New Champions Abound
Since the last installment of "After The Line", not 1, not 2, but 3 champions have been crowned throughout the GreenFlagTV Roster. In Thurday's Speed Tires Plus Cup Series, Jason Gracias was able to comfortably win the championship after Ryan Shelton had the misfortune of missing the penultimate race of the season. Gracias will enter season 3 as the defending champion just one week from today, looking eager to defend his crown.

The TNGG IEL Truck Series championship was decided a week early, with the championship coming down to a caution-filled race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Main championship contenders Scott Rankin, Paul Witt, and Zane Bailey all suffered issues throughout the 200 lap race, allowing for Raymond to sneak his way into a back-to-back title, leaving the last race at Gateway as a battle for bragging rights, a battle Zane Bailey would win.

One championship that came right down to the wire, was that of the Beer League. Points leader Tyler Agostino was forced to miss the final 2 races of the championship at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Suzuka, meaning he would have to rely on drop weeks to keep him in the lead. The final race at Suzuka was an intense one, with the other main title contenders Alexander Hammonds, Giovanni Romano, and Chris Hannigan involved themselves in fierce dogfighting. Hammonds, despite being spun late in the game, was able to make a late race charge and steal the title by just 5 points.

Summer Break
The Classic Indycar Series and VSCA SportsCar Championship have both entered extended breaks, with neither series hosting events in July, with the intention of returning in August. Ethan Agan has remained in the points lead of CIS straight from the start of the season, but lately his gap has been showing signs of closing, with Cameron Dance slowly, but surely closing in, only 20 points behind as they enter the back half of the season. 

For VSCA meanwhile, Mayer Simspeed Performance continues to lead by nearly 200 points in the GTP category, and Screeching Moose Motorsports up by over 250 points in GT Am. The close battles are in LMP2 and GT Pro, with the two Fischer Motorsports Porsches constantly switching back and forth for the points lead almost every race in the faster GT3 class.

For LMP2 though, it's looking like an early-season titan could be toppled. After winning the first 4 races, Gowin Racing has not seen victory lane since, allowing for Rising Panda Racing to reel in the gap. After race 7 at Road America, Rising Panda was able to finally usurp Gowin for the points lead, now up by a mere 13 points entering the summer break.

All of the VSCA drama follows two of the wildest races we've seen yet in the championship, with a suddenly rain-soaked race throwing the JRT Summer Sprint into pandemonium in the final hour, and the 6 Hours of the Glen seeing the biggest crash in VSCA history, with over 20 cars being collected in a massive pileup in the Esses.

Coming Up
The OMSRL Cup Series has kicked off its season once again, sporting over 30 cars in the first 2 races at Daytona and Gateway. The races proved to be thrilling, albeit with a few cautions to speak of between the two, with drivers being urged to attempt to clean it up for the upcoming race at Texas. So far, the cup cars have worked out well for OMSRL, with it being the 2nd car change in 3 seasons, it'll be interesting to see how some adapt, or if newcomers can rise to the occasion.

Speed and ASRL will both be making their returns in July, with both championships hoping to be back, more competitive than ever. After both championships saw some thrillers in the last season, the return of Thursday and Sunday night racing has been long anticipated. For the Saturday night TNGG fans, they'll have a longer wait ahead, as TNGG has rebranded to the Sim Racer's Association.

​The Saturday night truck series itself won't return until winter of 2025, though in its place will be a weekly Street Stock championship, kicking off racing action in October of 2024, and racing all the way into December.

Racing For A Cause
On May 31st, OMSRL and BEER League competitor Barrett Morton hosted a charity race, the Riley's Roses 65 For Cystic Fibrosis, with the goal of raising money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation under his team, Riley's Roses. The event saw excellent turnout, with 40 drivers donating to run in the charity race. The event saw donations rise to over $1,000, a phenomenal number.

Championships Running Down
Two series are seeing their title runs growing ever nearer, the TNGG IEL Truck Series, and the SPEED Tires Plus Cup Series, with SPEED hosting its season finale later this week.

In Speed, it's looking all but certain for Jason Gracias, who will enter the final race 13 points ahead of 2nd place runner Ryan Shelton. Shelton and Gracias have been in a constant dogfight all season, but with Shelton being forced to miss this past weeks race, Gracias was able to gap him. Whether he'll hang onto his lead though remains to be seen in the last race at the Iowa Speedway.

Meanwhile in TNGG, Aaron Raymond has put on an astonishing performance, with the Vermont native scoring 4 back-to-back wins, before being disrupted at Texas by Scott Rankin. With two races left, Raymond stands 42 points above Rankin, with Paul Witt trailing 49 behind Raymond.

For TNGG, there has been a particular shakeup in the form of a brand new aerodynamics rework on the trucks, which has made passing much more difficult at the intermediate tracks. It is still to be seen how this will impact the final races at North Wilkesboro and Gateway. Raymond walks into North Carolina with the chance to lock out the championship one week early.

Controversy And Drama In ASRL
One league that has been thrust center-stage the last few weeks was the ASRL NextGen Cup Series, as the 3-race playoffs got underway. Hunter Engrav would not be nearly as dominant as he would be all-season long. At Richmond, Engrav fell victim to an iRacing bug that trapped him a lap down, forcing him to finish in 4th after an impressive recovery drive.

The real drama would kick off at Texas though. During green flag pit stops, Engrav had been pitting in right behind Jan Van Lier. Engrav got a little close for Van Lier's comfort and gassed it, believing Engrav was going to hit him in the rear. This caused Van Lier to speed in pit road, an event he placed blame solely on the #49. Van Lier would retaliate late in the race, taking Engrav out of competition.

