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Practice 1:	20:16	(9 mins)	full time drivers only
Practice 2:	20:25	(10 mins)	reserves may join too
Qual 2:	20:35	(25 mins)
Race:	21:00	(21 laps; approximately 40 minutes)	note: no warmup!

Cars allowed: any NGT, G2 or G3 from the UKGTR Skin Pack v2.2 (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?pid=27) (see this thread (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2228.0)) (G2 and G3 cars will not score points).
Weather: Dry
Track: Barcelona GP 2003
Race Start Time 14:00

Server: UKGTR NGT Academy
Password: here (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2310)

Notes:
(1) Please make sure you are fully aware of the UKGTR Rules (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?pid=7) - especially the speed limiter starting procedure and the rules about in-game chat messages.
(2) Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?ind=lm2&group=40).
(3) You will not be able to join the server without the skin and ballast pack (see link above).
(4) Drivers should remember that they get only two free changes of car in each series.
(5) Please read this post (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2707.0) for the corner cutting rules for this event.

Sadly I'm not going to be able to make this one myself.

That will virtually assure me 3rd then  ;D

Not much I can do in this race to change the standings  >:(  :'(

Well given the 48 point lead you've got on me I never really had any chance of a championship podium after my Hockenheim disaster anyway.

you can help me....team tactics  :whistling:

:D  :D I will be trying to get as many positions in front of you as possible and hope to get 2nd in the championship....if you want to call that team tactics...  ;D

your team tactics suck  :( ........................lol

lollll  :D  ;) They seem alright to me m8  :P  :D

My tactics are simply - beat everyone, win both championships, get hired by a better team.

Oh no, wait a minute... I already drive for the best team! :P :P :P

(Maybe more than) one could use some other expressions for that!  :P

TT

Biggest <> Best  ;) :P

That's what people with small... teams... say. ;)

 ::) yep this series team championship is certainly on a knife edge!  :P

I'm afraid I can't make this one - being dragged out to a meeting at a pub for a frank discussion of "Belgian front arms" ;)

So, I'll introduce my stand-in driver: Mr. Frisky :D

(http://edam.accelerator.org/1163981825-1163977700804580.jpg)

I take it Mr Frisky is an Alcoholic, never without his JD eh?  ;)

I have had no praccy whatsoever on this track, last time I went on this track was on the demo. I just haven't had the time since the last race.

Which is a shame. I am only one point behind Adam. Not that I would beat him in a straight race anyway, but one can always hope for a trip to the tyre walls or a nice sun bathing session in the gravel for ones opponents.  :P

Maybe the alcoholic cat a.k.a mr Frisky is the one who's been driving all along and you're actually the stand-in   :P

Well what can i say.
Qualified 7th made my way upto 3rd after 15 minutes. :P
Couldn't of gone any better. :)
Until that is,when i slightly drifted on to a kerb which then knocked me off line and head on with the tyre barrier. :oops:
What do i have to do to finish.
Its frigging stressing me out. :death:
I came into this race Carma,dont push it to hard.
And i wasn't,But i still made a stupid god dam mistake. ???

Congrats to the winner.

Im off now to bang my head against a wall.

Lonely race at the back!!

Couldn't find a set up where the tyres lasted except putting hards on all round and plodding round!

Qualified in 14th, finished 11th !! Can't complain!!

Yawn!

M.

P.S Oh, Thanks to Munkez for visiting the Cat litter 2 laps from the end to let me through. Shame though, would have been a good run to the finish!

Well what a nightmare.

3 silly mistakes, first off roading in T5 then 2 silly spins, all on my own, coming out of turn 2. I thought I had good pace early on but after my mistakes I couldn't get back at all.

Well done to winner and podium guys.

Regards
Colin

What a race! I got lucky at the start and was able to out drag Keith down to turn 1. The TVR seemed a fair bit quicker down the straights compared to the Porka and that was the story of my race really. Nearly got up to Paul in 3rd but he always seemed to have a little spurt on to gain a few tenths when needed. Grats to Ruskus on his second sprint Drivers Title 8)
Thanks to SROU for another glorious season :) See you at  the next one ;)

Well that was nerve racking! Had a great qual and had a good race pace. Nev was quicker and soon closed the initial early gap I built. Didn't want to race him too hard but held him off for a couple of laps until he got a run out of the last corner and got me into turn 1. Was then just holding my ground and on the last lap decided to take it very easy. That through my concentration and I stuck two wheels on the grass and into the gravel I went. Has a hard time getting out so back down to 5th. Cheers Nev for the race and thanks to perdy and luke for a close run championship!

Off to pop open a beer as haven't got any champagne! Cheers for the season all see you at the next one!

Replay (http://ukgtr.simracing.org.uk/Barcelona%20-%20NGT%20Academy%20070220.zip) and Provisional Results (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?ind=lm2&event=293) posted.

Congratulations to Paul Richards and 28CD for their championships  :D

Congrats to the winners, shame I couldn't make this....didn't have the new PC up and running in time, however, GTR2 is now up and running .... I WILL be there on Sunday!

Wrong thread Jon....get off the drugs   ;)

I enjoyed that race! Nice end to the season.

