UKGTL Season 5 GT Classics Cup - Lime Rock (no chicane) - May 8

[Blunder]

Great fun all thanks!
Qualified with Pb in 5th.
unforced error into the last corner on lap 2 left me in 11th ! rats!!
Spent the whole race getting back up to 5th! Can't complain, I guess!
Had some very very close racing with some very good guys, Mike in particular!
I was soo much faster than you Mike but could I get past that tank of yours!
You made it very wide! Legally I must add!?  
I only got past at all after the smallest of errors over the crest put my nose in front into the next corner.

Great racing! Thanks to all the lapped cars for helping me through! Much appreciated.

Wow this is soooo much fun!  Would love to drive a tank but those tyres go off soooo quick!
Not that you would notice watching JR !

see you next time all

M.

 

[Jeffrey]

Interesting race. Was surprised by my qually lap, and 4 drivers were within 0.025s  .

PR just took pole at the end, but I used the Falcon power to get into 1st before T1.
I only had the power of defense, and I was driving me nuts off to stay ahead in the corners.
Shame it happened again. There was a spun backmarker and I had to get around him, leaving the banks. That lost me momentum and grip and also 1st place. Halfway down the lap there are no straights, so I was done for. Tyres were already too shot, and the Alfa is just too good .
Had 2 other drivers still behind me like vultures . Waiting for me to mess up .
Was some rubbing here and there but the mightly Falcon doesn't feel a thing .

Grats PR .

[Bernie Lomax]

Enjoyed that one.
Had a close Stang -v- Stang battle with Mark Mc for the first 20 laps or so. We must have been lapping almost identical times.

Lost a couple of places in the last 5 or 6 laps, but surprisingly didn't make too many mistakes with the Stang and managed a respectable finish just outside the top 10. 

[Mike Wrightson]

That was the maddest race I've ever done 

Very slow start bottled up behind 2 Cortinas that were slow away, found a gap into T1, trying to trundle round with everyone else, the car in front checked up suddenly and I tagged him

Carried on as fast as I could but could only just keep up with some of the euro cars and the tyre temperature was going up and up!  Had a good fight with Martin as he recovered from an off, and I nearly wiped us both out with a huge tankslapper    The laptimes were staying consistent, but the car was more and more sideways to keep it going   Finally took 6th when Phil fell off with 2 laps to go, my grip was non-existant by then!

Phew!

[Ade]

What a mess!!! sorry all, got round the first corner and saw a big blue yank tank froze right in front of me  tried to avoid it but spun out and ended up going backwards looking at you guys coming straight for me, real scary sorry to all who's race it messed up cant apologise enough. great race when the dust had settled tailing SBG and Dave, couldn't find a way past those big wide  Falcons. hope it wasn't me who nudged you Geoffers you where a bit in front coming down the hill then the next minute you where right on my bonnet, didn't feel or hear any contact, then you disappeared all together.

[Jeffrey]

Fun race all! Ruskus, you owe us an erotic webcam dance with an umbrella

No problem .

Not that you would notice watching JR !

My tyres were gone after 10 laps or so  . This track is just a reversed oval with a lost lefthander , so not only was my front left somewhere other than my car, my rears were also very lively. Just ask Steve and Bara .

[ginsters sponsored]

Well that was brilliant in part and part ruined by my own stupidity.

Falcon and then spun by a following 'slow' car who simply ran right into the back of me

That was my fault. Earlier in the race I noticed you did brake much earlier into T1 than me so thats where I attacked. My tyres were shot and I couldn't make it. Sorry. Also sorry to Mike Cooper for T1 mess. Gotta say it just jammed up at the front and everyone behind did their best to avoid contact but I couldn't avoid it.

Around my daft mistakes there was some excellent racing. Stand out section with Geoffers, Ade and Bill. I couldn't get past Bill and they couldn't get pass me . Great stuff not to clatter me. Bill, there were a couple of times you warped badly from my end and really not sure what happened when we made contact. A real shame though Had to laugh when you clattered into the back of me as I waited for you. Had to wait again then but really that was your fault Also remember a rather good pass on me by Sandor, nice one.

Congrats to the podium Also thx for the great turnout.