This meant that Joshua Heagy, Hunter Engrav, and Matt Schlosser would be separated by a meer 8 points entering the season finale at Auto Club. For Engrav though, he would not be able to put on the clinics he had been known for, as an injury would see him sidelined for the final race. The race came down to a titanic battle between Heagy and Matt Schlosser, with there seldom being a time when the points lead was more than 2 or 3 points apart. It was finally secured for Heagy on the final lap, when Schlosser ran out of fuel entering turn 1. Joshua Heagy was able to take the first championship in ASRL's oval series.

Major Events
June is going to prove to be an exciting month, with several major events taking place throughout the month. Among those will of course be the Speed Tires Plus Cup Series's championship round this coming Thursday.

Just two days later the VSCA SportsCar Championship will swing to New York for the 6 Hours Of The Glen, and after an extended break for the iRacing Indy 500, the Classic Indycar Series will have the first of 3 triple-crown events, with a 500 mile race around the Pocono Raceway.

The TNGG IEL Truck Series will also see its final race, with the championship coming to a close at the World Wide Technology Raceway. Following this, the series will be re-organized into the TNGG SRA Truck Series under new branding, along with the Superspeedway Blitz among others, like a new Street Stock series! More information on this will follow shortly.

Rainy Days In Europe
The Beer League's 7th season of competition has gotten off to a wild start, with record-setting grids in the first two races back in April. As May trundled on though, it looked like the rains would be there to stay. Defending champion Alex Koffard requested a wet-to-dry race at Portugal's Portimao, a race that saw plenty of strategy between wet and slick tires as the conditions changed.

The 4th round in the Netherlands at Zandvoort though would prove to be a whole different beast. Qualifying was marred by huge downpours, soaking the track to its core for the sprint. Thick fog overhanging the track didn't help matters either, and it wasn't until nearly halfway in the feature event before the track would fully dry. With rain still being a new addition to the iRacing service, it still seems as though the rain is here for the long haul.

Attrition Takes Center Stage
A string of three races on GreenFlagTV saw attrition levels skyrocket, with both TNGG and HTRL series swinging to Martinsville, while the Classic Indycar Series tackled Gateway. The HTRL race saw a 200 lap race, and 13 yellows would strike throughout the race, though there was still some decent green flag running. This was no doubt a sight TNGG drivers envied, as they were struck with a stunning 27 cautions from start to finish of a 220 lap race, including overtime, as well as seeing two drivers being disqualified for retaliation during the race.

Perhaps the most incredible sight though was the CIS race from Madison Illinois. The 1.25 mile oval proved a significant challenge for the field. While there were minimal cautions, turn 2's banking transition caught several out, and one by one cars would spear into the inside wall, being forced to retire. 19 cars started the race, however only 5 would finish the race, and only 3 of those were on the lead lap. Cameron Dance won his first race of the season, finally getting a win he has been chasing since the start of the season.

Championship Battles
Championship brawls are starting to pick up in two different series, with both ASRL Nextgen Cup Series, and Speed Tires Plus Cup Series titles in their final stages.

Joshua Heagy won the first of three races in the ASRL playoffs, currently sitting just 5 points above Hunter Engrav, a driver that has dominated the entirety of the regular series season. Engrav is going to be seeing red in Texas as he tries to take the title back.

Meanwhile in Speed, the championship battle is coming down between Ryan Shelton and Jason Gracias, two drivers that are never far apart on the race track. Shelton has so far swept the chase, winning 2 of the 5 races with 3 to go. The last 2 wins have meant Shelton has now scored the hat trick, taking 3 in a row, and 5 in total for the series. While it is a long shot, there is still a chance Shelton could do like Spenser Ray, and pull off a championship sweep. 

Championship Domination
OMSRL's 6th season has drawn to a close, with Spenser Ray mopping up to take home the trophy. The driver of the #6 has been dominant all season long, but never have we seen domination on this scale. Spenser Ray locked up the title in the penultimate race at Dover, and would go for the clean sweep in the finale at Nashville, winning all 5 chase races. This would also break OMSRL's record for the most wins in a single season by any one driver.

Following the championship finale, OMSRL has once again restructured itself, bringing forth a new car, and a new championship format. For the first time in the league's history, they will be running the NASCAR Gen 7 stock cars for their 16 race season. They also have brought back the playoff bracket-style elimination format, with the top 10 being reset for 2 races, followed by the top 8, followed by the top 4 for a 1 race shootout.

Heartbreak & Drama In Concord
The Classic Indycar Series saw its first oval race of the season for round 4 of the championship at iRacing's legacy scan of Charlotte Motor Speedway. For much of the 500 kilometer race around the 1.5 mile quad oval, the primary story was fuel and tire strategy, with only a single caution early in the game. Coming into the final stint, Logan Simmons from Iconic Motorsports was looking all but secure.

Simmons up to this point had only been running half-throttle for the last stint, using the draft from his teammate and Long Beach winner Willi Schwabauer to pull him along. On the final lap though on the backstretch, SImmons was forced to pull to the inside as he finally ran out of fuel, being less than half a gallon short. Jan Hoffmann and Lucas Laville would blitz around him to take a Vortex SimRacing 1-2 finish, while Simmons would even fail to finish on the podium, though this too was not without question.

Julien Altena was officially scored in 3rd by iRacing, despite Simmons's car reaching the finish line first. After closer examination it was discovered that iRacing's timing was based off of driver helmet, not actual car position. And, while Simmons's car was ahead when he reached the line, the slower speed meant Altena's helmet crossed the finish line first. There was some discussion if this result would be overturned by CIS administration, but it was determined to let the win stand in order to keep with the consistency of basing all official results off of iRacing scoring.

Chase Fields Set
Two championships over the last two weeks have officially entered the closing stretches of their seasons. The Thursday night Speed Tires Plus Cup Series, and the Sunday night ASRL NextGen Cup Series. Sunday night's series saw Kyle Zittel in a huge battle to try and break into the coveted top 10 before the points reset, a goal Zittel would accomplish by clinching his first race win of the season at Michigan International Speedway. Meanwhile, the Thursday night field was already mostly set entering, with Stan Hauseman failing to make up enough ground on Shane Winemiller to break into the field.

