Changing Lanes

R² Racing is proud to announce it will now be racing in the Internet Sim Racing Association, ISRA. The competition is high and the fields are large. "It seems like a very respectable group of guys, people I can see myself racing with day in and day out." Ryan Hill said earlier today.

Last night was the first Aero88 event at Daytona that fielded 33 cars. Ryan Ligon again qualified up front at Daytona, this time getting the third fastest qualifying time. Ryan Hill was further back in the pack.

But as luck would have it, back in the pack was the place to be. Ligon led several of the opening laps, but on lap 7 he had a connection problem that caused him to warp while leading the high line, as the whole pack was two wide. That caused the first big one. Many cars were damaged and Ryan Ligon's Tabasco Ford was out with a dead engine.


"I feel really bad, just not for my team, but for all the guys I knocked out from the front." Ryan Ligon said after the incident. "Just a poor debut in ISRA on my part."

Ryan Hill stuck with it and avoided a few more wrecks along the way. By halfway through the 250 mile race he had put himself up front where he continued to stay for the rest of the race. He was leading with only 6 to go but got stuck in the middle line and shuffled back to about tenth. By the time the checkered flag waived he had moved back up the sixth.

"The race last night was the best I've every been in." Ryan Hill said in an interview earlier today. "Its great when you trust the guys your running with to hold their line. Wish my teammate was up there for some support, because everyone else treated me like a rookie."

Daytona Starts with a Crash!

R² Racing kicked off a new season at Daytona tonight in WORonline.net's Tuesday night league. Ryan Ligon looked to start the new season in the right direction by grabbing the pole while Ryan Hill qualified 4th. But after server troubles and a server restarts the starting field was randomized for a new start.

After a long green flag run, the first yellow was called for debris. That only began a series of cautions that would plague the rest of the race. Soon after the first caution Ryan Ligon was tagged while going into turn three. After major damage he was only able to continue for a few more laps.

Ryan Hill was able to keep his car clean for the rest of the race and teamed up with Candyman to move to the front. But as a late caution led to a 10 lap shootout, Hill was unable to move up any higher than a fourth place finish.

"I feel bad for the team. I mean we had a really good hot rod tonight. The fact that we had the pole proves that." Ryan Ligon said after the race. "I came in this year to work on reducing the number of DNF's I had from last year and this isn't a good start. At least the new cars looked pretty."