If 0.001 secs is equal to 15mm at the speed we were doing, then there would be room for 100 cars 0.15mm apart if we measure down to 0.00001 secs, if I have understood this correctly??

 Quite how 100 cars could exit the final corner and each close the gap to the car ahead to be just 0.15mm behind and 100cars wide, would require a rather wide piece of tarmac and some serious formation flying. Over to you Pete lol.

I'm still buzzing about the whole race and those 23 laps just fizzed past, so intense was the battle.

Grats to all who finished and to Tom for the final podium place.
I feel almost guilty taking the win when the margin was so close. Overnight I was hoping that it would be a complete dead heat ( if that is possible within GPL software?) and I was going to propose that we added 50+43=93 and divide it in half so that we got 46.5 points each lol.

Being completely honest here, I took that insane Lola Ford 427 for this track and fully expected it to be one of the results that I would drop with a DNF or very low placing. The car was a nightmare to control in the twisty bits or under braking, but boy oh boy did it fly down the straights. Pole position was not on my script and came as a shock. A car with just 2 gears and about 1,000,000 HP that handled like a super tanker should not have been there!!

If Phil thought that he had issues braking at the end of Conrod Straight with his nice little car...try it in this monster!! I found it impossible to brake after the crest and make it around the final corner. I had to apply a good stomp on the brake pedal before the crest, lift off and then carefully balance the pressure to avoid lock ups in order not to become a pile of twisted metal.

Huge kudos to Yannick for a tremendous race. Once we had completed the first few laps and the tyres were warmed I could see that we were only just easing away from the rest of the field and then something happened and we were 500mtrs clear. By then it was obvious that I had a big speed advantage on the straights, but Yannick was better on the twisty bits and under braking and able to close any gap. The battle lines were set!!!
Yes, I did try and get Yannick to take the lead, just to relieve the stress of being chased by a very fast driver in a much more nimble car lol, but huge respect to Yannick for not trying a dive bomb down the inside at the heavy braking points. Some drivers may not have been able to resist that opening.

With 5 laps to go it was clear that the race would be decided on the last lap and most probably the last corner. If I could carry good pace onto the Conrod Straight and open the gas, the gap I could pull should have allowed me to cleanly negotiate the final corner and cross the line first. Simples 
Of course, the more you focus on something like that, the more likely you are to screw it up...and I did! It was my error in that final corner that gave Yannick the chance to steal the win and he grabbed that chance with both hands. With only 2 gears ( and 1st gear good for 150mph!!) acceleration was not my most potent weapon and when I saw his car vanish from my mirrors and pull alongside, I thought he had pulled off  a brilliant move. I had my right foot nailed down waiting for all those horses to wake up, but if I'm honest I thought that he had just done it as his acceleration was much better than mine.
I have been involved in some close GPL finishes before, but 0.001 secs is insane after 23 laps of racing!!

If you want to see how lucky I was take a look at the Stream on Twitch from my cockpit, complete with mumbled curses!!
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2121587089

Grats to all finishers on a tricky circuit that places a great load on the brakes.
 This was not a race where I expected to be in contention. I had spent the previous 3 days staying with my grand daughter  and that is exhausting, then there was the 4hr drive home on Sunday afternoon. TBH I did not think I would stay focused or even awake for the whole race.
I guess that I was lucky because I had saved tokens in earlier races and could take the sweet handling 250F, but I was still up against some very fast drivers. This proved true during qualifying as faster and faster times were being posted and the competition for pole was intense. Also the usual problem of finding a clear road, especially with the braking problems.
Then Enrique turned on his turbo and posted a lap that showed up on my screen as 1:12!!!.  Not satisfied with that, he later posted a 4sec lap, just to prove how much faster he was lol.
Like a true gentleman he allowed me to take the lead off the grid and I was able to get a clear run into T1. For the first lap I was able to pull a small lead and then something happened behind and I was on my own and in the lead.
Given my tiredness I was amazed that I ran an almost perfect, incident free, race. But of course, I was not under any pressure  . The only moment that caused me some concern was when Prib showed that Enrique had made his way up to 2nd spot, so for a few laps I was intently watching the gap and pushing just slightly, until I could see that I was still easing ahead.
LIke I have said, not the race that I was expecting but hey!, I will take the win and be grateful.  

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Results of moderation and final JSMT results published.



