CWGT2: Spitfire 200K at Belle Isle Race 1 LIVE THREAD

[TheStranger]

After the boredom at Bathurst, it's now keep-your-valuables-locked in the Motor City, or on an isolated park in the middle of a river, the Belle Isle street course of narrowness and equal amounts of sheer parade.

Two races, in fact, just like the old days at MIS with Norton Sandpaper! Can someone take them both, or will our title fight continue to tighten up?

[FCYTravis]

The Twin 200s will grid Race One just like so:

1 32 MHF 1:31.216
2 14 Nadira 1:31.241
3 38 Mr. Vengeance 1:31.284
4 16 16 1994 1:31.284
5 75 Hosehead 1:31.321
6 97 raptor 1:31.329
7 17 Madre 1:31.350
8 44 FlyingBuckeyeC1 1:31.398
9 22 Rogue Leader 1:31.406
10 3 FCYTravis 1:31.431
11 85 TheStranger 1:31.431
12 25 Stalker 1:31.432
13 6 CARTChamp 1:31.441
14 20 McB 1:31.470
15 51 Kingsnake2012 1:31.480
16 4 IMS-Pitraider 1:31.493
17 67 Evil Wilke 1:31.560
18 21 ABES 1:31.573
19 66 Cigar2 1:31.586
20 12 Padre 1:31.607
21 77 Doft 1:31.647
22 8 Spinout 1:31.651
23 47 SpeedQueen 1:31.698
24 70 fourrunner 1:31.714
25 35 RobGuru 1:31.737
26 11 cartcanuck 1:31.759
27 26 WildrideFS 1:31.783
28 13 Meesh 1:31.809
29 95 Dan Belcher 1:31.830
30 60 mommymushbrain 1:31.881
31 9 powerandglory 1:31.891
32 15 mclark2112 1:31.911
33 65 Caspar 1:31.950
34 76 Scott 1:31.954
35 64 Mazza19 1:48.694
36 7 denith 1:52.878
37 34 kahauna dreamer 1:53.090
38 99 paper 1:53.118
39 2 Cohiba 1:53.623
40 55 thebigtymer 1:54.041
41 30 SimRacin40 1:54.057
42 49 Greg Pizzo 1:54.090

Prepare for 59 laps and 199.42 kilometers of suck.

MHF LEADS THE FIELD INTO TURN 1!

There's very little runoff at this twisting, 2.1 mile street course, but so far everyone is through clean and green!

With six laps complete, it's pretty much a parade - very few positions have changed.

1 1 32 MHF 81.692 6 6* 185 Running
2 2 14 Nadira -2.13 6 0 170 Running
3 3 38 Mr. Vengeance -4.70 6 0 165 Running
4 4 16 16 1994 -7.20 6 0 160 Running
5 6 97 raptor -8.61 6 0 155 Running
6 5 75 Hosehead -12.73 6 0 150 Running
7 8 44 FlyingBuckeyeC1 -13.24 6 0 146 Running
8 7 17 Madre -14.23 6 0 142 Running
9 10 3 FCYTravis -16.21 6 0 138 Running
10 9 22 Rogue Leader -18.44 6 0 134 Running
11 12 25 Stalker -19.79 6 0 130 Running
12 11 85 TheStranger -20.68 6 0 127 Running
13 13 6 CARTChamp -21.82 6 0 124 Running
14 15 51 Kingsnake2012 -23.10 6 0 121 Running
15 14 20 McB -23.92 6 0 118 Running
16 16 4 IMS-Pitraider -24.74 6 0 115 Running
17 17 67 Evil Wilke -25.48 6 0 112 Running
18 18 21 ABES -26.44 6 0 109 Running
19 19 66 Cigar2 -26.94 6 0 106 Running
20 21 77 Doft -28.15 6 0 103 Running
21 20 12 Padre -30.39 6 0 100 Running
22 22 8 Spinout -31.07 6 0 97 Running
23 24 70 fourrunner -32.27 6 0 94 Running
24 26 11 cartcanuck -33.56 6 0 91 Running
25 25 35 RobGuru -34.19 6 0 88 Running
26 27 26 WildrideFS -35.04 6 0 85 Running
27 23 47 SpeedQueen -36.34 6 0 82 Running
28 28 13 Meesh -37.16 6 0 79 Running
29 30 60 mommymushbrain -38.96 6 0 76 Running
30 32 15 mclark2112 -39.32 6 0 73 Running
31 31 9 powerandglory -39.62 6 0 70 Running
32 29 95 Dan Belcher -40.44 6 0 67 Running
33 33 65 Caspar -41.99 6 0 64 Running
34 36 7 denith -42.18 6 0 61 Running
35 34 76 Scott -42.44 6 0 58 Running
36 38 99 paper -42.91 6 0 55 Running
37 35 64 Mazza19 -43.43 6 0 52 Running
38 37 34 kahauna dreamer -44.02 6 0 49 Running
39 39 2 Cohiba -44.38 6 0 46 Running
40 40 55 thebigtymer -45.65 6 0 43 Running
41 41 30 SimRacin40 -46.09 6 0 40 Running
42 42 49 Greg Pizzo -46.84 6 0 37 Running

