50's Short Track Classic 2015 - 9-10 Mansfield Night

Good old Mansfield Night.  This little Ohio track is actually back in operation this year after being closed since about 2008.  Kind of cool to be able to race on it in our series as it takes off in real life.

Race 1:

Nearly all of us were up at the front for the start.   Those who weren't quickly moved up.

The first yellow actually came out when the AI got scuppered up on themselves.

When we were going again, Zack was quickly catching me.

But another yellow wasn't far as pitters were haphazardly returning to the racing surface.

Zack just barely missed.

Chad bounced his way through but was mostly unscathed.

Darrel did his best to spear the whole thing.

Sandy got knocked around trying to avoid the situation by Mica in the 98.

When we did get going again, all the humans were running the front.

We had several green flag laps when Darrel moved the 001 out of the way.

This yellow was the weirdest so far as the pace van did not come back in.

Another few laps of green and Chad took out the 78.

By this point we were within our pit window so most of the humans came in.

On the green I moved lappers out of my way to strike at the front.

Zack tried the same gap but the 22 quickly tried to close it on him.

And it sent him into the wall.

On the next racing run, Darrel was fighting traffic hard.

As the field stacked up behind him, they started piling up.

This yellow was worse than the pace van being out as we had two rows of lap cars on the inside.

Darrel once again had to deal with several slow cars side by side and bounced the wall coming off the corner.

Like the Newton balls, the 03 got shuffled off.

And there was still plenty of wrecking happening up the track which Darrel just barely missed.  Days of Thunder style...

But he couldn't miss them all and eventually got knocked around by the Petty duo.

Hmmm, seems Sandy was busy also...

Under green, Scot was pouring on the pressure when Darrel spun from a damaged ride.

With the last 10 laps of the race, I held him off and we took it 1, 2.

Race 2:

Race 2 started a little differently but still mostly humans in the front.

And it didn't take any time before things started getting tricky.  Zack pulled to the high side, supposedly to avoid me and it caused a collision with Sandy.

That wouldn't have been so bad but the rest of the field was right there.

Sandy kept going but Chad did not as he was wrapped right into it.

Like a freaking burrito.

The first restart was more exciting than the start.  Darrel had to deal with some lappers

I was keeping an eye on Zack since he got a big launch on the start...

...and didn't see that Darrel was pulling way down to swing past the lappers.

I was carrying full speed into the corner and shot straight to the bottom.  Had Zack not checked up, it likely would have been the end for us all.

Even still, it took everything I had to keep from wrecking while bouncing off of the 78.

Scot was also having problems back in the back.

But held onto it and kept it off the wall.

Ultimately, Chad brought out the yellow as the 51 of Rowdy Burns slammed him.

Chad then crushed the 55.

On the next restart, Chad went to dive inside of the 17 when he caught his bumper.

All would have been fine if the 1 hadn't been knocked into and off of the wall and back into Chad.

Chad actually kept it going straight but was blasting straight into turn one.

And a big ol' mess happened.

Sandy just managed to tuck inside and miss the conflagration.

Chad was not out though.  And he was turning into Hulksmash Chad.

He sought out those who did him wrong.

Every car that had contact with him.

And I guess anyone he could find.

Yes, nearly everyone.

Even the same ones.

He finally ran up to the front and smashed into me.  After that he rage quit.  Certainly understand the frustration since he was running in the top 5 in the first race and his game quit in a way he couldn't come back:  DNS.  Too bad.

And to top it off, the pace van was out racing with us again.

Darrel had a run in with the Grave Digger as GD went diving for the pits in front of him.

He then threw it into reverse and slammed Tow Mater.

In the pit window, some of us came in for fuel and tires.

Zack was hardly in his stall.

And then started reversing into traffic.

Specifically me.  Though there wasn't any contact so no harm done.

On the restart, Scot had the lead.

I was a few spots back but fighting through the field.

Then Darrel knocked out the 74.

And he didn't stop.

With the few green laps we had, I finally caught Scot.

But there was trouble within laps.

Zack was just out of position and slowed up a tiny bit but it was enough for the 55 to throw him into the mess he was avoiding.

Sandy managed to squeak by.

But he wasn't out of the woods yet.  Coming to the line, Unser was taking Mica out right in front of him.

We got going and Darrel immediately ran over Grave Digger.

Going green and we have about 5 laps of green.  It would come right down to the end.

Oh wait, except Zack ended up taking out Mica and bringing out the final yellow.

Which we finished the 75 lap race under.  We celebrated in usual style.

