Mad Turtle Racing

🏁 MotorMotion E-Series PLAYER1 Sim Gear GT3 Championship – SEASON COMPLETE 🏁

And just like that, the chequered flag falls on another unforgettable MotorMotion GT3 season.

From aliens and assassins to sharks, turtles, wall magnets, and the occasional calculator, this season had everything. Fast laps, bold moves, questionable pit entries, heroic comebacks, and Bathurst doing Bathurst things.

First and foremost — congratulations to our Champions 🏆
You earned it the hard way: consistency, pace, and surviving the chaos that is online GT3 racing.

ELITE
Congratulations "Mr GTR" Gopi Mahindajit, for Gridline Racing ELITE Class winner.
P2 Guy "super fast" Barbara for HoonCorp.
P3 Nick "what the" Faf for Aster Racing.

PRO
Congratulations to Matt "Maccattack" McCallum for CP MOTORSPORTS PRO Class winner.
P2 Our Mad Turtle Racing "Big Scary Shark" Glenn Mead.
P3 "Well done Lord Scotty". Lord of Tasmania Scott Taylor, boss of Gridline Racing.

PRO AM
Congratulations to Mark "the Hoff" Haseldine, leader of Hasel1 Motorsports PROAM Winner by 1 point.
P2 Calculated onto the second step by 1 point is, Marcel "wizard" Albertyn for Black Rose Racing.
P3 by 1 more point is Our, Mad Turtle Racings, "the rudinator" Joe Rudynski.

AM
Congratulations to Jack "sparrow" Finch from HoonCorp AM Class Winner.
P2 Black Rose Racing driver Chip "Berrilicious" Berry.
P3 Mark "Hoges" Hogan for Aster Racing.

TEAMS TITLE....
Goes to
Mad Turtle Racing... 1056
HoonCorp 1023
Black Rose 898
Gridline Racing 879
Aster Racing 868
Lightning Motorsports 790
CP Motorsports 741
Hasel1 Motorsports 696

But championships aside, this season was built by every single driver on the grid.

To those who won races: well done, enjoy the glory.
To those who didn’t: you still showed up, raced hard, and occasionally provided the rest of us with free entertainment — and for that, we thank you 😄.

A Massive Thank You

👏 Drivers — for racing hard and fair, pushing limits, and keeping it entertaining.

Admins Geoff, Scotty and Dylan. Thank you guys putting together another superb season, thanks for letting the Turtles in.

Stewards — for reviewing incidents at ungodly hours and resisting the urge to scream into the void.

MotorMotion & PLAYER1 Sim Gear — for supporting the series and keeping the lights on.

Lobby Hosts — for holding it all together when the internet decided to go rogue.
Commentators, George, Nick, Ando and John well done guys great work with the occasional error but that's just keeping us on our toes, checking if we are listening.

My Turtles Massive Thank you.

Nick "spud" Pautasso, never thought i would say this but, here we go. Thanks for coming aboard mate at latest notice, even thou u have been a rival to us over the years we put that on hold and you drove well and helped us out.

Brucey, brother well done. Glenn "big shark" Mead. You have been with the Turtles for ages, part of the furniture. Bridesmaid again, We will get you up there if it kills us.

Joe Rudynski, Great at addition to the team, u smashed it mate, only missing out on the Championship win, 2 Disconnection s didnt help, next season watch out.

Bob Massie, those last 2 overall lobby wins you pulled out mate you put us the front of the teams championship and kept us there. Glad Glenn sent me your way.

My Favourite South African New Zealand guy. Longest name ever. Brother Lyle Jansen van Rensburg, thank you for filling in for Nick Pautasso, even thou you were thrown in the deep end, with those horrible ELITE guys, (kidding). U did a great job.

Brian "Doc Emitt" Everitt, thank you as well, u did a stellar job filling in for Bob, u did Bob and the boys proud, it was like bob was never gone.

Thank you boys, you boys is what makes Mad Turtle Racing Great. The commradery was excellent practising together helping each other was awesome. Hopefully we can keep you together for next GT3 season. Run it back...

And of course…
🧱 The Walls — especially at Bathurst. You won more battles than anyone else this season.

Season Highlights (Unofficial but Accurate)

• Soft tyres retiring early
• Medium tyres being ignored
• Pit entries treated as suggestions
• Calculators coming out mid-race
• Turtles proving slow and steady still wins championships
• At least one driver still blaming netcode

Final Words

Whether you fought for championships, battled for midfield pride, or just aimed to keep all four wheels attached — you were part of what made this season special.

The banter, the rivalries, the laughs, and the racing are what MotorMotion is all about. We’ll reset, repair the damage, update the rulebook (again), and do it all over soon.

Until next season: Keep it clean.
Keep it fast.
And please… keep it out of the walls.

Congratulations to all. Thank you for racing. 🏁

Mad Turtle Racing.

