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November 02, 2015, 08:41:40 PM +0000 - Watkins Glen (NASCAR) - UKGTL Season 15 American V8s
Driver
 Team
Nat. Make Model Class Qualifying Race
Tyres Pos Time/Gap Pos Time/Gap Laps Stops Best Retirement
reason
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Geoffers
 Kerb Crawlers
Ford XB Falcon GT (#33) GTC-65 3 +0.089
104.113mph
1 40:01.229
102.056mph
28 1:24.576
103.483mph
Goodyear  
senyorlobo
 TEAM-GTLDK
Pontiac Firebird (#92) GTC-65 1 1:23.975
104.223mph
2 +1.257
102.003mph
28 1:24.537
103.530mph
Goodyear  
Bob M.
  OLD SCHOOL RACING TEAM
Dodge Challenger (#11071) GTC-65 7 +1.232
102.716mph
3 +18.090
101.293mph
28 1:25.225
102.694mph
Firestone  
phspok
 Team Pseudo Racing
Ford XB Falcon GT (#519) GTC-65 4 +0.977
103.025mph
4 +22.120
101.124mph
28 1:24.890
103.100mph
Goodyear  
roguk
 Clark-Hill Racing
Dodge Challenger (#71055) GTC-65 9 +1.835
101.994mph
5 +1:08.085
99.242mph
28 1:26.302
101.413mph
Firestone  
Ati7
  OLD SCHOOL RACING TEAM
Pontiac Firebird (#8) GTC-65 2 +0.039
104.175mph
6 +1:08.219
99.237mph
28 1:24.875
103.118mph
Goodyear  
Erling G-P
 TEAM-GTLDK
Dodge Challenger (#11011) GTC-65 5 +1.125
102.845mph
7 +1:09.424
99.188mph
28 1:25.578
102.271mph
Firestone  
misnoimis
 
Dodge Challenger (#11071) GTC-65 12 +2.742
100.928mph
8 +1L
98.187mph
27 1:27.086
100.500mph
Firestone  
55steve55
 TEAM-GTLDK
Ford XB Falcon GT (#519) GTC-65 14 +4.499
98.923mph
9 +1.345
98.132mph
27 1:26.622
101.038mph
Goodyear  
SpecialKS
 TEAM-GTLDK
Dodge Challenger (#71003) GTC-65 11 +2.677
101.003mph
10 +2.395
98.089mph
27 1:26.011
101.756mph
Firestone  
Wiltshire Tony
 Toyland Racing
Ford XB Falcon GT (#519) GTC-65 13 +3.843
99.662mph
11 +2L
91.923mph
26 1:26.681
100.970mph
Goodyear  
chmichel
 
Dodge Challenger (#11039) GTC-65 10 +2.402
101.325mph
12 +1:06.504
89.518mph
26 1:26.675
100.976mph
Firestone  
BillThomas
 Kerb Crawlers
Dodge Challenger (#71003) GTC-65 15 +10.700
92.444mph
13 +3L
88.659mph
25 1:33.794
93.312mph
Firestone  
marcfvs
 
Pontiac Firebird (#0) GTC-65 8 +1.714
102.138mph
14 +10L 18 1:25.863
101.931mph
unknown
Goodyear  
EvilClive
 Blue Moose Racing
Ford XB Falcon GT (#73001) GTC-65 6 +1.161
102.802mph
15 +25L 3 1:26.074
101.682mph
accident
Goodyear  
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« Reply #30 on: November 03, 2015, 12:26:55 PM +0000 »

My first race for a while as I have not been getting home in time on Monday’s. Very little practice (I had got distracted by the GPL-1967 mod) but I remembered the track from some previous race.  I went with the default set up and 30 laps of fuel to be safe.

As I suspected I was rather slow but did manage to bring the car home unscathed, even managing to miss a couple of spinners. I say unscathed apart from the tyres which were pretty wrecked, oh and the engine which was in red condition. Too much engine braking and over revving in third gear to try to keep in front of those faster Ford Falcons I guess.

I had pulled a small gap on my pursuers with a couple of laps to go and was considering whether to ease off to save the engine or risk it going bang when I saw Geoffers  and senyorlobo in my mirrors. It occurred to me that if I was lapped the engine should make it. The decision was taken out of my hands as they were closing so quickly that I had no option but to let them past. Once across the finish line I revved the engine by doing a couple of doenuts but it would not go bang.
 
I like these cars (I miss the Javelin) and remembered what fun these races are. Must try to make more of them.

Thanks to all I raced with and grats to winner and podiums. clap
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« Reply #31 on: November 03, 2015, 12:49:59 PM +0000 »

Resultwise a disappointing race, but on a great track and with some nice racing action along the way.

