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Title: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Adam Parle on April 04, 2011, 02:21:29 PM +0100
(http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/5977/i6eraceoneflyer.jpg)

Car: Riley MKXX Daytona Prototype or Ford Mustang FR500S
Track: Road America
Practice: 18:45 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 19:35 (25 mins)
Race: 20:00 - 44 laps (90 mins)

Start: Standard iRacing double file rolling start

Password: >>>> see above <<<< (#post_event_password)


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Adam Parle on April 04, 2011, 02:27:01 PM +0100
Registrations are a bit thin on the ground, but hopefully we'll see a good turnout for this one.  Looking forward to the start of a new season, and stopping those damn Sharks nicking the team silverware :).


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: lazlow on April 04, 2011, 03:16:29 PM +0100
Not sure if I'm going to race this series yet....I just don't have the time to do these cars any justice while driving other sims. :'(


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Adam Parle on April 04, 2011, 03:21:24 PM +0100
There's an easy solution to that Lazlow ;).

As long as you don't do an injustice to any other drivers you're more than welcome to join in the fun as and when :).


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: mr_oily on April 04, 2011, 03:28:32 PM +0100
Looks good Adam!  :thumbup2:

Not sure if I'm going to race this series yet....I just don't have the time to do these cars any justice while driving other sims. :'(

Ya crazy foo  O0

I struggle at the moment only doing two races a week I must admit but as it's a Sunday I can normally wangle a couple of hours on Fri/ Sat at some point or failing that the Sunday avo. Going to be a steep learning curve moving from the Vette to the Riley but I'm game for the challenge, all helps makes the skill set a bit more rounded...well so goes the theory  ;D




Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: lazlow on April 04, 2011, 03:56:38 PM +0100
As long as you don't do an injustice to any other drivers you're more than welcome to join in the fun as and when :).
I just get frustrated with the amount of time I need to set the car up so that it is 1. Safe/Easy to drive and 2. On the pace. Running around at the back with a bad handling car just isn't enjoyable for me....especially for 1.5hrs.
If I get a free Sunday though, I will definitely join you all for a race.


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Adam Parle on April 04, 2011, 04:02:48 PM +0100
Drive the Stang - that doens't require a lot of setup changes .... or maybe I'm wrong, it does, and that's why I struggle :D.


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: lazlow on April 04, 2011, 04:15:05 PM +0100
I'll give it a go


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: picnic on April 04, 2011, 04:16:18 PM +0100
I need someone to trundle around at the back with  :-[

P.S. can't remember Adam struggling at the back with me. I think he be too modest.


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: BorchersDK on April 04, 2011, 05:34:06 PM +0100
Been doing some Riley testing yesterday, and I'm down in the 2.01's at the moment, with a very safe setup. My goal is to tweak one second more out of it, without sacrificing its easy handling.
Might do some more testing tonight - am a bit tired at the moment though, so as soon as I'm happy with the setup, I will share it.

Its not handling anything like you see the aliens and other quick Riley drivers drive it. Its more on rails, and not sliding so much. That's the impression I get from watching real footage of the car, so that's what I'm aiming at :). Didn't like the car too much to begin with, but its defenetly growing on me now, that it handles more like I want it to.

And yes, turnout is a bit scary at the moment. Come on guys, join the fun :). It isnt even spring yet (atleast not over here) :D.

Perhaps we should have a test session, maybe tonight? Give us all a chance to feel the cars etc, before the race on sunday.
If you think that is a good idea, let me know, and I will kick a server online from 19.00 GMT.


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: GizMoTo on April 04, 2011, 06:20:28 PM +0100
not really sure about running this season ??? ??? I'm away for some weekends ??? and don't like being a Part timer in this sorta thing  ::) will think on it over the next few days


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Fred Basset on April 04, 2011, 07:48:57 PM +0100
Perhaps we should have a test session, maybe tonight? Give us all a chance to feel the cars etc, before the race on sunday.
If you think that is a good idea, let me know, and I will kick a server online from 19.00 GMT.

There is a test session tonight and a race tomorrow for the Riley and Radical

https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=9114#event2571


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Rich2086 on April 06, 2011, 01:15:05 PM +0100
Hi guys found this from the iRacing Forum and was quite interested i usually work unsociable hours so dont tend to participate in these kind of things but i happen to know im off sunday  ;D

Anyway was wondering if i could join iv only just started racing Daytona Prototype iv been a skippy and spec racer guy before. But if theres room on the grid id love to give this a go although i wont be on the pace of the front runners and iv never raced road America (doesnt bowed well does it LOL)  :P

My iRating is 1301
My SR is Class C 2.67



Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Adam Parle on April 06, 2011, 01:20:03 PM +0100
Welcome Rich!

As long as you're safe and consistent you're more than welcome here.

We'll run a practice server on Saturday 6-10pm, if you can make it it'll give you a good idea of the car/track and the interplay between the DP and the Mustang.


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: popabawa on April 06, 2011, 02:02:52 PM +0100
Good to have you aboard Rich :)

Road America is one of my fave tracks so I'm really looking forward to it, especially being overtaken on the outside through Carousel  :o  ;D


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Rich2086 on April 06, 2011, 02:03:40 PM +0100
Welcome Rich!

As long as you're safe and consistent you're more than welcome here.

We'll run a practice server on Saturday 6-10pm, if you can make it it'll give you a good idea of the car/track and the interplay between the DP and the Mustang.


Cool i ran in a Grand-AM series event on Monday at Leguna Seca ended up 4 laps off the leader (christ that sounds bad) was my first outing in the Riley DP but i didnt give the leaders any trouble and managed to keep out the way (now i know how the mustangs feel)  ;D

Ended up 13th out of 20 inc 2 mustangs so not to bad. Like i said iv turned a fair amount of miles in the skippy and spec racer and only just decided to take the plunge with the big boys iv been fairly competitive in those cars so hopefully with some practice i will be in the Riley to.

Yeah i can make Saturday


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Robin Durrant on April 06, 2011, 02:05:48 PM +0100
I'm consistenly crap and safely at the back. :)

I'm really unsure whether to joing again this year. The Mustang really is dire.


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: mr_oily on April 06, 2011, 02:07:25 PM +0100
Yeah welcome aboard Rich - you've found a good home for some decent racing, these events were blinding last season. Look forward to catching you on track.

@Jimbo - I'll be practicing Saturday no doubt so I'm happy to help with sharing setups if it means we can resume our battles :). I find a combination of begging, stealing and borrowing is a good start. I've also been using that iRacing setup comparison tool thingy to get a feel for what's different between the setups I'm nicking to develop some kind of understanding!

If you're like me and find it difficult to compare them just by looking at one screen and then loading another, this is a simple but handy way of seeing them side by side....

http://iracing.flybell.com

@Gizmoto - outrageous behaviour! :) I thought you were a dead cert mate! Do what you can but it'd be a shame not to have you on the grid again!

@Robin - join us in the DP then, going to be a baptism of fire for quite a few of us trust me!


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Adam Parle on April 06, 2011, 02:25:32 PM +0100
I'm consistenly crap and safely at the back. :)

I'm really unsure whether to joing again this year. The Mustang really is dire.

I'm afraid you're wrong Robin ;).

Sorry to hear you're not sure about this season .... stick with it though .... 8 races and then it's ALL CHANGE in season 7*.  It's be really good to see you back again in the Stang, Watkins sticks in my mind as we had a great fight after the start - or the Riley.





* in no way is this binding - future schdedules are the result of long hours of consultation of a magic 8-ball and subject to change.


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Fred Basset on April 06, 2011, 07:46:22 PM +0100
@Robin - join us in the DP then, going to be a baptism of fire for quite a few of us trust me!

It is the finest car in iRacing in my humble opinion ;D


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Mike Wrightson on April 06, 2011, 09:46:22 PM +0100
I'll be missing for the first round, as I'm away on holiday trying out scuba diving :)   (well, for an hour anyway  ::) )


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Rich2086 on April 07, 2011, 01:28:10 AM +0100
So what sort of time should i be aiming for around here in the Riley DP? anything under  2:05:00 competitive?

How many entry's you expecting hope theres a few Mustangs i need something to battle with  :laugh:


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Rich2086 on April 07, 2011, 01:47:32 AM +0100
I'm consistenly crap and safely at the back. :)

Me to mate only problem is they always come around again after a few laps  :laugh:


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: purdie on April 07, 2011, 08:34:16 AM +0100
Great series! will hopefully make this race  :-*


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Mike Wrightson on April 07, 2011, 08:36:24 AM +0100
So what sort of time should i be aiming for around here in the Riley DP? anything under  2:05:00 competitive?

How many entry's you expecting hope theres a few Mustangs i need something to battle with  :laugh:
I did some laps anyway to get back into the swing of the DP, 2:01.0 on race fuel should be fairly close to the front.  My old setup felt rather nasty though, need to start fresh on that I think.


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Adam Parle on April 08, 2011, 09:40:25 AM +0100
Oops .... flyer ammended to show the right date!


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Raimo Piiksi on April 08, 2011, 04:02:40 PM +0100
I'm consistenly crap and safely at the back. :)

I'm really unsure whether to joing again this year. The Mustang really is dire.

Have you forgot about the Silverstone race already? :)
With 3 hounds on your bumper for those laps, I couldn't find anything wrong with your consistency.
And with even more laps under the belt, those pints will flow in  ;D

Raimo


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: popabawa on April 08, 2011, 04:05:16 PM +0100
those pints will flow in  ;D

Awesome!


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: mr_oily on April 08, 2011, 04:14:45 PM +0100

Well only if it's beer....  :yawn:


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Rich2086 on April 09, 2011, 04:17:19 PM +0100
Will there still be a practice session today from 6pm?


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Jack on April 09, 2011, 04:31:20 PM +0100
how/can i sign up for this race?


