UKGPL Season 29 (2015-16) Season 29 Joe Shaw - Anderstorp - Apr 10

[Samb]

This race I found to be very tough indeed. Never quite got on top of the Honda this round (then again normally I never do.. ).

Despite my lack of pace, I was a very entertaining race. Spent most of my race battling with what felt like half the field. It was only due to the misfortune of several others that I managed to bag a lucky 6th place. Congrats to Rob, Tim & Clive for brilliant pace up front.

As for my car preference, it's purely down to the fact that taming that Honda is a real challenge in my hands at least. Call me masochistic, but it's all good fun  .

[EvilClive]

I can give you Mrs Fujikawa's e-mail address if you would like some personal tuition. 

[FullMetalGasket]

I first decided to ignore the incredibly old Honda setup already in the folder for this one, as the naming convention lead me to believe it dated right back to when I first joined UKGPL in about season 16 - as my style has changed wildly since then I plumped for a much more recent Albi setup and spent 20 minutes tweeking that and working out the fuel burn. I think I had it down to about a 1:38 with very good traction out of the corners and equally good brakes, but terrible mid corner understeer and slow-corner turn-in/grip.
I thought 'what the heck' and tried the ancient setup instead - On the first flying lap it took a second off my previous best! 
A few choice mods to bring it up to speed further and correct a few issues I felt it had and I ended up with my race setup. It feels very close to how I had the RA272 behaving on Tuesday so with a little more time available could possibly have even allowed me to challenge Rob....

As to the race I'm not sure if I should buy Gizmo a beer or throw it at him! 
I haven't checked if Roberts average lap was near to his best or not, but even if it wasn't quite there I doubt I could have stayed with him till the end or even less beaten him without some mechanical 'help' (I.e. the Glutbuckets). This would have given me a very boring race if Clive hadn't managed to hold on..
Getting knocked down to dead last did result in my race being far more interesting than it might otherwise have been!
I think it took me 9 or 10 chaotic laps to regain 3rd, followed by another 10 lonely ones of steadily closing the gap to Clive.

I calculated that I would probably be on him with 2 or 3 to go if he didn't speed up. As I closed to within 5 seconds he did, and held me there for about 3 laps before I guess he made a mistake and fell off.

Quite a lucky 2nd really, had I found myself behind Iestyn or Pelle ( they were both in the shrubbery when I caught them) I would have had a far harder time as they were both fast enough to very likely hold me off...

Well done Robert on a very commanding win, and to Clive and all others who reached the finish 

[AnGex]

Great turn out and some great racing then some not great racing  Sorry Andreas, my fault. I checked my mirrors to see if you were still in one piece but I think you had lost a wheel at least. I pushed on but my heart was not in it so I pulled over. Good luck to those still running and sorry again Andreas.

I was not amused...

[Robert Fleurke]

I will take BRM for the rest of the JSMT. It would be fun if more ppl get in the mix and have a chance to win the Trophy. It's a shame to me Greg couldn't make this race as well. In hindsight I should have taken the BRM all the way.

You guys know me, I like to win. But I can very much appreciate being beaten as well, especially by guys who do not win often, or by simply being outraced/outpaced...

To be honest, I had done another 45min leaguerace before this, and was quite knackered. I simply had to manage the pace to get to the finish. Felt for Axel, had hoped he could lead all the way, not to say I would have given the win to him, but he surely would have had the pace and car to hold me off....

Thanks to all competing for the JSMT keeping Joe's remembrance alive!

[Ronniepeterson]

Great turn out and some great racing then some not great racing  Sorry Andreas, my fault. I checked my mirrors to see if you were still in one piece but I think you had lost a wheel at least. I pushed on but my heart was not in it so I pulled over. Good luck to those still running and sorry again Andreas.

I was not amused...

About as funny as the Season 28 Works race at Zandvoort I would guess . Sorry again Andreas.

[Gismo]

As to the race I'm not sure if I should buy Gizmo a beer or throw it at him!  Grin

Hehe, yeah I hear you, maybe I should buy You a beer and then you can throw it at me ;-)
But I'm glad you had fun and I was kind'a pleased to see you go by after one of my many mistakes.. I saw Pelle closing in on me later and thought that maybe somehow my soul would be saved if I let him by, but something happened to him and suddenly it was Iestyn who was closing the gap with laps counting down.. So I guess I'm still going to hell