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Season 16  Clubman's Cup - Round 6 - Snetterton

The first round of the championship to be held on British soil.  There's sure to be a generous supply of pies transported in from Wigan.  Rumour has it that one of the local boys is partial to a bit of pastry and his mechanics are not too happy about the prospect of having to keep him away from the catering vans.

There were one or two rash moves made in the last round.  Please take your time to plan an attack, there are some good overtaking opportunities at this track so there is no need to be too hasty. 

Please be in IGOR UKGPL chatroom by 8:25 p.m (UK London Time = GMT).

Server 5.ukgpl
IP address TBA
Race date = 23-11-2008
Time 8:30 pm (UK London Time = GMT)
Track = Snetterton
Variant = 67F1
Damage Model = Intermediate
Qualifying time = 35 minutes. Don't start until 30 mins left on clock to allow everyone to join.
Race length = Long (24 laps)
Password: see above (#post_event_password)

CHASSIS RESTRICTIONS
These are based on the drivers position in the championship (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=191&theme=6).  Any driver who chooses to take a chassis faster than their position in the championship dictates, must make a mandatory pit stop as defined below.

Group 1
Will Tway
Bernie

Group 2
Burtoner
Rik Bryant

Group 3
Paul Bird
Sam Blood

Group 4
Michael Turner
Jack O'Ferrall

Pit Stop Times

Group 1	Single Stop Time		Double Stop Time
Lotus	25		N/A
Eagle	7		N/A
Ferrari	3		N/A
Brabham	Stop and Go		N/A

Group 2	Single Stop Time		Double Stop Time
Lotus	24		N/A
Eagle	6		N/A
Ferrari	2		N/A

Group 3	Single Stop Time		Double Stop Time
Lotus	12		N/A
Eagle	Stop and Go		N/A

Group 4	Single Stop Time		Double Stop Time
Lotus	9		N/A

 First Pit Window is: 19 (to go on your pit board) to 13 (to go on your pit board)
 Second Pit Window is: 17 (to go on your pit board) to 6 (to go on your pit board)

going to miss this one.....

I finish work at 9pm, Im hoping i can sneak in 1hr earlier and finsh at 8pm instead, that way i can get home for race at 8:30pm

I have posted an Eagle lap and setup by Dave Wilkinson here:-
http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?p=3924962#post3924962

It is a non-alien setup and at 1:24.13 is well worth a look.

Standings and replay are here.

http://www.jamesonline.net/ukgpl/

BTW, if I am hosting races like this, is there somewhere specific I should be uploading them to?

A rather eventful race for everyone by the looks of things. My race was reasonable, although made too many errors for my liking. I had a good start from the front row and managed to pass Rik into the lead. It remained that way for a few laps until I lost the rear under braking for the hairpin. Rik clipped the back of my car but there was little he could do as I spun out in front of him and we both continued without problem. I remained about 6-7 seconds behind until about lap 15 where I had a severe brain fade by running wide at the first corner and spun out as a result. I then went one better at the Russel chicane as I ran wide, clipped the curb, went airbourne, ploughed into the barrier and spun several times on the home straight only for a hapless Burt to crash into me! All this in one lap! I then took a calm and steady approach for the rest of the race as I didn't want to ruin anyone else's race and crossed over the line in 2nd place. Not a too bad result, but I am deeply sorry Burt for causing another collsion with you in two successive races.

It was my first race with UKGPL and I must say that it was alot of fun. With the exception of a practice race yesterday, it was my also my first online race with GPL. Started in the back of the field as planned and was able to drive around the carnage on lap 1 and managed to find a nice gap to "lap" in until traffic started catching me. I'll have to admit that I was overly cautious, as you guys came up on me, so tried to stay out of your way. I didn't want to take anyone out in my first race, especially this late in the season.
I had a great time, finished the race 8 (Q12) and am really looking forward to Kaylami.
I hope I didn't hold anyone up...

Arrived late on the grid tired and bedragled after a w/e of debauchery  ::) Managed to qually next to last so had a great view of the start from where I got away well and was progressing nicely towards T1 but was suprised to discover the 200 yd. maker for T1 was in my flight path and worse still to my complete amazement it was also  made of solid stuff  :o

The result was a 3 wheel Coop so a quick s/r was called for which I performed with no probs as I was now in the rear gunner position .

