2023 Round 5 Cup Results
Hetterscheid wins at Atlanta!
After being unable to turn a racing lap in Phoenix, many of the Cup competitors could be forgiven for feeling some racing was well overdue, although opinions were certainly divided over the venue for the next race as the ANZCAR Cup Series made its bow at the new configuration.
Some love the challenge of the new “mini-Daytona” while others despise the configuration which some feel has been specially designed to create wrecks.
Darren McKenzie would line up on pole with Barry Neale to his outside. Nankervis and Hetterscheid would share the second row. At the drop of the green, Barney had to fumble for his yellow as a check up on the low line lead to O'Shea and Jordan getting together and bringing the caution out straight away.
This would send iRacing into a bit of a tizz, leading a few cars to cop penalties and give us the unusual scenario of Pearson (who was a few yards short of a lap down) leading the field away. Once the racing got back underway on lap six, Neale would lead from McKenzie, Nankervis, Hetterscheid and Kenny. The field would break into two packs and would remain so until Koch, Foster and Dautanac collected each other on lap 29, spinning and collecting Otto in the process.
A quick trip down pit road for most would see Koch and Lobb stay out and lead away, however their ageing tyres would ensure this was a brief state of affairs, McKenzie snatching the lead back soon after. Nankervis would make a run to the lead pushed by Carroll-Walden, and McKenzie would fight a largely solo battle against the low line of Nankervis and three Natari cars for several laps.
The caution would fly again on lap 57 when Kenny and Dyson got together, and a couple more cautions would come in quick succession before a long green flag run got started on lap 72.
By this stage in the race it appeared the top line was the line to be on. Nankervis lead it ahead of the Natari quartet and Turner, with McKenzie, Douglas and Dyson fighting hard on the lower line. This would continue with very little change until lap 110 when Foster would strike the outside wall and collect Carroll-Walden, Jordan also involved.
The remaining laps were punctuated by cautions and when the green fell for the final time with two to go, it would be largely the same group who had run up front all night leading again. Hetterscheid would be pushed by Stent past Nankervis, however contact between Stent, Williams and Douglas would cause a massive pile up.
Racing continued with there only being one to go, however Hetterscheid had been deprived of his pusher and SRM boys Phelps and Urquijo were coming with a huge run. Phelps would take it to the outside of Hetterscheid, the two door banging with Phelps crossing the line first, however he had tipped over the 12 allowed incident points and was penalised by iRacing leaving Hetterscheid as the victor.
McKenzie would take second with Urquijo crossing for third in the grass. Neale would be fourth and Nankervis would complete his good run with a top five.
We are off to the twists of COTA this week. Don't miss it!
Incidents
Lap 29 - Tristan Koch
Lap 57 - Luke Kenny
Lap 62 - Alex Schmidt
Lap 68 - Aiden Schultz
Lap 110 - Edward Foster
Lap 120 - Kye Turner (3rd Strike EOL next race)
Lap 130 - Darren McKenzie (protest)
Restart Infringements
Lap 7 - Darren McKenzie - Lane Change
Lap 61 - Tony Gagliardi - Lane Change & Fail to Maintain Speed (protest)
Lap 72 - Noddy Tompkins - Lane Change
Lap 129 - Noddy Tompkins - Lane Change
No further action
Lap 0 - Koby Jordan/Dylan O'Shea (protest) - result of check up on inside lane
Lap 33 - Alex Schmidt - Lane Change - avoiding check up
Lap 62 - Koby Jordan/Noddy Tompkins (protest) - "contact causing disadvantage" not a rule, contact occurred during wreck avoidance
Lap 107 - Koby Jordan/Joshua Carroll-Walden - (protest) - "contact causing drive-through" not a rule
Lap 123 - Koby Jordan/Aiden Schultz (protest) - "contact causing DQ" not a rule
Lap 123 - Tony Gagliardi/Aiden Schultz - netcode contact, doubtful if wreck happens otherwise
Other
Lap 121 - Luke Kenny - Unprofessional Conduct with contact (Fail to slow for caution) DQ
We spent a fair bit of time looking through the pace car issues, however without being able to see which driver was being told what by iRacing at the time it has become something of an impossible task.
Post-race Tech
Steven Williams - no submission - DQ
Luke Kenny - incorrect submission - DQ
Tony Gagliardi - no submission - DQ
Aiden Schultz - raced on Kentucky setup - DQ and one race suspension
Kye Turner - no submission 3rd offence - DQ and two race suspension
Alex Schmidt - no submission - DQ
Michael Scurlock - no submission - DQ
Nigel Seidel - raced on Vegas setup - DQ and one race suspension
Andy Barber - no submission - DQ
After being unable to turn a racing lap in Phoenix, many of the Cup competitors could be forgiven for feeling some racing was well overdue, although opinions were certainly divided over the venue for the next race as the ANZCAR Cup Series made its bow at the new configuration.