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: GizMoTo on April 09, 2011, 04:45:23 PM +0100
sign up here make sure to vote
https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=9149.0

 :)


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Rich2086 on April 09, 2011, 04:49:55 PM +0100
Will there still be a practice session today from 6pm?

bump to the next page


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Adam Parle on April 09, 2011, 04:54:03 PM +0100
Will there still be a practice session today from 6pm?

bump to the next page

Yes - 6 till 10. In parental mode at the mo but should get the server started on time.


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Rich2086 on April 09, 2011, 05:29:49 PM +0100
Had a little run out in the DP this morning at Road America (bought the track last night) times werent great it has to be said i know iv only just started in the Riley and iv never raced at Road America but i hope i havnt bitten off more than i can chew with this car. Maybe a case of trying to run before i can walk lol. Oh well i guess its just a case of practice


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Fred Basset on April 09, 2011, 05:32:05 PM +0100
Will there still be a practice session today from 6pm?

bump to the next page

Yes - 6 till 10. In parental mode at the mo but should get the server started on time.

Let me know if you can't do it mate, I'll start it.

Gary


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Fred Basset on April 09, 2011, 05:35:16 PM +0100
I won't be able to do this one as my race PC is in bits and I won't have it sorted by tomorrow.

I'll be around for the next one though.

Gary


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Adam Parle on April 09, 2011, 05:57:30 PM +0100
Server's firing up now.

All being well I'll get online in an hour or two.


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: GizMoTo on April 09, 2011, 09:02:34 PM +0100
thanks for the hosting

that was interesting :) not driven the car in anger until today and I have to say it's not to bad a car feels a little "lazy" to drive but i think I'm finding the feel of it a bit


had to leave early my old joints are giving me some ago at the moment so needed a rest :-\

catch see ya all at the race tomorrow with some luck never mind the first word there no chance of that  ;D ;D ;) ;)


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Rich2086 on April 09, 2011, 10:43:48 PM +0100
Yeah thanks for hosting was a big help to aid learning the track and car got my optimal down to a 2:04:xxx just need more practice and consistency. Still going to take me awhile to get my times down to yours but considering iv been away from iracing for a fair amount of months in quite happy so far.


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: BorchersDK on April 10, 2011, 11:54:44 AM +0100
Is qualifying 15 or 25 min? Both is stated.


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Brendan on April 10, 2011, 02:35:12 PM +0100
Touch and go if I'll make this guys, got family over  ::)



Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Rich2086 on April 10, 2011, 03:24:53 PM +0100
Had a bit more practice this morning on my own. Got my times down into the 2:04's still a couple of seconds of the pace but its nice to see it come down to something slightly competitive just need to find some consistency. To be honest i'll just be happy to finish the race


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Adam Parle on April 10, 2011, 06:37:24 PM +0100
Is qualifying 15 or 25 min? Both is stated.

25 ....


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Adam Parle on April 10, 2011, 06:45:14 PM +0100
Server is up :)


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Fred Joseph on April 10, 2011, 08:20:58 PM +0100
damn too late :(


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Adam Parle on April 10, 2011, 09:51:53 PM +0100
Could have been better for me...

Glad of the extra 10 mins in qually, after getting a "banker" in, I had a few good laps disrupted, before hooking a (traffic free) lap up at the last to claim 3rd on the grid with a new PB.

With Jasper behind I knew it wasn't going to be a relaxing start and that was the case.  The clear opportunity came to pass me after a couple of laps and I had a bad line into the "follow through" and that was that.  I then bravely tried to hang on to Raimo and Jasper, but I gradually dropped back.

Andy Gooderson was catching me up pretty quickly, but a solid pit stop gained me a couple of seconds, which I hoped would be enough to see me stay in 4th till the end ... it wasn't to be.  I had a few silly 1x that lost me a chunk of time - missed braking points due to looking in the mirrors ... rookie stuff ... and then the big mistake that cost me dearly...

A bad line in the "follow-through" got me on the outside kerbs, unsettled the car, and a tank-slapper led to a trip into the wall and damaged my steering.

unforunately on pitting it was evident the that "fast pit" wasn't on - I'd receive a bang on the door from a passing DP before the stop, so repairing the car would have taken 5 mins.... not great.

With a couple of Stangs already having passed me and a few more not far behind I had to soldier on with bent steering, and was losing time lap on lap as a result.  In the end I was spared being passed by Pops when his connection failed ... and that was that for the race.

Still ... a promising first half of the race, just need to keep cool (my office is at 28 degrees apparently ... stupid sunshine ... ) and keep focused.  Not a great first race of the season, but with seven to go I'll bounce back.

Great stuff from the DP's on the whole.