ASRL PLAYOFF FIELD
1. Hunter Engrav
2. Matt Schlosser
3. Joshua Heagy
4. Jan Van Lier
5. Paul Ellison
6. Tommy Cook
7. Corey Rutherford
8. Joshua Rutherford
9. Brody Gunter
10. Kyle Zittel

SPEED CHASE FOR THE TIRES PLUS CUP
1. Christopher Darling
2. Ryan Shelton
3. Martin Plute
4. Jason Gracias
5. Munatsi Major
6. Josh McDougal
7. Shane Winemiller

Record Fields
Wednesday Night's Beer League kicked off in full force with their 7th season, and what a splash they have made. In their season opener at Virginia International Raceway, history was made with a record-setting 53 car field. The race would be given a hefty shakeup late in the race with rainfall in the last 15 minutes, causing several drivers to peel off for tires, while race winner Alexander Klenk, and the rest of the podium managed to outlast the weather on slicks.

The record for most cars in a single race would be broken in just the next race at Mid-Ohio with a 55 car field. The championship is gearing up for what could be its most competitive season of competition yet, with everything culminating in the Case Race after the championship finale in July.

Photo Finishes
There's often no bigger drama than a photo finish, and Talladega Superspeedway has seen a great many of them. Another would be added to the list in the TNGG IEL Truck Series. For over half the race things ran smoothly, with only a few minor hiccups in the pit stops, but otherwise running incident-free. It wasn't until the final 40 laps when things started to go awry.

Front runner Paul Witt would be turned around in a caution, with his race believing to be done. But Talladega is always known for drama, and Witt would manage to bounce back through the ensuing chaos. In a drag race off of turn 4, the field piled up entering the tri-oval, leaving it a 2 horse race between Witt and Jim Kolmansperger. Kolmansperger initially overtook him on the outside, but with Witt on the favorable inside line in the tri-oval, Witt would drive back and take the win by just 0.003.

Just 3 days later the High Tide Racing League would run out to Dover for race 9 of the MF Racing Designs Cup Series. The Monster Mile is not a track particularly known for photo finishes, but what it is known for is being a real doozy to drive. This was made evident all night long throughout the race, with several cautions bringing racing action to a stop. It could be described as one of the toughest races the series has had all season.

With a late race caution forcing the race into overtime, Benjamin Lacy would find himself out in front of Michael Thorpe Jr. Both drivers had been consistently at the front all night long. As the white flag fell, Thorpe got a huge run coming off of turn 2, and went for a Hail Mary down into turn 3. Both drivers broke loose out of turn 4, and would end up spinning into each other. In a scene reminiscent of Ricky Craven and Kurt Busch from Darlington in 2003, both drivers would slam into each other, and would keep hitting doors the entire length of the frontstretch. As Thorpe fully lost control, he would cross the line in first by a mere 0.008, finally clinching his long overdue first win of the season.

Rules Overhaul
The VSCA SportsCar Championship had a very trying race at the WeatherTech Raceway back in April, and VSCA administration was eager to make changes to improve the race craft of the field. After determining that drastic changes were necessary, the championship has now implemented an incident limit. For the Lone Star Grand PRix in Austin, Texas, that limit would be a drive-through penalty when cars hit 14 incident points, and a complete disqualification at 21.

On top of this, drivers, crew chiefs, and team owners alike were allowed to sign themselves up to be track marshals. The purpose of the track marshals was to watch out for potential questionable incidents on the race track, and if necessary report them to VSCA administration for post-race review. The catch here of course being that marshals were not permitted to report any incidents occurring within their own class, to ensure no bias and keeping things fair for all competitors.

These two main actions, combined with a larger track saw a very pleasant decline in on-track incidents from car-car contact, while still maintaining all of the close action that VSCA has become known for since arriving on GreenFlagTV in January. With what could be called a very successful implementation of these rules, the thoughts now turn to how the racing may be affected for the upcoming 6 hours of the Glen in June.

HTRL
The 7th race of the High Tide Racing League MF Racing Designs Cup Series would role out to a familiar venue, the Auto Club Speedway. This time the 2 mile behemoth would play host to the Jewell Taylor Memorial, 125 trips around for one of the longest races of the season.

The race would prove to be a massive case of deja vu, as just like in season 1, the first half of the race was riddled with various incidents up and down throughout the field. Nick Nickerson was one driver who consistently pulled away at the front, proving to be a difficult driver to match. He would also lead the most laps, leading a total of 52 throughout the night.

Just past halfway a longer green flag run began to settle in, during which pit stops were out in force, and the pit strategy was on. Just when the race was looking to be decided though, a late-race caution forced the event into overtime. Tony Hilbrands would get out in front in the 2nd overtime attempt, and would drive like mad to fend off defending champion Benjamin Lacy. He would take his first win of the season by only half a car-length, as Lacy and Hilbrands doored each other coming to the checkered flag.

OMSRL
Richmond Raceway would prove a significant challenge for drivers in the OMSRL Truck Series when it came to passing. Ryan Dingler made his first appearance in several weeks in the series, and made a big splash upon his return, leading most of the first half of the race. a mistimed caution though would put Dingler in the midfield. Cautions were few and far between, leading to plenty of good racing throughout the second half.

At the end of the race, Spenser Ray took his 7th win of the season, and his 3rd in a row, continuing his 100% win streak in the crank-off. With no other driver seemingly able to contend with Ray, it's looking likely that Ray could very well lock up the championship in the penultimate race next week in Dover.

SPEED
The Monster Mile made another appearance on the channel as the SPEED Tires Plus Cup Series continued its steady march through its season. All evening long the notoriously bottom-lane heavy track would see surprising multigroove racing, with several instances of drivers going double-file for several laps at a time.

