UKGTL Season 3 GT Classics Cup - Hungaroring - Sep 20

[will16v]

disaster.

[Alex vV]

Rejoined in last, got back up to the last two positions, but kept spinning every lap after,

it was quite fun to see you spinning and sliding just in front of me  (brown Capri)

[Mike Hammer]

Well, I had a good race. Dunno what you guys were up to  

Kept within a couple seconds of Lomax for the latter half of the race, and when Baracus joined us it started to get pretty intense. When you're in the middle, there's so much to look out for, it's really exhausting. But fun!

Bara overtook me and then a few lap later I was trying to take advantage of his battle with Lomax, but that Panty sure is powerful. Got beside Baracus a few times using the lighter weight and better cornering of the 906, but every time a straight opened up, woosh, back behind him I was. Really intense. Bernie went wide in the 2nd to last turn, and Bara followed him, letting me sneak past on the inside. No chance of catching Bernie, but I could just hold out my advantage over Bara to the finish line. By T1 I'd have been down a position again.

Really nice racing you guys, cheers.

[Jeffrey]

Was gonna take the Vette, but the fun of the Vette is unleashing it's power, which is impossible at Hungo, si I decided to go to the other side and take the 906. Loooooooooooong time since I've driven it but it was a joy

Had a good start and got alongside PR, when I upshifted and the car shot to the left. Hope that didn't scare you PR.
In the first lap I overtook Assa who past me at the start. Few laps later Bara went off and I was on 3rd, behind two Capris.
I was stuck behind PR's bumper, but unable to overtake as I lost too much at the straights. Then I had Bara behind me.
He tried the impossible, outbrake a 906  .

So it was behind PR again. And again unable to overtake him.
At some point Madd went wide and PR overtook him, so I could read the Team RVS bumper for few laps, untill I could overtake him.
I was gaining on PR and right behind him when he made a small error which surprised me so I braked hard and the rear broke out, losing momentum and Madd went past.

I spun in the next to last corner when I mist my brakepoint because I wa sso close behind Madd. And I had Simon behind me trying to take my podiumplace. Luckily he didn't get it  .

Very fun race, with lot's of action

[Bernie Lomax]

Great battle with Baracus and Mike for the last half of the race. Felt like it was forever. Pleasure racing with you guys. baracus had me under severe pressure and even tho he was quicker never tried any moves that would have risked conact. Hats off to you mate.

My apologies to Keith - I tapped the back of you in the 2nd or 3rd turn and stuffed your race.

[Simon Gymer]

Wow, what a race! That was probably the best GTC-76 race I've ever competed in. Non stop from start to finish and very clean and fair where I was.

Start went well, I managed to avoid some accidents on the first lap, but Carl behind me managed to power straight off the line and past me into T1. Then spent the next 11 laps doing this EVERY LAP...Carl's Pantera would dissappear down the main straight. I would then spend the first half of the lap catching up again and then the second half of the lap glued to his bumper. Without a mistake there was just no way by. I tried going round the outside once but the power, oooh the power. Finally he made a mistake (unlucky for him) into the hairpin before the pits and I was through. Meanwhile MarkM had been sitting on my tail the whole time and once we got past Carl he was through past me almost straight away with a good outbrake into T1.

Oh but it wasn't over, no sir, it wasn't over. As Mark slowly moved into the distance I thought, damn that's it, too fast. But when Baracus up ahead made a mistake, this put Mark right close behind him and I managed to close up again. Then with Baracus off again at T1 and into the gravel we were somehow really close and then we had a ding dong battle for the last few laps of which I somehow came out the victor and as Jeff recovered from an incident I nearly nabbed 3rd off him in his identical Team Shark 906 for a close finish and very pleasing 4th place.

Loved the circuit. It worked out perfectly with the inclusion of power cars and nimble cars together for a change as the straights weren't long enough for the power cars to have a big advantage but long enough to make the lap times pretty close. Dunno why but the FPS in the GTL version is far superior to the GTR2 one and the circuit is quite a challenge to drive, it's all about keeping the line. Once your off line it's hard to get back into the rythum for a few corners till you get your line back.

Thanks to Carl and Mark especially for an excellent race. Results to come shortly.

[Simon Gymer]

Provisional results, server replay and provisional standings available.

[Jeffrey]

Unofficial Lapchart

[baracus250gt]

Up and down race for me but non-stop action all the way!

Really enjoyed racing with some of the guys I didn't have the pleasure of racing with that closely for a long time.

Made some misktakes early on but when I relaxed and pushed a bit more, the car felt really hooked up for about 5 or 6 laps. I was gaining big style on the ground I had lost but must have lulled myself into a false sense of security as I went in way too hot trying to pass Jeff into T1 and chewed gravel!

I must have come off there about 3 times

Excellent race with Hammer and Bernie to the line - gutted I followed Brians mistake to loose a position to Mike on the very last lap darnit! But that was a great 3 way dice - excellent pressure soaker Brian!

[pribeiro]

Great race, in all means.
I purelly miss the start, Ruskus was catching me and sudendly i saw him just
pointing on my car   ( a bit scary) but you handled very well JR  
After 1st corner i waked up (with Ruskus on my rear bumper)   and follow Baracus, but his Pantera was a bit nervous, (with Ruskus on my rear bumper)  
so i thought i might have a chance to overtake him, wich happened 3 laps later.
(with Ruskus on my rear bumper)  
Madd was keeping a gap of 1.5 - 1.9 seconds in the lead. Some times i won 0.5 sec.
some times i loose 0.5 (with Ruskus on my rear bumper)  
When Madd went wide on the uphill left corner, i grabbed 1st place (with Ruskus on my rear bumper)  
and tried to be as consistent as i could, to hold the place (wich is rare, so, hard work keep it)
Sorry for my mistake at that right fast corner Ruskus, you lost a second or two with that,
avoidding hitting me, great clean driving JR, good driving also Madd-RIP  

Thank you to all backmarkers, you were very kind.  

Cheers

[Jeffrey]

Whahaha, your posts always crack me up PR.

Grats on the fine win m8 

[Madd-RIP]

Had a really good quali which ended up with a pb too.
Made a good start and managed to get about 1-1.5 second gap which I tried to maintain as well as saving my tyres.
Then I made a mistake into T4 and went into gravel and Pribeiro and Jeff got past, well peed off tbh, pretty much had it covered up till then.
Jeff lost the back end when chasing Pribeiro and I managed to get past Jeff, then it was a case of trying to keep to the inside lines to make it as difficult as possible for him to past, by then however tyres had started to go off and the car was a pig to turn in, I was having to use the brakes more to get into the corners, my lift off oversteer just gradually got weaker, it was just washing wide in the longer corners.
Grats to Pribeiro on the win and Jeff to a hard fought 3rd. That 906 is too low, I could hardly see the thing when it was really close!

[Alex vV]

Thank you to all backmarkers, you were very kind. 

You're welcome! 

Congrats with your victory.

[psuedo]

Great big appologies to Madmac .
I lost the front end under breaking into turn 1 and ended up bouncing off the armco right into your path. I got going first but waited for you to give the place back only to misread which side you were coming past me and hitting you again putting you out. :'( Sorry mate, I honestly thought you were coming down my left side on the racing line so moved right....just at the same time as you did . I was pretty annoyed with myself by this time and put myself out at the end of the same lap before I caused any more mayhem.

[Mike Hammer]

That 906 is too low, I could hardly see the thing when it was really close!

Yeah, and when you're in a 906, right on the tail of a normal car, you can't see crap. You have to guess about turn in points and brake points from what you can see to the sides from a very wide angle.