this on social media," Jeremiah reassured him.

"Or maybe we will, but we're not gonna say it's you," suggested Stacie with a wink.

Qiang tensed up when a group of assorted NSSCRA fans came by with cameras, however, it turned out that all they noticed were the Stacemiah pair and ignored him as just another bystander. Later, a Sherpa fan actually called Qiang by name, but it was another false alarm - the woman recognized Mendok, but failing to recognize Qiang, just asked her if she could deliver a letter her son wrote for her husband, his favorite driver.

"See? Relax - aside from me and Stacie and your wife, everyone thinks you're just some lady," Jeremiah said.

"A rather pretty one at that, but still," added Stacie.

That seemed to calm Qiang down for a few minutes, until....

"Hey there, babe. Ricky's the name, stock car racing is my game."

BATTLE FOR ROTY

Kawai moves up to second and Murat to fifth, thanks to their top fifteen finishes in Kimi-Suomi. Karvonen and Massena earn charters during the shuffle - would it prove useful for them as they try to make their way to the top?

(--) 1. #39 Rustam Ilyich Yudin (AFT) - 203
(+1) 2. #58 Koshiro Kawai (AFT) - 188
(-1) 3. #4 Islago Tizilna (VNT) - 187
(--) 4. #24 Chelsea Taylor (NEW) - 140
(+2) 5. #61 Joachim Murat (TFA) - 134
(-1) 6. #38 Lam Chow-Cheung (KIM) - 131
(-1) 7. #71 Aurelia Karvonen (KIM) - 120
(--) 8. #10 Anna Thanda (GSM) - 111
(-1) 9. #62 Andre Massena (TFA) - 109
(--) 10. #0 Ezekiel Rodger (ESM) - 96
(--) 11. #63 Jean Lannes (TFA) - 94
(--) 12. #37 Yageny Qabaliq (QQZ) - 73
(--) 13. #16 Laura McKenzie (SAJ) - 63
(--) 14. #12 Daniel Wynfor (KAN) - 36
(--) 15. #88 Al Jak (STR) - 31
(--) 16. #17 Timo Szaba (QQZ) - 29

by **TJUN-ia** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 8:34 am

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

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, WE'RE HALFWAY THERE! Yes, we've completed 8 races of the NSSCRA 12 Regular Season and we've certainly had drama and action throughout, with many a driver having interesting seasons across this grid and across both Multivesal Cup and Everlong Contenders. Only 6 drivers in both series had managed to win a race at the halfway point and with 8 races left and 10 spots left in each, you can certainly expect things to get chaotic as the calendar throws some of the great races at us and grabbing the popcorn in excitement - and I don't blame it at all.

But before I begin, I would like to introduce the newest member of the MemeWatch II list - Ilya Tsunopin! Yes, I finally managed to find a reason to put this guy on the damned list! Ilya Tsunopin, driver of #45 and GFR's R&D Driver, is a very...interesting man that I know will most likely be a great guy to hang out with if the time arises (maybe at JF4 perhaps). All you need to know about Ilya is that he is
a) an absolute king who would be put on most magazines, and
b) a driver who, just so happens, to have a 2nd job as a Kai Qiang stan.
And no, I'm not joking about that 2nd part - he'd most likely snip a piece of Qiang's hair off if he got the chance in my opinion (though not even Qiang himself knows why everyone wants to touch his mop). And that would be shown in his MemeWatch Moment back in Kimi-Suomi, doing his usual bit of screaming "I LOVE YOU KAI QIANG" into a GFR radio...which, via technical glitch, was sent to Drake Stevenson...who was certainly bemused. And then it came out Ilya is writing a fanfiction...called ‘To All The Drivers I’ve Loved Before’...I presume it heavily involves Qaing but apparently, a few chapters are on Drake...That's why he's in this time because I don't think Drake could quite believe that he was in some other driver's fanfiction - and I totally understand. Now, I've never heard of ‘To All The Drivers I’ve Loved Before', so I'm going to ask two questions very quickly before I move on that I may regret later:
1) Where can I find this...thing?
2) Is anyone from here in it? Driver or otherwise, I don't mind...I just want to see if we're somehow in this.

