Formula D New Jersey
Wall New Jersey was the back drop for our second to the last race of the sesson. I have to say, this was probably the tuffs event from a judges point of view.
It’s a tiny track, so the speeds are not that high. But what is high is the top 16 drivers driving level. They’re all so good, everyone’s level is about the same so it make is harder. NJ really tested us judges abilities and knowledge of the sport.
In the first rounds of top 16, Ken Gushi got knocked out by Kenji Yamanaka: here are my reasons. In 1st round Gushi ran a better run than Yamanaka giving Gushi a 6/4 advantage. 2nd round Yamanaka defiantly ran a better run giving Yamanaka a 6/4, since it came out equal we gave them a “one more time”. 2nd battle Gushi leads and took a 7/3 advantage, Yamanaka had made several corrections around the bank & transition around the clipping points. But, when Yamanaka lead Gushi made a fatal error around the bank, coming in to fast Gushi had to lock his breaks all the way to the clipping cone costing him the win at 2/8.
Also, in top 16. Dai in the rockstar car & Okubo was also a hard call. 1st round Okubo take advantage 8/2 to Dai, Dai missed shifted around the 1st horse shoe costing him his drift. In the 2nd round Dai did a great job of saying up with Okubo, and Okubo even corrected around the bank. But Dai’s win of 7/3 was not enough & the win went to Okubo.
During the final 4. Tanner was leading JR with a strong 8/2 but in the second round Tanner hits JR going around the 1st horse shoe. After careful review we gave the win to Tanner at 6/4. here’s the reason: going around the horse shoe JR was on full gas, the reves were up but the car continually got slower and his angle was going out to wide (a matter of fact when Tanner hit, he hit square on the door, that’s how sideways JR was). Also, there was a back fire indicating a mis-shift, and while left foot breaking. Tanner’s job as 2nd car is to mimic and gage himself, but at that close distance JR’s car slowed down abruptly because of a mistake.
Look how tiny our plane was…. It’s like a private jet!
It’s a tiny track, so the speeds are not that high. But what is high is the top 16 drivers driving level. They’re all so good, everyone’s level is about the same so it make is harder. NJ really tested us judges abilities and knowledge of the sport.
In the first rounds of top 16, Ken Gushi got knocked out by Kenji Yamanaka: here are my reasons. In 1st round Gushi ran a better run than Yamanaka giving Gushi a 6/4 advantage. 2nd round Yamanaka defiantly ran a better run giving Yamanaka a 6/4, since it came out equal we gave them a “one more time”. 2nd battle Gushi leads and took a 7/3 advantage, Yamanaka had made several corrections around the bank & transition around the clipping points. But, when Yamanaka lead Gushi made a fatal error around the bank, coming in to fast Gushi had to lock his breaks all the way to the clipping cone costing him the win at 2/8.
Also, in top 16. Dai in the rockstar car & Okubo was also a hard call. 1st round Okubo take advantage 8/2 to Dai, Dai missed shifted around the 1st horse shoe costing him his drift. In the 2nd round Dai did a great job of saying up with Okubo, and Okubo even corrected around the bank. But Dai’s win of 7/3 was not enough & the win went to Okubo.
During the final 4. Tanner was leading JR with a strong 8/2 but in the second round Tanner hits JR going around the 1st horse shoe. After careful review we gave the win to Tanner at 6/4. here’s the reason: going around the horse shoe JR was on full gas, the reves were up but the car continually got slower and his angle was going out to wide (a matter of fact when Tanner hit, he hit square on the door, that’s how sideways JR was). Also, there was a back fire indicating a mis-shift, and while left foot breaking. Tanner’s job as 2nd car is to mimic and gage himself, but at that close distance JR’s car slowed down abruptly because of a mistake.
Look how tiny our plane was…. It’s like a private jet!
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