Complete The Goof - 20X1

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Rollo75

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The A-Heat Race

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Robie Robie started along side Hatsune Miku on the starting grid and he knew that his best shot at winning the title would be to knock her out of the ring by scoring more points than her. Likewise, Tse Sakamoto and Ellie McIllan who were also still in contention, also wanted to score as many points as they could to eliminate the others.

The start of this race placed them all within sight of each other but by about the end of lap 2, it became obvious that neither Miku nor Robie would be scoring any points. The two Holdens of Cornelius and McKane linked up very early on and with Bruno Gourdo and Patrick Mann lurking around and hoping to claim anything in consolation for the season, the race to the front would be difficult.

Sakamoto and McKane got out to an early lead and it was for Gourdo and Mann to try and keep up.
The two works Holden drivers had been given orders by team principal Philip Monroe to "go as hard and as fast for as long as they could" because he was hoping to sell the last two chassis which Holden needed to fill up its manufacturer allocation for 20X2. Those two drivers really had nothing to lose as far as championship hopes stood; which meant that Sakamoto in the Mazda spent the whole race trying to be like a greyhound chasing down a fake rabbit.
Patrick Mann spent most of the afternoon mirror driving as he tried and succeeded in keeping Cornelius behind him.

As for Ellie McIllan, the defending champion realised that she wasn't going to get much from the A-Heat Race and so dropped Gojira off behind her and drove a solid but uneventful drive for 6th.

Gojira would be disappointed to bring his car home in 7th place and this yet again highlights the lack of results that Datsun had had in 20X1. Quite frankly, apart from the occasional results of Gojira himself, the whole Datsun project is looking shaky.

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One of the more intriguing battles of the afternoon was between Jack Raymond, Kerrod Edmundson, and Greg Rellings. They spent nine laps fighting over 15th, 16th and 17th places; which meant that they were going to score zero points but still be above the cut for the final main feature race.

Jack Raymond driving the #π Holden, set up his car with shorter gearing than the two Mazdas because he wanted to punch out of the two ends of the race track and had hoped to maintain speed by sitting in the draught of cars in front of him. Of course, as this is still his first season he wouldn't have realised that unlike other tracks, it is exceedingly easy to break the draught of cars following you; simply by moving off line.

What the two Mazda drivers of Edmundson and Rellings found out was that even after dropping Raymond out of the draught, he could out accelerate them coming out of the ends of the race track and would clear out by as much as 200 yards before they reeled him back in again.

The difference in strategies played out after the pit stops on lap 25; as it took until after the half way point before the order of the race settled in for the afternoon.

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As Daytona Beach is very much a street circuit and not an oval, the drivers who tended to do well at street circuits again did well here. Unlike other street circuits where there is a lot of changes of direction, Daytona Beach is a run out and a run back with two massive straights which define the course. Kane McKane basically blasted off into the distance and remained there. As it is very easy to break a draft, Tse Sakamoto could never even hope to catch him and so just ran his own race to arrive home in second place.

By the end of the race, McKane had lapped everyone up to 5th place and the public relations people decided that having the two Holdens roll around in formation was good for publicity. Thus by the end of the race, what may have been as much as an entire minute lead, was chipped back down to just six seconds. McKane was never in any danger of being caught and if it came to it, Cornelius would act as a nuisance for Sakamoto.

The truth was that Holden had had a really productive afternoon and brought seven of its eight runners home and qualified for the main feature race on Sunday. The only one which didn't qualify was Jack Napier's #333 Axis Chemicals car. As for who exactly the two remaining slots which would be taken up as a result of Axis Chemicals leaving, that still remains to be seen.

One of the questions which was resolved in this race was whether or not Hatsune Miku would have a mathematical shot at the championship. As a regular feature race pays 20 points for a win, to be inside that she needed to score 25 more points in this heat race than championship leader, Ellie McIllan. Unfortunately, Miku could only manage to finish 9th; which although is easily enough to qualify for the feature race, it pays zero points. Thus, the chequered flag not only fell on this heat race but also on Miku's last chance for glory.

