Pontiac51's Slot Race
03-04-00
The second race of this season was filled with reapperences and rookies. "Mondial7" was back from japan and first thing he did was driving a new track record. "Karin", our fast lady last season, also back and with her her boyfriend "HJP". "Suom" finaly stood up for race after unfilled promises last season. "Manuel" brought 2 friends to the track, "Wurz" and "Strassi". After the testing runs it was clear that only the trained drivers would be fast. The new controllers and power source made the cars like bears to drive and maintenance even more important. So the qualify order was pretty much ordered corresponding to the time spent on training. The field looked like this:
Qualify Results
Pos.	Name		Nick	Time (sec)	Class
1.	Peter	Niederwieser	Mondial7	6,6953	A
2.	Hans-Jürgen	Prall	HJP	6,8047	B
3.	Karin	Viechtbaur	Karin	6,9219	C
4.	Wolfgang	Peham	Viking	7,0847	D
5.	Christian	Schüler	Knut	7,3594	A
6.	Uwe	Schmid	Suom	7,3594	B
7.	Robert	Graf	Pontiac51	7,5781	C
8.	Nathalie	Viechtbaur	Nathalie	7,8047	A
9.	Stefan	Strassburger	Strassi	8,5156	B
10.	Franz	Kronlachner	Wurz	8,7813	D
11.	Manuel	Hausleitner	Manuel	8,8359	A
12.	Markus	Wolfger	Maxi TB	9,1172	C
13.	Kurt	Kloiber	Reaper	9,7188	D
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So "Viking", "Wurz" and "Reaper" competed in Class C. Race was run as this: slowest driver chooses lane, fastest driver chooses car, then after 1 race in the same configuration the controllers are swapped, so everyone races each car on each lane. This means 4 races (3 laps long) per round. Points for each race: 10 for 1st, 6 for 2nd, 4 for 3rd, 3 for 4th, 0 for DNF.
Class D
Driver\Lane	Yellow	Blue	Red	Green	pts.	final
Reaper	4	6	4		14	C
Viking	10	10	10		30	A
Wurz	0	6	6		12	D
"Viking" making it clear for A, "Wurz", a rookie tough, fighting Reaper closely.
"Karin", "Pontiac51" and "Maxi TB" competed in class C.
Class C
Driver\Lane	Yellow	Blue	Red	Green	pts.	final
Karin	0	6	10		16	B
Pontiac51	0	10	10		20	A
Maxi TB	0	0	6		6	D
"Pontiac51" up for A, only "Karin" catching him once (she is fast!). "Maxi TB" had some bad luck, maybe the new controllers were a riddle for him.
Next class was "Suom", "HJP" and "Strassi".
Class B
Driver\Lane	Yellow	Blue	Red	Green	pts.	final
Suom		0	10	0	10	B
HJP		10	10	6	26	A
Strassi		4	6	0	10	C
"HJP" in front here, "Strassi" lost the tiebreaker against "Suom".
In class A there were  "Manuel", Mondial7", "Knut" and "Nathalie".
Class A
Driver\Lane	Yellow	Blue	Red	Green	pts.	final
Manuel	4	0	0	0	4	C
Mondial7	10	10	10	10	40	A
Knut	0	0	6	0	6	B
Nathalie	0	6	6	0	12	B
"Mondial7" back with a bang, winning everything in this round. "Nathalie" on his neck catching second place here, "Manuel" was not continuing on his form from last race.
After a break for calculation it was decided that filled classes would be more intressting and also more fair for all drivers. So the D final would see 2 drivers instead of 3 and in B there would compete 4 instead of 3 drivers. In the D final "Wurz" and "Maxi TB" settled pos. 12 und 13.
D-Final
Driver\Lane	Yellow	Blue	Red	Green	pts.	pos.
Wurz		0	0		0	13.
Maxi TB		10	10		20	12.
"Maxi TB" finsihing off "Wurz" due the his longer racing career and therefore more practice.
On to the B-Final, in there "Strassi", "Reaper" and "Manuel". This final settled positions 9-11.
C-Final
Driver\Lane	Yellow	Blue	Red	Green	pts.	pos.
Strassi		0	6	0	6	11.
Reaper		0	6	4	10	10.
Manuel		10	10	10	30	9.
"Manuel" woke up winning this class in exeptional style. "Reaper" satisfied with 10th. "Strassi" needs just more practice.
In the B final "Nathalie", "Knut", "Suom" and "Karin would settle positions 5-8.
B-Final
Driver\Lane	Yellow	Blue	Red	Green	pts.	pos.
Nathalie	0	3	0	10	13	7.
Knut	0	0	4	0	4	8.
Suom	0	0	10	6	16	6.
Karin	10	10	0	6	26	5.
"Karin" in front here, her sister "Nathalie" and "Suom" not far behind. "Knut" was another example that a rookie would need more practice to win with the new equipment.
Oh yes, this was a near dream final. If "Alex" would have competed too, then this final would had held all drivers that ever won a race. But "HJP" sure was a excellent "replacement". So "Mondial7", "Pontiac51" and "Viking" had to watch their back.
A-Final
Driver\Lane	Yellow	Blue	Red	Green	pts.	pos.
Pontica51	4	0	10	0	14	3.
Mondial7	0	6	6	0	12	4.
HJP	0	6	10	0	16	2.
Viking	10	6	10	0	26	1.
And it really was a fantastic final. "Pontiac51" with 14 pts before the final run, "Mondial7" with 12, "HJP" with 10 and "Viking" with 16. So the one winning the last run would win the race. "Viking" did it, leaving "HJP" on 2nd. "Pontiac51" and "Mondial7" finished 3rd and 4th catching no points the last run.
So the "Grand Prix Champion Trophy" was for "Viking", the "Pole Position Trophy" for "Mondial7", the "Runner Up Award" for "Pontiac51" and the "Steadiness Award" for "Wurz". The "Fastest Lady" was "Karin".
Congrats to all drivers, thank you, ladies and gentleman, for an exiting race. The Pontiac51 Raceway will be back in 3 or 4 weeks. Till then, go fast, turn left...
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