Some love the challenge of the new “mini-Daytona” while others despise the configuration which some feel has been specially designed to create wrecks.
Darren McKenzie would line up on pole with Barry Neale to his outside. Nankervis and Hetterscheid would share the second row. At the drop of the green, Barney had to fumble for his yellow as a check up on the low line lead to O'Shea and Jordan getting together and bringing the caution out straight away.
This would send iRacing into a bit of a tizz, leading a few cars to cop penalties and give us the unusual scenario of Pearson (who was a few yards short of a lap down) leading the field away. Once the racing got back underway on lap six, Neale would lead from McKenzie, Nankervis, Hetterscheid and Kenny. The field would break into two packs and would remain so until Koch, Foster and Dautanac collected each other on lap 29, spinning and collecting Otto in the process.
A quick trip down pit road for most would see Koch and Lobb stay out and lead away, however their ageing tyres would ensure this was a brief state of affairs, McKenzie snatching the lead back soon after. Nankervis would make a run to the lead pushed by Carroll-Walden, and McKenzie would fight a largely solo battle against the low line of Nankervis and three Natari cars for several laps.
The caution would fly again on lap 57 when Kenny and Dyson got together, and a couple more cautions would come in quick succession before a long green flag run got started on lap 72.
By this stage in the race it appeared the top line was the line to be on. Nankervis lead it ahead of the Natari quartet and Turner, with McKenzie, Douglas and Dyson fighting hard on the lower line. This would continue with very little change until lap 110 when Foster would strike the outside wall and collect Carroll-Walden, Jordan also involved.
The remaining laps were punctuated by cautions and when the green fell for the final time with two to go, it would be largely the same group who had run up front all night leading again. Hetterscheid would be pushed by Stent past Nankervis, however contact between Stent, Williams and Douglas would cause a massive pile up.
Racing continued with there only being one to go, however Hetterscheid had been deprived of his pusher and SRM boys Phelps and Urquijo were coming with a huge run. Phelps would take it to the outside of Hetterscheid, the two door banging with Phelps crossing the line first, however he had tipped over the 12 allowed incident points and was penalised by iRacing leaving Hetterscheid as the victor.
McKenzie would take second with Urquijo crossing for third in the grass. Neale would be fourth and Nankervis would complete his good run with a top five.
We are off to the twists of COTA this week. Don't miss it!
Incidents
Lap 29 - Tristan Koch
Lap 57 - Luke Kenny
Lap 62 - Alex Schmidt
Lap 68 - Aiden Schultz
Lap 110 - Edward Foster
Lap 120 - Kye Turner (3rd Strike EOL next race)
Lap 130 - Darren McKenzie (protest)
Restart Infringements
Lap 7 - Darren McKenzie - Lane Change
Lap 61 - Tony Gagliardi - Lane Change & Fail to Maintain Speed (protest)
Lap 72 - Noddy Tompkins - Lane Change
Lap 129 - Noddy Tompkins - Lane Change
No further action
Lap 0 - Koby Jordan/Dylan O'Shea (protest) - result of check up on inside lane
Lap 33 - Alex Schmidt - Lane Change - avoiding check up
Lap 62 - Koby Jordan/Noddy Tompkins (protest) - "contact causing disadvantage" not a rule, contact occurred during wreck avoidance
Lap 107 - Koby Jordan/Joshua Carroll-Walden - (protest) - "contact causing drive-through" not a rule
Lap 123 - Koby Jordan/Aiden Schultz (protest) - "contact causing DQ" not a rule
Lap 123 - Tony Gagliardi/Aiden Schultz - netcode contact, doubtful if wreck happens otherwise
Other
Lap 121 - Luke Kenny - Unprofessional Conduct with contact (Fail to slow for caution) DQ
We spent a fair bit of time looking through the pace car issues, however without being able to see which driver was being told what by iRacing at the time it has become something of an impossible task.
Post-race Tech
Steven Williams - no submission - DQ
Luke Kenny - incorrect submission - DQ
Tony Gagliardi - no submission - DQ
Aiden Schultz - raced on Kentucky setup - DQ and one race suspension
Kye Turner - no submission 3rd offence - DQ and two race suspension
Alex Schmidt - no submission - DQ
Michael Scurlock - no submission - DQ
Nigel Seidel - raced on Vegas setup - DQ and one race suspension
Andy Barber - no submission - DQ