MotorMotion E-Series PLAYER1 Sim Gear GT3 Championship – FINAL ROUND – BATHURST

The season wraps up at Mount Panorama, home of kangaroos, concrete walls, and crushed dreams. With Mr GTR Gopi Mahindajit still trapped in Japanese customs filling out form 47-B "Reason For Excess Downforce," the finale rolls on without him.

ELITE & PRO – Lobby A

ELITE Qualifying
Pole goes to HoonCorp’s resident alien Guy “Beams Me Up” Barbara.
P2 is Andrew “Unsilent Assassin” Scott, quietly loud for Hasel1.
P3 belongs to Nick “What the” Faf from Aster Racing, trying to decode reality.
Down in P6, Nick “Mashed” Pautasso arrives pre-pureed for Mad Turtle Racing.

PRO Qualifying
P1: Luke “Stone Cold” Stone for HoonCorp.
P2: Matt “MaccAttack” McCallum for CP Motorsports, biting at the bumper.
P3: Matthew “Joint Venture” Joinson for Aster Racing.
P9: Glenn “Big Shark” Mead, circling… slowly… but menacingly.

THE RACE

A surprisingly clean start — suspiciously clean. Guy Barbara begins ascending Mount Panorama like he’s late for his spaceship, while the Assassin tries to hang on using his “Mandatory Softs of Doom.”

Behind them a Party of Five erupts as Faf, Stone, Taylor, Big Shark, and Mashed Pautasso start arguing over who ordered chaos.
Pautasso gets gently escorted into the lawn section.
Scott Taylor pops a “two-for-one special” pass and cruises to P6.
Luke Stone rewards himself with a penalty, because self-care matters.

Meanwhile Pautasso finds yet another wall and signs it like a celebrity at a meet-and-greet.

Lap 8: Guy, Assassin, and Faf spread out up front. The soft-tyre squad — Andrew, MaccAttack, Taylor — box for more softs because the first set filed a workplace complaint.

Joinson attempts a pit entry but instead reenacts a slapstick comedy routine, hitting everything except the pace car. He eventually parks it and contemplates life.

Lap 10: Big Shark pits for fresh mediums — and possibly his next victim.

Lap 13: Stone and Mashed Pautasso box to repair the emotional and physical damage.
Barbara pits next lap, emerging on softs with the Assassin somewhere inside telescope range. The chase begins.

Lap 16: Assassin, Taylor, and MaccAttack pit again — more softs, more hope. Scott needs two targets to reclaim P2.

Lap 18: Big Shark catches the Turn 2 kerb glitch and transforms into Benny Hill — completing a 999-point turn while the field giggles past. Drops from 5th to 8th with matching front-end sadness.

RESULTS

ELITE
🏆 P1 – Guy “Beams Me Up” Barbara
🥈 P2 – Nick “What the” Faf
🥉 P3 – Andrew “Unsilent Assassin” Scott
P6 – Nick “Mashed” Pautasso

PRO
🏆 P1 – Luke “Stone Cold” Stone
🥈 P2 – Scott “Tail Gunner” Taylor (best season finish!)
🥉 P3 – Matt “MaccAttack” McCallum – your PRO Champion!
P10 – Glenn “Big Shark” Mead

PRO AM & AM – Lobby B | Mount Panorama Finale

While Lobby A was busy being sensible, Lobby B arrived at Bathurst with calculators, cold tyres, and absolutely zero regard for body panels.

AM Qualifying

Three AM drivers storm the front overall, confusing everyone.

⚡ P1 – Troy “Lightning Strikes” Britnell (Lightning Motorsports)
💥 P2 – Bob “Mass Destruction” Massie (Mad Turtle Racing)
🏴‍☠️ P3 – Jack “Sparrow” Finch (HoonCorp)

PRO AM Qualifying

🧮 P1 – Marcel “Calculator Wizard” Albertyn (Black Rose) — still working out the maths
🥊 P2 – Geoff “Bring It” Bruhn (Gridline Racing)
🚀 P3 – Blake “The Boosted One” Williamson (HoonCorp)

🐢 P10 – Joe “The Rudinator” Rudynski (Mad Turtle Racing), biding his time…

THE RACE

Britnell launches off the line like a scalded cat on softs, while Massie and Finch calmly agree to “deal with him later.”

AM cars remain shockingly out front.
Behind them, Marcel “Wall Magnet” Albertyn lives up to the nickname, stress-testing panels on both sides of the Mountain. Meanwhile Blake “Cold Tyres” Durston spends the opening laps ice skating, insisting everything is “under control” over the radio.

Disaster strikes at The Dipper — Britnell dunks one too many biscuits in his coffee and loses the lead, letting Massie and Finch sneak through.

