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Title: RRE Season 3 (2016) Race Room NSU Cup - Mid-Ohio - Aug 11
Post by: phspok on August 03, 2016, 09:52:34 PM +0100
(http://bright-cars.com/uploads/nsu/nsu-tts/nsu-tts-15.jpg)

Practice: 19:45 BST (30 mins)
Qual 2: 20:15 (15 mins)
Race: 20:30 ~ 30 Mins

Cars allowed: NSU TT
Track: Mid Ohio (Chicane)
Time of Day Setting: 13:00
Weather: Dry

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

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Title: Re: RRE Season 3 (2016) Race Room NSU Cup - Mid-Ohio - Aug 11
Post by: Eck Simpson on August 11, 2016, 09:14:26 PM +0100
What happened to you?, Tudor.

That was an amazing race, between three of us, nearly all the way. I've reason to believe, some fluke?, gifted me the win.

Grats Pete, Tudor and all.


Title: Re: RRE Season 3 (2016) Race Room NSU Cup - Mid-Ohio - Aug 11
Post by: phspok on August 11, 2016, 09:20:20 PM +0100
Was two races in one. Frex Tony and myself were trading paint, seeing who could fall off most
was the usual tight racing. These things are great fun.  ;D


Title: Re: RRE Season 3 (2016) Race Room NSU Cup - Mid-Ohio - Aug 11
Post by: goldtop on August 11, 2016, 10:15:38 PM +0100
What happened to you?, Tudor.

That was an amazing race, between three of us, nearly all the way. I've reason to believe, some fluke?, gifted me the win.

Grats Pete, Tudor and all.

I run a DFGT which has no clutch so I have to use autoclutch in these cars. Unfortunately this makes the gear changes so slow that I lose time every time I shift. Because of this I usually run no clutch for quali and just lift when I'm changing up (as I would if I had a clutch) and then switch autoclutch back on for the race.

All good except I forgot to switch  ::) I was having to be careful on my downshifts but even then the gearbox started rattling after about 15 minutes and eventually I was stuck in 3rd unable to change up or down for the last 10 minutes. I really ought to get some decent simracing kit  :-[

Anyway, was good fun and close as always in these cars.


Title: Re: RRE Season 3 (2016) Race Room NSU Cup - Mid-Ohio - Aug 11
Post by: Hotkeys on August 12, 2016, 08:46:04 AM +0100
Sounds like you guys had fun. I hope you'll keep posting this type of racing-event Matt. Late August or early September I'm back in CPH and I'll be looking forward to some virtual racing.

Stig


Title: Re: RRE Season 3 (2016) Race Room NSU Cup - Mid-Ohio - Aug 11
Post by: picnic on August 12, 2016, 09:33:44 AM +0100
I'm really enjoying racing these. I turned up last night in my usual state of preparedness, i.e. none, and my 1st flying lap was a 1:53. For the next 15 mins I couldn't get within half a second of that. Qually started equally badly but the team rebuild my wrecked steed in a tad under 10 secs ;) and I was back out again. They must have done a proper job this time as I was consistently quicker than the earlier 1:53 and bagged 3rd on the grid. I never had a run on either Eck or GT in the race but had lots of fun just hanging on to their shirt tales. Shame for GT it ended as it did but another really enjoyable race.


Title: Re: RRE Season 3 (2016) Race Room NSU Cup - Mid-Ohio - Aug 11
Post by: frex on August 12, 2016, 09:34:49 AM +0100
These things are great fun.  ;D

Indeed.

Struggled to stay in touch with the leading trio, and then had a half-spin into the infield with the added insult of a slow-down penalty.. But that just dropped me into the middle of Tony and Matt and the rest of the race was just pure fun! Thanks chaps, and congrats podium.


Title: Re: RRE Season 3 (2016) Race Room NSU Cup - Mid-Ohio - Aug 11
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on August 12, 2016, 02:29:50 PM +0100
I was totally knackered after that never ending half hour. Practise and qualy showed that my overall pace had improved since the last time we raced these Mars bars, but that I was still over 1.5 secs behind the next quickest. As the race began I thought I would do a few laps then quit out. But due to me beating Matt of the line and later on catching up with a speed penalised Frex I was happily involved in some actual racing. Almost managed to keep both drivers at bay but that sneaky Matt caught me off-guard on the penultimate lap, the rotter, and passed me. Great fun and really pleased that I didn't feel the need to leave early doors.
Paul Ricard 2A short looks like a good track for these  ;) 


Title: Re: RRE Season 3 (2016) Race Room NSU Cup - Mid-Ohio - Aug 11
Post by: phspok on August 12, 2016, 02:46:08 PM +0100
LOL, and you gave me a hard time with Paul Ricard!  ::)
Not an obvious track for these things...

I am doing a small hillclimb on Sunday, (Scamonden Dam) and there's a guy who
has 3 of these will be competing in one of them. It never wins it's class as it is not as fast as modern
machinery, but I will take some pics of whichever he brings.  ;D


Title: Re: RRE Season 3 (2016) Race Room NSU Cup - Mid-Ohio - Aug 11
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on August 12, 2016, 03:09:42 PM +0100
LOL, and you gave me a hard time with Paul Ricard!  ::)

Did I  ???


Title: Re: RRE Season 3 (2016) Race Room NSU Cup - Mid-Ohio - Aug 11
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on August 12, 2016, 07:03:49 PM +0100
Moscow Ring short looks promising but there's a cut bug at one of the turns  :taz:


Title: Re: RRE Season 3 (2016) Race Room NSU Cup - Mid-Ohio - Aug 11
Post by: phspok on August 12, 2016, 10:59:31 PM +0100
had a run round Ricard and the long straight doesn't go with the little engines for me.


Title: Re: RRE Season 3 (2016) Race Room NSU Cup - Mid-Ohio - Aug 11
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on August 13, 2016, 11:18:32 AM +0100
had a run round Ricard and the long straight doesn't go with the little engines for me.
I would have to agree. Also I found the track featureless and a bit dull.


Title: Re: RRE Season 3 (2016) Race Room NSU Cup - Mid-Ohio - Aug 11
Post by: phspok on August 13, 2016, 12:46:38 PM +0100
for these I like some up and down. As Murray Walker once said "This is an interesting circuit, because it has inclines. And not just up, but down as well."