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RACE ONE (1960's)

Practice: ~19:20 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:20 (10 mins)
Race: 20:30 (22 laps)

Track: Laguna Seca '67 Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg187122#post_laguna1967)

Cars allowed: 1960's
Chevrolet Chevelle, Chevrolet Impala, Ford Falcon Sprint, Pontiac GTO
                  
Car restrictions: Three drives maximum per make. Check your car allowance here (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kJnYnxQnWw8NFb81UkmGwag4_M4M6p9-xaGduhdXkbE/edit?usp=sharing)

Time of Day Setting: 14:00
Start: STANDING
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal
Pit stops: Not required

Server: simracing.org.uk Wednesday
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: Note early race start. Don't be caught out by the green light. The light's seem to go red, red, red, red, green, bright green. Suggest drivers use start countdown to avoid jumping the start. Cuts will be off for this race.

Sorry to keep finding problems Tony, but better now than later. Just went to try this track out of curiosity as I had never used the old Laguna before & it crashes the game, tried different cars & same every time.

It's ok, I too would rather get all the errors kicked into the long grass now, rather than later.

However, this time I think the error is at your end. We used this track in Jeep's Can-Am series, without any problems (except for driver's wanting the cuts turned off). I also have just tested and it worked for me.

Try another download perhaps? Or run a trace?

Ok Tony, did think that I should try a redownload or reinstall after I posted. Will try again later on.

Hmmmm.

I tried the car combo after i downloaded it earlier this week and ran a couple of cars at Laguna Seca......with no probs?

Downloaded the track again & installed & works fine now, must have been a corrupted download or something.

Phew  :sweatdrop:

After all of my detailed preparation for these races.... well OK!, so I ran a couple of cars around this track about a year ago  ::). That might have all been a waste of time as I have just been called into hospital for an op tomorrow ( Tuesday ).

Not sure how the recovery will go, but I should be home tomorrow evening and then it just depends on how I get over the knockout drops. So maybe by Wed evening things might have returned to normal...if I was ever considered normal!

Either way, have fun guys and I will be back eventually.

Best wishes for a speedy and satisfactory procedure on Tuesday and a relaxed recover. Best not to rush these things.

+1

All the best, Clive - fingers crossed!

Same here Clive, sure it will all go well. :thumbup1:

Echo that; hope all goes well!

Sure everything will go well greetings and a quick recovery

Hi Where can I download the Cars allowed: 1960's
Chevrolet Chevelle, Chevrolet Impala, Ford Falcon Sprint, Pontiac GTO
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Done

Results and replay now posted.

Race 1

I was very rusty not having raced for months, a few slight mistakes and rather slow but felt I was getting the hang of things again. I was being pressed by Senior Dan I think and defended into a corner when I saw the Blue flag light. He had been passed by the leader. The second I looked to let him pass I got shunted and ended with suspension damage, my fault, I didn’t realise Dan had let him though and wasn’t anticipating being lapped so soon.

Race 2

Just prior to race two my chair partially fell apart. Not a good start. I fixed up a substitute chair and joined a bit late. It was a swivel chair (need I say more).  I realised I input more pressure into the peddles that I thought.  A few half spins but I did finish the race allbeit  a distance last.

Grats to winners and podiums.  :clap:

Nice to have you with us Mike. I too am slow in these beast's but I was able to frighten Bob a couple of times in the first race. In the second race I was soon on my own and unable to challenge Bob as he pulled away from me.

Couple of good races chasing the new V8 king Franky, but both had rather unsatisfactory endings.

First race, was gaining on Franky near the end when he & Misnoimis had a slight coming together & Misnoimis came across the track in front of me & I couldn't avoid him. Carried on but the car was not right & after skating off at the Corkscrew I gave it best.

Second race, chased Franky all race until on the final lap exiting the penultimate turn I suddenly hit something invisible which spun the car around losing the bonnet. Luckily just got going before Erling came along, so held on to 2nd place.

Congrats to Franky on two wins & to Erling & Dom on the podiums.  :clap: :clap: :clap:

Just one thing on the championship, Erling & I tied for 1st in the 70s cars. Congrats to Erling & Matt on their championship podiums.  :clap: :clap:

First off congrats to the series Champ and to the podium at Laguna.  R1 was a good race for me and for most of the race I had Tony in my mirror.   Big sorry to Matt or misnoimis who I punted in the rear in R1, don't remember who but was one of the Falcons.  We both recovered OK but still my fault.  Good fun in R1.  As good as R1 was, R2 was just the opposite.  During the car change between the races I kept disco-ing.  I never got a message on the site, but my modem lights didn't show as usual so it must have been with my provider.  Most of the time I lasted in R2 I was getting screen flickers.  Had a phobia about discoing and kept glancing at the modem to check it's health and not focusing on the track and hit a very solid hay bale and killed my car.  Really enjoyed the series and of course the cars are my favorites, Gee I wonder why???

Bob M.

Result_Race 1 (https://www.avonrise.co.uk/srou/kurts/04122019_67LagunaSeca_R1)

 8)

Normally not crazy about Laguna Seca, but this version is different - it's an absolute favorite; love those fast curves!

Race 1:
For a change I didn't lose positions at the start, holding on to my 3rd place.  Kept resonably pace with Geoffers early on, to my surprise, but eventually he'd had enough mucking about and started to pull away. Was slipping away from Dom behind me at the same time.  Then late in the race, I happened upon an upside down Geoffers at T1, spinning on his roof.  Tiptoed past to inherit 2nd place.  With a few laps to go, I was getting closer to a car up front.  Thought it was a back marker, but then realized it was Franky. He had been far ahead, so obviously must have lost time. Gave it all I could, and did get closer, but not enough before the race ended.

Race 2:
Initially a repeat of the first, with Franky, Geoffers, me & Dom in the same places.  The leaders pulled away quicker this time though, while I still stretched the gap to Dom slowly.  Great fun drifting the Firebird through the left hander after the bridge, but probably not good for the rear tyres.  As Geoffers mentioned, I found him recovering in a pile of wreckage, in the final moments of the race, but he got going before I could pass.

Grats to Franky on the two wins, Geoffers on the 2nd & Dom on 3rd.
Grats to Geoffers on the Championships & Matt on the 3rds.

@ Franky Leone:  what is [DTR] standing for?

Just curious.

 ;)

Thanks  :thumbup2: :punk:

Hello
Congratulations to the Final podium - Geoffers, Erling G-P, phspok. :jumpjoy:
Congratulations Wiltshire Tony for your great work. :thumbup2:
I hope to be able to do some whole championship. Hard for my night job. :wacko:
  a Regards

Nice to have you with us Franky