Race 4, 02/11/13, Dog Pound
Pavement Pounding
We all needed a course close by. That ruled out the Bighorn, Rock City, and Moroni's Revenge. Poverty Flats is very close but is slow, short and was done not too long ago. So we traveled 30 miles and attempted a short mild road with a steep fast finish.
We unloaded the carts and started to get ready. But then the truck took off to wait for us at the bottom. Problem was that it still had all the cameras and our phones. With no way to call him back, we decided to just do the run and record the second run later.
The new comer, Road Runner, took an early lead but was then overtaken by Gram Torino and Cobra. Gram led for 1/2 the way down before Cobra slung around and raced off. after the second turn came the steep slope followed by a hard right. At the apex of that turn Cobra spun out and smacked backwards into the sidewalk curb. Luckily for him, he came to a stop at the finish line. Gram Torino crossed right after for second and Road runner in Rockstar followed soon after.
In the aftermath, Danger Car recieved 2 broken wheels, a bent axle, a bent brake disk, an even more bent
frame, a missing nose guard and a belly pan that burst it's welds in many places. The sidewalk is also missing a large dish sized chunk from curb.
In retrospect, Cobra thinks he should have braked before the turn.
This was the January makeup race, but due to the accident, the Febuary race will now have to wait until March. Or until Danger Car is rebuilt at least.
1st - Cobra / Danger Car
2nd - Gram Torino / Chick-In-Coupe
3rd - Road Runner / Rockstar
We unloaded the carts and started to get ready. But then the truck took off to wait for us at the bottom. Problem was that it still had all the cameras and our phones. With no way to call him back, we decided to just do the run and record the second run later.
The new comer, Road Runner, took an early lead but was then overtaken by Gram Torino and Cobra. Gram led for 1/2 the way down before Cobra slung around and raced off. after the second turn came the steep slope followed by a hard right. At the apex of that turn Cobra spun out and smacked backwards into the sidewalk curb. Luckily for him, he came to a stop at the finish line. Gram Torino crossed right after for second and Road runner in Rockstar followed soon after.
In the aftermath, Danger Car recieved 2 broken wheels, a bent axle, a bent brake disk, an even more bent
frame, a missing nose guard and a belly pan that burst it's welds in many places. The sidewalk is also missing a large dish sized chunk from curb.
In retrospect, Cobra thinks he should have braked before the turn.
This was the January makeup race, but due to the accident, the Febuary race will now have to wait until March. Or until Danger Car is rebuilt at least.
1st - Cobra / Danger Car
2nd - Gram Torino / Chick-In-Coupe
3rd - Road Runner / Rockstar