FALL 2005 - FOUNDER-DELEGATE RUN RD2: ERRONEOUS ERROL ISLAND Pre Race WEATHER: Temperature: 27 Cs (81 Fs). Wind Factor: 6. Overall: Sunny. 2x Caseus Incendia Urbis (Cheese Fire City) 4x Caseus Incendia Speedway (Foothills) 0x Caseus Incendia (Mountain) Rx Caseus Incendia (Rim) NOTES: Boulders of Smouldering cheese everywhere. Rough, slippery terrain. Very winding course around the volcano. A rickety wooden bridge over a river of burning cheese. About 2/3 of the way through the race, the volcano erupts turning the course into a burning hell hole with very poor visibility. Race FMR has a habit of dealing out terrible punishments to those who are lucky enough to lead out a grand prix. After the terrible drugs scandal of Atilla Snitvanburg (who has been disqualified for this race only), it seemed nothing else could go wrong but Bellong Turuss forced a large number of Timesplitters to turn their TVs off midrace when he was hit by a large hunk of gooey cheese while occupying one of the leading places. Frankie Nit-problem's cheese issues came from below as he found a chasm formed by molten cheese erosion as he was his teams third ever DNF. this DNF also marks a possible swing away from Oodgtastic dominance, as they have failed to score points in the last two races, leaving them in a draw for last place with Cascadian Geoduck Racing, on the Tour Team standings, despite having practically perfect weather for them. It seemed by the change from 4x to 0x, that the usual suspects would begin to take control as Kik Marmington and Misamoto Kanapono both charged up the leaderboard to occupy fourth and fifth. What was surprising was the absence of the Island Racing Squad, with only two of their drivers in the top twenty, disappointing many fans who came today in hope that their boys and girl would be the team to break the longstanding hoodoo of teams never winning their home GP (Silent Monk and Jos Oxford have come closest finishing second on home soil). The MIF-Ardent Antagonists were looking in strong form at this point, looking at justification for why they were given the numbers for the third best team. Then, out of the blue cheese, came the El Equipo de Dulces drivers of Alejo Zaragoza and Jeffrey Berkes who, by the end of the third leg, were running 1-3, sandwiching Loralee Bogin of Chicanada TroutCo Racing, in only their fifth grand prix (and in said five grands prix, CTCR have already amassed more points than the Ancient Speed Demons have all season). Kik Marmington was still hovering on the edges, waiting for an opportunity to strike, which came in the fourth leg around the rim of Caseus Incendia, managing to sneak into a second place, tucking up behind eventual race winner, Pimpy McBling (Meadowbank Boy Racers) who started the leg behind Marmington but took the lead on the closing stretch. MBR could be in the middle of a resurgence as some positive results could see them replicating the form of last season that saw them take second in the Ile de France Constructors Championship. One can only guess at the driving talent of Nestle, who managed to go from four minutes behind the leader, to climb up into third place and take home one of Keetorama's best results this season. And the Island Racing Squad did manage to get all three of their drivers into the all important top twenty but failed to grab serious points. This left many punters, gamblers and betters confused as local knowledge should surely have helped around something as dangerous as Caseus Incendia. Final Results Pos Car No 2x 4x 0x Rx 1 16 59.873 117.333 174.299 231.679 2 4 57.617 114.930 173.923 232.453 3 22 62.157 120.892 177.751 233.014 4 70 59.822 116.878 174.886 233.103 5 66 57.540 119.350 175.659 233.174 6 79 57.809 116.485 177.025 233.441 7 62 57.161 113.651 174.528 233.512 8 26 58.649 120.297 177.238 233.550 9 27 59.228 116.723 174.808 234.774 10 9 58.835 117.404 178.233 234.800 11 37 59.402 118.001 174.902 234.827 12 38 56.559 117.994 174.590 235.314 13 61 55.888 117.145 179.000 235.328 14 44 60.036 118.671 173.428 235.401 15 55 57.137 117.488 179.710 235.436 16 10 62.081 120.276 179.046 235.550 17 45 59.987 118.724 173.827 235.731 18 80 59.080 117.636 173.688 235.862 19 72 61.268 117.984 174.955 236.139 20 25 58.802 117.511 179.318 236.325 21 6 60.017 119.322 179.330 236.444 22 8 56.094 118.170 179.103 236.499 23 65 61.450 118.878 174.524 236.502 24 31 59.240 122.503 179.774 237.103 25 54 59.201 116.028 179.056 237.365 26 77 57.947 114.648 177.691 237.407 27 71 58.784 120.867 180.780 237.543 28 32 63.187 122.074 180.378 237.666 29 67 56.438 119.579 176.931 237.780 30 43 59.266 120.378 178.331 238.201 31 7 57.965 117.343 179.553 238.365 32 64 62.157 120.443 181.919 238.472 33 24 60.387 120.278 180.679 238.539 34 78 58.193 116.627 177.318 238.754 35 2 59.713 117.590 180.310 238.918 36 49 61.808 121.217 180.498 239.040 37 3 58.067 115.446 177.110 239.171 38 1 63.569 121.913 179.155 239.272 39 47 62.791 121.155 181.270 239.350 40 57 61.461 119.219 178.810 239.491 41 63 62.041 121.410 181.847 239.588 42 58 64.193 120.285 181.025 239.646 43 34 63.142 125.226 181.857 239.753 44 12 62.743 125.131 184.255 239.848 45 11 60.115 123.886 184.295 239.929 46 18 59.665 121.884 178.979 240.068 47 81 58.413 119.692 181.138 240.237 48 20 61.560 118.812 180.636 240.547 49 17 58.408 116.087 178.140 240.561 50 68 60.165 117.567 179.212 240.716 51 56 60.094 122.861 182.471 240.825 52 21 59.609 120.581 181.699 241.221 53 19 59.180 120.141 179.172 241.354 54 39 60.182 123.416 183.402 242.925 55 60 60.397 119.239 182.822 243.167 56 23 61.053 123.969 181.412 243.255 57 35 59.226 121.740 183.307 243.421 58 46 60.087 123.215 181.019 243.549 59 48 61.164 121.914 182.194 243.706 60 5 61.112 124.718 184.018 244.350 61 51 63.906 123.981 184.023 244.683 62 53 61.851 124.173 186.115 245.474 63 50 63.422 123.376 183.897 245.551 64 33 64.210 128.408 185.697 248.107 65 59 62.133 121.312 185.833 248.707 66 76 62.881 123.547 187.119 249.285 DNFs: 2x - 36 (Failed a drugs test) 4x - 52 (Fell into giant cheese chasm), 69 (Destroyed by molten cheese) Post Race Standings Overall Teams - 1. Oodgtastic Racing (538 pts); 2. Liamist Racing Tech (485 pts); 3. Island Racing Squad (425 pts) Tour Teams - 1. Kingtown National Raceworks (116 pts); 2. 8 Fold Path (95 pts); 3. Liamist Racing Tech (73 pts) Overall Drivers - 1. Great Nathan (Island Racing Squad, 229 pts); 2. Jos Oxford (Liamist Racing Tech, 218 pts); 3. Drivey McDriver (Rio Racing, 210 pts) Tour Drivers - 1. Silent Monk (8 Fold Path, 95 pts); 2. Kik Marmington (Liamist Racing Tech, 73 pts); 3. Hans (Kingtown National Raceworks, 60 pts) Next Week: Seine-Saint-Denis New MarmaCup Entrants: Kik Marmington (Liamist Racing Tech)