A reminder - server will be password protected 1 hour before qualifying start to keep not knowing crowded server jumpers out of way,pass will be always the same: green
Some historic stats:
Last race won by: YES Lagooga - 2 wins in row for Lithuania
Last PRODIGY AWD race won by: 1st race with this car
Last Fern Bay race won by: GenR Ricardo (363rd RTFR - SPOTTEDKITTEN COUPE @ FE Club Rev.)
Most Fern Bay rallycross configs race wins: 5 races,5 different winners (5 different countries)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+38 points)
The 369th RTFR was actually a first ever - for the first time this event series run a race in Fern Bay Rallycross track in reversed direction. Having a new car in RTFR is nothing new anymore since addition of car mods,this time it was the Prodigy AWD,a rather simple 4-door sedan without much power. And yet tyres were reaching temperatures higher than heat on the island of Jamaica,which had a very direct impact on results as some could not handle the heat. 23 drivers qualifying for the race is rather on the low end of latest attendance statistics,however it's still 3 more than highest ever attendance between all races in different Fern Bay rallycross tracks.
TimDC did not had any notable results in past in RTFR (in 12 qualifyings his best result was 10th position,from 2 finishes - 11th place finish),however with his rallycross background he jumped into foreground of this race for the battle of race win. He qualified 3rd (1 position better than previous best result for all belgian drivers),took main chaser's position when early leader lost pace and led his first ever RTFR lap right in the middle of the race. Even if he lost lead for 4 laps,eventually he regained top position and run away from competition in last 8 laps to finish with 10 seconds gap over competition to enter himself in RTFR Winners club as 84th driver,5th new one this year,scoring also 1st ever podium finish for Belgium. The 2 time RTFR XL polesitter Suforr scored his and also Spain's 1st one in normal RTFR as he was the only one to beat 1:22 laptime mark,but after leading 9 laps,he could not handle the tires and dropped down a position,barely saving his 2nd place to score his 10th top5 finish. One of the 5 new race winners of this year took the bottom step on the podium - Adam finished 0.3s behind 2nd position despite the trouble during the race,also scoring his 10th top5 finish. Michal escaped last turn incident to finish 4th,which is his 18th top5 finish,Thehemuli profited most from the last turn incident as he jumped 2 positions to finish 5th for 2nd race in row - with 23 top5 finishes he has most between all top5 finishers of the day. Another driver who needs to be mentioned is the one who led first 6 laps,but not for that even if these were his first lead laps in RTFR - Kyril snatched the fastest lap of the race on lap 5,which is also his 1st ever.
VOD at Youtube:
Next week server will be loaned out to RandomCar series - just one last round remains in the 3rd season of RC,which as always is the 1 hour long double points season finale,run in custom configuration in Blackwood,previously seen in the very first Zafiralis' ARC series race. In 2 weeks time normal RTFR will return with another all time 1st,running a tricky car on sprint track,more infos can be picked up if watching stream recording above. In 3 weeks RTFR XL will take place in custom racetrack,which is based on Hockenheimring,which will host the 1st return of anniversary car XRR.