Got around to playing it this morning. The game took off really well with the preexisting track. I was able to build out #1 to the south east and had a few good plays to thwart orange. Xavier rolled 2's the last three turns which brought down Reginald's president bonus down. It didn't play out exactly as I wanted it to, but it rarely does. Did well enough to come out on top.
We'll see what is in store for next week's map. A few other ideas rattling around.