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2014 Joe Shaw Memorial Trophy.

Once again we will run a series of events in tribute to one of our own. Joe Shaw.

Joe died tragically young and every year at Easter we hold a celebration in his honour. A mini series of three 67 races to determine the Memorial Trophy holder. Joe's father, Malcolm has generously created a trophy which is presented to the winner at the Goodwood Revival each year.

For this third running of the memorial we will visit three classic tracks over three nights. An Easter triduum fitting for a racer.
 
Watkins Glen International, Monza and Silverstone.

All drivers must complete at least 50% of race distance to be classified.

Race List = IGOR

Race 1
Server = UKGPL3
IP address = ukgpl3.dyndns.org
Race date = 18-04-2014
Track = Watkins Glen - Papyrus original
Race length = 50 minutes (laps 45)

Race 2
Server = UKGPL8
IP address = tbc
Race date = 19-04-2014
Track = Monza - Papyrus original
Race length = 50 minutes (laps 33)

Race 3
Server = UKGPL3
IP address = ukgpl3.dyndns.org
Race date = 20-04-2014
Track = Silverstone - Papyrus original
Race length = 50 minutes (laps 33)

Race Time = race starts at 21:30 UK time
Qualifying Time = Between 30 and 60 minutes, starting no later than 21:00 UK time
Variant = 67F1
Damage Model = PRO
Password: see above (#post_event_password)

Replays Available here (http://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/inc_replaysS26_js.aspx)

Driver lists and token rules can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=436&theme=6)

Drivers can start to practice as soon as the server is available.  

Moderating The red zone will be fully moderated for lap 1 only. For this event the red zone(s) will be the first four corners on each track. Other moderation will be on reported incidents only.  However any incidents that occur in the red zone that are not reported by the drivers will be reported by the moderator.  This will allow all affected drivers the opportunity to present their case before the incident is moderated.  This should ensure there are no surprises when the moderator's report is published and hence appeals will be less likely.  If you haven't received a PM about an incident before the link below the results table is removed, you can be sure that you will not appear in the moderator's report.

The chassis token system is explained on the Joe Shaw Memorial (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=436&theme=6) standings page. Please ensure you choose a chassis that is within your budget, which can be seen by hovering the mouse over your points total in the standings. This is the same token system as in the Works/Privateers trophies.

As an example, Lotus; Brabham; Brabham or Ferrari; Ferrari; Brabham or Eagle; Cooper; Eagle would all be valid selections. Effectively you have 40 tokens to spend.

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

But is open to all or there is a registration?

Hadn't realised there were tokens to this one. Adds a slightly difference strategy to it. 10+10 for the first race, then +5 available for races 2 and 3?

You start with 10 tokens, and then 10 tokens for each racestart, so 40 tokens in total to spread out in 3 races, according to OP ;) Just be sure not to use more than 30 tokens for race1/race2 chassis combination, and collect those last 10 tokens for race 3 ;).

lotus-brab x2
ferrari x2-brab
eagle-coop-eagle
lotus-brm-lotus
lotus-honda-eagle

Good strategy summary!

I've set my server up (UKGPL 9) to cycle one round of each race at Watkins Glen, Monza and Silverstone, but Int Short. Please feel free to connect. Cookie's got his running as well, so a wealth to choose from!


This series is open and no registration is required. :)

I am intending to give out the password in chat but if you look closely the password is up there... same for all three races

I had hoped that I could make this race, but did not get back from the hospital in time, by about  10 mins.

I know that I will miss Saturday's as well for the same reason, but Sunday is a still possible.

Sorry to hear Clive and I missed some more names sadly tonight, but I think the race was very respectable, at least up front...

Ran an early sub5 in quali, but couldn't better it, and Iestyn ran faster lap after lap bettering poletime. Start was difficult, as always at the Glen, and had to give way to Bob in the Esses, but I could pass him again in the Loop on Lap1.

Iestyn already was almost 2s away after that, whole race gap was about 3s, he had the raw pace, and I was slightly more consistant. Towards the end he ran some very fast laptimes, like a 4.66 and I had to settle for P2, even driving as hard as I could within my limits.

Very happy to have such a race for this event, really wanted to win tonight, but accept the fact Rusty Iesty was faster...I gave all I got...we had a nice inlap tribute to Joe as well with Iestyn :)

During the race I told myself wanting to finish and do well for Joe, and that helped me for focus...