East Bay is up next.

Race 1

Session: Practice

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	19	T Nadz	17.172
2	81	C Ferguson	17.403
3	91	T Bear	17.568
4	34	D Hamilton	17.758
5	001	H Smith	17.824
6	01	M Max	17.894
7	51	R Burns	17.985
8	11	M I Bannon	18.004
9	92	C Sumner	18.056
10	5	T Hankins	18.071
11	42	L Petty	18.077
12	77	R Sweet	18.118
13	67	B Klock	18.143
14	18	R Wheeler	18.151
15	74	J DeWitt	18.164
16	78	T McEwen	18.193
17	7	J Hampton	18.200
18	4	A Unser	18.266
19	43	R Petty	18.301
20	66	D Monroe	18.303
21	45	L Carbone	18.324
22	36	P Rozelle	18.347
23	003	R Holbrook	18.349
24	002	T Mender	18.408
25	6	B Jordon	18.429
26	40	B Ebsen	18.436
27	17	M Downing	18.445
28	32	D Roberts	18.502
29	1	T Daniels	18.518
30	10	E Keene	18.575
31	46	C Trickle	18.622
32	61	D Hudson	18.728
33	55	J Langford	18.778
34	99	R Melindez	18.813
35	75	D Mulberry	18.885
36	27	L McQueen	18.890
37	72	A Grant	19.058
38	22	M Brings Plenty	19.141
39	08	S Holzheimer	19.212
40	95	T Mater	19.408
41	98	M Joyner	19.435
42	93	R O'Reilly	19.770

Weather: Clear, 74 °F, Northwest 8 mph

Session: Qualifying

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	19	T Nadz	17.132
2	23	Z Webster	17.223
3	42	L Petty	17.344
4	34	D Hamilton	17.373
5	81	C Ferguson	17.422
6	91	T Bear	17.433
7	78	T McEwen	17.553
8	92	C Sumner	17.559
9	51	R Burns	17.574
10	7	J Hampton	17.587
11	66	D Monroe	17.592
12	43	R Petty	17.605
13	74	J DeWitt	17.614
14	18	R Wheeler	17.641
15	36	P Rozelle	17.694
16	67	B Klock	17.753
17	001	H Smith	17.757
18	6	B Jordon	17.760
19	5	T Hankins	17.768
20	77	R Sweet	17.792
21	99	R Melindez	17.803
22	11	M I Bannon	17.920
23	46	C Trickle	17.954
24	003	R Holbrook	17.992
25	40	B Ebsen	18.002
26	55	J Langford	18.018
27	32	D Roberts	18.085
28	10	E Keene	18.088
29	17	M Downing	18.135
30	002	T Mender	18.157
31	01	M Max	18.340
32	75	D Mulberry	18.365
33	45	L Carbone	18.383
34	61	D Hudson	18.437
35	27	L McQueen	18.465
36	4	A Unser	18.493
37	72	A Grant	18.558
38	95	T Mater	18.625
39	98	M Joyner	18.680
40	08	S Holzheimer	18.804
41	22	M Brings Plenty	18.888
42	1	T Daniels	18.974
43	93	R O'Reilly	19.041

Weather: Clear, 74 °F, East 6 mph

Session: Happy Hour

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	19	T Nadz	17.354
2	23	Z Webster	17.563
3	81	C Ferguson	17.622
4	34	D Hamilton	17.705
5	003	R Holbrook	17.854
6	4	A Unser	17.896
7	51	R Burns	17.932
8	01	M Max	17.984
9	92	C Sumner	18.045
10	74	J DeWitt	18.083
11	43	R Petty	18.136
12	18	R Wheeler	18.174
13	42	L Petty	18.201
14	77	R Sweet	18.202
15	91	T Bear	18.227
16	7	J Hampton	18.278
17	67	B Klock	18.394
18	5	T Hankins	18.410
19	99	R Melindez	18.416
20	40	B Ebsen	18.474
21	001	H Smith	18.478
22	36	P Rozelle	18.495
23	6	B Jordon	18.531
24	95	T Mater	18.538
25	002	T Mender	18.592
26	46	C Trickle	18.605
27	27	L McQueen	18.670
28	78	T McEwen	18.679
29	45	L Carbone	18.686
30	66	D Monroe	18.699
31	1	T Daniels	18.752
32	55	J Langford	18.776
33	32	D Roberts	18.829
34	10	E Keene	18.849
35	11	M I Bannon	18.855
36	61	D Hudson	18.883
37	72	A Grant	18.907
38	17	M Downing	18.973
39	98	M Joyner	19.063
40	08	S Holzheimer	19.288
41	93	R O'Reilly	19.469
42	22	M Brings Plenty	19.494
43	75	D Mulberry	19.523

