 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining us here on another Chase of Pace Saturday. This is round two of our multi-cup series, and alongside me is this the Kale Vaid Naropa. Well, not physically alongside me, as you can see, I'm the only one on screen, but he is here virtually with us. Kale, good evening. Kale, give me one second because I don't think everybody else is hearing you. Let me just validate something here. Kale, is that something? Go again. Test in one, two. Test in one, two. Alright, you should be good there now. Okay, apologies there for small hiccup. Well, yes, Kale, as you were giving a brilliant introduction which did not go through to the fans, you can go again. Right, so as Chad said, not there physically, but I do still have the honor of sharing the commentary box with our host of the multi-tad Dylan. And Chad, I think we're going to have a lot to talk about again tonight here around Long Beach Racing Circuit. It's the ground-free layout, and it's going to be 3.1 kilometers of tight, twisty, narrow street circuit racing here in, I believe this is in Miami. No, California. It's in California? Yes. My bad. But yes, you are correct. It is tight and twisty, so tight in fact that you will not be seeing the drivers run off track. Why? Because any off-track incident results in a what? So, certainly, there will be much to watch out for here this evening as the drivers will have their hands full-sampigating in sport and making sure that they keep it out of the water because that is certainly a risk-free disaster for your race. The 10 turn 3.1 kilometers should be fun racing action, and I guess this is not where the multi-class factor comes into play even heavier because the drivers can't dive off track to get out of the way, so you certainly have to figure out where to get by. I mean, a man like that is more convenient. You know, it's basically not really this track in certain parts, and seeing as though it's so tight, so narrow rather, the drivers will not have to worry about cutting the track, but at the same time, if you do cut the track that is in a wall, as I said, straight into a wall, there is no runoff, there is no track limit, it's just a wall. And some of these walls can actually, quote-unquote, grab you. If you get too close, you know, we are soldering during the practice session. Mark eating there, going through turns 3 and 4, getting really close to the wall, but ended up making a bit of contact there. And, you know, it shows that the drivers are all pushing to the absolute extremes of the grip up there that it ties with a load. So, watching Rahul Nasir here in the BMW M2 on his first flying lap. Absolutely, and these laps, the Dua was that good slide there coming out of that corner. Yeah, certainly we will be watching to see what the differences we're getting on the times are. I believe there's about 4 seconds in it around the track, if I'm not mistaken. It's exactly 4 seconds almost. We saw in practice 124s from the Lanza class drivers and 128s from the BMW M2s. So, certainly we will be watching to see what the drivers are capable of. Rahul, there's Rahul there making his way across the line. Coming out of the final corner, getting a bit squirrelly there, a little bit of contact with the wall on the exit, but he manages to cross the line successfully, doing a 128.7. That is keeping in line with what we were seeing in practice. There's a difference between the 2nd and the 2nd are Lanza drivers put down at 9. Certainly we're seeing a lot of those notifications as we roll through this section, but yeah, certainly we're going to see a lot of Nasir already at the top of the timing sheets and we did get a promise of not going right. And, wonderful, here are the 27 sections. That will change as the drivers get their tiles warmed up, get their Richard Rajay robins in the middle of the year. The 127s. Drivers are certainly... Sorry, the content section. Cutting it closer with the walls, coming around turn 4, moving to the left-hand side to open up that corner as best as possible, getting right up against the wall, heading into turn 5. I believe it is just making a bit of contact there as the on-exit trying to put the power down, but that rear-wheel drive M2 wants to get away, heading into turn 7 now, cutting that corner as much as possible, running out wide to keep that momentum up, 4 tenths down, however, not quite making as much progress as he would have liked. Heading now down the stretch, the C-sideway stretch as we approach the Firestone Turn, world-renowned for the Formula Drift popularity it has received this year. He is absolutely utilizing all of the track, coming around the ninth corner, 2 tenths up in the middle sector. But lost too much time in the first sector, as much as Kale as I was trying to get some audio issues sorted out here, but hopefully the audio is now coming through clearly to the listeners in the chat. But what's happening, Kale, is that the two qualifying sessions have been separated, so there is a 10-minute quality session in progress now for the M2 Cup Drivers, followed by a 10-minute quality session for the Lancer Cup Drivers, so that is why we have not seen any of those Drivers out on track at the moment. These Drivers need to complete their quality runs in their M2s, and then you will see the Lancer Cup shootout for their top spot in the qualifying session, which I think that was a smart move by El Presidente, just to make sure that as this is a very tight track, you could catch Drivers at very awkward positions, so definitely would be sensible to separate them. Roger Robinson here going quite nicely in sector one, almost four tenths up on the best time overall, so we will look to see what he does throughout the remainder of the lap. Last time around he was quick in sector two, let's see if he can match that here as he progresses through the second, well, sector two of this lap, and we will observe as he is coming to the end of sector two, well, has come to the end of sector two, ooh, and that is not where you want to make that contact. Having been six seven tenths up through two sectors, that's now going to unravel the entirety of his lap there, that contact with the wall in turn ten, that is rather unfortunate because that lap had so much promise there, Kale. But here he is, twenty seconds left in his qualifying portion of this session here, he is trying once more to, if he can get it all correct, he will definitely be moving up the order, currently as it stands, it's Rahul Nasir on pole position in his class, Roger Robinson in second, David Park in third, and Nicholas Donald in fourth. But Roger Robinson, not comfortable with that second place, is absolutely pushing it. He has done a personal best in the first sector, but is still two tenths off the blistering lap time that Rahul Nasir has set. And 128-0, can he do it? And he is the only M2 driver still on circuit, all of the other drivers, now all of the Lancer Cup drivers are coming out. Roger Robinson has a few corners left to complete, his lap just turns nine and ten to go, and through turn nine we should get sector twos time and he is not quite quick enough, and he will have to abandon this lap, go back to the pits and resort to starting from second position. Clearly he has the pace to go faster, but at this particular stage of the game, we will have to wait for him to do that in the race, to take that fight to Rahul Nasir. Now, on to the Lancer Cup drivers, and their qualifying session, the first man out on track, well they are all out on track, but the lead car is that of... Luis Daniel Delez, representing the Sim Racing Venezuela Sim Organization, he comes around the final corner and begins his lap. Chad, would you like to take us through this lap? Sure, I can attempt to do so, I won't do it justice, but I will try, as he goes through the right hander there of turn one, not really a turn as it is flat out as you cross that finish, getting into the braking zone of turn two, down to second gear through the corner, back on power quickly, but then right back on the brakes through the turn three complex, on the run down, car turn four, quick turn in, and he makes contact there through turn four, going into turn five, now that lap will be abandoned, so we will check in on Mr. Mosque, who