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KOTH International Incident: Event 4 - Spain

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"For those that make it through the gates, what awaits is a utopia beyond the wildest dreams of any man, woman, or child. Paradise incarnate, every want and desire at your beck and call. But this kingdom and all of it's opulence is only available to the strongest of the strong, the bravest of the brave, the sole survivor, the last warrior standing."

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Event 3 of this series was almost a carbon copy of event 1, the top 2 dominated most of the night with the lone exception of freestyle, where the winner was unexpected and picked up their first SM sanctioned victory. Tyler Richmond showed once again that he's a force to be reckoned with, and Chadwick Deerfoot proved he still has the ability to run with the new generation, as both punched their tickets to the finale. Now from the land of the royals we head to the home of sangria, the siesta, and a serious love of soccer (or futbol as it's referred), the land of the setting sun known as Spain! While the people here are known for relaxing hard and partying harder, when it comes to sports they are extremely passionate and that includes motorsports. Some of the most famous futbol stadiums in the country have hosted these massive machines before, and regularly draw big crowds, but it's safe to say they've never seen anything like what KOTH and NAMT are bringing.

Spain is known for the countless beautiful beaches that make up most of it's perimeter, and we figured there was no better type of area to unleash our monsters and their tamers on. Specifically, we're setting up on one of the most popular beaches in the capitol city of Catalonia; Nova Icaria Beach in Barcelona. This area is a prime destination for staycationers and tourists alike, and we believe the folks here are in for a treat; beach shows are quite normal in the states, and we think they'll be a huge hit here too. With the Balearic Sea as the backdrop, who will ride the waves of success and punch their ticket to the Incident Finale? There's only 1 way to find out!

Signups will open Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021 at 8pm eastern.
Event will take place Friday, March 5th, 2021; driver's meeting will begin at 8:00pm eastern with action kicking off around 8:30.
(Please remember that if you competed in the Mexico, Japan, or United Kingdom events you are ineligible to signup and compete in this event.)

Here is the template to use for your signup:
Name:
Discord Username:
Hometown:

We will be using the Special Events section of the NEW official Sim-Monsters Discord server for this event.
We will be using RoR version 2020.01 (version 2021.02 will also work) for this event: http://www.mediafire.com/file/ur7sjr9ltlqae04/RoR_2020.01_Setup.exe/file
Here's a link to the track: https://www.mediafire.com/file/dm2qp7eorluzxh4/BarcelonaMOX.zip/file

As stated in the announcement thread sign ups are on a first come, first served basis and trucks will be randomly assigned to each competitor at the end of the driver's meeting. Driver's are expected to be in voice chat at 8:00pm sharp, if not you will be replaced by a fill in driver unless you contact an official to let them know you'll be late.

Competitors are prohibited from making changes to the trucks in any way, be it visual or performance based. Modifications will only happen if and when an official deems a truck has a glaring issue that needs to be addressed. If a situation like this arises, whomever gets the affected truck will receive a new truck file from officials to install.

If you are caught making (or found to have made) unauthorized changes to your truck, you will be kicked from the event and suspended indefinitely from KOTH competition.

Other event specific rules and info will be covered during the driver's meeting.

Now, onto the field of trucks:
Monster Energy: https://sim-monsters.com/files/file/3628-monster-energy-todd-2020/
NOS Energy: https://sim-monsters.com/files/file/3503-namt-open-customs-pack/
Fastenal Fast Track: https://sim-monsters.com/files/file/3503-namt-open-customs-pack/
Summit Maximizer: https://sim-monsters.com/files/file/3503-namt-open-customs-pack/
Steer Clear: https://sim-monsters.com/files/file/3503-namt-open-customs-pack/
Pure Breed: https://sim-monsters.com/files/file/3503-namt-open-customs-pack/
Chill Out: https://sim-monsters.com/files/file/3503-namt-open-customs-pack/
Shockwave: https://sim-monsters.com/files/file/3545-shockwave-and-outrage-namt/

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There seems to be a theme here lately with these events, as once again we had a near carbon copy of a previous show.

The big surprise from the first part of the show was newcomer Josh Kingma getting TQ as most of the field found out how difficult this course was, as the KOTH and NAMT officials created what was easily one of the wildest courses ever seen in the history of this deal. One running theme we saw in qualifying was people getting thrown off course or getting time penalties, and it's a reoccurring theme we'll see again later on.

Then came wheelies and this is where the snowball started rolling, as the man who was second quick in qualifying Vincent Akard took home the wheelie win with 2 extremely impressive hits. Another KOTH rookie Adrian Cooper actually held the lead before Akard made his hits, and shoutouts to Josh Kingma and Will Meyer for also laying down impressive runs.

