Penrith Race 2

10:53	F5KPenrith	It's a new day here in Penrith Speedway, as 22 cars line up for race 2 of three here for Formula 5000 this weekend
10:53	F5KPenrith	Mitch Evans won yesterday's shortened race, and will therefore start from pole alongside Scotty Pye
10:53	Pasta	The first brick has been laid https://formularejects.com/wiki/1957_Alternate_Formula_One_season#Entrant.27s_Championship
10:53	F5KPenrith	And we're away!
10:53	Pasta	Not a surprise to learn that a B.C.M.A. retired in every race
10:54	kevinbotz	And still managed to win the Drivers' and Entrants' Championships.
10:54	kevinbotz	Take that, Lel Rel.
10:54	F5KPenrith	The top four maintain their positions through the first few corners
10:54	F5KPenrith	As Stanaway has yet another terrible start, falling from 6th to 8th
10:56	F5KPenrith	Brenton Grove and Lee Rogers have come together at the final corner, putting both out of the race
10:56	F5KPenrith	As Stanaway desperately tries to stay ahead of Premat and McLaughlin
10:57	F5KPenrith	Dean O'Lauchlan's fantastic weekend continues, as he's up into 6th position and looking for a way past Heimgartner
10:58	F5KPenrith	And into 5th he goes with a forceful dive at turn 2
10:58	F5KPenrith	As McLaughlin takes 9th from Premat
10:59	F5KPenrith	There's a huge train of cars forming behind Voeckler in 15th
10:59	F5KPenrith	Consisting of a who's who of scrubsville
11:00	F5KPenrith	Macklin is all over Watson for 16th and 17th
11:00	F5KPenrith	And has a look exiting the bridge
11:00	F5KPenrith	The pitstop window is scheduled to open on lap 7
11:00	F5KPenrith	We're currently on lap 6 of 39
11:02	F5KPenrith	Jann Mardenborogh is wasting little time aclimitising to the brutish F5K cars
11:02	F5KPenrith	Overtaking both Macklin and Watson in quick succession
11:02	F5KPenrith	As Stanaway puts Lloyd in his place for P7
11:02	F5KPenrith	Scotty Mac is next up to fancy a crack at the BRM driver
11:03	F5KPenrith	Macklin finally clears Watson, and Robertson takes advantage of the squabbling up ahead to nab 19th from Clifton
11:04	F5KPenrith	Holdsworth is the first to stop at the end of lap 8 from 4th posiion
11:04	F5KPenrith	Jann the Man is flying
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11:04	F5KPenrith	He passes his teammate with extreme prejudice and sets off on making a gap
11:05	F5KPenrith	Mitch Evans meanwhile is having a lonely race up front
11:05	F5KPenrith	With a lead of nearly 5 seconds on lap 10 of 39
11:05	F5KPenrith	THE STREAK IS OVER!
11:05	F5KPenrith	Killed to death by the fallen prince Mitch Macklin
11:06	T8FTW	oh ffs?
11:07	F5KPenrith	Two days, two big repair jobs for both the Peak and Nismo crews
11:07	F5KPenrith	And that's Rick Kelly storming down to the Peak garage!
11:07	T8FTW	gr8 job Macklin :L
11:07	F5KPenrith	He is not a happy man at the moment
11:08	F5KPenrith	Robertson takes the opportunity to pit for a new set of Giti tyres
11:08	T8FTW	oh Macklin, how far you have fallen
11:08	T8FTW
11:09	F5KPenrith	McLaughlin is crawling all over Lloyd for 7th
11:09	F5KPenrith	And is starting to get rather impatient
11:10	F5KPenrith	OH!
11:10	F5KPenrith	THAT'S EVANS!
11:10	F5KPenrith	THAT TYRE HAS EXPLODED!
11:10	T8FTW	GODDAMMMET
11:11	F5KPenrith	He had this race well in hand!
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11:11	T8FTW	how far is he from the pits?
11:11	RealRacingRoots	F5K Idea
11:11	F5KPenrith	He's stranded at turn 4 before the bridge
11:11	T8FTW	welp
11:11	RealRacingRoots	if a chassis is written off, it takes 0.5 races worth of sponsorship pay to fix
11:11	RealRacingRoots	or more i dunno
11:11	F5KPenrith	He gets out of the car and is absolutely disgusted with what's gone down
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11:12	F5KPenrith	Stanaway's recovery job continues, moving up to 4th at the expense of Heimgartner
11:12	T8FTW	Premat?
