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Week 5 Results
Week 5 recap to follow after we review the race footage.
100 laps, 6 cautions for 24 laps. 9 Lead changes amongst 5 drivers. The lap leaders were Nate Marhefka (11), Chad Homan (28), Bryce Bailey (44), Kaz Grala (13) and Tim Tokarsky (4). Thirteen of the twenty nine trucks stayed on the lead lap.
Most laps Led Bryce Bailey (44 of 100)
Fastest lap Nate Marhefka (29.701)
Pole Position Bryce Bailey (29.515)
The Naughty, Nice and All-Star List
Weekly Naughty List (15+ incident points in race)
3 Drivers
Bryce Bailey 16
Rob Beebe 20
Rob Amarel 16
Weekly Almost Naughty List (10-14 incident points in race)
5 Drivers
Jon Nichols 12
Luke Wiggins 13
Mitch Marhefka 12
Kyle Wiggins 10
Anthony Lane 13
Weekly Nice List (1-9 incident points in race)
18 Drivers
Nate Marhefka 8
Chad Homan 6
Kyler Mashburn 8
Kaz Grala 4
Brian Torrey 6
Joe Bernal 5
Jacob Wallace 2
Brian Custer 8
Dick Penrod 1
Chuck Fletcher 6
Andrew Wiggins 4
Bridger Webb 4
Tim Tokarsky 8
Paul Wallace 9
Lou Ansel 9
George Fetsko 2
Lonnie Buttry 5
Matt Moermond 6
Weekly All-Star List (0 incident points in race)
2 Drivers
Doug Henger
Ish Thompson
What you need to know for the next race week
On Wednesday and Thursday we will have extra practice sessions as our first road course race is almost here. We have a couple of road aces in the league and they have graciously offered to help coach the rest of us on how to successfully get around a road course without calamity!
The race race format is different when we race a road course. We have 100% fuel, unlimited tires, unlimited fast repairs and NO FULL COURSE CAUTIONS! That means green flag racing, start to finish. It puts a premium on steady, predictable driving.
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.