A small handful of cautions would disrupt the running in the race, providing many opportunities for strategy shakeups. Ryan Shelton and Jason Gracias would find themselves embroiled in a heads-up grudge match for the last stint of the race. Before it could come to fruition though, one last caution would force the race into overtime. Try as he did, Shelton couldn't break around Gracias, netting the MGR #1 a notch in the win column.

TNGG
Nashville Superspeedway would be the next host of the Saturday night truck series. As it was last season, the big talking points were all about the tires, and who could be the big saver. Minimal cautions meant it was all about who had the long run pace.

Scott Rankin all afternoon had shown great prowess in both tire and fuel saving, strategically giving up the race lead to allow for drivers like Dale Rapp to lead. Rankin would drop back to 4th, allowing for initially faster drivers to drive up front. Rapp would have to pit with less than 10 laps to go, giving the lead to Selena Thompson.

Thompson was looking for her first career win in TNGG, but heartbreak would strike as she ran out of fuel on the last lap of the race. Rankin would take the win at the end of the night, though even he wouldn't have enough fuel for a burnout.

ASRL
​Only 2 races remained for the ASRL NextGen Cup Series before the top 10 points reset for the playoffs. Right from the get-go the Iowa Speedway proved to be a bit of a wildcard in strategy, with points leader Hunter Engrav clutch and coasting even just 25 laps into a 200 lap race. The cautions fell at very inconvenient periods for much of the field, causing the number of cars on the lead lap to be rapidly whittled down.

Jordyn Propst made his debut start just one week ago at USA International Speedway, and netted a 4th place finish. Propst had a lot of long-run pace at Iowa, and with under 20 laps to go worked up a gap of over 10 seconds. It was not meant to be though, as a caution inside the closing laps annihilated his gap. He would drop back on the restart, having to settle for another 4th place finish, with Hunter Engrav taking his 5th on the season.

GREENFLAGTV'S RACE OF THE WEEK
The Beer League made its return for its 7th season of competition, this year returning to the Toyota GR86 from season 3. The championship also saw a brand-new format. Gone are the heat races, replaced with an open 20 minute qualifying session, and a new 15 minute sprint race, with the top 12 scoring points and inverting for the main race, extended to 1 hour. Watkins Glen International would host a 47 car field for the pre-season race. 

The sprint race saw many huge pileups, with a notable one being a massive 15+ car pile-up in the esses that saw Chris Flams take one of the wildest flips ever seen on GreenFlagTV, tumbling end over end over 10 times as his car was struck numerous times. The main race would see a much calmer drive, and strategy was given a chance to play out. Several cars pitted prior to halfway, and were caught out by the caution. Many attempted to stay on the race track, while most of the field opted to pit under the yellow flag.

Several drivers found themselves being caught out though, unable to make it to the end of the race. Defending champion Alex Koffard would be the one to best the strategy, kicking off the season with a win in the non-points pre-season race.

WEEKLY WINNERS
Tony Hilbrands: HTRL MFRD Cup Series Race 7 - Auto Club Speedway
Spenser Ray: OMSRL Truck Series Race 14 - Richmond Raceway
Alex Koffard: BEER League Pre-Season - Watkins Glen International
Jason Gracias: SPEED Tires Plus Cup Series Race 11 - Dover Motor Speedway
Scott Rankin: TNGG IEL Truck Series Race 8 - Nashville Superspeedway
Hunter Engrav: ASRL NextGen Cup Series Race 12 - Iowa Speedway

OMSRL
The first chase race would see the OMSRL Truck Series return to North Wilkesboro Speedway for a race that was nothing short of non-stop entertainment. Chase contenders Gage Tefft and Spenser Ray would duke it out for over half the race, with the pair never more than half a second apart until green flag pit stops just past halfway. Austyn McColgin stayed out on a gamble that a caution would come out. This would indeed happen, keeping McColgin on the lead lap and still in the top 5, instead of over a lap down.

The next dash over 50 laps would see Spenser Ray walk out a gap of over 8 seconds. This was courtesy of Stefan Pursell, who proved to be a major nuisance for the rest of the pack, holding up everybody back to 9th. The racing was tight throughout, and it was appearing as if it would be another walk-off win for Spenser Ray.

A late-race caution though would kick things up a notch, resulting in a 2 lap shootout to the end. Ray would end up hanging on, and pick up his 5th win of the season, while Pursell would continue to fend off the pack for 2nd to score his first podium of the season.

BEER
The final race of the BEER League's 6th season would see a swing out to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, although a shortened layout that cut out the keyhole. Alex Koffard would have to finish within the top 30, however if he failed to do this, Alexander Hammonds would still need to win the race, and score 3 bonus points with how the drop weeks had shaken out throughout the season.

After the 4 heat races, particularly a very...eventful final 3 lap dash, the lights would go out for the last 55 minutes of the season. Koffard had been under the weather throughout the evening, and was struggling to make his signature back-to-front charge. Just 10 laps in, Koffard would pull off the race track on the frontstretch, where he would remain for the duration of the night.

It looked then that Alexander Hammonds had the championship locked up, the rookie that had taken 4 wins on the season slowly ticking off laps. Hammonds would first lose the lead after starting from pole when he committed to a 2 stop strategy. We would never see though if this strategy would be a winner, as just minutes later Hammonds would drop out due to packet loss, and go down 2 laps. This would inadvertently swing the points lead back in favor of Koffard, who remained stopped on the pit straight.

The race was as chaotic as ever, with numerous side-by-side battles for half a lap or more. A late race caution would see the race restart with under 10 minutes to go, prompting a titanic battle between Giovanni Romano and Austin Tucker. Romano would prove to be the superior driver, and would put his 99 car back into victory lane, after a 10 race winless draught. Koffard would take the championship, having only run 10 laps, and having been stopped in the sand trap for around 40 minutes of the race, making this one of the weirdest championship finale ever seen on GreenFlagTV.

SPEED
Race 9 would see the SPEED Tires Plus Cup Series move to Fort Worth to the Texas Motor Speedway. The new version of TMS has received lots of criticism for being difficult to pass on, making races more dull, but this didn't seem to be the case this week, with battles up and down throughout the field.

One of the more notable incidents occurred when Tim Ahlman ran into the back of Ryan Shelton who had been trying to come to pit road, sending him spearing up into Doug Milliner, with both drivers finding the outside wall. Mark McFadyen would be collected shortly after when Ahlman slid back across the race track.

Much of the battle for the lead in the second half boiled down to two drivers: Defending champion Christopher Darling, and hometown hero Kevin Cantonio. Despite a mammoth battle, it would go the way of Darling, who would take his first race win in 10 cup series starts, and the first of 2024.

VSCA
Course De Monterey was touted as one of the most anticipated races to throw up entertainment at the WeatherTech Raceway, but nobody realized just how chaotic the race would be going in. While the race would get off to a smooth start, an extended Safety Car period would lead to complete pandemonium on the race track.

Much of the problems occurred during prototypes trying to lap GT cars, or even each other, though the GT field was not free from problems of their own. Both Digital Chicane cars ended up having torrid days, with Ryan Kaprowski stating that he believed the problems stemmed from a sorting issue that lead to the GT Am field being positioned primarily in front of the GT Pro field, not just in the pacing line, but also in terms of overall position on-track.

Composite Performance would finally see luck in getting back to victory lane in the overall race, while Gowin Racing saw a return to form in LMP2. GT Pro saw North Sim Racing take their first win of their 2024 campaign in impressive form, while Screeching Moose Motorsports claimed a whopping 5th win in a row, 4 of them being points races.

Also seeing an impressive finish was Bravo Snow Schatten, with the lone Acura in the field making their first drive to 2nd place overall. The result is major for the team, after crashing out of every race they've entered so far. This has proven that the Brazillian outfit has got some serious pace under it, and is capable of scoring big. It will be interesting to see if their momentum will continue to build throughout the season.

TNGG
New Hampshire Motor Speedway would be the next track to host the TNGG IEL Truck Series, and boy was it ever a race. Last season's race saw minimal cautions, only around the halfway point. The first half of the race would also run smoothly this season, with only 2 cautions to speak of. But everything would kick off in the second half.

Drivers got the elbows out, resulting in thrilling door-to-door action. At the forefront were a multitude of strategies, with drivers experimenting with different tire strategies to meet with the ever-present fuel restrictions. Much of the fight came down to two strategy leaders: Aaron Raymond, and Scott Rankin.

The two would be engaged in fierce combat throughout the race, though the battle would come to an unfortunate close after Raymond made contact with rookie Michael Gudger, sending them both spinning into the turn 2 wall. In the subsequent overtime restarts, it was up to Julian Belue to put on an offensive against Raymond, though this would never manifest, and Raymond would cruise to tick off another notch in the win column.

ASRL
ASRL's next Sunday night race saw a flash to the past with the old 2008 scan of Phoenix Raceway. The Gen 7's stiff suspension proved to be at odds with the old bumpy surface, with many cars appearing uncharacteristically loose. After a few cautions early on, the race would go green for much of the first half of the race, with all the action kicking off in the latter half.

Hunter Engrav's massive lead was taken away as a result of a caution at lap 70 just over the halfway mark, and it was elbows-out from there. One of the biggest highlights was Rene Garcia losing it off of turn 2, and his car launching into the air in spectacular fashion in the dogleg, courtesy of the infield road course's curbing. Drivers like Matt Schlosser would continue to apply the pressure, but Engrav would manage to come out on top, taking his 4th win of the season.

GREENFLAGTV'S RACE OF THE WEEK
The High Tide Racing League's 5th race would see a swing out to the Lone Star State to the infamous quad-oval in Fort Worth. Texas Motor Speedway's legacy configuration was nothing short of spectacular. Michael Thorpe Jr. and Nick Nickerson had an incredible dogfight in the first half of the race, which saw both drivers exchanging blows several times, picking up the fight from where it left off in Phoenix the week prior.

Aaron Smith II though, making his first start of 2024, would be the driver to beat on pace, making several daring moves, including making up 2 spots by going 3-wide around the outside of turns 3 and 4. The big story of the afternoon would be the fuel numbers, especially with three very mis-timed cautions that shook up the strategy.

A third caution late in the race would see a 36 lap dash to the finish. One by one, drivers would drive up to the point, only to realize they couldn't make it on fuel, and be forced to make a pit stop. Aaron Smith was one such driver that suffered from this. In the end, it would be Jason Greenwell making a miraculous drive, having been clutching almost the entire fuel run. Bryan Dees and Smith were both running Greenwell down in the closing laps, but not fast enough.

Jason Greenwell would take his long-awaited first win of his HTRL career, and did so with less than half a lap of fuel in a stunning fuel drive rarely seen.

WEEKLY WINNERS
Jason Greenwell: HTRL MFRD Cup Series -- Race 5, Texas Motor Speedway
Spenser Ray: OMSRL Truck Series -- Race 12, North Wilkesboro Speedway
Giovanni Romano: BEER League -- Race 12, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Alex Koffard: BEER League Season 6 Champion
Christopher Darling: SPEED Tires Plus Cup Series -- Race 9, Texas Motor Speedway
Composite Performance: VSCA SportsCar Championship -- Course De Monterey, GTP
Gowin Racing: VSCA SportsCar Championship -- Course De Monterey, LMP2
North Sim Racing: VSCA SportsCar Championship -- Course De Monterey, GT Pro
Screeching Moose Motorsports: VSCA SportsCar Championship -- Course De Monterey, GT Am
Aaron Raymond: TNGG IEL Truck Series -- Race 6, New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Hunter Engrav: ASRL NextGen Cup Series -- Race 10, Phoenix Raceway