                                         Congratulations to Axel on taking the Trophy for 2024

   

I  hope that Joe would have enjoyed these races 
I always try and dream up something slightly different for the JSMT and I feel that this time it almost worked? A full grid for the second race of the series, I don't know how many were unable to participate through lack of space. Apologies if you were one of them.

Grats to the podium places and to all finishers and thanks to all of those who raced in memory of Joe Shaw.

Just for the record and to re assure you that I had no advance practice in these cars other than a few laps around a South American circuit just to see if these cars were worth a try. Any actual practice and preparation only began after the races were announced and somehow I managed to create a monster of a setup. It was clearly fast, but the sweet spot was on a knife edge and would either take me through a corner super quickly or lock the front wheels and plough into the scenery even when I felt that my driving was spot on. At least it made the race interesting?? The pole position lap was on the same setup as all the others, where the setup just behaved itself.

My race started well and went downhill very quickly... as many of you will have discovered at T1 on lap 2. So sorry about that chaos, I ran wide on cold tyres, which would not have been too bad just losing places,  until I hit the fence and it fired me back onto the track and onto the racing line.
I did a S/R  and waited until all cars had got going as I felt so guilty.  The rest of the race was all about clawing back the places and then the setup would decide that it was time to go farming again  !!!

I made it up to 5th place and almost stole Dimi's spot but ran out of laps.

I think these cars might offer some fun in the future ( a little like the 67 F2's)but my thoughts are that Pro drivers would NOT be allowed the Chapp or the Genie. Looking at the differences in lap times the Lola's appeared to be approx 1-1.5secs a lap slower, so if the fast guys have to drive those AND take an SnG, then we might get some very interesting results???

Some moderating checks still to do before this year's winner is announced, but should not be too long. I hope all you PRO drivers did your SnG.

?? lol I wondered why you had stopped at Madgewick corner Axel !!!

Without watching a replay of your driving style, it is difficult to know why you are blowing engines.
But...
I managed to blow one engine at Goodwood, and in my defence I was fighting off a very fast Chapperal with a determined Axel behind the wheel  

It might be useful to watch my TWITCH video available via the link below and see where I was upshifting and downshifting and at what revs around Goodwood.
You might need to alter your gear ratios to avoid over revving. Initially it might be good idea to set your gearbox up one notch on the final drive before you start and then then adjust if you find that you are not getting to 95% max revs at the fastest point ( this will leave a small margin for slipstreaming)

I am contemplating doing a TWITCH video showing how I go about developing a setup for myself, step by step. I firmly believe that someone cannot tell someone else exactly what setup parameters to use. What can be useful, is to explain what to change in order to get the car behaving as YOU would like, because if you are comfortable and confident with the car then you will be quicker.

Yes Dimi. All PRO drivers ( you know who you are ) are required to perform a single SnG in the pitlane during the race. This will hopefully give the AMS  a chance to close the gap or even pass the aliens. 

Any S/R resets DO NOT require a stop. TBH I think the cold tyres and full fuel load is a big enough penalty in these cars lol.

I had not intended the stream as an educational aid, you are already fast enough to be a problem lol!!! 

Finally getting my Twitch stream sorted and the JSMT race is available to watch from my cockpit view @... Twitch/evilclive67.

I had been having some strange graphics issues with the saved replays that have now been rectified, and It seems that I just need to get the webcam tweaked ( so that you can see my beautiful face   and all of the grimaces and contortions) and all should be good.

Then I can add my microphone and chat comments.....what could possibly go wrong?? 

A real shame about the server issues in the aborted Race 1, but thanks to the team for getting a substitute up and running so quickly.

Grats to Axel and for his great drive in the Chapp to take the win and to Tris and Phil for the other podium places. This was in memory of Joe Shaw ( Beefpie) who raced with us for a while but sadly died far too young. I think we put on a good show.

I hope that everyone enjoyed these cars as much as I did. TBH my setup was far from perfect and together with the locking brakes that Phil mentioned it was an "interesting" race with multiple sudden excursions. I was lucky to end up 4th and that was only after Alain tried to demolish the chicane on the final lap. Hard luck Alain.

Looking forward to Boreham Wood and maybe some tweaking of that dreadful setup.  

We can try that Phil if enou8gh people are aware of the restart?

Sadly it looks like we had a mass disco, as many cars vanished???