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WELCOME to the UKGPL Season 23 - Porsche Super Cup - Race 7  

We celebrate our 3rd season with the attractive PSC Team Championship and I hope we will have fair, clean and close racing.
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The 7th race of this season will be at Michigan, a short oval circuit with 2 bumps and lots of slipstream ;D



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We have the Rolling ZONE for the start where a moderate speed of maximum ~ 75 mph (125 kmh) is required and no overtaking is allowed. (Read the registration thread!)

Guidelines for rolling starts...

The car on pole will lead off the grid and maintain a steady pace for the "rolling zone" around 75 mph (125 kmh)
All drivers should form up in single file behind him leaving 3-4 car lengths between each car.
There is NO OVERTAKING on the "rolling zone".
It is the reponsibility of the lead car to ensure that all drivers are with him as he approaches the final "rolling zone" corner.
Racing and overtaking begin AFTER the exit of the last "rolling zone" corner.

Any driver who loses his position in the "rolling zone", by going off or through contact with another car ( regardless of fault) must rejoin at the back of the field.
Incidents on the "rolling zone" will be fully modded and anyone found to have caused another competitor to lose position through bad driving will be penalised appropriately.
Also, please make sure that you know which car you should be following on the "rolling zone", so that you do NOT get out of position.

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There will be full moderation of the Red Zone and reported incidents for the rest of the race.

Please submit incident reports within a week after the race so that the moderators report may be out before the next race.
Full time team drivers have priority access to the server.
Driver lists can be found on the Porsche Super Cup (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=369&theme=6) championship standings page.
Please restrict your chat to a minimum!

Race List	=	IGOR
Chat room	=	#UKGPL
Server	=	UKGPL_8
IP Address	=	TBA
Race date	=	26-10-2012
Qualification Time	=	30-45 mins ~20:45  UK time
Race Time	=	race starts at 21:30 UK time
Track	=	Michigan michigan (http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=3799)
Variant	=	GT -> Porsche 910
Damage Model	=	PRO
Race length	=	~50 min -> 70 laps
Rolling ZONE	=	from the start to the exit of  T4 see Sergio's drawing!
RED ZONE	=	end of the second lap->finish line
Password	=	see above (#post_event_password)
Replay	=	you will get here (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/replays/Archive/Season23/PorscheSuperCup/)

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There are more than 19 drivers registered, so the full time team drivers have the priority!
The R1 drivers have to leave the track for ~5 min with 30 min practice left to let waiting FT team drivers join!
Drivers with no team may join if there are spaces left after 21:05 UK time
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It was impossible to form complete teams for all the registered drivers, due to the missing novices, so I let all teams race as they are:

Porsche Cup teams as they stand at 26/06/2012

  Team Squadra Padova Corse
  1. Piero Mercaldo (FT)
  2. Marco Mercaldo (FT)
  3. Smudge (FT)

  Team Shadows
  1. Sergio Lonzar (FT)
  2. Axel Cookie (FT)
  3. G.Giovani (FT)

  Team 7Porsche7
  1. Alex Barresi (FT)
  2. Pedro van den Berg (FT)
  3. Francesco Molteni (FT)

  Team Makikas
  1. Mark Barresi (FT)
  2. Ronnie Petterson (FT)
  3. Stefano62 (FT)

  Team Pulse Racing
  1. Ron Clegg (FT)
  2. Nicky Ickx (FT)
  3. XXX

  Team Hiki Waza
  1. Hristo Itchov (R1)
  2. Paul Bird (R1)
  3. Paul Badblood (R1)

 Team LOL Racing
  1. Tristan Bot (FT)
  2. Max Lenclen (R1)
  3. XXX

  Team 7 Racing
  1. Fulvio Policardi (FT)
  2. Skymole (R1)
  3. XXX

  no team yet

   natan5 (FT) Pro
   EvilClive (FT) Pro
   Jason Blito (R1) Nov

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ok...

The free race starts after the rolling zone! (~3/4 lap)

The red zone is fully modded and is for the first two laps.

