First Race of the Season! Singapore!

The first official race of the Certified Insanity season took place at Singapore’s Marina Bay track today.

Team White’s Chumbawumba had a lot to prove today, having stolen the pole position during qualification with his steady, controlled style.

The start of the race was as exciting as ever – Chumbawamba and Nicole Tickle were jockeying for position almost immediately.  Team Yellow’s last placed Stig had an amazing start and vaulted forward, gaining valuable ground on Quickie and Rhodes Rashburne.  Just prior to passing through the start line, there was contact between the Blue car and the Red car, leaving part of the Rhodes Rashburne’s Blue car still on the track!  Wow.  Maybe the damage wasn’t as bad as we thought, as he decided to continue the race!

The race was led primarily by Green’s Nicole Tickle with Chumbawamba ever close behind.  The Stig advanced from last to 3^rd, with Quickie and Rhodes Rashburne taking up the rear.

Then, out of nowhere, Rhodes Rashburne made a daring maneuver through the Concert Hall double chicane, and through Fullerton Road to take 2^nd place.  After the next turn, however, disaster struck.  Rhodes made contact yet again, this time with The Stig, sending him crashing into the wall at the Crossroads.  Thankfully, Rhodes was okay.

The end of the race was all about the meaneuvering between Green’s Nicole Tickle and White’s Chumbawamba.  It was decided at the Carlton Millenia, as Nicole Tickle took the corner far too slowly, allowing Chumbawamba a tremendous lead.  And with that, Chumbawamba took the checkered flag!  Nicole Tickle coasted through an easy second place, with The Stig taking Third.

4^th place Quickie was not so lucky.  With an easy 4^th, Quickie’s eyes lit up, and he announced over the radio “I gotta get there FASTER – I’ve got a doctor’s appointment to keep!!!”  In the most challenging series of turns on the course, he launched his car into 4^th gear, and lost control in the corner, crashing.

2 did not finish results out of 5 cars.  It is apparent that all of the drivers are pushing their cars to the limits!

The next race will be at the New Jersey circuit.  The current standings are as follows:

		Singapore (Qualifying)	Singapore (Singapore)	New Jersey (USA)	Sochi (Russia)	Buddh (India)	TBD
TEAM	DRIVER	Seas Qual	Race 01	Race 02	Race 03	Race 04	Race 05	Driver Points	Driver Rank	Team Points	Team Rank
White	Chumbawamba	1st	1st					6	1	6	1
Green	Nicole Tickle	2nd	2nd					4	2	4	2
Yellow	The Stig	5th	3rd					3	3	3	3
Red	Quickie	4th	DNF					0	4	0	4
Blue	Rhodes Rashburne	3rd	DNF					0	5	0	5
	Debris Counts		4
	Start Time		12:00
	End Time		13:29
	Race Duration		1:29
Race 1 Notes:	DNF1:	Rhodes Rashburne (Collision)
	DNF2:	Quickie (Crash in Corner)

 

 

Starting positions for the next race will be as follows:

Position	Driver
1	Rhodes Rashburne
2	Quickie
3	The Stig
4	Nicole Tickle
5	Chumbawamba