Points Awarded A-Heat Race:
9 - Kane McKane
6 - Tse Sakamoto
4 - Bruno Gourdo
3 - Patrick Mann
2 - Henri Cornelius
1 - Ellie McIllan
 
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The Main Feature Race

It all came down to the last 250 miles. With 20 points on offer for the winner of a feature race, that meant that there were now just four who had a mathematical shot at the title. Hatsune Miku having failed to breach that last little gap in the A-Heat Race, saw her dream of becoming champion fade and die.
For the four who were left, being Ellie McIllan, Tse Sakamoto, Al Yankovic, and Robie Robie, the mathematical gymnastics were easily resolved with one core idea - beat everyone else and the points would sort themselves out later.

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Revenge is a dish served cold and Patrick Mann's plating up and serving of this dish, was very cold and harsh, indeed.

Patrick Mann already couldn't win the title. With no official explanation of the reasons why Robie left Team Yellow Toyota, in one of the most high profile bust-ups in years, he sure as Hades wasn't going to let Robie win the title either. There was definitely shades of two years ago except with a more sinister tone.

Mann had qualified in front of Robie and appeared to deliberately fall back down the order, for the sole purpose of blocking Robie. Also, because roughly two miles of the Daytona Beach road course is on Daytona Beach itself, the metaphor of Patrick Mann kicking sand into Robie's face was made manifest.

All of Robie's complaining over the radio, had to be endured by his crew chief who was powerless to help, and was in stark contrast to Patrick Mann who actually had the stereo blasting as he was going around.

What made this all the more frustrating for Robie is that he was stuck in the middle of an often four wide block of traffic with no hope of escape. All he could do is hope helplessly and look at the pit boards and watch as another championship slowly drove off into the distance.

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It wasn't all that plain sailing for Ellie McIllan or Tse Sakamoto either.
Sakamoto's car inexplicably refused to fire up on Sunday morning and by the time that the parade lap was called, the team had hastily wrapped their fifth and unused car up in the #58 livery. Faced with the prospect of using a car which hadn't had the benefit of race tuning, Sakamoto did his best. His best would be only 8th at the end of the day.
Ellie McIllan who had underperformed in the A-Heat Race, now needed to finish 3rd or better to lock out the championship. She qualified 5th and spent lap 1 and lap 2 staring at newly minted championship loser, Hatsune Miku. Miku however wasn't simply going to roll over and hand the keys to the kingdom to McIllan. Miku would fight for every single square inch of territory and for every yard of race track.

This meant that while an epic battle for 4th place was going on, Vader and Gourdo and more importantly, Yankovic, were slowly getting further and further out of reach.

By the time that McIllan had fought past Miku, the entire field had already pitted and the top four passed everyone up to 8th. In the meantime, McIllan realised that Vader was 42 seconds up the road and although she could probably expect to gain 3 seconds per lap towards the end of the race, the championship had already sailed out of sight.
On lap 59 of 60, McIllan and Sakamoto toured around together (although Sakamoto was a lap down) and waved at each other as they both knew that the prize was lost.

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This race was won by a driver who through watching not only the race that he was involved in but the other heat race, learned how best to devise a strategy and then execute it.

Al Yankovic had seen Bob Nikoban cream the competition in the B-Heat Race and he saw how Kane McKane did likewise in the A-Heat Race. Since the prize on offer was the championship and he needed to finish 7 points to the good of Ellie McIllan, the mental gymnastics were torturous. Yankovic decided that his best shot was to win and simply let the results fall where they may.

At the round of pit stops, he had a lead over Bruno Gourdo of five seconds but that was irrelevant. McIllan was still in fifth and so there was still the chance that he could win.

"I turned off the radio to the pits and I told them all that I wasn't going to read the pit boards. The only thing that mattered was passing every car ahead and never being passed by anyone else."
- Al Yankovic, WROD radio

Yankovic was never passed by anyone for all 60 laps. Apart from starting on the outside of the front row next to Gourdo, he drove the perfect race and led all 60 laps.

