Board Thread:Social and Race Teams Threads/@comment-27109924-20160730043903/@comment-27109924-20160730055306

Event 5, team at almost full strengh, 19 members..

As caged wild horses, the team was hanging out for a nice green pasture to gallop on.. The previous Lotus speed record was a short event, and on this challenge IRA Racing has finally started to hit its stride:)

I can't speak for all naturally, but I kinda sense that the growing moto of this team is that each member wants to contribute because they desire to, not because they have to.. That is a great foundation of a fun team, and for most part it's great fun:) That one drove less or more, or is absent plays little significance..

Personally, I was tired before the event started and had to get some sleep prior to the starting bell and again deep into it.. I rested well both times, as part of the over all joy is knowing that other guys are gonna step out fighting without me, and I'll come out swinging latter to give hand..Timing of the event fortunately hit a sweet spot for me, lot of free time:)

The usual suspects, Larry, GH, TK and TY got the ball rolling with impressive early laps, and team was in top 60 right from the start.. General consensus was for a gold top 200 finish, but as the day/night progressed we continued to linger around the tantalising 100th mark, the next gold reward level, and we eventually set our eyes firmly on them greener pastures:) People went to sleep, others joined in, and it was just a delight to race their bots over and over, with top spots normally occupied by IRA.. Team pride:)

In the end we defended our place in the top 100 with a closing 83rd.. Very satisfying challenge, as IRA proved it's no lightweights team in endurance.. Not that we have anything to prove.. Lot of great chat on the team wall, and comradeship.. Very proud of these guys, and even if it all goes downhill for IRA from now on, the achievements are already superb:) Let's keep it fun, and take each new event as it comes.. Thanks boys:)

PS: After major plastic surgery, Stanley is actually the old Anti Hacker:)

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