//------------------------------// // Mystic Falls 250 (Grid World Series) (TC-500 + DTM/ETCM) // Story: DangerVerse Motorsport Events // by DangerDean //------------------------------// The atmosphere within Mystic Falls had been electrifying ever since qualifying and the fans om the grandstands aren’t taking their eyes off the grid. For the 26 drivers, 57 laps will be their challenge and everyone is raring to win the Mystic Falls 250. 1st. #97 Rusalka Swordlight, Team Swordlight, Audi RS5 ETCM (2023) 1:31.173 2nd. #4 Lara Carvalho, Seneca Racing, Honda NSX GT500, 1:31.227 3rd. #1 Nathan McKane, Ravenwest Motorsport, Honda NSX GT500, 1:31.258 4th. #15 Danger Dean, Danger Motorsport, Honda NSX GT500, 1:31.421 5th. #98 Akula, AKV Motorsports, Danger Automotive DNG650 GT500 Racecar, 1:31.489 6th. #24 Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports, Danger Automotive DNG650 GT500 Racecar, 1:31.574 7th. #14 Aria Blaze, Danger Motorsport, Honda NSX GT500, 1:31.698 8th. #2 Lightning Dust, Washout Racing Team, Lexus LC500 GT500, 1:31.738 9th. #21 Yume Tanaka, Seneca Racing, Honda NSX GT500 1:32.166 10th. #13 Oscura Galaxia, Ravenwest Motorsport, Honda-NSX GT500, 1:32.257 11th. #91 Beatrice Radiance, Team Swordlight, Audi RS5 ETCM (2023) 1:32.269 12th. #16 Alicia Storm, Fusionstorm Racelab, Aston Martin Vantage DTM, 1:32.447 13th. #25 Starlight Glimmer, Voltz Racing, Honda NSX GT, 1:32.498 14th. #73 Adriana Flash, Fusionstorm Racelab, Aston Martin Vantage DTM, 1:32.576 15th. #151 Danny Dean, Team Sonic Motorsport, Toyota Supra GT500, 1:32.664 16th. #39 Hatsune Soulblitz, Goodsmile Racing Team Soulblitz, Nissan GT-R GT500, 1:32.785 17th. #238 Maiken Markussen, Euronemesis, Audi RS5 ETCM (2023) 1:33.028 18th. #321 Amy MacAtilla, Avalon Nova Racelab, Audi RS5 DTM (2018), 1:33.234 19th. #315 Anne-Sofie Johannsen, Avalon Nova Racelab, Audi RS5 DTM (2018), 1:33.474 20th. #256 Nathalie Vogelstein, Euronemsis, Audi RS5 ETCM (2023), 1:33.887 21st. #40 Azusa Soulblitz, Goodsmile Racing Team Soulblitz, Nissan GT-R GT500, 1:34.049 22nd. #121 Twilight Sparkle, Scuderia Tempesta, BMW M4 G82 ETCM, 1:34.113 23rd. #148 Naomi Fuchizaki, Scuderia Tempesta, BMW M4 G82 ETCM, 1:34.177 24th. #5 Sonic Flash, Team Sonic Motorsport, Toyota Supra GT500, n/a (crash in qualifying) 25th. #18 Valentin Manzi, Voltz Racing, Honda NSX-GT GT500, n/a (crash in qualifying) 26th. #297 Shizuka Murayama, Washout Racing Team, Lexus LC500 (GT500), n/a (crash in qualifying) Danger was a bit shocked as to how a car which he and Rusalka created back in Danger City at the Legion of Speedfreaks HQ could out-qualify a car used in the Super GT championship in Japan and a DTM car which, until 2021 were dominant in their own right. The Class 1 DTM cars then suddenly went to the Equestrian Touring Car Masters (or ETCM for short) for a new home while GT3 cars infest the championship. The green lights flash and Lara takes an early with Rusalka behind. Danger passes Nathan McKane while Yume Tanaka scythes into 7th overtaking Lightning Dust and Aria Blaze. But at turn Aria retook 7th place after passing on the outside. Meanwhile, Beatrice had passed Oscura at turn 3 and it showed that the ETCM cars are equally as quick as the GT500 cars. Oscura tried to retake 10th place but the power from Beatrice’s Audi was making life difficult for her. But with Starlight Glimmer now behind Oscura Galaxia in her Honda NSX, it may be another race where Oscura may not finish in the top 10. By lap 3, Carvalho was been reeled in by Rusalka, Danger and Nathan behind. It descended into a four-car battle for the overall and with AKV duo defending from Yume Tanaka, Nathan decided to overtake all three of them at turn 6, perform a similar move to Danger’s ‘Dartstrike’. The move got the fans on their feet and celebrated at the sight on Ravenwest in the lead, but Carvalho won’t double down, she tried to make a move at turn 8 but was unsucessful. Danger went past Lara which wasn’t part of her plan to win the race. It also didn’t help that she was losing ground to Rusalka. Meanwhile, the mother of all battles started at turn 4 on lap 5 as the two Honda NSX GT500s blasted their way through the straight before turn 5. A bit of contact was made but both drivers kept their cars on the track. Danger suddenly passed Nathan at turn 8 with no contest. He wondered as to why that happened. This was because Nathan suddenly spun out into the grass by riding too much on the kerbs. Nathan dropped to 9th place and inadvertently held up his team-mate Oscura who was complaining over the loss of pace on the straights. By lap 8, the world came crashing down for the Euronemesis Audis as they were inherit the same curse that plagued the Nemesis Formula Equestria team that the car wasn’t up to speed compared to the other drivers. Like Team Swordlight, they were using the 2023 model of the Audi RS5 but they were even slower on race pace than the 2018 RS5s of the Avalon Nova Racelab team. Then on lap 11, both Scuderia Tempesta M4s went past them both after leaving the Goodsmile Racing Team Soulblitx Nissan GT-R of Azusa Soulblitz for dead. Twilight