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« Reply #15 on: August 24, 2006, 09:40:56 PM +0100 » |
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Sorry if I held anybody up but it got to the stage where I was lifting off and moving over all the time. Had a few offs trying to come off line, so I quit to let you all have your race in peace. Bill
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« Reply #16 on: August 24, 2006, 10:00:17 PM +0100 » |
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Well that has re-instated some of my belief in GTL. The Healy is the most fun car I've driven in GTL full stop. Was fantastically balanced whilst being completely lairy, i.e. chuck it about wildly and balance the car with throttle and brake and steering input like it was a beautiful ice skater gliding across a frozen lake. I jumped straight into qualy with no track time and plumped on some setup that looked like it might do the job, but with no practice it was a bit of a shot in the dark. Not too shabby for 30 seconds work if I do say so myself as it got me from 24th? to 9th in the race. Mondello sucks though, it's like a karting circuit, not my style at all, but it brings variety I guess. Dunno how people moan about tyres all the time, I was smoking mine every corner for 25 laps and at the end the car felt exactly the same as it did when the race started. Never really felt tyre wear in GTL as the cars are too daft anyway to notice. On holiday next week, so enjoy the racing folks! Well done on the win Jeff! Nice points for the Sharkies there and should move you up nicely in the ladder.
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« Reply #17 on: August 24, 2006, 10:00:52 PM +0100 » |
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The qually was interesting again. It always comes down to the last 5 minutes (LTT???). In practice I was doing high 1:30's, but at the end of qually I did a 1:29.8xx. The only way I can explain is by Live Track Technology. The same happened at Hoch, big difference between alone practice, and race qually. The race started pretty well. I had JonM and Pero behind me but I could win back some lost space at some corners to keep the lead. Lapping people is always hard at this track, but I must say I didn't face any problems. Happy with my racepace and the win. Grats Zacari for winning in your class.
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« Reply #18 on: August 24, 2006, 10:01:07 PM +0100 » |
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Bill, you let me by a few times and were always very considerate so thanks mate Keep going bud, don't feel bad on yourself. Good driving in my book Had a good race but didn't really get much wheel to wheel action. quailed 2nd just into the 1.29's I think, behind Ruskus. Start of the race I though I might have a chance of winning this one but once the race got underway I could see Ruskus and Pero were both quicker and more consistant than me. I was lucky to get 2nd as Pero made a error and ran wide onto the grass which put me through for a comfortable 2nd Grats to Ruskus on his great drive
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« Reply #19 on: August 24, 2006, 10:01:26 PM +0100 » |
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Good race - qually was dreadfull for me as I simply couldnt get together a proper lap. At one point I was 0.6 sec up in the last split going for a 29.6, but I got lag in that corner and went wide enough to get a cut track. Well I started fourth on the grid and after a few laps I managed to get into second position and was trying to catch Ruskus with little succes. After the lapping started I started to loose ground and I should have settled for second, but I tried pushing after I saw Ruskus got held up in traffic. On doing that I went wide in the worst possible corner and lost ages - and slid back to third position where I stayed. My worst result in a race that I finnished in the Ladder - not really happy with it as I could have done better (the speed was there). Anyhow - lets bring on some real cars and not plastic French toys
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« Reply #20 on: August 24, 2006, 10:05:34 PM +0100 » |
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Sorry if I held anybody up but it got to the stage where I was lifting off and moving over all the time. Had a few offs trying to come off line, so I quit to let you all have your race in peace. I know the feeling. Just when I was really getting to grips with my concentration levels during racing, I manage to enter a race with no practice and only four hours sleep the night before. In hindsight I should've taken the Alpine, I'm sure it would've been easier on its tyres and on me. Had quite a good dice with EdamSpeed for a while but I was getting more and more lairy and eventually went off. Again. And then again. And again. After that I lost count. Not good.
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« Reply #21 on: August 24, 2006, 10:06:44 PM +0100 » |
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Good race all, keep going Bill - you are doing ok Had a good first third of the race, i think the cars were pretty tightly packed from 16th to 24th - exiting stuff, and some good driving from all. I spun my Alpine on the chicane after T1 however, and consistency went downhill from there, losing momentum..! Ah well!
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« Reply #22 on: August 24, 2006, 10:17:06 PM +0100 » |
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Bill, you let me by a few times and were always very considerate so thanks mate Keep going bud, don't feel bad on yourself. Good driving in my book Yep, I second that. Very enjoyable race. Qualified 11th in the Healy and finished the race there - it's the bit in-between that was interesting. Had a good scrap over the first few laps. Can't remember who I was racing against now, it's all a bit of a blur. Managed to get up to 8th before 1p caught and passed me. Found some space and settled down into a bit of a rythym, stringing a few decent laps together, but spun off the track about 2/3rd of the way through, which lost me 3 positions. Made one place back, but couldn't make any impression on Mark Jonzo ahead of me. The Healy is a lot of fun to chuck around.
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« Reply #23 on: August 24, 2006, 10:18:30 PM +0100 » |
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Had a reasonable qually - until I lost the connection, mso started from the back of the grid. Got up to 17th before being on the receiving end of some contact that dropped me down to 20th. Not even sure what I finished, 16th I think....
Had some cracking battle along the way (Neil Wood mostly), I found the Healy was quicker in a straight line, so despite getting close/alongside, passing the guys infront was tough .... apologies to anyone who was rubbed by me, don't think I caused anyone any problems.
I was most pleased with getting through it all without making (well bar 1 and a little bit) stupid errors, altough I never got in the ryuthm I needed to bring my laptimes down.
Still, really enjoyable, so cheers all.
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« Reply #24 on: August 24, 2006, 10:21:43 PM +0100 » |
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Terrible race for me. First ladder race, as Thursday's have been busy for me otherwise. Never driven the Alpine before, so thought I'd have a stab at that. Took ages to find a set up I was comfortable with, but I was still too slow in some corners. Best I could manage was a 33-ish. Middle of the pack qualify time. Had some good scraps with various people, and for the life of me can't remember them now! All of them were clean though. Good dice with Gizmo - we both had our little spins, but it was very close. Then I ruined the battle by throwing myself so far off the track I thought I'd have to catch the ferry home On lap 18, I discovered my little Alpine must have had a fuel leak - I was running out! Unbelievable... So I pitted for a splash and dash, and forgot to turn off 'fix my damage' so spent a good 2 minutes more in the pits than I wanted. That put me back to flat last and a lap down to 21st place. Meh. Hate that track in GTC-65. It's great fun in TC65, but I can just never get the hang of it in the 65 GTs.
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« Reply #25 on: August 24, 2006, 10:23:29 PM +0100 » |
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« Reply #26 on: August 24, 2006, 10:24:02 PM +0100 » |
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Thanks Picnic.
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« Reply #27 on: August 24, 2006, 10:29:24 PM +0100 » |
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What happenend to the points??? I only see 1's
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« Reply #28 on: August 24, 2006, 10:29:48 PM +0100 » |
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Think the scoring has gone slightly screwy. Lots of 1 points for everyone in there. I have 5 and the leader LeH has 6 so not all bad, I'm only 1 behind now.
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« Reply #29 on: August 24, 2006, 10:31:47 PM +0100 » |
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I'm tied for the lead!
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