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Week 23 Results
Week 23 recap
What a difference a week makes. We went from having one of the worst weeks in league history crash wise to one of the best with only one caution for three laps as the Texas race proved to be clean and green for the majority of the race. That's not to say there wasn't plenty of action as there were two and three wide battles all over the race track throughout the race with different tire strategies playing out and affecting the outcome. There were a few guys who largely dominated the race, namely Kaz Grala and Matty Ice Moermond, and a few others who took control of the race at various points, including Big Brian Torrey, Jacob Sunshine Wallace and of course race winner Chris Lawson, but the race had a bunch of great story lines. Chris Plemenos had a great run going but had some unfortunate contact with Paul Wallace, Same goes for Doug Henger who was on a fuel strategy run but bumped together with Tim Tokarsky, Kaz led a race best 55 laps but had internet connection problems at the absolute worst time and disappeared at the end and literally reappeared on Chris Lawson's truck and crashed out of the lead, ending his run to the win. The best run of the night might have come from Luke Wiggins as he deftly drove his best league race ever and finished a best second to crew chief Chris who did a great job and won a well deserved race in the Texas sunshine. Great job everyone! That was a hell of a race everyone drove!
Winner: Chris Lawson
Fast lap: Chris Lawson 30.023
Most Laps Led: Kaz Grala 55
Hard Charger: Nate Marhefka (start P18, Finish P3)
Lap Leaders: Kaz 55, Chris 3, Brian 6, Matt 14, Jacob 2
Top 5: Chris, Luke, Nate, Brian T, Matt
6-10: Jacob, Chuck, Tim, Kaz, Lonnie
Pole Winner:Chris Lawson 30.079
The Naughty, Nice and All-Star List
Weekly Very Naughty List (15+ incident points in race)
0 Drivers
Weekly Naughty List (10-14 incident points in race)
0 Drivers
Weekly Mostly Nice List (5-9 incident points in race)
0 Drivers
Weekly Nice List (1-4 incident points in race)
10 Drivers
Chris Lawson 4
Tim Tokarsky 4
Kaz Grala 4
Lonnie Buttry 4
Paul Wallace 2
Lou Ansel 2
Andrew Wiggins 3
Dick Penrod 3
Joe Bernal 1
Chris Plemenos 2
Weekly All-Star List (0 incident points in race)
8 Drivers
Luke Wiggins
Nate Marhefka
Brian Torrey
Matt Moermond
Jacob Wallace
Chuck Fletcher
Brian Custer
Jon Marhefka
What you need to know for the next race week
Week 24
April 14th
Week 24 gets us to the monster mile, Dover Speedway for a fast and furious battle in the concrete jungle.
The iracing platform does a lot of things right, which makes for an awesome weekly race experience. However, it doesn't do everything right. One area that needs improvement relates to incident points, contact and damages. Once in a while, the most minor contact results in a "meatball", which in turn requires a visit to pit road. Also, we've all experienced the dreaded "net code". Netcode is when the iracing software incorrectly predicts a race vehicle's movement and creates contact with another vehicle or object. It happens, and we can't do anything about it. It's a rare glitch.
What we can do is not intentionally contact another vehicle in any area not completely straight. In other words, don't bump draft in the corners, do not bump draft thru the dog legs, and do not bump anyone out of the way, anywhere, ever. This will largely minimize accidents, minimize net codes, and minimize meatball events. DON'T BUMP AND RUN UNLESS YOU WANT IT RETURNED TO YOU. Pass them clean.