Lap 5 and the PRO AM heavy hitters arrive: Williamson, Bruhn, and Mark “The Hoff” Haseldine.
The Boosted One spools up a little too early and kisses the wall at Forrest’s Elbow. Romance over.

Charging forward, The Rudinator claws his way into P7.

Lap 8 sees “Bring It” Bruhn pit — his softs have brought all they could bring and formally request retirement.

Lap 10, The Hoff sprints down pit lane with softs in hand and switches to mediums, channeling Baywatch energy.

By Lap 14, the top three have all ditched the mediums.
Massie, Rudynski, and Finch emerge on fresh softs, and by Lap 17, both Mad Turtle Racing cars are out front, doing exactly what they need in the teams’ title fight.

Finch sits P3, but Wall Magnet Albertyn has re-entered calculate mode, punching imaginary numbers into the air to solve the Finch equation.

Further back, the only real action is a three-way brawl for P9:
The Hoff vs Mr Jones vs Hoges.
Hoges sends it between Griffin’s and The Cutting, eyes closed, cheeks clenched, and somehow pulls off a two-for-one special.
Lap 22 Drama!

Finch catches the Turtle duo… then clips his wings on the inside wall at Griffin’s. Calculator wizardry complete — Albertyn pounces.

The final laps become a Mount Panorama survival course.
No heroics.
No risks.
Just keep it off the walls and vaguely pointed forward.

RACE RESULTS
Overall Winner
Bob “Mass Destruction” Massie — AM driver, overall chaos controller. NOT A ROBBER.

PRO AM Results
🥇 P1 – Joe “The Rudinator” Rudynski (Mad Turtle Racing) — MAXIMUM points
🥈 P2 – Marcel “Wall Magnet” Albertyn (Black Rose)
🥉 P3 – Geoff “Bring It” Bruhn (Gridline Racing)

AM Results
🥇 P1 – Bob “Mass Destruction” Massie
🥈 P2 – Jack “Sparrow” Finch
🥉 P3 – Chip “Berrilicious” Berry — all berries accounted for 🍓

Congratulations to all drivers.
Panels were bent. Calculators were used.
Bathurst once again chose violence.

MotorMotion E-Series PLAYER1 Sim Gear GT3 Championship Series — Round 9 Japan.

Here we are in Japan for round 9, the teams made the voyage across the ocean to race this week at Autopolis International Racing Course.

ELITE & PRO Lobby A

ELITE Qualifying Results

On pole position is Gopi “Mr GTR” Mahindajit.
P2 sees Guy “The Blinker” Barbara.
P3 Andrew “Unsilent Assassin” Scott for Hasel1 Motorsports.
Lyle “Deepwater Lyle” Jansen van Rensburg filling in for Nick “WTFaf” Pautasso in the Turtle car 89. Position 13.

PRO Qualifying

P1 Matt “Mac Attack” McCallum in the CP Motorsports car 23.
P2 Matthew “The Cork” Joinson for Aster Racing.
P3 Chris “Lightning Chris” Wharepapa for Lightning Motorsports.
Mad Turtle’s Glenn “Great White” Mead starts in 9th.

RACE START

Drivers start on mediums with the exception of The Cork Joinson on Hards and Hotlap Robbo on Softs.
The Aliens leave the field behind, while the rest of the guys split off into 2 battle packs.

Deepwater Lyle Rensburg has a whoopsie on the first lap and drops back.
The Cork Joinson becomes the cork in the battle pack in 8th.
Unsilent Assassin in 3rd has the company of Mac Attack and WTFaf close behind.

The Lightning Motorsports boys — Top Rope Brill, Tyre Fire Sparky, and Lightning Chris — take turns having goes at Joinson like they are fighting for the tag team titles.

Top Rope Brill leaps from the top rope when Joinson burns his .5 penalty.
Next lap, Lightning Chris and Tyre Fire Sparky go by, but Sparky’s soft tyres have cried enough end of lap 8.

A land and sea battle has developed between Campbell “Airbrn” Knowles and Glenn “Great White” Mead for 6th.

The Blinker Barbara is first to blink from the front battle, pits for softs with half the race to go — bold move.
Next, lap 14 the top 6 pit for new mediums.

Scott “Cruise Control” Taylor and Deepwater Lyle are just driving around enjoying each other's company.

The Cork Joinson, still driving on his hards on lap 16, falls off at the hairpin, letting Unsilent Assassin and WTFaf past.
Joinson must have something up his sleeve — and it's a stop on lap 18 for mediums.

The Blinker is also in for mediums; the gamble didn’t pay off but he sets the track on fire in catch-up mode.

ELITE Results

Mr GTR takes the win, schooling the entire field.
P2 Guy “The Blinker” Barbara makes it back to second.
P3 finishing where he started is Andrew “Unsilent Assassin” Scott.
P14 for Lyle “Deepwater Lyle” Rensburg driving for MTR — tried his best, but the water is over his head.