I have very rarely raced ovals and maybe I am missing something, but I cannot see the excitement about the thought of 50minutes with my right foot clamped to the floor? I am seriously considering placing a heavy book on the accelerator to save muscle cramps....that is not intended as a joke.  :-\

I tried this track for the first time last night ( probably only the second time I have ever driven any oval) and in the Porsche this circuit is flat out with no lifting whatsoever. It will be a case of who can run the highest 5th gear and slipstream until the final lap. In fact i wonder if it is possible to programme a small actuator to twitch the steering wheel to the left occasionally

After a just a few laps I was running in the 45secs without any slipstream, so I reckon there could be another second at least to come off that time, possibly more with some tweaks to the gearing and a lighter fuel load.

Maybe I am way off the pace and this track is NOT flat out??? Please tell me.

I think Team Shadows should consider Jason Blito reintegrated as Team's official driver.

Clive, I was puzzled like you, before we did this oval last season with the GTs at the Funliga!

But I learned that oval racing can be a lot of action and fun. That is why I proposed this short oval track for the PSC.
Of course it is immensely boring if you are cruising alone ...
When I planned this season we had some more regular participants in this series...

The more drivers will show tonight, the greater the fun!

                    :wacko:   :wacko:   :wacko:     :wacko:   :wacko:    :wacko:    :wacko:    :wacko:  :wacko:

I have done lots of ovals ............and without competition its boring, true!

But ............ slipstreaming and overtaking  is very much fun.
Especially when helping each other with a tow and getting the favor back!

Cu on track.

 :-[ :-\ :'(
well P.Mercaldo I like to advertise you to watch some NASCAR races on TV ..
after study that, for sure, you will know how wrong you did .


 :(pitty to been smashed out that early . did expect my engine to blow up to the end of the race maybe ,due to temp probs. butt that way ....geee

 ;D at least it gives me the chance to find some early sleep . would be good , as I am supposed to be on the road at 5am tomorrow...hiding to buy a small sailing yacht ( shark24) of about 500km south of my hometown .

MY APOLOGY to Cookie and Raoni.I have ruined your race due to a stupid error due to boredom after 30 laps alone.
Sorry.

Just a pitty Fran,
you should have done your normal race and nothing would have happened ;)

Who still says: oval racing is boring, should watch the leading duo for 66 laps in the replay! 

This was one of the greatest fun I ever had in GPL racing! Perfect race with Raoni!!!

Number of lead changes: 24!

Just the end...

I should have known better than to turn up and bolster the numbers. The no team, free for all demolition derby continues apace and no apology into the bargain. Long live the PSC!

Clive, I could figure out that you were defending your position in the final laps of the race but not the sixteenth lap while we were following the leaders quietly with many laps to go.
I'm sorry but I didn't understand your harakiri move.
Anyway I'm sorry for this undesired contact. We both could end up in a better placement with a little more patience.

I think that if the car breaks down, the pilot must retire and no stay on track how many times someone does.

My apologies Sergio. It was not my intention to block your overtaking move.

 I did not watch my mirrors closely enough :-\ I was concentrating so hard to get the tow from the leaders and I did not notice that you had made the move to the inside.
I was trying different lines through that corner as I seemed to be losing 5-10kph at the apex and I was struggling to match the pace of the leaders.
It seems that I have a lot to learn about oval racing. :(

Sorry Nicky,
I am no expert races on ovals and frankly I do not understand the choice of racing there, with all the great circuits there are ...
You were wrong and you were off and I also went to attack, I could wait!

I will look better reply, I had the feeling it was also a Wrap.
Greetings to all

After watching the replay,
I would say, some of the drivers should have had a spotter, like they are in real oval racing.

I did allways watch my pribluda, wich gives me the distance to the other drivers in meters...

I've used my TrackIR all the way especially when I had someone alongside, and it is why I've maintained my line waiting to show up them in front of me before to take any action. Also with Clive I was well aware of his position but at the point of contact there was nothing to do. I thought he was watching me as much as I was watching him, but I didn't brake hard because in a high speed turn braking hard means unbalancing completely the car and risking to involve him in my spins.

NP Clive.

Looking at the list or results of this race and the previous one, it seems here is and Italian Championship !
Almost 50% of drivers are Italians.
Hey guys...wake up we are on UKGPL not on ITGPL  ;D

Moderation published

Subito Sergio... ;)