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UKGPL Season 18 - Historic Division - Race 3 - 66 mod - Kyalami

Race date = 13-10-2009
Server = 6.UKGPL
IP Address = 80.5.200.198
Time = 21:00
Track = Kyalami
Variant = 66F1,  3L engines
Damage Model = PRO
Qually time = 30 minutes.
Race length = long

Group I
Mclaren M2B Ford       
T1G Eagle Weslake             

Group II
BRM P83             
Lotus 43 BRM       

Group III
Honda RA273          
Cooper T81          
Brabham BT19          
Ferrari 312          

Drivers Restricted to cars from Group I
Gerard Kayou
Evil Clive

Drivers Restricted to cars from Groups I or II
Fulvio Policardi
Hristo Itchov

All other drivers have free chassis choice.

Password: see above (#post_event_password)
(2) Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=221&theme=6)

This will be my 200th UKGPL race.  I'll just beat Hristo to the double century by a handfull of races.  Probably the one and only time I'll ever beat him in something GPL related :P

Anyway other members approaching the 200 club are:

Hristo Itchov    192
Clive Loynes    191
EvilClive    183
bernie    178
welling    154
Ken Murray    147
Burtoner    145
Tifosi312    136
Chris Darkes    127
john roberts    119
paulwbird    118
Karl Doyle    117
Michael Turner    116
Baz    115
Glyn    114
Syd Drake    110
John Vizoso    110
RIKBRIANT    110
Colliss Coll    108
IanBassi    107
Lorenzo Galluzzi    105
Jason 'RMJ' Daborn    104
Allan Davis    101
Dave "Gizmo" Gymer 99

But if you count UKGPL and SRou hosted events (UKGTR and UKGTL), the top 5 are

Dave Gymer     378
Simon Gymer    374
Truetom    332
Mark Jonzo    307
picnic    286

In 9 month's racing at this place I've racked up 53 races. Probably another 20 to go til December.

Well I shall rack up at least one less as I cannot join you guys tonight...previous engagement means I cannot be there.

Also looks like I will miss a few more races as the "entertainment secretary" has organised a short break starting Saturday for 6 days??!!

74 for me since Sept '08, that includes GPLR ones and a few fondles with Breasts.

Sorry I have another committment and I don't know if I can make it in time for the start.
Ciao

All in all, I've been in over 400 online races with clubs (not counting pickups) since 2003. Most with ADC (200+), then UKGPL (110) UKGTR/GTL (60), and some one off championships with gpl and gtp.

Wow you have been busy Syd ;D.

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I want my own flat / house. That was shockingly bad for me to actually tag Mike on L2 J1. I'd worked my way up to 4th before I screwed up J2. The overtake on Gerard at Jukskei was a goody, but pulling off with less than a lap to go before Clubhouse wasn't helpful, especially since I'd failed to ensure previous to the race everything was in order. We'd had a new washing machine delivered, and there were my clothes on top of it before it was installed as I'd done a wash elsewhere.

Well that was quite a good race for me.  Tried to hang on to Al in the early stages but I was having to try too hard and had a spin and Syd got past.  I chased after Syd and got by at Sunset when he made a mistake.  Then I spun again.  This time Clutch and Syd got past.  So I chased after them again.  Started to reel them in when Syd spun out so I got past.  Pushed very hard and caught clutch on the last lap at Clubhouse but I spun again at the Esses so lost the chance of a grandstand finish.  Never mind, I'll have to make fewer mistakes in the next 200 races ;)

Glad to finish 3rd. Used my set-up from my 67 Brabham, which utilises the torque of the Braby engine and I only use the top 3 gears. Was in the top quartet for most of practice and went out for a last ditch attempt to get closer to the front. Just as I was about to start my fastest lap, Prib showed me in 5th, with Jethro one place ahead. I'm going to be honest, I near thought Sod it just stay there behind him, but ended up doing the lap and got third.

On L1 I had really good pace and was all over the back of Ken, but into the left/right esse on the back I had to take to the grass to avoid hitting him. This dropped me back off his tail and put Jethro (aka Nudy Boy) on mine. Sure enough into T1 he had got in the tow and went for the inside. All I'm going to say is we touched and both ended up in the grass. To say I was a bit pissed off is an understatement. I was now weel down the order, behind Phil.

I put the head down and started to reel in those in front, Jethro was about 4 places ahead, and I had murderous intent. Luckily for the Mods he chucked it off at T2 so I didn't have to pass him on the road.
I was slowly reeling the front duo in, and if they had started dicing a bit sooner the gap might have closed, but all in all I'm happy with my 3rd spot.

Grats to hristo and Ken

Bit of a landmark for me too.. i actually finished a race with the 66 Mod!  :D

I was going to race in the Lotus and had practiced with a driveable setup the previous day, but after doing 2 or 3 terrible laps offline just before the race, i fudged a setup for the Ferrari instead and altered it slightly throughout qualifying to enable me to keep the thing on the road rather than smash the lap record.

Think i finished 8th in the end, enjoying battles with Syd and Phil along the way. Apologies to both of them if my driving appeared very slow at some stages. When i had either of them in my mirrors i was missing gears and all sorts and becoming even more careful to try and achieve a finish.