PRO Results

Attacking the finish line is Matt “Mac Attack” McCallum in P1.
P2 is a hungry Glenn “Great White” Mead.
P3 is Chris “Lightning Chris” Wharepapa for Lightning Motorsports.

PRO AM & AM

PRO AM Qualifying

P1 Mark “The Hoff / Mr Squiggle” Haseldine for Hasel1 Motorsports.
P2 Marcel “The Grasshopper” Albertyn for Black Rose.
P3 CP Motorsports Haydn “Mr” Jones.
MTR's Joe “No-Show Joe” Rudynski had technical issues and couldn't join the race.

AM Qualifying

Bob “Mass Destruction” Massie in P1 for Mad Turtle Racing.
P2 Troy “Thunderstruck” Britnell for Lightning Motorsports.
P3 Wade “Ruzzy” Rushton from CP Motorsports.
Graham “Splints McSuffering” Splint not having a good night.

RACE — PRO AM & AM

All on Mediums except Ruzzy who is on softs.
The Grasshopper Marcel miscalculates the grip on the grass at Turn 1 and can’t rejoin until the field goes by.
Mass Destruction Bob takes the lead from Mr Squiggle Haseldine after drifting the last turn on lap 2.
Splints McSuffering is not having a good night and wishes it was over.

The Grasshopper Albertyn slowly makes up positions and pits lap 9 from 11th.
The Hoff / Mr Squiggle Haseldine also pits for new meds.
Ruzzy’s softs have cried enough on lap 9 and he returns on mediums.

At half race distance Mass Destruction Bob is in for new mediums.
Mr Jones finds himself in a Lightning Sandwich, which he pits from lap 18.

Leaving the Lightning boys out front.
Pitting together lap 19 for softs for Thunderstruck Britnell and mediums for Mitchell “Cold Cuts” Collin.
They return to track 3rd and 4th.
Ruzzy and Thunderstruck have a nice picnic at Turn Whatever while Cold Cuts Collin takes 2nd place for now.

RACE END

First time ever an AM driver has finished in P1 overall.
Ahead of PRO AM drivers — well done Mass Destruction Bob.

PRO AM Results

P1 Mitchell “Cold Cuts” Collin for Lightning Motorsports
P2 Haydn “Mr” Jones from CP Motorsports
P3 Mark “Mr Squiggle” Haseldine for Hasel1 Motorsports

AM Results

As mentioned above, Bob “Mass Destruction” Massie took out the win.
P2 Troy “Thunderstruck” Britnell
P3 Mark Hogan “Hoges” for Aster Racing

Also like to mention Chris “Lightning Chris” Wharepapa on the podium in PRO — 2nd and 3rd overall for Lightning Motorsports in Lobby B.

The MotorMotion circus now heads home for the final round at Mt Panorama, Bathurst.
Get your cold beers and meat pies ready.
Can the Turtles hang on?

Tune in next week. Turtle Power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKcJq7aY0nE

MotorMotion PLAYER1 Sim Gear GT3 Championship Series

Round 8 – Daytona International Speedway, USA**

Drivers have followed the smell of hotdogs, sunscreen and NASCAR fumes straight to Daytona Beach, Florida — home of fast racing and faster sunburns.

ELITE & PRO – Lobby A

ELITE Qualifying
P1 – Guy “The Daytona Destroyer” Barbara for HoonCorp
P2 – Gopi “Mr GTR” Mahindajit for Gridline
P3 – Josh “The Green Machine” Green filling in for CP Motorsports
P7 – Nick “Mashed Potato” Pautasso for Mad Turtle Racing

PRO Qualifying
P1 – Luke “Stone Cold Racer” Stone for HoonCorp
P2 – Matt “Maccattack” McCallum for CP Motorsports
P3 – Matthew “The Joiner” Joinson for Aster Racing
P16 – Glenn “The Great White” Mead patrolling the back like a hungry shark

The Race…
All drivers start on the mandatory Hard tyres — known scientifically as “rubber-coated disappointment.”

The Daytona Destroyer and Mr GTR put on a two-man masterclass immediately.

Behind them, The Green Machine attempts stunt-driving at the bus stop chicane, drops spots, and collects a penalty like a Florida souvenir magnet.

The CP boys, allergic to Hard tyres, pit early to bin them.

Meanwhile, the Turtles begin their march: by Lap 12, Mashed Potato is in P3.
The Great White Mead chomps his way into P10.

Lap 13: The Unsilent Assassin Andrew Scott pits to reload.
Lap 14: Mashed Potato, Lord Taylor of Turn-In, and Michael “Dubs” Brill pit too.

By Lap 16, the pitlane is overflowing with dead Hard tyres. Everyone moves to Mediums…
Except the HoonCorp duo.
Do they know something?
Or did they forget something?