[FCYTravis]

Dan pulls a lurid little slide while trying to catch up to powerandglory for 30th.

http://img18.exs.cx/img18/49/danslide4bm.jpg

Lap 15 - Meesh pits, becoming the first to do so at about the 1/4 mark.

Lap 16 - Up front, the gap has closed, as Nadira has cut his deficit to MHF to just 1.4 seconds.

With 16 of 59 complete, all cars are still running and MHF's lead is just 1.1 seconds.

1 1 32 MHF 81.213 16 16* 185 Running
2 2 14 Nadira -1.18 16 0 170 Running
3 3 38 Mr. Vengeance -3.07 16 0 165 Running
4 4 16 16 1994 -8.06 16 0 160 Running
5 6 97 raptor -9.17 16 0 155 Running
6 5 75 Hosehead -14.63 16 0 150 Running
7 8 44 FlyingBuckeyeC1 -16.00 16 0 146 Running
8 7 17 Madre -17.10 16 0 142 Running
9 10 3 FCYTravis -17.99 16 0 138 Running
10 9 22 Rogue Leader -20.24 16 0 134 Running
11 12 25 Stalker -21.22 16 0 130 Running
12 11 85 TheStranger -22.68 16 0 127 Running
13 13 6 CARTChamp -24.11 16 0 124 Running
14 15 51 Kingsnake2012 -24.85 16 0 121 Running
15 14 20 McB -27.40 16 0 118 Running
16 16 4 IMS-Pitraider -28.43 16 0 115 Running
17 17 67 Evil Wilke -29.72 16 0 112 Running
18 19 66 Cigar2 -30.99 16 0 109 Running
19 21 77 Doft -32.32 16 0 106 Running
20 18 21 ABES -34.07 16 0 103 Running
21 20 12 Padre -35.39 16 0 100 Running
22 22 8 Spinout -35.91 16 0 97 Running
23 24 70 fourrunner -37.99 16 0 94 Running
24 26 11 cartcanuck -38.69 16 0 91 Running
25 25 35 RobGuru -40.41 16 0 88 Running
26 27 26 WildrideFS -41.66 16 0 85 Running
27 23 47 SpeedQueen -42.77 16 0 82 Running
28 30 60 mommymushbrain -46.09 16 0 79 Running
29 32 15 mclark2112 -46.64 16 0 76 Running
30 31 9 powerandglory -48.04 16 0 73 Running
31 29 95 Dan Belcher -49.13 16 0 70 Running
32 33 65 Caspar -50.78 16 0 67 Running
33 38 99 paper -52.69 16 0 64 Running
34 36 7 denith -53.49 16 0 61 Running
35 34 76 Scott -53.90 16 0 58 Running
36 37 34 kahauna dreamer -58.20 16 0 55 Running
37 40 55 thebigtymer -59.38 16 0 52 Running
38 39 2 Cohiba -1:00.43 16 0 49 Running
39 41 30 SimRacin40 -1:02.41 16 0 46 Running
40 42 49 Greg Pizzo -1:03.38 16 0 43 Running
41 28 13 Meesh -1:20.26 16 0 40 Running
42 35 64 Mazza19 -1:27.67 16 0 37 Running

Lap 22 - The first round of pit stops is underway and MHF has pitted!

