2023 Season 1 Round 12 Thunder Results
Mckenzie takes the Series 1 finale at Mid Ohio – extends lead in Road Course Title
Wednesday night saw the Thunder Series head to the challenging layout at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course. Mckenzie claimed pole position ahead of Tunrer, Douglas, Aiden Schultz and Jaie Schultz rounding out the top 5.
The early laps saw Mckenzie and Turner pull away from the field whilst the likes of Dyson and Jones started to move their way forward from starting towards the rear of the field.
10 laps into the race and Mckenzie had built a 3.5 second lead over Turner, with Jaie Schultz another 7 seconds back. Drivers throughout the field were starting to struggle with a lack of rear grip as the continuous turning nature of the track left little time to cool them down, with some drivers electing to head to pit lane for some fresh rubber early.
Lap 18, and Turner and Jaie Schultz headed to the lane from 2nd and 3rd for fresh tyres and a splash of fuel and 2 laps later saw the leader Mckenzie head to the lane. Tuner managed a good couple of laps, undercutting Mckenzie for 2nd position whilst Dyson inherited the lead by staying out.
16 laps to go, and after sustaining plenty of pressure from Turner, Dyson pits from the lead for tyres and fuel, returning to the track in P8. This leaves the top 5 as Turner, Mckenzie, Jaie Schultz, Aiden Schultz and Jones.
With 10 laps to go, Dyson had sliced his way through the field on fresher tyres and up into 3rd but 20 seconds off the battle for the lead. Turner and Mckenzie were racing each other hard, sliding their cars around until Turner looped it with overheated rear tyres, with Mckenzie taking over the lead once again.
Mckenzie kept his cool and his head down over the closing laps, maintaining a smooth line and taking the victory by 7 seconds. Turner managed to hang on to his marsh mellowed rear tyres, claiming 2nd ahead of the fast finishing Dyson with Jones and Jaie Schultz rounding out the top 5.
Race Summary:
38 Laps
0 Caution for 0 Laps
3 Leaders
3 Lead Changes
Results:
1st - #02 Darren Mckenzie
2nd - #408 Kye Turner.
3rd - #41 Andrew Dyson
4th - #11 Ryan Jones
5th - #27 Jaie Schultz
Stewards Summary:
Cautions:
Nil
Start Procedure Penalties:
Nil
Protests:
Nil
Other:
Nil
Series 1 Championship:
Martin ends up claiming the Series 1 Title by 68 points over Michelmore with Mckenzie in 3rd position, only 13 points further behind. Jaie Schultz finishes the series in 4th, 1 point in front of Raymond in P5.
Road Course Title:
After dominating both races so far, Mckenzie holds an 11 point lead over Turner with Jaie Schultz a further 3 points behind in 3rd. Round 3 of the Road Course Title will be held on the Historic Cup layout at Sonoma Raceway on the 31st May.
The Thunder Series now has some time off before commencing Series 2 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on the 17th May.
Full race results: https://www.simracerhub.com/scoring/season_race.php...
Full driver standings: https://www.simracerhub.com/scoring/season_standings.php...
For full race replay and future Thunder Series broadcasts, please head to Performance E-Streaming on Facebook.
Wednesday night saw the Thunder Series head to the challenging layout at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course. Mckenzie claimed pole position ahead of Tunrer, Douglas, Aiden Schultz and Jaie Schultz rounding out the top 5.
The early laps saw Mckenzie and Turner pull away from the field whilst the likes of Dyson and Jones started to move their way forward from starting towards the rear of the field.
10 laps into the race and Mckenzie had built a 3.5 second lead over Turner, with Jaie Schultz another 7 seconds back. Drivers throughout the field were starting to struggle with a lack of rear grip as the continuous turning nature of the track left little time to cool them down, with some drivers electing to head to pit lane for some fresh rubber early.
Lap 18, and Turner and Jaie Schultz headed to the lane from 2nd and 3rd for fresh tyres and a splash of fuel and 2 laps later saw the leader Mckenzie head to the lane. Tuner managed a good couple of laps, undercutting Mckenzie for 2nd position whilst Dyson inherited the lead by staying out.
16 laps to go, and after sustaining plenty of pressure from Turner, Dyson pits from the lead for tyres and fuel, returning to the track in P8. This leaves the top 5 as Turner, Mckenzie, Jaie Schultz, Aiden Schultz and Jones.
With 10 laps to go, Dyson had sliced his way through the field on fresher tyres and up into 3rd but 20 seconds off the battle for the lead. Turner and Mckenzie were racing each other hard, sliding their cars around until Turner looped it with overheated rear tyres, with Mckenzie taking over the lead once again.
Mckenzie kept his cool and his head down over the closing laps, maintaining a smooth line and taking the victory by 7 seconds. Turner managed to hang on to his marsh mellowed rear tyres, claiming 2nd ahead of the fast finishing Dyson with Jones and Jaie Schultz rounding out the top 5.
Race Summary:
38 Laps
0 Caution for 0 Laps
3 Leaders
3 Lead Changes
Results:
1st - #02 Darren Mckenzie
2nd - #408 Kye Turner.
3rd - #41 Andrew Dyson
4th - #11 Ryan Jones
5th - #27 Jaie Schultz
Stewards Summary:
Cautions:
Nil
Start Procedure Penalties:
Nil
Protests:
Nil
Other:
Nil
Series 1 Championship:
Martin ends up claiming the Series 1 Title by 68 points over Michelmore with Mckenzie in 3rd position, only 13 points further behind. Jaie Schultz finishes the series in 4th, 1 point in front of Raymond in P5.
Road Course Title:
After dominating both races so far, Mckenzie holds an 11 point lead over Turner with Jaie Schultz a further 3 points behind in 3rd. Round 3 of the Road Course Title will be held on the Historic Cup layout at Sonoma Raceway on the 31st May.
The Thunder Series now has some time off before commencing Series 2 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on the 17th May.
Full race results: https://www.simracerhub.com/scoring/season_race.php...
Full driver standings: https://www.simracerhub.com/scoring/season_standings.php...
For full race replay and future Thunder Series broadcasts, please head to Performance E-Streaming on Facebook.
