Hey, it's Jin Hyuga here. Me and my best friends Asuka and Kouji came with me to the United States to cheer on our close friend from Portugal, Nico Costa! Turns out Nico is participating on a NASCAR series, and we decided to join his team to see him racing.
Today I am talking about the Day to Dusk race, in Kentucky! We had some fun sight-seeing and talking to the locals. Nico helped us a great deal, by translating some of our words. After all that, we went to the racetrack to watch the race.
The whole grid started the race, and the race was on! Price Whatson had great pace at the beginning! The racers kept trying to overtake him, but he held his position well. Nico was further down the standings, but he was doing well. Unfortunately, one driver had a major spin! Most drivers managed to avoid Smith Swift and Durham Winston's cars, but then we saw Nico's car going sideways and into the wall! Nas Pinkton slammed into the side of Nico's car while avoiding the accident and Nico spun into the wall. Unfortunately, Nico's car was too damaged to continue and had to come into the pits, his race was over. Nico looked very dissapointed, but he told us that "racing is harsh, just like reality is." and assured us that next time he would work twice as hard. Asuka, in his somewhat narcisistic manner, told Nico that "I bet you will, just pay attention next time."
We were all sad at Nico's misfortunes, but we kept watching the race. Nico stayed by our side, saying that he wanted to check on his fellow rookie friends. Gette Racer did a good start, but Price overtook him again and got back into the lead. And then Nico suddenly looked at the back straight and shouted "Oh sh:censored:! Another major crash!" Kouji was startled by Nico's swearing, but then we looked on and we were all astonished! Another big pileup, with Benny Manning and Ryou Nagare involved, Ryou-san rolling over and over...! Many people were involved this time, Luigi Doodle also rolled his car, but Tim White somehow managed to get by the crash, via a very small gap. Nico was shocked when he saw that, and then he said "that smart deer...". I still wonder why did he say that. Anyways, after another caution period, more action! And more crashing! This time it was Sparky Michaels, he was spun out and hit the wall, just like Nico. At this point we were all wondering if this was a NASCAR race or a demolition derby, but Nico warned us that things like this happen all the time in NASCAR.
Andy Bones Parker was leading, after overtaking Price. But Tommy Snail was close to him, and he kept trying to overtake him! We were excited to see such a great battle. And then Tim crashed into Roger Silverwing! Bayne Hamilton was involved in the crash, Tim did not see Tommy's car and plowed into his rear. Nico was astonished to see Tim go out like that, he was betting on him winning the concept rookie category. Nico then went to Tim's pit to confort him, it was a noble move on his part.
The last moments were just as exciting as the whole race! Tyler Gooflan was leading, and then it was Furi Nishimura leading! The top positions were very contested, everyone wanted to win. Eventually, traffic got in the drivers way, but Furi-san did a great job and won the race! Tyler had to content himself with second place. The top rookie was José Harsk, another Portuguese driver, just like Nico. Harsk won the category in sixth place, probably because he was the only rookie left after so many crashes... And Nico said the same thing, telling us that he was the one causing crashes at Daytona. Oh well, luck is a weird thing, isn't it?
Anyway, that's it for me, it's getting late. Next time we will go to Eldora! Why do I think that name sounds familiar...
You winning cannot go on for long, I shall put an end to it. 
