<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Heat 1 Results</strong></span></span></div><br/>The 350Z's driver was clearly flustered when he lost his position to the two Civics, but soon he had another problem as the Mustang came up on him too. Unwilling to fall to last place after having lead for most of the race, the guy in the Z pushed his car harder than ever before on the straight towards the finish line at the end of the second lap, and he did start to pull away from the 'Stang...right up until his engine blew out just a couple of hundred feet away from the line.<br/><br/>The crowd went silent as they heard the loud bang followed by some awful metallic clanking sounds that would make any car enthusiast feel a pang of pain in their hearts, but within a second or two almost everyone erupted in a loud cheer, remembering their love for destruction. The Mustang easily zoomed by into third place while the Z pulled over on the side of the road, but the real battle was happening between the two Hondas further up ahead.<br/><br/>The EK9 managed to edge out Marcellus' Prelude at the end of the long straightaway, capturing the inside of the corner on 1st and 9th and therefor the lead as he came out of the corner ahead of his competitor, but Marcellus wouldn't be so easily defeated. He remained aggressive and made calculated attempts to overtake on two of the following corners only to be thwarted each time, but the pressure that he was applying paid off and the Civic driver eventually faltered.<br/><br/>He was slightly off in his shift from 2nd to third on the second to last straight while Marcellus was perfectly clean and precise with his own, and that was all he needed to speed past the EK9. From there, it was only a matter of holding on to his lead for the final turn and straight, which he did, crossing the finish line first while the people gathered on either side of the street cheered and hollered.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Final Standings</strong></span><br/><br/>1st- Prelude (Mercellus)<br/>2nd- EK9 Civic<br/>3rd- Mustang<br/>4th- 350Z