NSSCRA 16- Everything Thread (IC Only!)

[Hapilopper]

Tundra Falls Proving Grounds, Tundra Falls, Newmanistan
The Proving Grounds Exhibition – the last lap
Anyone watching the last lap of the Proving Grounds Exhibition knew that when the white flag came out, Drake Stevenson was screwed. It was the polar opposite of the situation he had been in the last time NSSCRA raced on the Proving Grounds – where he was in the middle of a powder keg, trying to figure a way to get around Jeremiah Brooke. But this time Drake was leading as the last lap came out, and there were groups that had gotten together to slingshot their way around the defending series champion.

Right behind the 81 were two of three drivers from Jaguar Racing, Maddison Riley-Jones and Alfonso Mercado. Tsering Chu and Yi Tan from the Sherpa Empire were nearby as well. Drake’s allies, Taylor Stevenson and Rinzi Zakhilwal, were too far back to mount a challenge, but it’d be worth a shot. Waiting in the wings in case things got pear-shaped up front, Lam Chow-Cheung, Gwen Tracer Allison, Shark Suzgar, one of the Cocoabos and Ongmu Yeti, waiting for a possible collision on the last lap.

Drake took one look at his rear-view mirror and shook his head. He could try to block the Jaguar Express coming up on his inside, but doing so would cause a dangerous proposition. What if they weren’t clear? The last thing Drake wanted to do was cause a massive accident, let alone send Riley-Jones flying through the air and into a nearby hospital. He’d make a move to defend but he wasn’t going to cause an enormous accident. Not hardly.

That’s the thing many years of oval track experience gave Drake – was the ability to go as close to the edge of over-aggressive driving as he could, without going over. Without being a hazard to himself or anyone else. His record proved it, too. The only driver he had really moved out of the way with his bumper was Jeremiah Brooke just a few months ago, and even then, Drake would tell close friends that even that was payback for a year before in Jalton.

As the snarling pack of 200-mph monsters rounded the second turn and onto the backstraight, the moves started. Drake anticipated a move to the inside, and as expected, Riley-Jones moved low. But to Drake’s shock, that was a fake – and Riley-Jones went high. The power of the draft allowed her to slingshot right by and take the lead. If Drake dared block, the cars would have made contact. Riley-Jones would have for certain spun in front of the entire pack, possibly taking as many as 20 cars out along the backstraight going into turn three. Or maybe Drake might have spun off to the inside, the car might have lifted off the ground and tumbled end-over-end on the backstraight going into turn three.

Either way, Drake knew he was screwed, the race was over for him as far was winning was concerned. But he still could get second – and he could still fend off Alfonso Mercado. For the last half-lap of the race, Drake had one eye on the road ahead of him, one eye on the rear-view mirror to see where Mercado was. All the while, spotter Banjo Williams, one of those poor bastards tasked with the unenviable task of keeping his eye on his driver and his surroundings, was barking instructions, letting his driver know where the rest of the field was. Fortunately, it worked, and Drake was able to fend off Mercado by about one foot as that snarling pack made it to the line.

You’d think Drake was mad about losing – but he actually wasn’t. The onboard camera caught a smile on his face as he let off the gas. He could respect a good move when he saw it. After the race, he went over to Riley-Jones and congratulated her.

“That was a fuckin’ sexy move you pulled, Riley,” Drake said to Riley-Jones in victory lane, loud enough for the world’s microphones to hear. “Good stuff. Well done.”

A little back in the pack, Taylor Stevenson had a smile on her face too, even though you couldn’t see it through her full-face helmet. It was the first time in several years she had been in an actual competitive race, and damn she did good. About two laps into the race, when she was starting to move her way up through the field – behind Riley-Jones, past Rechois Ghrenzeusen, past Barnabas Mate and past Kizara Mo’aaki, Taylor realized that everything was OK. This was where she belonged. And god damn it, it felt so good.

So to come across the line in 8th – even in spite of hip-checking both Tsering Chu and Yi Tan in that desperate last run to the flag – was a magnificent feeling. To her fans back home, it felt like a victory – that yes, their driver, Taylor – HENDO, they still knew her as – was still that wild, exciting, ultra-aggressive driver they paid to see and felt they got more than their money’s worth.

It wasn’t often late in her first run as a NSSCRA driver to see her smiling, as happy as she was at this moment. After all, that last season for her was marred with trouble, marred with controversy and not in a good way. She felt like she didn’t belong and wanted out. Those feelings were far in the rear-view mirror as she slowly drove down pit road after the race, following the directions of the NSSCRA official behind the wall. She actually felt good about competing again.

And any idea about Team Blue not supporting her went away the second she walked into the Team Blue Center post-race, when she was mobbed by most of the team – mechanics, pit crew, well-wishers. So many of them.

“Where’s Drake?” Taylor asked.

“He’ll be along,” Al Shelton replied. “He’s got to do media for finishing 2nd, but he’ll be along.”

That night, after the grandstands cleared out and after the track closed for the night, Drake and Taylor took a stroll down pit road. Most of the media had left for the evening, or were on the way back home. Most of Team Blue, if they weren’t at a nearby watering hole schmoozing with locals (and getting them to listen to bullshit racing stories from years gone by), were enjoying themselves in the Team Blue Center. Drake and Taylor, meanwhile, were by themselves, and away from all the maddening crowds.

“Well?” Drake asked. “Did you miss it?”

“Yeah,” Taylor responded. “I did. I didn’t realize how much I actually did.”

“I missed you out there too,” Drake said. “Of all the folks I got to race with, you’re the best.”

[Edsmontik]

NOT BAD, BUT QUESTIONABLE
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All three Edsmon racers, after being brought over to "The Proving Grounds" in Newmanistan, had their qualifying runs.
Oh boy, was it bad.
Finishing with a 59.131 second time for qualifying, Derdhem Oberheimen shocked the Edsmon fans.
Even though it was 34th in terms of all of the other racers, he did the best out of all three.
And what's even crazier, Edsmontiks supposed "best driver" took the most time of the three, with a 1:00.262 time.
Today, Strovach Firwirtz will meet with Oberheimen to discuss his great performance during qualifying.

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Strovach: Welcome, Derdhem, I'm glad to see you here today.

Derdhem: Thanks for having me, Strovach.

Strovach: Okay. So, our team noticed your great performance compared to the other two Edsmons at the proving ground in Newmanistan. What are your thoughts on it?

Derdhem: Well, I didn't expect to top the others at the Proving Grounds, but I am a little upset that I won't be appearing in the first race. Going back to the qualifying, I guess my racing line and quick control during the turns gave me advantage over the other Edsmons.

Strovach: Okay, going to the race tomorrow, what do you think will be happening, and who will win?

Derdhem: I really have to wish Rechois best of luck. But as for the team I really know will win, it has to be Drake Stevenson on the Hapilopper team, he's been one of my idols.

Strovach: I completely agree! Anything else?

Derdhem: Well, I want to make a few thoughts about the upcoming Everlong race as well.

Strovach: Alright, what do you have to say?

Derdhem: I'm very positive that our teammates at the EdsmonAIR RA will grab a top 10 finish, as in the first games of the ESCRA, they've already won their first race. Lightning fast pit stops, quick decisions, I really think that if we can't win something in the multiversal, they'll grab something in the Everlong.

Strovach: I agree. As we wait for the races, we have lots of hope for our teams. This is Strovach Firwirtz signing off.

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A DISASTER, AND A KIND OF SUCCESS
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PART 1: PIT LANE HAVOC (MULTIVERSAL)
"Alright boys, here comes Ghrenzeusen."
The number 85 shined as Ghrenzeusen turned into pit lane, followed by a few other cars.
He had little to no success during the race, and needed a quick pit stop to push himself ahead.
Being the only Edsmon driver on that track, things weren't looking exactly top tier.
As soon as Rechois slammed the brakes, the four men came in.
"Lift it up!"
*BRRRRR!*
*BRRRRRRR!*
*BRRR!*
The sounds of the guns whirred as the team did their job, and soon, they were on the left side about to finish.
"Woohoo! Keep it up! Come on!"
Just before the wheels were placed, a small slip of the jack led to the wheel-less left side of the car to slam onto the ground.
"Oh no."
The other cars were leaving the pits, and here was Modesich RT struggling to lift the car up.
"We need another jack, dammit!"
"YOU JUST DROPPED THE CAR AGAIN!"
"NO I DIDN'T! THAT WAS HIM!"
"I'm the fuel man, how is this my fault?"
The team was arguing left and right, before finally the car was back up.
New wheels in, and the car was off.
And a frustrated team watched as Ghrenzeusen took off, attempting to catch up.
The 85 was no longer shining.
As the race ended, Ghrenzeusen passed the line in 36th, lucky to not be in last.

PART 2: TOP TIER FINISH (EVERLONG)
The iS engine roared down the final laps of the track.
Rehtrevisoar pushed the car hard, using his experience to swerve around his opponents.
He slowly gained positions, hopping up into 6th as two laps remained.
Not too far back in 17th was Viktohesen, who just came out of a mishap of a pit stop and needed time to get back up.
Many laps ago, Beirborgd came crashing after his left front tire popped and his car was thrown off the track by the drivers who couldn't slow down quick enough to avoid him spinning out.
Back to Rehtrevisoar, he gained another position, pushing against both Salo and Ruusuvuori, who are Kini-Suomian drivers in front of him.
As the checkered flag was nearing, Rehtrevisoar's fuel drained, and his pedal was right on the floor.
He pushed and pushed, and soon...
"Wooo! What a finish. 5th isn't bad at all!"
"Great job Ghred, now just wait for the rest of them to finish."
Ghred Retrevisoar was the last driver expected to get a high position here.
5th of all.
As he pulled back into pit lane, the EdsmonAIR team chanted.
Viktohesen gave him a fist bump, and the team was off to take some interviews.

PART 2.1: SPIN OUT, BANG
If we turn back time, we can see as Beirborgd crashed.
But how did it happen? We're here to see.
Around lap 102, Beirborgd skipped right past the pits, attempting to make it to the pits next lap in quick fashion, giving himself a lead.
This was a common Edsmon tactic, hold your fuel and tires until the lap after the majority pits.
In the ESCRA, it worked pretty well.
For Beirborgd, he was in a rush, and he refused new tires.
Believing that he still had the wheels for another few laps, he took off, gaining many positions and catching up to the last-placers.
All went well, as he held pole and soared past the few, but then, it struck.
On lap 104, his front left tire began to deflate, followed by his rear right.
Then the other tires began deflating.
Beirborgd fell to 5th, slowly making his way across.
But he couldn't give up the top five, and he floored the car.
That was his biggest mistake, as seconds later, the damaged tire exploded, getting stuck in the car frame and causing it to spin out.
Then, the two drivers behind him rammed into his, causing him to continue spinning.
It just became a disaster.
Cars swerved off the track to avoid him, as chaos unfolded and Beirborgd's car slightly lifted into the air and came slamming back down.
Beirborgd was the only driver who couldn't continue anymore.
Looking back at the footage, EdsmonAIR RA determined that Beirborgd's need to lead the race even though worn affected the crash by a lot.
If Beirborgd had just pitted again during lap 103, things would have gone fine, but he didn't.
And so, he crashed, ending that race for him.

RACE RESULTS
MULTIVERSAL
- #85 Rechois GHRENZEUSEN - 36th Place - Avg. 60.225
EVERLONG
- #89 Ghred REHTREVISOAR - 5th Place - Avg. 57.309
- #86 Demener VIKTOHESEN - 15th Place - Avg. 57.612
- #87 Salzen BEIRBORGD - DNF - Avg. 1:02.160

[Aphrilia]

DRW RACE RESULTS (EXHIBITION)
Rivier: 18th to 29th

De Soubre: DNS

Nimrac: 31st to DNF

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It was only the exhibition, many said. A no-points race shouldn't matter that much, right?

That's what everyone says. But for DRW, it's always a moment to see how prepared the team is and... Safe to say, they maybe overestimated things. Rivier went down from 18th in qualifying to 29th in the actual race, and the talk of the team itself was Nimrac's qualifying knocking out De Soubre from even starting in the race. It proved fruitless as the former would end up DNF'ing during the race itself. Team pit stops looked shaky and orders on the radio were slightly scatter-brained at times. This wasn't a good beginning, yes, but the team in it's entirety have been assuring the fans that this is new season nerves, and that they'll (Hopefully) get things together by the Tundra Falls 500.

"It's a shame I couldn't get to be in the race, but I'm working on it." De Soubre says, during an interview. "I think the objective for DRW is to at least get the three of us into the race a few times. I'm working on my stock car driving, Nimrac too, so we'll see how things progress throughout the season." He added on to his first sentence. This season progression should also be noted on the crews, as inside the team, Andrew Coupe who had been DRW's Head of Engineering was now De Soubre's crew chief and Helena Corvanne was also rather young for a crew chief as well. It wasn't just the drivers that needed to pull their weight, but the pit crew and the rest of the team brass as well.

We wish they do it sooner than later. If this team wants to become the NSSCRA Team of the Future, as some had titled them to be, they will have to start getting their act quickly. If Rivier wants to get that breakthrough to the top, he'll have to claw his way through. And if De Soubre wants to prove that he can be competitive in stock cars, he's going to need to actually qualify into the races themselves. But if there's anything DRW can handle, it would be pressure. We'll just have to see if they or the press crack first.

THE TEXT BOX
The box where a lucky question asked by a fan gets answered by our drivers (OOC: I'm open for questions from anyone and who to answer them, by the way!)

FOR RIVIER: How far do you think you'll go this season?
"As far as I can go. There's pressure on me, with many saying I'll win my first race. Who'll knows what will happen, so I'll let time tell. I'm definitely trying my hardest for it though!"

FOR DE SOUBRE: Tea or coffee?
"Coffee. I don't have tea very often, as I always get coffee whenever I can. It's kind of an obscure fact that I'm an addict to coffee, but you could definitely tell if you were hanging out around me. I typically prefer stronger doses, but anything with some milk and sugar aren't that bad either from time to time. It's just my personal taste."

FOR NIMRAC: Some predictions say if Ilya Tsunopin wins a race, he'll go do something that gets NSSCRA kicked off multiple national television channels. Thoughts?
"Not sure what to say. I know he has a reputation of some sorts, something about being risque, so I have a guess on what he'll do if he does get that win. Honestly I think if I end up getting a laugh from it I wouldn't mind. I've seen a lot of funny stuff in racing even though the Exhibition was my first race in years. Though the repercussions of it... That's for Tsunopin to deal later."

[Valentine Z]

The Valentians – Part 1 – New Faces, Rearranged Faces, Familiar Faces.

Valentijn “De Sierlijke en Vrij Valkyrie General ov Valentine Z” Samantha Maxwell Delta Weston Stijn Angelus Tracey Mitchell Tristian Marnix Basilisk Lewis Hyatt X. Constantine Sein Lin Zaw Naing, in her relatively normal size for a Valentian human, walked up to Lightning Zhang and offering him a firm but friendly handshake. “Ahhh, Mr. Zhang! It’s such a pleasure to see and meet you, and of course, to certainly have you on our team,” Valentijn announced. The two, along with the other Valentian staffs and drivers, would then introduce themselves as well. “This is our first time having a fellow non-Valentian in our team. Not in a negative way, of course not! We’ve always been eager and have been trying to get foreigners into our teams and to work together with them. We have had success with MeowMeow Racing for Grand Prix, not so with Basketball of World Cup. Still, that is for another time. For the time being, I would like to introduce you to the rest of the folks here. In the main team, you have Clarissa, Marcus, Eveline (who also don’t mind being called Gwen still, it is still her name, after all), Holly, Anna, and Jamie. Then in other league, Everlong, you have myself, you, Michelle, Jolyn, Adriana, and Duruljiayiji. We will also be assigning you the staff, of course – crew chief, crew members, the whole nine yards.” Valentijn paused for a moment, pacing slowly.

Zhang raised his hand to indicate that he wanted to speak, not wanting to cut Valentijn off mid-sentence. “Excuse me, but would it be possible to have my brother Thunder spot for me? He was my spotter at Beiyang, and he came with me when I started racing in IRACT. We’re very close.” Valentijn nodded and continued on, “Ahh, we can certainly do that, no worries! Typically we might have an interview – nothing against you all, of course. But hey, all of this paperwork and all that can be a bit obstructive, so I will let Eveline handle this one. Please do tell her where your brother is, and she will approach him and do the necessary checks. If all goes well – which it should, we will be able to have him there after the Proving Grounds. I am not sure if we will have the time to have him in the Exhibition. Either way, to end it off – yes! Your brother can absolutely be there. We are cool with it!” she paused again, looking and checking the room as she noticed some of the Valentian staff members taking the notes, she decided to slow down and give them some time. “Oh, right, in the meantime… I nearly forgot the big detail,” she continued on with a smile, “We have also set up practice cabinets and a lounge for you. Here, please do allow us to show the place,” they walked up a lounge, having went past the rooms of the other Valentian drivers across all seasons and events.

The lounge had the typical dimensions that is expected of a Valentian one. Approximately 200 square meters, the lounge is equipped with basic amenities – relatively large living room with a television that covers over thousands of channels all over Valentine Z (even some Martian ones); a large bathroom with a shower and a bathtub which had safety warnings to make sure people don’t drown in it; a large Queen-sized Valentian bed, with its mattress now one of the unexpected exports of Valentine Z; a personal gym with some weights and a treadmill; last but not least, the arcade cabinet-style trainer that can load up many of the NSSCRA courses, along with some domestic ones, in order for Zhang to train on. The cabinet has also been adjusted for his size. “Of course, a cabinet being here does not mean that you are restricted to here,” Valentijn added on, “If you would like to train with the rest of us, feel free to!” The tour around the Valentian racing headquarters went on for a couple more minutes before ending with lunch. Valentijn asked for Zhang’s dietary requirements or preferences, and with that set, they went on to have a lunch, also organized and paid for. In her typical fashion, Valkyrie Valentijn went with some chicken biryani for herself, while Zhang would be offered some sweet and sour chicken with rice, the former being large, crispy pieces.

After that, the Valentians, along with Zhang, would make their way to the dropship, which is how the Valentians would go from one place to another interdimensionally or to other countries, provided they got the relevant clearance in order to visit these other places. The dropship is stripped off of weapons save for a purely defensive barrier that is used for interdimensional portals. It has enough capacity to carry hundreds of Valentian personnel, even letting Valentijn be riding on it in her original size and height. At that point, Lightning Zhang would be handed a keycard that he can use to access various places and facilities in the dropship. He would have access to his own room, on top of the common areas such as living rooms, foyers, and bathrooms. While not barred from any rooms by measure, it is more of a security measure to ensure that, for example, only pilots will be able to access the ship cockpit, or that the portal control to Valentine Z (and to the other worlds and dimensions) are not tempered with or misused. All this aside, Valentijn ensured him that his time here would not be filled with paperwork and borders, and that she hoped that Zhang will enjoy his time here, even. “I cannot wait for the first time that we will be racing together as a team. And of course, goes without saying – you can count on all of us (including the Gardeners) in the field.

Chief Aviator Eveline Gwen Tracer Hepburn “Fate of Existence and the Omniverse” Ellen Trixie Caitlin Foxworthy Avril Verlene Celinda Sammy Doris T-Rev Oxton Arielle Lindall Leslie Vitesse Allison, in the meantime, was writing to and having discussions with the NSSCRA officials [OOCly to Newmanistan too, if the following is okay] as to if she can wear her armor to the race. The armor – while one of a kind – can have its damages mitigated and reversed by Eveline’s time powers, so its damage and destruction from testing or battles is a non-issue. Point being, “You are all free to run your own tests like you would with the firesuit. This has been with me for countless years, and even after getting it recently, the armor has served me well throughout countless systems. It can withstand temperatures ranging from 0.0001 Kelvins to 1e+30 Kelvins, has withstood g-forces exceeding 5 million (I absolutely do not recommend as an experience), and have shrugged off various bullets, and so on. Not that guns and bullets will be a concern in NSSCRA, but note that it will still be important to have protection against errant debris. The only flaw is that it does not come with a helmet, but for that I am able to wear my own, naturally.” Eveline signed off with her name, citing the T&C that the officials are free to do every form of testing needed on the armor that Eveline’s proposing to wear to the future races. “As stated, in the event that the suit got damaged or destroyed, just let me know. I will reverse the effects and hey, it will be good as new! No loss from my side at all! And with that, cheers!”

Commissioned by Lolwutburger.

[Garden at 6th Mile Road]

The Gardeners – Part 1 – The Basics and The Beginnings. [An excuse to update the factbooks of The Sixty, really.]

Vice Foresittend Jolyn Maxine Caulfield Moira “Неуловимая, Женщина-шпион” Marlene Wendy Lucille Lapis Jill Khorosheva Vin. Zolina łnt. Natasha Vasilisa Helen Ceeta Tescelyn Maximovna’s report has once again been due for an overhaul, and we have been trying our best to update hers, along with the rest of the Sixty. Perhaps this is a good time and opportunity as any other. As we go through the season, we will be providing Jolyn’s backstory and how she came to be as what is possibly an interesting set of career choices – from her time studying peacefully, to a spy, to the Vice Foresittend (Vice President) of Victoriaans Nederlands (consisting of Valentine Z Russia, on top of a couple of other territories), teacher, and then Head Minister of Education. Her career is one of intrigue and fascination, and with the Valentians having come to terms with the absolute fullest history of their world, and with the old powers and countries being effectively dead along with their leaders, Jolyn’s history can be told in full with little to even no censorship needed – perhaps the first for such a figure with a lot of involvement in world of espionages. As a result, and once again, please do enjoy Jolyn’s story as we go through the season. In terms of racing, the Gardeners are hoping for a breakthrough, perhaps the first ever Gardener in the Chase, and even possibly a champion.

Name: Vice Foresittend Jolyn Maxine Caulfield Moira “Неуловимая, Женщина-шпион” Marlene Wendy Lucille Lapis Jill Khorosheva Vin. Zolina łnt. Natasha Vasilisa Helen Ceeta Tescelyn Maximovna
Height:

• 648,61 centimeters (21 ft 3.4 in) (Valentian Era, Universe Scaling)
• 243,84 centimeters (8 ft. 0 in.) (Valentian Era)
• 182,88 centimeters (6 ft. 0 in.) (Pre-Valentian Era)

Year of Birth: 1964
Nation of origin / Nationality / Ethnicity / Race: Russian

Personnel Report

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Jolyn Maxine Moira Wendy Helen Ceeta Tescelyn Maximovna, along with many other names, is a Valentian that is currently serving as the Vice Foresittend (Vice President) of autonomous region that is Victoriaans Nederlands, together with Marcus Alan Ariel Chua Shi Hui who is the Foresittend. Known for her intelligence, prudence, and all-around curiousness, Jolyn has a varying amount of knowledge – from broad but well-informed, to extremely in-depth and extended, in most fields and topics that is found in Valentine Z and even in other worlds. From her starting career as a teacher in a local school, to a budding and very eventful career as a spy and a field agent, and then back to the education system as the Head of the Valentian Ministry of Education, Jolyn’s story is one of action and thrills, along with heartwarming moments as she worked together with her fellow coworkers for the students and children of Valentine Z. Jolyn is also able to speak in a multitude of languages – attitude that started off early in the Pre-Valentian Era as part of her espionage career, but then saw further usage and appreciation in Valentine Z.

[The 14 Stars]

Polestar Racing introduction



Polestar Racing is a team under influence of the Orion Group the most powerful company in the Starsian nation led by Multi Trillionaire Jacob Orion who despite his age has taken over the business fairly well from his father.
He is a man who is strict and demanding but also with a feeling for justice and able to see things from diffrent angles making him an outstanding strategic business owner who has made his company double in size within mere years.
Now he owns a racing team its pretty diffrent, he has not done many interviews but recently he sat down to comment on him aquiring the rights to Polestar Racing and what the racing business could mean to The 14 Stars.

Jacob Orion quotes: ''When i was asked whether i would want to own a racing team i did not even know it was a legit sport let alone stock car racing being as big as it turns out to be, however i am not all about business its also about having some fun with that money you got.
I wanted to experiment a bit so i said i'd buy not knowing what would come of it, however seeing everyone work so hard on those cars and the drivers working relentlessly to improve their skill makes me very proud of this team too.

I hope Polestar Racing can start to make waves and popularize stock car racing and racing in general, i think it is important that we start taking it serious as a sport because our people have the talent but lack the experience.
I don't know what the future holds but im glad to be the owner of such a wonderful international operation.''


Meet the Staff!

Owner: Jacob Orion (40)
General manager NSSCRA: Liam Gord (45)
General manager Everlong: Emily Greene (41)
Driver Development coach NSSCRA: Joshua Fuentes Sr. (48)
Driver Development coach Everlong: Daniela Morgan (39)

Liam Gord is your average allround manager he manages the day to day business of the team, he has a past owning a dirt racing team domestically so when he got the opportunity for something even bigger he couldn't say no.
He is pretty tough not someone to pick fights with but he will respect good efforts, hes also the also the son of former dirt racing pioneer Derrick Gord who was one of the first dirt racers that brought fame to the sport.

Emily Greene used to be a country-wide manager for stores that sold coffee, hot chocolate and other drinks but she has no history in racing of any sorts but shes an expert in financial management and press moments.
She can speak very well in front of large crowds and loves working with youthful people who are full of ideas and creativity, she has an innovative nature and will oversee the day to day operations of the Everlong wing.

Joshua Fuentes as a dirt racing champion has name and fame hes the father of Joshua Fuentes Jr. who is racing in NSSCRA and he is a spotter for his son and also a driver development coach for the NSSCRA drivers.
He helps them on a personal level and on a team level to improve as people and driver, he has years of experience in the business and knows the right people making him the best fit for the job which requires a long racing history to be good at.

Daniela Morgan is a still active dirt track racer with a part time schedule, she has been doing okay domestically a solid mid-pack driver but nothing special, however as a veteran in the sport she knows the ins and outs of racing.
Daniela has to work with the young Everlong squad to improve their skill and make them more confident, Daniela may not match them in pure skill but she can talk as an equal to them and her experience will make her respected and listened to.

Meet the NSSCRA Drivers!

Lola Grant



Number: 22
Age: 18
NSSCRA starts: 0
NSSCRA wins: 0
Everlong starts: 0
Everlong wins: 0
Crew chief: Kate Richardson (42)
Spotter: Rebecca Dean (38)
Driving style: Daring
Personality:
Lola is a personality that shows as much as her racing, she does certainly not mind taking a risk, she has a confident attitude but is far from arrogant as she clearly understands the fine line running between those two.
She is a real racer with confidence and attitude on the track but off track her kind smile and warm social personality are likely to make anyone feel at ease to approach and talk with her as she isnt as intense as others.
Lola has a good hard working mentality, she knows victories especially for a rookie like her wont come easily and she is willing to work very hard for those results to start showing spending every bit of free time at the track to improve her skill.
Shes also pretty much a team player however she is the driver and she will make her team know it, her talent is what they need to actually get results in the race but Lola gives credit to those who deserve it and often visits the shop to see how they are doing, its for her a way to understand them and for the team to build confidence and interact with their driver aswell.

History:
Lola was born in a middle class family hardworking parents who owned a retail store that sold household applications among other things, they were very happy with such a lovely daughter who would go on to reach her own greatness.
They had started the business after Lola's father could no longer continue his job in the military due to his mental state, he had suffered great mental problems from what he had seen during the Starsian invasions of other countries and he currently has the aid he needs to function.
Lola grew up and got introduced to karting at a young age at a birthday party of a friend of hers, she was immediately sold on racing and it seemed like it all was pretty natural for her the coordination the vision and her friends were quite impressed when she finished 1st on her very first ever try at it and the volunteers at the track had seen that too.
One of them an older man named Richard had seen it and told her that she had a pretty natural feeling for the kart and should consider actually trying out a competitive race which Lola ofcourse as a little kid loved to hear and she brought that news home.
Her parents were less covinced though, it was an expensive sport and asked alot of effort and money that they didnt have, they did allow her to do more karting at the local track and even paid the entrance fee for her to join in a local race at that same track.
Lola easily won that race and this attracted the attention of a local businessman who agreed to sponsor her, this took the money barrier away and her parents finally reluctantly agreed on letting her pursue this dream as long as she also completed her education.

Lola promised her parents she wouldnt slack off in school and pursued her racing career as she grew up karting winning race after race she even aquired a national championship at age 14 and age 16 which she was very happy with, those were the biggest moments in her life as she had a bright future in racing and wanted to make the sport bigger.
When Lola turned 18 the option to race in a faraway country known as Patriotlandia (actual NS country) came across and she immediately accepted it ofcourse joining her new team and becoming a steady top 10 contender and noting down a 2nd place finish as highest that season which caught the eye of many people including Joshua Fuentes Sr. and Jacob Orion who were busy assembling Polestar Racing.
They asked her to become the main driver for the team and she immediately agreed even if she had never raced stock cars before but Lola knew that this was gonna be her big break to the international stage.
She had not known many drivers outside The 14 Stars except one person named Thea Alvarez, her name was big for anyone who had done karting before she was pretty legendary and the chance to share the track with such a legend, an opportunity Lola couldn't pass ofcourse!


Liangmei Li

Picture coming from Sherpa, all credits going to them ofcourse just putting that out here!



Number: 80
Age: 30
NSSCRA starts: -
NSSCRA wins: -
Everlong starts: -
Everlong wins: -
Crew chief: Flora Hansen (45)
Spotter: Jack Feldt (39)
Driving style: Experienced
Personality:
There is alot known about Liangmei Li's past but currently it looks like there is a more composed driver standing with us, one that knows when to use the attitude and slight arrogance that still lingers perhaps.
It takes plenty of years to understand oneself, Liangmei Li likely needed those years to find herself but with her experience in the NSSCRA its valuable to have her on the team and with her pretty interesting characteristics she can both give competition to people like Lola but also support younger drivers so they can develop into the drivers that we want to them to become.

History:
Because in Starsian records no recording of Li's past is we start at where she was signed, there was a need to for a good driver and an experienced driver who really knew the ins and outs of NSSCRA and the right people.
They did not have to be a super big or fancy name but someone who could help the other drivers forward but also give them fierce competition to make them desire improvement in their own skill and Polestar Racing ended up at the contact details of Liangmei Li.
At first it seemed like she wasnt really interested because lets be honest, a random team from a random country you never heard of calls you asking if you wanna drive NSSCRA for them and you wont even be the first driver at all.

However Li as old as she was had likely more things to do then running a full NSSCRA schedule so by pure chance running a schedule where she didnt always have to race and also could go home early if she didn't qualify felt like a better option.
A reluctant agree was what we received and we invited her over to the HQ and there when she saw the amount of investment and technology going into these cars convinced her that this wasnt a nobody's team but a serious team owned by a serious owner and managed by serious people who all had the same goal of popularizing this sport in their country and make their mark in NSSCRA.
When she met the drivers she at first was kinda looked at with suspicion as being a foreigner but that changed into respect when she displayed her skill and experience and to her surprise all drivers they had natively werent that bad either.

Sure they were raw talents and inexperienced but Li could see that given enough time....there may be hope for them and helping them seemed like a honorable cause something she'd certainly wanna have a part in.

Joshua Fuentes Jr.



Number: 54
Age: 20
NSSCRA starts: 0
NSSCRA wins: 0
Everlong starts: 0
Everlong wins: 0
Crew chief: Roberto Batanero (49)
Spotter: Joshua Fuentes sr. (48)
Driving style: Professional
Personality:
Joshua Fuentes Jr has a heavy burden on his shoulders, he is the one who is always compared to his father the 5 time dirt track champion something he really hates because he is his own person in his own right.
Joshua started dirt track racing aswell and excelled making the comparisons obvious but he was awful when it came to media appearances getting himself in trouble more then he will like to admit to you.
He is a friendly and usually calm man with a professional attitude but he also knows that he wants to be diffrent, when he was offered this place as 3rd driver in the NSSCRA series he immediately took it, he knew he probably wasnt good at it but he desired diffrence.
His father supported him ofcourse but also placed expectations on him, he feels often stressed and pressued and has more worries then fun in racing, he has never known his mom which he also seems to struggle with....a complicated man with a tough past chained by his fathers accomplishments in the sport he also excels in.

History:
When he was born his parents were happy but his mother left quickly in his first few years....his father never told him why and there is much mystery surrounding the dissapearance of her and why she did that.
He grew up as a rich son getting what he wanted even though he never asked for alot, he liked racing too but he didnt like the expectations and he could become very annoyed if people did that even wrecking some people in his childhood who took it to far.
He went to a private school and had a good education graduating with exceptional preformance as he currently studies Law uses racing more as a means to pay off his study debt then to achieve anything.
He loved racing when he was young spent everyday at the track but in his teenage years he grew to hate it....pressure from his team, his sponsors and also his father it all went over and across in hate but not towards his dad but to racing as a whole.
When he got this offer to drive NSSCRA he accepted it but not with the intention of a long stay, he wanted to use it finance his ambitions in a normal life and his racing talent could help him gain the funds he needed because his dad refused to pay for it.
When he met the other drivers he wasnt really interested in communicating with them but reluctantly became friends with Everlong driver Arthur Frost who was a tough no nonsense guy who just like him had a tough exterior but a softer inner layer.

Meet the Everlong Series Drivers!

Julian Seitz



Number: 17
Age: 17
NSSCRA starts: 0
NSSCRA wins: 0
Everlong starts: 0
Everlong wins: 0
Crew chief: Marian Fincke (41)
Spotter: Fabio Rodenberg (34)
Driving style: Confident
Personality:
Julian Seitz is a very confident young man even more then Lola Grant, he knows hes a good driver and maybe even the best in the country at the moment making it very easy to fall into arrogance but none of that.
He is a respectful, kind and humble man who works hard for the status he has and with his parents owning mechanic store he has been around big cars ever since he was young being allowed in the garage since he was only 4 years old.
Julian Seitz is still studying, hes eager to learn and always involved in what happens in his team wanting to communicate well with his team making him a team player and also someone earning alot of respect in the garage.
With someone like Julian honesty is important, he values real and honest people and yes he will make the daring moves but he will not wreck you he will not annoy you on the track he just wants to go out there, drive hard and if possible win the race.

History:
Seitz has been with his parents in the garage since age 4 where all people who came for car reparations looked at the adorable toddler looking at the cars with big eyes taking in the loud sounds and smell of gasoline.
Julian grew up going to a public school, his parents were not poor but they wanted their son to socialize, make friends and experience the real life as every other kid even if they could afford more with the profits they made from their business which they had expanded to multiple stores across the country each with their own specialization in terms of reparations.
Seitz made many friends and was very good in technical subjects but also things like chemistry, maths and physics were things he was greatly interested in to the surprise of his friends who found all those subjects very hard to grasp, Julian passed primary school with ease and got into karts at first when he was 6 and did this until he was 12 also racing Lola Grant a few times and Julian always bested her but his form was not as consistent as Lola's yet which made him switch to dirt cars once he turned 12.
He grew up with secondary school and dirt racing with stronger and better cars and when he was 15 started doing what some call late models being one of the first people to really get into stock car racing and he greatly excelled in the sport even winning a championship regionally.
Julian finished secondary school early because of his academic success aswell and he started a study in engineering which he hopes to complete next year to follow it up with going to the university to further specialize himself in engineering.
He has a special timetable that allows him to combine school and his racing career and internships are often done within his own work in racing and all these factors allowed him to be asked for the NSSCRA Everlong team.
He is supposed to move up next season to the cup series team because hes simply too good for the Everlong series but takes this season to learn, gain experience and also get used to international competition which will be better the domestically.

Arthur Frost



Number: 28
Age: 18
NSSCRA starts: 0
NSSCRA wins: 0
Everlong starts: 0
Everlong wins: 0
Crew chief: Peter Gray (55)
Spotter: Jamie Palmer (29)
Driving style: Rough
Personality:
Yeah Arthur Frost is a tough guy hes no nonsense and very direct in your face, he will speak his mind even if it causes a ton of drama because he simply doesnt care about how people see him or how hes pictured.
Frost comes from the high north were you learn to be tough, strong and independent however he is not rude he has a well founded respect for his team and the boss aswell as older drivers like Liangmei Li and he is willing to learn to improve.
With his sharp comments and calculated approach Frost knows very well what hes doing and hes the one who can bring the chaos, stir up things and really make things go diffrent but right now he also still has the worries of every young adult, school, finances and more.
He loves on the track to make it as hard for you as it can be, he wont let you lap him if he can prevent it and even if hes a lap down he will atleast try to race you for a few laps before he gives way, thats his style and if you piss him off....well goodluck because you're gonna end up in that outside by a most realistically looking accident that may or may not be intentional.
Off track he doesnt seek friendship or companionship but hes been friends with Fuentes Jr. he thinks Fuentes Jr. also has the toughness he got in him and they share a lack of care about the racing and how clean it should be.

History:
Arthur Frost was born in the high north, not much is known about his parents but the north is not very forgiving with its cold temperatures and also the wild animals and snowstorms that are not uncommon.
By this logic Arthur was raised to be strong and as all children they had extensive sports lessons and Arthurt excelled in those as he gained strength in a proper way, he went to public school not much special his family had always been middle class, by the time he was a teenager he started getting into racing when he was on a holiday in the southern regions of the country.
He drove a pretty good lap by accident and after some searching he also found a few tracks in the north and competed there which he all won easily and at the same time his father introduced him to hunting.
Arthur loves hunting he does it in his free time and hes very good at it, when you're with him you always have a good diner because he often uses what he catches for food finding it the most respectable way to use an animal rather then just letting it lay there in the snow.
Anyways on the track he improved too and his strength on track even if it was very rough racing earned him a contract with Polestar who he thought could bring his racing skill up and make him even more famous.
Arthur wanted to make racing his job but his rough personality made it tough, he currently studies security and law enforcement funnily enough and he hopes to join the military after he graduates this year which makes his future with Polestar also unsure if he does join the military as he could be sent out to neighbouring nations.

Yuelia ''Jue'' Viole


Number:
Age: 16
NSSCRA starts: 0
NSSCRA wins: 0
Everlong starts: 0
Everlong wins: 0
Crew chief: Laura Pearce (45)
Spotter: Cailyn Decker (36)
Driving style: Agressive
Personality:
She is the most sweet girl you will ever meet, she is kind beyond limits and has a golden heart with a helpful character and deep understanding at a young age it makes her a person that will grab your attention if you meet her.
Shes very social aswell, Yuelia can make friends with everyone she is not often offended and is very eager to learn and willing to receive help where she needs it as everything going on around this girl is very chaotic and big due to her amazing prescence.
Yuelia was nicknamed ''The Angel'' for a reason because of her beautiful angelic smile but also her unlimited kindness and calm soothing voice that can put everyone at ease when she speaks with clearness but also capable of being deeply serious if she has to.
On the track she is diffrent though, she is a very agressive driver and she doesnt take any prisoners.
Yuelia always seeks to drive hard give everything she can and push her limits even if this brings her in sometimes risky situations, shes still a bit of a chaotic girl who is pretty much all over the place with her energetic and cheerful prescence on the race track, on the track her energy is very diffrent and her charming but also close to arrogant side seems to really shine rather then her angelic and calm side.

Because she has literally success in everything she does Yuelia is very full of herself, she doesnt know failure and even if she fails it is for her a step up to something better but never does she speak about failure.
Due to her young age she also isnt as wise as others and on the track with the media sometimes her comments are not as smart as she thinks they are or she makes bold statements while they dont always have the wishes effect on the receiver.
Yuelia is two sided but behind this pretty face also plenty of problems go hidden, her personal life is heavily guarded both due to her age aswell as per her own request as she states she prefers keeping personal life and racing life seperated.

History:
Originally she was born as Yuelia Maria Angelica Viole however as time progressed she herself found her name too long and shortened it to Yuelia Viole when she went to primary private school among the rich and famous.
Her parents were rich yes, her father was a surgeon who often was home late and worked hard to make people better, improve people's lives a noble job Yuelia thought although perhaps not something she would wanna do herself when she grew up likely.
Her mother on the other hand was a whole diffrent story, her mother was a singer who also did a modelling career and roles as actress making money of the fact she was very beautiful and could also sing pretty well was a nice bonus because the other careers earned her more.
These lives made it so that Yuelia spend most of her time in daycare at young age, her parents were rarely home and when they were home they still were busy with work making calls, sending mails attending video meetings and whatnot.
Yuelia at home had all the toys she asked for, a large room plenty of space in the garden but it did not really feel happy for her, primary school also saw her struggle as most children came from rich family's but Yuelia belonged to a small group of elite families, ones that stood above the rich even because of their fame or their money and in Yuelia's case it was her mothers fame.

Yuelia finished primary school and one day when she was about 12 years old saw a race on TV she liked how fast those cars were zooming past and asked her parents if she could do racing as a sport.
Her parents didnt wanna agree at first but Yuelia kept asking and they were at one point so done with it that they gave in hoping she would fail miserably so they could move on but Yuelia did not fail in her first local race with smaller child friendly vehicles.
Yuelia broke the god damn track record immediately on her first lap and won the race by lapping the whole field twice unlike anyone had seen before and the owner of the track told her parents that their daughter seemed to have a natural gift for it.
Yuelia talked with her parents later about it and they made a deal, Yuelia was allowed to pursue her dream of racing but she would have to keep doing well in school and also accept the other career she had been offered.
Yuelia because of her mother had inherited pretty much her mothers beauty and she pretty much looked like a little angel, a big company had offered Yuelia a career as model just like her mother and wanting to race she had to sign that contract aswell because her mom wanted her too which Yuelia agreed to and this meant she would also get to do national shows but only a limited amount because again her age.

Yuelia grew up as she competed on a national level in stock car racing also racing against Julian Seitz who she became friends with early on much to the annoyance of her parents and at age 16 Yuelia really made her career choice.
Polestar racing offered her a contract to become the 1st Everlong series driver for their team....this was very big because she would break the multiversal record of being the youngest competitor ever in the series, Yuelia ofcourse signed before she even told her parents who were not too happy to say it carefully but since she had already signed they let her compete, their thought was that racing on such a high level also was a form of fame and that it couldn't damage the family name much if she became famous in her own way.

Yuelia always had been worked against and ignored by her parents so she doesnt like them, when she met her team it was like a warm bath and she quickly made friends especially with Liangmei Li who she seemed to have a bit in common with.
Yuelia's past for the multiversal world is pretty much unknown, one would have to search very deep to find it but behind Yuelia's pretty face alot of emotions less pretty hide.....its a matter of time before they may or may not surface.
Yuelia also shortened her name to Jue because her friends always called her ''Jue'' or ''Yue'' as you would pronounce it and thats how she got the name Yuelia ''Jue'' Viole.

[Newmanistan]

Tyler Sullivan was having a decent day in the Exhibition at the Proving Grounds, and in fact many of the Rocket Motorsports drivers seemed to be running well at their home track. Well, of course, is a subjective word, but with Calhoun and Sullivan in the top 20 with forty laps to go, it looked like maybe Amanda McAllister was right. Travis Barkley was not running quite as well, but had his moments in the top 20 over the course of the race.

With 38 to go, Sullivan was the ninth car in line on the outside, so 18th overall. Daryl Calhoun was right in front of him, so it seemed like the perfect time to jump out of line and try to get a third lane going with his teammate. The 39 of Rustam Ilyich Yudin was behind Sullivan, and Tyler knew that he could not necessarily count on Yudin to go with him, he was hoping. If not Yudin, then maybe one of the other drivers that were behind him. With Calhoun obviously going to go along with it, it seemed like the team was in good position. Surely, the drivers from the other teams would see the value of helping the Newmanistanians in Newmanistan.

Sullivan went three wide. And, oof, that was a mistake. Not even Calhoun pulled out, leaving Tyler on an island. With no one to draft with, Sullivan quickly fell to the rear of the field, and he did not have pleasant things to say on the radio. He did not really direct them at Calhoun, but to everyone else, “Not a damn other driver out here wants to help us. It’s been like this all race long. No one wants to draft with us. All we can do is just follow other people. We have great cars.” His crew chief tried to calm him down, and it was at that point that Sullivan requested to find out Daryl Calhoun did not go with him.

Three laps later, he got the answer, “Daryl knew no one would go with you two. He hated seeing you pull out like that. He was pretty much saying the same thing that you were, that no one wants to draft with you guys all and you guys could do was follow.” Sullivan accepted the response, but never recovered. After the race, Daryl, Tyler, and Travis Barkley talked to Amanda McAllister about the lack of help, and over the course of the week, the race team has tried to make their cars better based on what they learned.

On the Thursday of race week, Amanda put out a request to other drivers, “Don’t be afraid to draft with our drivers. They know this race track, even if you think you know it by experience, they have been racing it on since they were kids. We have cars that are capable of winning, but when I look at what happened to Tyler with 38 laps to go, it makes me realize how much of an island that we are on!”

[TJUN-ia]

This blog was written by Derrick Carlisle, Jaguar Racing's Social Media Manager
Home of the Season X ECS and Season 13 MCS Champions

And so, it is back to traditional startups once again. I know a lot has changed over the offseason but despite all of that, we always start with the exact same thing - Round 0. No points on the line, just a chance to get used to the new look grid and how things may end up shaking out in the 26 races that are ahead. Everyone was looking to do something here, but what would happen at this tutorial level?

Prospect Showcase Qualifying
The Prospect Showcase at The Proving Grounds Presented by Rocket Automotive would start off with the first Qualifying session in T2 history with a Top 46 Rule in place - which was certainly going to make things ten times as chaotic. Colin Meredith would end up taking this test pole over Michelle Kass Evelyn Vítková Pavlína and Olavi Vile Ruusuvuori with Kaarina Salo in 10th, Axel Chase in P20, Gongming Gao in P29, Alice Jepkosgei in P31 and Georg Lundberg in P34. Out of the eight drivers who would have to sit this race, the biggest shock would be the one in dead last - Rockii Ezis.

Exhibition Qualifying
A lot of newness all around here in T1 and that would cause a lot of intrigue heading into Qualifying. Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha Harumi would end up on pole over Drake Stevenson and River 'Shark' Suzgar II in a session that wouldn't make sense to someone who didn't pay attention during the offseason. Michael Stefan would put the #07 in P7, Alfonso Mercado would be 12th and Maddison Riley-Jones didn't exactly have fun and would start from P34. For our Ffrindiau Ddraig at HM, Aurélia Karvonen actually led the way as the best non-charter in P10 with Lam Chow-Cheung in P14, while Ilmari Pëkannen couldn't get a clean run at all and would end up missing out on this event. Jamie Izabella Marie Astrid Eirian (P11), Agata Kosaryova (P17), Cocoabo #28 (P19), Travis Barkley (P24), Koshiro Kawai (P26), Yi Tan (P27), Ongmu Yeti (P28), Lexi Patterson (P29) and Marine Capucin (P30) did make it in however. Newmanistan had first dibs on Open Charters but as Barkley made it in, only Tyler Sullivan needed one to start 40th. The final spot would go to the next best non-charter - so Christian Nimrac made it in and started P31.

Prospect Showcase at The Proving Grounds Presented by Rocket Automotive
T2 race time and amidst 6 retirements in this race, Meredith ended up converting pole to the win over a Ddraig 2-3-4 of AJ, OVR and Salo. AxChase and Georg Lundberg could've made this a 2-3-4-5-6, but he was beaten to 5th by the surprise of the day in the form of debutant Ghred Rehtrevisoar of Edsmontik. Gongming Gao was the odd one out, down in P27. If the NSSCRA Manufacturer's Championship, presented by Views of Time (Tuairimí an Ama) was open for this race, your Top 5 would be Preston-Ddraig-Acade-Eveline-Kissan. But we'll start this for real next week.

Exhibition at The Proving Grounds Presented by Rocket Automotive
The main event itself, the Exhibition, was always going to be a show - one where the early signs of the 26 races to come may appear on the horizon - but in this racing debut, the Ddraig Llywelyn shone...maybe a bit too brightly, if you don't want the conspiracy theories to start flying. In a race that saw eight cars leave before halfway and then no more for the rest of the race, Karvonen was the lowest of the Ddraigs...in P15. Stefan was down in P13 which isn't too bad at all, just behind the best non-charter in the form of Yi Tan in 9th. Up towards the front, it was a tight one as three of our cars were trying to take on each other and the defending champion heading into the final few laps. Lam had a bit more ground to make up so had to settle for 4th, leaving both Mercado and MRJ to face the defending champion. Exiting turn two, Drake was anticipating an inside move from MRJ and it looked to be heading that way...until MRJ read the defending champion like a book by shooting up his outside. The Exhibition Juke, as those back home would call it, would be enough to shoot MRJ towards the win while Mercado was held off and had to settle for 3rd. Drake himself called the move "fuckin’ sexy" and it certainly was. What a way to welcome in the Ddraig era of Jaguar Racing...with a Dragon Hat on the top step of the podium!

Testing is over, practice is sorted. From this point on, points will be on the line no matter what. In the NMC, the Top 5 could've been Ddraig-Preston-Eveline-Dart-AutoModi...with a big emphasis on could.
From now on, the battle must begin. Because heavy is the crown, after all...

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Current MCS Standings: #07 - N/A (0pts)/#64 - N/A (0pts)/#03 - N/A (0pts/+Ex.)
Current ECS Standings: #96 - N/A (0pts)/#70 - N/A (0pts)/#79 - N/A (0pts)
Next MCS Race: Tundra Falls 500, Tundra Falls Proving Grounds, Newmanistan
Next ECS Race: Tundra Falls 400, Tundra Falls Proving Grounds, Newmanistan
Music of the Round V: Linkin Park - Heavy Is The Crown (SUD/GAM/JPN)
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NSSCRA Manufacturer's Championship, presented by Views of Time (Tuairimí an Ama)
MCS Top 5: N/A
ECS Top 5: N/A

[The Great Lakes and St Lawrence River]

On a quiet Thursday before they departed for Tundra Falls, Gichigami Racing went ashore to test their cars at a small local track near the shores of Lake Superior. It was in an area that the fish of Lake Superior claimed as their "territorial lands," but the human population considered it part of Wisconsin. Regardless, it was a convenient place to put the cars on dry land and see how they drove. Gilli'i and Gasha were pretty happy with the cars. Ongmu seemed like she was having a harder time getting back into the swing of things, and she complained that her car was too loose.

But the real drama started when Alyssa Smith walked into the garage and found one of the eels from the technical team floating upside down at the top of their tank. "Lynn? Oh my God!" She ran over to get a closer look. "Please tell me you're not dead!"

"I'm sorry.... I accidentally shocked them," Jacquelyn Electric confessed sheepishly.

"You WHAT???"

"I accidentally shocked them. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. I got startled and then next thing I know..."

"Okay, you need your own tank even for short day trips!" Alyssa said angrily. She picked the unconscious eel out of the top of the tank to see if it was still alive. "Lynn, are you okay?"

Alex Eel, who was sitting on a tabletop outside the tank to avoid any more accidental shocks, lifted their head and spoke up: "They need one of those air bubblers to blow oxygen over their gills until they wake up. I think we've got one over there."

They set up the bubbler, moved the electric eel away from the other eels and their computers, and hoped for the best.

Alyssa and the merfolk were very careful as they helped Jacquelyn out to her car when it was her turn to drive some practice laps. When they came out to the track, Gasha was pulled over talking to her crew, Gilli'i and Ongmu were circling the track practicing drafting together, and Deinonychus was behind them struggling to stay in line and keep pace. At first, this all seemed pretty normal, but then Jennifer Merman noticed why Deinonychus was having such a hard time staying in line. She picked up the radio.

"Deinonychus, are you holding the steering wheel in your mouth?"

"Mm huh... Um a nuh suppose uh?" Deinonychus responded. It was hard to pronounce the words when he had a steering wheel stuck in his mouth.

Jennifer rolled her eyes like she thought he was a complete moron. "You're supposed to use your HANDS!"

Deinonychus put his claws on the wheel so he could take it out of his mouth without crashing. "My hands are sore because I've been holding the wheel for a long time and I don't have thumbs!" he explained.

"You're going to have to get used to it," said Jennifer. "You can't drive with your teeth!"

Alyssa buried her face in her hands. "Tell him to park the car. I need to talk to him."

Deinonychus parked the car and Alyssa told him in no uncertain terms, he needed to drive with his hands. He could wrap his claws if he needed more padding to grip the wheel comfortably.

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By the day of the Exhibition at the Proving Grounds, things were coming together a little better. The crew had done some work on Ongmu's car, and she seemed happier with it. Lynn Eel was recovering at an underwater hospital in Muddy Bottom, Gichigami. Jacquelyn was traveling in a separate tank from all of the aquatic crewmembers and electronic equipment, and neither she nor Deinonychus was going to actually race. Gilli'i, Ongmu, and Kosaryova all got a good reception from the fans in Tundra Falls. Gilli'i was still popular with the fans who had been following the sport for a long time and remembered his glory days at VTM. Ongmu attracted families who were introducing their kids to NSSCRA. Even young children who had never been to a race before still thought it was cool to meet a real live yeti. Kosaryova had the smallest following of the three, but some people took advantage of that to strike up friendly conversations while Gilli'i and Ongmu were too busy.

The race itself went decently. Yraaga Gilli'i had a close call in which he had to swerve to avoid the disabled car of rookie driver Raahil Siniramin, but the rest of the race was relatively uneventful for the Gichigami drivers. They still had not quite perfected everything to the same level as the top teams, but they were close enough to be competitive if they kept working at it.

[Aphrilia]

What happens when you push yourself to your own limits, time and time again?

Typically it's either because you're getting older and still want to compete, thus you often push yourself to the limits of your capabilities to stay competitive. Or that you're not good enough yet and thus you push yourself to compensate for that lack of skill. Nathaniel Van De Soubre didn't fall in either of these categories and yet he still pushed himself. Well, he didn't until he started racing stock cars, where it was clear that he wasn't going to get to grips with the new machinery as quickly as he thought he would.

During the off-season here and there, he, Rivier, and Nimrac would do tests with last season's car on track. On the simulator, he'd go for pretty much double the amount of laps he'd typically put in. He did his best to stay fit and healthy, and overall, it seems as if everything should be going right. But that, in the end, is only in theory.

Him not qualifying for even the Exhibition was a bit of a slap to the face.

Panicking about your bad form so early on into the season shouldn't be happening. But De Soubre had expectations to upkeep. If he doesn't fulfill them, things might go awry. He's here to prove that he can drive stock cars, he's here to prove the doubters wrong. He's here for a Round Two. What would be the use of having such goals if he can't even qualify for the actual races? The season was still so long and yet there already was a sense of dread inside of him. He can't really help himself, not ever since a certain crash long ago...

It felt like that moment changed his mindset. Thus, perhaps the problem lies mentally? That's what he mused to himself. Which is why he denied the opportunity to hang out with Rivier and Nimrac in favor of doing a real practice session with last season's car. Even if his country no longer existed, the Athearan mentality of facing your issues head on still did.

The Dartsfield-Hyperpower Circuit was a road course, and it wasn't a long one either. But Nathaniel just needed to get used to driving this massive hunk of metal. Lap after lap he did, with a few close calls. From evening to when the moon was in the sky, he pushed vigorously until he could feel the exhaustion. This did worry the crew that he had. Crew chief especially.

Andrew Coupe never thought he would become a crew chief. All his life he had only focused on becoming an engineer, not the guy who watches over the engineer's of the crew. And now, he probably landed up with the most "problematic" of DRW's three drivers. Problematic in the sense that they'll die if they push themselves too hard. Yet despite that, he knows of his responsibility to look after not just his crew, but also his driver. When he was told that he'd be De Soubre's crew chief, he spent a lot of time studying the Athearan.

How he raced, what he liked, his origins, everything. While this transfer of jobs felt like a demotion, he didn't mind it. The thought of hearing the engines roaring on the track and the pressure on him, it was entirely new. And he liked it. He wants to continue experiencing it, but first, he had to deal with the current issue on hand. When De Soubre entered the pits to finish his test...

Coupe himself went to the car and handed De Soubre a bottle of cold chocolate milk.

"Good laps out there Nate," Coupe said with a tint of satisfaction within his voice. "Lap times are about as good as they can get." He added on whilst Nathaniel drank the milk. A cold drink after such activities is always great. But knowing his coffee addiction, Coupe decided to get milk instead since De Soubre needs to rest up after this.

"Thanks Andrew. Appreciate it." Was the reply Nathaniel gave after drinking from the bottle. A thin and subtle veil of anger, worry, and discontent could be felt in the Athearan's voice. This would be a season where this situation of his would be present throughout. Coupe signaled his crew to wrap things up before speaking to Nathaniel again.

"Look mate. You're probably stressed or angry, maybe both. But the season is long, way long. You shouldn't let this get to you, and I know you're probably also angry at the fact that this is getting to you. You'll do great, I have your back. Just go out there and do your best, show them what you have. Now, go take a cold shower and rest up."

Nathaniel could only nod at what Andrew said.

[Kimi-Suomi]

After an offseason with so many changes, the time has come to do this song and dance all over again. Hello, my name is Mätiyäs Eskolinen and, if you need any introduction, I consider myself an expert in all things moottoriurheilua Kimi-Suomessa...or so I claim. Every year, I come on here and try and predict the NSSCRA season - starting here with who I feel will make the T1 Chase. But there have been so many changes between last season and this one, that I really had to think about what I was going to put in this prediction. When three of the biggest names in the sport all leave after the final race, that certainly causes chaos...so what does that do to my calculations?

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If They Ain't In, Something Went Horribly Wrong/Jos He Eivät Ole Mukana, Jokin Meni Hirveän Pieleen
Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)
Michael Stefan (JYK-inen/TJUN-ia)
Rinzi Aogar Zakhilwal (Hapilopper)
Tsering Chu (Sherpa-Imperiumi/The Sherpa Empire)
Alfonso Mercado (JYK-inen/TJUN-ia)
Eveline Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton Hepburn (Valentine Z)
Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha Harumi (Valentine Z)
River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilaye)
No Qiang, No Brooke, No Houston, No GFR. That certainly does change the calculations a bit. In this new reality, I will keep my faith in Mercado but only just. Compared with last season I have added Tracer, Big Blue and the Shark into the top tier and I feel confident in those picks. Now watch them all be on the bubble when we reach Tropicoast.

More Than Likely/Enemmän Kuin Todennäköistä
Thea Alvarez (69X)
Taylor Stevenson (née Henderson)* (Hapilopper)
Maddison Riley-Jones (JYK-inen/TJUN-ia)
Islago Tizilna (Vilaye)
The only reason Alvarez isn't in the tier above is because of the fact she's just moved over to Team Tsunopin and that's it. Taylor's back and barring disaster, she should be back in her place as a top contender...but getting used to driving again after a long break means she's only here. MRJ (the Exhibition winner) and Tizilna both made it last season, so I have to back them this time.
*the addition of the née is because of a law in both JYK-inen and Kimi-Suomi where by any surname change must be indicated with the née for up to one year after the change. She will be just referred to as Taylor Stevenson if she comes back in NSSCRA 17.

The Final Four/Finaali Neljä
Lam Chow-Cheung (Kimi-Suomi)
Yraaga Gilli'i (Suuret Järvet ja St Lawrence-joki/The Great Lakes and St Lawrence River)
Ilya Tsunopin (69X)
Aurélia Karvonen (Kimi-Suomi)
Bold, I know right? Look, I know it is hip to back the home team...but I am serious when I say that the missing faces means that LCC has no excuse to miss out. If they do, then something is clearly wrong over there. I think Gilli'i will earn Fitz Motors a first-ever playoff appearance and as for both Tsunopin and Karvonen, these non-charters can certainly fight back and so I think both of them will be in this conversation...especially with the Kimi-Suomen Sprintti being the week after Tundra Falls.