NEXT WEEK
April 15: HTRL MFRD Cup Series Race 6 -- Richmond Raceway
April 16: OMSRL Truck Series Race 13 -- Homestead-Miami Speedway
April 18: SPEED Tires Plus Cup Series Race 9 -- Talladega Superspeedway
April 20: TNGG IEL Truck Series Race 7 -- Charlotte Motor Speedway
April 21: Classic Indycar Series Race 3 -- Long Beach Street Circuit
April 21: ASRL NExtGen Cup Series Race 11 - USA International Speedway

​HTRL
Race 4 of the High Tide Racing League MF Racing Designs Cup Series saw the conclusion of the double-header in the desert, with a swing to the older 2008 scan of Avondale, Arizona's Phoenix Raceway. The track proved tricky early on, with numerous drivers spinning the wheels and causing a major multi-car crash on the frontstretch when attempting to take the green flag.

Despite a "bumpy" start, much of the race would run caution-free, with the longest stretch seeing over half the race run under a green flag stretch after the first 25 laps. The older scan threw an extra wrench into the works with a particularly challenging dogleg, a little bump at the apex, and the bumpy nature of the stretch leading to it catching several cars out. A late race caution would push the race into two overtime attempts.

Michael Thorpe Jr. attempted to make a run at victory in the last 2 laps, although would lose it on that dogleg bump on the final lap, handing victory to Nick Nickerson.

BEER
The BEER League made it's swing to Japan, but this time to the Okayama International Circuit. While a wildly different venue from Fuji, the last Japanese circuit to host the BEER League, Okayama proved to be just as entertaining.

The constant elevation changes and wild variety of turns made it a genuine thrill to watch, with drivers able to go for monumental lunges. Alex Koffard of course made his signature drive through the field to secure a 2nd place. This was helped by a twist 3rd caution in the final 15 minutes, a result of a technical issue with the FCY program. This gave us an absolutely incredible 5 minute shootout to end the race.

Alexander Hammonds took an absolutely astounding 5th race win of the season. With Koffard getting a podium though, it's anyone's guess how the points will look entering the season finale next week.

​SPEED
Thursday saw a new record being set in the SPEED Tires Plus Cup Series, with a whopping 21 cautions in race down in Martinsville. The half mile proved to be a significant challenge for the field, as incidents both self-inflicted and with car-to-car contact were plentiful. Perhaps even more shocking was there were not one, but two flips in the race.

The first coming in the form of Andrew Levielle, rolling his car as he tried to turn around after spinning into the turn 4 wall. The second was courtesy of Josh Emerson, losing control and slamming the inside wall on a late-race restart, causing him to barrel roll twice down the frontstretch. There's much sentiment that it is not a race drivers are eager to dwell on.

TNGG
The lone road course race of the season would see Watkins Glen host the TNGG IEL Truck Series for a 50 lap dash. TNGG administration took several measures to try and mitigate what was an otherwise horribly loose truck with the setups provided, including raising the fuel restriction from 55%, to 65%, as well as enforcing a static weather condition throughout the race to prevent major track changes.

Despite their best efforts though, the race was marred with numerous incidents, though most of them thankfully didn't cause major issues. The highlight of the race was an almost race-long battle between Scott Rankin and Brennan Gregg, with both drivers never being separated by more than about a second on the track. The battle came to a dramatic close as Rankin was wiped out by Paul Witt while trying to lap him. Brennan Gregg did sustain damage late in the race, but would hang on for the closing laps to take his first win of the season.

CIS
The Classic Indycar Series would begin its western swing with a trip down to the Sonoma Raceway, one of the most technical tracks on the CIS calendar. 23 cars would start the race, although not all would even see the end of the first lap, as a major pileup in the opening corners knocked a couple out of the race.

It was a race primarily of pit strategy, and Ethan Agan proved he is going to be a championship contender all season long by leading every single lap of the race. A dramatic incident occurred in the last 20 laps, with Andrew Wood and Johnny Garrett engaged in a hard-fought battle, that would come to a close when Wood and Garrett collided in the rapid turn 10, resulting in Garrett slamming hard into the tire barriers.

ASRL
It seemed to be a week for difficult tracks, as the ASRL NextGen Cup Series would visit "The track too tough to tame." Darlington Speedway proved to be a significant challenge to overcome, with the field breaking up relatively early in the running. A mistimed caution just shy of halfway during a pit stop cycle trapped over half the field a lap down.

One of the big highlights was both Joshua and Corey Rutherford duking it out for their first podium finishes of the season, an honor that would go to Joshua, with Corey having to settle for 4th. Kyle Zittel entered the race sitting 15 points outside of the championship bubble, and was hoping for a good points day. Despite leading several laps, he would eventually fall back, seeing the points gap extend from 15, to 27.

Hunter Engrav would be caught out by the pit stop and be trapped a lap down, but would eventually manage to get a lucky dog later in the race. This allowed Engrav to mount a charge in the last 30 laps, to take his 3rd win of the season, extending his points gap.

GREENFLAGTV RACE OF THE WEEK
This week's Race Of The Week award was a close race between two leagues, but it would eventually be the OMSRL Truck Series that won out.

The final regular season race would see the Tuesday night championship swing back to Hampton, Georgia and the high-speed Atlanta Motor Speedway. The race was jam-packed with action, sporting a whopping 32 lead changes, with 4th place finisher Brandan Kluge leading the most laps of 33. 6 cautions would disrupt the 100 lap race, spread out throughout the races duration. It was an intense ride, that led for little chance to breathe.

It would come down in a shootout at the end of the race, where Austyn McColgin would make a last lap pass for the win, taking it by just 0.065. The victory lap would be McColgin's only lap led of the afternoon.

