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  • S2767P Road Atlanta: November 09, 2014
November 09, 2014, 09:39:35 PM +0000 - Road Atlanta (Full 2007+) - UKGPL Season 27 (2014) Privateers Trophy (67)
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 Team
Nat. Make Model Class Qualifying Race
Tyres Pos Time/Gap Pos Time/Gap Laps Stops Best Retirement
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JonnyO
 Team Coyote
Lotus 49 (Cosworth) F1 1967 1 1:23.799
108.607mph
1 50:57.006
104.200mph
35 1:23.989
108.361mph
Firestone  
Phil Thornton
 Antipasti Racing
Ferrari 312 (1967) F1 1967 2 +1.061
107.249mph
2 +21.683
103.466mph
35 1:24.555
107.636mph
Firestone  
dave curtis
 Black Night Racing
Brabham BT24 (Repco) F1 1967 6 +3.333
104.453mph
3 +31.188
103.148mph
35 1:26.615
105.076mph
Goodyear  
cg7aa
 
BRM P115 F1 1967 3 +2.303
105.702mph
4 +42.698
102.765mph
35 1:25.745
106.142mph
Goodyear  
bernie
 Soggy Bottom Racers Club
Brabham BT24 (Repco) F1 1967 5 +2.839
105.048mph
5 +1:02.491
102.113mph
35 1:26.625
105.064mph
Goodyear  
Michael Turner
 Soggy Bottom Racers Club
Brabham BT24 (Repco) F1 1967 8 +3.393
104.381mph
6 +1L
101.080mph
34 1:27.035
104.569mph
Goodyear  
francesco
 Antipasti Racing
Brabham BT24 (Repco) F1 1967 7 +3.390
104.384mph
7 +32.819
100.008mph
34 1:27.353
104.188mph
Goodyear  
Billy Nobrakes
 Black Night Racing
Cooper T81b (Maserati) F1 1967 4 +2.385
105.601mph
8 +26L
97.536mph
9 1:27.025
104.581mph
Disco
Firestone  
BadBlood
 Blue Moose Racing
Brabham BT24 (Repco) F1 1967 9 +9.056
98.015mph
9 +30L
91.489mph
5 1:31.346
99.634mph
Disco
Goodyear  
9 UKGPL
 
Ferrari 312 (1967) F1 1967 10 10 DNS ---
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Firestone  

Moderator's Report

SUMMARY

Jonny leads the field from Pole, and bottoms out in T10 on Lap 1 and falls back to the rear of the field. But he charges up through the field, and when Phil has an off in T11 on Lap 7 (like on Lap 1), Jonny regains the lead and goes on to a dominant victory in the Lotus in the end. Championship leader Phil Thornton finishes second in the Ferrari, Phil had some offs but after Jonny took the lead on Lap 8 stayed close for a while, but mistakes meant he had to settle for P2. Dave Curtis seems to have solved his technical gremlins, and runs a solid very consistent race in the Brabahm to the final podium spot.

George Cheeseman finishes 4th after an eventual race, even taking the lead on Lap 1 in the BRM, but falling back due to some little mistakes and others having better cars. Bernie Darwin is the last of lead lap finishers in the Brabham. Michal Turner and Fran Molteni round out the Top 7 of finishers, one lap down, both in the Brabham.

Congratulations Jonny and podium, and well done all finishers on such a difficult track! Commiserations to Billy and Paul for having to retire early on.


No incidents were reported, and no irregularities detected concerning resets.

After the start Billy and Bernie had a slight touch into T1, but both could continue. No harm, no foul. Billy was very cautious into T1 and had Bernie in his blind spot. Billy turnt in not knowing Bernie was there. Bernie expected Billy to stay wide or give room.

Haven't reported it, but wanted to mention it.

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« Reply #15 on: November 07, 2014, 01:02:33 AM +0000 »

As for the racepost header, a year number never is used there to specify the version, it just states the name of the track. Drivers need to check the "Track" row for the right version in the racepost.
Thanks Robert - unfortunate the heading isn't perfect, as it's an ongoing problem, and those who have suffered learn, and then keep quiet the next time.  Tongue  Neat and tidy doesn't always get the job done, but if I ramble on enough here, folks will learn so as not to get bored with my rambling on again about forum formulations.  "Ramble, ramble!"  
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« Reply #16 on: November 07, 2014, 09:51:25 AM +0000 »

Yea ! That's right Martin , you tell 'em mate , where would we be without ramblers and disconnected jottings

Go for it  Grin
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« Reply #17 on: November 09, 2014, 09:53:26 PM +0000 »

Stupid track.
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« Reply #18 on: November 09, 2014, 10:34:50 PM +0000 »

Stupid track.


lol lol lol
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« Reply #19 on: November 09, 2014, 10:39:46 PM +0000 »

Quite enjoyed that.  Had a tough battle with JonnyO and George.  We swopped places lots of time due to people spinning off.  The track is very slippy in places.  I pushed as hard as I could to catch Jonny but he was too quick and eventually I ran wide at turn 11 and had to do a reset and S&G.  After that I just worked hard to keep my second place.

Grats to JonnyO and Dave Curtis for the podium.
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« Reply #20 on: November 10, 2014, 12:10:42 AM +0000 »

  I love this track and Lotus !!!!

