Syd Drake
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« on: April 09, 2008, 08:00:21 AM +0100 » |
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UKGPL Season 15 - Historic Division - Race 2 - 66 mod - SpaSecond race is at Spa. Hopefully there will be less incidents than at Monaco. UKGPL Season 15 - Historic Division - Race 2 is this Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. London UK time (8:00 p.m. GMT). Please be in IGOR UKGPL chatroom by 8:55 p.m. (You will need to set up a channel called #ukgpl if you haven't already done so) IGOR and Race passwords: see above Server 3.ukgpl IP address 87.194.135.42 Race date = 15-04-2008 Track = Spa Variant = 66mod Damage Model = Intermediate Qually time = 35 minutes. Race length = 9 laps Password: see above(2) Driver lists can be found on the championship standings pageChassis assignments: Mclaren M2B Ford | Hristo Itchov, Lorenzo Galuzzi | T1F Eagle Climax | Neil Stratton | Lotus 33 BRM | Mike Beattie, Oliver Rakonjac | T1G Eagle Weslake | David Bryant, Remy Roesz | BRM P83 | John Roberts | Ferrari 246 | Ken Murray, Paul Skingley | Lotus 43 BRM | Syd Drake, Clive Loynes | Brabham BT11 BRM | Clive Gardner, Kruger Enge | BRM P261 | Derek Howe | Honda RA273 | Chris Bull, Amir Kamal | Brabham BT11 2.7lt | Bernie Darwin | Cooper T81 | Artur le Marquand, Robert Burton | Brabham BT19 | Phil Thornton | Ferrari 312 | Terry Worth, Tim Robey |
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« Last Edit: April 09, 2008, 08:36:22 PM +0100 by Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer »
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MikeBeattie
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« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2008, 04:35:18 PM +0100 » |
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Syd
It says Spa (1947-48) is this a non Papy track and if so can you post a link to where I can download it?
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« Last Edit: April 09, 2008, 04:38:58 PM +0100 by MikeBeattie »
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Cheers Mike
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Kruger Enge
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« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2008, 07:32:41 PM +0100 » |
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It is a Papy Spa Mike
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Syd Drake
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« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2008, 08:02:12 PM +0100 » |
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Yeah, it's the regular track, just SRou refers to it that way.
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Syd Drake
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« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2008, 07:11:42 PM +0100 » |
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I was just looking at my profile, and this will be my 100th race, including GTL. So how about letting me win .
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« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2008, 07:29:28 PM +0100 » |
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Can't promise anything. All depends how well you can navigate through my turn 1 pileup
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No arguments please, the moon IS made of cheese!
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« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2008, 09:40:53 PM +0100 » |
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*grumbles* CTD joining the grid
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No arguments please, the moon IS made of cheese!
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Syd Drake
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« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2008, 10:19:08 PM +0100 » |
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News page.
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Derek Howe
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« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2008, 10:27:05 PM +0100 » |
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Grats Syd - you drove a good race.
Personally, I've had enough of it. The last couple of seasons in Div2 have been alot of fun with plenty of gentlemanly driving. But, whether it is being moaned at for getting in the way of someone's super-hot qualifying lap, or getting nerfed off the track by people who drive as if I have no right to be there, it isn't fun anymore.
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« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2008, 10:37:05 PM +0100 » |
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Grats Syd, a hundredth race and sealed with a win. Well done to Lorenzo for a good recovery and Chris for third position. I`ve had another dreadful Spa race which at first looked good but then was unlucky to be colateral victim in the Masta accident on lap 1 and it went downwards from there. It looked as though I went through it but the horizont went awry all of a sudden. There was an interesting four way battle on lap two with Mike, Lorenzo and Burton, but I messed Malmedy and spun. Didn`t quit just yet and tried to salvage at least some points. Caught up with Mike and we had a nice battle and what looked promising for a race long battle ended abruptly by Mike spinning suddenly in Blanchimont and I had bundles of speed that I didn`t know what to do with. Did a poor evasive manouvre and flipped against the banking. That looked like a good moment to call it a day.
