On The Track: 3DBotMaker

by Christopher Kidder-Mostrom

The Camaro Summer Tournament is about to wrap up, and it has come down to four cars, as is the way with 3DBotMaker races in 2020.

Jeremiah Logan is the heaviest car left in the field, and likely has to be the favorite. Not only is the car the heavyweight, it also runs remarkably true on the straightaways. Maya Bailey is better in the corners, and it the second heaviest, but she doesn’t have the closing speed on the long downhills. That being said, she beat Jeremiah Logan in two of the four heats in round two. If she can pass in the corners (something she does with consistency), and get far enough ahead, she can maintain that lead. While Jeremiah Logan has to be the odds-on favorite, Maya Bailey would be a good dark horse candidate for the championship.

None of the four remaining cars are helmed by veterans of 3D’s series. So no matter who wins, the commemorative t-shirt will be graced by someone exciting and new. If TheloniousJawnMcBatmanorama wins, that immensely long name is going to be splashed across a lot of chests. Of the four in the finals, it seems he’s the least likely to take it all, given his inability in round two to separate from the group. Mad4Robots, conversely dominated the laps in which he wasn’t caught up in traffic.

No matter who wins, it’s going to be an exciting final.

Good racing has been plentiful over the past fortnight in the KotM series. More Camaros hit the track as customized cars from the featured brand made their way down the track in what at first appeared to be a cut and dried victory for The Retro Rebel in Stranger Racer, but discussion during the week pointed to a minor error in starting gate positioning in one of the races, which could potentially have led to Gus Greenfield in Busted Luck making the tournament instead. So, a ruling was handed down from the powers that be, and Busted Luck is now into the tournament, too. Stranger Racer’s spot is also secured. This means that after 6 races, 7 cars had advanced to the big tournament.

A green van named Limelight (driven by “That Van Guy”) won a match-up of four work trucks. The four trucks were remarkably well matched, but a high level of carnage thinned the field so that Limelight became the eighth vehicle in the tournament, and the heaviest thus far, weighing in at 100.2 grams. Even with the weight, Limelight is squarely in the middle of the pack, currently 5th in the qualifying standings.

The two Camaros are currently at the tail end of the field, which has an average qualifying time of 17.919 seconds.