Having recovered I was pleased to see so many cars and drivers who were obviously feeling sorry for my mistake and had all decided to wait for me to catch up, in fact they were so keen to help they was actually fighting each other to assist my recovery  (thanks guys)  :D All this left me in about 5th place but the resulting pit in for my startline error put me back in 8th (not sure what the rules are her or if the mods will penalise me further for a lap 1 own fault s/r ? )

So as the race progressed I picked up a few more places thanks mostly to others mistakes rather than my own efforts , having survived an early attack by Burtmeister the disgruntled who soon fell away I found myself closing in on the battle for 3rd between Steve and Jack O'  . Steve had some kind of argument with the pit lane barrier so giving me another place (tough luck mate )  I tried closing Jacko's well driven BRM down but then developed a dose of finger cramp (agin  ::) so had to slow a little to avoid driving off the track , in the end I was very pleased with my 4th place finish , quite unexpected  really .

Grats to Rik, Sam and the ever improving JackO' and to all others who managed to cross the finish line of this tricky little circuit still in one piece.

 :)

Forgot to add 4th ,5th and 6th places for the soggies , well done chaps  ;D



  

Not a bad race overall for me.

I managed to get up to 4th in qualifying and got away cleanly, avoiding the carnage behind at T1.

Lap 2 saw Ian Docherty run wide at the Esses and I got through to run P3!  Had a comfortable gap behind due to the L1 T1 incident and settled in to put some consistent laps in and see if I could pull off a podium!

Saw no one again until L9 when I found Geoff leaving pit lane, he backed off in to Sear and let me through to continue on my way.

A few further quiet laps with the occasional glimpse of Steve Busa up ahead but wasn't closing at any great pace.  Steve sadly span at the end of L14 exiting Russell, I tried to avoid and went to the inside but caught the pit lane barrier.  The rear right was stuck fast and I had to shift R.

Jack O'F had closed right in and I was back to full tanks and cold tyres.  I tried to hold him off but made too many mistakes and he got through.

More mistakes followed and Bernie took advantage soon after to put me P5 where I stayed to the end.

Not sure if I'll keep P5 as I didn't stop/go, in the hope that it may be deemed a no fault reset.  We'll see.

Once again, I enjoyed the Brabham, and intend to stay with that for now.

Cheers all.

Enjoyed my Forth online race.

Almost through the T1 antics without incident, but clipped the rear of a spinning car. Got straightened out and pressed on through some lonely laps,began to catch a couple of cars,
Got close, Got excited, 4 Got about braking points, Got s/r and did s/g.
Back in the game and mid race was just about holding B1rd at distance and then lost it on final turns lap 13 or 14, B1rd hit armco, sorry for spinning mate.

Improved my best race lap at Snetterton.

Finished in 9th,
Enjoyed the race,
Try and improve for next Time!!!
Cheers

Also arrived late for Qually. managed to get 3-4 laps in with a mid 28 good enough for 6th.

At the start, got away slow then back into the pack for T1. Held the inside alongside Geoff (I think) as we got to the exit a combo of me moving out slightly and Geoff moving in caused a tag and the scrap heap that followed.
Think I had Burt and Bernie behind me after the dust cleared. Made another error later on the lap/early L2 to put me at the back.
From then on, just tried to keep it clean. Made a couple of spots due to others pitting. Then had to pit myself due to a reset - yeh, I failed to keep it clean.
Eventually finished up 8th after Craig let me through towards the end - only afterwards found out it was for position!

Congrats to Rik on the win and Sam & Jack for showing SBRC the way home - Lord Loot was cock-a-hoop.

Not sure yet if I can make Kyalami - work may intervene, postponed from this weekend.

Really sorry that I missed this one as I had downloaded that track only last week and I love trying new tracks. Oh well. It seems a popular circuit so I'm sure it'll come back around.

Talking of new tracks, the Clubmans is due to visit Brands Hatch in a few rounds' time. I've downloaded it and like it but I see there are a couple of versions with differing lengths (~50m). The shorter version is the oldest and is the one from ChallengeRank. Unfortunately I've grabbed the longer one and I'm betting that I need the shorter one for our race, yes?

Cheers.

P.S.
I see that there are also two versions of Snetterton Heath available - '67 and '64. Which were we supposed to use?

I hope you'll be able to make the last race before the Xmas break James!  The folders for the tracks we use are 'brands67' and 'snett67'.

I had an okay race, had to slow at T1 to avoid the accident then made up places without managing to pass anyone.  I had a good cushion in third at the end and was enjoying a tow from Steve when he decided that I just had to pass him, no I simply must, and I got Bombhole slightly wrong and was very lucky not to spin.

With the dissension in the Soggies ranks REED will be chasing the Clubmans team title in the last races, though Steve Bird seems to have taken coaching and there are dark rumours from our mechanics that he has improved to a distressing extent!  Nothing but victory will please Loot though!