Congrats Iestyn and Andy, and cya tomorrow :)

Do I miss the initial ten tokens since I missed today's race?

Nice job Iestyn, Robert, and Andy! I would have liked to have got in on the action too.

Just got back from work in time to make the start. Grats to the podium of Iestyn, Robert and Andy. But bigger grats to UKGPL for continuing to remember Joe with this three race series.

No. You now have 30 tokens to race with

Unfortunately I am off visiting family over the Easter week end, so, I won't be able to take part to any of the Joe Shaw Memorial races. My laptop is with me, but the wheel is back home...I am sorry about it, as I think it is a brilliant initiative, but very happy to see UKGPL has found a way to keep this running on a regular basis. My warmest wishes of a Happy Easter to Joe's family and to all of you guys who are making these events and the league happening.  :) 

After having a mild panic with V2 rasterizers and Pribluda, I re-installed GPL with the GPLPS installer, and made it to the server with 4 minutes to go. Dipped under 1:30 to place myself 12th of 13, then made it all worthwhile with a touch on the grass into Ascari. Kinda sums up my day! Best of luck to all, and see you at Silverstone tomorrow!

Difficult to adapt to the Lotus, but was happy with my quali time. Had a good start, but always hairy on cold tires, and Iestyn passed into Parabolica after a few laps, having more pace. He pulled away, however after some laps I was able to keep the gap under 2s giving me some hope, and got better used to the Lotus that I don't run too much...

Sadly Iestyn discoed about halfway, and from there on it was was just keeping it on track. Tried to run fast, and had a problem lapping David towards the end, had to move off the racing line and missed my brake marker into Lesmo 1. Hard into the armco, but luckily for me the car wasn't too bent...was able to nurse the car to the finish...

Very disappointing that Iestyn disconnected, nevertheless good job Doni and Ronnie, and finishers! ;)

Well, I was at church, singing my heart out.

Surely God will grant me victory tomorrow for being so holy...  :angel:

Or possibly not.  ;D

Happy Easter all and see you at Silvy.

Surely he will, it's either you or Cliff Richard, he hasn't made his mind up yet :)

So, the almighty is the mods moral compass. Does that mean we should all drive like James May?

Happy Easter all.

Congratulations Robert, Doni, Ray, and all the finishers! Gimme a break Robert! Your average pace over 33 laps was faster than I qualified! Incredible!

It was fun while it lasted. I knew my gearing needed some improvement but I thought it might work. I was tempted to take the Ferrari but I wanted something faster. And since Joe was from the UK, I thought it would be appropriate to drive an English car. I'm of the opinion now that the only way I can keep the Cosworth in one piece is if I drive the Lotus slower than the Ferrari.

It was a good learning experience. I'm trying to learn to drive all the cars now but I've got a long way to go before I'll have any real confidence in the Lotus, Eagle, and Brabham.

Thanks guys! I appreciate the fun.

I seem to remember Joe was a bit of a master in the Lotus. But then again he was bloody quick in whatever he drove.

Grats again to Robert and Doni and everyone else who raced last night. See you all at the final round.

So much for being holy - did about thirty practice laps, six in qually but couldn't quite hook it up. Blew the engine out of Stowe. Blast and double blast.

Oh dear, not a good series for me :(.  Made a stupid mistake at the Glen.  Missed Monza.  Crashed out on lap 1 at Silverstone.  I think it was Andy who spun in his Ferrari at Woodcote and I couldn't avoid him.  Got collected by several others and my engine set on fire, race over.  Sorry Doni, I was hoping to have a good race with you after our lap 1 dice.  Good while it lasted.

Good fun with Andreas at the Glen, Ronnie at Monza, not so much at Silvy. :(

Within a tenth of PB, lined up seventh (?), got through lap 1 clean only for engine to go south  :'( limped around for 3 more before all the smoke was gone.   :-X

edit: what was it Colin said? "Simplify, then add fragility"?

edit2: happy 4/20  ;)

About the same here...the Ferrari lead to a mess where I was involved.  :( Race over, not got a single Lap, so I am not amused.

Mostly enjoyed that race, good battling with Iestyn til I made a mistake and he took full advantage. Once ahead he kept pulling away while I made more mistakes. Then made a good one into Abbey with a backmarker to relinquish 2nd. Made it to the flag.

Well done to Robert, who is our champion, and to Iestyn for winning 2 out of 3. Either of you would have been worthy winners.

Quali was difficult, and the race even more so. Missed the setup and was on ice first few laps, all over the place, then RF started to overheat and had many mistakes and offs during the race. It's a bit disappointing for myself to end this tribute on a lower note on that part. Further, Iestyn discoed while leading the Monza race, and I realize I only won the Trophy due to that. I won it, but Iestyn deserved it!

Finally want to pay respect to the friends and family of Joe Shaw, when I joined UKGPL in december 2013,  I became familiar with what happened reading the forum, and I was touched of course. Even I didn't knew him, I really tried to do well for Joe...it's an honour to win the Third Joe Shaw Memorial Trophy!

I had 3 races where I survived to the finish.
At the Glen in the end I was comfortably 3rd (or 3rd last of those still running) due to attrition ahead.
At Monza I was last but one, battling to stay ahead of Dave R all race.
At Silvy I was last but one, battling to stay ahead of Dave C all race.

My only incident in 2.5 hours of racing was a big one with 3 others unable to continue and 2 of us lucky to end up in one piece. Coming into Woodcote on lap1 I was close behind Arf's Eagle with Ronnie's Eagle close behind me. I was walking that tightrope that we all fear of not wanting to brake early and surprise the car behind, or brake too late and rearend the car in front, all on cold tyres and with full fuel. Well I got it wrong and went a bit late, had to brake heavy and pull inside to avoid Arf, a wheel on that slippery pit apron and I became a spinning passenger. Phil had no chance to avoid me and Doni and Andreas had nowhere to go. They all couldn't continue. Bob survived a lot of bashing around, but could continue. I was flipped onto my roof, but in the most unfair fashion I was hit again to put me back on 4 wheels. I had some engine damage meaning I could barely get into 5th gear.
Criticism usually comes my way because I am too cautious and brake early - well not this time. I'm very sorry for my actions to end anybody else's race.

Grats to Iestyn for some very fast runs in true Joe style, but Robert takes the trophy for being close behind Iestyn and finishing all 3 races. Rob you will have to reconsider coming to Goodwood now.

I'm guessing that was me then (although I thought I'd inadvertently collected Rob) but it was defo at Abbey. I obviously just misread it/got it totally wrong at that time & place.

Apologies.   Especially as it sounds as if I cost you a position.  

Unfortunately lost the replay, as machine blue-screened after the race when I'd returned to the menu (same at Watkins Glen, one I'd returned to the menu after popping the engine a few Laps in).  Although, difference now us that machine currently does not boot.  Something else for tomorrow then.


Ok, so I was out of my depth.  The early retirements gave me a bunch of places, but I was last of the runners. Was then trying to cling onto the back of Andy "-34" in case of any major mistakes. Of course there weren't any;  as this was not a junior race.

Cheers all,
Dave.

I was pleased to have been able to make the start of at least one of this years series for Joe. As I was merely making up the numbers I opted for the Eagle, a car that I rarely have the opportunity to use lately.

Lack of practice and a suitable setup meant that qually was spent beating that car into submission, but not quite!  I final banzai lap moved me from 10th on the grid up to 3rd and at least within sight of Jethro and Iestyn who both looked ominously quick.

I took things very gently for the first 2 laps and was relieved to see that Robert was doing the same behind me. This allowed me to sit on my own piece of tarmac and just concentrate on getting clean lines through the corners. Up ahead Iestyn was harrassing poor Jethro and I wondered for a while if they might get too close to each other ::), but I would have done better to concentrate on my own driving because a wheel dropped onto the grass spun me around and put Robert right on my gearbox.
I think Robert and myself made more errors in  the next few laps than we had a right to survive, and when he spun out of Copse I raced through and set about the task of closing down the leaders, if I could  :-\.

That was when the Eagle proved that it had not been beaten into submission and started to bite back. At 95% pace it was OK, if a little unsettled at times. At 100% it was looking to throw me off the track with sudden violent kickbacks from the steering. It was one of those kickbacks that fired me off at Abbey and I found myself trying to enter one of the sheds there, which did nothing for my steering geometry. Race over.


Huge grats to all of those who took part. The series was a fitting tribute to Joe's memory, and the racing was at a level that he would have enjoyed and been involved with at the sharp end.

Really tough luck on Iestyn who lost out through a disco at Monza. But tough as that is, it is one of the hazards that we simracers have to contend with that Real Life racers do not. :-\

Congratulations to Robert who won through consistency, ironically something that had a huge hand in the success of both previous wins of this trophy, maybe there is a message there??

