2013 Logocast Cup Series All-Star Race

Here it is! It's time for the big All-Star Race. The 13 driver field looked like this to start. Severn and Simms raced their way in and start up front and look to contend.

 The cars take the last opening green of the year

 Driving up front, shoot out winner Jason Severn spins in turn 3 and hits the wall. A handfull of cars got stuck behind him, and Severn was forced to pit and end his day.

 Lap 24: Champion Matt Zetticci splits Simms and Fischer with help from a teammate to take the lead

 Lap 35: In just over 10 laps, a new group of leaders emerges and pulls away. Irons, Irish Lads Racing, and Wick made their own pack.

 Lap 40: Fischer and Powers are the first to bite the bullet and duck to the pits

 Lap 65: The pit stops cycle around, and the pack catches up to eachother. Simms was racing well and led the small group.

 Lap 68: The pack was in one big group, but Zetticci spins and collects the 25 and 17. Zetticci had to pit, taking him out of the race.

 Lap 68: Zetticci's day officially ends, the leader blows an engine and has to retire.

 Lap 82: Fischer and Powers pit together again. Both were running in the front and needed one more stop to finish up.

 Lap 91: The cars that had the best pitstop break away. Irons, Adkins and Wick now are in a 3 car battle for the lead.

 Irons is in the lead going into the last lap!

 Wick takes a look to the inside of Irons in turn 4 trying to win his forth race of the year.

 Wick takes the checkered flag! The guy knows how to win.

 Here is how the results looked

So that's the last race of the year! I hope everyone enjoyed it. We'll do some offseason stuff soon, but I'll see you all in Hometead and HOPEFULLY on YouTube next year.

2013 Logocast Cup Shootout

Here is the order the boys started in the shoot out race

The pace car led the group of drivers trying to get into the All-Star Race, with Richmond and McAffee at the front. The top 2 after 40 laps moves on!

 Lap 9: Everyone is shuffling around, making partners and challenging the lead

 Lap 20: The bottom two guys in points were working to spoil the chance for drivers who deserve it more.

 Lap 38: Morello takes the lead with 2 laps to go! 

 Lap 39: The bottom line gets together and passes Morello on the bottom. Severn leading the pack.

 The race comes down to the line, and Severn edges Simms by .017 seconds!

 The race had 25 lead changes in 40 laps, which has to be some kind of record. The restrictor plate race proved to be wild, and it wasn't even the last one of the night!

2013 Logocast Cup All-Star Race Schedule

So here is what is going down for this All-Star Race. The drivers who have not won a race will be in a 40 lap shoot out to make the final race. The drivers with a win, plus Michael Adkins who won the fan vote, and the top 2 drivers from the shoot out race will race in a 100 lap race to decide who wins the All-Star Race. The driver pool for both races are as follows.

40 Lap Shoot Out

Davis McAffee
Tommy Morello

Jason Severn
Drew Tabulov
Ricky Bracket
Zeach Dorian
Kevin Richmond
Danny Harkins
Jamie Simms

100 Lap All-Star Race

Matt Zetticci
Matheus Barros
Anthony Wick
Brendan Irons
Michael Adkins
Dillon Fischer

Joey Walkowiak
Scott Unger

Tim Bowen
Karl Flint

Jim Powers

Good luck everyone, the races will be done today.

2013 Final Standings

I'm gonna make this announcement, the champion of this season will be Matt Zetticci. The reason I'm making this call is that the game had him as the champion. If Barros was named champion, then that would open a rabbit hole of bonus point controversy. I don't want to eliminate all bonus points because it helps drivers out.

So that's it! Congrats to Matt Zetticci and the entire Revolution Motorsports team for being the innagural champions of the Logocast Cup Series.

2013 Season Standings Review

With the events unfolding last night, a few questions arose on the points. The game had Barros ending up 4 points short of a title with the champion being Zetticci. Barros had all 10 bonus points on the screen that pops up after the race is over, with a 1 point victory margin over the 6.

We know that Barros FOR SURE led over 100 laps. He lost the lead between lap 106 and 130. Wick had a good pit stop and led the second half of the race after Bowen crashed.The race as 267 laps, meaning with both of those drivers lead 100 laps, Flint automatically wouldn't have gotten the bonus for the most laps. He did lead a bit, but not much.

But should the outcome from the game be changed? In the game, it has Zetticci as champ. If we go in and change the champion, then it might open a pandora's box of point changes.

I personally think Barros should be crowned champion. Brent watched the sim with me, and saw that Barros had earned 140 points before I actually exited. Flint would be subtracted 5 points, allowing Bracket to pass him in the points also.

I'm gonna see everyone's opinions on this and figure out the mode of action.

News

The final point standings are under investigation.

Final Standings

Here are the final standings. Zetticci wins with bonus points being taken away from the 10 car magically. I don't have proof that the 10 car lead the most laps, but it did say he earned 140 points in the first results screen we saw. 

Wick jumped up and took 3rd. 3 wins and 4 DNFs is a tale of extremes.

Thank you everyone for this season, it was actually fantastic and I loved doing it.

Las Vegas Shootout

This race was crazy and had me jumping around my room at one point.

Barros leads the field to the line, as Zetticci starts his march to the front.