is also on his lap, and also makes contact at turn four, what is going on with turn four? These drivers either do not have the tyres quite warmed up just yet, or there is a bit of understeer going on in their setups. This is Jayden Harrison now on the way to turn six, and that should be a very straightforward, almost 90 degree right hand turn, and then flat out on the run down to turn seven, or am I a turn behind? I think he's on the run to turn eight at the moment, my apologies, and cuts the corner quite drastically, I must say, to get the maximum out of that turn in, and then keeps the car tucked in very nicely through turn nine, to open up turn ten, back on the power on the run down to the line, and we will see if Jayden Harrison will be the first driver to post a representative of time, or is that his out lap, and it is a one twenty four eight four nine, followed by Kurt Mosque, who did not abandon that lap, so he comes through on a one twenty five, but we will look for these drivers to go a lot quicker, as there seems to have been some issues with the, dare I say the understair in turn four, there are a lot of drivers making contact with that corner, and Jayden Harrison now does it as well, these drivers are struggling, maybe getting a little too aggressive, trying to put the power back on through turn four, and they seem to be suffering because of it. I don't know, it looks quite aggressive for these drivers here, trying to get the most out of this lap. I was just about to say Chad, you call it understair, I call it pushing as hard as humanly possible, all of these drivers in the Lancelot class, know that one twenty three's are attainable, and the likes of Estefan of Barrera, as well as Jayden Harrison, will be pushing to achieve that time, because we know how absolutely close it is between all the drivers in the Lancelot class, especially seeing as how narrow this track is, it's reminiscent of Monaco, qualifying is everything, track position is everything, and so drivers will be pushing as hard as possible, so if it's even to move up one place, it could make all the difference come race time. As you see Estefan of Barrera here, having had a 100 kilometer per hour collision on his first out lap, now seems to have tidied things up. 10th up on Estefan Pommels, who had set a one twenty four point six, Barrera here is set to take pole position, or pole position for the time being, as he comes through turn A, heading into turn nine, the long left hander, can he spot his braking marker adequately, pulling the car into the final corner, and blast down the front stretch, coming across the line a bit down in sector two, but what will his time be? Certainly these drivers are pushing to get the maximum out of the car possible, and I don't know if it's the time to bring it up, but Jaden Harrison and Mark Anthony, once again separated by about a tenth of a second, these two drivers are like magnets, ooh Estefan Barrera there, having a massive collision in the turn three complex, and has to teleport back to the pits to get going again, as Jaden Harrison is now coming through to try and improve upon his time, as he is now approaching turn four, let's see if he keeps it out of the barrio this time around, it looks like he does, and maybe on for a better lap here, is Jaden Harrison on the run now down to turn five, turn six my apologies, and goes through that corner nicely there, cutting as much as he can, to open up the corner the best way possible, through the nine to degree turn seven, on the run now down to turn eight, and we will observe what his lap time is as he crosses the line, because we're not getting the sector times here on screen at the moment, let's see if I can spot it, Mark Anthony Eaton has moved to the top of the timing sheets by about two tenths of a second, so we will see if that wills Jaden on to match Mark Anthony Eaton, as he is now on the run down to the line, and as he goes across, I think there may have been his old lap chat, oh it's still that way, but he was, we couldn't tell the difference, he was pushing whether he's on an old lap, in lap or fast lap, Jaden Harrison is known to be pushing, and here he is now, getting the rear brakes just locked up a bit, trying to thread the needle here through turn three, maximize that exit speed there, coming into turn four, miss the wall on exit, to turn into turn five, don't get too caught up on the curbs on the inside, it will throw you wide into the wall, but he manages to get through there, clearly coming down now into turn six, heavy on the brakes, what you're turning in point, he is half a tenth up, on the best time in the first sector, can he keep this lap clean, and force himself on the top spot of the podium, only two minutes left in qualifying, coming down into turn seven, I must say, I find Kurt must be very out of position here, a second down on the best time, these drivers seem to be struggling in this qualifying session, and as Jaden Harrison goes through turn ten, the final turn, I was wondering if that driver was going to hold him up, but that driver has dived into the pits, and Jaden Harrison was two tenths down in sector two, but finds it in sector three, and puts himself at the top of the timing sheet, by almost exactly one hundredth of a second, very little to separate him from Mark Anthony Eaton, and once again, these two drivers will just find themselves together on track, Jaden and his arch nemesis Mark, it's just... And Kurt, and Kurt must as well, separated only by about a half a second from Stefano Barrera, who absolutely brought the race to him the last time I was around VIR, I believe there may be another rival over here, growing on track with Kurt must, and Stefano Barrera, but Kurt must moves himself up into the second slot on the grid, only seven hundredths behind Jaden Harrison, with less than a minute to go, drivers will have one more shot at defoaning Jaden, who sits very precariously on provisional pole shot. I mean, the top three separated by less than a second, that just lends itself to brilliant racing if it is to come to that, but as you mentioned before, track position is important on a street circuit, overtaking not the easiest task around any street circuit, but certainly, I mean, there are some opportunities, I think, the track is not so narrow that two drivers cannot go through some of these turns, but certainly any move that will be made has to be made somewhere in the region of turn seven, eight, or before turn two, I don't think after turn two there is much room to make any moves throughout sector one, so but Chad, Stefano about to come across the line, fastest in the first sector, Stefano, and he may only cross the line a hundredth of a second separates the top two, Jadon Harrison had gone faster I didn't catch that he is on, he did a 124-1 and Stefano Barreiro matches him almost to the hundredth there is literally exactly 100 separating them and that would be the end of the qualifying session Jadon Harrison still on a flyer, I mean he is on pole at this point because all of the other drivers have given up but maybe stamping his authority here on the race this evening still going faster still maybe trying to find that 123 that we said was possible he is still on a track to do so based on his first two sectors, so just the final sector to go now and will he do it just to say here I am, catch me if you can and he does and he does, Jadon Harrison absolutely showing the rest of the great Chad that he is the man to beat tonight here around the long beach absolutely amazing qualifying session there from all the drivers oh my goodness, what was it he said 100 separating the top two until Jadon decided that that's a bit too close for him I think that's what his thinking was there certainly he thought you know what let me just show that there is a bit more in the bag and I will just let these drivers know that there is there is work to do in order to catch me here this evening so the Lancer Cup drivers all the way down to P7 Jadon Harrison on pole from Estefana Barrera two and a half ish tents behind Kirk Mossa further four tents back almost directly on pace with one Mark Anthony Eaton and followed by Steven Pommels two tents down from those two drivers followed by well how did Rahul Nazair end up, oh I'm sorry I'm