First Four Out/Ensimmäinen Neljä Ulos
Holly Aurora Lapia Radiant Starlight (Puutarha Osoitteessa 6. Mailin Tie/Garden at 6th Mile Road)
Alexander Rivier (Aphrilinen/Aphrilia)
Centur Tiones (Tropicorp)
Jade Umbra (Sherpa-Imperiumi/The Sherpa Empire)
These names may surprise, or could simple crash and burn. Out of these four, I think Tiones and Rivier have the best opportunity to prove me wrong. Jade Umbra has big shoes to fill but while I don't think she'll make playoffs, she'll certainly be respectable on debut.

Ones To Watch/Katsottavia
Daryl Calhoun (Newmanistan)
Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)
Koshiro Kawai (Abanhfleft)
Marcus Alan Ariel Haydn Chua Shu Hui (Valentine Z)
Lola Grant (14 Tähteä/The 14 Stars)
If I get anything wrong above, these guys may have caused it. Marcus is an unknown quantity in my book while you never know what the Fleftic cars can bring. Daryl Calhoun has the talent to finally take Rocket Motorsports, the team from the home of NSSCRA management, to the Chase...its just about if he can break through the curse this team seems to be in. A special shoutout will go to Lola Grant of Polestar Racing, who I think is destined for great things. Keep an eye on that #22, she may surprise you...

First Tier Questions/Ensimmäisen Tason Kysymykset
What will Ilmari Pëkannen do? - A few Top 5s here and there, Top 30 in points.
Who wins the NSSCRA Manufacturer's Championship in T1? - Preston (just)
Some bonus questions for T1 here. For Ilmari, his mission is to simply qualify for races and go as far as he can, but I do think he will make a step up. As for the new NMC Derrick Carlisle has introduced, Eveline would've won it if we were running last season...but I feel Preston has more firepower in their ranks to take the innaugual edition of this system.

Second Tier Questions/Toisen Tason Kysymykset
How many HMT2 cars will make the Chase? - Three
Regular Season Placement? - Salo P6, OVR P10, Lundberg P15
Who wins the NSSCRA Manufacturer's Championship in T2? - Ddraig in a nailbitter
T2 has undergone some serious changes of their own. The biggest field in T2 history means no one is safe from the new eight-car Drop Zone in Qulaifying until the Chase itself - so the potential for chaos has increased fivefold. With that said, I am actually confident all three of the HMT2 cars will make it in - as they did last season. As for the first ever T2 NMC, I think both ourselves and JRT2 combined will do enough to carry the debuting Ddraig to this crown. But don't be surprised if there are less than 10 points in this.

So that's the setup...that is what I think will happen over the next 16 races. This will probably look dumb come Tropicoast...but considering all the changes, would you even be surprised? See you all at halfway for a check-up...Menen rukoilemaan ainakin jonkin verran tarkkuutta.

[Aji No Moto]

It is just race 0 and the personnel at Kissan Motorsport are concerned on the organization's performance.

The competitiveness of the NSSCRA teams at the Multiversal series level was not accounted for the #00 team, with Sayoko not having a charter, she was not fast enough to make it to last Sunday's exhibition race. Her stablemate Tsuneyuki had it worse, and having a charter for the #0 team saved his blunders, as he had a stinker of a qualifying run, being the second slowest of all chartered teams and fourth slowest overall.

In the race itself Tsuneyuki would have a quiet Sunday, staying in the draft with the other Kissan of Barnabas Mate, however, the latter's early DNF would cause him to lose his primary drafting partner, and he would be lost in the pecking order, struggling to stay in the lead lap in most green flag runs. He would finish the race in 32nd place of 46 race participants. Not bad for KISMO's full time return, but it would be a long way to get back to NSSCRA 6-levels of competitiveness, when the organization knows they are capable of logging top tens and compete for race wins.

It did not help that the Arakaze had been very outdated compared to other organizations' race cars, having been stored in KISMO's haulers for 4 years with no activity or refresh, as the nation had to participate in the war involving Filindostan and Sangti. It was after all the Badai Angin event massacre that the Ajians had to be involved, as several key personnel, including Tsutomu Sugiyama, and the newly engaged racing couple, Eiji Ibi and Chiemi Hino, were killed in that mishap. Hiromu Sugiyama, in multiple years, has contemplated closing down the racing organization for good, but pressure from Kissan Motors and Kawagishi Steel forced his hand to return to competition.

Another factor is the tyre situation the organization had. KISMO was supposed to run with Tropicorp Sifakas this season. However, complications arising from their technical partnership with Deutschmagyar Mate-Karlux Rennunternehmen (DMKR), who were bankrolled by their own Solymok Tyres, prevented this arrangement. The Gergarian tyre company simply said "Take our tyres or you can forget about our partnership", and DMKR were prepared to run Gepards in the two NSSCRA racing series. but KISMO caving in to the demands of Solymok pushed the partnership through.

The last factor the organization may consider is the driver situation. Stock car racing is not prevalent in Aji No Moto, with companies investing heavily on open wheel racing, and motorcycling. They may know Shuhei Kamado who is the most popular Ajian racing driver and slated for a career in WGPC racing, but even the most hardcore of race fans know Tsuneyuki as a sports car racing driver and not a stock car racing driver. And don't get us started with Sayoko, given the Noda Clan's Ayakashi Energy Drink brand being heavily involved with the team, even more than their previous sponsorship on NSSCRA 6 where their funding only lasted one season, and this ended KISMO's involvement in NSSCRA for a while after Season 6.

Heck, even Ajian media outlets who were present for the season opening in Newmanistan had Sayoko spotted in a mall 20 kilometers away from Tundra Falls with her personal assistants during the Multiversal series exhibition race, but the organization cannot do anything at all about this behavior, because they know the financial implications of not having the team compete week in, week out. They have already decided that they will request an open charter for the #00 at Gergary and Aji No Moto, but these races may be the only ones Sayoko participates in if she would not take stock car racing seriously.

[The Jade Order]

Prologue

DRAGON’S ASCENT
PREFIX: THE WORLD

The Map

There are five major players in the world that The Jade Order inhabits, in the continent of Analia. To understand the story of Dragon's Ascent, it's imperative to know the context in which it is written, the players involved, and the delicate balance that is politics in Analia.

JADE EMPIRE
Form of Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Head of Government: Emperor Gong Soon (controlled by The Council of Seven)
Capital: Okkyung
Population Rank: 3rd (approx. 100 million)
Economy Rank: 3rd
Technology Rank: 2nd
Military Rank: 2nd
Summary: A proud people, The Jade Empire may be middle of the pack in Analia in terms of Population and Economy, but make up for it in their well-run military and up-to-date technology programs. Currently ruled by the Council of Seven that control the Jade Emperor, infighting among the Council and the Council's paranoia of losing their power back to the throne has made the country very isolationist and rather prickly to deal with. Their closest allies are the Three Turtles, and the border friction between then and the Xiang Dynasty has only been getting worse in recent years after the appointment of Gong Soon, which the Xiang does not acknowledge. There are rumors of a lost royal relative that is biding their time to return and save the once proud Empire...

KHABARI HORDE
Form of Government: Tribal Khanate
Head of Government: Khan Temuge Otichigin
Capital: Kyudol
Population Rank: 1st (approx. 250 million)
Economy Rank: 4th
Technology Rank: 4th
Military Rank: 1st
Summary: In the Great Southern Desert, the Khabari Horde, a warring people of historic horse-riders, have enjoyed relative peace for the last three centuries. They don't venture north, and the Northern Kingdoms let the Khanate do what it wants down south. The cultural differences between the Khanate and the rest of Analia is immense. With food becoming more and more scarce due to the heat, the Khanate has been forced to get back into international politics in the last decade, leveraging its military might and the fact that they outnumber everyone to try to get better technology. One of the greatest fears of the Northern Kingdoms is that the Khanate will one day decide that they are done talking and decide to conquer instead. Cooler heads have prevailed at this point, but things may reach a point where there is no other recourse.

THREE TURTLES
Form of Government: Theocracy
Head of Government: Hierarch Miska al-Baddour
Capital: Sensopol
Population Rank: 5th (approx. 10 million)
Economy Rank: 1st
Technology Rank: 1st
Military Rank: 5th
Summary: A religious theocracy in the eastern end of the continent, the Three Turtles are known for two things: their religious extremism and their booming economy. Leaders in both the trade of precious metals, spice, and exotic goods, the Three Turtles always have to competing factors - the merchants that try to make as much money as possible, and the religious elite that try to push the Faith of the Divine. Hierarch Miska al-Baddour has been the first Hierarch to decree that the military of the Three Turtles must grow, leading to the Judicators increasing from an elite troop of 30,000 to over 100,000. With the Faith of the Divine starting to gain traction in both the Jade Empire and elements of the Khabari Horde, there are worries in the rest of the continent that a Holy Crusade could be issued - furthering not only the religious goals of the Three Turtles but the economic ones as well. They are way too valuable to let any other nation take over, but with the Theocracy starting to leverage their status, more interesting days lie ahead.

WAN KINGDOM
Form of Government: Feudal Kingdom
Head of Government: King Kuroba Iemitsu
Capital: Junpo
Population Rank: 4th (approx. 60 million)
Economy Rank: 5th
Technology Rank: 3rd
Military Rank: 4th
Summary: An island Kingdom that mostly keeps to its own, the Wan Kingdom has never been conquered by any nation from the mainland due to two factors: a strong navy and the seas around the Kingdom. Quenta Mountains are impassable to the north, and all other ways to the Wan Kingdom are heavily guarded. The most isolationist of all of the countries in Analia, King Kuroba Iemitsu has been trying to convince the rest of the ruling class to get back into the international mix. They're a proud people of artisans, inventors, and warriors that need a push from the outside world to get to the next step - or they will be left behind forever.

XIANG DYNASTY
Form of Government: Divine Monarchy
Head of Government: Divine Emperor
Capital: Xichen
Population Rank: 2nd (approx. 150 million)
Economy Rank: 2nd
Technology Rank: 5th
Military Rank: 3rd
Summary: The major antagonist of Analia, the Xiang Dynasty believe that they have a divine right to take over the rest of the continent. There is no set timeline for this divine right, but they will eventually see it to fruition. This writ has made it so that other countries are less inclined to share much with them, leading the Xiang to utilize their bountiful natural resources (lumber, ore, and the like) to bring others to the negotiation table. The Xiang do not recognize the current government of the Jade Empire as legitimate, leading to friction between two nations that have had three major wars between them. They are the #1 enemy of the Three Turtles due to their heretical beliefs, and remain the biggest threat to any attempt by the Khabari Horde to establish a foothold in the Northern Kingdoms.

[Quebec and Shingoryeo]

Three years have passed since GreGG's Team Salamantel had last thrown their wheels at an NSSCRA circuit. The long break, of course, made sense when you'd think about the nature of the circuit. The lengthy nature of the NSSCRA schedule, where twenty-seven races would be played over the course of two to three year period, had no doubt made it a challenge to organise in every capacity, and with the participating teams and racers also having their personal lives to deal with, especially as the core group of racers had started to age [and in some cases, age out with retirements both quiet and boisterous to follow].

In any case, however, it was all was too clear after GTS's first race back that so much had to be worked back for the Quebecois team to find their motion. First of the issues was that the team had experienced major changes with its racers and teams. Part of the GTS's troubles last season was the relative volatility and the resulting underachievement of the racers. While the team icon Malo 'Bo' Boludo had stepped back in his responsibilities by giving up his guaranteed charter in hopes he'd be able to provide more of a supporting role, the other two racers hadn't exactly followed it up with first-timer Thierry Seok-Zanutel failing to convert his guaranteed charter into a podium finish and Hong Baek-Man only finding himself on trouble for his divorce and off-circuit affairs. And while the GTS board had no issues with problematic racers, considering their known interests in acquiring the services of Sherpalander playboy Wang Anjiao, they weren't so convinced with the results they were getting from either Thierry, who seemed to be spending more time on the motorcycles than his car, or Hong, whose latest affair with a naval officer would get into trouble with the team's longtime sponsor, former naval commander Prince Laurent.

So back to the drawing board it was for the GreGG's Team Salamantel, as they would try their best to figure out their roster before returning to the sixteenth season of the NSSCRA. First of the task was to figure out who their ace driver is. After spending a season more or less on limbo, and increasingly zoned out from his previous rivalry with Ilya Tsunopin, Malo 'Bo' Boludo had decided to return to the GTS as their lead driver, coming with it a guaranteed charter into the race proper. 'I think it's not a bad idea to come back after all, especially now that my son Canarito's twelve,' said Bo at the preseason race conference in Tundra Falls, Newmanistan. 'I have spent most of last season deciding on where my future stood, especially with how everything seemed so up in the air for both the NSSCRA and the WSRC. It's natural for myself, someone who's on the older side of the racers now, to take it season-by-season.

'Of course, it took a lot of time for me and Charlotte my wife to figure out where we stood with our respective careers. We are parents of two children now, and have lots of off-circuit responsibilities too,' he added. 'That said, at the end of the day, it only felt right that we come back as the lead driver for the Team Salamantel racing team and wear the Tricolour Taegeuk flag one more time.'

So Bo Boludo came back, and with relative confidence to mark. Now the task was to figure out who would be the other two racers on the team. Both the joint crew chief Charlotte DeFitzLawrence and the Team Principal Leandro Caceres III had agreed that with the team having suffered from 'way too much smoke' and 'way too little results', the best outcome was to get proven racers with a positive track record. Fortunately for them, the second racer was a fairly obvious pick. After some deliberations, the GTS had agreed to take Alejandro Rusegara, a promising prospect both of the stock and rallying history, to be extended the offer as the team's second driver. Rusegara, the Jolbonopolis-native who had several podium finishes and in the WSRC II several years ago, was who they considered to be a character pick. Aggressive, flashy and with no less character, Rusegara's ability to work on his craft and stay flexible had kept him a promising rallying prospect back in his WSRC stint and then the Quebecois Commonwealth circuits for both disciplines. Furthermore, his history as a longtime fan of Boludo, who also came from his neighbourhood of South Jolbonopolis, had made him a fairly comfortable choice, at least one that's easier than, let's say, bringing a former colleague in Hong back.

Now, what about Martine Capucin? Who is she? We'll find out shortly.

[Newmanistan]

Qualifying: Tundra Falls 500, Newmanistan (Superspeedway)
Lap Record: 56.342 sec.

NSSCRA Multiversal Series
 1 #01 Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                                56.881
 2 #03 Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                                 57.013
 3 #64 Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia)                                      57.104
 4 #31– Eveline Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton Hepburn (Valentine Z)       57.118
 5 #9 Yi Tan (The Sherpa Empire) *Q*                                  57.174
 6 #4 Islago Tizilna (Vilaye)                                         57.252
 7 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                  57.409
 8 #56- Nathaniel Van De Soubre (Aphrilia) *Q*                        57.425
 9 #44 - Ilya Tsunopin (69X) *Q*                                      57.561
10 #35 Ongmu Yeti (GL & SLR) *Q*                                      57.691
11 #04 Kizara Mo'aaki (Vilaye)                                        57.699
12 #07 Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                                       57.772
13 #47 Aurélia Karvonen (Kimi-Suomi) *Q*                              57.816
14 #15– Marcus Alan Ariel Haydn Chua Shu Hui (Valentine Z)            57.921
15 #02 Jade Umbra (The Sherpa Empire)                                 57.944
16 #14 River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilaye)                               58.042
17 #18 - Thea Alvarez (69X)                                           58.232
18 #30- Lexi Patterson (Abanhfleft) *Q*                               58.242
19 #37 Cocoabo #37 (Tropicorp)                                        58.291
20 #55– Holly Aurora Lapia Radiant Starlight (G6MR)                   58.424
21 #78- Christian Nimrac (Aphrilia) *Q*                               58.524
22 #7– Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha Harumi (Valentine Z)             58.538
23 #48- Tyler Sullivan (Newmanistan) *Q*                              58.600
24 #73- Rinzi Aogar Zakhilwal (Hapilopper)                            58.612
25 #22 Lola Grant (The 14 Stars)                                      58.619
26 #5- Daryl Calhoun (Newmanistan)                                    58.638
27 #43 Marine Capucin (Quebec and Shingoryeo) *Q*                     58.695
28 #83- Brandondt Fragtenkt (Edsmontik) *Q*                           58.774
29 #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                              58.792
30 #20- Lee Bum-Gook (The Jade Order) *Q*                             58.863
31 #38 Lam Chow-Cheung (Kimi-Suomi)                                   58.934
32 #72- Barnabas Mate (Gergary)                                       58.968
33 #52- Jonah Spencer (Wreckeria) *Q*                                 59.065
34 #2 Centur Tiones (Tropicorp)                                       59.071
35 #1 Jixaka Motorai (Tropicorp)                                      59.086
36 #00- Sayoko Noda (Aji No Moto) *Q*                                 59.163
37 #84- Derdhem Oberheimen (Edsmontik) *Q*                            59.272
38 #85- Rechois Ghrenzeusen (Edsmontik)                               59.317
39 #67- Alexander Rivier (Aphrilia)                                   59.421
40 #50– Jamie Izabella Marie Astrid Eirian (G6MR) *Q*                 59.602
41 #88 Malo 'Bo' Boludo (Quebec and Shingoryeo)                       59.677
42 #0- Tsuneyuki Hamamoto (Aji No Moto)                               59.856
43 #29- Kim Hye-Sook (The Jade Order)                                 59.967
44 #96- Gadvar Vejamanetka (Hafamarimët)                              59.983
45 #51- Tyson Hoyt (Wreckeria) *Q*                                    59.999
46 #54 Joshua Fuentes Jr. (The 14 Stars) *Q*                        1:00.000
47 #10- Anna Star Joy Thanda Pwint Thinzar Nwe (G6MR)               1:00.172
48 #58- Koshiro Kawai (Abanhfleft) *Q*                              1:00.213
49 #16- Nïlara Pučuk (Hafamarimët) *Q*                              1:00.345
50 #91- Hwang Do-Hee (The Jade Order) *Q*                           1:00.439
51 #40 Agata Kosaryova (GL & SLR) *Q*                               1:00.590
52 #12- Alex "Lax" Sholls (Vaishnavaria) *Q*                        1:00.807
53 #32- Igor Seminov (Vaishnavaria) *Q*                             1:00.814
54 #21- Doman Rïnečuk (Hafamarimët) *Q*                             1:00.817
55 #28 - Cocoabo #28 (69X) *Q*                                      1:01.039
56 #8- Taylor Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                1:01.125
57 #41 Yraaga Gilli'i (GL & SLR)                                    1:01.384
58 #36- Gabe Osborne (Wreckeria)                                    1:01.572
59 #80- Liangmei Li (The 14 Stars) *Q*                              1:01.693
60 #75- Raahil Siniramin (Vaishnavaria)                             1:01.801
61 #71 Ilmari Pëkannen (Kimi-Suomi) *Q*                             1:01.919
62 #24- Travis Barkley (Newmanistan) *Q*                            1:02.156 (uses open charter)
63 #6 Alejandro Rusegara (Quebec and Shingoryeo) *Q*                1:03.007

[Edsmontik]

TWO EDSMONS ON THE TRACK
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As qualifying slowly came to a halt for the day, two Edsmon drivers saw the light of actually competing.
Ghrenzeusen (obviously) and Fragtenkt.
Unfortunately for Oberheimen, a small slip up when coming back onto the straight would cost him a lot compared to other non-first preference drivers.
Ghrenzeusen will be starting far back in 38th, while Fragtenkt will be up in 28th.
Things aren't looking good for this Edsmon driver as he fails to get anything above 30th in qualifying in the beginning.
However, with two Edsmons on the track, advancing may be a little easier.
We just have to hope.

