Not going to make it home in time for this one gents. Have fun!

Got discoed 100 metres from the finish so I couldn't save my replay. So that looks like my last lap won't count. Pity as I'd passed Dave for a place when he went off at Lavant Corner 

Sorry you are having trouble Clive.

I downloaded the new track, it should be very good for on-line league racing. Plenty of run-off and not much to hit which would send a car back onto the racing line in front of other cars. The "ditches" either side of the track will encourage drivers to stick to the tarmac so it should reward consistent driving.

I didn't have any trouble with my controls Clive. However I always have to calibrate my wheel and pedals every time I start GPL. Sometimes it can be a pain to get a pedal to register if the calibration is a long way out. Not sure if this is related to your problem or not. Incidentally I use a different profile for each mod, not sure if that would make a difference to you.

Qualified much better than I expected but nowhere near Tristan's pole time. Started well too, I closed in on Ziu (probably because he was in a 2 litre car and I had the big Ferrari) but but I had to back off because there was no room to try to pass safely. Unfortunately I cocked up my braking and ended up clipping the tyres which dropped me back to last place.  Had a short tussle with Billy and Iestyn before settling down to try to catch David.  Thanks to a mistake I caught David and passed him but I couldn't hold onto the position. I made a mistake and David was back through. I tried to put David under pressure but he didn't crack and he gradually pulled away to seal a comfortable 4th place.

Grats to the podium and great to see a mixture of cars on the grid.  The token system seems to be working well.

I've loaded the chassis the drivers used into the token calculator spreadsheet.  For the next race the available tokens will be as declared in the table below (the table will also appear in the next race announcement).  The calculated values are automated but selecting the cars is a manual process so please check your tokens to make sure I haven't made a silly error.  There was no token overspend for this round so no one is disqualified.

Driver	Tokens	Status
AnGex	7	Pro
Arf Arf Arf	10	Pro
bagrupp	12	Pro
Cookie	4	Pro
DLogan	5	Pro
EvilClive	10	Pro
Gareth	5	Pro
Greg T	5	Pro
Iestyn Davies	2	Pro
MagicArsouille	16	Pro
Ziu Bacubacu	8	Pro
Billy Nobrakes	8	Am
francesco	12	Am
Mark65	24	Am
Phil Thornton	17	Am
Rainier	20	Am
Rich Welsh	18	Am

You are registered and if you look at your racing history you will see you are in the series so there is no reason why you should not see the password when it is released (48hrs before the race)

Judging by your results in your last race in S33 (see here)  I'd say you were borderline Pro (and definitely PRO given your UKGTL race history) but David (the divisional moderator who's decision it is) may be generous and make you an Amateur

Good luck in the race and welcome to the series.

I've loaded the chassis the drivers used into the token calculator spreadsheet.  For the next race the available tokens will be as declared in the table below (the table will also appear in the next race announcement).  The calculated values are automated but selecting the cars is a manual process so please check your tokens to make sure I haven't made a silly error.  There was no token overspend for this round so no one is disqualified.

Driver	Tokens	Status
Alessandro Isacchini	13	Pro
bagrupp	5	Pro
Clive Loynes	20	Pro
Cookie	22	Pro
DLogan	5	Pro
EvilClive	31	Pro
fpolicardi	0	Pro
Gareth	5	Pro
Jeep	0	Pro
uli	6	Pro
francesco	15	Am
Phil Thornton	22	Am
Rich Welsh	18	Am
tagomago	80	Am

Very disappointed with that. I practised a bit for this one and built myself a decent setup. Fran lost it in turn 2 and I had nowhere to go. I should have done what Uli did and stayed back a bit so it would be possible to avoid any possible carnage. Pity it was shaping up to be a great race.

Practice server is up (and will be for the rest of the weekend) in case anyone would like to test their gearing in a slipstream 

Nice video Clive, some race footage would be interesting.