5th on the grid and held it after the start, but Clive squeezed past on the inside at T2. Next lap, he got wobbly at T1, allowing me to reclaim the position. When Ati went off, it was upgraded to 4th.  All the while and for the next many laps, I had Bob glued to my rear bumper. Couldn't last, and I eventually lost the rear under braking into the chicane. 

Was buried deep in the gravel, with nose against the wall, so had to reverse out. Managed to bungle the shift into reverse, and by the time I finally extracted myself from that mess, I was down to 9th, 10 secs behind #8.  Hardly made any inroads into that gap over the following laps, but inherited 8th, when Maipor (I think) went into the pits.  Later that lap I spotted cars up ahead, only to repeat my error at the chicane..  censored

Got going a little quicker and held on to 8th - just.  Later got uprated to 7th when another car pitted.  With around 6 laps left, I caught the battling Ati & Roger, as they were rejoining after a coming together. Unfortunately for me, they made no more mistakes, and all I could do was trail them to the finish, some 2 secs behind.

Grats to the podium and all ahead clap

It's been a fun series, so glad to see V8 action returning next year.   Sad to see the Challenger go, as it's probably my all time favorite (real life) US car.

Cheers,
Erling
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« Reply #32 on: November 03, 2015, 01:00:56 PM +0000 »

In my brief race report I forgot to apologize to Kurt for the nudge coming up the fast back straight after the 180 corner. We were side by side when I suddenly spotted a car, upside down, in the middle of the track. To squeeze past I had to nudge Kurt which gave him a moment as he clattered the side wall quite hard. Didn't seem to effect him tho as he continued to lead me. Seems it was Clive who had a right old tank slapper moment.
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« Reply #33 on: November 03, 2015, 04:30:38 PM +0000 »

Good fun at a great track for these cars.  I was just mostly in the right place at the right time to get 3rd place.  Wasn't as fast as the "Big Boys"  but lap times were close all through the race people ahead of me spun out so I could inherit their place.
Glad to hear all the favorable comments about these cars in the post's.  Just a little "Teaser" of season 16 Trans Am series which will be 50 years old in 2016.  I tried to recreate the season as it happened but some of the tracks are plowed under for housing and shopping developments.  Luckily some of these tracks have been created into GTL, but had to substitute a couple from later years that were used in TA.  Also I tried to use cars from this period that reflect the period and still have close to the same performance.  They are Mercury Cougar---1966 Mustang TA---68 Pontiac Firebird---Plymouth 340 Barracuda---Z28 Camaro (later model because I couldn't find a early Camaro that was close to the performance of the rest of the cars, all too fast, muscle cars).  To make the adjustment for the little difference in performance of the five cars the season will be 10 races and you can only drive a car twice. Like the LM55 series is set up. Hope you all enjoy it!!!

My thanks to Tony of course for doing all the set-up work, he's the brains of making it possible, I just came up with the idea and supplied some of the information.........

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« Reply #34 on: November 03, 2015, 05:59:05 PM +0000 »

In my brief race report I forgot to apologize to Kurt for the nudge coming up the fast back straight after the 180 corner. We were side by side when I suddenly spotted a car, upside down, in the middle of the track. To squeeze past I had to nudge Kurt which gave him a moment as he clattered the side wall quite hard. Didn't seem to effect him tho as he continued to lead me. Seems it was Clive who had a right old tank slapper moment.

No problem Tony - I didn't really remark that you hit me. We both had to be very busy at that special moment to avoid Clive's car.  Shocked

Nice one at the back of the pack with some sweet fights with ccstevecc but my tyres - especially the left front tyre -
were considerably decreasing  Roll Eyes but I enjoyed it very much.
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« Reply #35 on: November 03, 2015, 06:01:21 PM +0000 »


Thanks for the results José !  thumbup2
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« Reply #36 on: November 03, 2015, 08:32:58 PM +0000 »

Unusually for me I joined this race with no practice whatsoever, yet felt calmer than I have ever been. Starting at the back was not unexpected and I was immediately passed by a very eager Bill. Through others misfortunes I found myself up to 9th so decided to try and put some pressure on some  "dots" that had appeared in the distance. With SpecialK slowly growing larger in my rear mirror I somehow caught up with one of the "dots", who turned out to be Misnoimis. But for the remainder of the race he managed to stay at least one step ahead of me.

Tyre wear was certainly an issue towards the end for me too, but with heavy V8's it's to be expected.

Well done to Geoffers and Jose - the stats show your race was really close throughout. And well done Bob for hanging in there for 3rd.

Next seasons V8 Fest includes one of my favourites, the Cougar, so an excellent choice of cars to look forward to. Thank you Bob and Tony.
 
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« Reply #37 on: November 06, 2015, 01:15:18 PM +0000 »

Great race for me with some brill close racing with Ati7 and CH Michel sorry to see you have to pit CH. Ati7 thanks for waiting after our touch.

Grats to Geoffers on win
Grats to Podium
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