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S28 - Friday Trophy - Round 8 - CanAm 71 - Michigan

The 8th race of this season will be at Michigan, a short oval circuit with 2 bumps and lots of slipstream ;D
Big CanAms are a real challenge here, nothing for softies...

Shame it is on a holiday for most of us ::)

Remember: for the LIGHT drivers the most popular car will be dropped for the rest of the season! Look at the bottom!

ONE reset is allowed but the Shift R must be followed by a Stop & Go in the pit lane within TWO laps.
If you Reset on the last lap a 30 second time penalty will be awarded if you cannot s+g before the finish line in the pit lane.

Drivers must complete 50% of the race distance to score.
Please check the Season 28 pages for details (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=470&theme=6) regarding rules and the Friday Trophy (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=481&theme=6) pages in particular.

Race List	=	IGOR
Server	=	UKGPL_8
IP Address	=	look at IGOR
Race date	=	01-05-2015
GPL mod	=	CANM71
60fps patch used	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track	=	Michigan (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/Tracks/)
Qualification	=	20:45  UK time -> 45min
Race	=	race starts at ~21:30 UK time
Race length	=	~40 min -> 66 laps
Damage Model	=	INT
Replay	=	you will get here (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/Replays/Archive/Season28/Friday/)

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

Moderation will be on reported incidents only.  

GLA and have FUN

So far for the lights dropped cars:_______________________________________________________________________________
GT : Chapparal MK2F + MK2D, Lola T70

CA : Shadow MK2, Lola T260

F2 : Matra MS7, Brabham BT23

I might actually have some time to race tonight  :) . Oval races are always cool so looking forward to it.

I'd be ashamed if I wrecked the leader lapping me.

I'm sorry Greg for both incidents. I was so focused on the car in front that I forgot that the leaders were coming from behind.

The second incident was just as embarrassing for me. It should not have happened. I miscalculated the difference in speed, and the amount of time that I needed to avoid your car. It was not intentional.

I'll submit two incident reports against myself.

Sorry,
Walter

At lap 53,for an error of Curtis,my race end.He was in battle with Tommie and i was behind this battle with a disavantage of one lap  for one my error done in the first part of the race.Better to not speak about my start.

Apologies for that Fran.
Yes,  I was circulating with Tommie and although I could stay with him/even edge up in places;  I did not have the additional speed/ability to get past.
Although you were a (short) lap down;  you were closing all the time.

Not looked at replay yet;  but think I ended up on the inside with Tommie to the right;  just tried to keep really tight to leave plenty of room/not slide wide;  & just ran over the kerb/span.
Up until then,  I thought I'd done pretty well to not do exactly that.

Apart from the ~20 laps behind Tommie's gearbox;  it seemed a bit empty out there.
It's also quite amazing that 175MPH also seems a little slow!


Cheers all,
Dave.

At the moment of the incident ....too close ...sig!

There was no need to do that. I wasn't even angry until I tried to take an outside line and the car would no longer hold it and I spun into the wall. So the next time I tried an inside line when I came upon Axel and the car fishtailed on entry and straight into the wall again. One more lap with a damaged engine and I had had enough.

I wouldn't have reported it Walter. The only way I would have is if I thought it was extreme incompetence or intentional. I made a mistake too. I got impatient. The lead I had came at about .2 seconds/lap and I had no intention of letting Iestyn get a slipstream off of me. I thought you were going to give me a car's width on the bottom of the track. I was going to give you one on the outside as we exited the turn.

I may have been a little angry with you for a hour or two but after that I was only angry with myself.

Just forget about it and I will too. I will try to remember to be more patient.

Thanks for that Greg, I watched the replay, and it made me feel even worse about it. I could imagine James Hunt commentating the race, and calling me an idiot. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPe0t02dWF4

I made the incident reports because I thought that I might feel better if I was given a big penalty.

One thing is for sure, I will try to make it up to you by not letting it happen again.