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PREVIEW OF ELREBERGVERGREN
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The Elrebergvergren, to be known as the "Oktaen Vdes 500" for the Multiversal and the "Oktaen Vdes 350" for the Everlong, is meant to be held in Aavak's capital, Elrebergvergren.
The city is large; one of the largest in all of the East Coast.
However, with the airport being far from the speedway and an underfunded transit network, they had to step it up.
Elrebergvergren's airport luckily has a bus system that is a shuttle to the airport station, a terminus point for both lines on the low-floor train network of the city.
The city's use of only slow low-floor trains (LFT Models of the Klasse 103, 102, and older) mean that people would rather take cars and busses.
That means heavy traffic.
So to combat this for the upcoming race in the heart of the city, the Elrebergvergren Rail Network (ERN) builda seperate rail for high-floor trains.
Multiple rail networks such as Touve, Woodhill, and Austranviige lent over multiple Klasse 103 high-floor trains for transport of each team.
Additionally, Modesich and Ezey, manufactures of the Klasse 103, took the freighter variants and also shipped them to Aavak.
So what's happening, you may ask?
The trains will each be two cars long; one freighter and one passenger car, with the freighter carrying up to three stock cars maximum, and the passenger car carrying the team.
If more cars are needed, they will be added in an extra freighter.
This project is also pretty easy for the Edsmon Rail Networks to pull off, since the standard length for a train is 6 cars, except for low floors, which are two.
By only using passenger cars, each whole train could have the cars for 6 teams.
Here is the map (shown below)

The Verraeceway Link will take the NSSCRA teams right to the speedway, and on a completely different track, so no traffic.
Since the Verraeceway station has many platforms that are only for low-floor, a separate 6 car platform has been built for the high-floors.
Up to three teams will stop at the station at once to unload, their cars will be moved into trucks that will bring the cars to the track, and the train will leave the station for the next ones to move in.
And that's about it for how the Oktaen Vdes 500 and 350 will work, now we Edsmons just have to wait for race 3.
Up next later today, the Tundra Falls 500.

[Aji No Moto]

The following information posted in ANMARA's website are posted prior to the Exhibition race.

Organization Name: Aji No Moto AutoRacing Alliance (Short Name: ANMARA)
Number of seasons (Multiversal/Main Series): 0
Number of starts (Multiversal/Main Series): 0 (in 0 race attempts)
Number of seasons (Everlong/Second Tier Series): 0 (Debut in NSSCRA 16)
Number of starts (Everlong/Second Tier Series): 0 (in 0 race attempts)
Wins: 0
Podiums (Top 3s): 0
Top 5s: 0
Top 10s: 0
First race: None (debut)
Latest race: None (debut)
Cars: Kissan Kamikaze (Season 16 to present)
Tyre Supplier: Solymok (Season 16 to present)
Fuel Supplier: Petraji (Season 16 to present)
President of Team Operations: Raizo Nitta

Short History

Aji No Moto AutoRacing Alliance is an Ajian racing organization based in Serizawa, Aji no Moto. ANMARA is a consortium of four major automobile manufacturers in Aji No Moto, led by Kissan's Tsutomu Sugiyama. The consortium is made up of the following companies, represented by one of the four-star leaf in the logo of the consortium:

• Kissan Motors (55 percent owned)
• Dahon Automotive Company (20 percent owned)
• Takahatsu Jidousha Kaisha (15 percent owned)
• Kaze Motors (10 percent owned)

As Kissan has been majority owners of the consortium, they have first right of refusal to enter their cars to represent ANMARA, and they have exercised this right initially for three seasons. Kawagishi Steel, a majority owner of Takahatsu, joins in as an investor and have struck an agreement with ANMARA to field one full time-entry in the Everlong Contenders' Series for the CEO's son, Seigo Kawagishi, in exchange of sponsoring KISMO's main Multiversal team for ten NSSCRA races. The team will be known as ANMARA - Kawagishi Steel Racing and their branding will be distinct from the other two teams.

The organization fields other two full-time teams for KISMO's academy drivers, Asami Hishida and Masamune Gensai, which will be known as KISMO by ANMARA.

Second Tier Series Teams

#8 Team History
Previous Car Number/s: None
Current Driver: Asami Hishida (As of Season 16)
Previous Driver/s: None
Number of starts: 0
Wins: 0
Podiums (Top 3s): 0
Top 5s: 0
Top 10s: 0
First race: None (debut)
Latest race: None (debut)
Driver with most starts: None (debut)
Short History

The #8 Team is the flagship team of ANMARA in the Everlong series. Making their debut in NSSCRA 16 and entering as KISMO by ANMARA, KISMO academy driver Asami Hishida will take the wheel of the #8 car fully sponsored by Drymark.

Main Scheme - #8 Drymark Kissan Kamikaze

#88 Team History
Previous Car Number/s: None
Current Driver: Masamune Gensai (As of Season 16)
Previous Driver/s: None
Number of starts: 0
Wins: 0
Podiums (Top 3s): 0
Top 5s: 0
Top 10s: 0
First race: None (debut)
Latest race: None (debut)
Driver with most starts: None (debut)
Short History

The #88 Team is the second team of ANMARA in the Everlong series. Making their debut in NSSCRA 16 and entering as KISMO by ANMARA, KISMO academy driver Masamune Gensai will take the wheel of the #88 car fully sponsored by Konbini 24/7.

Main Scheme - #88 Konbini 24/7 Kissan Kamikaze

#80 Team History
Previous Car Number/s: None
Current Driver: Seigo Kawagishi (As of Season 16)
Previous Driver/s: None
Number of starts: 0
Wins: 0
Podiums (Top 3s): 0
Top 5s: 0
Top 10s: 0
First race: None (debut)
Latest race: None (debut)
Driver with most starts: None (debut)
Short History

The #80 Team is the third / R&D team of ANMARA in the Everlong series. KISMO only planned to support two entries for ANMARA for their academy drivers. However, the latter wanted three full time teams to compete in the secondary series. There were plans to have either field a Dahon 5-MSV (formely Sivick) or another manufacturer enter, but the minority manufacturers does not want to be involved in NSSCRA at the moment.

Kawagishi Steel reached out to ANMARA to collaborate on the third full-time entry in addition to their KISMO Multiversal program's sponsorship, provided that the CEO's son, Seigo Kawagishi is given a seat to drive the #80 entry full-time, and will be the arrangement in the near future as long as they provide sponsorship.

Main Scheme - #80 Kawagishi Steel Kissan Kamikaze

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ANMARA's wasn't supposed to have an NSSCRA program prior to Season 16.

Being a consortium consisting of the four major Ajian automobile manufacturers, ANMARA was involved in open-wheel racing prior to their entry to the multiverse's premier stock car racing competition, when they collaborated with Badai Angin in WGP Season 5 to field their academy drivers. However, when the war broke out invovling Filindostan, ANMARA did not hesitate to cut ties with the Filindo automotive, causing ANMARA to cease WGP2 operations during the offseason.

Their hearts were set on eventually fielding a WGPC operation, but Aji No Moto's involvement in the said war prevented them from doing so. Kissan Motors, the majority owner of ANMARA, decided to instead return to multiversal motorsports after the war had ended, restarting their NSSCRA operation, and is planning to build a foundation for a WGPC program as well. As this roadmap clashed with ANMARA's vision, they decided to focus on participating in feeder series instead, bridging the gap between domestic and multiversal motorsports.

Kissan asked ANMARA's management to enter NSSCRA's Everlong Contenders' Series as they wanted some of their developmental drivers to gain valuable stock car racing experience, and they tapped two of the most promising drivers in the Ajian racing scene, Asami, and Masamune.

Asami Hishida, raised in a working class family, initially had not have enough funding to continue her racing career due to the jobs her parents have, but being discovered in an open track session organized by Drymark, Asami was recommended by the company to be part of the Kissan Drivers' Academy, and was handpicked by them to drive one of the ANMARA cars for their NSSCRA entry.

Masamune Gensai however has the funding, having been privileged to race due to his family's wealth, and he had the aggression Asami did not have, due to his fondness of former Ajian driver Noriyasu Nagai, an aggressive driver on his own right, and currently being Aji No Moto's winningest NSSCRA driver. He applied to the KDA and got into it, although ANMARA officials were concerned of his race aggression, that may cost him race positions.

The two are competing for the right to drive KISMO's #80 car in Sankyoku in Race 10 of the NSSCRA Multiversal Series, after KISMO confirmed that it will only enter the #80 in their home race to focus on trying to apply for the open charter for the #00 team.

With the number of entries in the Everlong series exceeding the tracks' capacity, an open qualifying system was adapted by the organizers, giving the organizations headaches. In the exhibition race the previous week, all three entries qualified to the Prospect Showcase, along with the other three Kissan cars at DMKR, but Masamune's aggression costed him and Asami a potential high finishing position, as in the closing laps, he nudged the #8 car too hard, causing both of them to lose ground and finish in 17th and 20th positions.

Seigo Kawagishi was the surprise of the bunch. People thought of him as a pay driver due to being the son of the Kawagishi Steel's CEO, but he has shown speed by being the best driver both in qualifying and in race trim. Raizo Nitta hopes that the team pulls together for the real deal this weekend, but first, all of them have to make it to the race by speed.

[Gergary]

Info and paint schemes to come post cutoff.

Barnabas Mate was able to continue his racing career after the events in the offseason post-NSSCRA 11.

He encountered numerous challenges after the Badai Angin massacre including having to be separated from Tyra for a number of years due to the war, and the Gergarian government deporting all Filindo personnel from the country when they become involved in the war. They were able to reunite after the war and decided to tie the knot in a simple ceremony. He did not however had any racing for four years as he had to participate in the war as a logistics personnel, supplying the Gergarian forces with food and weapons.

Deutschmagyar Racing was in tatters during the war, stripped of all their funding and necessitating their personnel to support the war efforts as well. The company ceased operations and was taken over by a group of investors. Karl Lux, a former Gergarian racing driver, had his own team fielding Gepards in FISCAR previously, but were relegated to competing in locally organized racing leagues in Gergary with Erica Essert.

It was in a random encounter in a park in Wiesenblume that the DMKR operation came up together.

One conversation led to another, and Barney invested into the Karlux Rennunternehmen's operation and it became MKR, with Mate being added to the organization name. They were dead set on entering two teams in the NSSCRA Everlong Series, with Barney and Erica being the drivers. This was when the DMR's investment group became involved, as they wanted to enter the NSSCRA's Multiversal Series, but does not have the expertise to do so. Thus, on the offseason prior to NSSCRA 16, Deutschmagyar Mate-Karlux Rennunternehmen (DMKR) was born.

Barney wanted to continue competing in the Everlong Series and actually had convinced Erica to spearhead the Main series effort, but the group, and sponsor Fabermeister wanted him to race instead. Despite his doubts, he accepted their wishes and ran the #72 car in the Multiversal Series, and Erica was instead assigned the #75 Pusztitas Everlong ride.

DMKR had two vacant Everlong seats to fill, and one was filled when Solymok offered their longtime employee and racer Sebok Beres to run one of the cars, numbered #71. They initially went to Orban Madach, one of Karlux's drivers in FISCAR, but he referred his cousin Szuszanna Fazekas instead. With Kissan Gergary Dealer's blessing, Szuszanna was able to convince the sponsor that she is the right person to drive the #77 Everlong Series car.

[The Sherpa Empire]

Countless punk rock songs and rousing speeches from political activists had told Yi Tan that anger could be power. Tan wasn't much of a punk rocker and he didn't follow politics, but he hoped they were right because he was carrying around a lot of anger. He was pissed off that after all this time, he still didn't have the racing career that he wanted.

He knew it was partly his own fault. He had made some bad decisions as a teenager, which set him back several years. But even when he cleaned up his act, breaking into NSSCRA was harder than he expected. The competition was tough, and so was staying clean. Staying away from street racing, underground betting rings, and hard drugs was pretty straightforward -- but the legal stuff like sex and alcohol was more of a struggle. He kept thinking it would be okay to indulge a little since it was perfectly legal, but once he got started, it was so easy to overdo it. It was a constant battle to find that perfect balance between fun and work.

Even though it was a constant struggle to stay disciplined, Tan had done the hard work to get his career back on track. He made his NSSCRA debut in season 15 with mixed results. Despite all his setbacks, he had remained determined. He had not won a race, but he had come close a couple of times. He still thought he was as talented as anyone in NSSCRA, even talented enough to be a champion -- but he still didn't have the results to prove it, and that was what pissed him off. He felt like he wasn't living up to his potential, like he wasn't getting the results he deserved. He felt like he had something to prove.

Tan's anger and his desire to prove himself had been building for years, but the events following Kai Qiang's retirement had him feeling extra fired up. Tan thought he was the obvious choice to replace Qiang. He had years of racing experience in IRACT, NSSCRA, and the Berman Bros Classic. Drivers often struggled with the transition from IRACT to NSSCRA, but he had scored top 5 finishes even against the tougher competition in NSSCRA. Anyone who took two seconds to look at his career could see that he was on his way up. TMW had even put out feelers in the past, so Tan knew he was on their radar.

When Dawa Sherpa announced that Jade Umbra would be driving for Lhakpa-TMW, Tan could hardly believe it. Jade looked ridiculous standing there wide-eyed like a deer in the headlights with Dawa and Chang towering over her. Chang's Yeezie wife, a couple of other crew people, a couple of TMW corporate types, and a gaggle of reporters were in the room too. Tan furiously hurled his drink across the room. Glass shattered across the floor and beer dripped down the wall. "Are you shitting me? What the fuck does she have that I don't have?" Tan raged at his TV.

"Are you okay, dear?" his mother asked from the next room.

"No, I'm not okay! What the fuck do I have to do to get people to take me seriously?"

When the initial shock wore off, Tan felt bad for getting broken glass and spilled beer all over his parents' living room. He apologized to his mom as he helped her scoop the glass shards into a trashcan.

Tan knew there was only one way to make things right. He needed to win IRACT's Spring Series, use their charter to go back to NSSCRA, and make Lhakpa-TMW sorry they had passed over him.

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There was one more race in the Spring Series, at the Li River Speedway. Kai Qiang was there with his wife Mendok replacing Houzhi Chang as his crew chief. Qiang had not been in any of the other Spring Series races and was not trying to get back into NSSCRA, but it was his home track and he thought it would be fun to get back behind the wheel without the pressure of the Multiversal Series. Tan was leading at the white flag, but Qiang was hot on his tail and had already made a couple of attempts to get by him. Even though Qiang had nothing at stake, he liked the challenge of seeing if he could beat Tan.

Tan was not amused when Qiang slipped by him on the back stretch of the track where it ran along the foot of a cliff. They raced each other hard from there to the finish line, both of them cussing up a storm on the radio -- but Qiang was enjoying the thrill of it while Tan was getting increasingly pissed off. Qiang crossed the line first by about a foot. "Hell yeah! It's good to be home!" he said triumphantly.

"FUCK!" said Tan. "I AM SO FUCKING SICK OF THIS SHIT! I AM SO FUCKING TIRED OF BEING ALMOST GOOD ENOUGH!"

"Calm down, man. We're going to NSSCRA!" Tan's crew chief said. "Don't worry about Qiang."

Qiang and Tan shook hands after they got out of their cars, but Tan glared like he was trying to turn his eyes into a laser weapon.

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Tan had made it into another season of NSSCRA, but he had a serious chip on his shoulder by the time he got to Tundra Falls. He was determined to have his revenge on everyone who ever ignored or underestimated him. He was going to make Dawa Sherpa sorry for passing him over, no matter who or what got in his way.

When he spoke to the press in Tundra Falls, he told them how he felt: "I don't think people understand how hard I worked my ass off just to get where I am today, but I'm just getting started. Last season, I didn't live up to my full potential, but this season is going to be different. You haven't seen yet what I'm capable of! Just because I'm not a token minority and I don't have a music career on the side, that doesn't mean I'm not going to make a name for myself. This is NSSCRA, not Worldvision."

Tan was ready to do everything in his power to get results that would back up his words, but he knew the other drivers would not make it easy. His 9th place finish in the Exhibition was respectable, but it wasn't enough. He'd had respectable results before, and people still wrote him off. He made sure to remember all the details about the track that he had noticed during the Exhibition, and to keep them in mind for the next weekend when he raced again on the same track.

He qualified 5th for the Tundra Falls 500, the fastest of all the unchartered drivers. That felt good, but it was just qualifying. It was still too soon to get comfortable. He knew if he took his eye off the ball and did anything less than amazing, everyone would just go right back to ignoring him. He needed results that would be impossible to ignore, and he would not let up until he got them.

As for Jade, he didn't pay that much attention to her. Picking a fight with her wasn't going to get him any closer to his career goals, and it wasn't going to convince Lhakpa-TMW they were wrong. She wasn't the one who had underestimated Tan. In fact, she seemed surprised that Lhakpa-TMW chose her over him. He was jealous of Jade, but he wasn't angry with her.

The real target of Tan's anger was Dawa Sherpa, the owner of Dawa Tractor Company who funded Lhakpa-TMW. And the only way to get revenge against Dawa was to win races and make him look dumb.

[Vilaye]

Vilisorma Beverage Company Headquarters, Vilisorma :: It was the first week on the job for the new CEO of the Vilisorma Beverage Company, Jygert Nøgarder. It was the first time that a foreigner had been named CEO of the company and it was a controversial topic amongst the small percentage of the local population in Vilisorma who were aware of the move. After seeing decreased sales of its product over the previous year, the company had felt a change was needed and specifically the introduction of someone like Nøgarder who could help to use their connections to export VilBev products to nations and populous in other regions in order to not only flatten but pad the bottom line and turn the company profitable once more. Of course, with ample cash reserves on hand, there was no risk to the employees or products on offer by the Vilisorma Beverage Company but Nøgarder would be charged with restoring market prevalence to the Vilisorma Brands, particularly struggling product lines outside of the popular and successful Vilaye Energy Drink.

Vilisorma Beverage Company Headquarters
*Original image Dall-E 3 - framework with modification & artifact cleanup for final image

In their first week at the helm it was likely to be slow going for Nøgarder, getting settled into the city of Vilisorma, completing administrative items, badging, paperwork and meeting the rest of the board. From there, it would be a crash course in VilBev products, the history - how they got there, where they were going - or where they had been planning to go prior to the arrival of Nøgarder. Over the coming weeks, various departments from within the Vilisorma Beverage Company would have their time with the CEO - everyone from Product Development, Sales, Marketing, Distribution, Production and even Partner entities including canning partners and ingredient suppliers. Nøgarder had already promised they would not be coming in with any pre established agenda and would not be making any major changes at the company until they had a full understanding of what was being done and why.

On the first day, Nøgarder had gotten a brief tour of the Vilisorma Beverage Company's corporate headquarters, a can shaped building in the center of a small office park in downtown Vilisorma. Nøgarder's office was on the penultimate floor of the "can" portion of the VilBev Headquarters, but the location came with some disadvantages due to the curvature of the building at the top portion of its can-shaped structure. Firstly, there was no balcony or way to prop open the window. While they had a view to the outside, the angle also meant it was difficult to actually see down toward the ground and the local community. Looking out to the horizon was not much of a problem, of course, but Nøgarder wondered if maybe there would be a better place they could position their office. Perhaps an option for another day.

While the location of the office and shape of the windows may have made it difficult to fully enjoy the view of the city during the day time, it provided an unexpected perk as Day turned to night. While reading up and preparing the office, at some point the motion-driven lights shut off. Nøgarder was all of a sudden able to catch a view of the clear tropical night sky for the first time. Of course, just as they had moved to appreciate and get a more deliberate view, the lights re-activated and the view was lost. Now, Nøgarder had a new mission. Figure out where the controls for the lights were. At a quick glance there was no traditional light switch on the wall in a usual spot. Most of the support staff had long gone home. They couldn't call the former CEO but Nøgarder had another idea and decided to tape over the Motion Sensor. Then, it was just a matter of waiting an undetermined amount of minutes and hoping that there was only one motion sensor in the room.

Sure enough, after about 10 minutes, the lights were off again - and this time Nøgarder was able to stand up without triggering them to come back on. The curvature of the glass was dampening the effect of the street and city lights below allowing for a much clearer view of the overhead evening sky than would even be visible from street level. It was perhaps a pleasant way for Nøgarder to end their first day in charge at the Vilisorma Beverage Company, the view of satellites passing across the night sky, perhaps a few stars off in the distance. Nøgarder knew there would be plenty of late nights ahead but was grateful to have the stars for company as they began on a new lifes journey as CEO of the Vilisorma Beverage Company.

