Love Live! Idol Racing League

A crossover between the Love Live! series and NASCAR! Run by @kingofthings48.

Up Next: Talladega! (10/23, 10/24, 10/25)

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This championship fight is now wide open, and she's put herself back into the thick of the battle!

Chika Takami is finally back in victory lane, and it happens at the Chase race at Phoenix!

#LL_IRL #lovelive #NASCAR

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All will also have their nameplates colored green to differentiate themselves from other Chasers that aren't in contention.

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With 3 races remaining, all Chase contenders still within a race's worth of points will sport new portraits until either the end of the season, or until they fall too far behind to contend. More can be added to this list if they push forward enough. (i.e. Sarah gets back into it)

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Eliminated from Grand Festival Series full-season title contention:

Natsumi Onitsuka (#22)

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Grand Festival Series points after Phoenix!

You's lead has been near completely erased after a bad day. Heading to the ultimate wildcard, seven drivers remain with a realistic shot at the Chase title! Talladega awaits!

#LL_IRL #lovelive #NASCAR

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Preliminary Series points after Phoenix!

Chisato and LAYER continue to race in a dead heat. They beat each other in different ways, LAYER in the Chase and Chisato in full-season. Either they split the titles, LAYER gets both, or Chisato gets both!

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Though it isn't the finale, Phoenix left its mark on the championship battle in spades!

The desert shines upon Chika, and the results are in!

#LL_IRL #lovelive #NASCAR

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Final lap! One more time around for Chika!

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2 laps remain for leader Chika! She's a second ahead of Nico!

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9 laps remain, Chika has pulled to a 1.5-second lead over Nico!

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Chika-Nico-Ruby-Setsuna-CHU² with 15 laps remaining!

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Chika Takami takes the lead with 17 laps remaining!

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19 laps remain, things are getting, very, very interesting!

Ruby Kurosawa and Setsuna Yuki stay out to lead the restart!

#LL_IRL #lovelive #NASCAR

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Bye-bye, Ayumu! Busted for speeding and her bid to win is over!

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Back to pit road, this is the most important stop of the day! Ayumu leads them in...

Chika takes the lead with 2 tires! Chika-Natsumi-Ruby-Dia-Mao-Ayumu! Ayumu took 4 tires, Ruby stays out to take the lead, Setsuna and Lanzhu going with her!

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The caution flag flies, and it's for the championship leader! You (#5) has a flat tire and flees to pit road with 30 laps remaining.

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Flat tires for Tsuzuri (#10) and Nozomi (#42)! They get to pit road, and we'll stay under the green flag!

Nico moves to 3rd, she's 4 seconds back of leader Ayumu with Chika to pass. 33 laps remain!

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The pit cycle ends. Ayumu leads teammate Chika by a second, Ruby and Dia pitting late, losing a bunch of ground with hopes to make it all up with fresher treads. 36 laps remain!

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The race leader comes in with a 1.3 second gap over Ruby.

She needs a good stop, the #19 team is the best there is and that's her direct rival!