looking at the wrong class but yes Daniel Velez rounds out well is P6 and Kimani Eastman rounds out the Lancer Cup class so we will get going racing in a moment ladies and gentlemen and we will see what these drivers have in store for us here this evening around the streets of Long Beach, California so Kale uh huh taking wager at the stage of the game what do we expect to get out of these drivers here this evening Jadon Harrison looks like the man to beat but certainly there is some amount of um closeness behind him with the exception of Estefana Barrero who might be right there with him but from Kirk Mossa, Steven Pommels separated by about two tents of a second it's actually about a tent and a half realistically so there is lots of action to unfold here this evening uh between these drivers Mark Anthony Eaton and Kirk Mossa separated by very little so we can look for them to get racing through turn one into turn two um sorry well yeah turn two really is where it will all unfold for these rivals on lap one but as the driver saying goes you you you can finish up for me there whereas I'm there there's quite a few things I could choose from because the drivers will be starting too wide and two into one does not go so we're definitely going to see who will back first heading into the first overtaking zone which is turn two and I was going to say Chad that I'm actually going to be keeping my eyes on Steven Pommels known to be the aggressor in majority of the situations where we have two drivers battling he will be definitely putting the pressure on Mark heading into turn two the first um heavy braking zone and we may see Kimana Eastman usually very um conservative on opening laps to keep himself clean he may capitalize on any carnage that we see up there at the front I think Jaden is going to take it away quite cleanly and the top three I think they're going to just run away with this race and have their own battle towards the latter stages so right now I'm looking at Mark, Steven, Luis and Kimana for the real action absolutely as we're about to get going we're on board with Jaden Harrison as we got going remember the M2 drivers will not get going until the countdown goes off for them 15 seconds I believe it is but as we get to as we're heading to turn two Jaden Harrison finds himself behind Estefana Barrera who has the inside and Estefana Barrera comes out of turn two in the lead Jaden Harrison the aggressor takes it back through the turn three complex on the way to turn four Estefana and Jaden gave us a good little first corner battler for the lead of this race current Moss comes through in third and they have all lined up and are going one after the other down the straight away into turn six as we're going through lap one here the M2 drivers should now have gotten going and the race is on we will see we will catch up with them later as we ooh Jaden Harrison made some heavy contact there accident there at the front of the grid Jaden Harrison had gotten away quite cleanly having fallen to second position and moving back up to first but making a big mistake there this may be a safety car Chad Dylan as we see the drivers slowing down absolutely massive accident there Jaden Harrison just running a bit too wide and the wall just grabbing him like we have spoken about before these walls are serrated in nature and if you run too wide you will make contact disaster there Jaden as we do have damage on for this race he will be struggling with a damaged car unless he will he and others who were involved in that incident honestly will take a pit stop and change tiles fix the little vehicle depending on how bad the damage is but Mark Anthony eating there capitalizing on disaster is now sitting at the front of the field Luis Daniel Belez now in P2 on current mass somehow avoiding that carnage there into turn 7 carnage is the word Kale as Mark Anthony eating somehow got through we did call him the man with the horseshoe because he has a way of keeping himself out of trouble that you know you call it look but at some point you have to give him his credit where it is due he does manage to find himself in the prime position more often than not coming out of incidents like this one so Mark Anthony eating will lead us at the end of the safety car period from Daniel Belez and this is now the closing up of the grid throughout the remainder of this lap and we will get going racing again at the end of this which should be lap 2 and my goodness the first lap I mean it did give us some action certainly it looked like the fight was on between Jane Harrison and Estefana Barrera but Jane Harrison losing it in turn 7 I believe that was causing a massive pile up right here where we are now riding along with Mark Anthony eating and that has drastically changed the order Jane Harrison finds himself down in p6 only ahead of Kimani Eastman while Estefana Barrera right there with him ahead of him in p5 so Mark Anthony eating leads from Lewis Daniel Belez and Kurt Moss in third place will certainly be looking to get involved in this action as urgently as possible so as we have the BMW class drivers now have caught up and they may get in the mix here as they are fighting their own race Rahul Nasir still on hold still at the front of the grid for his class followed closely by Rajay Robinson as it looks like we are getting going there is another bit of contact there with the M2 class Kimani Eastman and Rajay Robinson and they have been tangled there M2 drivers looked to have gotten ahead of a few of the Lancer Cup drivers and I am not sure how that is going to play out but Mark Anthony eating leads us away here on lap 3 ahead of Daniel Belez and Kurt Moss behind will be looking to get involved there seems to be a bit of a gap forming here as there is a gap between the top 3 and Estefana Barrera down in fourth I am not sure if maybe he got a little bit caught out at the restart here but Daniel Belez all over the back of Mark Anthony eating and eating no stranger to a pressure situation sometimes it works out for him other times it does not so you will see if he can manage to subude the pressure this time around because I do think he has a little more pace than Daniel Belez behind him so if he manages to just ward off this initial fight and get settled in the car he should be okay as Daniel Belez is doing him a favor there I say in keeping Kurt Moss at bay at the moment so that the fight is not with Kurt Moss as he should be a little bit quicker than Belez as we now get on to lap 4 lap 3 just ending 126 for these drivers with the exception of Kurt Moss and Kurt Moss is all over Daniel Belez and looks to make that move into turn 2 picking the wider line which may give him the inside no he thinks better and backs out maybe not the time to try and make that move stick but if these two start fighting behind eating it will certainly give him a chance to run away with this race here this evening and we can observe that as we go Raul Nazare comfortably ahead in his class is actually running ahead of Jaden Harrison and Kiban Eastman and once again poor Kimane Eastman getting caught up in the M2 drama this is not the first time this has happened to him and I am not sure how it is that he managed to get caught up behind these drivers as Jaden Harrison now players the last of them and has some work to do here this evening to get back into the fight up ahead but still 12 seconds between them Chad Jaden Harrison has 12 seconds to make up on Steven Pommels ahead and we saw Kurt there heading down into turn 3 it would have been the very same move that Jaden Harrison used to retake that lead position on the first lap he went around the outside but the outside became the inside for turn 3 and Kurt Mosnow sitting in the double switch stream behind Mark Anthony Eaton and Luis Daniel Velez Stefano Barrera behind setting the fastest lap quickly snatched up by Steven Pommels Daniel Velez now trying to make a move Chad he was very close there the top 3 managing to keep it clean as we see an exchange of positions in the M2 class David Park was momentarily overtaken by Roger Robinson seems to have gotten it done now side by side heading into the second corner heading down into turn 3 but that was that Kimani Eastman getting it all wrong and taking out Roger Robinson at the same