2022 Round Thunder Results
The X-Finity series would head to the famous Talladega for the DD's Casting Couch 180 @ Talladega.
The 9th round of the series, the question everyone asked was: “when will we see the big one?”
Ruben Phelps put the 06 on pole with a scorching single lap run, with the lucky 13 of Gallagher on the outside in 2nd
And from the start we were treated to some beautiful pack racing! With the cars running two wide for the early stages with a third line opening up, but lap 12 saw the race see the first caution when a car got lose in the mid pack, this saw all but the Mad dog himself Steve Hoppit come in for a fuel top up.
We would get to lap 27 with more great pack action when the dreaded Netcode would strike Hurley as he made contact with Carrol-Walden and the big one happened, the two were sitting 3rd and 4th at the time meaning the 34 cars behind them had to dodge and avoid, which many skilfully did but many were not so lucky.
With this caution the field could not make it to the end on fuel, but half the pack would come in splitting the field up and giving us some great racing on the restart as drivers made their way from the mid pack to the front.
A few drivers were safe on fuel, others were touch and go while some had no chance. But a couple of cautions would make it so everyone could get to the end on their tank.
We would see another large wreck with a handful of laps remaining leaving us with a shoot out to the end, Rolach, Jones, O'Shea, Caple, Closey, May were in with a shot but contact on the white lap took most out and it was a shootout between O'Shea and Michelmore, Although Jones crossed the line first a penalty dropped him back.
The controversy was not over as O'Shea was below the yellow line at the line despite coming first this meant that Michelmore in the 31 will get the win.
Another dramatic finish at a superspeedway!
Race Results:
1st : Dylan O’Shea
2nd: Josh Michelmore
3rd: Michael Scurlock
4th: Ben Vickers
5th: Troy Davidson
Incidents:
Lap – 12 Single Car into wall – Kye Turner
Lap 27 – Technical issue – Car 35 has blinked out for a large moment and there has been a rather large netcode incident that has caused cars to contact and spin creating the caution
Lap 32 – Car 8 – Jamie Nankervis – incident noted
Lap 63 – Car 20 Brad Fenly – Car has come up track to initiate contact
Other:
Lap 68 – Car 019 Dylan O’Shea advances position going under the yellow line Car advances position by driving under the yellow lines on the apron and finishes in 1st place. Advancing position while putting any tires under the yellow line is not allowed by Nascar in real life and we also apply this rule as well as part of our rule book: 5: (H) (Anzcar will apply all track specific rules that exist in real life NASCAR cup racing)
In this instance we have given a 5-point penalty for Dylan O’Shea as well as declaring the 2nd placed finisher Josh Michelmore the race winner
Catch all the action here thanks to our partners at Locked on Lads TV and the replay of their live broadcast on their Facebook page this week.
Once again, a big shout out to the Locked on Lads for coming onboard. They are brand new and fresh to race broadcasting so head on over to their channels on You Tube, Facebook and Twitch to support them if you can.
https://www.youtube.com/lockedonladsyt
https://www.twitch.tv/lockedonlads
https://www.facebook.com/lockedonlads
Next week the series heads to Dover International Speedway for 150 laps for the Locked On Iracing Podcast 150 @ Dover
Race Name: Locked On Iracing podcast 150
This week’s sponsor: Locked On Iracing podcast
What team do you sponsor if any? Locked on Racing
What do you do? We cover all the news, results and general sim racing chat from the local sim racing community in podcast form. We put out a new episode every week and bonus interview podcasts through out the year.
What location are you? Australia
How do people get in touch with you? Our Facebook page "Locked on Lads" or email contactus@lockedonlads.com
The 9th round of the series, the question everyone asked was: “when will we see the big one?”
Ruben Phelps put the 06 on pole with a scorching single lap run, with the lucky 13 of Gallagher on the outside in 2nd
And from the start we were treated to some beautiful pack racing! With the cars running two wide for the early stages with a third line opening up, but lap 12 saw the race see the first caution when a car got lose in the mid pack, this saw all but the Mad dog himself Steve Hoppit come in for a fuel top up.
We would get to lap 27 with more great pack action when the dreaded Netcode would strike Hurley as he made contact with Carrol-Walden and the big one happened, the two were sitting 3rd and 4th at the time meaning the 34 cars behind them had to dodge and avoid, which many skilfully did but many were not so lucky.
With this caution the field could not make it to the end on fuel, but half the pack would come in splitting the field up and giving us some great racing on the restart as drivers made their way from the mid pack to the front.
A few drivers were safe on fuel, others were touch and go while some had no chance. But a couple of cautions would make it so everyone could get to the end on their tank.
We would see another large wreck with a handful of laps remaining leaving us with a shoot out to the end, Rolach, Jones, O'Shea, Caple, Closey, May were in with a shot but contact on the white lap took most out and it was a shootout between O'Shea and Michelmore, Although Jones crossed the line first a penalty dropped him back.
The controversy was not over as O'Shea was below the yellow line at the line despite coming first this meant that Michelmore in the 31 will get the win.
Another dramatic finish at a superspeedway!
Race Results:
1st : Dylan O’Shea
2nd: Josh Michelmore
3rd: Michael Scurlock
4th: Ben Vickers
5th: Troy Davidson
Incidents:
Lap – 12 Single Car into wall – Kye Turner
Lap 27 – Technical issue – Car 35 has blinked out for a large moment and there has been a rather large netcode incident that has caused cars to contact and spin creating the caution
Lap 32 – Car 8 – Jamie Nankervis – incident noted
Lap 63 – Car 20 Brad Fenly – Car has come up track to initiate contact
Other:
Lap 68 – Car 019 Dylan O’Shea advances position going under the yellow line Car advances position by driving under the yellow lines on the apron and finishes in 1st place. Advancing position while putting any tires under the yellow line is not allowed by Nascar in real life and we also apply this rule as well as part of our rule book: 5: (H) (Anzcar will apply all track specific rules that exist in real life NASCAR cup racing)
In this instance we have given a 5-point penalty for Dylan O’Shea as well as declaring the 2nd placed finisher Josh Michelmore the race winner
Catch all the action here thanks to our partners at Locked on Lads TV and the replay of their live broadcast on their Facebook page this week.
Once again, a big shout out to the Locked on Lads for coming onboard. They are brand new and fresh to race broadcasting so head on over to their channels on You Tube, Facebook and Twitch to support them if you can.
https://www.youtube.com/lockedonladsyt
https://www.twitch.tv/lockedonlads
https://www.facebook.com/lockedonlads
Next week the series heads to Dover International Speedway for 150 laps for the Locked On Iracing Podcast 150 @ Dover
Race Name: Locked On Iracing podcast 150
This week’s sponsor: Locked On Iracing podcast
What team do you sponsor if any? Locked on Racing
What do you do? We cover all the news, results and general sim racing chat from the local sim racing community in podcast form. We put out a new episode every week and bonus interview podcasts through out the year.
What location are you? Australia
How do people get in touch with you? Our Facebook page "Locked on Lads" or email contactus@lockedonlads.com
