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Track: Silverstone GP 70's Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg109873#post_silverstone70)

Cars allowed:

CLASS A (0-1000cc)

Mini Cooper 970S Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_mini_cooper_970_s) Note: Not included '69 Mini.
Hillman/Sunbeam Imp Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_hillman_imp)

CLASS B (1000-1300cc)

Mini Cooper 1275S Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_mini_cooper_1275s_1968)
Ford Escort 1300GT Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_escort_1300gt)

CLASS C (1300-2000cc)

Ford Escort 1600RS Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_escort_rs1600)
Ford Escort 1600TC (FVA) Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_escort_fva)

CLASS D (Over 2000cc)

Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (from the 1970's carpack) Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_american_v8)
Ford Capri 2600RS (requires skinpack) Download this (http://www.mediafire.com/file/nv4lxqiu7nhdcnc/Ford_Capri_RS_2600.zip)
Ford Mustang Boss 302 Download this (http://gizmo71.www.idnet.com/srou/ukgtl/cars/SRou_GTL_69Boss302Mustang_1.1.0.0.exe)


Drivers are limited to a maximum of FOUR drives per Class, with a limited number of drives per car. For more information please click HERE (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1I7egPwfJnD3svMwKxFhsK633XLm8BLocdNuofsj2VKg/edit?usp=sharing)

Practice: ~19:20 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:20 (20 mins)
Race: 20:40 (20 laps)

Time of Day Setting: 14:00
Start: STANDING
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal

Server: simracing.org.uk Monday
Password: see above (#post_event_password)

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.
(3) The AI control should be turned off so that you have control of the car at all times, including pitting. Your player file should therefore read
Autopit="0"
Force Autopit Off="1" // Forces autopit always off
No AI Control="1" // AI never has control over car
If you still finding pitting problematic, experience tells us that its less to do with positioning and more to do with approach speed. A slow approach to pit crew chief has proved most reliable.

Special Notes: None

IMPORTANT

Once qualification has started drivers may not leave to change class/make/car. They may leave to change skins.

Drivers should be checking all future races and ensuring that they have an appropriate Class car reserved for these races.

Replay and results now posted.

Ziu, any idea why the results show you as DQ'd? (I've removed it, I'm sure you did nothing wrong).

Results (https://www.avonrise.co.uk/srou/kurts/70Silverstone_24072017)

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No, it s strange during the race  ( i dont remember what lap was) for one seconds about the game was blocked while i was braking o Becketts, and second on XD i seen for whole race that Huggy were DNF since the start till the end. No i never wronged always clean as you could see when you lapped me.
 

Thanks Kurt  :thumbup1:

You were DNF start to finish for me Tony, though it showed you leading, at the end it said I was -18 laps  :o

Good race with Clive once he got a decent imp  ::)

How strange. My XD showed Clive as in the pits for lap one then on lap two he was on the same time as you Matt. I think the results are good tho  ;)

Lots of tactical considerations before this race.  With Ziu out of Class D drives, and Geoffers absent, a win seemed a distinct possibility.  Missing the previous Silverstone race due to computer issues, I had one Camaro and one free-for-all (Boss) drive left.  Prepared for both, logging on in the Camaro to see what everyone else was driving - would be quite a scoop if I could bag a win in that car!

Initially only Kurt was in a Boss. Of course couldn't match his speed with the Camaro, but I rather shamefully put my money on him falling off during the race, and stuck with the Camaro.  There was of course always the risk that a late comer would join during qual, in a Boss or Capri.  As qual was starting, it suddenly dawned on me that Tony probably can see from server admin what we're driving, and would no doubt have spotted an easy win.  Whether pre-planned or spur of the moment, as feared, he turned up in a Boss.  At this point it was clear I had gambled and lost: Couldn't expect both to fall off, and couldn't change to the Boss any longer.