The CP boys form an 8-wheel Ferrari, pushing each other along like a bright red freight train.
Lap 19: both pit for Softs.
Race End

ELITE
🥇 P1 – Guy “The Daytona Destroyer” Barbara sprays Budweiser like confetti
🥈 P2 – Gopi “Mr GTR” Mahindajit tips his hat to the Guy
🥉 P3 – Battle of the Nicks ends with “Mashed Potato” beating “What the Faf”

PRO
🥇 P1 – Luke “Stone Cold Racer” Stone takes the chocolates
🥈 P2 – Matthew “The Joiner” Joinson glues together a smooth P2
🥉 P3 – Matt “Maccattack” McCallum attacks the podium with force

PRO AM & AM – Lobby B

PRO AM Qualifying
P1 – Marcel “The Calculator” Albertyn for Black Rose
P2 – Joe “The Rudinator” Rudynski for Mad Turtle Racing
P3 – Mark “Haselblade” Haseldine for Hasel1 Motorsports

AM Qualifying
P1 – Wade “Rusty Nails” Rushton for CP Motorsports
P2 – Troy “Lightning Brit” Britnell for Lightning Motorsports
P3 – Jack “Sparrow” Finch for HoonCorp
P9 – Bob “Mass Destruction” Massie returns to the grid

And so it begins…
Lap 2: P3 and P4 slip past The Rudinator, who’s nursing Hard tyres and probably regret.

Bob gets a 0.5s penalty for going wide avoiding chaos, then loses three spots in the burn zone.

Lap 13 pit wave hits:
Geoff “The Squirrel” Bruhn, Mass Destruction, Chip “Berrilicious” Berry, and Graham “Splintastic” Splint all ditch their Hard tyres.

Lap 14: Haselblade, The Rudinator, and Reece “Bones Jones” Jones swap to Mediums (Haselblade still needs Hard later).
Lap 15: The Calculator pits and takes on Hards, exiting just ahead with a few seconds buffer.

Five-car battle breaks out for P3. Meanwhile, Mass Destruction is enjoying a peaceful solo cruise in P8.

The Squirrel cashes in his nuts for a climb from P10 to P5.

PRO AM Results
🥇 P1 – Marcel “The Calculator” Albertyn measures exactly how much beer he spills
🥈 P2 – Joe “The Rudinator” Rudynski
🥉 P3 – Blake “Boost Mode” Williamson

AM Results
🥇 P1 – Jack “Sparrow” Finch swoops in for victory
🥈 P2 – Bob “Mass Destruction” Massie returns with a bang
🥉 P3 – Chip “Berrilicious” Berry tastes sweet success

Next Round…
The grid now boards the audio ship to Autopolis Circuit near the beautiful village of Kamitsue in Oita Prefecture on Kyushu island.

また来週日本で会いましょう！
(See you in Japan next week!)

https://youtu.be/1X69E3enatE

MotorMotion PLAYER1 Sim Gear GT3 Championship Series
Round 7 – Watkins Glen, Dix, New York (because of course America has a town called that)

America welcomes the grid with open arms, 47 flags, and enough corn syrup to dissolve a gearbox.

ELITE & PRO – Lobby A
On pole in ELITE is Sir Slide-a-Lot himself, Guy Barbara for HoonCorp.
Lining up P2 is Gridline’s Mr GTR, Gopi Mahindajit, polishing his chrome confidence.
P3 belongs to Nick “What the Faf” from Aster Racing.
In 5th, Mad Turtle’s Potato King Nick Pautasso prepares to mash anyone in his way.

PRO
P1: CP Motorsports’ Matt “MacAttack” McCallum
P2: Scott “The Lord of Tasmania” Taylor, blessing Gridline with divine racecraft
P3: Hasel1’s arrow-flinging Riley “The Arrow” Nicholson
And down in P11 lurks a Big Shark disguised as a Turtle, which feels suspiciously illegal but no one protested.

THE RACE

The battle of the aliens resumes immediately.
Lap 2: Mr GTR sends a bold move through the chicane, probably violating at least one aviation rule.
Lap 9: Big Shark pits, chomps a few cars, returns 9th with fresh softs and questionable hunger levels.

Guy Barbara goes for a 1-stop medium-medium strategy because he loves danger or does he?
Lap 15: Mr GTR dives in, Potato King follows — both hop onto softs, ready to cook.
Lap 17: Big Shark prowls the pitlane, grabs mediums, and sets sights on Lord Scotty, who may require divine intervention.
Lap 21: Guy pits for softs and a splash of freedom juice.
Lap 22: Mr GTR responds with softs of his own — Guy still has time in the bank like he’s running a loan department.
Potato King pits and chooses softs because potatoes thrive in heat.

