Ahh, Argentina. Love the food, love the people. But their bridges and their rocks suck!
So 
@Boogey takes back to back wins, with 
@Aldyr on the second step again. The first 4 stages were again a ding-dong battle between the two. But then a mistake by @Aldyr on Stage 5 caused him to drop 40 seconds to @Boogey, and he just never recovered from there. Admirable P3 points and a first podium this season for 
@DeadlyPineCone who finished a little under 3 minutes behind P2, but comfortably ahead of P4.
There were 11 starters but only 10 classified finishers as @Darthmol abandoned the event after completing Stage 6. Iâm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he probably had an emergency to take care of and then just never got around to finishing later on. I doubt he just plain old forgot to go run the last 3 stages because he was too busy slaying zombies at the time. 
Even though he never completed, he does qualify as a DNF and because he completed 6 stages, he scores higher than those who crashed out on Stage 2.
Also, weirdly and frustratingly for him, @CZC had an odd server glitch which DQed him from Stage 1 (heâs not even listed on the results for the stage) and that gave him an automatic 30-minute penalty because it was a long stage. If it wasnât for that, he would have finished in P5 easily.
The carnage caused by Stage 2 meant 4 less drivers than usual to have claim the big points, a temptation I couldnât resist to jump into P4. @Murfle also thanks those who DNFed for giving him his best finish ever in P5, while @CZC filled P6 as the last of the classified finishers.
As usual, thereâs points for all who started the race, even if they didnât reach the end. Based on how far they had progressed in the event, and how fast it had taken them, the five at the bottom end of the results were @DarthMol in P7, @Dragonic in P8, @Lazydemoni in P9, @The9Avenger9 in P10, and @Beo in P11.
3 of the 8 Rounds done now, and @Boogey tops the Championship standings with 33 points. Thatâs just 3 more than @Aldyr. The two of them are now a full 11 points ahead of Mr. Consistency, @DeadlyPineCone. His solid P3 in Argentina is enough to propel him onto the Championship podium with 19 points, dislodging the unlucky @LazyDemoni. The Argentine bridges and cliffs put paid to any hope he had of retaining his Championship P3 slot. Still itâs nice and close for that P3 title, with just 7 points between P3 and P7 now.
Round 4 - Dirty Deutschlanders (Baumholder, Germany)
Back onto your private jets for the flight back to Europe while the cars get crated and shipped off to their next destination - weâll see the 2000cc 4WD cars again in Greece in a couple of weeks time.
For the next two weeks though, weâll be in Germany at the old Baumholder military base and tank testing grounds. Yip, weâre replacing the rock walls and hairpin bends of Argentina with the concrete bollards, boulders and 90° turns of Germany.
This will be the second outing for the Modern Rally Group A cars, and they should generally do okay in Germany. Should. Again, you donât have to stick to the car you used in Round 2, and can select any car from the Ford Escort RS Cosworth, Lancia Delta HF Integrale, SUBARU Impreza 1995, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI, or the SUBARU Impreza RS.
Route-wise, nothing too scary this time around. And no barrierless edges off of cliffs to worry about Just two long stages (1 and 6) and heavy rain on Stage 5, the only wet stage.
Macht euch schmutzig, ihr dreckigen Bastarde!