time not what we expected here it absolutely is but not what we expected to see from Roger Robinson here this evening getting it all wrong in his fight with Raul Nazir so he also has some work to do here this evening as we look back at the lead cars still nothing to separate them Kurt Moss and Daniel Velez Mark Anthony Eaton might be opening up the gap slightly here over this lap which should be the fourth lap of the race and I think this fight is playing drivers like Stefano Barrera and Steven Pommels back into the equation because even though a slight margin had opened up they are certainly closing up as Steven Pommels goes even quicker than the 1-24-7 than anybody else out from and then here is Kurt Moss moving around the outside but Luis Daniel Velez closes the door no thank you I'll keep second position and says Velez as Jaden Harrison on his chart from the back of the field says the fastest lap of 1-24-6 Jaden Harrison not missing a boat at all he has already closed down that gap from 12 seconds now to just 11 5 tenths in each lap he will have to move a little bit faster than that if he hopes to take that fifth position from Steven Pommels in the remainder of this race only 30 minutes to go and Mark Anthony Eaton 5 laps in 1.5 seconds almost clear from the 2 times fighting behind it looks like he is running away with this race chart and as predicted when the fighting started it was time to shine he just needs to get going keep it clean, run his race do his laps, keep the time up and he should be good to go the two drivers behind him are going to be tooth and nail trying to get in track position and it's now 4 all 4 drivers I say it's now 5 oh my goodness 1, 2, 3 is there a 5th row there am I seeing things Chad we are about within a second and a half 2 seconds of each other Kurt Moss will now have to take offense and turn it into defense as Estefano Barrera is closing down the gap on him Kurt Moss they are just losing out a bit dropping back from Velez which now allows Velez to turn up the heat behind Mark Anthony Eaton Mark no longer has a free reign of this race he knows that Velez will play right behind him a bit of space behind him will be setting his sights forward on the back of that lancer to turn it into clear air to take that first position absolutely and the more fighting that happens the more this race will stay close because like we said there is not much room for error around here so you're going to want to play as safe as you possibly can whilst keeping ahead of the competition or trying to attack the competition but certainly it's going to create some compromising there I say corner entries when we start to go 2x2 into some of these corners there is not much separating the top 5 at the moment Mark Anthony Eaton with a second to Luis Daniel Velez who also has a second to Kurt Moss but behind Kurt Moss Estefano Barrera is certainly looking to get involved in this fight the driver is all doing low 1 well high 124 is low 125 you were saying Kale Estefano Barrera now having had a bit of misfortune rather at the start of the race has it all to do now but he is in striking distance Kurt Moss directly in front of him who is that Steven Pommels just making contact there in turn 3 on the exit he is going to play directly into the hands of Jaden Harrison who will be looking into damage mitigation here to cruise down the Steven Pommels he can see him right Steven Pommels will have a lot more work to do a lot more anxiety in that Lancer cockpit there as he knows that Jaden Harrison has been on a charge ever since he has been taking fastest lap out at all but speaking of 2x2 we have seen Kurt try to do it to Velez into the second corner but it's not doing at all Kurt here now right up behind Velez heading around the final corner he is going to have the entirety of the bridge stone straight to make that overtake work he is sitting nicely in the slipstream will it be enough as they come around the first corner coming into the second corner will he try the outside again when he died to the inside to move this Lancer out of the way he shifts the car over to the outside but Velez they are parking the car making it as wide as possible Velez going just a bit deep looking to gain on Kurt Mos but nothing doing there the status quo remains Mark Anthony ahead of Luis Daniel Velez and Estefan of Arira in 4 I mean these drivers are trying everything to gain that position but Luis Daniel Velez is playing it very smart into turn 2 there just parking his car on the inside knowing full well that the track is too narrow through turn 3 to make anything happen if you keep your line tight enough so certainly positioning his car the best way possible to keep ahead of the competition but I mean Kurt Mos must be getting frustrated now and it's in times like these where you expect or you hope that a driver keeps a cool head because the frustration could be mounting knowing full well that Estefan of Arira is right there waiting for the mistake to pounce upon so you want to get the move done as I'm sure Kurt Mos looks to have some pace in the hand behind Luis Daniel Velez but can't show that pace whilst he is caught up trying to find a way by and as we continue throughout this race if I don't know I see what you mean now Kale in terms of the difficulty in overtaking around here if you know where to park your car certainly you are A-OK in keeping ahead of the competition without any rash dive bombs or any kind of aggressive moves and maybe Kurt Mos will have to start thinking about how to get Daniel Velez out of position in order to make the move before he comes under attack from Estefan of Arira he is almost pushing Velez through that corner there as you could see them one after the other you were saying Kale it looked as though Kurt was about to go for a dive bomb heading into turn 6 that would have been a first from Kurt Mos usually the cleanest of the pack but I think this is going to be almost a race of attrition barring any catastrophe as there is contact between Kurt Mos and Louis Daniel Velez and Estefan Velez in the wall Kurt Mos there is going to feel as though he is responsible for that contact there that accident but decides to move on I was about to say barring any catastrophe he is waiting it's going to be whoever can keep it clean absolutely and he is waiting on Velez but he is also going to come under attack from Jaden Harrison it seems who is right back into the equation now as he lets Daniel Velez go or he is trying to anyway but Daniel Velez not coming through quick enough and I am not sure Velez is trying to play in a way that allows Jaden Harrison to get into the mix but Kurt Mos has maintained that position for now oh no and some contact there made with the wall and this is all unraveling here this evening Jaden Harrison has found himself in third position after his torn start I mean this is crazy oh my goodness Jaden Harrison has been racing himself and all of a sudden after dispatching Steven Pommels finds himself in third position on the podium as Luis Daniel Velez finds himself in the barrier the walls snatching of victims left right and center they will surely be driving with a load of damage now unable to push as fast as possible Daniel Velez or even with I think that his steering is now shifted his car either he retires that car or he gets it fixed which would be heaven sent for Steven Pommels and Kimani Eastman that's one more position for them but Kimani Eastman still struggling to get past the BMW of Rahul Nasir who is still sitting in the front in his car in first position Roger Robinson back up into second place but 52 seconds is it no sorry 12 seconds behind Rahul Nasir so the BMW drivers racing the Lancer Cup class really right now as it stands as you see them coming around the final corner and Chad this is exactly why the Lancer Cup class has more downforce and can carry much more speed through the corners but the BMW has a higher top speed actually but it's all about weird the speed matters and it's in the corners definitely and Kimani Eastman there will be under pressure down the streets from Rahul Nasir but Daniel Velez now just having taken a pit stop to I assume repair some of the damage to his car will rejoin behind both Rahul Nasir and Roger Robinson and that's going to be some work for