[FCYTravis]

For thebigtymer, these pit stops mean DISASTER!

http://img27.exs.cx/img27/4774/bigtymecalamity2cb.jpg

OH MY GOD! MATT IS TRYING TO LEAVE THE COUNTY!

http://img27.exs.cx/img27/2717/mattair9aa.jpg

Nadira briefly takes the lead on Lap 22, but MHF recaptures it as Nadira heads in for service.

Mr. Vengeance now takes the lead on Lap 25!

[Evil Wilke]

^ holy ****! :jawdrop:

[TheStranger]

COUNTY? You mean COUNTRY, my friend, that car is one-way to Windsor! :jawdrop: :banana:

[FCYTravis]

You think THAT'S bizarre?

Fly Air PTA.

http://img31.exs.cx/img31/1966/wtf4ke.jpg

[FlyingBuckeyeC1]

What the hell is going on??

[FCYTravis]

Paper was airborne for 24 seconds.

With 24 laps complete, working 25, this is how the field stands:

1 3 38 Mr. Vengeance 79.239 24 2 180 Running
2 4 16 16 1994 -1.00 24 0 170 Running
3 6 97 raptor -1.91 24 0 165 Running
4 1 32 MHF -6.06 24 20* 170 Running
5 5 75 Hosehead -7.40 24 0 155 Running
6 8 44 FlyingBuckeyeC1 -12.17 24 0 150 Running
7 7 17 Madre -13.69 24 0 146 Running
8 22 8 Spinout -16.42 24 0 142 Running
9 10 3 FCYTravis -18.97 24 0 138 Running
10 11 85 TheStranger -19.37 24 0 134 Running
11 13 6 CARTChamp -19.70 24 0 130 Running
12 17 67 Evil Wilke -24.07 24 0 127 Running
13 15 51 Kingsnake2012 -25.24 24 0 124 Running
14 16 4 IMS-Pitraider -26.30 24 0 121 Running
15 2 14 Nadira -27.50 24 2 123 Running
16 9 22 Rogue Leader -28.60 24 0 115 Running
17 19 66 Cigar2 -29.08 24 0 112 Running
18 14 20 McB -29.86 24 0 109 Running
19 18 21 ABES -31.30 24 0 106 Running
20 28 13 Meesh -32.25 24 0 103 Running
21 24 70 fourrunner -32.66 24 0 100 Running
22 30 60 mommymushbrain -33.81 24 0 97 Running
23 21 77 Doft -34.49 24 0 94 Running
24 20 12 Padre -34.97 24 0 91 Running
25 25 35 RobGuru -35.70 24 0 88 Running
26 27 26 WildrideFS -36.88 24 0 85 Running
27 26 11 cartcanuck -37.67 24 0 82 Running
28 23 47 SpeedQueen -38.35 24 0 79 Running
29 29 95 Dan Belcher -39.23 24 0 76 Running
30 35 64 Mazza19 -46.74 24 0 73 Running
31 36 7 denith -52.94 24 0 70 Running
32 34 76 Scott -1L 23 0 67 Accident
33 12 25 Stalker -1L 23 0 64 Running
34 33 65 Caspar -2L 22 0 61 Running
35 38 99 paper -3L 21 0 58 Running
36 37 34 kahauna dreamer -3L 21 0 55 Accident
37 31 9 powerandglory -4L 20 0 52 Running
38 39 2 Cohiba -4L 20 0 49 Running
39 32 15 mclark2112 -5L 19 0 46 Accident
40 41 30 SimRacin40 -5L 19 0 43 Running
41 40 55 thebigtymer -5L 19 0 40 Accident
42 42 49 Greg Pizzo -5L 19 0 37 Running

[Mr. Vengeance]

paper airplane?