Anyway, onto events here at the Aurora Motorsports Park in Ember Valley, Esmerel. Let's start with Qualifying for the Eon Energy 380 and oh boy, was this one interesting. Maddison Riley-Jones (@MaddyRJ03) was still getting used to being the highest JR car in the points and while last weekend was certainly great, she will start from the back foot here in 17th...not too bad, but behind the boys. Alfonso Mercado (@AM64) was the points leader not that long ago but had now fallen to 8th due to ending up 25th at a bad weekend. He will hope to get back on track from 15th tomorrow but will be looking towards the front for his inspiration...because Michael Stefan (@Stefan07) was fighting back against his bad luck in every way he could. Getting P3 in the Rainbow was certainly a confidence boost to a driver who is desperately fighting to get back into the Chase and getting pole over the UrGas of Wilma von Cärinthen and Rustam Ilyich Yudin was certainly another step in the right direction.

As for everyone else, the new charter shake-up certainly took effect and things would be interesting over on that front. Anna Star Joy Thanda Pwint Thinzar Nwe was the best non-charter in 28th with Jean Lannes (33rd), Ricky Lee (39th), Timo Szaba (41st) and Kassie Collins (42nd) qualifying the normal way. Al Jak and Daniel Wynfor, the two drivers who lost their spots in the big time, both failed to qualify in while the two replacements did alright, Andre Massena starting tomorrow from 30th and Aurélia Karvonen from 34th. Karvonen's teammate, the ever-lovable but quite shy Lam Chow-Cheung will start from 40th while our two open charters are between the 2 HMs, Tsunopin in 35th and Cocoabo #28 in 38th.

Now then, onto the Contenders and the Cygnus 228 was certainly a fun little weekend for those down in the 2nd Tier. Lexi Patterson took pole over Robin Dragonovic (@RD97SNL) and Rockii Ezis with Alice Jepkosgei (@AJ96) in 9th, Gongming Gao (@GG70) in 11th, Kaarina Salo in 12th and Ilmari Pëkannen in 21st. The race itself was certainly entertaining, with four retirements, but in the end, it was Daryl Calhoun who finally claimed that win he always wanted this season over Valkyrie Valentijn Samantha Constantine and AJ with Gao in 9th, Ilmari 17th, Salo 20th and Dragonovic 21st.

Tomorrow is race time, but my closing thoughts are on car #46 - who will start from 14th. We know that you may feel...down about your performances in the last few races...but that is totally fine. We understand that you are not happy with your dip in form...but you can bounce back from this. You're Thea Fucking Alvarez! Of course, you can bounce back - so don't fret and don't worry. We all know you can come back from this...we all know. Cmon Thea...you can show this sport what you're made of and we will all be behind you.

Current MCS Standings: #07 - 20th (233pts)/#64 - 8th (279pts/1 Win)/#03 - 4th (294pts)
Current ECS Standings: #97 - 5th (224pts+PS)/#96 - 3rd (228pts)/#70 - 6th (219pts/1 Win)
Next MCS Race: Eon Energy 380, Aurora Motorsports Park, Ember Valley, Enera Province, Esmerel
Next ECS Race: Cygnus 228, Aurora Motorsports Park, Ember Valley, Enera Province, Esmerel
Music of the Round II: Earth, Wind & Fire and The Emotions - Boogie Wonderland (JPN, OKI, HOK)

MemeWatch II
1) "You're BOTH In The Wrong!" Lloyd Clarence (HTN) and Taylor Henderson (#73) - Casual Sexism And Weaponised Basketballs
2) Chaos In The Bay The Race of Oceania (Cup Series Round 3) - For Being Chaotic And Then Some...14 Retirements And All.
3) Abuse Of Your Power Drake Stevenson (#81) - Taylor's Not Queen Regnant Just Yet In This Realm...
4) "Ah Shit, Here We Go Again" Derrick Carlisle (Yep, That's Me) - Team Blue Shut Me Up. That Is All.
5) Time To Bring The Mayhem! Mayhem (STK) - Ilya And Murat, Eh? Two Men Of The Mayhem Indeed.
6) #WeStanKaiQiang Ilya Tsunopin (#45) - We Like This Guy, But He Certainly Belongs Here.

