Season 41 1967F1 PRIVATEERS – Round 8 – Oakes Field

The 8th and final round of the Season 41 takes us to Nassau in the Bahamas. The first Nassau Trophy Road Races meeting for Sports Cars was held in 1954 on the Windsor Field Course. For 1957, the meeting was moved to another airfield location, the 5 mile Oakes Course, which was closer to the main population areas on the island. The new course, despite being quite bumpy in places, was relatively well-received, though
there were a number of close shaves near the pits as it was too close to the racing line. To combat this, the race direction of the track was changed to clockwise in 1958. The circuit was also shortened to 4.5 miles by cutting out the original Blackbeard's Bend and Ecky's Twist, whilst a new left-right-left corner combination was built to connect the Sassoon Straight and Bethell's Pass, cutting out the tight hairpin which had previously taken the cars off the runway. Due to much needed track repairs and the lack of additional funding by the Bahamian government, as well as competition from more races running in December, the event was discontinued after the 1966 meeting. It is the clockwise 4.5 mile Oakes Course that we will be using for tonight's race.

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL10
IP address	=	217.155.118.41
Password	=	see above
GPL Mod	=	67F1
Damage model	=	PRO
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track download	=	link
Track directory	=	Nassau
Qualifying starts	=	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts	=	~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	=	20 laps
Replay	=	HERE

Please READ CAREFULLY THESE NEW RULES :
A driver must cross the start line in order to register the use of a chassis, participation in qualifying is not sufficient.

The tokens system will be used with drivers being awarded tokens for starting the season and for starting each race. Each car will cost a number of tokens per race.

Drivers are reminded that Lap 1 incidents carry an extra 1 place penalty.

Drivers must complete 50% race distance to score.
MOD PRO so no shift-R

Only reported incidents will be moderated.

Please, excepting emergencies, no chat until Session Completed in qualification. No chat in the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

Please check the Season 41 details regarding rules and the 1967 F1 Privateers Championship pages in particular.

bad news Billy. hope you fix the screen soon mate.

I was just glad to finish...

thanks mods for organising.  well done pods. Cookie was flying.  :-) 

I did not. My problem was that I rear-ended David. That didn't knock him out of the race, but it did seem to put him on the road to ruin. I had a reasonably steady and error-free race apart from that. It doesn't help. There's no excuse for rear-ending another car. As they say, je suis desolé. It's a terrible way to end the best season I ever had in any league anywhere.   

Online problems used to be frequent.  High speed connections have MOSTLY made those a memory from the past.

Technical issues kept me from the practice session, with only 1 lap available to set a grid position. Spent the opening laps recharging the directional memory banks, with several sideways moments thereof.  T'was not what the Doctor ordered!

Towards mid-race. car and track were looking good, so I promptly blew it up!  It was fun while it lasted. 

Bravo Philippe for the Privateers championship .

it's a pity Pepe rearended me early (begin of lap4) in the race.
It could have been a fun battle between us for the final P2 on the championship.
Except this incident, Pepe you did a great race and a great season.

I hope all is well for you phil i wish you a good recovery

The replay is there - but on the next page.
Or, easier to find if using Sort -> Date.

Congrats Philippe, Pepe, and Dave!