11:12	F5KPenrith	McLaughlin does a similar number on Lloyd
11:12	F5KPenrith	Premat's currently in P8 behind this pair
11:13	F5KPenrith	Pye has assumed the lead of the motor race
11:13	F5KPenrith	And has the advantage of both Robertson and Watson acting as a buffer to Simpson
11:14	F5KPenrith	Simpson clears Watson with ease
11:14	F5KPenrith	But Robertson on fresher rubber is having absolutely none of this
11:14	F5KPenrith	If anything, he might be sizing up getting his lap back from Pye before too long
11:15	F5KPenrith	Jann Mardenborogh is putting in an incredible job in the sole remaining Nismo
11:15	F5KPenrith	He did test one of these cars back in July, but regardless, his progress up to 12th before half-distance has been impressive
11:16	F5KPenrith	We now cut onboard to Scotty Mac, who's sensing the opportunity to take 5th from Heimgartner
11:18	F5KPenrith	And Premat is the second of the frontrunners to stop from P8
11:18	F5KPenrith	Interestingly, a lot of them are planning on running longer on this first stint
11:18	F5KPenrith	And as we say that, Simpson pits from 2nd
11:19	F5KPenrith	He rejoins in 7th ahead of Tan...
11:19	F5KPenrith	TAN!
11:19	F5KPenrith	HE'S RUN INTO THE BACK OF SIMPSON!
11:20	F5KPenrith	Simpson is able to continue
11:20	F5KPenrith	But he's now behind Holdsworth, who's already made his stop!
11:20	Pasta	https://formularejects.com/wiki/1957_Alternate_Formula_One_season#Entrant.27s_Championship
11:20	Pasta	O.S.C.A. done
11:20	F5KPenrith	This has changed the complexion of this race entirely!
11:21	F5KPenrith	The gap Pye to Simpson is now 29.5 seconds
11:21	F5KPenrith	A pitstop is around 25-26 including transit time
11:21	F5KPenrith	Holdsworth and Simpson are now stranded behind Tan
11:21	F5KPenrith	Could this be a case of team orders down at Bryan Taylor?
11:22	F5KPenrith	Tim Edwards is going off his brain on the pit wall
11:22	F5KPenrith	Holdsworth has a look at Tan
11:22	F5KPenrith	But Tan completely no-sells it
11:22	F5KPenrith	The gap is now 30.1 seconds
11:22	F5KPenrith	And Simpson muscles his way past Holdsworth!
11:23	F5KPenrith	But Pye now has Robertson all over the back of him trying to get his lap back!
11:23	F5KPenrith	These are incredible scenes here at Penrith!
11:24	F5KPenrith	Simpson succeeds where Holdsworth couldn't and takes 7th from Tan
11:24	F5KPenrith	And gives him some universal sign language on the way through
11:24	F5KPenrith	The championship leader is *pissed*
11:24	T8FTW	dis race
11:24	F5KPenrith	He's lost over 5 seconds over the past four laps in that mess
11:24	F5KPenrith	He immediately takes 1.5 seconds out of Jordan Lloyd ahead of him
11:25	F5KPenrith	He's already brought the gap to Pye back down to 29.9 seconds!
11:25	F5KPenrith	OH MY ME!
11:25	F5KPenrith	We've got reports of rain at turn 4!
11:25	T8FTW	oooft
11:25	T8FTW	this is gonna get spicy
11:25	F5KPenrith	A lot of the leaders were staying out longer to see what the weather would do
11:25	F5KPenrith	And we have our answer
11:26	F5KPenrith	Stanaway pits from 3rd
11:26	F5KPenrith	As Simpson is glued onto the gearbox of Lloyd
11:26	F5KPenrith	Holdsworth finally gets the job done on Tan
11:26	T8FTW	when the game u use doesn't have actual weather
11:26	T8FTW	i cri evry tiem
11:27	F5KPenrith	It looks like it's stopped raining again
11:27	F5KPenrith	O'Lauchlan pits from what was a fine 2nd place
11:27	F5KPenrith	The pitstop window closes at the end of lap 27, so these frontrunners need to make a call
11:27	F5KPenrith	And quickly
11:28	F5KPenrith	Simpson has cleared Lloyd
11:28	T8FTW	inb4 it starts pouring down at lap 28
11:28	F5KPenrith	The gap to Pye is 30.1 seconds
11:28	Pasta	when gp4 has a 22 car limi
11:28	Pasta	i cri everytiem
11:28	F5KPenrith	The rain is back!
11:28	F5KPenrith	The Bryan Taylor crew nervously watch on
11:29	F5KPenrith	They scored their first podium yesterday evening
11:29	F5KPenrith	Can they go one better today?
11:29	T8FTW	Premat atm?
11:30	F5KPenrith	P10 behind Jann the Man
11:30	F5KPenrith	O'Lauchlan meanwhile takes 7th from Tan, who is yet to stop
11:30	F5KPenrith	Simpson has now caught Heimgartner for 3rd
11:31	F5KPenrith	And gets the job done with an assist from Clifton
11:32	T8FTW	lol Clifton
11:32	F5KPenrith	Lloyd pits from 6th
11:33	F5KPenrith	Pye stays out for yet another lap
11:33	F5KPenrith	They're gonna leave this decision as late as they possibly can
11:34	F5KPenrith	Simpson passes McLaughlin for 2nd
11:34	F5KPenrith	The gap to the lead is 26.2 seconds
11:35	F5KPenrith	Simpson takes 2 seconds out of the lead that time around!
