UKGTL Season 12 GT Cup '76 - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jul 16

[Geoffers]

  Then Geoffers informs us his pole early in qualifying was his first flying lap in Bemmer

Nothing unusual for me Bill, if I know the track & the car I do a quick lap straight away & then spend the next 10 laps going slower! I suppose it proves that smooth is fast & when you try harder you go slower.

Good race for me, had Navin looking for an opening the first 2-3 laps before I got settled into a rhythm & managed to pull away gradually. Was expecting Hristo to narrow the gap when he got into 2nd place but I was far enough ahead that I just had to concentrate on driving smoothly & not making any mistakes to bring it home.

Grats to Hristo & Navin & all who showed up. 

[Hristo Itchov]

I had extremely slow Internet last night and began downloading the track with 10 minutes to go before Qualifying, but it took 30 minutes for the download to complete, so I just managed to enter the server with less than a minute to go. I copied over my Zolder setup and went out on race fuel to try and learn the track a bit because I've never driven it before (I knew Brands in general, but not this version, in this car). It became obvious that it's quite tricky and the setup didn't match perfectly, but there was no time for changes.

At the start I moved up a lot of places during the first lap, with people spinning, hitting each other and going off everywhere, so I was up to 6th or 7th at the end of the lap. I made some mistakes on my own as I was trying to explore the limit and so passing those in front took quite a lot of time. Gradually I managed to increase my pace, shortening my braking zones and improving my lines, and eventually moved up to 4th and then 3rd.

Then I had a good battle with Navin, but had another off just after I passed him, so the gap to Geoffers was completely out of reach by then. We seemed to have just about equal pace anyway, so even if the gap was smaller it would have been impossible to challenge him.

Still, I'm happy with 2nd considering the circumstances! Grats to Geoffers for a well deserved win, to Navin for the good fight and to all other finishers!

[Navin R Johnson]

Not much to say about this race that Geoffers or Hristo didn't cover. Other than fun to try and keep up with Geoffers who really did find a grove and check out slowly but surely . A Little surprised that Manteos did not stay with us but the lack of track time in GTL for some time explains it. After that it was a lonely race for myself as well until Hristo ran me down. A couple of short battles ended with Hristo leading the way. I must thank Tony for his setup as I was pretty lost with the Escort having only driving it once in practice many races ago. I didn't like it then but with Tony's tweaked set the car was a joy to drive . I uploaded my tweaked version if anyone would like to give'er a run(Navin Escort). And as always Brands Hatch is a pleasure to drive . They simply don't make them like this anymore . Grats to Geoffers for a well driven and deserved race win. Also to Hristo for a very impressive performance. See ya next time boys 

[M Cinderby]

  Qualified P4 with high hopes!!  

Failed to stay with the top three and some laps in passed by Hristo at the hairpin, nicely done mate.

At one third distance the two souped up beatles appeared in the form of the Quick and the Syd.  



My tyres were still good so I decided to give them a race.  



Syd attacked.  



Then went off.  



Followed by Quick whom also exited. This went on for the rest of the race until around the last lap with my tyres feeling second hand......They got me.    







Finished a battle worn P7 but very happy....Well done guys.  

[Berger R - 74]

oh man, oh man,

i did miss this race , have total forgoten that race is on 16.july.

congrats geoffers for win

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