UKPnG Season 8 British Historic Cup - Castle Combe - Mar 28

[phspok]

If someone wants to manage car restrictions for events, sign here .......................
Unfortunately I would struggle to find time.

[goldtop]

If someone wants to manage car restrictions for events, sign here .......................
Unfortunately I would struggle to find time.

It shouldn't be any extra work apart from the fact that each driver would need to check their champ status. Your usual car testing would expose the fastest car(s) of the group and these could be indicated in the race post. It might just stop this endless pre-race "negotiations" and save you some awkward decisions.

If you needed more testing, I'd be happy to volunteer my time as I'm sure others would.....a quick pm would be all that's needed.

[Legzy]

took the last minute oportunity to race & joined just before qually in one of the Alpha's (they're always a good safe choice).
Got some really nice little scraps in & profited from others mistakes. Eventually Clive caught & passed me with ease & then two corners later I was somewhat caught out by his braking point (in the same car as me) & found myself in the tyres to avoid him. Kept going round with a knackered suspension & had a few brief scraps as I wrestled the car now, but lost it as speed into some other tyres & that just broke the car a little too much so I quit after another lap or two.

Well done all.

Look forward to seeing some quicker drivers excluded from say the fastest two cars to increase the in race battles, rather than seeing them at the start line only. But understand some people aren't looking to battle race long.

[NPP]

that was a bit meh from my point of view. I took 4th on the grid, was down to 6th by the first corner and then hit Geoffers up the back at the 2nd chicane and bumped him off. I took a self/imposed drive-through penalty and found myself last. Apart from a battle with my team-mate Legzy which lasted for a few laps until he spun off, I had a lonely race thereafter, being able to slowly gain a little on the cars in front of me but much too slowly to ever get close to them.

I was, however, massively pleased with the 1:15.4 I managed on hard tyres and with race fuel - much too much fuel, as it turned out.

Congrats to the podium!

[goldtop]

Very nice race that. Took the 1600 Alfa as a last minute self handicap and used a setup I created for Jules for our Silverstone race, so was surprised to find myself up at P2 in quali 

Got the jump on frex off the grid and managed to hold the lead for a lot longer than expected. A difficult track to overtake, but unfortunately I made it easy with a couple of mi-shifts and a wheel on the grass exiting one of the chicanes. Once ahead frex and John pulled away from me, but good fun while it lasted.

My left front was showing 24 wear by the end and my brakes weren't working at all well into the big stop (at Quarry?) Didn't realise PnG simulated brake fade so impressive stuff if it does 

Well done frex and John.

[Mark J]

Bit meh for me too.

Enjoyed the qually battle, moving up and down the leader board with every tenth gained or lost.

Race start was odd, literally as I joined the grid the lights went green and I got swamped before I could even put it into 1st gear  
Was side by side with Simon through turn 3 and we touched side on which saw him off on the grass, was sad to see him DNf early.  
I then got stuck behind matts falcon for a few laps which allowed legz to close. I lost sight of him into T1 and had to brake off the grippy side which left me spinning!
Had a cracking battle with geoffers falcon for about 10 laps with nowt between us than extra horses in his tank!
Sadly I finally tapped his fat butt out of a chicane exit and the big lump surprised me by going off on the grass. I did the decent (but very frustrating!!) thing and waited for him to rejoin, allowing NPp and legzy through  
Geoffers fell off a lap later and likewise legzy a few laps further and despite a hard chase I couldn't catch NPp but kept a charging geoffers behind too of a dull 8th. I just struggled for ultimate pace on the medium tyres.
Was surprised at the many dnf's   Only 15 cars tonight too, who's missing?

Amazing pace by frex in the escort for the win  

[Clive Loynes]

...... Eventually Clive caught & passed me with ease & then two corners later I was somewhat caught out by his braking point (in the same car as me) & found myself in the tyres to avoid him.

Nothing different that lap Chris.

I was changing down to 2nd to get steering and then back up to 3rd whilst still in the corner.

Since you were stuffed up my exhaust I suspect that you were going a bit quicker due to slipstream.

I was trying to get around the outside of Niels after the first chicane on lap one when he decided that he wanted the bit of track that I was on.  After my trip to the meadow there were not many people left behind me, if any.

So I tried to claw my way back through the grid.  A lot of people were on the grass as I passed them and I think that Legzy had dropped a wheel off the tarmac to allow me past as well.

Ed was the big challenge in his aircraft carrier!  Thankfully, when I got alongside into the second chicane, he didn't dispute who had rights to knock down which marker posts. 

I set about trying to catch Superswift but ran out of laps.

Grats to frex, John and Tudor.

[Legzy]

Sorry Clive, not meaning to suggest you were doing anything wrong, you were obviously lapping quicker than me probably in part due to your 'slow in - fast out' approach compared to my normal somewhat "fast in - try to hold it sideways - slow out" approach

If I was catching you over multiple laps (as normal ), I'd obviously have been aware of the speed differences & I'm sure been able to corner more in-sync with you, but it's harder to spot that in the rear-view & obviously you'd literally just past me. I should have applied more caution

[goldtop]

I'm showing as class unknown in the results  I was in a 60's group2 car  

[Mark J]

I'm showing as class unknown

We don't know if your a peasant or a gentleman sir? 

[phspok]

Results and Replay Posted

Not something within my powers to fix I think. Is the 1st time we have used it, and was unknown as were a few others
each event we do the number of unknown cars is less as once I have added them they are then "known"
Nothing different with this car last night, I think perhaps Dave had not included it in the P&G 3 list somehow.
I will ask.

I was having some fun, apparently getting in the way of MJ  when I put a wheel on the outside grass and spun
after that was slowly catching back up when I changed down too early and blew the engine

[Clive Loynes]

If I was catching you over multiple laps (as normal ),

LOL
I must check my records to see when that happened.  Not sure they go back that far. 

But thanks for choosing to clout the scenery rather than me.

[Wiltshire Tony]

I quit early as I was so off pace in the Escort. Just couldn't find good lines on the circuit and the chicanes are nothing like their real life counterparts. Respect to the drivers who were managing blisteringly quick times in the Escort, for me it was snail like.

[frex]

Great race, lots of fun. First part very close racing with GT and john; second part in clear air and trying to pull a gap with some fast laps; final part after i spun allowing john back through, and then trying to chase him down again. Fun throughout!

However, i'm sorry to darken the mood and bring up the cut issue yet again, but i've submitted an incident report against myself for a cut at the first chicane on the last lap. Despite the fact that john got a little sideways on the grass and lost some speed, i cannot be sure that i would not have been able to pass him without my cut of the previous chicane. If not that's an unfair advantage gained, and i'm not happy winning the race like that. Especially on the last lap, when john had no chance to fight back.

Please exclude me, or at least deduct me a place or two. Sorry john.

[frex]

Here is the sequence of events:

Approaching chicane, almost side by side with john:



Exit of chicane - 2 wheels on grass, 2 on kerb, a clear cut:



John gets on the grass and loses a little speed:



I pass into next corner: