At the end of each year, Monday Night Racing hosts
what's called a Driver Swap Challenge (DSC). This 2006 challenge was to
be the second of its kind, with the first ever Driver Swap Challenge
being held in 2005 with PR racer 'Charles' placing first overall in
with his 'Team Explosion'.
This
year, Pacifica Racing was able to field a team of its own. Charles once
again put his hand up to participate with J_luo88 not far behind (being
regular MNR racers.) SpoonSports was the designated third driver, but
due to unforeseen circumstances, he was unable to race in 2 of the 4
roudns and hence, YnoT and Cetram both made appearances in MNR to fill
the third drivers' spot.
Round
1 (XFG+XRG @ SO5R) - Team PR's XFG car, qualified by J_luo88, started
on pole and had no problems finishing a comfortable first. Our XRG car,
qualified by Charles, started in third place but with a good start off
the line, Charles was able to jump to second and only dropped back to
third breifly when the car came into the pits. Team PR was able to
score maximum points for R1.
Round
2 (XFG+XRG @ AS2) - Qualfiying the XFG again, J_luo88 was able to make
the first grid position with Charles int he XRG not far behind joining
him on the front row. From the lights turning green to the checkered
flag, the XRG had no problem passing our own XFG car off the line and
then cruised to victory miles ahead of the next car. This next car
happened to be our XFG car, but this second place did not come easily.
J_luo88 had a small incident with r8 during his XFG stint which caused
the XFG to drop down to 6th momentarily, before YnoT hoped into the car
and made up numerous spots back to second. Luckily, Team PR was able to
score maximum points for R2.
Round
3 (XFG+XRG @ FE2) - Once again, Team PR was able to qualify both cars
on the front row. The XRG took off far into the distance, passing the
XFG off the line. Our XFG car struggled a bit with some tussling with
the DUR XFG, but still managed to finish second, behind our blazing XRG
car. Once again, maximum points for R3
Round
4 (XFG+XRG @ BL1R) - Maximum points for Team PR was not to be in the
final race of the series. New recuit OzB.r8 qualified just ahead of our
XRG car, but was unable to hold off the vastly experienced Charles who
overtook him on lap 3. Our XFG car also had a stroke of bad luck as
while Charles was in the car, he lost a moments concentration and
flipped the car on T1. This allowed OzB.Blowtus, in the XRG to pass and
place second. Team PR managed a first and a third placing without the
qualifying bonus point.
At the
end of the series, Team PR was able to lift the trophy (figuratively)
with a comfortable lead over the second placing team. Well done to
everyone that raced, Go PR!!! =]