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 9:30 am

Leonidas Baxter had always had a reputation of being a player. Even way back in high school, he was already fooling around with any and every female that came within range of him. College was no different for Leo; in fact, it could be said that he became even more of a player because he was now very popular and desirable as the star player of Riuwiee State University's college basketball team. Being drafted into the Fleftic Army and almost losing his right hand during the Gullottist Revolution of 2008 cooled him down somewhat, but once Leo got back onto the hardcourt, he went right back to his old lifestyle. Leo claimed that he was only living every day as if it were his last because of his experiences in the Revolution, but it did cause a lot of waves in Abanhfleft, where society was still mostly conservative in terms of how many relationships a man or a woman could have at any given time. It also didn't help that Leo was supposed to have a steady relationship with fellow Riuwiee State alumnus Alexandra Rousseau, and Rousseau herself refused to comment on the subject anytime someone brought it up.

Leo's fooling around definitely had its consequences. Women were always popping up and claiming that Leo was the father of at least one of their children. On three occasions, Leo had admitted that he was indeed the father, but only after settling the paternity cases out of court because of compelling DNA evidence. But in all the other cases, Leo remained adamant about denying paternity. It was obvious to him that even though he was indeed a player, some opportunistic people would try to use it to their advantage to extort him. And yet, despite that, he continued seeing as many women as would come to him.

Age would eventually mellow Leo somewhat, and he was finally seriously considering tying the knot with Alex soon, especially after he had sired two children with her. However, that wouldn’t actually stop the Fleftic basketball star from still cavorting around when the opportunity came. Leo knew that he would have to stop playing around eventually, but while he was still seen as an eligible bachelor (or at the very least just eligible), he wouldn’t say no to any woman who came his way. But eventually Leo decided that it was time to end all of the gossip and controversy between him and Alex, and he proposed to her at the end of Leo’s one and only season in the NationStates Stock Car Racing Association. Leo had pretty much settled down once he and Alex had been officially married, but there were still times when he would act on his urges and start chasing around again. He was only human after all, and a man.

That visit to the Pearl Kingdom had seemingly reinvigorated Leo to the point that he was behaving almost like his younger self again. He had never seen people with the same skin color as him have such strikingly blue eyes and white hair, and the novelty of such a genetic combination had awakened something in him once again. It also probably helped that the womenfolk of the Pearl Kingdom were seemingly unaware or uncaring of the concept of shirts. Leo had never seen so many chocolate milkers (or gazombas, or bazookas, or boobas, or whatever one’s preferred term for female mammary glands was) running wild and free, and he would be lying if he said that they didn’t interest him at all. A number of local women had flocked around Leo, seemingly mesmerized by his easy-going yet professional demeanor, although he did see some of those women ogling his gold chain necklace and gold-plated watch. And once again, Leo would be lying if he said that he didn’t take advantage of the attention being given to him. He took all the necessary precautions, of course, and while Leo was sure that he had left the Pearl Kingdom without acquiring any sort of venereal disease, he also left it poorer by a good number of both NSD and new penenks. He was actually surprised that the Pearl Kingdom accepted nups as legal tender. Or maybe they didn't, and the locals only liked his nups because they were colorful.