Weather: Clear, 88 °F, East 15 mph

Session: Race

OFFICIAL STANDINGS

F	S	#	DRIVER	INTERVAL	LAPS	LED	POINTS	STATUS
1	1	19	T Nadz	51.716	75	70*	185	Running
2	31	01	M Max	-1.09	75	2	175	Running
3	2	23	Z Webster	-5.52	75	0	165	Running
4	15	36	P Rozelle	-7.41	75	0	160	Running
5	42	1	T Daniels	-8.50	75	0	155	Running
6	22	11	M I Bannon	-8.63	75	0	150	Running
7	13	74	J DeWitt	-12.16	75	0	146	Running
8	23	46	C Trickle	-13.36	75	0	142	Running
9	8	92	C Sumner	-13.45	75	0	138	Running
10	10	7	J Hampton	-13.49	75	0	134	Running
11	6	91	T Bear	-15.37	75	1	135	Running
12	25	40	B Ebsen	-15.63	75	0	127	Running
13	35	27	L McQueen	-15.69	75	0	124	Running
14	30	002	T Mender	-16.20	75	0	121	Running
15	4	34	D Hamilton	-16.95	75	0	118	Running
16	11	66	D Monroe	-1L	74	0	115	Running
17	40	08	S Holzheimer	-1L	74	0	112	Running
18	20	77	R Sweet	-1L	74	0	109	Running
19	16	67	B Klock	-1L	74	0	106	Running
20	27	32	D Roberts	-1L	74	0	103	Running
21	9	51	R Burns	-1L	74	0	100	Running
22	12	43	R Petty	-1L	74	0	97	Running
23	34	61	D Hudson	-1L	74	0	94	Running
24	17	001	H Smith	-2L	73	0	91	Running
25	3	42	L Petty	-2L	73	0	88	Running
26	26	55	J Langford	-2L	73	0	85	Running
27	29	17	M Downing	-2L	73	0	82	Running
28	32	75	D Mulberry	-2L	73	0	79	Running
29	24	003	R Holbrook	-3L	72	0	76	Running
30	38	95	T Mater	-3L	72	0	73	Running
31	41	22	M Brings Plenty	-3L	72	0	70	Running
32	7	78	T McEwen	-3L	72	0	67	Running
33	21	99	R Melindez	-3L	72	0	64	Running
34	33	45	L Carbone	-3L	72	0	61	Running
35	43	93	R O'Reilly	-4L	71	0	58	Running
36	14	18	R Wheeler	-4L	71	0	55	Running
37	37	72	A Grant	-4L	71	0	52	Running
38	18	6	B Jordon	-4L	71	0	49	Running
39	28	10	E Keene	-4L	71	0	46	Running
40	39	98	M Joyner	-4L	71	0	43	Running
41	19	5	T Hankins	-5L	70	0	40	Running
42	5	81	C Ferguson	-21L	54	2	42	Retired
43	36	4	A Unser	-65L	10	0	34	Accident

Caution Flags: 10 (46 laps)

Lead Changes: 7 (4 drivers)

Weather: Clear, 87 °F, Northeast 19 mph

Pitstop Frequency: 4x

AI Strength: 90%

PENALTIES

LAP	#	INFRACTION	PENALTY
31	34	Passing under yellow	Held for 1 seconds
47	81	Passing under yellow	Held for 1 seconds

Race 2

Session: Qualifying

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	34	D Hamilton	17.213
2	23	Z Webster	17.215
3	19	T Nadz	17.243
4	91	T Bear	17.371
5	51	R Burns	17.378
6	78	T McEwen	17.482
7	43	R Petty	17.497
8	66	D Monroe	17.545
9	18	R Wheeler	17.581
10	46	C Trickle	17.596
11	42	L Petty	17.597
12	81	C Ferguson	17.612
13	7	J Hampton	17.644
14	88	T Bickle	17.661
15	74	J DeWitt	17.712
16	6	B Jordon	17.773
17	92	C Sumner	17.797
18	77	R Sweet	17.804
19	36	P Rozelle	17.820
20	003	R Holbrook	17.822
21	35	J Foss	17.854
22	5	T Hankins	17.930
23	54	T Smith	17.976
24	67	B Klock	18.033
25	1	T Daniels	18.036
26	40	B Ebsen	18.057
27	99	R Melindez	18.080
28	72	A Grant	18.093
29	4	A Unser	18.126
30	11	M I Bannon	18.165
31	10	E Keene	18.180
32	75	D Mulberry	18.211
33	55	J Langford	18.228
34	055	C McGee	18.300
35	95	T Mater	18.326
36	17	M Downing	18.355
37	32	D Roberts	18.487
38	82	K Rodriguez	18.600
39	93	R O'Reilly	18.703
40	08	S Holzheimer	18.759
41	98	M Joyner	18.805
42	22	M Brings Plenty	18.892
43	01	M Max	20.990