him to do here coming out behind the BMW class I'm sure a few other drivers may take pit stops as we saw last week I don't think the tiles will make it to the end of 40 minutes particularly not around the track as demanding as this one but all the while I was going to say I'm actually I don't agree there I think the driver is I think Mark Anthony is going to stay right there out on track for the rest of this race remember last time out at VIR there were plenty of overtaking opportunities and slip streaming down into the first corner he was constantly under pressure from the lights of Jaden Harrison and decided to try the alternative strategy and take a pit stop and his gambo worked out extremely well for him however here around Long Beach circuit I don't think that there's enough overtaking opportunities to warrant a pit stop I think he may he may stay out well that's a fair assessment but I will say now we are at the stage of the race where things get interesting as we saw the top two there lapping the first of the BMW well the last of the BMW runners and this is now where things are going to get tight because Estefano Barrera now 6 tenths of a second behind Mark Anthony Eaton and that is going to lend itself to some drama as they are approaching car number 10 which should be Nicholas Donald around the last corner there going down start finish the stretch I can't call it a straight because there is certainly a corner within it but as they are going down the stretch they will be coming up to more and more lap cars as we progress through the next 20 minutes and that is going to create some drama I think um for the drivers to navigate lapping these cars whilst maintaining track position and for the drivers behind maybe this is the chance to mount the attack when drivers are being held up or having to navigate through the lapped traffic and you can see Nicholas Donald there up ahead of these two drivers or is that Daffyl Park I am not entirely sure that might be Daffyl Park there as they might have already lapped Nicholas Donald who is the last of the runners so yeah we will observe how this all unfolds but the gap fluctuating between 8 tenths and about 1.2 seconds so as they are approaching more and more lapped cars we will watch how that unfolds Jane Harrison behind might be hoping for some carnage here well not carnage but at least a little bit of mix up as that looked like Daffyl Park diving out of the way of the two lead cars and causing himself some grief there behind is Daffyl Park having made some contact with the wall after letting these guys by and that is what is going to be problematic right because when you start to think about lapping these cars or letting the cars by you could end up costing yourself in the process that is exactly what we saw happen there with Daffyl Park and getting back on the topic of strategy with Tom Chad Jane Harrison having been racing himself for majority of this race thus far he will not have as significant tire wear as the likes of Estefan of Barrera Kurt Moss and Mark Anthony Eaton Mark will be watching that gap between himself and Jane it was 10 seconds now 11 seconds but the gap is fairly stable if Mark were to he would be giving up that all and Jane who is now currently sitting on better tires would have all the choice in the world whether to pit or not it would be physically giving up uncertainty but uncertainty Chad and I am looking forward to see if there is going to be any pit stops here if we were going to see a pit stop I think we would see from either Stephen Palmer or Kurt Moss to fight over the remaining positions there fourth fifth and sixth but in the top three if we were going to see anyone going into the pits I doubt it Mark is seeming to manage this gap fairly well and having done a 125.2 Estefan doing a 125.5 there last time around it seems as though if he can just keep his laps consistent and mistake free this may be a a lonely driver for Mark as he heads to the checkered flag well I wouldn't call it lonely he certainly had company but a very managed calculated driver I'll give him that seems to be managing well keeping some life in the tiles just maybe as you might be right I don't think a pit stop is wise here because certainly track position is all important around the circuit so you could be very correct in that assessment and as thus Mark Anthony has been managed because let's see where he's been putting in blistering lap times and maybe the drivers behind also managing because they don't seem to be doing the times we saw in qualifying either so certainly a little bit more reserved or conservative on the tiles here even though we do see those lockups quite frequently but I don't think that can be avoided given the nature of the car so it's just to do your best to try and keep life in the tiles as possible with 15 minutes to go I think if we were to see any pit stops we would have seen them already so certainly at this stage of the game it is all about management and just to keep it going speaking of management Rahul Nasir managing that around roughly 10 to 11 second gap between himself and Rajay Robinson Robinson who was earlier on the business end of an absolutely catastrophic accident involving himself and Kimana Eastman coming around the final corner but managing to dig himself out of that hole back up into second position where he had started this race the Bill Park a lap down on the top drivers in third but it's still a podium position there and Nicholas Donald rounding all the entire grid at 10 out of 10 sitting in fourth position in the M2 class it seems as though all of the drivers in both classes are just settling down into their race now just trying to bring the tires, bring the car home and minimize the mistakes they make as we saw both drivers from both classes rather sorry locking up heading into and out of corners so it's all going to be about who's going to have that extra bit of tire wear to play with come the end of the race as we see Rahul Nasir here going through the second corner all by himself but keeping one eye on that gap I was going to say if you want to talk about lonely drives this man right here has had a very lonely afternoon he's had M2 drivers come by on occasion but that was more drivers trying to get back into position as opposed to lapping him but he's running a very lonely race here this evening in terms of his class 10 seconds 8 seconds now player of Roger Robinson closing that gap slightly we will keep an eye on that but for the most part he has been in control of his race and has certainly done the best he can to keep himself out of trouble and so far so good for Rahul Nasir managing the gap to Roger Robinson for the top spot in the M2 class all the while Mark Anthony Eaton doing the same but in completely different circumstances with Estefana Barreiro just hovering behind him to try and keep him honest making sure that he is not too comfortable out front to just put in those lap times as he sees fit he has to keep the pace up ever so slightly to just manage that gap to Barreiro maybe this is Barreiro conserving a little bit to try and mount an attack come the end of the race but Jadon Harrison is still closing up to the front too not by a rate that would put him into contention barring incidents so I think Jadon Harrison might have to settle for third here this evening with 13 minutes to go in this race after that lap one incident which I think all things considered he might appreciate the fact that he ends up in third given how his race started on lap one as a matter of fact Shadi looks as though Estefana Barreiro is I don't want to say that Jadon is closing down on him but he rather he is he doesn't seem to be able to keep up the pace that he once was now almost three seconds behind Mark Anthony there through the first couple of corners Estefana probably feeling the effects of trying to stay with him in the wake of that Lancer Cup car there for the past 18 laps almost Jadon Harrison now only four, five, six seconds behind Estefana Barreiro anything, never say, never chat anything could happen towards the end of this race we have just over 10 minutes to go as we saw Jadon Robinson setting the fastest time with us at 127.4 where Jadon Robinson means business and he is definitely going to be chasing down Raul