Pot Luck 17 - R7 Atlanta Motor Speedway

Well, Mark went and broke the streak of road courses and picked a classic oval.  Not only that but a full, single race with pit stops and tire strategy.  Unfortunately for most of us, tires would be the least of our problems.

Thanks to a great performance at Road America, a bunch of humans were forced to start at the back.  And the ones who weren't required, chose to stay away from what was potential doom at the start.

That doom came quickly as Gurton Buster got loose chasing after Webster.

He careened into Gut Slab, making short work of both cars.

Darrel Hamilton got loose and mostly just looped it with a small tapping of the wall.  While it's mostly the fault of him avoiding the wreck, it was in part due to his use of only a single monitor this race until he can get all three working together again.

The next wreck wasn't far away as Webster ran over Bia in the corner the same time Rigglman Jr ran up on Valerio.

Tnadz was on the opposite corner with a run on the outside when both cars came flying up the track.

Riggleman had gone past but was also into the back of AI under the disapproving gaze of Wild Bill.

Valerio now had a taste for human flesh and chomped on The Bear's fender.

While Hamilton had kept clear of most nefarious driving, he too was involved after brushing the wall and coming back into the 188.

His night was done.

Gut Slab was carrying on but now fighting an even looser car.

While trying to recover, he was blasted by Navarro.  Also dead.

Few were spared from trouble as Caca Bueno came together with Thiago Camillo.

Zonta then ran over Barrichello who almost came back and caused a massive accident.

Instead, I was ran over by Allam Khodair

Mark Riggleman was mostly heading up the remaining humans as we were down to just three within 30 of 114 laps.  But even with damage, he was still running over cars in the corners.

Tony Nadz was also being run over, this time by Diego Nunes.

And then pincered by Thiago Camillo.

Riggleman squeaked by on the inside as Tnadz went airborn.

Despite a dramatic wreck, nearly all drove away.

Another corner and another Smith nearly caused a fatality for Mark as the Dollar Tree car was run over by Daniel Serra.

Riggleman decided to not let the competition get ahead of him and shoved the likes of Victor Genz out of the way.

He tried a similar stunt with Julio Campos.

However, this turned more into a merger.

And then there was a hard impact.

Despite the damage, he was able to get fixed and roll on.

But that didn't stop Gomes from goosing him.

Wrecks at this part of the track tend to collect some cars, and this one sure did.

A lap later when Bear thought he was not a target and low on the track, Felipe Fraga cracked the back end hard.

And Daniel Serra's Eurofarma ride was caught up along with others.

Halfway through and Riggleman went for the whole Eisenbahn set and got into Valdeno Brito.

On his way back down, the 77 took a massive chunk out of the side of Tnadz's 13 as he tried to dodge low.

Riggleman swept into Casagrande and the two had a slide of little consequence.

All that damage meant that now Tnadz had the fastest car of the humans.

And faster still as Rubens Barrichello knocked Riggleman around.

Bear saw the smoke and channeled Harry Hogg.  Just drive through the smoke and you'll be fine.

Like Cole Trickle's first wreck, there was definitely a dead car there and he barreled right into it.  Dead.  Maybe next time, Harry.

Casagrande was getting into more trouble several laps on, getting together with Pizzonia.

With several cars out and a stable car, there was nothing stopping Tnadz from potentially taking a top 10.  Except a motor that decided to die.  Lapenna decided to help things out just to make sure the car was truly done.

He even found Mark, the sole human still racing.  Fortunately, Mark held on and finished 13th.

At the front, it actually came down to the last few laps as Galid Osman and Max Wilson fought for the lead.  In the end, the Eurofarma ride of Wilson prevailed.

Sandy has next pick and we'll be at Pocono for at least two rounds.  Hopefully, we've learned something from this oval experience. It's not technically an oval?

Results

Track: ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY

Session: Practice

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	13	T Nadz	26.603
2	26	M Riggleman Jr	26.614
3	008	J Zolecki	26.724
4	23	Z Webster	26.792
5	61	D Hamilton	26.949
6	55	g slab	26.959
7	0	C Bueno	27.092
8	121	T Bear	27.103
9	18	A Khodair	27.116
10	88	F Fraga	27.126
11	44	A Valerio	27.129
12	10	R Zonta	27.154
13	31	M Campos	27.155
14	110	F Lapenna	27.161
15	9	G Lima	27.162
16	4	J Campos	27.164
17	29	D Serra	27.171
18	65	M Wilson	27.198
19	111	R Barrichello	27.223
20	51	A Abreu	27.223
21	30	C Ramos	27.224
22	46	V Genz	27.242
23	8	R Suzuki	27.248
24	70	D Nunes	27.256
25	21	T Camilo	27.257
26	77	V Brito	27.260
27	5	D Navarro	27.262
28	1	A Pizzonia	27.262
29	80	M Gomes	27.273
30	28	G Osman	27.278
31	90	R Mauricio	27.281
32	83	G Casagrande	27.283
33	3	B Figueiredo	27.290
34	188	B Monteiro	27.300
35	12	L Foresti	27.307
36	25	T Rocha	27.313
37	73	S Jimenez	27.369
38	117	G Salas	27.407

