It is, we're just preemptively rolling for the first race round so we can track it and then jump right into things once everyone has their intro post done.
And we're off! Since we already rolled, we can go ahead and get posting on the first race round. If I read this right, @Andrewza gets 3 points, taking off into first, @BlackJack is just behind him with 2 points, and @@vamp and I are tied taking third with 1 point.