Weather: Clear, 74 °F, Southwest 9 mph

Session: Race

OFFICIAL STANDINGS

F	S	#	DRIVER	INTERVAL	LAPS	LED	POINTS	STATUS
1	43	01	M Max	56.317	75	38*	185	Running
2	3	19	T Nadz	-1.69	75	31	175	Running
3	5	51	R Burns	-3.48	75	0	165	Running
4	20	003	R Holbrook	-4.47	75	0	160	Running
5	18	77	R Sweet	-6.12	75	0	155	Running
6	2	23	Z Webster	-1L	74	0	150	Running
7	1	34	D Hamilton	-1L	74	6	151	Running
8	7	43	R Petty	-1L	74	0	142	Running
9	25	1	T Daniels	-1L	74	0	138	Running
10	4	91	T Bear	-2L	73	0	134	Running
11	33	55	J Langford	-2L	73	0	130	Running
12	19	36	P Rozelle	-2L	73	0	127	Running
13	15	74	J DeWitt	-3L	72	0	124	Running
14	37	32	D Roberts	-3L	72	0	121	Running
15	30	11	M I Bannon	-3L	72	0	118	Running
16	14	88	T Bickle	-3L	72	0	115	Running
17	17	92	C Sumner	-3L	72	0	112	Running
18	11	42	L Petty	-3L	72	0	109	Running
19	8	66	D Monroe	-3L	72	0	106	Running
20	26	40	B Ebsen	-3L	72	0	103	Running
21	41	98	M Joyner	-4L	71	0	100	Running
22	38	82	K Rodriguez	-4L	71	0	97	Running
23	21	35	J Foss	-5L	70	0	94	Running
24	9	18	R Wheeler	-5L	70	0	91	Running
25	13	7	J Hampton	-7L	68	0	88	Running
26	29	4	A Unser	-8L	67	0	85	Running
27	36	17	M Downing	-8L	67	0	82	Running
28	34	055	C McGee	-11L	64	0	79	Running
29	16	6	B Jordon	-12L	63	0	76	Running
30	22	5	T Hankins	-12L	63	0	73	Running
31	39	93	R O'Reilly	-13L	62	0	70	Retired
32	23	54	T Smith	-15L	60	0	67	Retired
33	35	95	T Mater	-43L	32	0	64	Retired
34	6	78	T McEwen	-51L	24	0	61	DQ
35	10	46	C Trickle	-54L	21	0	58	Retired
36	12	81	C Ferguson	-57L	18	0	55	Retired
37	31	10	E Keene	-74L	1	0	52	Retired
38	42	22	M Brings Plenty	-74L	1	0	49	Retired
39	27	99	R Melindez	-74L	1	0	46	Retired
40	32	75	D Mulberry	-74L	1	0	43	Retired
41	40	08	S Holzheimer	-74L	1	0	40	Retired
42	24	67	B Klock	-74L	1	0	37	Retired
43	28	72	A Grant	-75L	0	0	34	Accident

Caution Flags: 11 (53 laps)

Lead Changes: 2 (3 drivers)

Weather: Clear, 74 °F, East 9 mph

Pitstop Frequency: 4x

AI Strength: 90%

PENALTIES

LAP	#	INFRACTION	PENALTY
13	81	Entering closed pits	Go to end of longest line
16	81	Passing under yellow	Held for 3 seconds
23	91	Failure to pit	Go to end of longest line
24	01	Speeding in pits	Go to end of longest line
38	19	Speeding in pits	Go to end of longest line
38	34	Speeding in pits	Go to end of longest line
40	19	Passing under yellow	Held for 1 seconds
20	81	Passing under yellow	Held for 3 seconds
57	34	Failure to pit	Go to end of longest line
58	34	Passing the pacecar	Held for 16 seconds
64	91	Passing under yellow	Held for 2 seconds