Nazir for the remainder of this race absolutely his last lap at 128.1 but best overall time for him in his class at 127.4 and maybe just trying to see if he could mount an attack on Raul Nazir but that gap still roughly seven seconds actually and it is closing but I'm not sure if it's closing fast enough for him to find himself in contention with Raul Nazir here this evening we continue to watch for the budding rivalry between those two drivers in their class but this Roger might just have to chalk this one up for today as Raul Nazir having the better on track luck and just overall management of his own race but we are still on board with Mark Anthony eating the lead car and he is actually you are right that gap is opening up quite nicely to Estefano Barreiro in second we almost couldn't see Estefano in the rearview mirror in that on board shot for quite some time there through turn seven as they're now going through turn nine well Mark is anyway going through turn nine into turn ten and as we are just about at the ten minute mark with ten minutes to go Gaden Harrison in third still about six seconds behind Estefano Barreiro he is closing though absolutely he is closing because the gap to Mark is coming down even though it is even though the Estefano is not at the moment with Mark Anthony eating so certainly he might find himself under some pressure by the end of the race from Gaden Harrison if Gaden can manage to keep his pace at what it is now. And Charlotte the race leader Mark Anthony eating's best time was a 124.8 Gaden Harrison's last time was a 124.8 so Gaden there definitely pushing himself to the limit we may even see him dip possibly back down into the 23s I've seen him do it before let's see if he can fight for the second position as he's getting closer and closer to Estefano Barreiro does he have the tyre life to do that though that is ooh and there is some contact he was making as we saw him at the edge of the shot there he made some contact at turn seven and that is certainly not going to help his comeback efforts here this evening maybe trying to push just a little too hard as we were talking about his chances of making it back into the podium positions and that has cost him two seconds to Estefano Barreiro so now he has an eight second gap to close with eight minutes to go in this race it's looking a bit of an unsurmountable task for Gaden Harrison but we will keep an eye on the top three there as this race comes down to it's dying moments here just eight minutes as you rightfully say chat eight minutes left in this race here and Mark seems to be managing this gap he's going to be taking care of those tyres he's not going to be pushing as much keeping a bit of a distance a bit of social distancing from the walls there to ensure that he doesn't get grabbed up by one of them as we have seen multiple times during this race Estefano Barreiro can't really do much apart from what that Lancel that Mark is so expertly piloting move off into the distance as he has to be thinking about Gaden Harrison as well behind and it's not just about this one battle but the bigger war that is developing between these drivers I don't even think there's just one or two rivalries here I think Mark Anthony, Kurt Moss and Estefano Barreiro and a lot of the times even Steven Pommels are all in one mixing part here we saw the drivers separated by second the end of qualifying as Kurt Moss here has caught up to Steven Pommels coming into turn nine Kurt Moss on the outside will turn to the inside for the final corner but Kurt Moss thinks better of it but Steven Pommels left the gap and Kurt Moss takes fourth position from Steven Pommels but we still have to run down to the bridge stone corner the first corner the right hand kink as we head down the nose straight heading into the second corner Steven Pommels will have a bit of slipstream and the inside he switches back to the outside no dies back down the inside on Kurt Moss Kurt Moss leaves a bit of space and Steven Pommels forces his way through the gap that Kurt Moss has left and now takes back that fourth position it's all going on back here fighting for fourth position that was a fight Kurt Moss getting the advantage there out on turn ten and left the door open I thought he was diving for the inside line there into turn two but he thought better of it maybe thinking that he had the move done but Steven Pommels had other ideas and certainly stuck a nose in and made it work Kurt Moss now has to rethink that approach as they are still nip and tuck going through the back straight here down to turn eight and Kurt Moss will be thinking okay I made a miscalculation there last time so let me see if I can correct that error and again tries to take the inside line there from Steven Pommels and they are side by side on the run down through the start finish stretch and Steven Pommels will keep the inside line side by side still all the way down the straight and at turn two Steven Pommels pulls ahead and out breaks himself Kurt Moss they are pulling out a trick out of the bag forcing Steven Pommels he forces him to take the inside he's not used to that line and as you said Chad sorry to cut you out break himself Kurt Moss they are showing that it's not all about dives and switchbacks but sometimes just distracting your opponent Steven Pommels would definitely have been looking at where Kurt's car is instead of looking at his breaking marker and that right there is the reason why Kurt Moss is so frequently referred to as Kurt Moss stop it as he's not just fast but he has the mentals to be fast and it's not just talent it's not just talent but you have to be able to fight mentally on the track Chad absolutely cutting old box there Kurt Moss pulls that line quite nicely cause Steven Pommels to make a mistake Kurt Moss now retakes fourth position and I'm there I say that might be as far as he will get so I mean maximizing the result here this evening given all the circumstances to take that position from Steven Pommels now runs in fourth 22 seconds behind Jaden Harrison up ahead he's once again closing that gap the Estefano Barrera it is back down to five seconds but will he have time to make that move happen and I think what might be happening here is these drivers are once again finding themselves in position to lap these BMW drivers and that might be what has caused the gap to narrow as much as it did as they were lapping what looks to be I think that was Roger Robinson has been lapped and oh my goodness that is Roger Robinson having a moment and causing an incident with Jaden Harrison and that will now cause him to drop away in this battle and Jaden Harrison but there is still some contact going on I'm not sure what's going on there with Jaden and these drivers looks as though Jaden there just conceding himself wrapping up his race and I think he's going to just have to take that third position now all his hard work has been undone now I think two or three times in the last 15 minutes of this race alone he has been absolutely pushing and trying brought that gap down to five seconds after losing the lead on the first lap a disaster into turn seven Jaden Harrison tries the night unable to get it done this time around but a valiant effort from him and speaking of valiant efforts Mark Anthony Eaton still maintaining that gap having spin up a heat sink for pressure this afternoon here around Long Beach Grand Prix circuit Mark Anthony Eaton has a lead I believe 24 of the 25 laps that we have run so far an excellent drive from Eaton as he comes around the final corner just under two minutes to go plus one lap it looks like this one's all sewn up for Mark but let's see what happens as we come down dare I say that was a bold statement Kale as it is never over till the fat lady but certainly he has looked in complete control of this race here this evening managing the gap to all drivers behind it's not been one there have been several that have tried to take the fight to him here this evening but he has taken all the pressure time after time and has warded it off and maintained his lead of this race and the gap has always looked just comfortable enough for him to say ok I can breathe a little bit but he's kept on his toes he's managed the gap nicely he's just been in complete control for almost