Ten-Tenths Fantasy Grid - Surfers Wacky Race

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Standings at Surfers

1. Hesketh Racing 42
2. Firestorm Racing 37
3. DBR Motorsport International 36
= Team G Strings & Tassels 36
4. Team Domenech 31
5. PaulWontCrash 28
= Team Hustler Magazine 28
= Senna12 Racing 28
6. MadCow Racing 27
= Team Phishheads 27
7. Team Aggression Maximisation 26
8. Pineapple Racing 25
9. Radioactive Racing 22
= Team GoFaster 22
10. Forty Two Tulips Racing 19
= Team Domaza 19
11. EMS Racing 18
= Team Vince 18
12. Mud Hut Racing 17
13. Samba Boyz 16
14. Crooks Motorsport 14
= Crusta Racing 14
15. Dawn Racing 13
= Team Wrex 13
= Team Ecurie USA 13
16. ILP Racing 12
= Karma Racing 12
17. Seven Grain Motorsports 11
18. Team BAM Sports 8
= Team Bastrad Fast 8
19. Last Minute Racing 7
= Maple City Racing 7
= Omar's Doomed Warriors 7
= Team Hertford 7
= Team of Audacious Brazilians 7
20. Mon-Toyota Racing 6
21. Team Buccaneer Redstone Automotive 4
22. Revcounter Racing 1
23. Team Tanalised Timber -6
24. Fry Cook Motorsports -8

First Man Out Adrian Fernandez (according to CART.com)
Pole Men Bruno and Cristiano

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Standings to Date

1. DBR Team International 492
2. Team G Strings & Tassels 446
3. Team of Audacious Brazilians 432
4. Samba Boyz 428
5. ILP Racing 407
6. EMS Racing 402
7. Crooks Motorsport 400
8. Crusta Racing 392
9. Team GoFaster 383
10. Omar's Doomed Warriors 382
11. Seven Grain Motorsport 375
12. Mon-Toyota Racing 372
13. Maple City Racing 368
= Team Domaza 368
14. Team Vince 366
15. Senna12 Racing 341
16. Firestorm Racing 328
17. Mud Hut Racing 326
= Mad Cow Racing 326
18. Hesketh Racing 315
19. Domenech Racing 307
20. Team Aggression Maximisation 296
21. Team BAM Sports 283
= Team Bastrad Fast 283
22. Team Hertford 276
23. Last Minute Racing 272
24. Team Wrex 265
25. Pineapple Racing 261
26. Revcounter Racing 255
27. Team Phishheads 248
28. Dawn Racing 234
29. Karma Racing 224
30. PaulWontCrash 223
= Team Hustler Magazine 223
31. Team Tanalised Timber 209
32. Fry Cook Motorsport 193
33. Forty Two Tulips Racing 190
34. Radioactive Racing* 142
35. Team Ecurie USA* 79
36. Team Buccaneer Redstone Automotive* 20

*new teams

As always, spreadsheets available upon request, and questions regarding arithmetic welcome.

[Jordi]

Domenech Racing PR

Wild race

Today the luck of when CART decides that this race has to end gave Patrick 2nd place, which was good enough to climb up to 19th in the standings. Vasser brought it home in 12th, after all his first start shenanigans that included his big 'un. (but not as big as Takagi's)
Poor Oriol suffered the most unlikely failure... It was pouring down and the damn Toyota engine (50 grand fine here) cooks itself. Fire and water.

Dan Abnormal
CEO of scribing

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Team of Audacious Brazilians Mrs. Fields Pies Crayola Press Release

Surfers Paradise Australia -- Next time we'll bring the cars with the pontoons.

Not much to say about this Wacky Race except to say that a number of things were discussed with Mr. Junqueira after the race, including the fact that yelling for the race to be stopped while he is in the lead doesn't do a bit of good unless it's already been called an official race. We have sent him back to read Prost's autobiography in this regard.

We are pleased that our drivers all finished the race and that none were involved in the Big Accident; and we send our best wishes for a speedy recovery to both Tora Takagi and Adrian Fernandez, and also suggest to Mr. Fernandez that he think carefully about whether he wishes to chuck the racing and become an Owner where he will be less likely to be in harm's way.

As we are not speaking to Mr. Kanaan, we have nothing to say to him, but we would like to remark that hysteria is not a pretty sight in a race car driver.

Pancho "El Guapo" Morales
Team Muy Cansado Morale Officer Chico

[macdaddy]

Maple City Racing is unable to issue a press release due to the rainy conditions. Within minutes after we finally got the race started, we left a few guys behind to look after the pits while the rest of us went back to the pub to help Memo find the keys that he'd lost the night before.

Seems we didn't miss much, and at least we stayed dry. Did I mention that our fuelman puked on a stripper? Well... that's another story.

[StuiE]

We were looking OK for a decent result until it went to 41 laps not 36, oh well, Tora's crash not good

[f1manoz]

PRESS RELEASE
28/10/02

DBR Have No Idea

Er, can't very well call this a RACE report as there was no real racing to speak of.

Patrick inherited second place, da Matta did lead but fell back to 8th while Michel, who thankfully survived the first-lap melee unhurt, finished 10th.

DBR would like to announce their complete confusion at the way the event was run yesterday, and are of the belief that the race should have been abandoned after lap 12, when the pace car came out the second time. However, we are only participants and do not run the series, so we'll just hold our own opinion.

We look forward to Fontana in a week. And stay the hell away rain!!

Sumjurc Ramdmicar
Press Officer

[elephino]

Hesketh Racing Press Release - slightly damp

Having attended the Honda Indy 300, I can honestly say "blub blub blub". I was drenched head to foot, attested to by Crash Test. But this round win makes this season all worth it - well, except if I'd have been able to win the championship again but with the way this season has gone, I now feel like Mario Dominguez

A very strange race but, as they say, a win is a win.

Thankfully the drivers are not seriously injured.

elephino

[macdaddy]

Maple City Racing is, in a way, happy to announce that Mad Max Papis has once again entered our fold for Fontana. When we originally signed our good friend Adrian to a contract, it was in the belief that he would excel on the twisties and deliver a championship. Well, he tried. But for this upcoming event at a supertrack, we couldn't think of anybody we'd rather have to pilot our car to victory lane.

Actually, that's a lie. We tried to sign Danica Patrick, but she steadfastly refused to wear the uniform we were providing for her.

[mac]

PINEAPPLE RACING FINED $100,000

Pineapple Racing's clothes are still in the dryer after a very moist Honda Indy 300.

It was so cold that Oriol Servia's car's anti-freezing device went off. This device occurs on the rare occasion that the car might be too cold. The device remedies this situation, by having the car errupt into a ball of flames. Unfortunately, for some reason, this device does not conform to CART safety standards, and Pineapple were subsequently fined $100,000.

Pineapple Racing are currently investigating new brands of anti-freezing device.

Pineapple Racing can thank Alex Tagliani for one of their higher placed finishes of the year.

"After the first accident, I had to run back to the pits and change my undies, as the accident had caused me to have an accident of my own," said Tags.

"Then I jumped in the spare car. I was lucky that we only had to tool around behind the safety car, because I could not have gone any faster, as I was still hungover from partying since the Miami race. So it worked out well for us."

Pineapple Racing are looking forward to the 500 miler at Fontana.

P. Dribbler
Chief Media Liason Officer
Pineapple Racing