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« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2008, 11:34:55 PM +0100 » |
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Well that went as well as could be expected . Started at the back of the grid and took it steady as I was expecting a pile up at L’Eau Rouge which thankfully didn’t happen. I played safe and kept a safe distance without loosing the chance of a slipstreaming opportunity. Bernie was in front as we exited Les Combes for the first time, my car advantage showed and I passed Bernie on the inside at Burnenville. I closed in on Derek through Malmedy, no crashes yet, looking good. Gained a little more on the approach to Masta and I was getting ready to have a go on the way down to Stavelot when wreckage appeared from nowhere. Managed to avoid Amir’s Honda but just clipped the nose of Clive’s Lotus and I was sent spinning down the track. I’d almost come to a fairly save stop when I was torpedoed by Bernie’s 2 wheeled Lotus and I was catapulted over the fence in the field. I didn’t think there was a way out of there so I had to take a shift R (no fault). Got going again but with my concentration in tatters I went off at La Carriere and L’Eau Rouge before I settled down and chased after Tim. Didn’t have to wait long, Tim made a mistake at Malmedy and I was through. Bernie was my next target and I started to reel him in and he gifted me a place when he crashed out at Les Combes on lap 4. Burt was my next target and I tried to chase him down to return the complement after our battle in the Clubmans 2 days earlier. I wasn’t making much impression but then unbelievably Burt made a mistake at Blanchimont and I was through. With Mike and Clive pulling away ahead I had to try to consolidate my place but I always loose my concentration without a target to aim at. Sure enough I spin at Les Combes on lap 6 and my big cushion back to Bernie is severely dented. Concentrate, concentrate I tell myself but I still manage to make another stupid unforced error at Malmedy on lap 8 and I end up straddling the hedgerow. Need a shift R. Now Bernie is dangerously close, prib is showing I only have a 5 second advantage. Pull into the pits at the end of lap 8 for a stop and go. See Bernie in my mirrors, select neutral and nearly blow the heads off the Brabham. By now Bernie is whistling through L’Eau Rouge, I calm down select first and head off in pursuit. Last lap, leader just finishing the race behind me so nothing to loose. I give it my best shot trying to catch Bernie and get within a couple of car lengths at La Source but I’m too late, Bernie crosses the line ahead. Despite having one of the fastest cars I needed a tow to stay with the pack and the first lap crash meant I had no chance. Still having worked my way back up to 6th at one point I managed to throw a place away thanks to my customary lack of concentration . Congrats to Syd on a win and a centenary milestone. Here’s to the next 100 .
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« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2008, 08:34:00 AM +0100 » |
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Well, after the fuel disaster on sunday this one felt good. I thought I had the pole in the bag, but I guess Hristo found somebody to draft right at the end of practice and stole it away. At the start I got off the grid well and was first by the time we reached Eau Rouge. Then right after Masta on lap 1 I saw the green flag, and I'm thinking, aha everyone has crashed in the Big One, and now I have a solid advantage. Sure enough I throw it away at the very next corner, Stavelot, going wide, and barely managing not to crash the car. Hristo and Chris got by. I knew I had good top speed, so I was careful and patient, and overtook Chris on the straight after La Carriere. Then I quickly caught up with Hristo. Closed up a few time, but didn't want to cause an accident, and backed off. In the end I got him at the same place as Chris. For the next lap Hristo was hounding me, closing right up on my tail for every turn with any serious braking. But then he made a mistake somewhere, and I was left alone, with Chris over 10 seconds back in 2nd. Now it was a matter of keeping my concentration up. And I still tried to throw it away. On lap 6, on the entrance to Masta, I tried to cut too much on the left, clipped the hill, which threw me into the railing. Luckily this is 66 cars. With 67 I think I would have lost it and crashed. But here I slammed on the brakes, and somehow slowed the car down without losing control before it hit the house on the exit. After that I took masta very carefully on every remaining lap. There were no more hairy moments for the rest of the race and I won for the first time in a while. Congrats to Lorenzo and Chris too, for their podium finishes. Derek, don't give up. That's what moderation is for, to review races and punish those that don't adhere to gentlemanly driving standards. But it does seem like a good time to remind everyone that you don't win the race on the first lap. This is now 2 races, and two big accidents on the opening lap. Remember also that any penalty for first lap incidents caries an extra place.
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« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2008, 09:49:35 AM +0100 » |
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The last couple of seasons in Div2 have been a lot of fun with plenty of gentlemanly driving.
The gentlemen have ambled over to the Clubmans to partake in some very clean but exciting racing. It's the only place left where you don't need to keep your eyes glued to the mirrors looking for aliens We need more new starters to warrant running another Div2 next season.
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« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2008, 12:56:11 PM +0100 » |
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Race was a complete disaster, I just couldn't get the fezza driving in a straight line, tried playing around with setups without any joy, so retired before I spoilt anyone elses race I decided to watch Hristo, Bully & Lorenzo having a great fight, until Hristo and Bully tangled at the end. Good to see a fellow clubmans racer taking the fight to those aliens
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« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2008, 12:46:17 PM +0100 » |
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Grats Syd - you drove a good race.
Personally, I've had enough of it. The last couple of seasons in Div2 have been alot of fun with plenty of gentlemanly driving. But, whether it is being moaned at for getting in the way of someone's super-hot qualifying lap, or getting nerfed off the track by people who drive as if I have no right to be there, it isn't fun anymore.
Derek , thats just about how I felt last season , and at the start of S15 , it seemed as if every time I got the car out onto the track , someone was waiting to ruin my day . On one particular race day I had inherited 2nd place from others misdemeaners , only to get punted up the backside again. There aint nothing worse than having to wait for the whole field to pass through before a re set is possible . Makes you think "why bother" all the effort and practise for nought but keep at it mate, I'm sure you will get your share of good fortune in the end .
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