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Car: Riley Daytona Prototype
Track: Road America (Full)

Practice: 18:00 for 150 mins (approx)
Qualifying: 20:30 (15 mins)
Race: 20:45 30 laps (approx 60 mins)

Start: Rolling - standard iRacing double file start
No fast tows will be available

Pit Stops: You must make a minimum of one pit stop during which you must take on at least 1 litre of fuel and/or change at least two tyres. You cannot take a mandatory stop at the end of the pace lap, or with less than 1 lap to go.

I'm on holiday for this one :(

Too bad Pops - should be another great combo to drive.

I tried it last night Adam as I had a few minutes spare, it was very good fun.

Regards
Gary

PS Shame you won't be there Pops

If everything works out I should be back for this one.

My broadband is due to be activated on Friday if but  I head down the road over the weekend.

I wonder how long it will take me to get back into the swing of things as it's been a while since I've turned a lap.

Hopefully last seasons setups are still good with the DP?

Think so.

Just had a quick (well .... moderately quick-ish) go with the car/track - feels really good to drive, although the "kink" is going to claim a few in practice for sure :D

Possibly in the race too - I finished 2nd overall in the Radical in an official race yesterday and spent the first 10 laps or so battling some slow DPs; let one by me after he slipped off once and he then decided to try and go through the Kink flat out. Bad idea. Luckily for me the Radical stops as well as it corners!

Really, it took a little practice but I'm flat through the kink in the DP ;D

Gary

Me too, with a bit of railing. :D

For qualifying I go flat out but during the race it's a little too risky.

Often short shifting up to 5th seems to help rather than changing just before entry.

My broadband is due to be up today, but I now need to go home on Tuesday.

Yes I'd agree with that Brian, it can certainly be done but a slight check for comfort in a race would be good.

I'm fairly amazed with how much grip the grass gives here, I have managed to go across it at very high speed without spinning.

Regards
Gary

The DP and Indycar are the best two off road cars!

The one time you spin on the grass is when 20+ cars are behind you. I've seen a few massive pile ups as all the cars bounce off the walls there.

 ;D

The current Mazda isn't too bad on the green stuff either! :)

Maybe we could try a rally-cross race once. ;)

It must be the track :P Cars not too bad around most of the track but the high speed stuff like the kink its understeering too much, actually having to brake for the kink ??? Just using a modified 'Dave' setup. Reduced the front arb help give it better turn in though i have a habit of turning in too late and as i'm typically on the brakes means it wont turn any more, turning in early helps reduce it. Am wondering if a stiffer setup would help.

God Spanner, if you brake for the kink it is going to wake a few people up  :o A slight lift is the most you should need.

Use the grip Mark, use the grip.

As Paul says you don't need to brake, it will go a fair bit faster than you think round there.

Gary

I've updated my setup after the race I did yesterday, although the changes are minor and were only really precautionary after some practice laps showed some tyre temperature anomalies.

any practice server up tonight?  :'(

It's an official combination this week so there are the iR practice servers. I set one up a hosted one last week, same deal, and got criticised for that. You can't win  :-\

Not that I'm that fussed either way, but you do need the Radical to join the official servers and I don't have it. I was otherwise engaged tonight as it was so I will have to try and get on early tomorrow.

After trying a few laps and abandoning ship last night, I was quite surprised to find myself really enjoying this combo tonight.

Cheers to Master Purdie (and Darren) for sharing a setup that seemed to really suit me - just hope I can make it back from the VXR day at Anglesey in time to make the main event!

Best so far is a 1:59.7 but I'd be surprised if the alien types aren't in the low 58's come qually.

Off to a party in London tonight so will not be about!
Have fun boys! :)

After getting really down about it and Oily's pep talk ( 'Oi just get your finger out!' or words to that effect!) i've reduced my steering lock down to 300 as its felt like a bus at 400 and start playing more with the brake curve thingy. However the biggest thing as been Purdie's setup he posted up. Altogether though i managed to beat my best time so far by around 2 secs, getting a 2.02.3.

Compared to Daves it doesnt feel quite so soft and doesnt seem to roll about like the DP seems to like doing.

Haven't managed any practice unfortunately so will probably have to give this one a miss I'm afraid.

Have fun though!

Cheers, Ross.

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Get plenty of practice in Spanner - looking touch and go for me, still in Wales! Been busy defending against Onslow-cole in me little Corsa VXR! Ok, more swerving in front of.

Sorry chaps, work intervened.  Blame the LIFFE technical team for being unable to find their arses with a map.

Was so happy to get back in time to take part in this one but I clearly shouldn't have bothered!

Was thoroughly enjoying the defensive game with Paul until about lap 10 when we managed to have a coming together at T2. Really sorry for ending your race prematurely Paul - think we would have got away with a light exchange of paint if I hadn't have lost traction on the grass afterwards and veered across towards you - tried to correct but it was too little too late.

Really did not want this one to end like this after such high hopes....think it's probably time to rein it in again until I can get some finishes in the bag.

On the plus side i thought this was a brilliant combination so cheers Pops - felt far more hooked up here than at Silverstone with a nice balanced setup, even if it may not have looked that way from the outside.

I should have stayed at work too :( I suck at these things. I'm over 2 secs off the pace and then I'm falling off every other lap  :'(

Not the best race for me.  I was a fair bit behind where I was hoping in qually - not that it mattered, I wouldn't have moved up the grid with a new PB ::)

Steady start to the race - although I got jumped by TT.  I spent a while watching Brendan pull away for a while, and then it was pretty lonely up to the pit stop.  With a 15 second penalty for speeding in the pits (so easy to do) I was denied the 2nd half battle with TT which was looking to be a good one.

I came out a good few seconds behind, and although I narrowed the gap, it wasn't enough - and in pushing too hard I made a mistake that cost me a couple of seconds - and that was pretty much that.

Pretty dull race all in all - bring back Zandvoort and the Mazda :D

I'm afraid to say that was everything I expected it to be. A very boring race at a boring track I've raced too many times.

I had the pace I expected in qually but it still didn't put me very far up at all. Started on 19.8 gallons preparing for a tyres only stop. Had a good start, catching Brendan napping off the rolling start, but after only 3 laps I accidentally took the inside curb at the kink and it sent me around at high speed, clobbered the barrier and bent the suspension at the rear. Thought it was going to be undriveable to start with but after a couple of laps I realised although it wasn't fast I could drive around it and with the wheel pointing in the wrong direction all the time to get the car to go straight. The right handers were very difficult as the car just wanted to go left, which made the left handers scarey as the car just wanted to go left more than I did. Eventually I pretty much had it sussed and although I couldn't do the pace I would have without the bent suspension I dropped very briefly into the 2:02s and one lap in 2:01 after the pits where I got some fresh rubber.

Unfortunately that mistake on lap 2/3-ish put paid to any racing with anyone else as for 27 laps I saw nobody that wasn't in the barrier or in the pits. I trundled round just waiting for people to fall off so I could pick up completely undeserved positions to finish 8th.

I don't find Road America a very entertaining track anyway to be fair. Too many long straights and too much variation in pace usually, but there you go. More new tracks for me please.

That was very long and tiring.  But fun!

Qualified 5th with a new PB.

Dave got the jump on me at the start, so I paid him back into T2  ;D  Then next time round, Paul and James went 2-wide in T1 and that gave me the momentum to take 4th off Paul into T2.  Dave and Paul then entertained themselves for a few corners and got me a gap.  Chased down James and passed him when he ran wide at T3.

I got to about 2 seconds behind Andy and couldn't get any closer, so pitted just after halfway and took fuel only.  After all the stops shook out I was in the lead!!  I had expected to be still behind Gary, who had scampered off into the distance.  Of more concern was that Dave was now only 2 seconds behind  :o  Pressed on as hard as I felt I could get away with, but the tyres were starting to go and I locked a brake into T3 which was all Dave needed.

Settled for 2nd and cruised home for a Team Shark 1-2  ;D ;D

Road America is one of those tracks where you can get a brilliant, enthralling race, a snoozefest, or an exercise in utter futility depending on the circumstances.

Happily in the past week I've now had 3 of the former (and a fourth in the middle of the night that was an interesting experience rather than a pleasure).

Started the week with a class win and second overall in the Radical, then after the 200 I had a brilliant ding dong in the DP and ended up on the bottom step of the podium after going backwards at the start. So to get a win tonight when it looked like I was a lot further off the pace than I was at Watkins Glen was the icing on the cake!

Qualifying was a wash out, with me never really getting a lap hooked up and simply running out of time to put in a good one. Race started okay but being on the outside of the grid I struggled to hold my position through the first few corners. Paul appeared to have started on a heavy fuel load and I managed to box him in behind Mike and fight my way past through 5, 6, and 7.

That left me stuck behind Oily who was using the bendy straight between 3 and 5 to good effect (plausible deniability :ninja: ;) ). With Paul closing up from behind I wasn't sure whether Oily was just struggling for race pace, or was also running heavy.

Either way my strategy of running half and half with a possible change of rubber wasn't going to work with me mired behind another car so I switched to plan B and dived into the pits very early for another 9.9 gallons and no tyres. That put me back on an almost clear track, and Picnic and Spanner made it easy to pass them, and with Robert going off just as I reached him and Shark with some damage and therefore in no position to fight I was able to stick in a really solid set of laps, and just hope for the best in terms of other cars pitting.

I saw Paul retire and then James and assumed they must have eventually had a coming together. I figured that would give me 4th place.

Eventually, one by one the leaders sarted to pit, and I passed each one in turn, with only Mike leaving the pits ahead. When we passed Gary in the pits I knew something had happened to him too, but was still shocked to be 2nd, and not only that, but closing in on Mike a little each lap. The car still felt pretty good, although I was having to nurse it a little more in the Carousel and Kink, but after a couple of laps glued to Mike's gearbox he got his braking a teeny bit wrong for turn 5, and that was all I needed to slip by and reverse the Team Shark 1-2.

After that I pushed hard to open a gap, until with about 4 to go I decided it was getting to risk and backed off a little. That had to be one of my best races to date, albeit helped a lot by the misfortune of Gary, Paul and James. An excellent result for the team, and for my chances in the drivers championship. :)

My expectations for this one were low, especially as in practice I had been very slow. 

Not much to report over the first 2/3rds of the race.

However, I was really struggling toward the end.  After qualifying 7th I decided to go long on fuel and not change tyres.  I tried my best to manage the tyres and they seemed OK after 20 laps when I pitted.  I was comfortable in 4th and happy enough to keep a steady ship to the finish.  However, Purdie's off let me through into 3rd, just, and I had no option but to push to try and maintain the position.  Now after 25 laps of Sunday driving, I was forced to pick up the pace and with my concentration already wavering, this meant I was making awful mistakes and losing time all over the place.

A tank slapper in the penultimate corner followed immediately by a cut course flag at the final corner let Andy back through and Gary to within 5 seconds with 2 to go.  ::)  Luckily for me, the gap was enough for me to hold on to 4th.

Great drive Dave, and grats also to Mike and Purdie for filling out the podium.
 

Congratulations Dave, Mike and Andy.

I can't help feeling I lost a race twice tonight :'(

Practice went well and I make a small but crucial setup change after my first run. One lap I was on for a mid 58 but a spinner at the end meant I had to slow down. Qually was good though and it was fun chasing Paul H. Once he spun I took a gamble on just running on my race fuel, I came within a tenth of beating my pole time with this so I was looking forward to the race.

The first 15 laps, well, probably the best laps since my return to Sim racing a couple of years ago, no risks just steady pace and easing a gap out. I knew my tyres were good for race distance so went for a mid race fuel stop. I hit 46mph in the pit lane and obviously maintained it for too long. So served penalty and not exited behind Simon who was on an inlap, I passed him at Canada corner after getting a much better exit from the kink.

I then had visions of Mark Webber getting a penalty and still winning a GP so pushed pretty hard and overdid it at Canada and lost almost 20 seconds there. I finished 20 secs behind Dave.

So I'm feeling a little sorry for myself but its all my fault, looking to the positive this is the first time this season I have a setup I'm happy with for the DP. Roll on Infineon and Brands ;D

Regards
Gary

Well, I botched it in the first lap, ended out dead last. Recovered and had a steady pace. People fell off, Adam got an MJ-pit-bug and I ended 6th without actualy overtaking anybody. Boooooring. :yawn: With 14 people this series struggles just as well. :-\

So this might be the time to shout  STOP IR OPPRESSION !!! GTR2 LIVES !!!    ;D

Don't know how to insert the darn fist-pic... :P

Will be there for the next race, of course. ;)

Sorry guys, hadn't practiced much and the beach seemed much more appealing on a lovely sunny evening. We don't get many opportunities like that up here in the frozen North!!

