The night was hot and humid and dark. By 8:45, lots of PAX and a few coolers started rolling in (thanks Brown Bag!). Uptowners, Mid-city denizens, a clown car from the Northshore and a lone rep from Destrehan. All gathered to see who would hoist the coveted Gnarly Nutria trophy for 2017. Could the influx of young guns in Uptown be enough to hold off the growing World presence? Could anyone or anything stop the unstoppable force called TurboTax? Would Da Parish show up in running clothes or spandex cycle suit?
But first, Yankee gave his best Amnesty impersonation with a 10 minute disclaimer, attempting to explain the overly complex uptowner scoring system (and thanks to Quick Draw and his daughter Katie for taking on the scoring duties).
Finally – its time to line up under the first lightpost, and Yankee mumbles a “ok, lets go” under his breath. Slowly the group of confused PAX begin to move, before the front runners (TurboTax, Barcrawl and the soon-to-be-appropriately-named FNG Ringer that the Uptowners recruited just for this event) took off.
3 laps in the humidity. Yuck. YHC enjoyed the run with SOGO, Butt Splice and Hawg. Great conversations, even as they all passed me by as the humidity and fast out-the-gate pace took its toll. Meanwhile, out in front, Cowbell took care of some competition by gently nudging last year’s winner, Nip/Tuck, off the path and out of the race. Sayonara, Nip/Tuck. Hope you learned a valuable lesson – watch your back.
Final Standings:
|
Place
|
Name
|
Where
|
Laps
|
Place Points
|
Total Points
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcrawl | Uptown | 3 | 35 | 38 |
| 2 | Ringer | Uptown | 3 | 34 | 37 |
| 3 | Turbo | Northshore | 3 | 33 | 36 |
| 4 | Mulligan | Uptown | 3 | 32 | 35 |
| 5 | YSR | Uptown | 3 | 31 | 34 |
| 6 | Cowbell | MidCity | 3 | 30 | 33 |
| 7 | Jadaveon | Uptown | 3 | 29 | 32 |
| 8 | Sogo | MidCity | 3 | 28 | 31 |
| 9 | Hawg | MidCity | 3 | 27 | 30 |
| 10 | Rudy | MidCity | 3 | 26 | 29 |
| 11 | Butt Splice | Northshore | 3 | 25 | 28 |
| 12 | Shorty | MidCity | 3 | 24 | 27 |
| 13 | EIEI | Northshore | 3 | 23 | 26 |
| 14 | Landing Strip | Uptown | 3 | 22 | 25 |
| 15 | Sandbar | Uptown | 3 | 21 | 24 |
| 16 | Revit | Uptown | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| 17 | Brownbag | Uptown | 3 | 19 | 22 |
| 18 | Walleye | MidCity | 3 | 18 | 21 |
| 19 | Roots | Uptown | 3 | 17 | 20 |
| 20 | Triple Shift | MidCity | 3 | 16 | 19 |
| 21 | Stub Hub | MidCity | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| 22 | Tool | MidCity | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 23 | Reverend | Uptown | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| 24 | Hasselhoff | Uptown | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 25 | Buckle Bunny | Uptown | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 26 | Ocho | Northshore | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 27 | FracSac | MidCity | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 28 | Joe Dirt | Destrehan | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 29 | Da Parish | MidCity | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 30 | Yankee | Uptown | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 31 | Colonel | Uptown | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 32 | Splash | Uptown | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Whoop | Uptown | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Seaman | Uptown | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Milkman | MidCity | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Nip/Tuck | Uptown | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Uptowners led the way, taking 5 of the top 7 spots. Kudos to Barcrawl on his victory. And welcome to F3 Ringer!
The final tally: The World: 363 (249 from MidCity, 103 from the NorthShore and 11 from Destrehan) Uptown: 360 A final difference of 3 points.
|
Participants
|
Total Laps
|
Place Points
|
TOTAL
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uptown | 19 | 53 | 307 | 360 |
| MidCity | 12 | 35 | 214 | 249 |
| Northshore | 4 | 12 | 91 | 103 |
| Destrehan | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| World | 17 | 50 | 313 | 363 |
Finished with our Countoff, Name-o-rama (was there ever a doubt on the name of our FNG) and a prayer. Then dive back into the coolers (thank you again Brown Bag) to grab a cold one (YHC was very very pleasantly suprised with the Mango IPA), and enjoyedanother hour of F2.
Kudos to the few, the proud, the strong who made the follow on Thursday am post: FracSac, Cowbell, DaParish, Milkman, Butt Splice, Ocho (Hrm… What do they all have in common? Oh yeah – THE WORLD!)
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