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Practice: 19:20 (UK London) (60 mins)
Qual 2: 20:20 (20 mins)
Race: 20:40 (20 laps)
Cars allowed: Rank 1 to 11 - Alfa Romeo GTA 1300 Junior, Lotus Cortina (Works or Mann), Ford Mustang BSCC.
                    Rank 12 to 23 and new drivers - Any of the above plus Alfa Romeo GTA 1600, Lotus Cortina (Works or Mann), Ford Mustang Trans Am.

Drivers please note the following:

This Championship will be formed of four parts (A to D). In each part you must choose a car model (Cortina, Alfa Romeo or Mustang) and stick with it for all the races contained within that part. When a new part starts you may either elect to keep your current choice or change it. Below are the track details of each of the four parts. The three events that separate the four parts are Mini only races.

PART A

Snetterton
Knockhill
Donington Park

PART B

Castle Combe
Cadwell Park
Thruxton

PART C

Oulton Park International
Crystal Palace
Mondello Park

PART D

Brand Hatch GP
Mallory Park
Anglesey
Silverstone GP

Track: Mondello Park (International) V2.0 Filefront link (http://www.gamefront.com/files/20957710/GTL_Mondello_Park_for_GTR2_Full_V2.zip)

Time of Day Setting: 15:00
Weather:  Light Showers (40%)
Start: Standing

Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal
Pit-stops: None required

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Championship Standings (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=350&theme=34)

Notes:
(1) It's best if all drivers can make sure they are connected before the Qualifying session as drivers on track during qualifying will not see cars that join after they are on track until they go back to the garage.
(2) Please make sure you are fully aware of the SimRacing.org.uk Rules (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?pid=7) especially the rules about in-game chat messages.
(3) You will need to install Power and Glory v2 from here (http://www.gtlw.co.uk/), 2.1 patch from here (http://www.gtlw.co.uk/) and enable terrain patch.
(4) P&G has no 'Pit Speed Limiter' function. You may go as fast as you like in the pits, but please exercise caution. Penalties will be handed out for causing contact in the pit lane. Use your best judgement when making your pitstop during the race.

Weather
A weather site will be consulted on the Sunday afternoon before the race and if rain is forecast for the race location then expect a wet weather race. Rain will be set at 80% for heavy rain, 60% for moderate rain and 40% for light rain.

Hehe - rain again  ;D

Why do you think Ireland is so green.....  :D

I think I'm going to watch 200 metres final this evening, and the start is at 20.55 UK Time so... Go Bolt!

Cu for the next ;)

Bah, he's going to win anyway so why bother! Come and race instead ;D

That's the trouble with the younger generation..........................too many spectators!





Just had a first few laps.  This track goes on for ever!!  Don't think they could decide how to end the lap.

Replay and results now posted

Again, I didn't see any post until almost last moment, checked the calendar but didn't spot this one (or forgot the date), so thought there was nothing this week... :'(
Sorry, but could it be possible to get the thread a bit earlier ? ;)

And I believed this race was Mini only ?..  ???

Check FORTHCOMING at top right of home page for details of all err forthcoming races. Hover mouse over for brief details or click on them to be taken to race announcements. Or click on a series under err SERIES for full details of a series.

BTW Mini's is the next one on August 30th

Wasn't a criticism, Tony. I just was used to the fact the thread was posted about 5 or 6 days before the event. (I keep this page reloading each time I launch my browser...)
I have to admit my surf on your site is less spontaneous than on most, and that my imagination had convinced me this one would be a "mini's only" race.

All in all, sorry for my misunderstanding.

An unexpectedly good night’s racing. 

With the twisty track and the rain I wasn’t expecting to trouble the front of the race but the first lap gave me some openings to reach second spot for quite a few laps.

I think that I was 5th on the grid and managed to get off the line well but at T1 I found myself on the outside of the Alfas of Geoffers and Manteos, following Tim.  Tim then converted his Mustang into a road block and just about brought me to a standstill.  That let the two Alfas off the hook whilst Tim put the power down and sprinted ahead of the three of us.  This meant that I had a two-abreast Alfa road block to contend with down the straight to T3.

At T3 things got interesting as Tim and Manteos took to the grass I was left to chase Geoffers up towards T4 (Lefthander).  Mustang power got me up the inside and it just about had enough cornering ability to let me hug the inside through the long corner.  It surprised Geoffers anyway as I felt him bounce off the outside.

