Forzday! - 1/31/2013

 It's here, another Forzday is upon us. Looks like things will be close on the track tonight too. As of now, the Trans/Am hot lap leaderboard is indicating quite a race for this evening. Sitting atop the pile is Andrew "Senna" Steppat with a blistering 1:05:4. Next, Paul posts a 1:05:9, Ethan with 1:06.3 and Brandon with a 1:06.9. The top four spots will be interesting to watch as they slice and dice around each other for position. Should make for some good replays. It may even be a top 5 race as Roadie Tony has improved his time to being within a half second of Brandon.

 The MX-5's are clouded in mystery however, as the leaderboard is populated with last season's times from the Vintage-D's. However, sticking out like a mountain peak above the cloud bank, Andrew once again shows just how far behind the rest of the field is, posting an other-wordly 1:09!

 Racing begins at 9 pm Central time. If you don't have a race car ready by start time, there are a variety of cars to chose from in the Forzday Club garage. Hope to see you on the track tonight!

Forzday Week 3 Preview

Whoa, what week is this...

 Feels like forever since the last race was held. Well, the waiting is almost over and another Forzday is nearly upon us. The Maestri Bros. race team just concluded a team meeting in Atlanta, Ga this past Monday and they are looking forward to continued action on the track. It also looks as if the Forzday Club has had several new members added to its ranks and we do hope this translates into more drivers on the race track as well.

 This Forzday's action will be on the 1.75 mile Mugello Club Circuit. The average lap times on this track look to be around 1:07's for T/A cars & 1:12's for the MX-5's. While you want a car that can handle the corners well, don't forget the long front straight that comprises a good bit of this tracks distance. A good balance of gearing and horsepower will be vital for your Trans/Am entry. Don't neglect your brakes either as they will get a workout at the end of that long straight and through most of the turns on the back side of the track.

 Racing begins at 9 pm Central time. Be sure to check back on Friday for a full recap of the evenings events.

2013 Schedule

Jan. 10 - Road Atlanta - Club Circuit   

Jan. 17 - Suzuka East                                   

Jan. 31 - Muggello Autodromo - Club     

Feb. 7 -  Circuit de Catalunya - National    

Feb. 21- Maple Valley - Short Circuit        

Mar. 7 -  Tsukuba Full Circuit                                                                             

Mar. 21- Hockenheim Short                     

Mar. 28- Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 

The Forzday Recap - 1/17/13 - Suzuka East

Suzuka East Results

Forzday Race Results – 1/17/13 - Suzuka East       

Participants: Paul Maestri                         Ethan Maestri             Andrew Steppat        

                      Brandon Adkins                   Tony Tyree                 

01/17/13 (Suzuka East)

Forzday Points Total:

Name	Points	Heat Wins	Top Lap
A. Steppat	104	2	3
P. Maestri	96	3	3
E. Maestri	88	1	0
T. Tyree	56	0	0
B. Adkins	52	0	0
R. Wilborn Jr.	0	0	0
B. Gilstrap	0	0	0
T. Adkins	0	0	0

 Series Points after 2 of 8 Forzday events:                             

Name	Points	Heat Wins	Top Lap
A. Steppat	220	7	9
P. Maestri	175	3	3
E. Maestri	173	2	0
B. Adkins	101	0	0
T. Tyree	97	0	0
R. Wilborn Jr.	62	0	0
B. Gilstrap	4	0	0
T. Adkins	0	0	0

The Incident

 Here for peer review is the incident from the second heat in the Trans/Am class. This occurred on Suzuka East between turns 2 and 3. Looks like good racing with not enough track for it to happen on.

Forzday update is in progress, stay tuned...

TGIForzday

This shot comes in from Paul, looks like Andrew has a challenger for tonight.

Racing starts at 9 pm Central/10 pm Eastern.

Suzuka East Practice Action

 Yup, the Rookie can pass.

Oh Yes...

The Forzday Recap - 1/10/13 - Road Atlanta

Forzday Race Recap - 10/12/12 - Tsukuba Circuit

Forzday Race Recap - 10/5 - Maple Valley

The action was intense, and at times even took to the
air. It was an intense, high octane evening of racing
this Forzday.

Vintage 4-bangers started the action at Maple Valley
this evening. The laps were bumped to ten for this
evening's heats due to the fast lap times on the track.
Andrew would set the bar for the night placing rst
in both position and lap times in the rst two heats.
Paul would set a blistering pace as well, nishing
second in both categories. There is no denying the
speed in the Lotus garage. Ethan would place third in
all three heats. The action was considerably less
bland from 4th place back. In Heat 1, Ricky was
running a splendid race, trading places with Ethan
for the rst four laps. Then while entering turn 3, his
BMW 2002 Turbo clipped the apex just right to send
him airborne. Brandon and Tony would take
advantage and nish 4 & 5 respectively. Heat 2 would
be even more eventful as Brandon would switch to
the roll-prone BMW as well. On lap 2, Brandon
entered turn 2 and clipped the apex in a move very
similar to the one that bit Ricky in the previous heat.
Unfortunately, the car would not correct itself and
spent the rest of the race obstructing the exit of turn
2 on its side. Brandon left the car and went to get
himself a sandwich. Turn 2 was not nished claiming
Beemers though. Earlier in the race, Ethan had
drifted too high out of turn 2 and had gotten into the
side of a loose Lotus driven by Paul, the resulting spin
put Ethan in last place. He would charge hard,
passing Tony and was reeling in Ricky, but was
running out of laps. Ricky entered turn 2 on lap 9 a
little high, clipped the apex and joined Brandon in
the turn 2 graveyard.

Andrew collected a solid Class victory here with 51
points scored. Paul placed second overall with 44,
Ethan took third with 40, Ricky, despite two
roll-overs, escaped with fourth place and 28 points.
Brandon and Tony would bring up the fth and sixth
positions with a close 26 and 25 points respectively.
On to Mazda MX-5 action. RoboStig Racing had a
distinct advantage coming into this event with a car
that was dialed-in to say the least. Stig was posting
blistering lap times all week, however, Andrew would
spoil the party for Paul, posting rst place nishes in
each heat. Paul was the lap time winner for the class
though, taking 2 of the 3 top spots in lap times. But
the second heat would keep Paul from dominating
the class as he would spin hard into the wall in turn 2,
leaving his bumper and rear n on the in eld grass.
He would nish in last place and post only the fourth
fastest lap time. Brandon would take advantage in
this second heat and climb his way to a third place
nish. Tony drove well and nabbed fourth.

The action was intense on this fast little speedway of
a track. The points race tightened as well. Andrew
recovers well after missing last week's event. He
would score a total of 107 points on the night. Paul
had a solid second place outing and narrows the gap
on Ethan's lead by 8 points. Tony was able to hang
onto his 4th position in the points, but lost ground to
both Ricky and Brandon, with only 3 points separat-
ing Tony and Ricky. The action continues next week
with a visit to the twists and turns of Tsukuba.
We'll see you there!

Here are the standings from the inaugural FRS season, run Sept. - Nov. 2012

1.  Andrew Steppat 
2.  Ethan Maestri 
3.  Paul Maestri 
4.  Tony Tyree 
5.  Brandon Adkins 
6.  Ricky Wilborn Jr. 

 Previous race recaps will be archived here soon.