Leo told everything to his wife Alex when he returned home to Abanhfleft, although he did spare her the more sordid details of his tale. Alex had always known about Leo's womanizing ways even when they first met at Riuwiee State, and though she would never say that she tolerated it, she always knew that Leo would find his way back to her. The two of them had agreed that there would be no secrets between them once they got married, which was why Leo had told Alex about his exploits in the Pearl Kingdom. Alex didn't bother telling Leo to not do it again as she knew that that was just an exercise in futility. As long as Leo went back to her and their family every time, she was satisfied.

Leo did calm down somewhat when NSSCRA arrived at Kimi-Suomi, although that didn't mean that he didn't dip his wick there at all. The place may be cold, but the cold was also the perfect reason for two people to share their body heat with each other. And by the time NSSCRA went to Esmerel, Leo had lost his interest in random sexual encounters once again, and he just wanted to focus on continuing Ganglie Zhe's progress through the Everlong Series. However, when he laid eyes on the pretty thing in the bustier and the tight jeans and with the 80s hair roaming the garages, he just had to go and chat her up. Leo knew that he couldn't pass this opportunity up, or else he would beat himself up for not going ahead and trying. Besides, the worst that could happen was that she would tell him no. That was it.

The news that one of the French marshals had made a scene with this woman, who was actually Kai Qiang in drag after losing a bet with GFR's Stacemiah power couple, had not yet reached Leo's ears. If it had, Leo wouldn't even have gone near "her" with a ten-foot pole. Nothing about hating drag queens, of course. That just wasn't the way that Leo rolled.

"Hello there, girl," Leo said as he slid up in front of the "woman." "What's a pretty young thing like you doing here in the garages all alone? Are you alone or are you looking for someone?"

The "woman" looked more surprised that Leo had actually recognized "her" rather than the fact that he had just tried to chat "her" up. "Leo!" "she" exclaimed.

"Yup, that's me. Leonidas Baxter, Fleftic businessman, former basketball player and currently NSSCRA team owner," Leo said with his most charming smile. "Sure, my team is only in the Everlong Series right now, but we've already had a race win this season!"

"Leo! Is me! Kai Qiang!" the "woman" said.

"Oh, okay, girl," Leo nodded. "I get it. You're not interested. That's fine, I understand. But you don't have to say you're Kai Qiang just to tell me no!"

"No, Leo! Is really me! Kai Qiang! I Kai Qiang!" Then Qiang removed his wig, and suddenly Leo realized his mistake. "Oh!" Leo said. "Oh. Wow. Holy shit. Wow. Whoever does your makeup and clothes really knows what they're doing. I really mistook you for a girl there for a minute. And, like, I know that you like to dress in drag before, but never on a race day! So what's changed now?"

"I lose bet," Qiang replied. "I made bet with Brooke and Houston. First couple wins races, loser wears drag. Brooke win Exhibition and Houston win Kimi, so I wear drag now. That's the story."

"Oh, okay," Leo nodded. Right at that moment, Leo saw the aforementioned couple, Jeremiah Brooke and Stacie Houston, walking towards Qiang. They also noticed Leo and waved hi at him, and Leo waved back as a courtesy to the two. "Listen, Qiang, I have to go," he said. "I think I need to take a cold shower or something."

When Leo got back to the garages reserved for the UrGa drivers, he was greeted by a roaring bout of laughter from Guillermo Archer, the retired driver turned drivers' technical adviser for UrGa. "The fuck you laughing at?" Leo asked him angrily.

"I see you've finally met Kami Qiang Senior," Gil replied through his own laughter.

"You knew about this?!" Leo said. "Why the fuck didn't you tell me about it?"

"Hey man, I just found out about it myself," Gil shrugged. "I was gonna tell you but you were already hitting on "her" by then."

"Then why didn't you stop me?" Leo wanted to know.

"I don't know too," Gil shrugged again. "Maybe I just like seeing a NSSCRA team owner hit on a NSSCRA driver."

"Screw you, man," Leo said, flipping the bird at Gil. "I'm gonna go take a shower to take my mind off of Qiang in drag!"