[stnasky]

Good race folks.  Had a great scrap with Berni Lomax for alot of the race even though he was clearly faster and that red Alfa of Drakes, good battles.  Could not see alot of people at the start of the race (half the field infront) so apologies to anyone that may have got punted .

Congrats to the podium.

cyas for the next one !!

[Alex vV]

Alex , what happened ?  Such a good quali and the a pistop after 1 lap ?
Cutting track again 

 

Yes, after two penalties for jumps starts in prior races, I now managed to collect a s/g for cutting the track...

.. a little bit of Jos Verstappen red mist perhaps...    (partly because it was my highest qualli position by far..)

[Wiltshire Tony]

I've always loved Limerock. Ever since I started sim-racing in GTL's it has cropped up in one season or another. After some very encouraging practise sesssions, with the P'boys, I was rather optimistic of a good placing tonight. And so it was that after qually I was unusualy high up the order in 7th I think. Here we go I thought. Now here's a tip for all you boys reading, never try to leave the start line in 2nd gear. It's not big and it's not clever. He's not the Messiah etc etc. So that, coupled with the first turn dodgems, kinda did for my high ambitions of podiums, champagne, pretty girls. Still had whopping dollops of fun making my way up the field. Particularly enjoyable was Mr Gymers very wide tank. Passing him took a few rethinks. Bet I was one of the cars he was talking of earlier. DOH!
And a huge sorry to Ade for the stupid stupid pass attempt that made you spin at turn 1.
Anyhow really really huge fun. Thanks to everyone for making it so. Can't wait for the replay. And well done Jeb on that finish. Gee guy I know how much you deserved that.

[baracus250gt]

Excellent race! Really have missed simracing!
Had a scare in qual when I got disco'd from pole but i'm hoping it wasn't related to my connection coz the rest of the race was fine. I assume I wasn't lagging for anyone this time?

Had a Battle Royale with Steve and Jeff for the entire race. It looked like being quite a processional race until JR's tyres gave in, but it was still really hard/impossible to make a move that was going to stick coz the power gets him out of trouble every time. Really interessting trying tho

Jeff's falcon was doing a good impression of a pinball flipper with his rear, knocking the little ball bearing cars out of the way (not on purpose I hasten to add, just a symptom of us trying to get close enough to get into a corner first!)

Grats to PR for finding a way through!!

MJ - I notice u also bombed during Q - did the same happen in race?

Good to be back!!

[Mike Wrightson]

Had some very very close racing with some very good guys, Mike in particular!
I was soo much faster than you Mike but could I get past that tank of yours!
You made it very wide! Legally I must add!? 
I only got past at all after the smallest of errors over the crest put my nose in front into the next corner.

my arms were just a blur trying to keep the damn thing straight, you were really making me sweat

[BillThomas]

Final straw was getting run off by another Falcon and then spun by a following 'slow' car who simply ran right into the back of me

I think the slower car was me, I'm sorry I looked out for you to let you pass but unfortunately you'd quit.  I had been in 12th place for long period with BSG and possibly you (looked like the same livery) behind me SBG was lining me up at T1 so I took a tight line (don't know if I had frame freeze then or not)but he hit me.  He stopped twice for me but I misunderstood him and tail ended him each time and we both lost many places.  It was whilst we were trying to get past you the incident occurred.

It is extremely difficult trying to pass a Yank Tank covering most of the track and trying to get a cleaner run into a corner is the only way and hope travelling in a straight line overcomes the sideways Yank Tank.  Early on in the race I had a similar problem following a Mustang.  We had a slight bump when he was almost broadside after that i slowly pulled away.

Once again sorry.

Bill

[BillThomas]

Well that was brilliant in part and part ruined by my own stupidity in others.

Stand out section with Geoffers, Ade and Bill. I couldn't get past Bill and they couldn't get pass me . Great stuff not to clatter me. Bill, there were a couple of times you warped badly from my end and really not sure what happened when we made contact. A real shame though Had to laugh when you clattered into the back of me as I waited for you. Had to wait again then but really that was your fault ;

My tail ending you was due to lag each time you slowed I was into you before I'd seen you'd stopped.

Bill

[will16v]

That sucked - i spun in front of DG on lap 4 or 5, hit the fence, spun over it and into some sort of psychedelic acid trip, spinning round and round and round