2014 Round of Mansfield Pre-Race Thread

[Syzygy]

Front Row:
#8 - JW Brancher 15.195
#4 - Isaac Michaels 15.245

[Mother of Invention]

Brancher shocks the PCC World with pole.


New Mexico native J.W Brancher made news today when he shocked the world and won the pole for Mansfield in his Mazda RX-8. Brancher was undoubtedly excited and released a statement soon after that went as follows: "I am excited, but even moreso for the entire state of New Mexico! I hope we can prove ourselves during the race and we can not only bring the #8 car to victory lane, but every single person from New Mexico to victory lane too!"

[Syzygy]

Full run-down:

1 108 JW Brancher 15.195
2 4 I Michaels -R- 15.245
-------------------------------------- Tier 1 Qualifier
3 143 K Cube 15.292
4 39 N Korodovos 15.305
5 0 C Auxier 15.377
6 142 K Cube 15.389
7 1 K Kindahl 15.395
8 59 A Lazareva -R- 15.405
9 2 S Renaldi -R- 15.414
10 73 J Jefferson 15.434
11 069 R Lee 15.445
12 29 J Craig 15.479
13 28 AJ Murphy 15.487
14 182 M Baxter 15.544
15 34 A Lambert 15.545
16 10 D Leckliter 15.562
17 64 F Azzaretto 15.564
18 77 C Taylor 15.583
19 71 A Phillips -R- 15.588
20 45 K Stephans 15.603
21 211 T Woodard 15.609
22 46 N Azure -R- 15.612
23 019 F Bottas 15.614
24 23 AJ Murphy 15.626
25 077 V Massa 15.629
26 35 K Blackwater 15.631
27 119 V Bisser 15.634
28 42 J Fisher 15.638
29 566 A Gifu 15.639
30 76 W Colter 15.643
31 85 R MacGyver 15.659
32 49 B Gallagher 15.660
33 03 C Bull 15.670
34 72 K Gartosa 15.676
-------------------------------------- Tier 2 Qualifier
35 44 R Griffin 15.678
36 84 S Vincent 15.679
37 12 K McWulla 15.682
38 234 C Havoki 15.684
39 95 M Ambrose 15.692
40 86 P Maverick 15.699
41 776 H Beaver 15.700
42 81 K Plissken 15.708
43 78 G Maddox 15.717
44 52 L Jacobs 15.739
45 120 M Anderson 15.746
46 6 B Worthington 15.747
47 103 N Underwood 15.751
48 55 C Benson 15.759
49 60 D Olsen 15.774
50 56 C Winter 15.779
51 101 S Reck 15.786
52 906 K Wascher 15.794
53 61 S Burkhart 15.796
54 24 C White 15.800
55 433 T Gunn 15.802
56 40 B Page 15.804
57 16 S Whullen 15.828
58 444 M Skaife 15.828
59 106 D Walker 15.828
60 50 I Durbin 15.840
61 90 W Newman 15.841
62 36 T Delgado -R- 15.843
63 43 L Pellerin -R- 15.853
64 96 D Foray 15.856
65 5 B Atkins -R- 15.857
66 65 B Juveno 15.859
-------------------------------------- Tier 3 Qualifier
67 129 M Nelson-Andrew 15.867
68 002 I Haddeland -R- 15.889
69 70 D Cobb -R- 15.892
70 32 I Elias 15.895
71 88 J Eichholtz 15.896
72 20 C Bowman -R- 15.900
73 466 R Hertz -R- 15.902
74 029 R Nelson 15.904
75 25 D Adams -R- 15.905
76 366 B Burt -R- 15.912
77 22 R Koch -R- 15.912
78 82 R Coqinner 15.917
79 495 G FitzEdward 15.918
80 75 P Bell 15.920
81 000 B Fuellekrug 15.934
82 095 N Normal 15.939
83 41 G Woodard 15.945
84 9 L Jones 15.949
85 31 C Deak 15.951
86 11 S Brown 15.954
87 00 A Pausington -R-15.963
88 02 R Matthews -R- 15.963
89 26 R Jefferies 15.988
90 93 L Ryu -R- 15.992
91 74 J Demis -R- 15.992
92 91 T Wilson -R- 15.993
93 330 C Hobbes 16.001
94 13 C Lester 16.003
95 18 J Marshall 16.030
96 01 D Sharp -R- 16.030
97 7 W Fuller -R- 16.034
98 48 D Jones 16.124
99 47 A Alenko 16.136
-------------------------------------- Tier 4 Qualifier
100 51 C Burnfardt Jr. 16.188
101 21 S Lusahr -R- 16.190
102 19 J Bracchi 16.251
103 157 C de Santa 16.356
104 155 J Hewitt -R- 16.373
105 92 G de Sousa 16.383
106 79 JC Carpenter 16.477
107 500 D Hetzel 16.523
108 14 D Kensington Jr.16.525
109 999 G Macena -R- 16.619
110 718 E Dong 16.803
111 100 C Falcon 16.982
112 89 B James 17.006
113 222 G Arbuckle 17.051
114 913 J Arbuckle 17.173
115 888 J Hardearn 17.262
116 111 J Jarvis 17.403
117 506 O Arbuckle 17.481
118 114 T Keating 17.659
119 38 M Brinson 17.736
120 3 J Kirkpatrick 17.840
121 919 T Brayton 18.454
122 994 H Johnson 18.492
123 501 J Thompson 18.519
124 336 P Kent 18.579
125 159 Z Fitzwater 18.598
126 967 J Middleton 18.604
127 420 C Stevenson 18.687
128 938 C Parker 18.692
129 8 E Kim 18.703
130 990 D Flymflam 18.732
131 116 N Pericles 18.733
132 007 A Constantine 18.787