The biggest story though came with the chase drivers. Matt Cherry was anticipated to be one of the drivers locked in. However with him bowing out of competition the week prior, this allowed for the 10th spot to open, which put 3rd place runner Zachary Kreiser into the final chase spot. The other chase drivers are Shawn Kaiser, Brandan Kluge, Barrett Morton, Jacob Noyes, Robert Peterson, Noah Rainwater, Spenser Ray, Nathan Shiflett, and Gage Tefft.

WEEKLY WINNERS
​Nick Nickerson: HTRL MFRD Cup Series -- Race 4, Phoenix Raceway
Austyn McColgin: OMSRL Truck Series -- Race 11, Atlanta Motor Speedway
Alexander Hammonds: BEER League -- Race 11, Okayama International Circuit
Devin Pierog: SPEED Tires Plus Cup Series -- Race 8, Martinsville Speedway
Brennan Gregg: TNGG IEL Truck Series -- Race 5, Watkins Glen International
Ethan Agan: Classic Indycar Series -- Race 2, Sonoma Raceway
Hunter Engrav: ASRL NextGen Cup Series -- Race 9, Darlington Raceway

NEXT WEEK
HTRL MF Racing Designs Cup Series Race 5 -- Texas Motor Speedway
OMSRL Truck Series Race 12 -- North Wilkesboro Speedway
BEER League Season Finale -- Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
SPEED Tires Plus Cup Series Race 9 -- Texas Motor Speedway
VSCA SportsCar Championship Race 4 -- WeatherTech Raceway
TNGG IEL Truck Series Race 6 -- New Hampshire Motor Speedway
​ASRL NextGen Cup Series Race 10 -- Phoenix Raceway

This past week was one of the biggest weeks of racing in GreenFlagTV's history, with two high-profile events taking place over the course of the weekend, and all of the action in between leading up to it.

HTRL
Following a wild season opener at Daytona, the HTRL MFRD Cup Series moved to Rockingham Speedway in North Carolina for their 2nd race. Rockingham proved to be a very technical race for the grid, but surprisingly, despite the challenges, the race would end up going caution-free. This allowed for Benjamin Lacy to pull out a lead in the late stages, outlasting Nick Nickerson by cutting out a pit stop from his strategy. There were 5 different leaders throughout the race, but leading all but 6 laps would be Lacy and Nickerson, with Tony Hilbrands, Ty Marasco, and Dalton Kilroe all getting laps lead merely through pit stop cycles.

OMSRL
Coming off of a rough race at Martinsville, there was some question as to how the truck series would fare come Darlington, a track notorious for being tough to race at. We would be graced with one of the better races of the season. Like HTRL there were few lead changes, but there were plenty of battles to go around in the midpack. Spenser Ray and Robert Peterson found themselves on competing pit strategies until a caution came out with less than 20 laps remaining. This would put them back on the same cycle, and would allow for Spenser Ray to cruise away with the victory.

BEER League
Wednesday would see the Beer League make it's debut in Portugal at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve. The Portimao circuit proved a tremendous challenge, with the roller-coaster tendencies catching many drivers out. The main event featured 4 separate multi-car pileups in just the opening lap alone, proving it was not a track that liked being trifled with. Alexander Klenk would break a 5-race streak where only Alexander Hammonds or Alex Koffard were race winners, becoming the 5th different winner of the season. Ryan Clanton, making his first ever start in BEER League competition would finish an impressive 2nd, and Alex Koffard making a signature drive through the field to finish 3rd.

SPEED
The Thursday night cup series would see it's lone road course race of the season at Austin, Texas this week, racing at Circuit Of The Americas. The first half of the race was nothing short of action-packed, with the top 4 engaged in constant dog-fighting for the opening 20 laps. When pit stops happened shortly after at the halfway mark, the top 4 would break apart, leaving only a handful of cars in the midpack to squabble for best of the rest. One such battle was Shane Winemiller vs. Christopher Darling, with the pair of drivers exchanging several blows. The battle would see a dramatic close when Darling spun it in turn 11 on the final lap.

CIS
After a long wait, the Classic Indycar Series made their debut on GreenFlagTV with a stellar opener at Circuit Of The Americas for their 10th anniversary season. The race proved to be one of attrition, with COTA's many challenges catching several in the early laps. Defending champion Joshua Chin battled it out with Cameron Dance all race, with the pair never being separated by more than 3-4 seconds, save for pit stops. A fierce battle for 6th in the closing laps would come to dramatic blows in the final laps as the leaders caught them, causing chaos in the final sector. Chin would go on to win, marking a good start to his title defence.

ASRL
Two drivers would make their first starts in the Sunday night cup series, Steve Vrooman and Alex Howland. The older 2008 scan of Atlanta Motor Speedway proved that it was still as big a challenge as ever, with numerous drivers being caught out. A duo of cautions in the closing laps would see a 5 lap shootout to the end. Jan Van Lier would finally take his first win of the season, with the cautions upsetting strategies for points leader Hunter Engrav and more.

GreenFlagTV's Race Of The Week
This week's award has go to go the VSCA SportsCar Championship's 12 Hours of Sebring. The second swing to Florida saw plenty of hard-fought battles throughout, with a couple of full course yellows breaking up the running in the first half. Much of the second half ran unimpeded, but everyone knew weather loomed on the horizon.

With just a few hours left to go, rain would finally break out over Sebring. The rain would throw several teams for a loop. Spins were plentiful on the bumpy circuit, but for the most part, teams were able to stand firm and overcome the changing conditions. The rain wouldn't last forever, but the water it deposited would remain in parts of the circuit until the checkered flag.

A final full course yellow within the last hour created a dogfight for the overall win. WorldOfSimRacing's Alvaro Martínez would come under fire from Composite Performance's Nicholas Johnston, with Johnston trying a last lap lunge into Sunset Bend. Martínez would stand his ground though, finally putting the WorldOfSimRacing Cadillac into victory lane.

