UKGTL Season 12 The Fifties - Oulton Park (International) - Jul 24

[Syd Drake]

Well, connection survived and my car survived. Even after hitting a house head on midway through the last lap. Very tricky track, with lots of bumps and very hard to control cars over those bumps. Grats to Mark and Manteos for surviving.

[Wiltshire Tony]

Results and replay now posted.

Sorry guy's , maybe that track was a bit too ambitious.

Still, the next ones flat as a pancake.

[BillThomas]

Thanks Tony for organising race, the track was certainly a bit too ambitious for me but hey everone is entitled to make mistakes (don't know how you find the time but thanks for all your time and effort).  Due to lack of time to learn car/track combo, I used my last race with car settings (that fast early Monza race) as result only used first 4 gears.  Disappointed I did not finish, my own fault as when I’m driving to finish I always try to improve on lap times.  As result had a couple of spins by braking too late so next flying lap I braked earlier but due to lack of concentration put 2 wheels onto grass and finished up in the lake. 

[Wiltshire Tony]

Thanks Bill Thomas. Although I had a rubbish qually my race pace off the line was way better. On lap three I was catching Syd and went for a pass/bluff move but went off wide on the grass on the right before Clay Hill and struck the worlds toughest straw bale which damaged the body, suspension and ripped a wheel off. Wasn't prepared to quit this early so limped back to the pits for a complete makeover. Twp hours later I was back on track and doing some consistent laps with the odd dodgy moment just to keep me alert. After Navin went out I miss-judged my entry speed into a corner (at Knickerbrook I think) and went over a straw bale barrier and straight into never never land.

Thanks for turning out guys. BTW I'm thinking of dropping the faster Maserati as Pelle likes it and it's too fast for the other cars.

[BillThomas]

Agree Tony, it's in a class of it's own really and way to fast for rest of group.

[SpecialKS]

BTW I'm thinking of dropping the faster Maserati as Pelle likes it and it's too fast for the other cars.

There is a Aston Martin DBR2 WIP to compete with the Maserati... (see pic gallery at NG) 

[Manteos]

I compromized the race at the first lap, with a puncture on the left front. After the pit I started to understand the car, and my laptimes were improving a lot. Navin lapped me, but I was keeping his pace, and replaced the gap by him.
I tried to unlap myself, but it wasn't necessary to enagage a battle with Navin, cause his car spun right in front of me. By that moment I pushed a lot, and I was gaining seconds every lap on Syd and Mark. Until the tyres had some grip, the car was fun to drive, but in the last 6-7 laps was really difficult to keep it on the tarmac. Every hill was a trick, and my car spun other 4 or 5 times before the end of the race. However driving this beast was funny enough even alone on the track, and I enjoyed the race til the checkered flag.
Grats to Mark for the victory and Syd for 2nd place

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