"The first championship five years ago was special but this one is special for a different reason. Next year when we'll be running an even bigger organisation, it'll be special again."
- Al Yankovic

Even though one Ford driver was ecstatic, another was not:

"I hope Pac-Man find himself in small dark room, running scared, because ghost of his past id going chase him down."
- Robie Robie

Still others were just tired:

"We tried... yeah... we tried."
- Ellie McIllan

"I'd like to thank Nigel Levins who thought enough of me to give me basically what is his old seat and although we came close, we did well."
- Tse Sakamoto

Al Yankovic is The Goof Champion for 20X1 and adds this to his previous win in 20W6.

At season's close, the number of drivers who are chasing a ride for next season are many. This list includes Robie Robie, Oglivy Maurice, and the entire squads of drivers who drove for both Honda and Jaguar. The status of whether or not they own Racing Entitlement Contracts personally is varied but the number manufacturers will be fixed at nine, all running eight cars each.

Points Awarded Main Race:
20 - Al Yankovic
17 - Bruno Gourdo
15 - Darth Vader
12 - Ellie McIllan
10 - Hatsune Miku
8 - Kayleigh McAlpine
6 - Garfield Arbuckle
5 - Tse Sakamoto
4 - Robie Robie
3 - Gojira
2 - Henri Cornelius
1 - Jack Raymond

Final Points Standings:
179 Al Yankovic
177 Ellie McIllan
163 Robie Robie
153 Tse Sakamoto
149 Hatsune Miku
127 Darth Vader
122 Bruno Gourdo
115 Dr Ivo Robotnik
113 Kayleigh McAlpine
106 Gojira
95 Patrick Mann
79 Garfield Arbuckle
78 Greg Rellings
74 Henri Cornelius
58 Bandit Heeler
54 Miles Prower
54 Stanley Spidalski
51 Kerrod Edmundson
48 Kane McKane
45 Ricardo Sasquini
45 Go Mifune
44 Dr George Claw
30 Bob Nikoban
28 Mad Cat
27 Kermit Cleveland
25 Jack Raymond
20 Amy Rose
20 Samuel Touquanne
19 Eggatha Robotnik
17 Walter Kronkyet
16 Marnie Roxy
14 Mike Wazowski
13 Koffing
12 Sticks Baja
12 Jean Paul Cassell
11 Natalie McIllan
11 Andy Harrington
10 Oglivy Maurice
9 Stripe Heeler
9 Jar-Jar Binks
8 Rick Sanchez
5 Rodan
3 Olivia Micina
3 Sherlock Holmes
3 Bo-bobo Bobo-Bobo
3 Bernie Bernie
2 Harleen Quinzel

The first round of the 20X2 season will be held on Friday 31st December.
The engines and drivetrains remain a 5L hybrid but next year's chassis will be the Bristol Resilient 15 (BR15). A provisional calendar will be produced by Dec 27.
 
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Tentative 20X2 Calendar:
R1​
31/12/21​
Daytona, FL​
R2​
23/01/22​
Ontario, CAN​
R3​
13/02/22​
Eastern Creek, AUS​
R4​
06/03/22​
Hillside, JF​
R5​
27/03/22​
Silverstone, GBR​
R6​
17/04/22​
Dover, DE​
R7​
08/05/22​
Mount Pocono, PA​
R8​
29/05/22​
Trenton, NJ​
R9​
19/06/22​
Spa, BEL​
R10​
10/07/22​
Mungo Scrubs, AUS​
RR​
17/07/22​
Kansas, KA​
R11​
07/08/22​
Le Mans, FRE​
R12​
28/08/22​
Bathurst, AUS​
R13​
18/09/22​
Novograd, RUS​
R14​
09/10/22​
Trois-Riviers, CAN​
R15​
30/10/22​
Riverside, FL​
 

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