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Rich2086 on April 10, 2011, 09:53:52 PM +0100
Nice one guys thanks for hosting

I started alright hung with the pack for a few laps then was out on my own and got into a decent rythem. Then a lapse in concentration on lap 11 at the quick right hander (the kink) left me brushing the wall, enough damage to make me pit  ::). Came back out a lap down and got back into the grove. Last quarter of the race i was crap couldnt string a decent few laps together then put it in the wall and took a tow in anger >:(. But at least i got it home even if i was a few laps down  :laugh:

Sorry in advance to some of the Mustangs i clipped i think jasper was one so sorry  :-[

This weekend has been a massive help in learning the Riley DP and a new track so thank you very much for your help and hosting got my optimum down into the 2:03's so not quite on the pace but getting there  


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: picnic on April 10, 2011, 09:59:03 PM +0100
Something not right, seems this has imported as a non championship round!


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: JazzGreenway on April 10, 2011, 10:00:18 PM +0100
Whew, another epic race! Qualified in fourth place just behind Adam and Raimo so it was shaping up to be another close one. Simon was uber fast and unreachable, well done :) Managed to pass Adam after a couple of laps and then caught up to Raimo. We were running roughly the same times so overtaking was going to be a challenge. On lap 14 Richard spun in turn 5 and as I was looking to the left to see where he was, he already came to a halt on the track ahead of me. I never saw him so I ran my car straight into his car... sorry mate! My steering was a little bent but nothing major and I only lost a couple of seconds to Raimo so the hunt continued :) I think about 70-75 minutes in Raimo ran into the wall after the kink and he had to pit so the battle was over as we were still only seconds apart.

Overall this was yet another awesome race, DP's were great, thanks everyone!


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: JazzGreenway on April 10, 2011, 10:05:02 PM +0100
Sorry in advance to some of the Mustangs i clipped i think jasper was one so sorry  :-[

Yeah that was me but don't worry about it, it's racing :) I wasn't looking ahead and saw you way too late, might have avoided you otherwise. Congratulations on the finish, definitely a good effort seeing you just started driving the DP!


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: GizMoTo on April 10, 2011, 10:13:23 PM +0100
just a quickie post

Sorry Simon for the clip going into turn 2 I thought I was well clear was a shock to see a "contact 0x" as I pulled past ya  :-\ and in fact it's not even showing on my lap stats ???

also sorry for number of 1x in the second half of the race this was due to the fact I shouldn't have run the race let alone finish it but I pushed myself to the end i wasn't physically fit enough to run the race {had a few personal issues the last few days}

apart from that I think it was a decent run and I hope I didn't cause problems for others had some fun racing a few puzzling encounters with the Mustangs along the way .wasn't sure which side to pas sometime on the pit straight with the Mustang running up the middle of the track on the whole though I think everybody did their best to give everybody the room needed, closing speed at the corners was bloody frighting sometime  :o

anyway off to grab a fist full of painkillers and have a rest

thanks for a super race guys was a pleasure again

OH and before I forget well done David, Darren and Paul in the Riley DP and also Simon, Jasper and Andy in the Mustangs ;) ;)

next time guys with a little bit of luck  ;) ;)

Ian


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer on April 10, 2011, 10:25:33 PM +0100
Something not right, seems this has imported as a non championship round!

No championship set up at all but now rectified. ;)

Was over the moon to chop half a second off my PB and get 3rd on the grid with a lap a tenth better than my optimal going in. I knew that wasn't going to be reflected in race pace, but it at least put me ahead of Oily, Purds, Karsten and Ian Rogers, who I figured would be my real competition.

Got a great start and could've fought Paul for second but decided discretion was the better part of valour and tucked in behind him. Looked inside into turn 5 because I know how easy it is to miss the braking point there, especially on the first lap. That compromised me off the corner and Darren wasted no time in thrusting himself past into 6. That left me where I expected to finish in the field and it was then a matter of trying to eek a small gap out over Kartsen and Oily and be careful in the traffic.

That was tough through the first quarter of the race; Karsten removed himself from the equation with a spin but Oily continued to press hard. Catching Mustangs was a real lottery - most places aren't an issue, but having had some bad experiences in the past trying to drive round the outside of lapped cars in the Carousel I was trying to avoid doing that; even more scary was catching a car at the Kink - the speed difference was already big and the cornering ability was even bigger. I think Pops was on the receiving end of my boldest move there - fortunately we both survived.

In the end it turned out to be immaterial; Oily also had some sort of drama that dropped him way back, and whilst I spent much of the race fretting about whether he'd taken a reset and was thus good to the end, it turned out he still had to pit, so the last third of the race was simply spent being very careful and maintaining the gap to Purdie. Even the late drama with Paul Richards didn't drop him back or slow him anything like far enough for me to be looking at a podium.

Quite a satisfying race for me even if there wasn't much excitement; the Mustangs were all very good, even if I did keep catching Raimo and Jasper in the worst possible places ::) :lol: and provided a much needed focus to my race. :thumbup1:

Well done to Shark, jumping into my old Mustang and dominating the slower class.


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: purdie on April 10, 2011, 11:13:40 PM +0100
Great endurance race and great seeing the new guys :)

Didn't manage to get under the elusive 2min barrier in quali and started 8th. Managed to pick up a place before the start after Jamie disappeared in front of me. It was an immediate start when the pace car peeled in and I gained places mainly through attrition, with Karsten and Oily coming to grief. They were both faster so I had to maintain a decent pace to prevent any come-backs!

