UKGPL Season 43 - 1971 Can-Am - Daytona 24H  - Nov 28


The next race in the 1971 CanAm series finds us at the Daytona International Speedway at Daytona Beach, Florida. The venue is famous for the oval used for the prestigious Daytona 500 NASCAR race. We will use the sports car course which combines high speed oval racing with big 180 degree turns often seen on US tracks.

Please check the Season 43 details regarding rules and the 1971 Can-Am Championship pages in particular.

You have to "drive each car once!"
Only one Shift-R is allowed !!!

ROLLING START

As we all know CanAm allways made rolling starts...

We do a ~100mph (160kmh) rolling - one line - start to the exit of T2 - International Horseshoe
No passing allowed!

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL_8
IP address Server	=	look at iGOR
GPL Mod	=	CANM71
Damage model	=	INT
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track directory	=	dayto24h
Qualifying starts	=	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts	=	~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	=	28 laps
Replay	=	here

Please READ CAREFULLY THE RULES :

A driver must cross the start line in order to register the use of a chassis, participation in qualifying is not sufficient.
Drivers are reminded that Lap 1 incidents carry an extra 1 place penalty.
Drivers must complete 50% race distance to score.
MOD INT - only One Shift-R is allowed with no need to make Stop & Go
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.

8 races - 8 cars !

WIP

Class     Driver car 1 car 2 car 3 car 4 car 5 car 6 Works Tom Johnson     POR 0 M8B M8D 260 222 Works Phil Thornton M8D SHA FER 260 222 M8B Works Axel Cookie POR M8D M8B SHA M8F 222 Works EvilClive POR 0 M8B M8D SHA 222 Works Fulvio Policardi POR 260 M8D M8F SHA Works Doni Y POR M8D M8B SHA FER Works Pete Bennett FER M8B POR SHA 222 M8D Works Greg T POR M8B M8D 260 Works Arf Arf Arf 0 FER M8F 260 Works Francesco FER 0 260 M8B SHA Works Alain Maurice POR 260 222 SHA Works DavidRainier SHA 222 POR 260 M8B M8D Works Walter Conn POR M8B 260 Works Enrique Farina POR 0 FER 260 M8D M8B Works maddog 260 0     Use the Track Gap Freeze Fix Patch V.09 for all on-line races. GLA + FUN

= WIP

Thanks Cookie for organizing!

The Can Am cars are a lot of fun.

Good race everyone and congrats to the fast guys

Such a hard car this Lola T222, I was not ready, however, seeing able to see the chequered flag this time. I am happy. Looking forward to the next races.

Stream replay, if ya wanna check: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1989773821

I was not able to find a correct setup for this track ...
I tried different things but nothing worked : chassis height, suspensions and many others which I have no idea of the English words   
Every time, my M8F was scraping the ground at the bankings so I had to slow down...
My worst race for this season 43 at this moment !

Congratulations Enrique and Tom! We got lucky Tom was late.

Enrique did well for the first half of the race. I don't know how he kept his tires from catching on fire. He was sliding all over the place. I had to be very smooth and I could only run one line to keep my tires from over heating. Enrique, I was very cautious the first 5 laps. By lap 6 I started looking for a way that I might pass. Enrique defended his position well by keeping me from getting inside of him on the back straight. I also had no confidence that I could out brake him into T1. I tried passing him on the outside in the banking and while crossing the finish line. My car was not fast enough and that tactic only overheated my tires. He finally made a mistake coming on to the oval. He lost his momentum and I was able get beside him exiting the first banking. I must have been using less wing to power past him on the back straight. Then once I had the lead, Enrique went off at T1 losing a few seconds. He needed to be as cautious as I was early in the race. I increased my lead until I ran wide at the International Horseshoe. I lost a few seconds there and let Enrique back into a little of my slipstream. He made another mistake and then he couldn't get back in my tow again. I didn't realize how much concentration I needed until the race was finished. I was ready to relax when we finished.

Had Tom not been late, he would have had a good chance at the win. Finishing 12 seconds back after starting P9 is great! It's cold enough here that Enrique didn't make me sweat but Tom likely would have if he had not started so far behind.

Dave, my setup wasn't great either. Another hour of qualifying might have helped me a lot. Sometimes, you need very stiff springs to keep the car from bottoming. I copied my M8F setup from 2015 and it needed a lot work to correct the camber settings and try to keep the right rear tire from overheating. I gradually got smoother and more consistent throughout qualifying. I was still wanting to make changes to the car by the time qualifying ended.

Thanks for the fun gentlemen and congrats again Enrique and Tom.

Great race with Doni for many laps and then Enrique toward the end. Once we caught Enrique, I was able to pull away from Doni with the help of the slipstream. Doni, sorry my car was so unstable in the final banking, the right rear tire was red and the car kept wanting to dive down the banking. Had I not been so late for this race, I might have been able to make the car a little more stable before the start of the race.