Instead I got one heck of a race with Bob. Had been comfortably ahead of him in qual, so never foresaw him becoming such a problem (quite a lot I failed to predict in this race - a career move into clairvoyance is probably not in the cards...  ::))  Got ahead of Kurt at the start, but he easily moved past on L2.  For the remainder of the race, I had Bob's Escort up my tail pipes.  Unsurprisingly, he was quicker through the corners, but the expected straight line advantage of the Camaro never materialized - maybe he was always within towing distance ?   Once he moved out of it however, he seemed to run out of puff, and never quite made it past.  What it meant for me was no running wide and no room for other screw-ups in the corners, despite being on the ragged edge all 20 laps - that was tough  :sweatdrop:

As the race wore on, and my tyres did likewise, it didn't make the task any easier.  Bob was inching closer, so I had to ignore the tyre wear and drive like it wasn't there.  Not sure how I survived that..   Thanks to Bob for a very intense race - and for being patient; know how frustrating it is to be behind a slower cornering car, with a driver who refuses to move off the line..  ;)

Grats to Tony & Kurt - glad you made it to the finish, even if it drops me to 3rd (and last in class..)  :)

Cheers,
Erling

Grats to Tony and Kurt for getting the top steps of the podium and to Erling for being Mr Consistent and picking up points for 3rd. Many thanks to Matt for suggesting, (and Tony for allowing me) to change my Imp for one with extra power.

I had simply selected the first Imp at random, assuming that they were all more or less the same. But, following Matt's suggestion I dragged a nice yellow one out of the transporter. This all took place rather late during qualifying and there was a frantic few minutes as I tried to transfer the setup from the original Imp to the new one. The gear ratios were the biggest hurdle, but I finally got them sorted as qually ended.

Once the race started it took me a lap or two getting to grips with the new car and the extra speed gave the opportunity to challenge Matt's mini. Once I got my head around the slightly different handling, I discovered that I was significantly quicker through some corners than Matt and I was actually backing off.......................Matt might regret his advice over which Imp I could use. :devil:
I followed Matt in those early laps until he ran wide at Stowe and I took my chance and tried to get away.
 It was good plan, which might have worked as I clocked a 1:49.5 lap once in clear air, until my shifter decided to intervene. Matt probably noticed a few excursions of mine into the countryside at various corners.

I was having problems with downshifts into corners. Mostly it worked fine, but sometimes it would go from 4th to 2nd and lock the rear wheels with disastrous results. Sometimes it ignored the instruction to downshift and remained in 4th, which caused me to plough straight on.  A strip down of my shifter and some contact cleaning is on the cards, and I am not letting Arnold do this job!!

The series of mistakes dropped me further and further back and in the end Matt had a comfortable class win. The more powerful Imp was a revelation and the setup worked well for me, so next time......... ::)

I wondered why you suddenly jinked left when you should have been turning right  ::)

I did wait for you at least twice when you wandered off :angel: Naturally I wanted the class win, but if you'd stayed in
your original Imp, I would have had a very boring race.

Unfortunately I cannot. I can only see drivers names and chat.

Yes Matt, I did realise that you waited, and many thanks for that. At least it kept things interesting for the first half of the race.

The first jink to the left got a similar response from me...." duh!??? I thought I was turning right here??  :-\"

That wasn't all that hard - could have parked the car after 1 lap and gone watch Game of Thrones, and still scored the same class position...  ;)

Getting on the overall podium though, was bloody hard work!

Cheers,
Erling

Not much to say about this'n really. Couldn't beat Kurt in qualy but I was using race trim and I hoped that Kurt was using qualy fuel only. Had a fairly good start and led in T1 and managed to avoid any silly mistakes. Gap to those following grew longer so was able to relax and enjoy the glorified air of first place. Thanks to everyone I lapped for making it so easy.

I think this was my first overall pole. I reached my fastest times by using my non symmetric Daytona setup and race fuel.  ::)
Calm race - similar to Tony's - after my usual bad start ???

At least I finally found and solved my problems concerning the Imp: My private download was situated in an folder called "Extracars",
the SROUK download leads to a folder called "Extra Cars". So server was unable to find the Imp in my game  ;D

CU next week.

As Erling said it was a hard race for me but also enjoyable .  I tailed him from start until finish, their were places on the track (corners) were I would catch up to him, but then a straight would come up and his Z28 would outdrag the RS1600, catch him again in braking and the corners an then he would pull away from me.  We did this the whole race I think.  My Ford needed just one more Hamster under the hood (bonnet)!!!  Towards the end I thought about doing a "Bonzai" attack after the first long straight and try to stick my nose on the inside on the big right hander and squeeze the wall but I probably would have taken us both out and that wouldn't be a good thing.  We were in different classes so the way it played out we both got 1st in our class.  Good fun.  Next up Sepang and the crazy Capri's.  See you there.

Bob M.