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Track: Laguna Seca ('64 to '67)

Cars allowed: Chevrolet Impala

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Practice: ~19:20 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:20 (10 mins)
Race: 20:30 (38 laps)

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: 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.

Hi guys!

It's time to back to races!  :wheelchair:

I have mounted my steering wheel after 5 years.  ;D
Since my daughter was born, it has been more than 5 years since I had to give up racing because I had no time for practically anything.
Now that she's 5 years old and does'nt need so much attention, I think I will be able to run a race ocasionally.
I hope to see familiar faces and new faces, why not?

Hopefully all you guys are well!

What about your times in this track? Yesterday I did about 10 laps. My time 1:25 i think.

Cheers!

ps: sorry for my english

Welcome back! Going to post some lap times after my practice run tomorrow or Wednesday

Welcome back, Jose - it's been a while  ;)

thanks guys!

now its time to recover lost time.... if my wife and daughter allow me  ;D

Welcome back Jose - long time no see; glad to find you alive and kicking  :)

Just did some praccy, with a not easily repeatable 1:17.196 being my best.  Get a mismatch message online though, so wonder if I have the right version of the track.

My best is a 1:20.9 but I'm usually hopeless in these old American brutes.

Last night I was able to do a lot of laps on the server trying to get a good set-up without much success, but my time has down a lot. 1.17.5.

Although I don't feel comfortable with this beast.

Hey Jose, nice to see a familiar name return :)

Turned a few laps, what a terrible car this is to drive around here, yank tanks were never ever my thing and I always avoided the Muscle Car League on Gamers Crib for that very reason....

Best so far of 1.16.8, but there's every chance of spearing off into the boondocks at that pace for me!

Good to see you back Jose.  :thumbup2:


It certainly is one horrible car. Of all the ones we have used in the muscle car series here, this is probably the most difficult to drive, you certainly are a sadist Tony!  ;D

Anyway I won't be suffering the horrors of driving this thing tonight, will be watching the football. I know I must be mad.

thanks all you guys!

And go England! Now that Spain is out all my support for England.

I'm recording the footy. That way I can still race and fast forward through all the pre match and half time b :censored: s.

I find it good fun, in all its madness.  Opinion may change when tyres are 30+ laps old...

Hope I can stream the footy later - and sorry, not rooting for England  ;D

The ball is the wrong shape, and the players fall over at the merest whiff, so my interest can be described as minimal at best.... ;)

Sorry, but +1 (https://www.world-of-smilies.com/wos_flaggen/flaggen06.gif) (http://www.World-of-Smilies.com)

My brother has always flagged the Dannebrog in these days to provoke the neighbors  ;D

I personally am not at all into soccer. I prefer NBA basketball (the Finals at the moment) watching the short game summaries each day  8)

Lol, thanks Kurt  :)

Could someone please pm me the download link for the car/track combo? I thought I had it from before but apparently not

Done

Thanks!

Results and replay now posted.

Yet another really tough race! Such a demanding car/track combo, but rewarding as well!

Again as in recent races, the rear tyres were the limiting factor, to the point where I got actually worried that it won't be possible to reach the end without a pitstop.

I had to figure out the car tendencies, learn the details of this track version (have only driven this layout in GPL, but it's not a convert from that) and come up with a setup in just 20-25 mins, but somehow managed to put it on pole with a banzai lap.

Daz made a better getaway but let me have first after T1. After that he was quite fast on cold tyres, but once I felt comfortable I managed to pull away. That was until I messed up the downhill section after Corkscrew, spinning off to the right (that water drain/canal there is nasty!) and dropping some 5 seconds behind Daz.

Initially I began to catch him up, but then he found his mojo and put in a string of quicker lap times, which had me worried. While pushing hard, I had a another off in the same place as before, though this time without spinning, so the time loss was not as big. Fortunately for me he lost a bit of time going through traffic and eventually the gap was down to just 2 seconds.

Sadly he had an off at T1 after touching the dirt on the outside and that dropped him to around 11 seconds behind. At first I thought I should use this opportunity to ease off a little and save tyres, which reduced the gap between us to just under 10 seconds, but then I realized that we're just past half distance and my rear tyres were already down to about 25%, so I decided to pit for fresh rubber.

The pitstop felt like it took forever and by the time I was out in 4th, Daz was about 35 seconds in front! The lower fuel load and new tyres allowed me to go much much quicker though, and I was now taking massive chunks out of everyone in front. I was quickly up to second and was now going about 3 seconds faster than Daz on each lap, so it seemed to be a matter of time, as long as I didn't make any major mistakes.

Caught up to him with 3 laps to go and he made it easier by going wide in the last corner (or maybe he was letting me through).

It would have been much closer had Daz not gone off at T1, so I was somewhat lucky as I don't think I could have afforded to pit and that means I had to struggle with my rear tyres almost gone.

Congrats to all for making it to the end! If anyone wants to watch my driving exploits in this, here's the link - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1079606059

Hard work and wicked fun at the same time  :)

After the race start, it was quickly clear I had no hope of keeping up with the two aliens in front.  My race would foremost be with Jose; returned and slightly rusty alien  :D and Christian too.  Jose seemed relentless in his pursuit over the early laps, but I gradually built a gap of some 5-6 seconds, only to throw most away with a mistake in the Corkscrew.  Another one a couple of laps later, involving Hristo's drain canal, saw Jose get in front.

We were very even, so hard to find a way & place to challenge, so could only try to pressure him and hope for a mistake.  Eventually Jose was kind enough to wave me past, maybe as he was planning a pit stop anyway.

Some time later I passed Hristo in the pits, wondering what he was doing there - with cuts off, he could hardly be serving a S/G.  When he subsequently was biting out 4-secs chunks of my lead, it was pretty obvious he had changed tyres.  He went past without any trouble, so 3rd was the best I could do.

Grats to Hristo & Daz - and grats to you Brits for making the final  :)

Yes, my pace wasn't good enough and I understood that I was slowing you down.
In any case I had to make a pit stop to put fuel and i would not have chance to fight for 3rd place.
Anyway, I was able to run several laps behind Daz and then with hristo. Was fun.

Grats all!

See you!

In case you hadn't realised we also run on Monday's too!

Yes, I saw it. I like the track and I like the cars. The AC Cobra is one of my favorites.
I will try not to miss it

Thanks Tony and grats for the pass to final but the penalty ...... :eek:

Result (https://www.avonrise.co.uk/srou/kurts/_2021//07072021_67_LagunaSeca)


8)

Sorry for no show yesterday, but I was at  my grandson's birthday party and I was back home too late for start so I watched who got the final with Italy. It will be interesting on Sunday  ;)

Sta tornando a casa, sta tornando a casa, sta arrivando, i palloni stanno tornando a casa