[denith]

Who's effing around with the magic wand again?

[TheStranger]

Who's effing around with the magic wand again?

Not you, you DNPQed I think. :hammer:

Wait: I didn't see you in the grid, you were sucking hard. :p

[FCYTravis]

Thirty-five laps are in the books - just 24 remain here at Belle Isle, and Mr. Vengeance continues to lead, aiming at a second win to tie up the points standings.

1 3 38 Mr. Vengeance 79.761 35 13 180 Running
2 4 16 16 1994 -1.24 35 0 170 Running
3 6 97 raptor -2.02 35 0 165 Running
4 1 32 MHF -3.49 35 20* 170 Running
5 5 75 Hosehead -5.02 35 0 155 Running
6 8 44 FlyingBuckeyeC1 -7.44 35 0 150 Running
7 7 17 Madre -8.53 35 0 146 Running
8 13 6 CARTChamp -30.93 35 0 142 Running
9 10 3 FCYTravis -31.26 35 0 138 Running
10 11 85 TheStranger -31.42 35 0 134 Running
11 17 67 Evil Wilke -32.70 35 0 130 Running
12 15 51 Kingsnake2012 -33.17 35 0 127 Running
13 9 22 Rogue Leader -34.13 35 0 124 Running
14 16 4 IMS-Pitraider -35.26 35 0 121 Running
15 2 14 Nadira -36.27 35 2 123 Running
16 19 66 Cigar2 -37.13 35 0 115 Running
17 18 21 ABES -38.65 35 0 112 Running
18 14 20 McB -39.09 35 0 109 Running
19 28 13 Meesh -39.88 35 0 106 Running
20 24 70 fourrunner -40.76 35 0 103 Running
21 30 60 mommymushbrain -41.48 35 0 100 Running
22 21 77 Doft -42.08 35 0 97 Running
23 25 35 RobGuru -42.67 35 0 94 Running
24 20 12 Padre -44.23 35 0 91 Running
25 26 11 cartcanuck -45.22 35 0 88 Running
26 27 26 WildrideFS -45.56 35 0 85 Running
27 29 95 Dan Belcher -46.67 35 0 82 Running
28 23 47 SpeedQueen -47.40 35 0 79 Running
29 35 64 Mazza19 -50.12 35 0 76 Running
30 22 8 Spinout -26.84 35 0 73 Running
31 36 7 denith -50.30 35 0 70 Running
32 12 25 Stalker -1L 34 0 67 Running
33 34 76 Scott -12L 23 0 64 Accident
34 33 65 Caspar -12L 23 0 61 Accident
35 38 99 paper -14L 21 0 58 Accident
36 37 34 kahauna dreamer -14L 21 0 55 Accident
37 39 2 Cohiba -14L 21 0 52 Accident
38 31 9 powerandglory -14L 21 0 49 Accident
39 41 30 SimRacin40 -15L 20 0 46 Accident
40 42 49 Greg Pizzo -15L 20 0 43 No Fuel
41 32 15 mclark2112 -16L 19 0 40 Accident
42 40 55 thebigtymer -16L 19 0 37 Accident

Lap 42 - Mr. Vengeance pits with just 17 laps remaining! 16 1994 now leads, but he'll have to pit shortly as well! It's going to be a classic pit road race!

Lap 43 - The rest of the leaders come down Pit Lane! OH NO! MHF CAN'T GET IN HIS PIT STALL! NADIRA'S BLOCKING HIS WAY INEXPLICABLY! THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM SO IT MUST BE A MENTAL BLOCK! He's simply MISSED HIS SPOT!

[thebigtymer]

For thebigtymer, these pit stops mean DISASTER!

http://img27.exs.cx/img27/4774/bigtymecalamity2cb.jpg


God, I suck.

