On The Track
by Ali Kidder-Mostrom
W
ith New Westrock finally recovered from the spider invasion, it was time to get back to racing. When an unknown (and surprisingly pristine) ’69 Camaro (named “The Reaper”) rolled into town Cross saw the opportunity to defend his title from the “Get Up. Stay Up.” Tournament, which started over the summer. Many months have passed, so it’s hard to say whether this ’65 Mustang (named “Beast”) driven by Cross is the same one he used the last time he raced to “stay up”. Either way, Beast has a much darker and distinctly FRRC vehicle design than the pale Gulf look that he rescued from repossession in July. Cross came to defend his title and TLaMont, driving The Reaper, came to see if he would be the one to get up to the top of the tournament instead.
BEFORE THE DESCENT – Cross (left) and T-LaMont (right) line up at the starting gate, ready to plunge into the madness of New Westrock.
The two were quite evenly matched coming out of the gate, but TLaMont was able to pull ahead over time to take the first lap win. The two cars continued to be well matched throughout the race, swapping laps, wins, and paint throughout.
In the third lap, the Mustang seemed to stall out for a bit and let TLaMont’s Camaro pull well ahead for an easy win. However, Cross continues to have AN ERIE RED LIGHT – A new installment in Flat Rabbit Racing Club’s better luck “Get Up. Stay Up.” has a revised track, but the same old FRRC feel. than his 24 | Diecast Racing Report
competitors when making the final jump prior to the rabbit hole. This luck allowed him to come back and tie them at two wins each at the end of lap four. So, it came down to the fifth and final lap. Both black vehicles kept it tight for the whole lap. T-LaMont pulled ahead slightly and blocked Beast’s attempts to pass him, thereby pulling away to a ‘Get Up’ victory. It takes four times defending the “Get Up. Stay Up.” title in order to achieve legendary status at the FRRC. Will another contender get up and knock T-LaMont down or will he be able to ‘Stay Up’ at the top? Or will SCAR finally manage to shut the whole operation down? We’ll have to keep an eye on the transmissions coming out of New Westrock to see.