For me, the 66's are still the most difficult cars to drive (even more than the 67's) and i must be missing something setup wise to try and get these cars controllable. Still, i'll keep plugging away.  ;)

I dont think you are Clutch. I find the 3l 66's hardest aswell - especially the car I'm contractually obliged to race  :lol:

Was a good if incident (and spin!) packed race for me, the Honda is an animal though - Pleased to even finish in her!  ;D


P.S. Jethro's mum is my new Hero  :angel:

That was a rather normal race, except the last 2 laps where all the action happened at once. I had a good Qualifying and although I never managed to get a perfect lap, it was more than enough for pole. The Lotus was a bit of a handful, especially under throttle, but the engine with its massive torque and power compensates that well.

The start was good and although Ken had a slightly better one, I managed to keep him back by going through the inside of J1 and J2. After that I just focused on pacing myself and not over-stress the engine. Ken, as expected, benefited from the vast slipstream of the 66 mod, but his Brabham was never able to match the straight line speed of my Lotus, so I was rather safe.

At one point he was close enough to launch an attack at J1, but he opted to back off and wait for another opportunity. That came on the penultimate lap when Syd was rejoining the track in the final slow right hander and so I had to avoid him but swerving to the left and onto the grass.

Ken took the chance to line up alongside me as we hit the main straight and start the final lap. I braked later than normal into J1, opting to take the outside line and hoping he'd manage to keep the inside. He did that and after exiting the corner I was still in the lead, but now I had to make sure he doesn't get a good slipstream on the run towards the finish. He had a better exit on the straight, but the Lotus powered up to keep him behind and finish 0.26 ahead! SHE WILL BE PLEASED!  ;D

Grats, Ken, good racing!

-=Hristo=-

I don't think there was a single lap of that race that I didn't feel the need to keep on my toes for one reason or another.  Early on from starting 6th I passed Gerard on the grid and then up to 3rd on lap 2 as Jethro made his ambitious plunge on Mike at T1.  This mean't there were some quick cars behind and on lap 6 I lost the three places back, though chose not to fight as was in for the long haul on this one, having two DNF's this season already!  Managed to hold on to the three in front until lap 8 when Tim went wide and then Jethro appeared to let the excitement (or his Mum's nagging!) get to him and he lost it on the very next turn.  Tim also spun a lap later.  Soon after all this a flying Mike passed to have a go at Gerard in front who then also went off.  Tried to stay with Mike but apart from an impressive 360 deg spin and recovery from him through the esses, he easily had the pace to hold me off and gradually pulled away.  However, no time to relax as Gerard started putting some quick laps in behind and I believe posted the fastest lap on the last to take chunks out of my advantage, but somehow just managed to hold him off by about 0.5 sec at the flag to take a satisfying 4th.


Well done to Hristo, Ken and Mike and also to Gerard who had impressive speed for the restricted car he was in.

Hristo has pretty much already described my race for me. I should maybe have shown more ambition earlier in the race and at least attempted a pass, but I was sure the straight line pace of the Lotus would have had Hristo easily tagging on behind me.

My mistake was taking advantage of Syd's rejoin too early. I was alongside Hristo as we hit the first kink and although I haven't watched the replay he must have stayed right on it round the outside. This meant as we headed down to T1 the Lotus edged back ahead, I should have just tucked up behind and tried a slingshot as we approached the turn. Instead I wasn't able to make a pass and although I harried Hristo round that last lap much more aggressively than I'd done all race I still wasn't able to push him in to any mistake (as if that's actually possible?).

Anyway being 0.26 behind the big H is as good as win in my book!! :)

Qualified 8th - 8th fastest race lap - running in 8th until the very last lap but inherited 7th as another beneficiary of Jethro's mum ;D (Cheers Mrs W!) Pleased with that race as I feel like I'm beginning to make some progress with these tricky 66's. Still a bit tentative on cold tyres but once I got settled in I was able to (just about) stay in touch with Tim & Jethro ahead.. I confess I was rather hoping that their duelling would end in tears ;) but no such luck. Managed to close right up on Tim towards the end after he had a slight wobble somewhere but then I had a quick spin at Clubhouse Bend which ended my feeble challenge. That Honda was like a rocket down the straight though.

Congratulations to H & the podium. Looking forward to the next round at Oulton - don't think we'll be getting so many finishers there..

What setups are you using? Are they yours or do you use ones from other drivers? I used a Steve Cloyd Mexico setup straight out of the box (well steering ratio and BB to my preference) for the Kyalami race. It worked perfectly, even the gearing fitted for all the corners. I find the 66's the easiest, or certainly the most enjoyable, with the best balance of power and handling (3litre cars anyway). Most of the Brabham variations are very well behaved and I found it fun balancing the BT19 on the throttle around Sunset.

Thanks for the advice Ken, i'll look up that set up on the Track Database.

I have a mixture of setups that are all downloaded from the database, but haven't found the time recently to really take a serious look at the 66's and work out what sort of setup variables work for me.

Cheers