Made one silly mistake in the first part of the race I got distracted for a sec and ended up spinning..Doh!

but I had a decent finish to the race, gained a couple of places thanks to peeps going off...managed to overtake TinMan and was catching buckie quickly.

Thanks for the great racing!

Bring on season 5!  ;D

Reign Man

well done to podium and congrats to paul for winning the season.

I seemed to be going ok in 3rd place heading for my 1st podium finish until maybe 2 or 3 laps to go luke appears on my tail from no where. I managed to hold him off for a while until i made a silly mistake and let him slip by.

I was too busy cursing myself for the mistake which inturn caused me to spin out a few corners later, i managed to rejoin in 7th.  >:(

Although ive only been here for the last 4 races of the season ive thorougly enjoyed myself and look forward to next season. Hopefully there will be room for me in the endurace events aswell. ;D

An enjoyable race for me, armed with a tweaked version of the excellent setup I used in the endurance race on Sunday. I didn't have a qually setup and it showed, but 3rd on the grid was okay behind the two 28CD guys. I was intending to just stay in 3rd for a while and let the two up front fight among themselves since championship positions were at stake.

However, once the race started it became clear that Luke was holding me up, and worse was the rest of the field were starting to bunch up behind me. The situation didn't last long - Luke touched the grass entering the final turn and it threw his RSR into a spin. I did my best to avoid, but a spinning car is very unpredictable and there was a little contact as I went around the outside - sorry about that Luke.

That put me in second place with Paul Richards 4 seconds up the road in the 360 Tagliatelli. Paul did an awesome qual lap given his equipment and his race pace wasn't too shabby either, so I was only able to eek about 3 or 4 tenths per lap out of his lead. There were about 18 minutes to go by the time I caught Paul, but his speed down the straights quickly made it clear to me that passing him would be no easy task.

After about 8 laps of following I finally got a good enough exit out of the final turn to get a decent tow down the front straight. In the end Paul didn't put up much of a fight - probably more worried about his championship than winning this race - so I got by quite easily into the braking zone.
My tyres were on the way out by that point but Paul had slowed so I managed to cruise around the final 3 laps to take the win.

The main event though was clearly Paul's championship win - well done mate. Congrats also to 28CD who romped away with the team championship by a country mile. Roll on season 5  ;D

A cut to desk top during quali left me with a minute to spare after getting back in..... decided to start last (well, had no choice!)
All in a panic left soft tires on the front and the rear which made for some interesting driving over the last third of the race, a few trips to the cat litter saw both martin and rob get by!!! ( will take you in the enduro martin :P) but not going to complain to much finishing 14th from 19th on the grid!

Congrats to Paul for taking the championship, will be interesting to see how you cope in the Masters!!

AND thanks to all Ive raced against/with this season, have had some fantastic battles and look forward to season 5!! and a big shout to those responsible for sorting all this out....... well done!!! :rockon:

Munkez

Is that "karma" or "calmer"? Enquiring minds want to know...

Shame I missed this, looks like I could've had a good result. On the plus side we raised about £700 for MacMillian Cancer Support (http://www.macmillan.org.uk/) and got to hear a good performance from local band Black Ash (http://www.black-ash.com/). End of plug. ;)

Congratulations to Paul, Perdy and Luke on the championship standings, well done guys!! Also to the mighty (large ;)) 28CD  on the team championship, very well deserved as you dominated the championship.

Also a hearty congratulations to Picnic on his well deserved podium in the TVR and bagging Team Shark the 3rd in the team championship.  :thumbup1:

Congrats fellas - to both the Individual & Team Winners over both series.

Big thanks to SROU for running another excellent season, and putting in all the hard work (ballast packs come to mind) to make this as competitive as possible.

Another decent race for me with consistency starting to pay off. Quallied in 14th, finished in 13th - so 2 scoring races in succession!
I only made 1 major mistake, going off on the first lap (again), but battled my way through, which was really exciting, as most of my races over the seasons have been lonely sightseeing affairs. I was slowly closing in on 12th, but ran out of time.

Already looking forward to next season.

Cheers

Rob

Well done Paul, Andy and Luke - top drives :)

grats Paul on championship!

been so busy recently with new job and havn't had time to touch this game! Net result was 10th in qualifying and a shabby race! Pace has got so much stronger in the second half of the season, really impressive and grats to Nev on his win!

enjoy 2nd luke in champ  ;)..........the italian monza i was driving was a bit shorter than some others! (ops!) sorry

cheers all for great fun! better than running 15th in Masters Sprint for me :)!

Good on you for taking it so well m8  :thumbup1: I didn't enjoy having to take 2nd spot away from you in the slightest!

Yeah I was quite surprised when I saw that I had gone up to 2nd in the champ  ??? dont really like having got 2nd that way  :( .Sorry about the exclusion m8.
Thanks for the close battles and looking forward to seeing you on the track soon... ;D
MANY CONGRATS TO PAUL FOR WINNING THE CAHMPIONSHIP!!!AND TO MYSELF FOR HELPING TO WIN THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP!!! :D

Is there a Lapchart Available??

Unofficial Lapchart (http://www.lapcharts.teamshark.org.uk/Lapcharts/Barcelona NGT Academy 22-01-2007/index.html)

In the summary tab there is a link to the replay, at the bottom left.