ELITE RESULTS

Winner: Guy Barbara, defeating Mr GTR in an alien civil war
P2: Gopi Mahindajit
P3: Nick “What the Faf”
P4 ELITE / P5 Overall: The Potato King himself

PRO RESULTS

Winner: Matt McCallum
P2: Scott “My Lord” Taylor
P3: Glenn “The Shark” Meads — not eating anyone this time, but close

PRO AM & AM – Lobby B

PRO AM
Pole: Black Rose’s Marcel “The Calculator” Albertyn
P2: Mark Haseldine, the Man Himself
P3 (but P5 overall): Lightning Motorsports’ Mitchell Collin
P12: Joe “The Rudinator” Rudynski, starting with mechanical issues and probably emotional ones too

AM
Pole: Brian “Doc Emitt” Everitt for MTR, hitting warp speed early
P2: Black Rose’s Chip “Berrilicious” Berry
P3: Wade Rushton for CP, ready to ruin tyres and spirits

THE RACE

Lap 3: Mark gets a run out of the chicane and passes Marcel’s calculator before it can object.
Lap 4: Marcel pits for mediums… and apparently new batteries.
Lap 8: Doc Emitt teleports into pitlane for more softs — probably overshot turn one at 88mph.
Lap 11: Blake, Joe, and Geoff pit to finally remove the cursed mediums. Joe chooses softs. Blake and Geoff choose mediums because they enjoy pain.
Lap 17: Marcel pits for his final set — calculators do not approve.
Lap 19: Joe returns for more softs and full send mode.
Lap 22: The B-Boys — Blake and Brian — pit from the lead and go softs for the finish.

PRO AM RESULTS

Winner: Blake “Boosted” Williamson HoonCorp.
P2: Mark "the Hoff" Haseldine, Hasel1
P3: Marcel “The Calculator” Albertyn, Black Rose.
Joe Rudynski finishes P9 after solving several mysteries of physics.

AM RESULTS

Winner: Brian “Doc Emitt” Everitt (MTR)
P2: Chip “Berrilicious” Berry
P3: Wade "ruzzy" Rushton

Next week: Round 8 – New York to Daytona, because nothing says America like driving in a straight line until you see a giant oval and a guy selling corn dogs.

See you next time, racers — bring fuel, bravery, and maybe a translator for American place names.

https://youtu.be/gNHacPpDlP0

MotorMotion PLAYER1 Sim Gear GT3 Championship — Round 6: Samba Slips & Brazilian Battles

The MotorMotion circus rolled into sunny, slippery São Paulo for Round 6 at Interlagos — where the caipirinhas are cold, the track is hot, and apparently everyone brought a boat instead of a race car. With mediums mandatory and a two-race format, the stage was set for chaos, carnage, and comedy.

ELITE & PRO – Lobby A Sprint Race

ELITE:
🥇 Mr GTR (Gopi Mahindajit) – Gridline Racing
🥈 Bubble Boy Guy Barbara – HoonCorp
🥉 Nick “What The” Faf – Aster Racing

PRO:
🥇 Matt “Mac Attack” McCallum – CP Motorsports
🥈 Matthew “Joystick” Joinson – Aster Racing
🥉 Nick “Sparky” Roberts – Black Rose

Further back, Lyle “Slow Cooker” Jansen van Rensburg made his Turtle debut in P13, with Glenn “Big Shark” Mead lurking right behind in P14. The green flag dropped, and the Gopi-Guy Show™ took over, finishing just tenths apart, with Faf rounding out the podium. Glenn climbed to P10, while Lyle… stayed committed to P13 like it owed him money.

Main Race – Brazilian Boat Fight

The lights went out, and Mr GTR and Bubble Boy blasted off again like it was round six of “Fast & the Flawless.” Lap 8 saw Guy make a splashy move at Turn 4, briefly taking the lead before Gopi unplugged his bathtub and reclaimed it at Turn 7.

Lap 12 brought Black Rose’s Campbell “Leg Dangler” Knowles into the mix, but when Big Shark Mead took a bite, it turned into a flailing mess — Glenn politely gave the spot back before hunting elsewhere.

Meanwhile, Lyle the Slow Cooker gambled with a 10-lap soft stint — brave, if nothing else. Lap 22 saw Andrew “Two-for-One” Scott cash in his coupon, sending both Joystick Joinson and Mac Attack McCallum a discount pass into Turn 1. Glenn muscled to P7, and Lyle remained spiritually and physically consistent in P13.

ELITE Results:
🥇 Mr GTR (Gridline)
🥈 Guy “Bubble Boy” Barbara (HoonCorp)
🥉 Nick “What The” Faf (Aster)

PRO Results:
🥇 Matt “Mac Attack” McCallum (CP Motorsports)
🥈 Matthew “Joystick” Joinson (Aster Racing)

---

PRO AM & AM – Lobby B: Samba Time for the Support Crew

PRO AM Sprint:
🥇 Joe “The Rudinator” Rudynski – Mad Turtle Racing
🥈 Mark “Pac-Man” Pacheco – Lightning Motorsports
🥉 Marcel “The Calculator” Albertyn – Black Rose

AM Sprint:
🥇 Chip “Boom Boom” Berry – Black Rose
🥈 Mark “Handbrake” Hogan – Aster Racing
🥉 Jack “Sparrow” Finch – HoonCorp

Debutant Brian “The Substitute” Everitt filled in for “Mass Destruction” Bob Massie, climbing from P13 to P9 — a tidy warm-up for the main event.