  Until the next!!!!!!
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« Reply #21 on: November 10, 2014, 09:00:46 AM +0000 »

NOT the best track to turn up to without practice or a setup but it was unavoidable. Made sure I didn't get in anyone's way on Lap 1 and was very comfortable. Michael went off at one of the innumerable 90deg right handers and I thought "OK - go for it". Off, off, off again, spin, spin - loneliness. The reason I stopped however was that I was experiencing awful frame drop and latency spikes. Would have made Silverstone hard - made this impossible.

Ah well. Quite an interesting track though.
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« Reply #22 on: November 10, 2014, 11:53:06 AM +0000 »

Just to expand on my words of dissatisfaction.
I knew I would struggle with this track so I put in enough practice to learn it & adjust the set up with that wouldn’t bottom out on the left hand kink before the bridge. In practice I clocked a couple of low 1.25’s in the Brabham & the Cooper. The Coop being a bit more reliable.
Took the first couple of laps cautiously. Started to build up speed & then – lap 7 ish - the car scraped the tarmac launched into the scenery. Took a Stop & Go but had lost concentration.
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« Reply #23 on: November 10, 2014, 12:13:45 PM +0000 »

Tough track to learn ( still learning  Roll Eyes ) Did the whole of qually on race fuel so was pleased with my time and thought I might be able to make a race of it.
I was able to keep up with Phil & Dave early on , but as the race wore on , my car got tired ( it had been a long day ) I went off in the esses and had to go borrow a tractor to tow me out of the bog , tried to play catch up but the handling seemed to get worse as the fuel load dropped off . a few more spins later and I was fending off Mike who was getting pretty close until he had a moment going onto the back straight .
Loved the track and would like race here anytime again .

Grats to the fast boys , well done to all who finished  Smiley

P.S. they should re name this the "Oliver Twist " track


'cos its gruelling ( get it )  Cheesy

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« Reply #24 on: November 10, 2014, 12:33:20 PM +0000 »

Luckily, on Thursday, instead of practicing for the Friday Moon event as intended;  I jumped on Greg's Road Atlanta71 session...   Of course, my Friday event at the Moon was more difficult as a result of no practice -  but it sure helped out here!

Despite the obvious setup being someone else's Mosport setup  [well, also has a dip, a hump & similar looking trees] could not drive with it.   Undwiveable as Mr Heidfeld would say.   Instead, I found their Rouen setup to be better behaved for me.  Apart from a bit of trouble turning in to the esses every lap & that dip if trying a bit too hard.   But,  I did find the secret there is to not put a wheel off the track & slow more than seemed necessary.   I worked out in practice that it's quicker to go slow,  than go off!

I didn't want to spend/potentially waste more tokens than required here;   so went with the Brabham & was hoping to drive consistently [if a little slow] & await the track to spit the other cars off.    It seemed to work to a certain degree too.

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I went off in the esses and had to go borrow a tractor to tow me out of the bog , tried to play catch up but the handling seemed to get worse as the fuel load dropped off .
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I was glad of that Smiley   I did the same, right behind you - but you appeared to be well & truly stuck.  Something nearly worthy of a Loctite advert maybe? Smiley



Towards the end,   Phil had reversed up to meet/taunt me;  then just shot away again.
I was outdriven by the top 2 steps on the podium.  Also behind,  that BRM behind was way quicker;   but was glad when it appeared on Prib that Bernie was potentially keeping it busy Smiley

Slowly slowly catchy podium.  If there's problems throughout the field & a small turnout maybe.... Smiley

Cheers all,  but glad it's over.
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« Reply #25 on: November 10, 2014, 08:44:15 PM +0000 »

Towards the end,   Phil had reversed up to meet/taunt me;  then just shot away again.
LOL not quite.  That was when I ran out of ability trying to catch JonnyO and had to take a shift-R and do a S&G.  I was worried you would catch me on cold tyres and full tanks.

It was quite a tricky track and a few people seemed to have real problems.  I think the secret was not to try too hard.  Turn 11 was the worst corner for that.  As I tried to push to the limit I could get away with a small mistake at most corners.  I would just go wide.  But at Turn 11 a small mistake meant a massive off.

To be honest I didn't do much practice but I was lucky to have a setup that seemed to work from the start.  I had a Zolder setup that I'd tuned to stop bottoming/loosing traction on the big rise at Sacramentshelling.  I just increased the ride height and bump rubbers by a half inch and it was fine.
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« Reply #26 on: November 11, 2014, 07:54:45 AM +0000 »

For me is a big result to have finished the race.Many  error ,mainly when i tried to force some curve or when i tried to give gas on the downhill before the last curve.Anyway no stop & go but despite this i have been lapped also by Phil and Dave.
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« Reply #27 on: November 11, 2014, 01:13:51 PM +0000 »

A bit of an unsatisfactory race for me, too many errors and even more offs trying to make up the time lost in earlier offs.  I felt I could have battled for 3rd but lack of concentration and focus and a BRM which at times handled like a pendulum put pay to those ambitions.
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« Reply #28 on: November 17, 2014, 03:41:12 PM +0000 »

Mod report published. Despite such a  difficult track and many offs, 7 out of 9 finishers so that's good, and no major incidents (reported).
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« Reply #29 on: November 17, 2014, 03:54:50 PM +0000 »

good report,  thanks Robert  Smiley
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