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Race report: Caron Conquers Surfers Paradise While Horta Parks Early

DAILY DUUDE SURFERS TICKER: PANTERA PACKS IT IN EARLY AFTER TWO LAPS WHILE CARON TAKES SURFERS PARADISE GLORY BY TWELVE SECONDS!

The coastal sunshine of the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit played host to a twenty-four lap endurance thriller this weekend, ending with Ludovic Caron guiding his #56 Shelby Daytona Coupe to a commanding victory. Caron stopped the clocks at 0:49:20.110, leaving the rest of the field trailing in a cloud of French-led exhaust fumes and whispered paddock gossip about tyre pressures.

Behind the dominant Shelby, Artur Haas brought his #50 Chevrolet Corvette home in second place, twelve seconds adrift, while Jorge Ferreira rounded out the podium steps in his #74 Ford Escort. Gossipmongers were quick to note that Fernando Horta managed precisely two laps in the #12 DeTomaso Pantera before retiring into the Surfers Paradise shadows, leaving the TF1S Gulf garage to ponder whether the local shrimp on the barbie was more appealing than the throttle pedal.

Executive Director Eurico Maluf of the FormulaDuude Organization offered a characteristically diplomatic spin on the afternoon's attrition rates. Eurico Maluf (Executive Director): Look, racing is like a fine bottle of red wine left out in the Queensland sun; sometimes it turns to vinegar after two laps, and sometimes Caron drinks the whole cellar, Maluf remarked while adjusting his clipboard.

Leo Voyazides secured fourth in the #40 Ford GT40, fending off Max Rostron's hard-charging Mustang. Meanwhile, the backmarkers traded paint in a desperate bid to avoid finishing dead last behind the stationary Pantera.

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Disclaimer: This is a fictional, satirical report of a offline race against AI-driven opponents. All characters are fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental

Classification

Position	Class		Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Gap	Best Lap
1	GTC65		LUDOVIC CARON	SHELBY	SHELBY DAYTONA COUPE	24	0:49:20.110	1:59.202
1	GTC76		ARTUR HAAS	HAAS	CHEVROLET CORVETTE 1976	24	+ 12.627	1:59.868
2	GTC76		JORGE FERREIRA	FERREIRA	FORD ESCORT RS	24	+ 16.866	1:59.889
2	GTC65		LEO VOYAZIDES	VOYAZIDES	FORD GT40	24	+ 21.989	2:00.401
1	TC65		MAX ROSTRON	ROSTRON	FORD MUSTANG	24	+ 30.166	2:00.355
2	TC65		BO WARMENIUS	WARMENIUS	LOTUS CORTINA	24	+ 37.731	2:00.087
3	GTC76		CLAUS DAMGAARD	TEAM WITCHCRAFT	DETOMASO PANTERA	24	+ 38.425	2:00.214
3	GTC65		BERNARD PERUCH	PERUCH	AC SHELBY COBRA	24	+ 57.225	2:01.597
3	TC65		GRAZIANO TESSARO	TESSARO	ABARTH 1000TC	24	+ 01:15.100	2:01.296
4	TC65		RICHARD STYLES	STYLES	FORD MUSTANG	24	+ 01:48.742	2:01.467
4	GTC65		WULF GOETZE	WULF GOETZE	AUSTIN HEALEY 3000	23	+ 1 LAP	2:01.777
4	GTC76		CLAUS BJERGLUND	BJERGLUND	DETOMASO PANTERA	23	+ 1 LAP	2:03.257
5	GTC65		THEO VAN BREE	RENAULT	RENAULT ALPINE A110	23	+ 1 LAP	2:02.058
6	GTC65		AD VERKUIJLEN	VERKUYLEN	SHELBY GT350	23	+ 1 LAP	2:02.838
5	TC65		DR MANFRED SONTHEIMER	JAGUAR RACING TEAM	JAGUAR MKII	23	+ 1 LAP	2:03.351
6	TC65		ROLAND DABEL DE LIBRAN	DE LIBRAN	LOTUS CORTINA	23	+ 1 LAP	2:03.804
7	GTC65		RODDIE FEILDEN	WEIDIG	CHEVROLET CORVETTE 1965	23	+ 1 LAP	2:04.380
5	GTC76		FERNANDO HORTA	TF1S GULF	DETOMASO PANTERA	2	DNF	2:07.578

Fastest Lap Progression

Every time the race's fastest lap was beaten, from lap 2 (lap 1 is a standing start).

Lap Chart

Position at the end of every lap, FERNANDO HORTA highlighted. Hover a line or a name to follow a driver, click or tap to keep it highlighted; dashed lines are cars that retired.

Leaders

1 lead change over 24 laps.

Gaps

Time behind at the end of every lap. The scale stops at about one lap (2:13.620): lines break where a car drops further back. Hover or tap a line to follow a driver.

Lap by Lap

Each lap's notable moments, quiet stretches grouped; tap a row for the full order with lap times and gaps. The logs don't record pit stops: they're worked out from lap times, so a spin that costs as much time can read as one.

Related Images

Tessaro, Abarth 1000tc #65450, Driven By Graziano Tessaro

Wulf Goetze, Austin Healey 3000 #65473, Driven By Wulf Goetze

Renault, Renault Alpine A110 #65501, Driven By Theo Van Bree

Verkuylen, Shelby Gt350 #65807, Driven By Ad Verkuijlen

Voyazides, Ford Gt40 #65840, Driven By Leo Voyazides

Jaguar Racing Team, Jaguar Mkii #65850, Driven By Dr Manfred Sontheimer

Shelby, Shelby Daytona Coupe #65856, Driven By Ludovic Caron

Peruch, Ac Shelby Cobra #65859, Driven By Bernard Peruch

Weidig, Chevrolet Corvette 1965 #65888, Driven By Roddie Feilden

Styles, Ford Mustang #65892, Driven By Richard Styles

Rostron, Ford Mustang #65893, Driven By Max Rostron

Warmenius, Lotus Cortina #65901, Driven By Bo Warmenius

De Libran, Lotus Cortina #65961, Driven By Roland Dabel De Libran

Tf1s Gulf, Detomaso Pantera #76012, Driven By Fernando Horta

Ferreira, Ford Escort Rs #76074, Driven By Jorge Ferreira

Team Witchcraft, Detomaso Pantera #76084, Driven By Claus Damgaard

Bjerglund, Detomaso Pantera #76086, Driven By Claus Bjerglund

Haas, Chevrolet Corvette 1976 #76850, Driven By Artur Haas

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