Weather: Clear, 70 °F, North 2 mph

Session: Qualifying

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	65	M Wilson	--
2	111	R Barrichello	--
3	21	T Camilo	--
4	80	M Gomes	--
5	90	R Mauricio	--
6	18	A Khodair	--
7	88	F Fraga	--
8	29	D Serra	--
9	0	C Bueno	--
10	51	A Abreu	--
11	4	J Campos	--
12	77	V Brito	--
13	83	G Casagrande	--
14	70	D Nunes	--
15	10	R Zonta	--
16	46	V Genz	--
17	30	C Ramos	--
18	28	G Osman	--
19	73	S Jimenez	--
20	25	T Rocha	--
21	31	M Campos	--
22	5	D Navarro	--
23	117	G Salas	--
24	9	G Lima	--
25	110	F Lapenna	--
26	44	A Valerio	--
27	1	A Pizzonia	--
28	8	R Suzuki	--
29	12	L Foresti	--
30	3	B Figueiredo	--
31	188	B Monteiro	--
32	008	J Zolecki	--
33	26	M Riggleman Jr	--
34	55	g slab	--
35	23	Z Webster	--
36	121	T Bear	--
37	61	D Hamilton	--
38	13	T Nadz	--

Weather: Clear, 32 °F, North 0 mph

Session: Happy Hour

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	008	J Zolecki	26.779
2	13	T Nadz	26.860
3	26	M Riggleman Jr	26.892
4	61	D Hamilton	27.067
5	12	L Foresti	27.138
6	55	g slab	27.171
7	23	Z Webster	27.180
8	46	V Genz	27.224
9	28	G Osman	27.306
10	51	A Abreu	27.351
11	18	A Khodair	27.380
12	31	M Campos	27.386
13	90	R Mauricio	27.399
14	117	G Salas	27.405
15	5	D Navarro	27.420
16	73	S Jimenez	27.439
17	70	D Nunes	27.450
18	9	G Lima	27.451
19	25	T Rocha	27.466
20	110	F Lapenna	27.479
21	8	R Suzuki	27.487
22	188	B Monteiro	27.489
23	3	B Figueiredo	27.491
24	21	T Camilo	27.514
25	77	V Brito	27.516
26	111	R Barrichello	27.518
27	88	F Fraga	27.525
28	30	C Ramos	27.527
29	65	M Wilson	27.601
30	0	C Bueno	27.688
31	83	G Casagrande	27.788
32	10	R Zonta	27.831
33	29	D Serra	28.505
34	1	A Pizzonia	28.704
35	4	J Campos	33.851
36	121	T Bear	34.955
37	44	A Valerio	44.122
38	80	M Gomes	49.704

Weather: Clear, 70 °F, North 2 mph

Session: Race

F	S	#	DRIVER	INTERVAL	LAPS	LED	POINTS	STATUS
1	1	65	M Wilson	195.569	114	3	180	Running
2	18	28	G Osman	-0.22	114	22	175	Running
3	20	25	T Rocha	-26.20	114	0	165	Running
4	26	44	A Valerio	-25.27	114	0	160	Running
5	14	70	D Nunes	-1L	113	0	155	Running
6	25	110	F Lapenna	-1L	113	0	150	Running
7	10	51	A Abreu	-2L	112	0	146	Running
8	27	1	A Pizzonia	-2L	112	0	142	Running
9	16	46	V Genz	-4L	110	0	138	Running
10	17	30	C Ramos	-4L	110	0	134	Running
11	28	8	R Suzuki	-13L	101	0	130	Retired
12	3	21	T Camilo	-13L	101	16	132	Accident
13	33	26	M Riggleman Jr	-13L	101	0	124	Running
14	2	111	R Barrichello	-14L	100	10	126	Accident
15	13	83	G Casagrande	-16L	98	0	118	Retired
16	24	9	G Lima	-19L	95	0	115	Retired
17	12	77	V Brito	-23L	91	28*	122	Accident
18	31	188	B Monteiro	-25L	89	0	109	Accident
19	8	29	D Serra	-30L	84	0	106	Accident
20	7	88	F Fraga	-30L	84	1	108	Accident
21	4	80	M Gomes	-32L	82	22	105	Accident
22	21	31	M Campos	-32L	82	0	97	Accident
23	6	18	A Khodair	-33L	81	5	99	Accident
24	19	73	S Jimenez	-33L	81	0	91	Accident
25	11	4	J Campos	-33L	81	0	88	Accident
26	23	117	G Salas	-34L	80	0	85	Retired
27	38	13	T Nadz	-34L	80	0	82	Accident
28	36	121	T Bear	-36L	78	0	79	Accident
29	5	90	R Mauricio	-40L	74	0	76	Ignition
30	15	10	R Zonta	-40L	74	7	78	Accident
31	9	0	C Bueno	-40L	74	0	70	Accident
32	29	12	L Foresti	-41L	73	0	67	Accident
33	22	5	D Navarro	-84L	30	0	64	Retired
34	34	55	g slab	-88L	26	0	61	Accident
35	37	61	D Hamilton	-96L	18	0	58	Accident
36	30	3	B Figueiredo	-105L	9	0	55	Accident
37	35	23	Z Webster	-105L	9	0	52	Accident
38	32	008	J Zolecki	-108L	6	0	49	Accident

Caution Flags: 0 (0 laps)

Lead Changes: 22 (9 drivers)

Weather: Clear, 70 °F, North 2 mph

Pitstop Frequency: 1x

AI Strength: 95%