the entirety of this race speaking of gap Rahul Naseer they're having a bit of contact with the environment that will allow Rajay Robinson to close in Rajay who is now on a personal best lap I think half a second almost up on his previous lap time Rajay Robinson not resting until it's over still the gap between them is about 17 seconds so not quite gonna be enough time for Rajay Robinson to bring the pressure to Rahul Naseer in the dying moments of this race here just about done now with one more lap to go the BMW class seems to be a little bit scantier as Rahul Naseer is still sitting in first position followed by Rajay Robinson, David Park in third and Nicholas Donald in fourth it seems as though the leaves have fallen on the water and they may stay exactly where they are how has this race been for you Chad? there's been action up and down the field and there's been gaps to watch and act things to pay attention to just everybody's been kind of giving you a show here and there at different points of the race but we are on the penultimate lap with Mr Mark Anthony Eaton leading the way as he is now going through turn 7 and there will be one lap to go when he crosses start finish line that gap now 2.3 behind has come down slightly but I don't think there will be enough in it for Estefan Barrero to close to Mark Anthony Eaton here this evening he's just looked in complete control of this race since inheriting the lead on lap 1 he has not looked back he has done the job that he was assigned here this evening to bring this car home on the top spot and as he starts the final lap 2.5 seconds ahead of Estefan Barrero as long as he keeps it clean he should be in for a victory Steven Pommels has once again made contact with the environment and that gives Kimani Eastman a slight chance to have a look in the door but just a little too far back to take advantage Kimani Eastman has had a rather rough race here this evening as we are now coming to the end of sector 1 for Mark Anthony Eaton 2.6 seconds ahead of Estefan Barrero he has but 4 corners to go in order to seal his victory here this evening as he is now going through turn 7 and again it's just been a brilliantly controlled race for Mark Anthony Eaton here this evening and let's see him take the checkered flag in 3 corners 2 to go as he comes through turn 8 and turn 9 1 corner to go and we will have the victory assured for Mark Anthony Eaton here this evening. Estefan Barrero tried on several occasions as Jane Harrison has had another incident and has fallen back and then Kurt Moss and Kurt Moss has now inherited 3rd position but Mark Anthony Eaton takes the victory away from Estefan Barrero Kurt Moss will come home in 3rd not sure what happened there with Jane Harrison who now runs down in 4th position he's been his own worst enemy here this evening but Mark Anthony Eaton with the victory Estefan Barrero to take 2nd Kurt Moss comes home in 3rd and Harrison will be happy to see the end of this race and the end of Long Beach here this evening and he has disconnected as soon as he crossed the line not sure if that was intentional or not but he must be absolutely livid with himself here this evening. Estefan Pommel will come home to take 5th and let's not forget the BMW Clash Raoul Nazaire takes the victory here for himself this evening and is doing donuts there down at turn 2 Roger Robinson will cross the line to take 2nd position in their class followed by Daville Park and Nicholas Donald to round us out but my goodness that was a race certainly we got action up and down the field and once again just a brilliant drive from Mark Anthony Eaton on the top step of the podium Stella has indeed got his groove back and he will be certainly celebrating that victory here this evening and he has your rifle saying Raoul Nazaire they're celebrating his I believe his 2nd win in the BMW N2 class there celebrating in true Californian style with donuts at the 2nd corner Renault era there a fantastic drive from all the drivers here it's a bit of a reverse of last time out of VIR where the action really came down to the wire towards the 2nd half of the race this time around all the action happened right at the start disaster for Jaden Harrison managed to turn its around into the drive of an era but unfortunately due to many mistakes here and there he sees him losing out on a podium spot finishing in 3rd position on Steven Pomers there managing to bring it home 3 seconds out of Kimane Eastman he seems to have been struggling there towards the end but your finishing order is Mark Anthony Eaton Estefano Barrera Kurt Moss Jaden Harrison Steven Pomers and Kimane Eastman in the Lancer Cup class for the BMW class we have Roger Robinson D'Aville Park and Nicholas Donald absolutely and we will be talking to the podium finishers starting with the alien himself having a bit of a rough race here this evening Mr. Kurt Moss are you with us what up what up Mr. Moss that was an eventful race was it not tell me about it I'm actually looking for your insight on the map sir please fill us in on what place here this evening well first incident with when Jaden crashed that was nobody's fault that's just a part of the racing but I was battling with I think Louis his name is for a minute but he kept moving and the breakings will make it in 2 moves so second one I don't know why he even stopped I'm too kind sometimes but he moved twice and I hit him and I kind of lost it after that okay rather unfortunate but I think at that point given that you waited for him after that contact you found yourself way down the order not where you would have anticipated being coming out of that incident but then still managed to get third position back so overall how would you assess the race at hand well in spite of the incidents I'm happy with the result a third place is always good we wish it was first place but as I said in spite of it it's a good result nonetheless absolutely and I think you well I'd have to get the official point standings but given that Estefan or once again finishes ahead of you I think you are either in second or third I'm not sure if the victory from Mark puts you in third overall in this championship but certainly a bit of work to do for the final round of the competition do you still think you can pull out the victory in the championship I don't even think I'll be racing next week because I have work oh ouch so I might not be making next week so nonetheless it's always great to have you in our events you certainly bring a gold standard in terms of your race craft so oh that's actually the move on Steven Pamels I mean that one just seemed like a little bit of cunning was involved there well I know how he drives so I had to kind of psych him out and he kind of took the beat so oh yes well that was a brilliant move to watch so certainly congratulations to you again Kurt on taking that third position respect Rowan thanks as always for putting on these events see you next time and that was Kurt Moss for third place finish up here this evening I don't think Estefana Barrera is available to be spoken to at the moment so we will take our race winner Mr. Mark Anthony Eaton Mark can you hear me yes I can well that was a very controlled drive from you all evening talk us through your race here this evening I don't know qualifying could have been better but a track like this qualifying don't really make that much of a difference I can't keep it out of the world so kind of just took the first lap cautious and when I saw Jaden tighten up the first corner I was like yeah that's going to be a crash I backed out kind of made my way through the carnage and from there it was just managing my race with facebook and pixie dust absolutely and a well managed race overall from you did you feel the tyre life fading at any point in time talk us through how things played out overall with tyre wear with the order that kind of panned out after the restart with Luis in second I knew I had a little bit more pace on him he was more of just managing the gap towards him and taking care of the tyres because I knew that it's a really difficult track to pass on so unless you're going to just chuck it up the inside of a corner you can kind of hold the position and be safe so I was kind of using Luis as a buffer between me and Kurt and