Well the highly anticipated battle between our own
Eagle Race
Team, and the newcomers
Land of the
Free took place today, April 13, 2006. It was an eventfull battle fought out throughout 5 events on 5 totally different genres of racing.
Round 1, started with an uneven 4 LOTF on 5 EAGLE's. Once it was all sorted out, Marsh, Z51L9889, NManley, and BDShan were chosen to represent LOTF. They took on our own Dygear, VT-1, Dougie, IndyMike and Iceman at South City Sprint in the Mini's. It was a very eventfull race with lots of wrecked mini's. Z51L9889 took pole with new member (not probie) Vt-1 as our favorite. Instead, Z51 drove off leaving a battle for second to Dygi and VT-1. Cars crashed left and right, and a field of wrecked Mini's crossed the finish with Z51's perfect UF coming home 1st. LOTF got off to a nice start, but it wouldn't last long. VT-1 came home second with NManley bringing another LOTF to third.
Round 2...ahhh, South City Classic in the FOX, home turf away from the OVALLLLL. SennA and Sic, the EAGLE favorites joined Can-Man, Dygear and Dougie. The LOTF guys gave it all but took a backseat to the EAGLE top 5 led by...SennA! But R2's and high speed in the chicane dropped him to last... but that wasn't the last we'd hear from our SennaBoy. A great race fell into Can-Man's hands as he smoothly drove off to the win. Sic took second with Dygear rounding out the all EAGLE top 3. SennA made it up to third, with fastest laps along the way before an engine miss (the first in his career with Honda) dropped him out. He would try to come back to the track and score fastest lap before failing right before the start finish line.
Round 3...the oval!!! Home turf for the Eagle Race Team. This time, LOTF were able to land a fifth driver in the likes of RaceFreek. Youngguns RaCeR and Dygi started 1st and 2nd, with Can-Man, SicSRT-4 and IndyMike joining them for EAGLE entries. Dygear had a problem and started in the pitlane, and RaCeR had his heartbreaking 2nd Honda failure in a row and in his career! A good race then went on between Can, Indy, and Sic, with the LOTF guys giving it all they had, but coming up short. Sic took the victory with Can second, and BdShan bringing home something for LOTF, as IndyMike crashed with 5 to go!
Round 4, Drag. An event the EAGLES obviously did not expect LOTF to be so strong/prepared for. At this point, the tables had turned with a LOTF having 5 drivers to EAGLE's 4. It was a strong battle all the way home with RaCeR taking the EAGLE's to the final round. BUT, he came up short, and Z51L9889 beat RaCeR's FZR by .01 !!!! Congrats to LOTF and Z51 for their outstanding effort.
Round 5, Circuit event at the very challenging, Kyoto GP Long. To no surprise, our Formula 1 entrants Dygear and RaCeR qualified 1-2 and drove away. Dygear led 9 of 10, with RaCeR leading 1 lap. LOTF, still with 5 drivers had a mixed race, but NManley once again took the final podium spot for his team. They should be proud of him, a great showing throughout the challenge.
It was a great Competition for Bragging rights, but our very own Eagle Race Team left as America's top team, to much fanfare. We want to extend our deepest thanks and regards to the Land of the Free team for putting up such a great fight, and we look forward to them in the future. That's all folks!
Final Results:
EagleRace
Team - 3 wins
Land of the
Free - 2 wins
Round 1 - Street Cars, UF1000 @ SO_Sprint REV
1. Z51L9889 (LOTF)
2. VT-1 (EAGLE)
3. NManley (LOTF)
Stats:
Stats Round 1
Round 2 - Street Challenge, FOX @ SO_Classic
1. Canadaman (EAGLE)
2. SicSRT-4 (EAGLE)
3. Dygear (EAGLE)
Stats:
Stats Round 2
Round 3 - Oval Event, FO8 @ KY_Oval
1. SicSRT-4 (EAGLE)
2. Canadaman (EAGLE)
3. BdShan (LOTF)
Stats:
Stats Round 3
Round 4 - Drag Shootout, FZR @ Dragstrip
1. Z51L9889 (LOTF)
2. RaCeR (EAGLE)
3. NManley (LOTF)
Round 5 - All-American Grand Prix, FO8 @ KY_Gp Long
1. Dygear (EAGLE)
2. RaCeR (EAGLE)
3. NManley (LOTF)
Stats:
Stats Round 5