Season 41 - SCX67 Cup – Round 7 - Road America

For the 7th race of the 1967 Sports Cars Cup we visit Road America near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
The track covers 640 acres (2.6 km2) within Wisconsin’s Kettle Moraine. It currently hosts over 400 events a year. Road America has not been modified and retains its original configuration of 4.048 miles (6.515 km) in length and consisting of 14 turns. The track features many elevation changes, along with a long front stretch where speeds approaching 200 mph (320 km/h) may be reached.

Please check the Season 41 details regarding rules and the 1967 Sports Cars Championship pages in particular.
In order to add an element of realism, and to hopefully reduce the possibility of rear-end incidents, the brake light patch will be used  

Race List	=	IGOR
Server	=	UKGPL_8_60fps
IP Address	=	TBA
Race date	=	25-11-2022
GPL mod	=	SC67
60fps patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track dir	=	roadamer
Quali starts	=	20:45  UK time -> 45min
Race starts	=	~21:30 UK time
Race length	=	~50 min -> 20 laps
Damage Model	=	Intermediate
Replay	=	here

Handicapping

"Works" drivers will not drive a Porsche or Alfa

1 x Reset will be allowed there is no need to carry out a Stop and Go in the pit lane if you make a Shift-R.
-> 2nd Shift-R = DQ

Drivers are reminded that Lap 1 incidents carry an extra 1 place penalty.
Only reported incidents will be moderated.

Please restrict chat to emergency messages only including at the end of the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

WIP

8 races - 8 cars !

Class     Driver car1       car2       car3       car4       car5       car6       Works GrandPrixYannick     FM1 FER FM2 CHD Works Axel Cookie FM1 CHD FM2 CHF LOL FM4 Works EvilClive MIR FM1 FM4 CHF LOL FER Works Fulvio Policardi FER FM1 CHF LOL Works Doni Y FM1 CHF FM2 MIR FER FM4 Works Pete Bennett FM1 LOL CHF FER Works Greg T CHF FM1 FM2 MIR FER FM4 Privat Rainier ALF POR FM4 LOL FM2 CHD Privat Philippe Girard FM1 LOL CHD FER Privat Billy N 0 0 FER CHD Privat Claudio Navonne 0 0 FER Privat Paul V 0 0 LOL ALF Works   Leo Menegucci     CHF 0 GLA +FUN

Track dir is correct, see these posts (here and here)

First Online race in these in some time.  A good scrap with cookie developing, until I slipped up.  Braked late, and managed not to miss the Mirage ahead of me.  An apologee to Cookie for the bump.   Much of the race thereafter looked deserted, but it's a great track for making lonely laps.

Congrats Pete and Fulvio! It´s good to see you return Pete. I hope you can continue without any computer problems.

It´s a bit of a shame we didn´t have more drivers. I used the event for a long practice session. I do enjoy driving this car and track combination. I would have needed to drive a little better and a little wiser if Yannick had showed with a setup he was comfortable with.

I managed to lower my best lap times a little bit and my setup is somewhat easy and forgiving. I was never able to get my braking as well as I would like for Canada Corner. I hit the haybales there once. I got a lot of practice using 1st or 2nd gear for various turns.

I would attribute how well I am doing to my greater interest in this mod and my experience. I´ve gotten a lot better feel for this mod the past 2 years. I think Yannick would often beat me if he entered qualifying with a setup he liked and got a little practice beforehand. I just think I have more setups and more experience with the mod.

Thanks for the fun gentlemen.