I can not join CTRA Race 1, although more than half the spots are free.
It just says that I am first in the queue and it stays like that.
I also see the number of players dropping, so I think others can not get in either.

Same here and its blackwood

Argh.. wish you guys would have posted in the top thread. I only just happened to find out the server was down when I tried joining it!

Race1 had crashed. I'm not sure why, but I reinit'd it and it's up and running again

Oh, did not even notice the thread there.
Was in a rush reporting it.
Thanks for fixing it!