Looks like there was a bug on the results import.... It's saying Andy Purdie finished, surely that's not right!  ;D

So true .... it wouldn't be a true SRouk race without one of the Legends botching the pit stop and losing time hand over fist.

Must be your turn next TT ..... I would say it's Purd's turn next, but reaching midway on an iR race for two races on the trot .... not sure about that :D

Yep, won't be doing that again - brimmed it before the start having failed to come up with any accurate consumption figures so was ever so slightly off my qually pace!

Was a good move to dive in the pits early Dave, grats on the win and you other podium chaps.

Only just made it back in time from the kid's summer concert so wasn't expecting to be right at the front this time. Got mugged of the start and then again by Mike and Dave a lap later as Oily defended. Spent many laps looking for a way past but it all ended at T2 on lap 9. Let's just say I wasn't very pleased and leave it at that.

Grats to Dave, Mike and Andy. Thank God we go back to some decent tracks now - RA is far too narrow to race and is no fun at all to drive.

Nice weather (here anyhow!), the WorldCup and Wimbledon, not surprising attendance is low at the moment.

None of the above reasons for me - just didn't get chance to practice.

Cheers, Ross.

I knew this game wasn't that hard... you just need to practice without leaving the house for a few days while screening all your calls and have your gf stop talking to you  :laugh: ....


haha, finally saw a chequered flag! Probably because I finally painted the DP in Legends colours  :P

Good quali getting a pb...... very suprised to have been 2nd and Paul hadn't quite repeated his alien 58s lap from before  :)

Gary was off almost immediately when the pace car went in and I was caught off guard. He continued to pull out about 0.5s / lap until pitting half-way and I had Michael 2 secs off my bumper the whole time! Drove my backside off keeping it at 2 seconds as well! but in the back of my mind the whole time I just wanted to finish, the fact I was looking good pace wise made me a little more nervous!  :-X

I pitted on lap 17 and forgot (even though it says?!) that it is 'added' fuel, not total fuel. I took on fresh set of tyres and over-filled and came out a little confused and in 3rd...... Dave and Michael were 10 secs up the road and Gary was behind.....  ??? I thought Gary had the race pretty wrapped up.... ul mate! And i didn't know what had happend to Paul  :-[

My 2nd ever pitstop in iR and it shows you need to be well drilled, my tyres were down to 60% do I had to change otherwise I would have certainly fallen off the track in the latter stages!

I had to try and push to catch the top 2, but I came off at Canada.... almost identical to your spin Gary  ::) ! I came back on and Brendan had the foresight to give me some room as he came past  ;) .... I sat a few secs behind him not closing the gap until he made a mistake and I guessed he had the annoying aussie bloke on the radio! "Slow dawwwn maaaate, open a tinnie"

Cruised home to 3rd! All or nothing on the results for me recently, mainly nothing so well chuffed  8)

Grats to Dave and Michael for spot on race-craft  :)

Unfortunately it's Infineon next so you must be referring to another series ;-). It's even narrower than Road America and not hugely suited to these big cars and much harder to overtake safely at. I can also see lots of people not finishing there either I'm afraid.

Infineon is quite a bit more technical (and interesting) to drive than RA but it is actually a fair bit wider. At RA you get about 4 car widths, which considering the high speeds and big braking needing is not enough imo.

I agree it's more interesting (or hard as us humans call it ;D). Doesn't come across as wide when you're in the cockpit thought, I guess cause of all the changes in direction. It's definately hard to find anywhere to stick it up the inside.

You tend to see Road America overtaking coming well in advance of a corner so in that respect it makes overtaking easier even if the track is quite narrow.

Infineon suddenly feels very narrow indeed when you've got a car alongside going into turns 2 and 3! :o

Can't stand Infineon, it's just cones in a car park really.

Road America I actually quite like.  I was disappointed to miss it.