"You do that," Gil said. "And you know what else you should do? You better pray that that Tsunopin weirdo doesn't hear about this incident, or else you're gonna end up on his next NSSCRA fanfic!"

"Oh, fuck you, Archer! Fuck you, fuck Tsunopin, fuck Qiang, fuck everybody in this fucking series!"

by **Kimi-Suomi** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 12:08 pm

A letter to Thea Alvarez, written in English and delivered discreetly, by an engineer from HM-38, to an engineer at GFR-46. The author knows that her situation is not the same as the one they know by heart, but they hope that saying something may provide some inspiration for the future.

Dear Thea,

I know what you might be thinking - and I get it. You want to be left alone as you try to get out of the rut you find yourself in right now and I totally understand. You may also ask why I, of all people, should be writing to you about this - and I get that. This is none of my business and I totally get that. If you get angry with me, if you want to punch me in the face after reading this and if you don't want to see me again - then I would understand and respect your wishes.

But what I also know is that things are not OK. As a TJUN-ian, we are known for knowing when things are not right and well...things are not right, aren't they? I know I, someone who never really presents themselves in the public eye at all, have no authority when it comes to something like this...but I felt that if I reached out...I don't know...maybe it will help? I know it's not my place...but I feel it is the right thing to do.

I can understand that you may feel...puzzled right now. Confused as to why you are not performing to your best week to week. Angry as you try to figure out what is going wrong and just simply...wondering if you are OK. You may have many questions about why this is happening to you and what can be done, if anything, to get your season back on track. You may feel the pressure of all of your fans and your team upon your shoulders and you may feel...hopeless.

But that is perfectly fine, Thea. It's natural to feel upset about this and...don't feel that you are alone in this. We, as racing drivers, face a lot of pressure in this sport - to control our machines to utter perfection, to beat out some of the best in the world to claim both race wins and that crown at the end of the road - and it's perfectly normal that all that pressure, all of that attention via the press and social media, can get to you and make you feel like utter crap. We are all subject to the world's watching eye and while you certainly get a lot more than me, it still all hurts the same.

But in this time, where everything feels like it is going wrong and nothing can get better, you have to remember who you are Thea and what you've already done for GFR, for Saint Kanye and for women's sport as a whole. I don't have that luxury - all my memories are filled with pain and struggling with the swords at my back - but you...you have done so, so much in this sport already. You've won so many races that I couldn't keep track, reached many a postseason and almost won it all not that long ago. You are an inspiration to millions of women and girls around the world both through Girls Will Code and through your driving, many people inspired by seeing a woman constantly competing for that flag and for that crown. I may be a simple driver, but you are a racing megastar and an icon of this sport. Everyone knows who you are and how brilliant you are at driving and no one can take that away from you...not even yourself.

I know things may seem tough right now...but a lot of people, both at GFR and across the gird, would be happy to help and support you. Brooke and Houston are obvious but so is Ilya Tsunopin...who was practically clamouring to try and help you back in Kimi-Suomi. Sage is still there at Direwolf, JR is kind as well...heck, even HM would talk if you want. Maybe even me...I'd do that because, like this letter, I know it would be the right thing to do.

Two proverbs from my people come to mind in this situation. First, 逆来顺受 - "adversity come follow receive" - it means to take things as they come and I hope you take things as they come as well. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒 could also fit, meaning "It takes more than one cold day for the river to freeze three feet deep". It's basically the same as "Rome wasn't built in a day" - Long-term efforts can contribute to achievement.

I'd better end it here, else I waste paper on repeating the same message over and over again. I hope this letter does something but if not, I'll be fine with that. The letter you and your teammates sent me really helped with getting through the rough start...maybe you could consider this a return of the favour.

You can do this. I know you can.

- #38 (三十八)

P.S. I didn't add my name to this letter because that isn't important...making sure you are OK is.

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