THE NR2003 ONLINE SERIES OF 2014
Daytona! Lineup: 22 Dodge - Dillon Poteet 56 Jaguar - Seth Cole 61 Ponteviac - Anthony McCrurry 87 Ponteviac - Ralph Mason 88 Ford - Joshua Collard |
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The inaugural race of the inaugural season of the NR2003 Online Series of 2014 took place at the Daytona International Speedway, wherein Seth Cole, Anthony McCrurry, Dillon Poteet, Joshua Collard and Ralph Mason went at it hammer and tongs. In the early stages, it was all about the Number 87 Ponteviac, leading the race and holding off the charges of the other drivers for the first five laps, in which time Anthony McCrurry suffered a spectacular aerial incident when his Ponteviac almost flipped over. Then, only a lap or two later, the chaps from Britain, Mason and Collard, crashed in the entrance of turn three, collecting the 56 car of Seth Cole. The Brits were knocked all but out of the race, leaving just the Americans to fight it out amongst themselves. Then came pitstops, the 22 car came in first but suffered from a penalty after driving full-speed through the pitlane had to make a penalty stop too, knocking him out of contention, or so they thought. Anthony had lost a lot of time in the accident and had already made his pitstop. Seth had to make his too, his going off without a hitch. After that the cars returned to the track with Seth Cole in the lead by about 6 seconds, with Dillon Poteet and Anthony McCrury working together to catch them. On the last lap, the two cars caught the 56 car and were ready to make their move on the final corner. As they came off the corner Dillon made his move, spinning out the 61 car and diving into the grass, sliding up and beating Seth Cole to the line for the victory by half a carlength. Fantastic stuff!