11:35	F5KPenrith	As Heimgartner pits from 4th
11:35	F5KPenrith	Tan finally pits from 7th position as well
11:36	T8FTW	how much left?
11:36	F5KPenrith	We now have Holdsworth v O'Lauchlan for 4th
11:36	F5KPenrith	The leaders are on 31 of 39
11:37	T8FTW	alright
11:37	F5KPenrith	The Bryan Taylor crew are expecting Pye in this lap
11:37	F5KPenrith	The rain wasn't heavy enough for them unfortunately
11:37	F5KPenrith	But they will have the fresh tyre advantage
11:37	F5KPenrith	To the tune of about 15 laps
11:38	F5KPenrith	Pye rejoins in 2nd
11:38	F5KPenrith	As O'Lauchlan takes 4th from Holdsworth
11:38	F5KPenrith	Jann the Mann pits from an excellent 7th position as well
11:39	F5KPenrith	Pye is catching Simpson hand over fist
11:39	F5KPenrith	The gap with 7 to go is 2.9 seconds
11:39	F5KPenrith	But the STKR car of Seamus Belcher is in between these two
11:40	F5KPenrith	Outside the top 2, McLaughlin is currently 3rd but the Leketus crew are getting ready for a stop
11:40	F5KPenrith	The gap up front is now just 1.9 at the line
11:40	F5KPenrith	But Pye is now bottled up behind Belcher
11:41	F5KPenrith	O'Lauchlan is now up to 3rd ahead of Holdsworth, Premat, Stanaway and Foster-Thompson
11:41	T8FTW	nice
11:41	F5KPenrith	McLaughlin rejoins 8th ahead of Heimgartner and Lloyd
11:41	F5KPenrith	Five to go
11:41	F5KPenrith	The gap is 1.4
11:42	F5KPenrith	Pye is absolutely flying out there!
11:42	F5KPenrith	Stanaway takes advantage of fresher tyres to take 5th from Premat
11:42	F5KPenrith	And the gap is now down to just 0.6 at the second sector!
11:43	F5KPenrith	Pye's right with Simpson at the final corner
11:43	F5KPenrith	But the Prodrive car has better drive down the front striaght
11:43	F5KPenrith	0.3 at the line with 4 to go
11:43	F5KPenrith	We also have a fight to the death for P11 between Muirhead, Robertson and Mardenborogh
11:44	F5KPenrith	Weiron Tan was part of this battle, until a suspension failure put an end to that
11:44	F5KPenrith	Pye gets a much better run this time around
11:44	F5KPenrith	He makes the dive
11:44	F5KPenrith	But Simpson holds on!
11:44	F5KPenrith	Three to go
11:45	F5KPenrith	Pye is desperate to notch up this first win
11:45	F5KPenrith	Pye gets another good run out of the final corner
11:45	F5KPenrith	AND HE DOES IT!
11:46	F5KPenrith	SCOTT PYE TAKES THE LEAD WITH LESS THAN 2 LAPS TO GO!
11:46	F5KPenrith	The Bryan Taylor crew are ecstatic on the pit wall!
11:46	F5KPenrith	McLaughlin's charge isn't over yet either
11:46	F5KPenrith	He wants 7th from Benji Foster-Thompson
11:47	F5KPenrith	And Stanaway is also rapidly closing in on Holdsworth for 4th
11:47	F5KPenrith	Pye is now on his final lap
11:48	F5KPenrith	As McLaughlin takes 7th from Benji
11:48	F5KPenrith	Pye is right behind the battle group for 11th
11:48	F5KPenrith	But it won't matter as he crosses the line to WIN IN PENRITH
11:48	T8FTW
11:48	RealRacingRoots	So how now that Scotty Pye has proved his worth
11:49	F5KPenrith	Dave Simpson scores more valuable points in 2nd place as Dean O'Lauchlan scores an impressive 3rd place on his return
11:49	RealRacingRoots	have i missed anything on the updated list or what are peeps gonna get butthurt about https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A0E8X4SnCAp1foizgXG0gr3u6whJ8ipl9l7UKrVAl7c/edit?usp=sharing
11:49	F5KPenrith	Lee Holdsworth just holds on to 4th from Stanaway
11:49	F5KPenrith	As Alex Premat, Scott McLaughlin, Benji Foster-Thompson, Jordan Lloyd and Andre Heimgartner round out the top 10
11:49	T8FTW	oh so she is now Silver?
11:49	T8FTW	nice
11:50	RealRacingRoots	somehow i forgot adding Einar to my new for 2018 lists in the first page
11:50	F5KPenrith	"tbh-fam"
11:50	F5KPenrith	hue
11:51	F5KPenrith	Heimgartner has come to a halt on the cool-down lap
11:51	F5KPenrith	Looks like the car has gone into failsafe mode
11:51	F5KPenrith	And despite not finishing after that puncture, Evans walks away with another bonus point for fastest lap