[BuddyNixon]

OOC: I had no clue how to enter the ratings

[BuddyNixon]

Jon Arbuckle in interview: I got beaten by my cat and dog. Liz must think I'm a failure!

[Nickpericles(Driver)]

Wow...Was the Second Slowest person out there..

[Syzygy]

Wow...Was the Second Slowest person out there..

That's what happens when you don't send ratings.

[zfitzwater599]

I got a good car to Win

[crl]

The guy with a seat in Turn 1 after seeing the qualifying results: "Damn, Jon Arbuckle qualified way down the order. I had $1,000 on him getting pole. My wife's gonna kill me."

[BuddyNixon]

Captain Falcon was seen destroying things in the garage area after his poor qualifying effort. Rumor is he was rambling about how "my car sucks" and "that bastard Delgado ate my cookies."

[Nickpericles(Driver)]

Wow...Was the Second Slowest person out there..

That's what happens when you don't send ratings.

I knew I forgot Something..

[Syzygy]

Tier 1 Results:

Tier 2 Results:

Tier 3 Results:

Tier 4 Results:

Let the ride-buying begin!

[navycook75]

Davy S Flymflam to buy out Daniel Leckliter's car for the main race.

After a very abysmal run for the Seychellois driver, Flymflam walked up to Leckliter asking to buy his ride. Leckliter repeatedly told him that he too was out of the race, but Flymflam reportedly kept insisting that Leckliter should sell his ride, with prices ranging from 5 cents to 400 quadrillion dollars.

"what a weird guy." said Leckliter, who at that point was still wondering what the hell had happened.

[Magus978]

Delgado Waxes Poetic About DNQ, No Intention to Buy In

Tom Delgado knew that his unsponsored #36 Acura would have a very hard time this week, and it turns out he was right. The perpetually pissed off Delgado instead opted to take his DNQ like a man for once. "We brought the wrong car. We got everything wrong this week, and quite frankly, we don't deserve to be in the race. This is gonna kill me in the points though, so it's very disappointing" Delgado said. When asked about the potential of buying his way into the race, Delgado scoffed at the thought. "With what money? Sponsorship's been hit or miss this season, and we kind of need that money for the rest of the season" Delgado added.

His teammate for this week, Benjamin Page in the #40 Build-a-Bae Workshop Acura, also missed the field. Page was too busy on his cell phone & drinking a frappachino from Starbucks to comment on his performance, which was awful, but this week was simply par for the course from Tom Delgado Racing, which despite the win at New York Autoring, looks to be a bit strapped for cash. However, it is believed that the team will bring the #40 back at Cleveland, possibly with a different driver, as Page's contract was only for Mansfield and he is expected to be sent back to wherever the heck he came from.

Ex-Pan Dong Expands His Portfolio, Adds "2014 Round of Mansfield Competitor"

Going into the Tier 4 qualifying race at Mansfield, nobody was paying attention to the somewhat shady #718 BonziWorld Services Mazda of Ex-Pan Dong. However, after finishing 10th and successfully qualifying for the Round of Mansfield, there were maybe one or two more people who took notice. To his credit, Dong has not let the newly-found fame go to his head. Unfortunately for us, he had no comment to offer after the race, as he had several strange purple baboons on his head and shoulders, and the poor chap looked like he was straining under the weight of all that...well, let's call it baggage.

[NASCARLOVER427]

Alex Constantine To Buy Out Wayne Colter's ride For $700,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,001

Wayne Colter has yet to accept or decline.

