Season 44 - 1955GP (Privateers) – Round 1 – Assen

The first race in the 1955 Grand Prix series finds us at Assen in the Netherlands. Assen has a long history of motor racing. The first event, a motorcycle race, was held in 1925 on country roads through the villages of Rolde, Borger, Schoonloo and Grolloo.  Between 1926 and 1954, the Dutch TT (Tourist Trophy) motorcycle race, was held on the Van Drenthe circuit. This was a 10.27 miles street circuit through De Haar, Barteldsbocht, Oude Tol, Hooghalen, Laaghalen and Laaghalerveen. In 1955 a new purpose built track was inaugurated which was shorter than the original but at 6.049 miles it was still a long track by modern standards. Over the years the track has been through numerous modifications which have changed its length each time. The 1967 version we are using tonight is 4.8 miles long.  Although more famous for motorcycle racing, the track has been used for car racing (BOSS GP, Champ Car, DTM and several junior classes) but never for Formula 1.
 

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL04_60fps
IP address	=	146.199.1.65:32766
Password	=	see above
GPL Mod	=	55GP
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60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track	=	Asssen 1967
Track directory	=	assen67
Qualifying starts	=	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts	=	~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	=	14 laps
Replay	=	HERE

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You can just copy+paste the complete GPL folder from one pc to another! Only GEM-installer makes registry settings

I was ready to race and then we had a family emergency. I really like this track. Sorry to miss out

I'm back home now. A family member borrowed my car and then someone rear ended the car. Not really an emergency. The bumber is pushed in a little. Everything will be ok.

Matt, A quick note to bring your attention to the rules about changing cars once you have joined the server. See here. Essentially swapping cars is not allowed. It is a long standing rule that originates back when we had 56k modems on VROC but we've stuck with it. It might not be such a problem with modern broadband connections but we've never felt the need to change the rule.

Was a good race for me overall. was not expecting to to do well at all but got a good start and to a reasonable run.
 
Was going far better than I could ever have hoped and was running second for quite a few laps.  I had absolutely no chance at all of closing the gap to Moses who was far away in the distance. 

But I lost a bit of concentraction while running solo in second and as usual the tyres and brakes were getting a bit ragged, so had spin.  could not afford go crazy for a rejoin and took a while to get off the hay bale. got passed by 2 cars and was back down to 4th. OOOPPPsss 

Had some great laps with Billy towards the end of the race and we seemed very close and it was good racing . I wasnt fast enough to get past easy so just tried to keep the pressure on and enjoy the racing... again I had a spin behind Billy and then decided to just bring the car home for a very happy 3rd place. 

I since have realised that I crossed the line on the same lap as Billy and Moses, but saw all the flags waving and assumed race was over so pulled over and stopped, luckily I wasn't demoted to 4th..

was a nice steady drive from Cubby too..  all in all a good race as I dont really like Assen that much. very technical and not the easiest place to race as far as im concerned

Sorry Phil, I missed that one  more used tobeing able to change cars in practice. But here Practice is qual

"clobbering" = to hit heavily, or hard.   

Sorry Dave , I had just recovered from being properly clobbered by francesco , In fact it was a great impression of Eddy the Eagle . After I landed  I had a glimpse of what I thought was fran in my mirror ( same car & colour  ? ) who I thought was also re joining , not realising it was you arriving on the scene at racing speed . I was glad you were able to carry on undamaged .

Yes Clobbering ( to clobber someone ) is a good northern english expression , a derivation of the word Clout or to "hit someone hard "