MSA TORA NA Touring Car Championship - Round 16, 17 & 18 - Sebring Short – May 14th 9PM EST

Delays suck, so do connection issues. But, in the end had some good battles in tonight's races.

Thank you Jesus for showing up and making things interesting.

Flyin Mikey J wrote:Delays suck, so do connection issues. But, in the end had some good battles in tonight's races.

Thank you Jesus for showing up and making things interesting.

That is just a statement!!!!!!! But yes it was a good night overall. Although All I could see was a spec of a car here and there.

First TORA win of 2013 for me happened last night in race 1. I had fun carrying the "Red Turtle Shell" Civic at the front. Thanks to Venom for making me get into a rhythm early to make sure you couldn't catch me.

Motegi East meeting in 2 weeks, I'll have to start reading early cuz I'll be in Boston the weekend before

Congrats Mario! It was a good night with great racing!

The delays with starting race 1 did seem to take a while, but, lobby A did still finish within 2 hours of the start time.

With little practice from not playing FM4 for about the last month I was a little rusty heading into the event. However, I was slowly finding my pace as the races progressed. Also, to finish off the night, was a fantastic four-way battle from the last corner to the checkered flag for 3rd place in race 3.

a fantastic four-way battle from the last corner to the checkered flag for 3rd place in race 3.

or "had their been one more lap Dominic Mako would have lost three more positions."

All I kept hearing in Lobby B, race 2 & 3. Here comes Jesus, then there he goes! Warspite, I do apologize for hitting you in turn 2 of the first race. I just underestimated my closing rate on you going into that turn and couldn't get my car slowed down in time. You drove a hell of a race from what I could hear in the back.

Think Jesus should keep his gamertag then, Me thinks.

Dominic Mako wrote:or "had their been one more lap Dominic Mako would have lost three more positions."

At the start of the back straight I thought I was a bit too far back to make anything happen, but, the Volvo was strong enough in a straight line to make up a bit of ground. I am not sure if Mako & Cain touched under braking as I found myself in the fray at the apex of the last corner. Then, in all of the excitement, I nearly lost all of my momentum in the dash to the finish with a poorly timed shift.

Dominic Mako wrote:

a fantastic four-way battle from the last corner to the checkered flag for 3rd place in race 3.

or "had their been one more lap Dominic Mako would have lost three more positions."

lol...I just couldn't finish my pass on Mako...his car was too fast on corner exit straights to get the pass to stick. With me fighting bumper to bumper with Mako, that enabled Bruno to catch up and ultimately put me down a couple of spots. Had some great battles in all three races. Nice driving guys!

v Hurricane v wrote:Warspite, I do apologize for hitting you in turn 2 of the first race. I just underestimated my closing rate on you going into that turn and couldn't get my car slowed down in time. You drove a hell of a race from what I could hear in the back.

Don't worry about it man, it happens, we all make sudden mistakes mid-race so its nothing to worry about, im not upset in any way as I had fun driving a Tank round a tight track lol.

I'll say this, I know me and venom weren't feeling it but we stuck in there lol

The cars were off the pace we were used to which made it a long night to begin with lol but race 1 n 2 were great. Finding the rythm to stay ahead of Bruno and pass Cain.

Race 3 was reall interesting, a bottle neck into 2 which allowed me n Cain to make it through clean somehow. And we really put the pedal down, only to be caught by Mario n Venom. Race 3 was a blast, I never pushed and raced so hard this season just to get a podium... But of course that didn't happen haha

Teammates racing to hard an we lost all ground, then to be taken out in the last corner, well my night ended how it started... A struggle. Ready to make up some lost ground next week.

Good job to Wingnut and Mario on their wins

XPR Soundwave wrote:Race 3 was reall interesting, a bottle neck into 2 which allowed me n Cain to make it through clean somehow.

Cat-like reflexes!

i won race two rob. wheres my congrats lol. a little put off it took nearly 30+ minutes to get race started. but thats forza servers for ya. or peoples connection lol

It was driver "a" couldn't connect to driver "b" when driver "b" was hosting B lobby, but if driver "a" hosted the lobby, driver "b" was able to connect to "a". It was weird n and it indeed held up things. Unfortunate, but connection issues are part for course with peer-to-peer gaming, IMO.