Then it was time for racing and Akard showed his qualifying time was no fluke, easily taking out Joshua De Luna in R1. Kingma and Meyer also easily took care of their first round opponents respectively to move onto the semis, but the last race of the round is where things went different. 6th fastest qualifier Damian Bowers finally started figuring out his truck and took down the 3rd fastest racer Adrian Cooper, and made it look rather easy. Next was the semi-finals and we nearly had 2 upsets, the one that did happen was Will Meyer taking out number 1 qualifier Josh Kingma; it was a close race until the final turn when Kingma washed out coming out of the underpass and hit a turning pole. The race after nearly saw a similar fate befall Akard, because Bowers had him covered for most of the race after cutting the best light of the night. But a bad bounce before the crossover jump led to him landing off to the side and unable to avoid hitting a turning pole, which then handed the win to Akard. The finals would give us the closest race of the night as both Akard and Meyer laid down incredible passes, neither made a mistake and it came down to the final stretch; Meyer made a hard charge but Akard got the truck back up to speed quick enough to hold him off.

Last thing to take care of was freestyle and everybody that ran was on their game. Alex Ferrulo was first out and set the mark to beat, putting his truck through it's paces which included a full forward roll; he was given a score of 22 and definitely gave a good accounting of himself. Zach ThreeSeven was supposed to be 2nd out but mechanical problems prevented him from running, so we moved onto Damian Bowers and he gave one of the best freestyle performances of his KOTH career. Per usual his run was on the ragged edge from the get go, and he really flogged on it the entire time. The end of his run saw him attempt a front flip but unfortunately he was unable to land it, though he did somehow end up back on his tires. He emerged from his truck without any issues and waved to the fans, getting a score of 24 and taking over the lead. Joshua De Luna was next out and really had an amazing run going before a bad bounce ended his run early, but the crowd for sure took notice of him and what he could do. Then came veteran racer Will Meyer and he put on a show with big air, technical moves, and wow factor; the only thing his run lacked was momentum. But the judges felt it was good enough to take the lead by a half point. Josh Kingma and Adrain Cooper both gave it their best shot, but neither could kick Meyer out of the hot seat. Kingma's run started off well enough, but yet again this crazy course claimed another victim. Cooper managed to put forth a full pull run, but just didn't quite match Meyer in the technicality department. So it all came down to the final run of the night, and that belonged to Vincent Akard. To say he sent the show out with a bang would be an understatement, as he put that truck through it's paces laying down an incredible freestyle run. Anything you can think of doing he did, and from beginning to end his run was a master class display. After all was said done, he walked away with a score of 28 (the highest recorded score of the entire mini-series) and took home the win. Then of course came the last business that needed to be taken care of, tallying up the points to see who moved on. While it was closer than last week, the winner was never in doubt. Vincent Akard walked away with the overall win and it comes as no surprise, being 2nd fastest in qualifying and winning everything else. Taking 2nd place was Will Meyer, and what helped him out was runner up finishes in both racing and freestyle and 4th place finishes in qualifying and wheelies.

We wanna thank everyone who came out to watch and compete tonight on the beaches of Barcelona, it's been a blast these last 4 weeks and it's all come down to this; the finale of the first ever International Incident. As always the full results will be posted below, and the finale track will be unveiled when the thread is posted. Until then, stay safe and keep the shiny side up!

Qualifying:
1. Josh Kingma - Steer Clear: 62.8274
2. Vincent Akard - Summit Maximizer: 62.9715
3. Adrian Cooper - Monster Energy: 63.0972
4. Will Meyer - NOS Energy: 63.3514
5. Alex Ferrulo - Chill Out: 67.7988
6. Damian Bowers - Pure Breed: 69.5806
7. Joshua De Luna - Shockwave: 75.4254
8. Zach ThreeSeven - Fastenal Fast Track: 86.1263

Wheelies:
1. Vincent Akard - Summit Maximizer: 17
2. Adrian Cooper - Monster Energy: 16.5
3. Josh Kingma - Steer Clear: 16 (got tie breaker for better qualifying time)
4. Will Meyer - NOS Energy: 16
5. Joshua De Luna - Shockwave: 14.5
6. Damian Bowers - Pure Breed: 14
7. Alex Ferrulo - Chill Out: 13
8. Zach ThreeSeven - Fastenal Fast Track: 2

Racing:
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Freestyle:
1. Vincent Akard - Summit Maximizer: 28
2. Will Meyer - NOS Energy: 24.5
3. Damian Bowers - Pure Breed: 24
4. Adrian Cooper - Monster Energy: 23.5
5. Alex Ferrulo - Chill Out: 22
6. Josh Kingma - Steer Clear: 21
7. Joshua De Luna - Shockwave:- 18.5
8. Zach ThreeSeven - Fastenal Fast Track: 0 (did not freestyle)

KOTH Spain Overall Points:
1. Vincent Akard - Summit Maximizer: 157 (advances to finale)
2. Will Meyer - NOS Energy: 150 (advances to finale)
3. Josh Kingma - Steer Clear: 148
4. Adrian Cooper - Monster Energy: 147
5. Damian Bowers - Pure Breed: 144
6. Alex Ferrulo - Chill Out: 138
7. Joshua De Luna - Shockwave: 135
8. Zach ThreeSeven - Fastenal Fast Track: 133

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