RD MX-5 Championship Round 1 Pictorial

First off I think a round of thanks should go to Racedepartment for such a wonderful site for all of us to use and to Will Marquez and Kevin Watts for taking the time to put this championship together for all of us. :thanks:


Round 1 @ Leguna Seca had a wonderful turnout with the field starting with 21 cars. In the Starting lineup we have:

Kevin Ascher #3
Joe Hubbard #2
Karl Brankin #15
Lee Ross #6
William Nowell #5
Daz Webb #11
Abdulkadir Ahmed #19
Will Marquez #1
Glenn Petersen #4
George Pilkington #12
Paul W Landis #7
Neale Proud #21
Fernando Mattos #17
Alexander B�rding #18
Onno Naber #9
Kevin Watts #8
Brad Wrenn #13
John Sydenstricker #20
Flavien Vidal #10
Evan F. Madore #14
Eric Estes #16

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Into turn one we have trouble as a few car get together:

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Hubbard into turn five followed by Brankin, Ross, Ahmed, and Nowell:

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Vidal, Watts, and Landis exiting the corkscrew followed by Naber, Wrenn, and Madore:

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Vidal loses traction from the curbs as Watts takes the position:

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Ross gets around Brankin for 3rd place:

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Madore, and Naber start the downhill leaving the corkscrew:

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Petersen makes it by as the corkscrew collects Mattos, and Watts:

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Brankin spins as Nowell, and Marquez go to the inside to miss by inches as Ahmed goes to the outside:

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Sydenstricker drives through the dust entering the corkscrew:

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Landis and Wrenn battle coming around turn 11:

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Pilkington loses traction on the curb on the uphill climb:

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Marquez and Nowell coming around turn 11:

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Estes gets a tire in the dirt losing control as teammate Petersen passes through the smoke:

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Turn 1 collects Estes and Pilkington, with Vidal getting through:

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Sydenstricker spins at the corkscrew managing to keep a bad situation from getting worse as Petersen makes his turn in:

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Madore letting Landis know he is there coming out of turn 11:

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Ascher catching a bit of right side air off the curbs in turn 4:

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Watts going to the inside of Estes into turn 5:

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Hubbard has major contact with Watts out of turn 10:

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Marquez has major contact with Sydenstricker coming out of the corkscrew:

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Webb spins exiting the corkscrew as Marquez and Ahmed pass:

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Nowell, Madore, and Webb battle for position around turn 11:

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Nowell, Madore, and Webb go three wide into the corkscrew:

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Nowell, and Webb make contact as Madore slips into the position

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The photo finish for Ascher with an average lap time of 1:43.252

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Congrats to our podium winners:

1st : Kevin Ascher
2nd : Lee Ross
3rd : Abdulkadir Ahmed
 
You are all welcome! I had to fix a few typing errors...lol... I was a bit tired when I started to get these finished. They seem a bit bright to me but that could be the track as well as I've noticed each track has different lighting or it would seem. I may go back and give a few of them the full treatment!

Great race everyone!
 
When will be round 2?

Pedro,

Here you go, every Sunday for the next 5 weeks.

Round 1: Laguna Seca: January 16th, 2011 (Winner: K. Ascher)
Round 2: Summit Point - Raceway Config: January 23rd, 2011
Round 3: Brands Hatch - GP: January 30th, 2011
Round 4: Lime Rock Park - Full Road Course: February 6th, 2011
Round 5: Road Atlanta - Full Course: February 13th, 2011
Round 6: SPA Francorchamps - GP Pits: February 20th, 2011

Official Practice: 2 hrs before the event 18:30pm GMT / 1:30pm EST / 10:30pm PST
Registration end is 20:30pm GMT / 3:30pm EST / 12:30pm PST
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