Thanks to Paul for organising and once again thanks to everyone for making this a fitting memorial ( in our own way)

For Joe Shaw.

Congratulations to Robert on a fine display of sim driving to take the top honours.  Well done.

A splendid run for Iestyn to claim 2nd in the chase despite a disco from the lead at Monza.  Cruel, that.

Grats to Andrew for scooping the final podium slot.

My races?

Watkins Glen > very lucky to score a P5.
Monza > ditto to claim P2.
Silverstone > very unlucky to be shunted out early.

It would have been quite an honour to place on the podium for this memorial to Beefpie but 'twas not to be...

Tough luck Doni, you were still having a good chance to win he Trophy prior to the Silver race, with your consistency. Also well done Andy, sometimes things happen, but I admire your consistency and ability to finish races no matter what happens.

Pretty emotional overall win for me. Have never won anything in my life individually, and with the Memorial it gives a special taint to it. Surely this was about Joe Shaw, but I also like to spent some words about other persons.

Recently a GPL Funliga member died, Jörg Rohde, didn't know him but he died suddenly in his 50s, and like to pay respect to his family and (simracing) friends.

Also want to express my sympathy with Clive who seems to have things going on in private life, and Greg with his ill father. It was great to see you guys in the race(s).

This one was for Joe Shaw, and also for my late dad and my missing sister. And for my evergoing strong mother, despite what misfortune she had to endure during her life, and being a kidney patient having malignant skincancer, giving me the example how to deal with adversity, and enjoying life nevertheless.

Thanks UKGPL and especially Paul for keeping Joe's memory alive.

Yes, this made me really sad!
I drove my first online races with him, as he was a regular Funliga driver we raced nearly every week together the last 3 years.
Using Teamspeak we had lots of fun racing and helping each other with any problems.
Last Wednesday I was told why he was missing and was shocked!

So my performance in this series was not good and I just wanted to show my respect to beefpie by being present.

That is sad news. Never nice to lose a friend like that.

RIP both of you.

I don't know much about Joe but being a GPL driver himself, I imagine he would have enjoyed participating in such a memorial. The almost half of the series I was present was some very good racing.

Congrats to Robert on his overall victory! You may have gotten lucky but you still earned it. Often I've been of the opinion I'd rather be lucky than good. You've gotten your fair share of bad luck so it's nice to see you get some good luck. You seem to be one of the fastest drivers in GPL at the moment. And congrats to all the other participants! Iestyn's been coming on strong lately. I'm proud of him. I'm also very pleased to see him perform so well. If Jethro gets on a roll, he's going to be incredibly difficult to beat too.

I really enjoyed racing in this memorial. Most of the time I was present, I was in some good, clean, close racing. I had a good race with Dean at Monza and had a blast trying to keep the pressure on Ray at Silverstone. Bob also did a good job of pressuring me at Silverstone. Had he not been driving a damaged car, I doubt I could have beaten him. I think the only reason I prevailed was consistency. I also learned some more and got some much needed practice in the Brabham and Lotus.

Thanks guys.

Grats to Iestyn, Robert and Jethro for the podium at Silverstone and Robert overall for this series.


Really enjoyed all three races regardless, with some good racing with Paul at the Glen, Dean at Monza and Greg at Silverstone. Sorry about blowing my engine Greg and spoiling what could have been a race long scrap.

There really was something special about Joe so it is great to see this series continue.

Having said that, sorry to hear about Jörg Rohde. Not some one I knew, but my deepest sympathy to his family and friends.

Firstly can I offer my congratulations to Robert Fleurke, who is the first international winner of the Joe Shaw Memorial Trophy. I really do hope that we will be able to meet Robert, hopefully at The Goodwood Revival.

Can I also please give my thanks to all at GPL for continuing to support the JSMT, I cannot adequately find the words to express quite what this means to our family, you are a great community and I can understand why Joe (Beefpie) enjoyed his racing with you so much.

I apologise for still being absent from the scene, life it seems is always so busy that I haven't even had the time to progress either my GPL or real racing but hopefully this will change at some point so I will eventually be able to join in.

Finally, it is indeed very sad to here of the passing of someone at any stage of their life let alone so suddenly. Can I also add my sincere condolances and best wishes to the family and friends of Jörg Rohde.

Very best regards

Malcolm (Malgrips) Shaw

Malcolm,

thanks a lot! I was planning to go to the Goodwood Revival this year, but had to cancel these plans due to finances...maybe next year...

Take care,
Rob