did struggle with M4 in qualifying but she realised that qualifying is never everything, it’s how she performed in the races. Her teammate, Naomi Fuchikazi, was getting into the hang of racing with the M4 but the Princess of Speed was showing the upper hand. But she had 47 laps to get the front. Akula and Viral were also keeping up with the top 3 drivers, Lara, Danger and Rusalka. Their DNG650s, which were created by Danger, were Honda NSXs with Ferrari 488 GTB and Mercedes AMG GT imitations. Despite being powered by the same engine used in the LC500, it doesn’t mean that Akula and Viral never have a chance of winning the race. Life for both the AKV DNG650s was not easy with Tanaka drafting Akula as Viral overtook him on lap 13 at turn 3. The battle between Akula, Viral and Yume lasted until lap 16 when a slight mistake from Tanaka which sent the Seneca Racing Honda into a half-spin. Akula breathed a sigh of relief as he past Viral on the next. Things were looking a bit pear-shaped for the Ravenwest duo, after Nathan spun out on lap 5, both NSXs were beginning to catch up with the rest of the field. Their first targets were Lightning Dust and Aria Blaze. On lap 19, both Nathan and Oscura were on the offensive and when they caught up to the Danger Motorsport Honda NSX or Aria Blaze and all three went side by side and the final which is only wide enough for two cars and coming into turn 3 on lap 20… disaster struck. Trying to overtake Aria on the outside, Oscura was unaware that Nathan was also trying to overtake her. As a result, Aria felt a bit of traction loss and nearly tank-slapped on the exit and her front made contact with Oscura’s car and that caused to send her spinning and collided with Nathan and Oscura’s race was over. Nathan managed to get back to the pits but the damage sustained from his crash Oscura meant that he would lose even more time. It was fixable however but he rejoined in 21st place. Meanwhile, the leading three cars were pounding down the laps and with what remains of Oscura’s car was cleared by lap 23, Lara’s NSX was starting to struggle. She was losing time to both Danger and Rusalka. Even she took the lead from Rusalka before the Ravenwest cars tangled, she was being reeled in by Rusalka. Rusalka was still feeling the shocks after Beatrice retired due to a tramission issue on lap 16, but it didn’t stop her from challenging for the lead. By lap 25, Rusalka was about 0.2 seconds adrift from Carvalho and 3 seconds ahead of Danger. She was getting close to Carvalho and then… Rusalka overtook Lara at turn 8 but the speed Lara suddenly reset itself by turn 9 and she retook the lead at turn 12. A Safety Car was needed after the Goodsmile Racing Team Soulblitz Nissan GT-R of Hatsune Soulblitz crashed at turn 6. This was perfect for the Viral and Akula as before Hatsune’s crash, the DNG650s had no chance of overtaking Danger and were in danger of been passed by Aria as her Honda NSX was 6th after Yume Tanaka had similar transmission failures to what Beatrice had. After Hatsune’s GT-R was cleared the Safety Car would be needed a bit longer as Shizuka Murayama’s Lexus crashed while warming up her tyres. It was a case of a premature puncture as she running in 24th place only ahead of the Euronemesis Audi RS5s. The 30th lap would the restart as both Rusalka and Lara were side-by-side heading to turn 1. Danger was passed by Akula and that this was a point where creation beats the creator. However this would lap about three corners as Danger did a ‘Dartstrike’ on his Triumvirate buddy. Akula retook 3rd place from Danger at turn 8 and Danger passed Akula on the outside at turn 12. The crowd was roaring that the battle for the lead and for 3rd place in the race. Not much happened between lap 31 and 36, other than a few overtakes from the tail-end of the field. The driver that benefited from all the drama was Starlight Glimmer, she was now in 9th place after good moves and even passing the Team Sonic Toyota Supra of Danny Dean before the Safety Car. She was now behind Yume Tanaka, who fell to 8th place after a change of tyres she wasn’t really pleased about. There was no contest as she passed her at turn 7 and she was now on the hunt for the Fusion Racelab Audi of Alicia Storm. The weather was taking a turn for the worse by lap 41 with rain about 0.8 cm thick and everyone was pitting for Wets. The net result was that Starlight Glimmer, Sonic Flash and Nathan McKane stayed out for a bit longer until lap 42 when Sonic and Starlight pitted. The top 10 was Lara, Danger, Rusalka, Akula, Viral, Starlight Gimmer, Nathan, Danny, Sonic and Twilight Sparkle. The rain was getting worse by lap 45, so much worse in fact that Danger decided to do spot of drifting at turn 8, but managed to recover to 3rd after being passed by Rusalka. After Danger’s ‘successful’ drift, the race had to be red-flagged and because rain was forecasted until midnight the next day (as it was 20:35 when Danger drifted) the race wouldn’t be restarted. The top 10 would be Lara, Rusalka, Danger, Akula, Viral, Starlight Gimmer, Nathan, Danny, Sonic and Twilight Sparkle.