It all went wrong on my in-lap when I lifted off (stupidly) mid-corner on the penultimate corner when I came up behind Pops, I ended up sideways and off track  ::)

Came out 5th in the end and stayed there until the end. I was driving flat out trying to catch Dave but the gap never dipped into single figures.... and I was easily a second off his pace anyway but it kept my concentration up.

Stangs were great tonight, hope I didn't cause them any problems.

Pace up front was pretty mental by the DP's!

Grats DW on the win and team-mates Darren and Paul rounding of the podium  O0 and Simon, Jasper & Andy in the Stangs  :)


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Rich2086 on April 10, 2011, 11:50:16 PM +0100
Where and when is the next round im gonna try get the day off for it

EDIT:

Oh never mind i found the calender oh bugger none of those tracks i really know that well and iv got to buy a few probably wont make the next one but hopefully i can make homestead (another one i dont have  ::) )


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Jamie Wilson on April 11, 2011, 01:17:37 AM +0100
Practice:

Saturday's session was great; I got a good couple of medium length stints in before taking the fuel out to attempt a go at David Ward's benchmark, which proved somewhat difficult. I adapted the setup a bit, mainly the rake and front toe in trying to dial out the initial turn-in understeer into fast corners and ended up blasting my pb by six tenths straight away, ending up at 59.2 - although I reckon a 58.9 was on the cards if I could dig deep enough. No way I was getting near David, Darren, and Paul though.

Sunday's session was pretty straightforward; with more Mustangs driving around it was a good experience gathering session ahead of the race. The setup was very comfortable indeed across a range of fuel loads so I was quietly confident heading into qualy and the race.

Qualification:

The first half of the session ended up being a bit of a washout; either I'd nail the throttle just a touch too early, or I'd get compromised by traffic. I had a decent banker lap in the bag at one point, until near the end of the lap I was compromised by catching a Mustang in a particularly bad place, so I abandoned the run and tried again from the pitlane hoping for a bit of space. Thankfully that space materialised, and I pumped in a 59.5 followed by a 59.3 to claim 6th place. I had another two tenths on the following lap but gave it a smidge too much welly out of a slow corner, so I abandoned the lap a minute or so before the chequered flag came out.

Race:

I popped out to point percy at the porcelain so to speak quickly, but came back with not a huge amount of time left to grid. I clicked the tempting green button as I sat down and started psyching myself up a bit waiting to set off before realising that I hadn't changed setup since qualifying - I only had 10l of fuel in the car! I escaped out hurriedly, chucked the race setup on it, and lined up in the pitlane waiting for the back of the field to go past. Not the end of the world, I thought, until I noticed the fuel level - still 10l! Bugger! I would've been better off starting on the grid after all!

I trundled out of the pitlane at the back of the Mustang field and promptly overtook the whole lot pretty much in one straight, which was pretty cool I have to admit. I had figured out which lap I'd have to get to as a minimum in order to tank the car to the end earlier on, which happened to be the end of lap 4, and thankfully that was precisely how far my 10l would get me - so I dived in the pits, got a set of fresh boots, tanked the car, and set off in tyre conservation mode.

The car felt great with 91l of fuel in, and so long as I didn't take too much out of the fronts at the Carousel and the Kink, and didn't lock up, I felt I could see them through to a decent state come the end of the race 41 laps later. I got my head down and got some reasonably consistent laps in for the first half of the race; not fantastic pace wise but stable, and that's all I'd need to get myself back up the field come the pitstop phase later on.

The Mustangs presented me with a few hairy moments - I recall two trying to pass each other on the front straight, taking up all of the room. I thought about diving past on the right but that was closed off as I approached, so I braked, waited behind for a bit, thought 'sod this' and sent the car straight through the middle. A bit like Spa 2000 really, backwards :)

Towards the end of the race the tyres were still holding up nicely, but as the lap counter hit the mid 30s the rear juuuuuuust started to become a little skittish. That didn't stop me from setting my fastest lap in this time, but it was a little unnerving nonetheless. A few cars had come out of the pits immediately behind me and then dropped back, so I knew that I had enough pace to hold people off despite having tyres some 20-25 laps older.

James caught me up gradually near the end of the race, and I knew it would be a big ask to keep him behind with some 11-12 laps to go, but I managed to peg the gap to around 2 seconds for a while, until Robert Burton slowed us both up weaving about after the kink. This provided a net gain to James, putting him right under my rear wing - he got a much better exit out of the last corner and started pulling alongside as we went up the hill. I gradually moved right to defend my position and compromise his entry into turn 1, squeezing him against the pitwall until I thought I'd reached a sensible gap size ("DP + A little bit"), at which point I reverted to a straight line. We continued until just after the start finish line until James veered slightly left, clipping my right rear wheel, sending me nose-first into the concrete.

I reset and followed Ian around, a lap down, until the end just in case any other +1L people ran into fuel trouble etc, eventually finishing P10.

It was a bit of a shame after working my way up to P6 after my horror start, but I'm not actually particularly downbeat about it, because
a) I was pretty pleased with my own pace, consistency, and tyre management throughout the race; so it wasn't a disappointing performance at all.
b) I know James to be a quality driver and I can't believe for one second that there was any malice involved whatsoever.
c) I learnt a great deal about getting the most out of the car on the absolute limit from the Saturday session when we ended up having a 6-man qualy lap battle. I'd driven it in races before of course, mostly at Homestead B, but I was really digging deep there and I got a lot out of being pushed that hard.

Props to the Mustang field, a great deal of common sense was being used out there and while the DP closing speeds are really rather scary at times I think everyone handled it pretty well. Props of course also to David and Simon respectively for their wins.

Looking forward to VIR already (connection permitting of course!)


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Rich2086 on April 11, 2011, 01:31:43 AM +0100
Practice:

Saturday's session was great; I got a good couple of medium length stints in before taking the fuel out to attempt a go at David Ward's benchmark, which proved somewhat difficult. I adapted the setup a bit, mainly the rake and front toe in trying to dial out the initial turn-in understeer into fast corners and ended up blasting my pb by six tenths straight away, ending up at 59.2 - although I reckon a 58.9 was on the cards if I could dig deep enough. No way I was getting near David, Darren, and Paul though.

Sunday's session was pretty straightforward; with more Mustangs driving around it was a good experience gathering session ahead of the race. The setup was very comfortable indeed across a range of fuel loads so I was quietly confident heading into qualy and the race.

Qualification:

The first half of the session ended up being a bit of a washout; either I'd nail the throttle just a touch too early, or I'd get compromised by traffic. I had a decent banker lap in the bag at one point, until near the end of the lap I was compromised by catching a Mustang in a particularly bad place, so I abandoned the run and tried again from the pitlane hoping for a bit of space. Thankfully that space materialised, and I pumped in a 59.5 followed by a 59.3 to claim 6th place. I had another two tenths on the following lap but gave it a smidge too much welly out of a slow corner, so I abandoned the lap a minute or so before the chequered flag came out.

Race:

I popped out to point percy at the porcelain so to speak quickly, but came back with not a huge amount of time left to grid. I clicked the tempting green button as I sat down and started psyching myself up a bit waiting to set off before realising that I hadn't changed setup since qualifying - I only had 10l of fuel in the car! I escaped out hurriedly, chucked the race setup on it, and lined up in the pitlane waiting for the back of the field to go past. Not the end of the world, I thought, until I noticed the fuel level - still 10l! Bugger! I would've been better off starting on the grid after all!

I trundled out of the pitlane at the back of the Mustang field and promptly overtook the whole lot pretty much in one straight, which was pretty cool I have to admit. I had figured out which lap I'd have to get to as a minimum in order to tank the car to the end earlier on, which happened to be the end of lap 4, and thankfully that was precisely how far my 10l would get me - so I dived in the pits, got a set of fresh boots, tanked the car, and set off in tyre conservation mode.

The car felt great with 91l of fuel in, and so long as I didn't take too much out of the fronts at the Carousel and the Kink, and didn't lock up, I felt I could see them through to a decent state come the end of the race 41 laps later. I got my head down and got some reasonably consistent laps in for the first half of the race; not fantastic pace wise but stable, and that's all I'd need to get myself back up the field come the pitstop phase later on.

The Mustangs presented me with a few hairy moments - I recall two trying to pass each other on the front straight, taking up all of the room. I thought about diving past on the right but that was closed off as I approached, so I braked, waited behind for a bit, thought 'sod this' and sent the car straight through the middle. A bit like Spa 2000 really, backwards :)

Towards the end of the race the tyres were still holding up nicely, but as the lap counter hit the mid 30s the rear juuuuuuust started to become a little skittish. That didn't stop me from setting my fastest lap in this time, but it was a little unnerving nonetheless. A few cars had come out of the pits immediately behind me and then dropped back, so I knew that I had enough pace to hold people off despite having tyres some 20-25 laps older.

James caught me up gradually near the end of the race, and I knew it would be a big ask to keep him behind with some 11-12 laps to go, but I managed to peg the gap to around 2 seconds for a while, until Robert Burton slowed us both up weaving about after the kink. This provided a net gain to James, putting him right under my rear wing - he got a much better exit out of the last corner and started pulling alongside as we went up the hill. I gradually moved right to defend my position and compromise his entry into turn 1, squeezing him against the pitwall until I thought I'd reached a sensible gap size ("DP + A little bit"), at which point I reverted to a straight line. We continued until just after the start finish line until James veered slightly left, clipping my right rear wheel, sending me nose-first into the concrete.

I reset and followed Ian around, a lap down, until the end just in case any other +1L people ran into fuel trouble etc, eventually finishing P10.

