UKGTL Season 12 The Fifties - Snetterton (1964) - Aug 7

[Pelle_B]

Replay and results now posted

...& a Report from the server replay  

[phspok]

Never tried these before. They are quirky but fun beasts, I liked the Aston and Ferri, but tried the Mazzer and found
him to be quite a bit quicker, had not realised there were different classes of cars 

Put a wheel on the inside grass on an early lap lost buckets of time getting going again, caught and passed everyone
except Pelle who was gradually extending the lead to over 30 secs, tryes were making the car hard to drive
and was never going to catch Pelle, so after Nav left I did too.

[SpecialKS]

Not enough time to decide for a suitable setup - so I took the faster but
much more sensitive one which caused some mistakes and in the end my
dropping out by a crash  
But race was fun as long as it lasted and the Maserati sounds are simply fantastic .
I can remember one moment during first stage when GTLDK-team was in 1-2-3  
Then dropped some places and was in sixth and on my way to close up to Alex
again looking forward to a nice duel till finish when I lost control and crashed
into a marshal station (result: 0%)
All the worse as it possibly could have ended up in another podium for me if I
look at the results  
Had one single perfect lap and could register a great new PB (1:34,9) which made me really happy.

Enjoying every race in the LM55 cars - thanks for organizing this series to all involved!

[Wiltshire Tony]

I also am enjoying these older cars with their scary ways. My particular favourite is the D-type with it's Spitfire sound-a-like engine. Handles well but you have to drive her in a different way to other cars and be really smooth with everything. I had a good qually but some early offs including drastic avoidance measures to miss that darn bridge left me at the back early on and way behind t'others. BTW thanks for stopping after our contact Alex. Soon had a rhythm going and was cruising well around on of my favourite circuits but to far behind to worry anyone.

@Matt all the cars last night were in the same "class". The few that were not allowed last night are even more powerfull!

Goodwood next then a short season in Europe where we will see the faster beasts return for some rounds.

PS That grid last night was a visual feast and the sound was deafening. Worth a peak at the replay for that alone.

Almost forgot to say congrats to Pelle for that gob-smacking display of speed and control and commiserations to Syd for yet another dropped connection.

[phspok]

Ok, when we we were in chat in qual I said something about the Mazzer, and you said "different class"
perhaps you were talking about St Trinians 2 

[Wiltshire Tony]

Ok, when we we were in chat in qual I said something about the Mazzer, and you said "different class"
perhaps you were talking about St Trinians 2 

  I was talking about the two drivers who had recorded times way in excess of the rest of us (yourself and Pelle).

[Syd Drake]

... and commiserations to Syd for yet another dropped connection.

I'm getting really frustrated with my isp. My connection is according to them great, as every time they check, it's working fine. The fact that it drops at least once a day for a minute or two (and usually sometime when the race is on) doesn't seem to matter to them. I'm thinking of switching isp's, but the only other option is way slower than my current 10/2 Mb connection.
On the race, I actually completely forgot about it. It was 9:38 when I realized there was a race tonight. I got on the server with about 1:30 left in the q, and just about managed to set a race setup with proper amount of fuel before the start. I started from the back, passed a couple of cars, some others fell off, and I found myself in third place. I was slightly gaining on Navin and phspok was gaining  a second a lap on me at the time, and it was shaping to be a good battle when I fell off on lap 5.
Grats to the podium.

[BillThomas]

Thanks Tony for the interesting Track/car combo.  It was good fun but not what I'd planned.  Decided to go with fastest car and put in a few laps checking gearing etc.  Last night it soon became clear ambition exceed ability - not a car that I could finish in.  Went for 250 TS, took a while to sort out gearing etc but I was a more realistic drive for me.  Made reasonable start avoided a few spinning cars and ended lap 1 about 6th, then as usual screwed up on T1 went too deep and finished up over the bank - took too long to get back on track, the Masser was beautiful for that with all that torque and power just literally flew over the bank.

Managed to put in some good fast laps bettered qualifying time and eventual caught up with Tony who had spun at the hairpin, broadside across the apex.  Tried to run deeper to get around him and spun myself.  That was the last I saw of Tony until he duly lapped me.  Made too many unforced errors and trips over the banking.  Pelle lapped me three times, Alex and Tony once.  On my penultimate lap missed 300 marker board and went straight on at 100 board instead of braking and turning in.  Regained track on short straight bit before long right hander with zero front tyre.  Completed rest of lap and last lap in a cloud of tyre smoke.

[Navin R Johnson]

Congrats to Pelle for another win . Also good job Alex and Tony for their solid pody finishes . I wish I didn't have another brain fade day but I guess the Ring worn me out yesterday . Had a couple of flips over the fence and on the second one it required me to enter the pits which meant a pit stop. I'm so out of practice with stops I also managed to hit esc instead of Enter . Total dummy   That said, I tried several cars in qualy and really liked the Jags handling so a shame I didn't finish the run . Will be looking forward to these cars at Goodwood . Cheers

P.S. Nice turnout this race

[Pelle_B]

I can remember one moment during first stage when GTLDK-team was in 1-2-3  

It could have been wonderful with all of us on the podium, unfortunately...there is always something unexpected in a 30 laps long race 
...but it looked really brutal, when you removed the two people on the box, I was right behind you when it happened 
I waved...when I discovered NRJ outside in the grass, but how can you do exactly the same mistakes I have made, press ESC 

Qual:
After I had set pole, I did everything to get a DQ...Wrong Way...but never got DQ 

Race:
I started out very quiet & pulled to the side, would help NRJ & KS up...& It went according to plan. Ph began to show the Maserati are running crazy fast & I had to take up the fight before the distance was too big. Maybe it was my close pressure receiving Ph to spin around, but no damage to the car...Ph would quickly return??? I got into a good fast rhythm & decided to continue...the car ran perfectly...I play with Scalextric?... Unbelievable...no errors on 30 laps 
Got only a single shock after 10 laps, Engine 19% ...drove the last 20 laps with better gear changes & think I had 5-7% when the race was over.

Grats Alex & Tony  (hehe Ramsay, 2 points)

[phspok]

I may have been wrong sighted following Pelle so close into turn 3, but I had put a wheel on the inside grass
a couple of times in practice and spun, so I was aware of it. Pelle did nothing wrong, I just misjudged it.

For me the Mazzer was way faster than any other allowed car, though it handles like a Corvette - understeers wildly
into a corner, and then the back tries to overtake the front under power, I made a very conservative setup
which mostly worked, it all got a bit unwieldy when the tyres started to go off or I would have continued.

[Alex vV]

Great race! Love these cars whcih you have to anticipate which way to go.

Apols to Tony for the 1 lap crash. Could not avoid you

Thanks all for showing up and good racing.