MSA TORA Spec Cup Season 1 - Media

Rounds Five and Six of Season One in the TORA Spec Cup and a trip across to Germany and the Hockenheimring this week, for two races around the Short Circuit. A massive 40 cars on show this week, which is a rare thing for a series to increase in numbers as the weeks go on and well, looks like the Golf is a popular tool to enjoy some good close Spec Racing.



Qualifying this week involved a last lap bid of glory, i was sitting on a 1:15:234 going into my fifth and final flying lap, practice had seen times around the 1:15 flat mark, and low and behold, a 1:15:039 on the last lap, enough to move me up a good few positions, and thankfully, enough to lift myself into Lobby One again this week, which was no easy task, as ATR Dan, YMGR Bellmond and Angus Rules found out this week, missing out by less than 0.1 seconds, although you get the feeling they will be back battling again for the top lobby next week and just proves how close this series has been.





Race One and on pole this week was o MeaDo212 o, who produced a stunning 1:14:009 in qualifying, which was also the fastest lap of the two races, the Go Daddy Golf this week though having company from not one but two JS Racing Golf's, as XPR Eggy joined XPR Mad Dog and like his team mate, was battling out the front and eventually taking the win in Race One.

It was a bad night for the current points leader as he backed out of the opening race due to a lag related incident. Onpole.com Racing was well represented in the top lobby this week, all three drivers up there and all making positions in the opening race, including Myles Prower despite an early 'Perez Moment' as he beautifully put. The car certainly looked the business as the photo above shows.

For myself, i found myself being nice at the beginning in the opening lap, which cost me a place as Bli33ard took advantage superbly, in fact at one stage in the opening race, i started to lose the tail of the field which wasnt great, but the lap times going in were quick and above what what i had been achieving in practice this week, so perhaps it was to be expected.

On Lap eight, coming into the Stadium Section, Bli33ard's connection had a moment or two, which made for a couple of interesting pictures shall we say, but also allowed me the chance to catch up and apply a bit of pressure as i finally started getting into the Hockenheimring groove. It did reqwuire help though and unfortunately on the last corner of the final lap, Bli33ard made the mistake, running wide and i was able to make a spot up for an eighth place finish.



XPR Eggy took the win, with o MeaDo212 o second and with ATR Dan in Lobby Two and XPR Mad Dog pulling out of the race, it meant a spot on top of the standings for the Go Daddy Golf. He celebrated this fact by going out in race two and taking the win over XPR Eggy, it was a close race right the way through the race, the opening ten laps seeing the pack separated by just 400 feet, i know, as i was at the back of the pack.

Yet again, for myself, another race long battle with Bli33ard, which was superb stuff, mistakes being punished on both sides as the battle for last continued right the way to the line again.





Another entertaining evening then, congratulations to XPR Eggy and o MeaDo212 o on the wins, thank you to Bli33ard for the battle at the back, which was every lap of both races. Superb racing throughout the field and well, next week its Tsukuba Short, should be another good one then as im a weird one, i love Tsukuba, although, this will be just my second race around the Short Circuit in race conditions, best get some practice in then!!

As always, a few more pictures on my Facebook page and the thumbnails on my forum