Main Race – When Pac-Man Ate the Rudinator

The lights go green and instantly it’s Joe vs. Pac-Man — fuel saving vs. fruit chasing. On lap 11, Pac-Man got his power-up and chomped Joe like a ghost, but the Rudinator bided his time, going full calculator mode in the pits. With a cheeky short-fill, Joe rejoined ahead and sprinted home for the win.

Meanwhile, Brian “The Substitute” Everitt went full turbo turtle — pit strategy on point, final-lap heroics even better — overtaking Jones for a P6 overall and P1 in AM!

PRO AM Results:
🥇 Joe “The Rudinator” Rudynski – Mad Turtle Racing
🥈 Mark “Pac-Man” Pacheco – Lightning Motorsports
🥉 Marcel “The Calculator” Albertyn – Black Rose

AM Results:
🥇 Brian “The Substitute” Everitt – Mad Turtle Racing
🥈 Troy “Two-Step” Britnell – Lightning Motorsports
🥉 Jack “Sparrow” Finch – HoonCorp

Next stop: Watkins Glen, where the racing’s hot, the hotdogs are questionable, and the drivers are already practising their pit-lane ketchup technique. 🌭🏁

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yVUmCrD0dk

MotorMotion PLAYER1 Sim Gear GT3 Championship – Round 5: Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium 🇧🇪

Drivers slipped and slid their way into the world-famous Spa — sadly, not the massage kind, though many probably needed one after lap 22.

ELITE & PRO – Lobby A

The big guns were out early, with Guy “Bubble Bath” Barbara scrubbing up on pole for HoonCorp. Right beside him, Gopi “Mr GTR” Mahindajit for Gridline Racing was ready to show off that Belgian grip, and Andrew “Unsilent Assassin” Scott lurked in P3 for Hasel1 Motorsports, plotting quietly as usual.

First PRO driver on the grid was Matthew “The Joiner” Joinson for Aster Racing. Behind them, the Mad Turtles lined up in tight formation – Nick “Potato King” Pautasso in P8 and Glenn “Big Shark” Mead in P9, ready to snap at anyone’s diffuser.

With everyone forced onto the hard tyres, the start was as exciting as a wet baguette. That is, until lap 2, when medium-tyred Mr GTR flew past Bubble Bath like he’d found a turbo button. Pit stops started at lap 11 — Barbara and Mead dove in first, binning their hards faster than a driver bins his quali lap.

Lap 18 — boom! Barbara claws back the lead. Can he keep it? Nope. By lap 22, MrGTR glides by in style, to lead the massage line up. Turtles finish in formation, Potato King P6, Big Shark P7.

The leaders? They forgot the finish line and went for an extra lap, just for fun.

ELITE Results:
🥇 Gopi “Mr GTR” Mahindajit from Gridline Racing
🥈 Hooncorps Guy “Bubble Bath” Barbara
🥉 Andrew “Unsilent Assassin” Scott from Hasel1 Motorsports

PRO Results:
🥇 Matt “The Calm” McCallum – CP Motorsports
🥈 Glenn “Big Shark” Mead – MTR
🥉 Nick “The Spark” Roberts – Black Rose Racing

PRO AM & AM – Lobby B

Hasel1’s boss man Mark “Clean Heels” Haseldine snagged pole, with Joe “Gone in 60 Seconds” Rudynski from Mad Turtle Racing in P2 and Marcel “Calculator” Albertyn from Black Rose in P3.

Over in AM, Chip “Berrilicious” Berry led the charge for Black Rose. Unfortunately, Turtle teammate Bob didn’t make it — rumour has it he built a time machine and hasn’t returned from 1985 yet.

The race kicked off and by lap 3, Rudynski tested the flux capacitor himself, blasting off down the Kemmel straight and vanishing into the timeline. Meanwhile, Clean Heels strutted to victory with zero dirt on his record, while Calculator Marcel used maths wizardry to nick P2 on the final lap.