[FCYTravis]

Lap 43 - Mr. Vengeance JUST BARELY BEATS 16 1994 BACK INTO THE LEAD!

http://img122.exs.cx/img122/6114/thelead9lg.jpg

BUT NO! IT'S A DRAG RACE! THEY'RE SIDE BY FRICKIN' SIDE!

http://img122.exs.cx/img122/2255/slidewide8ed.jpg

MR. V TAKES THE LEAD!

[FCYTravis]

With 44 laps in the books and 15 remaining, this is the way the field shakes out after the final round of pit stops:

1 3 38 Mr. Vengeance 79.041 44 20* 185 Running
2 4 16 16 1994 -2.63 44 2 175 Running
3 6 97 raptor -4.44 44 0 165 Running
4 8 44 FlyingBuckeyeC1 -5.26 44 0 160 Running
5 7 17 Madre -6.79 44 0 155 Running
6 17 67 Evil Wilke -1.96 44 0 150 Running
7 22 8 Spinout -17.22 44 0 146 Running
8 5 75 Hosehead -18.76 44 0 142 Running
9 13 6 CARTChamp -23.09 44 0 138 Running
10 10 3 FCYTravis -28.32 44 0 134 Running
11 11 85 TheStranger -32.06 44 0 130 Running
12 15 51 Kingsnake2012 -33.17 44 0 127 Running
13 9 22 Rogue Leader -34.61 44 0 124 Running
14 28 13 Meesh -36.38 44 0 121 Running
15 16 4 IMS-Pitraider -36.72 44 0 118 Running
16 24 70 fourrunner -40.64 44 0 115 Running
17 1 32 MHF -45.10 44 20* 122 Running
18 23 47 SpeedQueen -45.66 44 0 109 Running
19 18 21 ABES -45.71 44 0 106 Running
20 30 60 mommymushbrain -46.11 44 0 103 Running
21 25 35 RobGuru -46.88 44 0 100 Running
22 21 77 Doft -52.47 44 0 97 Running
23 27 26 WildrideFS -54.84 44 0 94 Running
24 14 20 McB -56.14 44 0 91 Running
25 29 95 Dan Belcher -59.34 44 0 88 Running
26 36 7 denith -1:00.90 44 0 85 Running
27 12 25 Stalker -1L 43 0 82 Running
28 2 14 Nadira -2L 42 2 84 Running
29 26 11 cartcanuck -2L 42 0 76 Accident
30 35 64 Mazza19 -3L 41 0 73 No Fuel
31 19 66 Cigar2 -3L 41 0 70 Running
32 20 12 Padre -4L 40 0 67 No Fuel
33 34 76 Scott -21L 23 0 64 Accident
34 33 65 Caspar -21L 23 0 61 Accident
35 38 99 paper -23L 21 0 58 Accident
36 37 34 kahauna dreamer -23L 21 0 55 Accident
37 39 2 Cohiba -23L 21 0 52 Accident
38 31 9 powerandglory -23L 21 0 49 Accident
39 41 30 SimRacin40 -24L 20 0 46 Accident
40 42 49 Greg Pizzo -24L 20 0 43 No Fuel
41 32 15 mclark2112 -25L 19 0 40 Accident
42 40 55 thebigtymer -25L 19 0 37 Accident

With 8 laps to go, the gap remains stable... something's going to have to happen quick for Mr. V to lose this race.

[Michaelhatesfans]

Take each other out!!! :hammer:

[FCYTravis]

Mr. Vengeance is working LAP 58 - JUST TWO TO GO!

THE WHITE FLAG IS WAVING! 2.1 KILOMETERS LEFT!

http://img15.exs.cx/img15/8788/whiteflag5bx.jpg

Can he hold on??