Season 34 – 1955 Grand Prix – Round 7 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway

The seventh race in the 1955 Grand Prix series takes us to Indianapolis in the USA. A very fast oval circuit in complete contrast to the public roads of Dundrod in Northern Ireland. Constructed in 1909, Indianapolis was the second purpose built banked oval racing circuit after Brooklands and the first to be called a 'speedway'. It has a permanent seating capacity of 257,325 with infield seating raising the grand total capacity to an approximate 400,000. It is the highest-capacity sports venue in the world. An estimated 80,000 spectators attended the first 500-mile (800 km) race on Memorial Day, May 30, 1911. Forty cars competed with Ray Harroun winning at an average speed of 74.602 miles per hour (120.060 km/h). The 500 mile race remained a regular event at the "brickyard" during the 20s, 30s and 40s. Eventually it became part of the Formula One World Championship between 1950 and 1960. None of the Indy drivers of that era raced in Formula One and only Ferrari's F1 driver, Alberto Ascari, raced in the 500 in 1952. The 1955 Indy 500 was won by Bob Sweikert in a Kurtis Kraft powered by an Offenhauser engine. However, the race is notable to many as the race in which Bill Vukovich was killed in a crash while seemingly on his way to winning an unprecedented third consecutive Indy 500. Five-time world champion Juan Fangio practiced at the speedway in 1958, but ultimately decided against racing there.
 
Please read the championship specific rules on the championship standings page.

Race list	iGOR
Server	UKGPL_4
IP address	46.69.108.161
Date	14-04-2019
Track	IMS
Mod	55GP with 60fpsV2newmod
Damage	PRO long
Race time	~ 21:30 UK time (BST, GMT + 1)
Qualifying	45 minutes @ 20:45 UK time (BST, GMT + 1)
Race length	45 laps
Replay	here

If the official replay site is unavailable, the server replay can be downloaded from this temporary location.

Please restrict chat to emergency messages only including at the end of the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

Password: see above
Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page

Handicapping and chassis allocation.
This season the 1955 Grand Prix cars will again be using a token system which allows drivers to purchase any chassis of their choice for a given number of tokens as published on the championship standings page. Drivers classed as Amateurs will be allocated an additional 10 tokens.  The token allocation will not be managed in SRou this season so (unlike the 67F1 Works and 67F1 Privateer divisions) the tokens available to each driver will not appear in the championship table (when the mouse pointer is hovered over the driver's total).  Rather, the available tokens will be published in the race announcement. See table below.

Available Tokens:
Note: These are the tokens available to each driver before the 10 tokens are added for making the race start.

Driver	Tokens	Status
Alessandro Isacchini	13	Pro
bagrupp	10	Pro
Clive Loynes	28	Pro
Cookie	22	Pro
DLogan	5	Pro
EvilClive	33	Pro
fpolicardi	0	Pro
Gareth	5	Pro
Jeep	0	Pro
uli	8	Pro
francesco	20	Am
Phil Thornton	30	Am
Rich Welsh	18	Am
tagomago	70	Am

The GMT/BST times are on the registration page

I've loaded the chassis the drivers used into the token calculator spreadsheet.  For the next race the available tokens will be as declared in the table below (the table will also appear in the next race announcement).  The calculated values are automated but selecting the cars is a manual process so please check your tokens to make sure I haven't made a silly error.  There was no token overspend for this round so no one is disqualified.

Driver	Tokens	Status
AnGex	3	Pro
bagrupp	4	Pro
Cookie	11	Pro
DLogan	10	Pro
EvilClive	10	Pro
FullMetalGasket	14	Pro
Gareth	12	Pro
GregT	15	Pro
MagicArsouille	0	Pro
uli	3	Pro
Billy Nobrakes	20	Am
dave curtis	12	Am
francesco	10	Am
miner2029er	10	Am
Phil Thornton	14	Am
Rainier	6	Am
Ronnie Nilsson	6	Am

It would have been Fran's second shift-R. I was following him when his engine exploded a few laps earlier.

I couldn't believe how fast Tim and Uli were, amazing times

Hi Pepe

Really sorry you missed the race. I appreciate that it isn't any consolation but all the races for the rest of the season will be at 21:30 BST (GMT + 1).

Regards

Phil