It was a bit of a shame after working my way up to P6 after my horror start, but I'm not actually particularly downbeat about it, because
a) I was pretty pleased with my own pace, consistency, and tyre management throughout the race; so it wasn't a disappointing performance at all.
b) I know James to be a quality driver and I can't believe for one second that there was any malice involved whatsoever.
c) I learnt a great deal about getting the most out of the car on the absolute limit from the Saturday session when we ended up having a 6-man qualy lap battle. I'd driven it in races before of course, mostly at Homestead B, but I was really digging deep there and I got a lot out of being pushed that hard.

Props to the Mustang field, a great deal of common sense was being used out there and while the DP closing speeds are really rather scary at times I think everyone handled it pretty well. Props of course also to David and Simon respectively for their wins.

Looking forward to VIR already (connection permitting of course!)

:laugh: :laugh: i seriously laughed out load at that. Good read


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: popabawa on April 11, 2011, 08:39:24 AM +0100
That was a pretty disappointing race for me.

I hadn't had enough practice to generate any real pace but the first half of the race was cracking, racing with Rob and latterly Andy, we swapped paces a good few times, all nice and clean, awesome.

Sadly on the last lap of my first stint I ended up on the grass and scraping the wall after an incident with one of the DP's at the Kink. That left me with a very long pit-stop and then I stupidly picked up a black flag for speeding trying to get out again too quickly ::)

I decided to carry on after the penalty to see if I could pick up any places. After a massive chase with Jack I got past only to get disconnected with about a lap to go! :cursing: Only one more race to go before I move house, hopefully the new connection will be much better!

Well done to the DP's for making life easy and well done to all the podiums.


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Jove on April 11, 2011, 08:52:53 AM +0100
I've never done a league out side of iRacing but i do love endurance racing, so when i heard about this i thought i better get myself sign-up.

Practice
Was great fun, having raced on the track a couple of weeks before in the iRacing league I knew my race pace would be round the 2.00 mark, so i decided to work on my qualifying setup. My previous best was a high 58.7 but with a few tweaks and some banter with Jamie i managed to pull out a low 58 much to Jamies frustration :p

Qualifying
With my new found speed I was pretty confident that i would be near the front, I got a banker in first and then set about trying to chase down Paul's time. It was quite frustrating having to shut off because i was catching Mustangs in the worst possible places, but thank fully i got a clean lap and the pole! :)

Race
I've never been on pole before so i was pretty excited and a little nervous lol I waited for the pace car to peel in and gunned it but Paul and Darren was quick to react so i didn't get much of a jump on them. I was pushing hard for a few laps to try and create a buffer between Paul & Darren who had great race pace! Traffic wasn't a problem and thanks to all the Mustangs for being so polite, coming up to 3 Mustangs on the back straight all battling for position they saw me coming and allowed space for me to get through. Had a few moments lapping some DPs they didn't make it very easy to get passed, little frustrating but in those moments you just have to be patient and not make any rash moves.

Second half of the race was just like the first, managing the gap between Paul / Darren and getting through the traffic as quickly and safely as possible.

Thanks for putting on a great event, I can't wait for VIR one of my favorite tracks!


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: purdie on April 11, 2011, 09:07:39 AM +0100
I popped out to point percy at the porcelain so to speak quickly
:laugh: :laugh: i seriously laughed out load at that. Good read

+1  :laugh:


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Burtoner on April 11, 2011, 10:00:51 AM +0100
Only done some practice during practice session before race, but was pretty confident here anyways.

Started 18th which I think was pretty good behind Pops, didnt think we have a great race together, was very hard to actually pull an overtake on this track, which I managed to do a couple of times, the first half of the race was awesome racing with Andy and Pops, I pitted halfway a couple of laps early than Andy and Pops, as my tires were bit bad.

Somehow I managed to beat them both in the pitstops!, only do a half spin, to let Andy through, couldnt catch him after that by that time I was a good 30secs ahead of Peter :)

Probably one of best races I had in mixed class, just like Spa race I did on Sat night :)


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Darren Seal on April 11, 2011, 10:29:16 AM +0100
Qualifying proved to be frustrating.  I just couldn't hook up a decent lap on the odd occasion I found myself on a clear piece of track.  Thankfully only Gizmo managed to take advantage, leaving me 4th on the grid.

The race started well...  Gizmo took a look up the inside of Paul heading into T5, which compromised his exit.  This allowed me to get the run on him heading into tricky T6, which gave me 3rd place.  I managed to stay with the two in front until we caught the Mustangs.  From that point on frustration set in.  It seemed every time we met a Stang the two in front would nip by on the straight, leaving me to negotiate it through the corners.  :'(  After several laps of this I was soon cut adrift, and left to concentrate on improving my gap over Gizmo.

Towards the end of the first stint I managed to reel in Paul after it was his turn to be held up.  While trying to overtake two Stangs heading into T5, Paul half spun, allowing me to slip through into 2nd.  After a few laps of pressure Paul began to struggle on his tyres allowing me to pull a 3 second gap over him.

Paul pitted on lap 21.  Maybe I should have done the same, because on my in-lap I lost nearly 3 seconds to a Stang on the back half of the track.  I left the pits with Paul breathing down my neck.  I knew I was in trouble on cold tyres and that proved to be the case as I missed a few gears at T5, gifting Paul 2nd again.