To be continued...

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Just one season removed from the turmoil of a semi-hostile takeover of racing operations, things seemed to be comfortable and settled for Vilaye EnergySport as they headed back to the track for the first time after the long off-season, heading up to Speedweeks in Newmanistan and getting things kicked off with the Exhibition at the Proving Grounds presented by Rocket Automotive. Things were off to a fast start for the team as Vilaye EnergySport's experienced drivers River 'Shark' Suzgar II and Islago Tizilna were both able to qualify inside the Top 5. There would still be work to do for rookie driver Kizara Mo'aaki, however, after taking over the full time ride for former AOCAR teammate Jama'obo Pegasii, Mo'aaki was only able to put forward the 41st fastest time in qualifying - a slower speed in fact than seven cars which were too slow to make the field. While Mo'aaki would benefit from this fact moving up to a 34th position on the starting grid for the Exhibition, it was a clear kick in the pants to the team who were now quite grateful they had done just enough during the previous campaign to hold on to their guaranteed charter slot.

On race day, Mo'aaki would perform about as well as they needed to, staying out of trouble and gaining valuable experience getting the full NSSCRA experience for the first time having been catapulted straight to the Multiversal Cup series without ever having a single start in the Everlong Contenders Series. While it was perhaps a controversial decision from Vilaye EnergySport especially with some highly experienced drivers competing for associate teams in the Everlong Contenders Series, ultimately it all came down to performance and Mo'aaki was on the top of their game at the conclusion of the most recent AOCAR season while Lotara Novorali, Rockii Ezis and Turakki Mayelli all struggled to press for victories during the last Everlong campaign.

With Mo'aaki's clean performance and a 6th place finish for River 'Shark' Suzgar II, confidence was high within the Vilaye EnergySport shop that they could do something they hadn't done before and take the victory in the season opening Tundra Falls 500. If they were to accomplish it however, they would have to do so with perhaps a little less help than they might have previously had. As Suzgar looked out their front window to see the checkered flag flying in the exhibition, they would also see three familiar looking vehicles, #03, #64 and #38. They looked like Dart's, but they weren't quite Dart's - not anymore, as Jaguar Racing and switched the badging on their chassis from the Vilaye-aligned Dart brand to Ddraig, bringing out the changes in anticipation of the increase of incentivation in the Manufacturers program for NSSCRA Season 16. In fact, the increased incentives have seen a slew of new manufacturers entering and diluting the strength of manufacturer impact, with most Manufacturers now sitting with single-digit chassis on track at any given time. Still, Suzgar and the Vilaye EnergyDrink team would still have partners out there and, most importantly, with fewer manufacturer partners available across the board, it is likely that the drivers will ignore the badging altogether and just work with drivers they have worked with in the past, rekindling old partnerships and working with whichever driver pushes them to the front and afford them the best possible finish at the end of the race.

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[Sixty-ninE X]

In the meanwhile, there was plenty for the highly-esteemed members of Team Tsunopin to figure out during the offseason. The offseason, a product of long on-off cycles that would alternate over long time period, would last over three years, meaning that with it followed some major contemplations that awaited Ilya, Thea, Cocoabo #28, Wang Anjiao and the Kirby Brothers.

First of the news, one that nobody in the Team Tsunopin, and not even its namesake Ilya Tsunopin, had seen coming, was the disbanding of the Gale Force Racing's international division. The Saint-Kanye team, who were recognised by many as one of the leading motorsports teams alongside the Team Blue and Tropicorp Racing, held a particularly special spot in the heart of Ilya Tsunopin and his teammates, who all owed their start to the NSSCRA circuit thanks to Jeremiah extending his open hand to his longtime fan. And while they had respected Jeremiah and Stacie's decision to stay closer to home, especially with Jericho Houston-Brooke's age, it was still a decision that shocked everybody on the team to the point where a hole's drilled through their hearts.

But this had also meant opportunities and promises for the 69Xer side, especially as the Team Tsunopin hoped to follow the GFR's active, friendly spirit. This didn't mean that they were expected to fit in the shoes of the Kanyeans - no sane minds outside of few foreign media outlets would think of that - but in past they have taken opportunites that were given to them well, and were open towards it again.

The arrival of Thea Alvarez, of course, was the biggest part behind it all. The Kanyean spouse of Ilya Tsunopin, who has won practically everything in the league outside of the final glory in Tundra Falls, decided not to join Jeremiah and Stacie in staying closer to home. Thea only felt that not only there were unfinished business to handle, but in that she was still ready to travel and race internationally. One day her and Ilya, who seemed no less ready to slow down in pace, were going to make their step back, of course, but today's not going to be the day and they knew that.

So, with it followed the decision that most had anticipated upon the news of GFR's dissolution when she joined the Team Tsunopin some weeks after. The offseason, as expected for both Ilya and her, had been a quiet one, as they quietly got married on a small, beachside ceremony back in Saint Kanye with both families and a small number of friends in attendance. Both Jeremiah and Stacie were there, as were a few others, but with this being a small, family-driven ceremony news were kept to minimum, to the point where most of the public would only find out from Ilya l'Instagramme post and Thea's Cica.da threads made about the 'small update' to their life that had happened one offseason summer. No doubt, a departure from their media-savvy, limelight-friendly ways indeed.

But what about Wang, C28 and the Kirby brothers? They indeed had a very busy offseason of their own, but also stayed in contact with one another. The compact nature of the Sonnelite citystate had meant that they weren't really going to be away from another outside of trips to Tropicorp for C28 and Saint-Kanye for the Kirby brothers, who themselves were the Upper Westside University alumni. But for their own updates, it's for another post...

[Tropicorp]

Cocoabo #37 Set for first Full-Time Multiversal Campaign

Exhibition at The Proving Grounds Presented by Rocket Automotive, Tundra Falls Proving Grounds, Newmanistan (Superspeedway) :: After spending numerous seasons in the Everlong Contenders Series, regularly qualifying for the playoffs and racking up a number of victories along the way, the seats have finally opened up and favor has come back around to enable Cocoabo #37 an opportunity to prove themselves at the upper echelon of Stock Car Racing. When the Cocoabo first came on the scene during NSSCRA Season 7, there was great excitement and optomism for their potential with some even projecting that their dedicated life-long training as drivers would eventually see half of the cars on the starting lineup being piloted by Cocoabo drivers. Of course, that never happened and despite showing the raw talent to pickup race victories here and there, the Cocoabo drivers never truly posed a championship threat in the Multiversal Cup Series. In fact, through 9 seasons of competition, Team Tropicorp's only appearance in the NSSCRA Championship 4 was with a foreign driver at the helm, Cassadaigua's Jenna Logan.

With Cocoabo #28 relegated to a reserve role, Cocoabo #78 moving to full time regional motorsports and Cocoabo #23 driving for a backmarker Works team in the World Grand Prix Championship, it seemed the era of the Cocoabo in top tier motorsports had come to an end, so it seemed silly for Team Tropicorp to bring up yet another Cocoabo - Cocoabo #37 - to drive for them in the Everlong Contenders series. However, Cocoabo #37 has proven to be a dedicated and consistent driver putting together the type of solid finishes and week-in week-out consistency needed to contend for a championship. At the same time, Cocoabo #28 returned to full-time competition in the Multiversal Cup Series with Team Tsunopin. However, one of the most influential reasons for the return in confidence of the Cocoabo drivers has almost certainly been the performance of Cocoabo #23 at the World Grand Prix Championships. After lingering with backmarker teams and in Works drives, Cocoabo #23 turned a corner not only becoming the first Cocoabo to win a World Grand Prix Championship race but staying in contention for an extended time in the drivers standings. Cocoabo #23's performances were so strong that they resulted in the creation of a video game line "Cocoabokart" for the "Vii" system. While Cocoabo #23 is featured on the cover of the game box, other Cocoabo drivers including Cocoabo #78, Cocoabo #28 and even Cocoabo #37 are also featured in game.

Perhaps the era of the Cocoabo driver is returning once more. For the first time in 7 seasons there will be two full-time Cocoabo drivers on track during the upcoming Multiversal Cup Series campaign. Cocoabo #37 and the #37 team will move together from the Everlong Contenders Series as a whole while the old #3 Multiversal Cup Series team will drop down to service the new Everlong Contenders series entry of Umbalu Trisirala. Jixaka Motorai, Team Tropicorp's Rookie of the Season during NSSCRA 15 takes over the famous #1 in Tires car as she looks to keep the momentum of a strong finish to her rookie campaign and transition from a prospect driver to playoff contender during NSSCRA Season 16.

In the opening weekend of NSSCRA Season 16 it would be the Prospect Showcase first on tap. In a story of two debuts, there was one decent one - with Trisirala placing 16th, and one not so great, with Inkmaz Hamonii placing 38th in the 46 car field. While it wasn't a great debut the silver lining for both drivers is the fact that they were able to qualify for the race as part of a densely packed field with 54 drivers vying for just 46 places on the grid with record entries in the Everlong Contenders Series this season. The two drivers will have to focus on qualifying each and every week before they can move on and start working on their race strategy along with the more experienced teammate Sampson Milwork in the renumbered #2 Tropicorp Sifaka Dart.

In the Exhibition at the Proving grounds it was a near-perfect start to the season for Cocoabo #37 who ran much of the race inside the Top 10 before falling to an 11th place finish at the Checkered flag. Centur Tiones kept the #2 Tiones Lumber Dart out of trouble while Jixaka MOtorai was caught up in an accident with Cocoabo #28 among others in Segment 2 and failed to finish the event.

JIXAKA MOTORAI ✓

@Motorai

It was great to be on track without those rookie stripes on the back of the @Tropicorp #1 in Tires Dart! Just wish we could have finished the race. Hate to get caught up in an accident like that. This will be the fourth different number I've driven in the past three seasons but hopefully we can make this one stick! Sorry to everyone who bought merchandise last season but thanks to @CocoaboPark for all the support and hopefully you can earn your second consecutive Rookie title with #Cocoabo37!


#NSSCRA : #ProvingGrounds

[Newmanistan]

Race: Tundra Falls 500, Tundra Falls Proving Grounds, Newmanistan (Superspeedway)
Lap Record: 56.342 sec.
Minimum Time To Avoid DNF: 1:01.600

Segment 1:

NSSCRA Multiversal Series
 1 #9- Yi Tan (The Sherpa Empire) *Q*                                 57.089
 2 #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha Harumi (Valentine Z)             57.099
 3 #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                                57.194
 4 #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                                      57.237
 5 #67- Alexander Rivier (Aphrilia)                                   57.402
 6 #8- Taylor Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                  57.416
 7 #37- Cocoabo #37 (Tropicorp)                                       57.482
 8 #14- River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilaye)                              57.549
 9 #73- Rinzi Aogar Zakhilwal (Hapilopper)                            57.558
10 #02- Jade Umbra (The Sherpa Empire)                                57.614
11 #31- Eveline Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton Hepburn (Valentine Z)       57.671
12 #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia)                                     57.718
13 #1- Jixaka Motorai (Tropicorp)                                     57.746
14 #35- Ongmu Yeti (GL & SLR) *Q*                                     57.817
15 #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Radiant Starlight (G6MR)                   57.825
16 #5- Daryl Calhoun (Newmanistan)                                    57.969
17 #01-Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                                57.976
18 #04- Kizara Mo'aaki (Vilaye)                                       58.107
19 #4- Islago Tizilna (Vilaye)                                        58.122
20 #38- Lam Chow-Cheung (Kimi-Suomi)                                  58.234
21 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                  58.250
22 #78- Christian Nimrac (Aphrilia) *Q*                               58.295
23 #88- Malo 'Bo' Boludo (Quebec and Shingoryeo)                      58.358
24 #10- Anna Star Joy Thanda Pwint Thinzar Nwe (G6MR)                 58.421
25 #20- Lee Bum-Gook (The Jade Order) *Q*                             58.604
26 #30- Lexi Patterson (Abanhfleft) *Q*                               58.660
27 #0- Tsuneyuki Hamamoto (Aji No Moto)                               58.698
28 #29- Kim Hye-Sook (The Jade Order)                                 58.768
29 #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                              58.777
30 #15- Marcus Alan Ariel Haydn Chua Shu Hui (Valentine Z)            58.974
31 #22- Lola Grant (The 14 Stars)                                     59.237
32 #24- Travis Barkley (Newmanistan) *Q*                              59.286
33 #56- Nathaniel Van De Soubre (Aphrilia) *Q*                        59.344
34 #96- Gadvar Vejamanetka (Hafamarimët)                              59.363
35 #72- Barnabas Mate (Gergary)                                       59.571
36 #83- Brandondt Fragtenkt (Edsmontik) *Q*                           59.929
37 #47- Aurélia Karvonen (Kimi-Suomi) *Q*                             59.983
38 #48- Tyler Sullivan (Newmanistan) *Q*                              59.985
39 #2- Centur Tiones (Tropicorp)                                    1:00.326
40 #44- Ilya Tsunopin (69X) *Q*                                     1:00.608
41 #18- Thea Alvarez (69X)                                          1:00.794
42 #75- Raahil Siniramin (Vaishnavaria)                             1:00.803
43 #85- Rechois Ghrenzeusen (Edsmontik)                             1:00.895
44 #36- Gabe Osborne (Wreckeria)                                    1:01.124
45 #41- Yraaga Gilli'i (GL & SLR)                                   1:01.312
46 #43- Marine Capucin (Quebec and Shingoryeo) *Q*                  1:02.697 DNF

Segment 2:

NSSCRA Multiversal Series
 1 #31- Eveline Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton Hepburn (Valentine Z)       56.899
 2 #4- Islago Tizilna (Vilaye)                                        57.265
 3 #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha Harumi (Valentine Z)             57.366
 4 #67- Alexander Rivier (Aphrilia)                                   57.427
 5 #73- Rinzi Aogar Zakhilwal (Hapilopper)                            57.453
 6 #56- Nathaniel Van De Soubre (Aphrilia) *Q*                        57.472
 7 #10- Anna Star Joy Thanda Pwint Thinzar Nwe (G6MR)                 57.579
 8 #8- Taylor Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                  57.763
 9 #15- Marcus Alan Ariel Haydn Chua Shu Hui (Valentine Z)            57.856
10 #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                                57.914
11 #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia)                                     58.001
12 #85- Rechois Ghrenzeusen (Edsmontik)                               58.152
13 #02- Jade Umbra (The Sherpa Empire)                                58.302
14 #24- Travis Barkley (Newmanistan) *Q*                              58.397
15 #44- Ilya Tsunopin (69X) *Q*                                       58.422
16 #18- Thea Alvarez (69X)                                            58.437
17 #41- Yraaga Gilli'i (GL & SLR)                                     58.525
18 #78- Christian Nimrac (Aphrilia) *Q*                               58.616
19 #30- Lexi Patterson (Abanhfleft) *Q*                               58.632
20 #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Radiant Starlight (G6MR)                   58.683
21 #01-Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                                58.725
22 #38- Lam Chow-Cheung (Kimi-Suomi)                                  58.786
23 #83- Brandondt Fragtenkt (Edsmontik) *Q*                           58.843
24 #35- Ongmu Yeti (GL & SLR) *Q*                                     58.890
25 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                  59.139
26 #0- Tsuneyuki Hamamoto (Aji No Moto)                               59.356
27 #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                              59.459
28 #9- Yi Tan (The Sherpa Empire) *Q*                                 59.479
29 #72- Barnabas Mate (Gergary)                                       59.480
30 #5- Daryl Calhoun (Newmanistan)                                    59.504
31 #88- Malo 'Bo' Boludo (Quebec and Shingoryeo)                      59.558
32 #2- Centur Tiones (Tropicorp)                                      59.602
33 #29- Kim Hye-Sook (The Jade Order)                                 59.720
34 #96- Gadvar Vejamanetka (Hafamarimët)                              59.785
35 #14- River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilaye)                              59.808
36 #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                                      59.836
37 #37- Cocoabo #37 (Tropicorp)                                     1:00.190
38 #22- Lola Grant (The 14 Stars)                                   1:00.250
39 #48- Tyler Sullivan (Newmanistan) *Q*                            1:00.462
40 #36- Gabe Osborne (Wreckeria)                                    1:00.680
41 #1- Jixaka Motorai (Tropicorp)                                   1:00.717
42 #20- Lee Bum-Gook (The Jade Order) *Q*                           1:00.754
43 #04- Kizara Mo'aaki (Vilaye)                                     1:01.262
44 #47- Aurélia Karvonen (Kimi-Suomi) *Q*                           1:01.401
45 #75- Raahil Siniramin (Vaishnavaria)                             1:01.748 DNF

Segment 3:

NSSCRA Multiversal Series
 1 #73- Rinzi Aogar Zakhilwal (Hapilopper)                            56.937
 2 #31- Eveline Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton Hepburn (Valentine Z)       57.087
 3 #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                                57.119
 4 #01-Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                                57.211
 5 #9- Yi Tan (The Sherpa Empire) *Q*                                 57.315
 6 #18- Thea Alvarez (69X)                                            57.334
 7 #2- Centur Tiones (Tropicorp)                                      57.482
 8 #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                                      57.527
 9 #1- Jixaka Motorai (Tropicorp)                                     57.651
10 #48- Tyler Sullivan (Newmanistan) *Q*                              57.815
11 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                  57.873
12 #4- Islago Tizilna (Vilaye)                                        58.055
13 #30- Lexi Patterson (Abanhfleft) *Q*                               58.167
14 #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Radiant Starlight (G6MR)                   58.268
15 #35- Ongmu Yeti (GL & SLR) *Q*                                     58.276
16 #56- Nathaniel Van De Soubre (Aphrilia) *Q*                        58.328
17 #44- Ilya Tsunopin (69X) *Q*                                       58.334
18 #37- Cocoabo #37 (Tropicorp)                                       58.341
19 #22- Lola Grant (The 14 Stars)                                     58.566
20 #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia)                                     58.568
21 #83- Brandondt Fragtenkt (Edsmontik) *Q*                           58.767
22 #20- Lee Bum-Gook (The Jade Order) *Q*                             58.831
23 #85- Rechois Ghrenzeusen (Edsmontik)                               58.865
24 #8- Taylor Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                  58.939
25 #04- Kizara Mo'aaki (Vilaye)                                       58.968
26 #41- Yraaga Gilli'i (GL & SLR)                                     59.037
27 #72- Barnabas Mate (Gergary)                                       59.125
28 #38- Lam Chow-Cheung (Kimi-Suomi)                                  59.209
29 #67- Alexander Rivier (Aphrilia)                                   59.272
30 #47- Aurélia Karvonen (Kimi-Suomi) *Q*                             59.296
31 #02- Jade Umbra (The Sherpa Empire)                                59.473
32 #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                              59.597
33 #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha Harumi (Valentine Z)             59.602
34 #96- Gadvar Vejamanetka (Hafamarimët)                              59.604
35 #0- Tsuneyuki Hamamoto (Aji No Moto)                               59.834
36 #24- Travis Barkley (Newmanistan) *Q*                              59.930
37 #88- Malo 'Bo' Boludo (Quebec and Shingoryeo)                    1:00.134
38 #10- Anna Star Joy Thanda Pwint Thinzar Nwe (G6MR)               1:00.446
39 #36- Gabe Osborne (Wreckeria)                                    1:00.708
40 #14- River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilaye)                            1:00.911
41 #29- Kim Hye-Sook (The Jade Order)                               1:01.099
42 #5- Daryl Calhoun (Newmanistan)                                  1:01.392
43 #78- Christian Nimrac (Aphrilia) *Q*                             1:01.447
44 #15- Marcus Alan Ariel Haydn Chua Shu Hui (Valentine Z)          1:03.448 DNF

Segment 4:

NSSCRA Multiversal Series
 1 #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia)                                     56.918
 2 #31- Eveline Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton Hepburn (Valentine Z)       57.070
 3 #9- Yi Tan (The Sherpa Empire) *Q*                                 57.084
 4 #8- Taylor Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                  57.205
 5 #10- Anna Star Joy Thanda Pwint Thinzar Nwe (G6MR)                 57.301
 6 #4- Islago Tizilna (Vilaye)                                        57.313
 7 #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha Harumi (Valentine Z)             57.434
 8 #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                                      57.464
 9 #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                                57.496
10 #18- Thea Alvarez (69X)                                            57.527
11 #47- Aurélia Karvonen (Kimi-Suomi) *Q*                             57.658
12 #37- Cocoabo #37 (Tropicorp)                                       57.693
13 #44- Ilya Tsunopin (69X) *Q*                                       57.715
14 #01-Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                                57.881
15 #5- Daryl Calhoun (Newmanistan)                                    58.003
16 #04- Kizara Mo'aaki (Vilaye)                                       58.091
17 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                  58.120
18 #30- Lexi Patterson (Abanhfleft) *Q*                               58.371
19 #56- Nathaniel Van De Soubre (Aphrilia) *Q*                        58.378
20 #2- Centur Tiones (Tropicorp)                                      58.446
21 #73- Rinzi Aogar Zakhilwal (Hapilopper)                            58.532
22 #02- Jade Umbra (The Sherpa Empire)                                58.558
23 #72- Barnabas Mate (Gergary)                                       58.623
24 #14- River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilaye)                              58.667
25 #83- Brandondt Fragtenkt (Edsmontik) *Q*                           58.704
26 #20- Lee Bum-Gook (The Jade Order) *Q*                             58.713
27 #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Radiant Starlight (G6MR)                   58.772
28 #38- Lam Chow-Cheung (Kimi-Suomi)                                  58.800
29 #48- Tyler Sullivan (Newmanistan) *Q*                              58.876
30 #22- Lola Grant (The 14 Stars)                                     58.921
31 #41- Yraaga Gilli'i (GL & SLR)                                     58.986
32 #24- Travis Barkley (Newmanistan) *Q*                              59.121
33 #1- Jixaka Motorai (Tropicorp)                                     59.170
34 #67- Alexander Rivier (Aphrilia)                                   59.254
35 #0- Tsuneyuki Hamamoto (Aji No Moto)                               59.300
36 #96- Gadvar Vejamanetka (Hafamarimët)                              59.520
37 #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                            1:00.237
38 #29- Kim Hye-Sook (The Jade Order)                               1:00.552
39 #36- Gabe Osborne (Wreckeria)                                    1:00.874
40 #35- Ongmu Yeti (GL & SLR) *Q*                                   1:01.032
41 #88- Malo 'Bo' Boludo (Quebec and Shingoryeo)                    1:01.356
42 #78- Christian Nimrac (Aphrilia) *Q*                             1:01.529
43 #85- Rechois Ghrenzeusen (Edsmontik)                             1:01.570

Segment 5:

NSSCRA Multiversal Series
 1 #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                  57.208
 2 #10- Anna Star Joy Thanda Pwint Thinzar Nwe (G6MR)                 57.214
 3 #38- Lam Chow-Cheung (Kimi-Suomi)                                  57.291
 4 #44- Ilya Tsunopin (69X) *Q*                                       57.483
 5 #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                                57.485
 6 #73- Rinzi Aogar Zakhilwal (Hapilopper)                            57.566
 7 #2- Centur Tiones (Tropicorp)                                      57.641
 8 #01-Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                                57.689
 9 #04- Kizara Mo'aaki (Vilaye)                                       57.735
10 #5- Daryl Calhoun (Newmanistan)                                    57.770
11 #31- Eveline Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton Hepburn (Valentine Z)       57.788
12 #7- Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha Harumi (Valentine Z)             57.795
13 #9- Yi Tan (The Sherpa Empire) *Q*                                 57.924
14 #41- Yraaga Gilli'i (GL & SLR)                                     58.020
15 #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Radiant Starlight (G6MR)                   58.029
16 #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                              58.060
17 #88- Malo 'Bo' Boludo (Quebec and Shingoryeo)                      58.069
18 #78- Christian Nimrac (Aphrilia) *Q*                               58.123
19 #67- Alexander Rivier (Aphrilia)                                   58.159
20 #02- Jade Umbra (The Sherpa Empire)                                58.244
21 #48- Tyler Sullivan (Newmanistan) *Q*                              58.291
22 #18- Thea Alvarez (69X)                                            58.326
23 #83- Brandondt Fragtenkt (Edsmontik) *Q*                           58.403
24 #4- Islago Tizilna (Vilaye)                                        58.547
25 #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                                      58.557
26 #0- Tsuneyuki Hamamoto (Aji No Moto)                               58.643
27 #20- Lee Bum-Gook (The Jade Order) *Q*                             58.688
28 #37- Cocoabo #37 (Tropicorp)                                       58.800
29 #72- Barnabas Mate (Gergary)                                       58.935
30 #24- Travis Barkley (Newmanistan) *Q*                              59.047
31 #14- River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilaye)                              59.245
32 #30- Lexi Patterson (Abanhfleft) *Q*                               59.280
33 #8- Taylor Stevenson (Hapilopper)                                  59.395
34 #29- Kim Hye-Sook (The Jade Order)                                 59.739
35 #47- Aurélia Karvonen (Kimi-Suomi) *Q*                             59.876
36 #56- Nathaniel Van De Soubre (Aphrilia) *Q*                      1:00.527
37 #36- Gabe Osborne (Wreckeria)                                    1:01.059
38 #22- Lola Grant (The 14 Stars)                                   1:01.183
39 #96- Gadvar Vejamanetka (Hafamarimët)                            1:01.204
40 #35- Ongmu Yeti (GL & SLR) *Q*                                   1:01.312
41 #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia)                                   1:01.371
42 #85- Rechois Ghrenzeusen (Edsmontik)                             1:01.435
43 #1- Jixaka Motorai (Tropicorp)                                   1:02.026 DNF

Race Results:

+-----+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
| Pos |                            Driver                            |  Avg.  |
+-----+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|   1 | #31- Eveline Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton Hepburn (Valentine Z) | 57.303 | WINNER
|   2 | #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                          | 57.442 |
|   3 | #73- Rinzi Aogar Zakhilwal (Hapilopper)                      | 57.609 |
|   4 | #9- Yi Tan (The Sherpa Empire) *Q*                           | 57.778 |
|   5 | #7– Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha Harumi (Valentine Z)       | 57.859 |
|   6 | #4- Islago Tizilna (Vilaye)                                  | 57.860 |
|   7 | #01- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                         | 57.896 |
|   8 | #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                            | 58.118 |
|   9 | #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                                | 58.124 |
|  10 | #8- Taylor Stevenson (Hapilopper)                            | 58.144 |
|  11 | #10- Anna Star Joy Thanda Pwint Thinzar Nwe (G6MR)           | 58.192 |
|  12 | #67- Alexander Rivier (Aphrilia)                             | 58.303 |
|  13 | #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Radiant Starlight (G6MR)             | 58.315 |
|  14 | #02- Jade Umbra (The Sherpa Empire)                          | 58.438 |
|  15 | #38- Lam Chow-Cheung (Kimi-Suomi)                            | 58.464 |
|  16 | #18- Thea Alvarez (69X)                                      | 58.484 |
|  17 | #37- Cocoabo #37 (Tropicorp)                                 | 58.501 |
|  18 | #44- Ilya Tsunopin (69X) *Q*                                 | 58.512 |
|  19 | #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia)                               | 58.515 |
|  20 | #30- Lexi Patterson (Abanhfleft) *Q*                         | 58.622 |
|  21 | #2- Centur Tiones (Tropicorp)                                | 58.701 |
|  22 | #56- Nathaniel Van De Soubre (Aphrilia) *Q*                  | 58.810 |
|  23 | #04- Kizara Mo'aaki (Vilaye)                                 | 58.833 |
|  24 | #5- Daryl Calhoun (Newmanistan)                              | 58.928 |
|  25 | #83- Brandondt Fragtenkt (Edsmontik) *Q*                     | 58.929 |
|  26 | #48- Tyler Sullivan (Newmanistan) *Q*                        | 59.086 |
|  27 | #20- Lee Bum-Gook (The Jade Order) *Q*                       | 59.118 |
|  28 | #72- Barnabas Mate (Gergary)                                 | 59.147 |
|  29 | #24- Travis Barkley (Newmanistan) *Q*                        | 59.156 |
|  30 | #0- Tsuneyuki Hamamoto (Aji No Moto)                         | 59.166 |
|  31 | #41- Yraaga Gilli'i (GL & SLR)                               | 59.176 |
|  32 | #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                        | 59.226 |
|  33 | #14- River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilaye)                        | 59.236 |
|  34 | #35- Ongmu Yeti (GL & SLR) *Q*                               | 59.465 |
|  35 | #88- Malo 'Bo' Boludo (Quebec and Shingoryeo)                | 59.495 |
|  36 | #78- Christian Nimrac (Aphrilia) *Q*                         | 59.602 |
|  37 | #22- Lola Grant (The 14 Stars)                               | 59.631 |
|  38 | #47- Aurélia Karvonen (Kimi-Suomi) *Q*                       | 59.643 |
|  39 | #96- Gadvar Vejamanetka (Hafamarimët)                        | 59.895 |
|  40 | #29- Kim Hye-Sook (The Jade Order)                           | 59.976 |
|  41 | #85- Rechois Ghrenzeusen (Edsmontik)                         | 60.183 |
|  42 | #36- Gabe Osborne (Wreckeria)                                | 60.889 |
|  43 | #1- Jixaka Motorai (Tropicorp)                               | DNF    |
|  44 | #15– Marcus Alan Ariel Haydn Chua Shu Hui (Valentine Z)      | DNF    |
|  45 | #75- Raahil Siniramin (Vaishnavaria)                         | DNF    |
|  46 | #43- Marine Capucin (Quebec and Shingoryeo) *Q*              | DNF    |
+-----+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------+

Point Standings (After 1 Race):
-- Bonus points: 1 point for winning pole, 1 point for winning a "segment".

+-----+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
| Pos |                            Driver                             | Points |
+-----+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|   1 | #31- Eveline Gwen Tracer Allison Oxton Hepburn (Valentine Z)* |     51 |
|   2 | #03- Maddison Riley-Jones (TJUN-ia)                           |     45 |
|   3 | #73- Rinzi Aogar Zakhilwal (Hapilopper)                       |     45 |
|   4 | #9- Yi Tan (The Sherpa Empire) *Q*                            |     44 |
|   5 | #7– Clarissa Alanis Star Samantha Harumi (Valentine Z)        |     42 |
|   6 | #4- Islago Tizilna (Vilaye)                                   |     41 |
|   7 | #01- Tsering Chu (The Sherpa Empire)                          |     41 |
|   8 | #81- Drake Stevenson (Hapilopper)                             |     40 |
|   9 | #07- Michael Stefan (TJUN-ia)                                 |     38 |
|  10 | #8- Taylor Stevenson (Hapilopper)                             |     37 |
|  11 | #10- Anna Star Joy Thanda Pwint Thinzar Nwe (G6MR)            |     36 |
|  12 | #67- Alexander Rivier (Aphrilia)                              |     35 |
|  13 | #55- Holly Aurora Lapia Radiant Starlight (G6MR)              |     34 |
|  14 | #02- Jade Umbra (The Sherpa Empire)                           |     33 |
|  15 | #38- Lam Chow-Cheung (Kimi-Suomi)                             |     32 |
|  16 | #18- Thea Alvarez (69X)                                       |     31 |
|  17 | #37- Cocoabo #37 (Tropicorp)                                  |     30 |
|  18 | #44- Ilya Tsunopin (69X) *Q*                                  |     29 |
|  19 | #64- Alfonso Mercado (TJUN-ia)                                |     29 |
|  20 | #30- Lexi Patterson (Abanhfleft) *Q*                          |     27 |
|  21 | #2- Centur Tiones (Tropicorp)                                 |     26 |
|  22 | #56- Nathaniel Van De Soubre (Aphrilia) *Q*                   |     25 |
|  23 | #04- Kizara Mo'aaki (Vilaye)                                  |     24 |
|  24 | #5- Daryl Calhoun (Newmanistan)                               |     23 |
|  25 | #83- Brandondt Fragtenkt (Edsmontik) *Q*                      |     22 |
|  26 | #48- Tyler Sullivan (Newmanistan) *Q*                         |     21 |
|  27 | #20- Lee Bum-Gook (The Jade Order) *Q*                        |     20 |
|  28 | #72- Barnabas Mate (Gergary)                                  |     19 |
|  29 | #24- Travis Barkley (Newmanistan) *Q*                         |     18 |
|  30 | #0- Tsuneyuki Hamamoto (Aji No Moto)                          |     17 |
|  31 | #41- Yraaga Gilli'i (GL & SLR)                                |     16 |
|  32 | #39- Rustam Ilyich Yudin (Abanhfleft)                         |     15 |
|  33 | #14- River 'Shark' Suzgar II (Vilaye)                         |     14 |
|  34 | #35- Ongmu Yeti (GL & SLR) *Q*                                |     13 |
|  35 | #88- Malo 'Bo' Boludo (Quebec and Shingoryeo)                 |     12 |
|  36 | #78- Christian Nimrac (Aphrilia) *Q*                          |     11 |
|  37 | #22- Lola Grant (The 14 Stars)                                |     10 |
|  38 | #47- Aurélia Karvonen (Kimi-Suomi) *Q*                        |      9 |
|  39 | #96- Gadvar Vejamanetka (Hafamarimët)                         |      8 |
|  40 | #29- Kim Hye-Sook (The Jade Order)                            |      7 |
|  41 | #85- Rechois Ghrenzeusen (Edsmontik)                          |      6 |
|  42 | #36- Gabe Osborne (Wreckeria)                                 |      5 |
|  43 | #1- Jixaka Motorai (Tropicorp)                                |      4 |
|  44 | #15– Marcus Alan Ariel Haydn Chua Shu Hui (Valentine Z)       |      3 |
|  45 | #75- Raahil Siniramin (Vaishnavaria)                          |      2 |
|  46 | #43- Marine Capucin (Quebec and Shingoryeo) *Q*               |      1 |
+-----+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------+

Race: Tundra Falls 400, Tundra Falls Proving Grounds, Newmanistan (Superspeedway)
Lap Record: 56.342 sec.
Minimum Time To Avoid DNF: 1:01.600

Qualifying:

NSSCRA EverLong Series
 1 #40- Adriana Sammy Ela Kowalski Lillian (G6MR)                   57.757
 2 #0- Alex Remington (Hapilopper)                                  57.830
 3 #32- Michelle Kass Evelyn Vítková Pavlína (Valentine Z)          57.981
 4 #10- Valkyrie Valentijn Samantha Constantine (Valentine Z)       58.058
 5 #14- Yoandry Alcabu (69X)                                        58.117
 6 #08- Lightning Zhang (Valentine Z)                               58.189
 7 #87- Salzen Beirborgd (Edsmontik)                                58.305
 8 #86- Demener Viktohesen (Edsmontik)                              58.337
 9 #88- Masamune Gensai (Aji No Moto)                               58.377
10 #73- Georg Lundberg (Kimi-Suomi)                                 58.472
11 #70- Gongming Gao (TJUN-ia)                                      58.495
12 #80- Seigo Kawagishi (Aji No Moto)                               58.528
13 #89- Ghred Rehtrevisoar (Edsmontik)                              58.536
14 #33- Park Min-Gyeol (The Jade Order)                             58.559
15 #8 - Asami Hishida (Aji No Moto)                                 58.992
16 #24- Derek Harwood (Newmanistan)                                 59.032
17 #41- Turakki Mayelli (Vilaye)                                    59.099
18 #71- Sebok Beres (Gergary)                                       59.154
19 #47- Edmund Flanders (Hapilopper)                                59.165
20 #05- Lim Myung-Sil (The Jade Order)                              59.182
21 #61- Kim Soo-Dal (The Jade Order)                                59.209
22 #00- Colin Meredith (Hapilopper)                                 59.268
23 #96- Alice Jepkosgei (TJUN-ia)                                   59.371
24 #75- Erica Essert (Gergary)                                      59.378
25 #78- Olavi Vile Ruusuvuori (Kimi-Suomi)                          59.514
26 #79- Axel Chase (TJUN-ia)                                        59.557
27 #44- Wang Anjiao (69X)                                           59.577
28 #3- Umbalu Trisirala (Tropicorp)                                 59.582
29 #2- Sampson Milwork (Tropicorp)                                  59.677
30 #07- Kaarina Salo (Kimi-Suomi)                                   59.685
31 #1- Inkmaz Hamonii (Tropicorp)                                   59.793
32 #13- Duruljiayiji Rayleigh M. Dayir Yerentai (G6MR)            1:00.054
33 #04- Žajutun Ïnsaju (Hafamarimët)                              1:00.112
34 #49- Lotara Novorali (Vilaye)                                  1:00.264
35 #17- Julian Seitz (The 14 Stars)                               1:00.272
36 #26- Yuelia ''Jue'' Viole (The 14 Stars)                       1:00.338
37 #77- Zsuzsanna Fazekas (Gergary)                               1:00.630
38 #76- Jolyn Maxine Caulfield Helen Maximovna (G6MR)             1:00.635
39 #54- Scott Hawking (Wreckeria)                                 1:00.639
40 #56- Alex Óðinsbur (The Kytler Peninsulae)                     1:00.698
41 #60- Rockii Ezis (Vilaye)                                      1:00.701
42 #72- Fayzulla Nasrinin (Sultanate Of Oontaz)                   1:00.818
43 #28- Arthur Frost (The 14 Stars)                               1:00.854
44 #5- Ryan Carroll (Newmanistan)                                 1:01.006
45 #66- Patricia nic Neill (Abanhfleft)                           1:01.100
46 #98- Kim Nolan (The Kytler Peninsulae)                         1:01.138
47 #63- Laurence Daniels (The Kytler Peninsulae)                  1:01.160 DNQ
48 #6- Dupëč Pnejanetka (Hafamarimët)                             1:01.216 DNQ
49 #65- Oz Luvakar (Vaishnavaria)                                 1:01.271 DNQ
50 #06- Eddie Suzuki (Abanhfleft)                                 1:01.427 DNQ
51 #12- Asher Broman (Vaishnavaria)                               1:01.540 DNQ
52 #9- Josh Boone (Vaishnavaria)                                  1:01.781 DNQ
53 #97- Čïnïka Göjdanetka (Hafamarimët)                           1:01.886 DNQ
54 #50- Mario Baltazar (Sultanate Of Oontaz)                      1:01.981 DNQ

Race Results:

NSSCRA EverLong Series
 1 #73- Georg Lundberg (Kimi-Suomi)                                 57.873 WINNER
 2 #79- Axel Chase (TJUN-ia)                                        57.881
 3 #88- Masamune Gensai (Aji No Moto)                               57.903
 4 #47- Edmund Flanders (Hapilopper)                                58.042
 5 #07- Kaarina Salo (Kimi-Suomi)                                   58.046
 6 #08- Lightning Zhang (Valentine Z)                               58.260
 7 #44- Wang Anjiao (69X)                                           58.450
 8 #61- Kim Soo-Dal (The Jade Order)                                58.728
 9 #1- Inkmaz Hamonii (Tropicorp)                                   58.798
10 #96- Alice Jepkosgei (TJUN-ia)                                   58.842
11 #24- Derek Harwood (Newmanistan)                                 58.886
12 #14- Yoandry Alcabu (69X)                                        58.901
13 #78- Olavi Vile Ruusuvuori (Kimi-Suomi)                          58.990
14 #2- Sampson Milwork (Tropicorp)                                  59.014
15 #00- Colin Meredith (Hapilopper)                                 59.028
16 #77- Zsuzsanna Fazekas (Gergary)                                 59.035
17 #13- Duruljiayiji Rayleigh M. Dayir Yerentai (G6MR)              59.141
18 #40- Adriana Sammy Ela Kowalski Lillian (G6MR)                   59.184
19 #0- Alex Remington (Hapilopper)                                  59.234
20 #49- Lotara Novorali (Vilaye)                                    59.234
21 #26- Yuelia ''Jue'' Viole (The 14 Stars)                         59.369
22 #28- Arthur Frost (The 14 Stars)                                 59.371
23 #70- Gongming Gao (TJUN-ia)                                      59.390
24 #8 - Asami Hishida (Aji No Moto)                                 59.426
25 #32- Michelle Kass Evelyn Vítková Pavlína (Valentine Z)          59.429
26 #71- Sebok Beres (Gergary)                                       59.431
27 #17- Julian Seitz (The 14 Stars)                                 59.455
28 #60- Rockii Ezis (Vilaye)                                        59.490
29 #10- Valkyrie Valentijn Samantha Constantine (Valentine Z)       59.560
30 #76- Jolyn Maxine Caulfield Helen Maximovna (G6MR)               59.674
31 #75- Erica Essert (Gergary)                                      59.758
32 #86- Demener Viktohesen (Edsmontik)                              59.811
33 #89- Ghred Rehtrevisoar (Edsmontik)                            1:00.031
34 #80- Seigo Kawagishi (Aji No Moto)                             1:00.431
35 #3- Umbalu Trisirala (Tropicorp)                               1:00.551
36 #33- Park Min-Gyeol (The Jade Order)                           1:00.615
37 #98- Kim Nolan (The Kytler Peninsulae)                         1:00.728
38 #72- Fayzulla Nasrinin (Sultanate Of Oontaz)                   1:00.739
39 #56- Alex Óðinsbur (The Kytler Peninsulae)                     1:00.772
40 #54- Scott Hawking (Wreckeria)                                 1:01.065
41 #87- Salzen Beirborgd (Edsmontik)                              1:01.079
42 #41- Turakki Mayelli (Vilaye)                                  1:01.081
43 #66- Patricia nic Neill (Abanhfleft)                           1:01.353
44 #04- Žajutun Ïnsaju (Hafamarimët)                              1:01.784 DNF
45 #5- Ryan Carroll (Newmanistan)                                 1:02.247 DNF
46 #05- Lim Myung-Sil (The Jade Order)                            1:02.727 DNF

Point Standings (After 1 Race):

+-----+------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
| Pos |                 EverLong Contenders Series                 | Points |
+-----+------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|   1 | #73- Georg Lundberg (Kimi-Suomi)*                          |     50 |
|   2 | #79- Axel Chase (TJUN-ia)                                  |     45 |
|   3 | #88- Masamune Gensai (Aji No Moto)                         |     44 |
|   4 | #47- Edmund Flanders (Hapilopper)                          |     43 |
|   5 | #07- Kaarina Salo (Kimi-Suomi)                             |     42 |
|   6 | #08- Lightning Zhang (Valentine Z)                         |     41 |
|   7 | #44- Wang Anjiao (69X)                                     |     40 |
|   8 | #61- Kim Soo-Dal (The Jade Order)                          |     39 |
|   9 | #1- Inkmaz Hamonii (Tropicorp)                             |     38 |
|  10 | #96- Alice Jepkosgei (TJUN-ia)                             |     37 |
|  11 | #24- Derek Harwood (Newmanistan)                           |     36 |
|  12 | #14- Yoandry Alcabu (69X)                                  |     35 |
|  13 | #78- Olavi Vile Ruusuvuori (Kimi-Suomi)                    |     34 |
|  14 | #2- Sampson Milwork (Tropicorp)                            |     33 |
|  15 | #00- Colin Meredith (Hapilopper)                           |     32 |
|  16 | #77- Zsuzsanna Fazekas (Gergary)                           |     31 |
|  17 | #13- Duruljiayiji Rayleigh M. Dayir Yerentai (G6MR)        |     30 |
|  18 | #40- Adriana Sammy Ela Kowalski Lillian (G6MR)             |     30 |
|  19 | #0- Alex Remington (Hapilopper)                            |     28 |
|  20 | #49- Lotara Novorali (Vilaye)                              |     27 |
|  21 | #26- Yuelia ''Jue'' Viole (The 14 Stars)                   |     26 |
|  22 | #28- Arthur Frost (The 14 Stars)                           |     25 |
|  23 | #70- Gongming Gao (TJUN-ia)                                |     24 |
|  24 | #8 - Asami Hishida (Aji No Moto)                           |     23 |
|  25 | #32- Michelle Kass Evelyn Vítková Pavlína (Valentine Z)    |     22 |
|  26 | #71- Sebok Beres (Gergary)                                 |     21 |
|  27 | #17- Julian Seitz (The 14 Stars)                           |     20 |
|  28 | #60- Rockii Ezis (Vilaye)                                  |     19 |
|  29 | #10- Valkyrie Valentijn Samantha Constantine (Valentine Z) |     18 |
|  30 | #76- Jolyn Maxine Caulfield Helen Maximovna (G6MR)         |     17 |
|  31 | #75- Erica Essert (Gergary)                                |     16 |
|  32 | #86- Demener Viktohesen (Edsmontik)                        |     15 |
|  33 | #89- Ghred Rehtrevisoar (Edsmontik)                        |     14 |
|  34 | #80- Seigo Kawagishi (Aji No Moto)                         |     13 |
|  35 | #3- Umbalu Trisirala (Tropicorp)                           |     12 |
|  36 | #33- Park Min-Gyeol (The Jade Order)                       |     11 |
|  37 | #98- Kim Nolan (The Kytler Peninsulae)                     |     10 |
|  38 | #72- Fayzulla Nasrinin (Sultanate Of Oontaz)               |      9 |
|  39 | #56- Alex Óðinsbur (The Kytler Peninsulae)                 |      8 |
|  40 | #54- Scott Hawking (Wreckeria)                             |      7 |
|  41 | #87- Salzen Beirborgd (Edsmontik)                          |      6 |
|  42 | #41- Turakki Mayelli (Vilaye)                              |      5 |
|  43 | #66- Patricia nic Neill (Abanhfleft)                       |      4 |
|  44 | #04- Žajutun Ïnsaju (Hafamarimët)                          |      3 |
|  45 | #5- Ryan Carroll (Newmanistan)                             |      2 |
|  46 | #05- Lim Myung-Sil (The Jade Order)                        |      1 |
+-----+------------------------------------------------------------+--------+

Next Races:
Multiversal- (Nov 23/24)- Kimi-Suomen Sprintti, Kimi Circuit, Kimi Kaupunki, Kimi-Suomi (Road Course)
EverLong- (Nov 23)- Kimi-Suomen Kävely, Kimi Circuit, Kimi Kaupunki, Kimi-Suomi (Road Course)

[Abanhfleft]

UrGa Motorsports Division
Stock Car Department

The Urotovsky-Gatutin Motorsports Division (UrGa) is an organization which is constantly in flux, or at least that is the impression that the outfit is giving off to the rest of the NationStates Stock Car Racing Association and has been giving off ever since this team joined the multiverse’s premier stock car racing competition. This team has never fielded the same lineup for two consecutive seasons, and Season 16 will be no exception to this trend. At this point, Rustam Yudin has become this organization’s lead driver, whether he wants the position or not. All of the other people who would have been a better fit for UrGa’s lead driver have all gone by the wayside: Guillermo Archer has permanently sidelined himself courtesy of a brain tumor that he believes would make him a liability on the track, and Wilma von Cärinthen has gone off on yet another mental health break, and it’s all but confirmed that this could be a longer break than usual, even for her. This has resulted in an internal policy shift for the organization, and after years of trying to pair up experience with youthful enthusiasm, UrGa has come to the decision that youth is the way to go. This explains UrGa’s latest move, something that many in their side have claimed to be a blockbuster move: Lexi Patterson, released from Skip Stiller Speedworks after the shocking withdrawal of the Everlong Series team’s parent organization Glorious Free Republic Motorworks from NSSCRA, has been signed to UrGa and given a chance in the top tier Cup Series. She will be UrGa’s second driver, riding alongside Rustam Yudin in the Pridnestrovian-Fleftic outfit’s attempt to fill in the gap left behind by the abrupt departure of NSSCRA’s Kanyean mainstays.

Much soul-searching has had in both the hallowed halls of UrGa’s main factory in Myrilsk and the Luxur team’s ARTS headquarters in Olistan as to why the team performed so poorly last season. Tires appeared to be a major issue for the team last year, and tire failures cost UrGa more than a handful of decent finishes all throughout the season. UrGa had gone back to Akorn tires following the Tropicorp controversy, and it soon became obvious that Akorn was nothing more than a local tire supplier for a reason. It is for this reason that UrGa has tapped up Solymok to be its new tire supplier beginning from this season onwards, and some would say that it was actually a relief that the Gergary-based company returned to the fold at the same time that UrGa needed a new tire supplier. At the same time, UrGa’s fortunes were definitely much better over in the World Grand Prix Championship, and it was no surprise that the parent company decided to focus the lion’s share of their efforts over in that competition once it was obvious that Luxur was going nowhere in NSSCRA. This year, the Stock Car Department shouldn’t be competing for resources against their own WGPC team so the expectation is that Luxur will have the full focus of Myrilsk all throughout the year.

Over in the Everlong Contenders’ Series, things are looking pretty much the same as far as UrGa is concerned. RouBax Racing Enterprises, Urotovsky-Gatutin’s representative in the second tier of NSSCRA, has once again decided to stick with the tried and true pairing of Patricia nic Neill and Eddie Suzuki. Patricia, who has a reputation for being unable to secure decent-ish funding ever since her entry into stock car racing as a whole, looks to have finally solved her monetary problems courtesy of Pridnestrovian industrial giants such as Bellerofon and Khomkagaz. Meanwhile, Suzuki continues to rep long-time Leo Baxter collaborators Pixylight in his own quest to receive international recognition, but there are rumors swirling that Suzuki’s time with the organization could come to an end soon if results don’t go his way. And, considering that Baxter’s own protege (and, if rumors are to be believed, also his estranged son) Ben Rumlow is apparently waiting in the wings, RouBax’s lineup could be changing sooner rather than later…

THE DRIVERS

#39 - RUSTAM ILYICH "RUSTAM" YUDIN
Series: Multiversal Cup Series
Main Sponsor: Signbridge Industries
Secondary Sponsor: Mazetainment Games
Crew Chief: Oscar Abcede
Spotter: Paxton Ilishevsky
twii.tur/cica.da: @39YudinRustam
Driving style: Fast and aggressive but mostly clean
Retaliation: Will never hit you intentionally but will defend his position to the death

It’s now or never for Rustam Yudin. Time for him to get a step on and finally show to the rest of the series what he is capable of doing. And it’s not just for himself; with the departure of Skip Stiller Speedworks (and the rest of Saint Kanye’s representation in NSSCRA), Rustam is now the last remaining Ceroatian still in the series. He’s the flagbearer for a country still recovering from the ravages of an unexpected societal collapse, and Rustam has to show that he is deserving to be the man to carry the flag of Ceroat across the multiverse. That’s a lot of responsibility and expectation to put on this young man’s shoulders, but UrGa wouldn’t have put it on him in the first place if they didn’t believe in him. But to keep repeating a theme, all of that belief on Rustam comes with the responsibility of actually performing for UrGa when it matters. Rustam has made it to only one NSSCRA playoffs so far, and even after talking about raising his own aggression and determination levels from two years ago, there’s no denying that his equipment has let him down time and time again last season. But even then, if Rustam truly has the talent and skill that Guillermo Archer et al believes he has, Rustam can surely drag his car into the upper reaches of the standings sooner rather than later.

“Last season was a bust, there’s no denying it. I can’t even explain what went wrong for us back then. There’s so many factors to think about, like all of the tire failures and engine failures and whatnot. And now I’m the only Ceroatian left in the series thanks to the Kanyeans leaving and making my good friend Lav [Pyotr Lavrentiev], so now I have the pride and honor of an entire nation on my shoulders along with the hopes and expectations of my race team. That’s a lot of pressure. I like to think that I won’t fold under it all, but last season showed me that I’ve still got a lot left to learn. And not only do I have a lot to learn, but now I also gotta lead the team as well. Lexi [Patterson] is a newcomer and so I have to help teach her how we do things here in UrGa. It’s different from Saint Kanye, it’s different from Jebslund, and it’s definitely different from how she did it with Hampton Island that one time. Crazy times, this season will be. I just know it.”

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#30 - ALEXANDRA "LEXI" PATTERSON
Series: Multiversal Cup Series
Main Sponsor: Gavanavia Cargo Airlines
Secondary Sponsor: Panther Jeans
Crew Chief: Deckard "Dec" Sullivan
Spotter: Terry Freedlander
twii.tur/cica.da: @Lexi_Patterson_30
Driving style: Driving with a point to prove
Retaliation: She's an unknown quantity right now so anything can happen

The model-turned-stock car driver has found herself a new home once again, this time landing in the Urotovsky-Gatutin Motorsports Division after a successful year last season in which she came close to winning the Everlong Contenders Series title. Lexi has certainly come so far from her “humble” beginnings as a publicity stunt gone wrong, and it would have just seemed so wrong for her to not have a ride coming into this season following the unexpected bombshell that both Glorious Free Republic Motorsports and their Everlong affiliate Skip Stiller Speedworks was pulling out of the competition starting from Season 16. That said, if rumors are to be believed then Lexi wasn’t even on UrGa’s radar as a possible replacement driver for the outgoing Wilma von Cärinthen, and it had to take some wheeling and dealing and convincing on the part of the team’s enigmatic “financial advisor” before UrGa even went ahead with offering Lexi a place for next season. It seems as if controversy just keeps following the poor girl around, and that controversy will not stop unless Lexi can prove that she actually belongs in the Multiversal Cup Series. On one hand, she did come very close to winning the Contenders’ Series last season, but on the other hand, she had been given many chances to prove herself in the top tier during her time in Jebslund, chances that Lexi unfortunately didn’t take. Will things be different for her, and for UrGa, this time around?

“I am so grateful for Urotovsky-Gatutin for giving me another chance to compete in the Multiversal Cup Series. I know that there are a lot of people that have been skeptical of me, and are probably still skeptical of me, ever since my first NSSCRA race, but I want to believe that I’ve improved leaps and bounds from the Lexi that entered her first NSSCRA race all those years ago. I’ve learned a lot in my time in Jebslund and in Saint Kanye with Skip Stiller and his team. If I really was nothing more than just a pretty face, I don’t think I would have finished second in the Everlong championship last season. Maybe I won’t finish second in the Cup championship, and maybe I never will. But I’m just happy to have been given a second chance, or this is probably my third chance if we’re being honest. And I do want to repay UrGa for the trust and belief that they’ve placed in me.”

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#66 - PATRICIA "PATTY" NIC NEILL
Series: Everlong Contenders' Series
Main Sponsor: Kamandag Energy Drink
Secondary Sponsor: Bellerophon Industrial Concern, Khomkagaz
Crew Chief: Ollie Cullen
Spotter: Stephanie Palma
twii.tur/cica.da: @patty_nicneill60
Driving style: Drives like she's still behind the wheel of a truck (a semi-articulated one at that)
Retaliation: If you haven't swapped paint with her, you weren't actually at the same track as her

The words “safe pair of hands” have always been used to describe Patricia nic Neill ever since she first came into NSSCRA, and even though that hasn’t necessarily been a winning combination in the competition, at least both UrGa and RouBax Racing Enterprises know that she won’t cost them a lot in terms of expenses incurred from damage. The engine failures and tire failures are a completely different matter altogether, and it isn’t like Patty is doing anything to these machines to make her equipment go up in flames just like that. But with UrGa seemingly moving in the direction of focusing on youth in the Multiversal Cup Series, it’s probably safe to say that Patty’s time in the series is numbered. Yes, she’s a safe pair of hands and will be able to bring home her car in one piece more times than not, but she has also seemingly sacrificed her speed in exchange for being more careful than other drivers in the series. A driver who can bring home the car in one piece is good, but a driver who can bring home the car in one piece to victory lane is much better. And while Patty can do that a couple of times, she probably can’t do it enough times to actually be a title contender in NSSCRA’s second tier, and for UrGa, that is pretty much a liability.

“I don’t even know what to say anymore. I know that UrGa and RouBax like having me around because I know how to keep out of trouble more times than not, at least on the track. And I’m trying to be as fast as I know that these cars can be, but sometimes things just don’t work out. And I have to admit that I’ve still got some hang-ups about where the money that my sponsorships bring me come from. I’ve heard the rumors, seen the twiis and the chirps online. No country is ever truly clean, but Pridnestrovia has always admitted to being dirtier than everyone else. And their businessmen are no different. I’ve got a lot of things to think about, and maybe that’s not the best way to start a season which could very well be my last. Gotta clear out my head, keep all of the other things in the back while I’m driving.”

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#06 - EDUARDO "EDDIE" SUZUKI
Series: Everlong Contenders' Series
Main Sponsor: Pixylight Electric
Secondary Sponsor: Mykopi 3-in-1 Instant Coffee
Crew Chief: Samuel Villafort
Spotter: Karl Magruder
cica.da: @eddiesuzuki_006
Driving style: Stays in his lane as much as possible, both in racing and in life
Retaliation: He doesn't

Eddie Suzuki’s contract with RouBax Racing and NSSCRA was only supposed to be for one season. However, no one appeared to be ready and willing to take that second spot in the team for all sorts of reasons, so Eddie was offered an extension by Leo Baxter himself. It was a decision that made sense; after all, Eddie had been able to put his car inside the top 15 more times than not in the early stages of the season, and he even came close to winning last season’s Prospect Showcase. However, all of that was before UrGa’s stock cars fell by the wayside when the parent company decided to focus its efforts on winning the constructors’ trophy in the World Grand Prix Championship. Things don’t look like they’re likely to change anytime soon, and with the parent team looking to shift over to a more youth-oriented system after the departure of UrGa’s veteran heavy-hitters, Eddie’s time in the premier stock car racing series of the multiverse may also be about to come to an end. And if rumors are to be believed, there is a distinct possibility that Eddie might not even make it to the end of the season before getting axed.

“I don’t know how to feel about this season, honestly. On one hand, I’m obviously happy that my contract has been extended, and that Leo Baxter is really happy to have me onboard once again. On the other hand though, I’ve heard all the talk about how UrGa is planning to go younger moving forward, and I’m not exactly a spring chicken. No matter what happens to me at the end of the season, I want to make a splash in this series. I want to put my name out there and make sure that people remember me no matter how I walk out of here. I know that people saw what I was capable of doing in the early part of last season, before UrGa decided to shift their focus to WGPC. I want to show that again this season, and I also want to show that I can keep it going for the whole year no matter what.”

(OOC: Driver image bases generated with Ideogram.ai and celebrity faces swapped in using Remaker.ai's Face Swap Tool. I wish I had the money or connections to convince Logan Lerman, Sabrina Carpenter, Karen Gillan, and Masi Oka that I'm making a NASCAR movie so I can get pictures of them in racing suits, but alas.)

[Abanhfleft]

UrGa Motorsports Division
Stock Car Department

THE CARS

#39 RUSTAM ILYICH YUDIN - SIGNBRIDGE INDUSTRIES ("THIS IS THE WAY")


#30 LEXI PATTERSON - GAVANAVIA CARGO AIRLINES ("WE DELIVER ANYTHING")


#66 PATRICIA NIC NEILL - KAMANDAG ENERGY DRINK ("HEARTRACING HEARTPOUNDING HEARTBREAKER")


#06 EDDIE SUZUKI - PIXYLIGHT E-CIGARETTE ("THE HOT BOX 6.0")

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ALTERNATE SCHEMES

#39 RUSTAM ILYICH YUDIN - MAZETAINMENT GAMES ("NEW DRIVER, WHO DIS?")


#30 LEXI PATTERSON - PANTHER JEANS ("THE SCENE STEALER")

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SPECIAL SCHEMES
(To be run at all short tracks)

#39 RUSTAM ILYICH YUDIN - VISIT THE FHULGHAMOUS!


#30 LEXI PATTERSON - VISIT THE FHULGHAMOUS!
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