BloodYCaiN wrote:

XPR Soundwave wrote:Race 3 was reall interesting, a bottle neck into 2 which allowed me n Cain to make it through clean somehow.

Cat-like reflexes!

You mean, Cain-like reflexes! Hiyooooooh!

XPR Soundwave wrote:

BloodYCaiN wrote:

XPR Soundwave wrote:Race 3 was reall interesting, a bottle neck into 2 which allowed me n Cain to make it through clean somehow.

Cat-like reflexes!

You mean, Cain-like reflexes! Hiyooooooh!

+1

NATCC driver standings after Sebring (points reflect dropped round) (Top 20):

1st - XPR Venom: 2,234 points
2nd - LMR DarthMario: 2,216 points (to 1st: 18 points)
3rd - XPR Soundwave: 2,186 points (to 1st: 48 points; to next place 30 points)
4th - Duke of Bruno: 2,168 points (to 1st: 668 points; to next place 18 points)
5th - Dominic Mako: 2,166 points (to 1st: 68 points; to next place 2 points)
6th - DTechPR: 2,162 points (to 1st: 72 points; to next place 4 points)
7th - BloodYCaiN: 2,151 points (to 1st: 83 points; to next place 11 points)
8th - CallMehDarkside: 2,118 points (to 1st: 116 points; to next place 33 points)
9th - Flyin Mikey J: 2,089 points (to 1st: 145 points; to next place 29 points)
10th - JKGrizzle: 2,087 points (to 1st: 147 points; to next place 2 points)
11th - WskeTango: 2,055 points (to 1st: 179 points; to next place 32 points)
12th - LMR Posimosh: 2,054 points (to 1st: 180 points; to next place 1 point)
13th - Hailfire97x: 2,038 points (to 1st: 196 points; to next place 16 points)
14th - v Hurricane v: 2,011 points (to 1st: 223 points; to next place 27 points)
15th - CQR Tactical: 1,783 points (to 1st: 451 points; to next place 228 points)
16th - XPR Clutch: 1,724 points (to 1st: 510 points; to next place 59 points)
17th - Louie Loper: 1,594 points (to 1st: 640 points; to next place 130 points)
18th - Corey CC97: 1,574 points (to 1st: 660 points; to next place 20 points)
19th - DeweyTee: 1,188 points (to 1st: 1046 points; to next place 386 points)
20th - XPR Gillard: 1,086 points (to 1st: 1148 points; to next place 102 points)

thanks for this Bruno. must've taken a bit of time to do all those maths.

No worries. Was wondering how things were shaping up for the final 2 races and excel makes short work of the maths.


Also, ...

Other NATCC stats after 6 races:

Most drivers to compete at a race meeting: 24 (Meeting 3 - Silverstone)

Fewest drivers to compete at a race meeting: 15 (Meeeting 6 - Sebring)

Average number of drivers to compete per race meeting: 20.16

Drivers that have not missed a single race: 8

Drivers that have missed 1 race: 7

the lowest turnout this season is still higher than last season.

No points given for doing just qualifying? Really weird how was able to get in during qualifying but couldn't connect to B lobby

wheres xpr small block

XPR Venom wrote:i won race two rob. wheres my congrats lol. a little put off it took nearly 30+ minutes to get race started. but thats forza servers for ya. or peoples connection lol

well i think its the fact that you have had a few wins already and 2 new drivers picking up wins got the mention lol
apart from the delays which did suck and needs looking into was some good racing and picking up the win was a big bonus for me i hope i get a few more wins (but cant see it )
to be honest wish i entered it earlier cause may have given Venom a run for his money would have been a good battle with the Mario aswell

hey shouldnt i be up there at 7th spot???

Louie Loper wrote:No points given for doing just qualifying? Really weird how was able to get in during qualifying but couldn't connect to B lobby

This should be awarded points for last place in race 1 only and no points for race 2 or 3