On fresh tyres Paul was very fast.  I could do nothing to stop him disappearing off into the distance.  Thankfully his insane pace soon dropped off after this tyres started to complain.  This allowed me to reel him back in again to under 2 seconds.  After several more laps Paul dropped a wheel off into the dirt exiting T6 and darted off to the left and into the nearest wall.  Real shame....  It could of, should of been a real scrap between us to the line.  Unlucky Paul.....

With David 10 seconds down the road, and Paul now struggling with a badly damaged car, I was allowed to cruise home to a comfortable 2nd.

Congrats David on the win.  Impressive debut!  You showed great pace and clearly deserved your win.  Also congrats to Shark for his win in the Mustangs...

See you all (hopefully) at VIR....



Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: BorchersDK on April 11, 2011, 04:50:53 PM +0100
Meh, another write off.

Had spent a lot of time adjusting myself to the car, and getting it set up how I feel it should drive, so that I would feel very confident with the car. I managed quite well, and Im on the right track.
I really enjoyed the race, however short it was for me, but the car was very fun and forgiving to drive. I just suffer from a very dry cough these days, so I prepared for the race with plenty of warm tea, and I even lined up several Läkerol pastilles to lotion my throat during the race :). Just wasnt enough sadly, I kept coughing myself off the track basicly. 3rd time was it, while I was sitting there in the graveltrap in the last corner, coughing away, I figured I might aswell retire and spare myself (and possible others).

Was a shame, really enjoyed it, and I was pleasantly surprised with the numbers of entries.
Sadly I wont be able to join on VIR, because Im not home that weekend, so I have to wait for Homestead I think it was.


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: purdie on April 11, 2011, 05:07:55 PM +0100
I managed quite well, and Im on the right track.

Always a good start  ;)

shame about the cough mate, we were in a for a battle royale


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Raimo Piiksi on April 11, 2011, 05:08:47 PM +0100
Great race all,
after a bit of hassle in qualifying, I just managed to get one lap in before the flag. By share luck I hit the 2nd position  :angel:
A bit of mixed race for me. Simon just inched away and I was left with Adam and Jasper behind. Then after Jasper got past Adam I saw him sticking to my bumper. And on my bumper he stayed, and also alongside a couple of times. So after 70-80 minutes with Jasper on my bumper I was very pleased to finally get a 4-5 seconds lead. Only to kink myself four laps from the end and then have to do a pitstop that cost me 2 places.

Epic racing Jasper, that was great (sweating) fun.

Can't wait for VIR. Will for sure be a diffrent challenge for us all  ;D


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Robin Durrant on April 11, 2011, 05:32:51 PM +0100
Bugger, B*llocks and Arse!

Thought the race was next weekend.... :(



Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Rotaxmax125 on April 11, 2011, 08:51:09 PM +0100
First race in the Dp for me. Bit of a new experience for me with the closing speeds when catching the Mustangs. Looks like a need to find a fair bit more speed look forward to the next race


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: GizMoTo on April 11, 2011, 09:03:05 PM +0100
sounds like a lot of us where new to the DP  :o

apart from a practice run when I first got the car I hadn't driven it at all


this to me makes this race even more of a success considering how it went so many new drivers to one of the cars so maybe an even bigger well done is needed

WELL DONE ALL!!!
there ya go  ;D ;D ;D ;D


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: Simon Gymer on April 12, 2011, 09:04:16 AM +0100
Sorry, only just got back to the forums since the race.

After deciding the DP was too stressful I plumped for the Mustang despite only having raced it twice before. Still, it's such a compliant car that it's a doddle to drive so it's quite relaxing and you can get up to your maximum speed pretty quickly. Once I'd worked out how quickly you could go around the kink and the carosel the rest just slotted into place.

Start of qualifying didn't go as planned as I was chasing Raimo for the first stint when a DP came barreling towards us before the last turn on the first flying lap I got completely focused on the DP in the mirrors, stayed right expecting the DP to go left and then found myself rear-ending Raimo who had also stayed right. Sorry for that Raimo, I wasn't even looking forward at the time. Quickly reset to the pits and started again. Managed to drop into the 2:30s, although I think there was even more pace on a perfect lap, possibly into the 2:29s, but Road America is so long it's very hard to do a perfect lap. Anyway, to my complete surprise it was enough for pole position. After seeing Raimo and Jasper do so well in the previous endurance season I was hoping to be in 3rd not 1st.

As for the race, well nothing much to report. The occasional divebomb in daft places by DPs, but other than that I just slowly pulled away from the other Mustangs and cruised home for a fairly comfortable win. Not what I expected at all, but gladly received.

If VIR is next then I really won't expect to do well there as I just don't get on with VIR, but as I did better than expected here at Road America, anything is possible.


Title: Re: i6e Endurance Sundays Round One - Road America
Post by: popabawa on April 12, 2011, 09:50:30 AM +0100
Well done on the win Simon, that was an impressive debut!