YES HE CAN! THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS TIED AS MR. VENGEANCE WINS RACE ONE OF THE SPLITFIRE SPARK PLUGS TWIN 200Ks AT BELLE ISLE!

http://img82.exs.cx/img82/1126/mrvwin8zi.jpg

Official results:

F S # DRIVER INTERVAL LAPS LED POINTS STATUS
1 3 38 Mr. Vengeance 79.546 59 35* 185 Running
2 4 16 16 1994 -0.66 59 2 175 Running
3 6 97 raptor -6.84 59 0 165 Running
4 8 44 FlyingBuckeyeC1 -8.29 59 0 160 Running
5 7 17 Madre -9.22 59 0 155 Running
6 5 75 Hosehead -25.38 59 0 150 Running
7 13 6 CARTChamp -26.23 59 0 146 Running
8 10 3 FCYTravis -27.55 59 0 142 Running
9 11 85 TheStranger -29.27 59 0 138 Running
10 15 51 Kingsnake2012 -31.70 59 0 134 Running
11 9 22 Rogue Leader -33.25 59 0 130 Running
12 28 13 Meesh -37.33 59 0 127 Running
13 16 4 IMS-Pitraider -38.76 59 0 124 Running
14 24 70 fourrunner -45.66 59 0 121 Running
15 1 32 MHF -46.97 59 20 123 Running
16 18 21 ABES -50.45 59 0 115 Running
17 30 60 mommymushbrain -51.43 59 0 112 Running
18 25 35 RobGuru -52.73 59 0 109 Running
19 21 77 Doft -54.50 59 0 106 Running
20 23 47 SpeedQueen -55.53 59 0 103 Running
21 27 26 WildrideFS -56.26 59 0 100 Running
22 14 20 McB -59.88 59 0 97 Running
23 29 95 Dan Belcher -1:04.15 59 0 94 Running
24 36 7 denith -1:05.22 59 0 91 Running
25 12 25 Stalker -1L 58 0 88 Running
26 22 8 Spinout -2L 57 0 85 Running
27 2 14 Nadira -2L 57 2 87 Running
28 19 66 Cigar2 -3L 56 0 79 Running
29 17 67 Evil Wilke -4L 55 0 76 Engine
30 26 11 cartcanuck -18L 41 0 73 Accident
31 35 64 Mazza19 -19L 40 0 70 No Fuel
32 20 12 Padre -20L 39 0 67 No Fuel
33 34 76 Scott -37L 22 0 64 Accident
34 33 65 Caspar -37L 22 0 61 Accident
35 38 99 paper -39L 20 0 58 Accident
36 37 34 kahauna dreamer -39L 20 0 55 Accident
37 39 2 Cohiba -39L 20 0 52 Accident
38 31 9 powerandglory -39L 20 0 49 Accident
39 41 30 SimRacin40 -40L 19 0 46 Accident
40 42 49 Greg Pizzo -40L 19 0 43 No Fuel
41 32 15 mclark2112 -41L 18 0 40 Accident
42 40 55 thebigtymer -42L 17 0 37 Accident

http://img145.exs.cx/img145/2750/winscreen7ch.jpg

[Michaelhatesfans]

Dear Broadcast Partner,
As a loyal fan of the CWGT2 Series, I am troubled by the lack of coverage of my favorite driver, Michaelhatesfans. In the most recent round, he went from pole position to 17th with nary a word of explanation. I thought that after the race there might be some mention, but the coverage cut suddenly away to a dog show.
I realize, of course, that MHF can be abrasive at times - an opinionated, sarcastic, abrasive, smartass. And keep him away from the gin. I also realize that at last year's post season banquet, he kicked your producer in the gonads - by all accounts, for no good reason at all. And I realize that it may not have helped when he made his unbelievable comment on your announcer's wife's breasts in the middle of his karaoke routine. And I realize that not everyone saw the humor in his drunken antics with the fire extinguisher which ended the evening prematurely.
Still, he should get more coverage.

Yours,
MH - er, Bob
Portl - er, Tucson. No, I mean Boise... yeah, Boise...

[McB]

OH MY GOD! MATT IS TRYING TO LEAVE THE COUNTY!

http://img27.exs.cx/img27/2717/mattair9aa.jpg

Matt, unlike PT, apparently is in training to drive one of those Crapwagons...

[mclark2112]

If I can just get the ailerons to work right...

[Michaelhatesfans]

If I can just get the ailerons to work right...
I'd worry more about your airspeed - looks like you're about to go into a stall.