So, I completed lap one in second spot and could still see John at that point too!  The attack of the two Alfas didn’t take long to materialise and there followed a good bit of close racing, although the outcome was never really in doubt.  I did lose second to Geoffers at one point and then reclaimed it when he made a mistake.

I didn’t realise that my tyres would go off as quickly as they did and I was struggling to brake and steer which gave too many openings for the Alfas to make use of.

Tim must have been in the same position as he was a good ten seconds or so behind me when, trying to get back on terms with the Alfas, I spun at T1.  Then Tim was 2 to three seconds behind me and I must have sweated off a kilo or two to keep it that way to the end of the race.  I made one or two errors when I couldn’t remember which corner came next!

Grats to John, (wonder where he went) Manteos and Geoffers.

Did my normal last night I think - Decent enough qually position, good start - and then totally ruined it and dropped myself to last!  ;D

Drove like a loonie to find myself back within 2 seconds of Clive and his fan club - even took 4th for a while when Manteos made a mistake.
Then I started making more of my own mistakes as my tires started to give up - had 3 spins/off road incidents from then to the finish which conspired to prevent me from moving back up the field.
Like Clive I was litterally streaming with sweat by the end of the race, but can't complain because it had been such good fun throwing the Tank around trying to get back up the field  :angel:

I see Clive has a small lead again in the championship - I'd better start doing practice prior to the remaining events then  :D

Quite surprised by how quick the Cortina was here, I was expecting the Alfas to walk it! Mind you, sounds like they were playing with Mustangs for most of the race..

LOL

The race announcements were all posted about eight months ago.  The problem is that the forum is so dead that nobody says anything before the race happens.

As Tony says, look at the Forthcoming panel in the top right of this screen.  I will go and give the next race a "bump" just for you.

Great fun yesterday for me.

I didn't remember this track at all, except for the last bend (don't ask me why ???). So I spent 20 mins before the start to understand the track, but without success. I had only 6 mins to do a couple of laps in qualif session, and I even forgot to remove the fuel, so my laptime was really bad.
After a bad start, I regained a couple of positions, but I had some issues to remember the second sector of this track in which there are at least 2 corners that I confused for at least 10 laps. My gears were totally wrong, and I struggled all the time to understand which was the right gear for every corner, but without success.
After the great battle against Clive and Geoffers, I started to drive a bit better. Geoffers was a bit faster than me, but we were really close in terms of gap. After my last mistake at lap 11 or 12, Geoff passed me but only for 1 corner, cause in the next one he kindly gave back to me the 2nd position after a mistake. By that moment, I just tried to avoid other mistakes, and near the lap 15, I even started to remember the corner of this damned track. Geoffers was the fastest on track, but I guess he was pushing a lot to replace the gap with me, and sometimes he did small mistakes, so I could finish the race with 6/7 seconds of advantage.
Not bad after all...

Grats to John for the victory, and Geoffers for 3rd. Great fun with Clive during the first 7-8 laps, chasing his monster. Great drive :)

Thanks everybody for racing. Cu for the next :)

Not strictly true. The AGTC series announcements are posted a week before the race as Matt likes to tease us.

 :lol: More like "Tony manages to find time to do a superhuman job with the many series he runs, and Matt
struggles to find time to do all the testing required at each track"

Perhaps I should take a leaf out of Tony's book, and have a set car choice for the whole series, rather than try
to find an interesting and different mix for some of the races.

It takes a lot more effort as I already know the tracks we will be using, it's the cars that take the time
and it is hours of testing for each event! But I like the idea of having a few car choices.  :chef:

I am now raceworthy at my residence in Southport  ;D whereas before, the only time I could do any testing
was when I was at my house in Rochdale, (which was maybe once or twice a week. so I am trying to get the next 3 events posted this weekend. :hammer:

Hoping to be in Victoria Park this Sunday Matt, should you accidentally happen to pass by unexpectedly,   ::)  and in all innocence! :whistling:

Doh, was at a christening at Tarleton Church then the village hall in mere brow. one day....
Flower show with some friends next Saturday

Although I really dislike this kind of track it was good fun in the rain  ;D

Dropped to last place early in the race but was able to come close to Tony several
times and we had some nice battles on the back of the field - sorry Tony for two or
three slight bumpers  ::). Could pass for good only when Tony crashed without my
assistance  ;)

CU next time.