Stefano which worked to my advantage absolutely and yeah overall just a brilliantly managed race certainly now I think you might be sitting in P2 in this championship with one round I believe to go so will you be looking to two rounds to go my apologies I think I'm missing a round but yeah so you now have P2 in the championship with that victory and the driver ahead of you is Stefano Barrero who you seem to have the measure of for a majority of this race once he had gotten by Luis Daniel Villas what are your thoughts on that potential battle for the championship victory um I'm just taking it one race at a time I'm not really looking at this race as a as a pre-cidents for further races one thing to note is when you're battling the tile where it does get a lot worse so him battling trying to get by Kurt and trying to get around Luis did help me because his tiles were worn down so I'm very sure if the rules are reversed in the next race I'm sure it's going to be a different story but I'm going to just take it the race at the time and hope for the best at this point well that's a good outlook and I do appreciate the honesty there so certainly best of luck to you for remaining two rounds and we look for more great drives like the one you had today thank you alright good talking to you that was Mr Mark Anthony Eaton or a race we're not here this evening and we will now be talking to the drivers from the M2 class starting with our third place finisher Mr Davil Park Davil can you hear me Davil you with me I'm not hearing from Davil at the moment so if anything we can come back to him but instead I will take Mr Roger Robinson who finished in a second position. Roger are you with me Roger yes yes I'm here okay well congratulations on P2 but I'm sure that feels kind of hollow your race unfolded tell us about all that you are right on point I am a bit disappointed with the pace that I had it started with Kuali as I said before I think at Kuali I was on a 127th 3 lap and at the final corner onto the straight I hit the water and it killed the edge of the lap yeah I did take note of that that was an unfortunate turn of events because that lap did look on pace to be right at the top of the timing sheets and after I'm saying second please I can manage to pull this off unfortunately I was involved in the Lancer pile up which set me back a bit quite far back of the pack I think at that time it was like he was ahead by about 17 seconds I'm saying okay let's go let's do a road and you know one lap at a time I took it down to 7 seconds and again the Lancer class came off on the end unfortunate events towards the end I just cut to the P2 yeah rather unfortunate it did look like you had the pace to challenge for that victory but it all didn't unfold the way one would have hoped but certainly with two rounds to go I think you are firmly in P2 in this championship with Rahul Nazir ahead of you any strategies or anything to kind of figure out how you're going to take the fight to him in the remaining two rounds you know it depends on the track if it's a track that suits my driving style then I'll surely be dominant I'll try to be dominant I'll try to get the championship but if not Rahul is a great competitor and let's see how it goes and I want to make mention of Jaden I want to apologize to Jaden for that mistake yeah let's see how the championship unfolds that's right my best absolutely and I do appreciate the class you're showing there with that incident with you and Jaden certainly an unfortunate sequence of events but that's part of racing hold your head up and we keep it pushing onto the next one alright thank you congratulations again and we'll talk to you soon alright no problem thank you and onwards to the man himself Mr Rahul Nazir taking the top step once more in his class Rahul are you hearing me yep well congratulations once again sir finding yourself once more on the top step of the podium a good control race from you talk us through the sequence of events yeah well very happy to get my first win here long waited overall the race was really nice I was able to snatch that pole position which I was very surprised by but of course even though that's half the job done Long Beach is a different animal and so it was all about survival out there and until the first caution that was like oh it's gonna be one of those races but luckily it wasn't but yeah when that first caution did happen I think at the end I think Roger did mention it that whole pile up at the last corner it took out the front bumper of my car just a little bit and then going at the turn one damaged it a little bit more and there was more of just limping the car homes because the car just did not turn in as much overall though I was able to open up the gap but then just the tires are it's very difficult to warm them up so it was very difficult to keep the car in one piece like I'm always just sliding almost all the time pushing the car really trying to open up this gap because Roger was just picking closer and closer and closer got to a it was like six seven seconds I was like alright well it's time for war these last couple of laps I'm ready and then the gap just went from seven to seventeen and I was like well I promise I didn't pay the Lancer class any money but I'll gladly take that P1 but yeah no our fight is gonna happen one day and it's gonna produce fireworks but I can't wait for that but I will gladly take this win to tie this up absolutely I'm sure it will because that was certainly a battle that would have been brewing at the time but yeah overall it seemed you had quite a lonely afternoon there well evening there driving by yourself for most of it but it sounds like you were observing the gaps and managing so how did that play out in terms of keeping the tires alive and trying not to take too much out of them whilst maintaining the gap to the drivers behind well yeah most importantly as much as I want to focus on my driving I'm always looking at the numbers on the side as much as you can have a lonely race the numbers are so important watching what the guy behind you is doing even watching what the guy ahead of you is doing if I'm gaining on a Lancer I'll gladly take a free position sorry I missed the part of the Rahul are you still there Rahul I'm not hearing you anymore I don't know if you got disconnected or what may have just happened you got to deal with it and you just got to drive and luckily you know I was able to come out with that win and it really sets us up for a good championship now being tied for first I believe and yeah with two rounds to go it's going to be a hard fight that's for sure he's a very quick driver but hey 24 hours ago I said in quote will be back tomorrow to rightfully take my place at the top step of the podium at Long Beach winking emoji and um I think I think I did that well I'm not going to predict the future though that I don't think I don't know what's going to be happening over there those tracks I don't think I've driven as much so yeah it's going to be a new experience for me and yeah we're going to see how we doing this this series I think you got disconnected for a moment so we didn't miss some of that but we got the general gist of it and we are looking forward to the remainder of that battle between yourself and Roger because it looks like it could get heated so certainly keep the energy up we do love that you are bringing that competitive file to this competition and we're glad to have you and once again congratulations on taking the top step today awesome thank you so much and yeah shout out to you guys I love everything that's going on right here love the competition let's keep it up let's see where this goes appreciated alright okay and that ladies and gentlemen concludes or interviews with the drivers who taught their respective classes and certainly you heard that there are budding rivalries and continued competition between some of these rivals so yeah certainly look forward to what is to come in the remaining two rounds and we do thank you as always for tuning in here with us at the JSRA4 or chase for pace series two rounds to go certainly some action to come your way and we appreciate you being here with us for the journey so thank you once again for tuning in this evening and we will see you next time