Weekly Winners
Benjamin Lacy: HTRL MF Racing Designs Cup Series -- Race 2, Rockingham Speedway
Spenser Ray: OMSRL Truck Series -- Race 9, Darlington Raceway
Ryan Clanton: BEER League -- Race 9, Autodromo Internacional do Algarve
Kevin Cantonio: SPEED Tires Plus Cup Series -- Race 6, Circuit Of The Americas
Composite Performance: VSCA SportsCar Championship -- 12 Hours Of Sebring, GTP
Rising Panda Racing: VSCA SportsCar Championship -- 12 Hours Of Sebring, LMP2
Fischer Motorsport: VSCA SportsCar Championship -- 12 Hours Of Sebring, GT PRO
Digital Chicane: VSCA SportsCar Championship -- 12 Hours Of Sebring, GT AM
Joshua Chin: Classic Indycar Series -- Race 1, Circuit Of The Americas
Jan Van Lier: ASRL NextGen Cup Series -- Race 8, Atlanta Motor Speedway

Next Week
HTRL MF Racing Designs Cup Series Race 3 -- Las Vegas Motor Speedway
OMSRL Truck Series Race 10 -- Phoenix Raceway
BEER League Race 10 -- Circuit Zandvoort
SPEED Tires Plus Cup Series Race 7 -- Richmond Raceway
TNGG IEL Truck Series Race 4 -- Bristol Motor Speedway

The last week has seen a slightly more sparse program, with the Beer League taking a noticeable absence with their final off-week of the season before a four week blast to season's end.

GENERAL NEWS
Josh Baird made his commentary debut on Monday night, calling his first ever race for the High Tide Racing League's season opener. Baird will be the regular colour commentator for the Monday night cup series. He is also a current racer in the Classic Indycar Series, and is anticipated to be competing in the 2024 season on Sunday afternoons starting next week.

The VSCA SportsCar Championship less than 48 hours ago made the official decision that wet weather would now be a possibility in all races going forward in the season, beginning at the 12 Hours of Sebring coming up on Saturday. With this, has come the possibility of manual red flags to be thrown to neutralize a race altogether, should the weather grow to be too severe. Presently the forecast stands at 19.5-14.5 degrees celsius through the race, with scattered showers throughout, the total chance of rain starting at 52% for the day.

OMSRL
The OMSRL Truck Series had a difficult race on Tuesday night, with the race at Martinsville sporting 26 cautions, and with the race finishing under caution after triple overtime. Matt Cherry would take the win on Tuesday night after numerous ups and downs, the driver of the #48 truck apologizing to Ryan Dingler in his winning interview, after turning him for the race lead in turn 2 late in the running.

SPEED
The SPEED Tires Plus Cup Series saw some struggles as well early on Thursday night, but would see a long green flag run near the end. Pit strategies were abundant in the first half, with numerous exchanges for the race lead. All eyes would be on Ryan Shelton and Jason Gracias throughout much of the second half. A late-race caution would bunch the field up, and while Gracias jumped Shelton in the pits, technical problems would soon knock the #1 car out of the race. Shane Winemiller would pick up 2nd, but would not be able to mount a charge on Shelton in the closing 2 laps.

TNGG
Over the last week, it was decided by TNGG administrators to strike last weeks race at Phoenix from the record due to a few critical errors in setting up the session. Meaning the official 3rd race of the championship took place at the Iowa Speedway. The state in the Midwest made for a phenomenal race, despite several cautions in the first half of the race. Things would quickly settle though, allowing for a race of non-stop entertainment that would see Scott Rankin from Australia take his 2nd career win.

ASRL
This week saw the ASRL NextGen Cup Series swing to the Windy City for its only road course race on the streets of Chicago. While it was a caution-free race, it was still marred with numerous incidents, mostly single-car with drivers overshooting their braking points. Much of the racing would take place within the first half, with the last 25 laps seeing almost no overtakes that weren't brought about by incidents. Brody Gunter was looking set to take his 2nd win of the season, but was unable to save enough fuel, being forced to make an unscheduled stop in the last 10 laps, giving the win to Hunter Engrav, who continues his now 6-podium streak with his 2nd win.

GreenFlagTV's Race Of The Week
Taking the Race Of The Week by storm has to be the High Tide Racing League's season opener at the legacy 2008 scan of Daytona International Speedway. The Monday night cup series saw a switch back to the good old days, with the Gen 4's replacing the Gen 7 stock cars. This resulted in an action and incident-packed race, that saw 12 cautions and two attempts at overtime. 30 lead changes would commence over the course of the race, with Bryan Dees leading just under half the race, at 50 of 111 laps.

The biggest highlight though would come on the final lap, when Eddie Hagigh was turned by Ty Marasco for the lead in turn 4. Surviving the carnage by the skin of his teeth would be Michael Ashmore, dodging the melee to win the race in a 4-wide drag race. Ashmore was making his season debut, and would lead just a single lap, but it was the lap that counted the most. Just as it was in their inaugural season, HTRL is showing promise of a thrilling season for weeks to come.

Weekly Winners
Michael Ashmore: HTRL MF Racing Designs Cup Series -- Race 1, Daytona International Speedway
Matt Cherry: OMSRL Truck Series -- Race 8, Martinsville Speedway
Ryan Shelton: SPEED Tires Plus Cup Series -- Race 5, Bristol Motor Speedway
Scott Rankin: TNGG IEL Truck Series -- Race 3, Iowa Speedway
Hunter Engrav: ASRL NextGen Cup Series -- Race 7, Chicago Street Circuit

Next Week
HTRL MF Racing Designs Cup Series -- Race 2, Rockingham Speedway
OMSRL Truck Series -- Race 9, Darlington Raceway
Beer League -- Race 9, Algarve
SPEED Tires Plus Cup Series -- Race 6, Circuit Of The Americas
VSCA SportsCar Championship -- Race 3, 12 Hours of Sebring
Classic Indycar Series -- Race 1, Circuit Of The Americas