[zfitzwater599]

Fitzwater on the DNQ, Angry at the 500 Car and disappointing for all the FAR team we will be back

[navycook75]

Davy S Flymflam to start race

The Chilean driver has reportedly said that he will start the Round of Mansfield despite not making it in. It is also reported that he didn't buy out anybodies ride, and will just simply put himself on the grid on the pole position. He was asked about it but we cannot release it due to the fact that most of it was racial slurs.

[Ben Atkins]

Ben Atkins finds the power of the Epsilon Program, will drive the 157 after DNQing


Even though Ben Atkins DNQed his #5 Guinness STS, the Brit, who has proven to been a title contender, will be racing in the Racing for Kraff #157 after he shown fantastic signs of being a true believer in the Epsilon Program. Atkins was jubilant in getting a ride in the race, showing off his newly found faith.

"Brother brother! I am glad to be in the Mansfield event! Kraff will guide me to the win with my new sister-uncles! All I had to do was put on my robes and pay 6 monthly instalments of $100000 and they said I was ready for the truth! ARE YOU READY FOR THE TRUTH, BROTHER-BROTHER? YOU MAY BE A SAVEABLE! LOG ONTO THE EPSILON PROGRAM WEBSITE AND FOR A SMALL FEE YOU CAN BE JUST LIKE ME!"

Atkins then stated that he was going to be taking a short vacation to Los Santos, insisting that he would meet his favourite reality TV star from the show Fame or Shame, Tracy De Santa!

[Rykia]

Durbin Looking to Buy Ride for Mansfield?

Ike Durbin has become one of the most consistent drivers on the PCC Cup Series grid, running near the front often and sitting high up in the points standings. However after being turned into the inside wall early in his tier qualifying race, Durbin would have to limp his crippled #50 Verdant Dodge to a spot on the DNQ list.

However, reportedly Durbin is looking to buy a ride into the race in order to maintain his high points position. It is currently unknown at the time if anything will materialize.

[Syzygy]

Johnson Racing Swapping Drivers for #11, #61

Johnson Racing CEO Jeff Johnson announced today that Sam Brown, driver of the #11 Matco Tools Chevrolet Impala, and Sam Burkhart, driver of the #61 Beyer Sound Systems Chevrolet Impala, would sit out of the Round of Mansfield in favor of Alex Phillips and Cody Deak. Phillips and Deak both failed to qualify for the Round of Mansfield, but are competing full-time in the PCC Cup Series, unlike Brown and Burkhart. Alex Phillips will take over the #11 with additional sponsorship from Merrick Biotech, and Cody Deak will take over the #61. Sam Brown, who in his day-job is the Competition Director at Johnson Racing, did not object to the driver swap and was actually supportive of the decision. "Even though [Sam] Burkhart and I did a good job, we've still got guys that are going for the championship that unfortunately had some problems in their Q races," Sam Brown said. "We're dedicated to pushing them towards the top of the standings, and hopefully by the end of the year we'll have another cup to put in our shop." Sam Burkhart, winner of the PCC Lites Round of Wisconsin earlier this year, reportedly initially objected the replacement, but after a brief meeting with team management was supportive of the driver swap.

Lucas Motorsports Purchases #14 from Dale Kensington Jr.

Ben Worthington, driver of the #6 Phoenix Warehouse of NJ Ford for Lucas Motorsports, failed to qualify for Mansfield after a desperate drive in the Tier 2 qualifier. In the final 60 laps of the Tier 2 qualifier, Ben Worthington drove from 18th place and over 3 seconds behind the final transfer spot to pass Ryan Griffin for 11th with 5 laps remaining, only to be passed by Griffin coming to 2 to go. Fortunately for Worthington, it looks like he'll have another shot to race at Mansfield after all. After the conclusion of the Tier 4 Qualifier, Lucas Motorsports approached owner-driver Dale Kensington Jr., driver of the #14 Kensington Financial Corsa. After a brief meeting, Dale Kensington Jr.'s name was dropped from the official Round of Mansfield lineup and replaced with Ben Worthington. The Lucas Motorsports team has replaced the #14 on Kensington's car with Worthington's stylized #6, and Phoenix Warehouse logos now cover the former #14 car. Kensington Jr.'s only stipulation was that Kensington Financial remain on the newly-numbered 6 car and appear on Lucas Motorsports' other two cars for the remainder of the year.

[Electric Wolf]

Juveno looking to purchase a spot in Round of Mansfield

After what has been a rocky season for Barry Juveno, he looks to purchase another competitor's ride to get himself into the Round of Mansfield and boost his poor position in the driver's standings after failing to pass through the B-main. Juveno had no comment on the matter and his agent told the media that "he was hard at work with his team to begin negotiations for a ride."

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