VARO wraps up racing at KMHV
The last weekend at KMHV provided for some excellent unlimited and Jet racing. With an average turn out and a modified schedule for the evening things got started with the Bronze race. With the bronze race quickly underway it became very clear that there was going to be some close racing with Skyguy setting up a descent pace up front and some close racing between Roscoe and Maple One for second and third respectively. I myself(Sryth) bought it on the second lap after making a turn to close to the ground and turning my sea fury into a smoking pile of metal. With my DNF that ment that everyone else in the race would move on to face CptSneed, who had the fastest qualifying time, in the Silver.

The Silver race with a slight hitch, Roscoe had some how killed his engine and couldn't get it refired leaving him standing dead on the starting grid as the other racers launched. The race it self quickly took shape as Skyguy jumped out into the lead and held on to it for the remainder of the race. Near the end of the race Roscoe finally got his bearcat, "Bearly Able", refired and proceeded to run his own race. Once everyone was done safely Jimi being the sportsman that he is decided in the interest of a better race to give his spot in the gold to Roscoe. This would prove to be a very interesting development.

The final unlimited race of the night at KMHV began with a bang, or actually maybe a rocket. From the word go Roscoe was on a mission within the first couple of laps he had made up for the lousy silver race and proceeded to pass the front runners Skyguy and MapleOne to take the lead from there he would proceed to take the first unlimited gold of the season. From what I can remember I do believe this is Roscoe's first gold win of his career. On a side note once the results were reviewed Skyguy had his revenge taking the fastest lap award and taking the lead in the unlimited point standings.

On to the Jet races, with an average turn out for the unlimited races I hoped that the Jet races would garner some interest but alas we only put on a four man show. So with the diminished numbers a decision was made to only hold a silver and a gold race. The silver race began with Roscoe having engine problems again which delayed the start. Once Roscoe had his engine problem sorted we began the silver which turned out to be a one man show and the man was Skyguy. At the start of the race Skyguy took what appeared to be a small lead but over the next few laps he would end up putting almost half a lap between him and the field. Jimi and MapleOne had some close racing for a distant second and third but it became a mute point when Roscoe declared a mayday and brought his jet back down to the ground. All pilots with the exception of Roscoe would move to the gold.

The gold race began with Skyguy jumping out to a big lead again and it appeared that Jimi and MapleOne were yet again doomed to simply battle for second and third, but somewhere in the closing laps Jimi and MapleOne began to gain ground, it wasn't rapid by any means but sure enough they were closing in on Skyguy and trading positions the entire time. Unknown to Skyguy he had inadvertently activated his landing gear and they were creating a lot of drag and slowing his aircraft down. On the final lap the inevitable happened Jimi and MapleOne caught Skyguy. All racers streaked across the finish line only tenths separating them. In the end Jimi claimed the Jet Gold win with MapleOne and Skyguy and very close second and third respectively. As expected Skyguy came away with the fastest lap award and five bonus points.

Overall the evening went well we didn't have any noticeable network glitches or problems. I would like to thank all pilots that joined us and I hope to see everybody for the short course races at KMSO this weekend.

Other VARO News
Mintaka
We are still doing some aerodynamic tweaking on the Mintaka with the hopes of fielding it in the next unlimited race. The guys over at MoTIS are doing a great job and we should see an updated prototype on Friday.

VHRO
Some of you may have noticed a new category in the forum labeled VHRO. This will soon house information about Virtual Hydroplane Racing Online. Many of you know I have been experimenting with hydroplane boats for a while and I am very close to having a working model. This group will not necessarily be for racing in the beginning but merely a group working hydroplane boats. Stay posted for news about the VARO spinoff organization.

KMSO
I should have the course update package complete with updated pylons, starting grid and some new boards near the grid ready by Wednesday or Thursday of this week.