Race :: Round 08 - Orsi Rockets Forward!

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Continuing his dominating drive, Vitez Rychly presses ahead off the ice and hammers through the hairpin turn of Hårnålskurva. With great calculation, he skids out of the hairpin and sets up for a high speed dash down the straightway, shifting up into 6th gear! Yet the little Bugatti's engine cannot take such stress – and complains loudly. Suddenly, a puff of white smoke kicks out of the exhaust pipe! Engine debris scatters from the bottom of the car onto the ice – clearly some damage is done!! Can Rychly hold it together? Yes... he presses on, a metallic sound rippling from the under the hood.

Farther back, the pack follows suit. Most drivers shift up, knowing that they cannot catch the Czech, but hoping to gain some advantage against each other as they head into the narrowest portions of the circuit. As the cars press through the Lekböjen curve, from farther back, Italy's Sebi Orsi suddenly maneuvers his Maserati brilliantly ahead. He dodges right and left, weaving his way through the cars ahead and with a dramatic flick of the lightweight four cylinder car, he takes 2nd place. Surprisingly, he is closely pursued only by the Danish driver in his white and red Alfa Super Sport. Diederik Olsen rockets into the midst of the pack in a daring climb for position.

The others tear into Lekböjen, pressing through the chicane in a tight knot. Few appear to be willing to let up as the narrow track looms just ahead. Best positioned are the big American Duesenberg of Belgium's Victor Hugo Stéphane, and Norway's famous Bugatti racer, Teide Sorolla-Ledaal – known as the “Volcán”. Most shift up to 5th gear as they hope to take the hairpin and shift up like Rychly's Bugatti into high gear.

Behind in Storkurvan, the Scottish driver, Alastair MacDougall, smoothly navigates through the curve, his driving the very picture of precision. Concurrently, the Finnish driver, Tavho Myrsky, chances the inside lane in an attempt to seize the lead of the second group. He picks up some debris from the roadway, damaging the big Chrysler's under body – yet he shrugs it off and presses ahead.

Switzerland comes in behind pressing for some advantage. The French driver, Aristide La Fontaine, hangs back in his great Salmson, avoiding the debris and yet pushing as far forward as possible into the curve. The Salmson's engine purrs as he calmly prepares for the run into Lekböjen.

Finally, Sweden's famed Hajen accelerates into Storkurvan, at the tail end of the pack, confident that many of those ahead will come to grief early in the race as they jockey for position.