[ASCC] Races 1 + 2

(Since I have received LESS THAN HALF of these cars.... I am doing text reviews.)


RACE 1: DAYTONA
Results

Wes Jones [46] started on the pole.

It was normal Daytona pack-racing with the lead changing hands often.... eventually green-flag pitstops started on lap 37 with Robert Yearwood [235], Rachel Gonzalez [03], Angus Black [54], Austin Howard [17], Garth McCallister, Jr. [12], and Tyler Schultz [67] choosing to pit.

After things cycled out, it would be Reverend Joe Burns [14] taking over the lead of the race.


Caution 1 - Lap 61
Scott Brennan [10], Vanessa Hall [70], Slim Taggart [18], and Terry Ellick [55] are running four-wide (inside to outside). Coming out of turn 4, they get into the outside wall and spin. Trent Johnson [05] and Bobby Miller, Sr. [20] are involved, but no one really gets that much damage.

After staying out during the caution, Rachel Gonzalez took over the lead of the race.

As the race progressed the field broke down into groups, but the caution would not come out again during the race, and after leading at both the last two laps, Marvin Carrington [9] would take the win at Daytona by 0.04 seconds over Raymond Garth [02].

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RACE 2: NORTH WILKESBORO
Results
Points

Reverend Joe Burns [14] started on pole.

It would be Burns, Viktor Miliev [5], and Wes Jones [46] holding the lead during the opening green flag sequence.

Caution 2 - Lap 10
Jacob Mac [2] gets into Robert Yearwood [235] out of turn 2, and they pile into the outside wall, sending Mac's car around... Yearwood is able to get away, but Angus Black [54] is held up, meanwhile, Ryan Lindsay [88] gets into Mac's car as he tries to drive around the sideways #2 car, and only moments after is hit by Patrick Carpino [90]... who is subsequently hit by Peter Brennan [1].... who is hit by brother Scott Brennan [10]...... who is hit by Austin Howard [17] in the driver's door as none of them seem to even acknowledge the existence of the brake pedal. ...but it isn't over... Scott Brennan, about to go into the pits, throws the car back up track and into Garth McCallister, Jr. [12], who would have otherwise made it through the wreck unscaved. Austin Howard, on the other hand, took the car to the pits and had the hood and the front bumper removed from the #17 car. After all of this, it would be Jacob Mac, Peter Brennan, and Scott Brennan retiring from the race.

Thomas Moore [52] snuck into the lead just before the fourth caution. After Caution 4, Thomas Moore restarted with the lead, but was quickly pushed to the outside and dropped to 17th in just two laps, and perhaps he would have dropped further if the caution did not come out.

Mark Howell [07] would retire on lap 32, after Peter McCallister's spin down the backstretch had already brought out the yellow, Bobby Miller, Jr. [24] and Patrick Carpino get together and spin down the frontstretch, and Howell hit the 24 just as it slid into his path.... the damage did not appear to be that bad; however, the team reported that it was terminal, and retired from the race. Severe radiator damage was mentioned.

After leading when the caution came out, Terry Ellick [55] chose to pit, returning the lead to Wes Jones. Jones was stuck on the outside at the restart and Garth McCallister, Jr. was able to make his way to the front on the bottom of the racetrack. However, as the leader, McCallister got into Porter House [64] out of turn 4, and spun down the front stretch, blocking the middle of the racetrack. Slim Taggart [18] was able to get around cleanly and take the lead from 3rd. This would be Caution 6 - Lap 38.

Dick Smith [22] would take the lead out of turn 2 on lap 51 while Slim Taggart was held up by a lapped car, just after a restart.

After running relatively well during the early parts of the race, Thomas Moore's #52 lost the engine on lap 53, while crossing the start/finish line. On lap 55, Daytona-winner Marvin Carrington [9] tried to avoid Viktor Miliev's sliding car coming out of turn 2, but Carrington would hit the 5 car, and it resulted in severe damage to the #9 car, warranting a retirement from the race.

On lap 64, Dick Smith would lose the lead to Vanessa Hall [70], who had slowly moved up through the field during the race; however, Smith would not give up so easily and took the lead back by lap 68.

Three cars would retire in the lap 98 incident, arguably the biggest incident of the day. Patrick Carpino clips Jessica Hall into the outside wall out of turn 4, and Bobby Miller, Sr. [20] hit the back of Hall, and turned down into the path of Jen Walker [89]. Walker bounced off the inside wall and collected Robert Yearwood, whose car went sideways up in front of the outside lane. Rachel Gonzalez would hit Yearwood, who ended up flipping. Josh Mack hit the back of Gonzalez's car, and Alex Carrington [21] hit the back of Mack's car after not using the brakes. Yearwood, Gonzalez, and Carrington all retired - but all appeared to be okay.

At the front of the field, Dick Smith had held the lead until lap 98, when Vanessa Hall retook the lead.

Patrick Carpino would retire on lap 104, after piling into Austin Howard's spinning car, which seemed to be a common obstacle here at North Wilkesboro - nonetheless, Carpino would retire. Bobby Miller, Sr. would retire with Carpino, though for him, it was just all the combined damage he had received during the race finally brought down the #20.

It seemed as the race went on, Vanessa Hall got stronger, and it no one could compete with Hall, who would go on to win by over a full second!