LAP #1:
As the lights go out in Montréal, we give a salute to Gilles as the action gets underway.
LAP #1 - Lead Change:
A predicted sloppy start by
@DRD_Niagara would allow
@Yugofan to move into the lead. By the time we reach Sector 2,
@DRD_Niagara would drop to 5th place.
An unfortunate mechanical issue would have
@Mac1032763 retire the car between Turns 4 and 5 on Lap #1.
@Mac1032763 - hope you can get your equipment fixed or replaced and see you on the track soon.
LAP #3:
This pic at Turn 2 would be pretty cool with a full grid. The race is settling in and
@Yugofan still has his lead.
@CdnSweetTee,
@bublyman,
@DRD_Niagara,
@Phlano099 are in the top 5.
LAP #3:
The Casino de Montréal provides a backdrop as fan favorite and local hero
@bublyman goes into the Wall of Champions. The error would drop him from 3rd place to 7th.
Fun Fact:
The Casino de Montréal structure was originally the France Pavilion that was left over from the famous Expo '67. Not sure if any of you are boxing fans but I saw Jean Pascal fight here back in 2005.
LAP #4 - Lead Change:
On the Casino Straight of Lap #4,
@CdnSweetTee would power herself past
@Yugofan to take the lead.
@DRD_Niagara is in 3rd with a hard charging
@llNovall in 4th.
Fun Fact (to be Confirmed):
@bublyman lives on the 17th floor of the white residential tower in the background.
LAP #5:
@Phlano099 had an unsteady exit out of Turn 9 and ended up scraping the wall. Disaster was avoided but he'd drop from 5th to 8th, giving up spots to
@DublDee,
@bublyman and to
@Noob01_lmdead by the time they got to the hairpin up the road.
LAP #7:
@DRD_Niagara used his extra power to get by
@Yugofan down the Casino Straight and barely got the car stopped in time thus taking a less than idea line. Hard to keep a car steady with only 1 tire on the pavement. Speed was lost and positions given up to
@Yugofan and
@llNovall who would now be running 2nd and 3rd behind
@CdnSweetTee.
LAP #8:
A little contact by
@Phlano099 on
@Noob01_lmdead allowed for
@DublDee to squeeze his car alongside them while
@Phlano099 lifted for
@Noob01_lmdead. But it provided for my favorite picture of the race. They're going 3-wide exiting Turn 2. With action like this, it boggles the mind that we've been struggling to fill out the grid in recent events.
LAP #12:
A few feet from the St. Lawrence River, (known locally as "Le Fleuve") it was
@Yugofan that would touch up the wall and provide an opening for
@llNovall to move up a spot to take 2nd place.
LAP #14:
With just a few laps to go, we can see
@CdnSweetTee in the distance building on her comfortable lead.
@llNovall,
@Yugofan,
@DRD_Niagara and
@bublyman are bunched together rounding up the top 5. And just about to enter the braking zone behind them is
@DublDee.
LAP #17:
@llNovall still leading
@Yugofan,
@DRD_Niagara,
@bublyman in maybe my favorite part of the track. We went a few laps like this and all took turns kissing the walls from time to time.
@llNovall has created a little bit of space between himself and
@Yugofan.
LAP #18:
@DRD_Niagara finally got another chance to put his extra PP's to good use and got by
@Yugofan along the Casino Straight, likely with the help of the extra space that
@llNovall created.
LAP #19:
@llNovall kissed some walls towards the end of sector 1 which allowed
@DRD_Niagara to close the gap and to have a run at him on the straight. He got by
@llNovall, but his exit out of the last chicane was sloppy with a touch of the Wall of Champions which gave the crowd a flat out drag race to the end.
LAP #19:
The preceding action was only for 2nd place as 1st place was claimed by
@CdnSweetTee 11 seconds earlier for her 1st win of the season. Standing next to her on the podium is
@DRD_Niagara and
@llNovall.
In the process,
@CdnSweetTee also bagged the valuable Fastest Lap bonus with a ridiculous 1:38.126, which edged out
@DublDee's 1:38.462 and
@DRD_Niagara 1:38.652.
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