It was an amazing race that took place today aroudn Liberty! The first Round of the Galactic Racing Championship was fast-paced and was the theatre of a very close finish (in the scale of the universe ofc!).
After starting at Orion Outpost in Oasis, many pilots split up in Texas to take the California JH instead of the New York JG that was quite congested with the local traffic! (FALLEN)Mercenaro, [CFPD]Michael, SA_UTRACK and Slurm all took this route to reach the first Checkpoint. And it paid off because they all finished the race in front of Jenz0r, Leroy and @Na6$_(RUS) who took the New York jump gate.
After only a few minutes of racing @Na6$_(RUS) was disconnected.
The second Checkpoint at Pueblo station saw a change of positions for the lead as Michael had overtaken Mercenaro somewhere between California and Pueblo. Disrupted trade lanes and Liberty Rogues Bloodhounds messing with our Racers probably slowed some down.
The third Checkpoint, the Custodian system, was the theatre of a nice catch-up by SA_UTRACK who was far from (FALLEN)Mercenaro and [CFPD]Michael's after Pueblo.
But the last sprint to the Finish Dock on Manhattan was won by [CFPD]Michael who finished about 30 seconds in front of (Fallen)Mercenaro and SA_Utrack who were seconds apart in second and third respectively! Slurm claimed 4th minutes laters, followed closely by JenZ0r. Leroy was ranked 6th after all other racers had completed the course. Too bad the course wasn't made for cruisers today!
Here are the results! Prizes and points were given out as follows :
1) [CFPD]Michael : 25M / 25pts
2) (FALLEN)Mercenaro: 18M / 18pts
3) SA_UTRACK : 15M / 15pts
4) lurm: 12M / 12pts
5) JenZ0r : 10M /10pts
6) Leroy : 8M / 8pts
DNF) @Na6$_(RUS) : (disconnected/left chat group)