Barros looked like he set sail and was coasting to a win. 15 Laps in, and he was pulling away.

Lap 31: McAffee's engine blows, ending his season early.

Lap 69: Barros had a 7 second lead before he had to go in and pit

Lap 106: With Barros in the lead, Zetticci was in 9th battling for all the points he could.

Barros got stuck behind Unger, and slowed him down enough for Flint to pass him for the lead.

Lap 130: Adkins gets loose and backs it into the wall. This was the caution that everyone needed, especially Zetticci. Kind of suspicious, don't you think? Adkins and McAffee's hunt for 3rd in points ended in disaster.

On the restart, Zetticci jumped ahead of Barros. The points lead was at around 13 with Barros having 10 bonus points.

Lap 154: Bowen was blowing up, so I took the screenshot. Turns out, he spun and hit the wall. He got a DNF for an accident, and a caution came out.

Barros ended up pitting at Lap 203, hoping this would help his cause.

Wick took over the lead and started to pull away. He had a 10 second lead at some point.

Lap 245: Zetticci was running in 7th battling Walkowiak for 6th.

The battle for 2nd was huge as Fischer, Severn, and Tabulov were jocking for position in traffic.

Lap 253: Flint has a gearbox problem ending his day, he was running well tho, leading some laps

Lap 264: 3 laps to go, and Zetticci gets slowed by Unger and allows the 12 to pass him for 6th. HUGE for points as the live scoring had him trailing by a point.

 Wick scored his 3rd win on the season! A huge day for him provided the points for a 3rd place standings finish.

 Fischer passed Tabulov for 2nd on the last turn, giving Taylor Motorsports a 1-2 finish!

 Zetticci crosses the line in 7th, with 146 points this race.

 Barros followed in 11th, with 130 points. BUT he lead a lot of laps, so the bonus was in effect.

So here are the results!

OKAY, so you might be wondering who won the points? Well when the race finishes, it takes you to a result page, giving you the finish order and points. Zetticci had 146 from this race, Barros finished with 140 with his 10 bonus points. Simple math has Barros winning with his 7 point lead going in as the deciding factor. Halfway through this race I called a 1 point margin, and i freaked out and was like NO WAY.

Brent of Team Harden Racing can prove it said 140 for Barros. We exit the race and BAM, Zetticci wins by 4 points. We both were confused, and I had written down the points so i can know the points leader in race. I went down the list and saw that Flint had the +10 in points. There is no lap counter on the game, so we couldn't compare the laps led. So we couldn't argue. I personally don't think Flint led the most laps, but the screenshot tells it all.

Look for the standings in the next post.

Qualifying Results for the Las Vegas Shootout

What a huge development! Barros starts on the pole, and Zetticci is in last. The whole race will be if the 6 car can climb through the field and overtake the 10. He's gonna need some help.

Season 1 Race 14: Las Vegas Shootout

Track- Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Configuration- Tri-oval

Length- 1.5 miles

Laps- 267

Distance- 400.5 miles

Driver News!

According to my sources, Dumas Racing and Chertein Racing will both be making changes for the 2014 Logocast Cup season.

Patrick Dumas made the announcement that Indianapolis winner Scott Unger will not be driving for his team next year, and will be replaced by Patrick Cobb, Jr. Unger is 8th in points, which is a lot better than the underperforming Kevin Richmond in 18th. Team Harden Racing has expressed interest in Unger to drive the 4 car next year.

Randy Chertein made the call to ax Danny Harkins from the team in 2014. Harkins is last in Cup standings, and other than the first race of the season, he hasn't recorded a top 5 all yeear. Chertein named rookie driver Carson Fitzpatrick as his replacement. No word on whether Fox Racing will remain on the hood for 2014.

Taylor Motorsports and Revolution Motorsports both will keep their stable the same for next year. Taylor Motorsports is running 4th in team standings, and has the most wins of any team. Revolution Motorsports is leading the points, and could have a series championship by this time next week.

The list of Free Agent drivers now is the following

Will Strauss

Jamie Simms

Ryan Barber

Danny Harkins

Scott Unger

2014 Free Agent List

Here is a list of drivers that are not currently attatched to a team for next season. Most are rookies, so I'm thinking they will have a lower limit on their ratings for a handfull of races, or something. But if you're planning to sack your underperforming driver, please tell me in some way, and we can get these guys a ride.

Carson Fitzpatrick
Patrick Cobb, Jr.
Will Strauss
Jamie Simms
Ryan Barber

For next season, if this recording program is functional, we can record races for YouTube and work from there. The blog will still be running. But since I wouldn't have to screenshot races, we could expand. For next year, I'm thinking that another team might be cool. 22 Drivers for now. Then, we can decide if we want to expand even more. I was thinking that if we do that. The top 8 teams in team points would get a 3rd driver, round it up to 30 teams and set it like that. 

So let me know what you all think.

Standings After Race 13

So it's down to Barros ad Zetticci. The cut off is 77, so only 2 drivers have a chance to win, and luckily it comes down to a 7 point difference. I'll make a post about what each driver needs to do to win sometime this week. The tie breaker would be on wins, if you're wondering. I'm just really happy that the final race is worth doing!