PRO AM Results:
🥇 Mark “Clean Heels” Haseldine – Hasel1 Motorsports
🥈 Marcel “Calculator” Albertyn – Black Rose
🥉 Blake “The Brake” Williamson – HoonCorp

AM Results:
🥇 Troy “Thunderstrike” Britnell – Lightning Motorsports
🥈 Chip “Berrilicious” Berry – Black Rose
🥉 Jack “Attack” Finch – HoonCorp

Next up: Round 6 in Brazil 🇧🇷 — Interlagos!
Get ready for samba spins, spicy overtakes, and drivers discovering that “funny in Brazilian” means no brakes and full send! 💃🏎️💥

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncj6gK63wWs

🏁 MotorMotion PLAYER1 Sim Gear GT3 Championship – Round 4 @ Nürburgring

“Rain, Slicks & Schlippery Turtles”
7
All the teams splashed their way to Germany for Round 4 — where the Nürburgring kindly provided 100% chance of moistness. Drivers arrived armed with courage, coffee, and an emergency snorkel.

💦 ELITE & PRO – Lobby A

Pole: Guy “The Barbarian” Barbara – HoonCorp
P2: Matt “The Determinator” Dernedde – CP Motorsports
P3: Nick “Fast Faf” Faf – Aster Racing
P7: Nick “Potato King” Pautasso – Mad Turtle Racing
P10: Glenn “Big Shark” Mead – Mad Turtle Racing

The lights went out and immediately half the grid wished they’d packed floaties. Everyone started on inters — except for Aster Racing, who apparently brought hairdryers instead of pit crews.

Barbara, Dernedde, and Mahindajit pulled away like synchronized dolphins, while the rest played “Find the Grip: Nürburgring Edition.”
As the track dried, pit stops turned into a soap opera of tyre choices. The Barbarian blinked first for slicks, followed by The Determinator. Mr. GTR joined the fun, and then Potato King decided it was his turn to mash the throttle and pit from the lead.

Meanwhile, The Unsilent Assassin was off executing “Plan Z” — one pit stop, zero regrets, full roadblock mode. His BMW became so wide it qualified as a safety barrier. Somehow, he finished P8, holding off a circling Big Shark hungry for blood… or possibly schnitzel.

🏆 ELITE Results:
🥇 Guy “The Barbarian” Barbara – HoonCorp
🥈 Matt “The Determinator” Dernedde – CP Motorsports
🥉 Nick “Potato King” Pautasso – Mad Turtle Racing

🏆 PRO Results:
🥇 Matt “McMadman” McCallum – CP Motorsports
🥈 Matthew “Joino the Jet” Joinson – Aster Racing
🥉 Glenn “Big Shark” Mead – Mad Turtle Racing

☔ PRO AM & AM – Lobby B: Slippin’, Slidin’ & Spinnin’

Pole: Joe “The Rudinator” Rudynski – Mad Turtle Racing
P2: Chip “Hot Sauce” Berry – Black Rose
P3: Mark “The Hasel Hammer” Haseldine – Hasel1 Motorsports
P4: Bob “Mass Destruction” Massie – Mad Turtle Racing

It was a puddle party at lights out. Everyone was slippin’, slidin’, and questioning life choices. End of lap 3, The Rudinator rolled the dice and dove into the pits for slicks — joining the track right in the middle of an ongoing demolition derby.

The Hasel Hammer took the lead but immediately pirouetted on pit exit, earning himself a penalty and a new nickname in German: Herr Spinmeister.
Meanwhile, Bob Mass Destruction Massie decided to one-stop the entire race, filling the tank so full it probably needed its own postcode.

With 23 minutes to go, The Rudinator pitted for softs and started flying like a caffeinated seagull. Bob was in 2nd, The Hasel Hammer closing fast… until the Nürburgring weather gods said “hold my beer.”

Rain came back like a bad sequel, cars went sideways, and chaos ruled. The Hasel Hammer spun at Turn 10, losing 2nd to Mass Destruction.
Behind them, Geoff Reset Button Bruhn locked up, went full lawnmower through the final chicane, and got reset by the game faster than you can say “Lag spike.”
Mitch Tokyo Drift Collin slid into the gravel, and Jack Final Corner Finch yeeted past them both to steal P4.

Joe The Rudinator crossed the line victorious — and kept going for a bonus lap just to flex.

🏁 PRO AM Results:
🥇 Joe “The Rudinator” Rudynski – Mad Turtle Racing
🥈 Mark “The Hasel Hammer” Haseldine – Hasel1 Motorsports
🥉 Geoff “Reset Button” Bruhn – Gridline Racing

🏁 AM Results:
🥇 Bob “Mass Destruction” Massie – Mad Turtle Racing
🥈 Jack “Final Corner” Finch – HoonCorp
🥉 Mark “Rain Magnet” Hogan – Aster Racing

🐢 Turtles go 1–2 overall — the shell domination continues!
Next week, the MotorMotion madness slides into Spa-Francorchamps.
Will it rain again? Probably.
Will anyone survive Eau Rouge on slicks? Absolutely not.

“Auf Wiedersehen und bis zum nächsten Mal in Belgien von Mad Turtle Racing!”

https://youtu.be/IWhGphwHMNQ