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  • S17Dc Snetterton: March 29, 2009
March 29, 2009, 09:37:49 PM +0100 - Snetterton (Long) - UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Clubmans Cup
Driver
 Team
Nat. Make Model Class Qualifying Race
Tyres Pos Time/Gap Pos Time/Gap Laps Stops Best Retirement
reason
Ballast
Samb
 Reed Racing
BRM P115 F1 1967 4 +0.804
110.371mph
1 35:57.440
107.003mph
24 1:28.222
109.030mph
Goodyear  
Kevin_Clark
 
Cooper T81b (Maserati) F1 1967 14 +11.787
98.019mph
2 +0.452
106.981mph
24 1:26.876
110.719mph
Firestone  
FullMetalGasket
 HikiWazaRacing
Honda RA300 F1 1967 2 +0.073
111.305mph
3 +11.617
106.430mph
24 1:26.338
111.409mph
Firestone  
Phil Thornton
 Antipasti Racing
Ferrari 312 (1967) F1 1967 5 +0.844
110.321mph
4 +13.311
106.347mph
24 1:27.029
110.525mph
Firestone  
Jack O'Ferrall
 Reed Racing
BRM P115 F1 1967 10 +2.201
108.630mph
5 +14.422
106.293mph
24 1:28.198
109.060mph
Goodyear  
Michael Turner
 Soggy Bottom Racers Club
Eagle T1G (Weslake 1967) F1 1967 7 +1.712
109.233mph
6 +1:01.785
104.024mph
24 1:28.788
108.335mph
Goodyear  
bernie
 Soggy Bottom Racers Club
Cooper T81b (Maserati) F1 1967 8 +2.041
108.827mph
7 +1L
102.327mph
23 1:29.075
107.986mph
Firestone  
b_1_rd
 Soggy Bottom Racers Club
Ferrari 312 (1967) F1 1967 1 1:26.346
111.399mph
8 (+2) +0.589
102.299mph
23 1:27.196
110.313mph
Firestone  
BookieW
 
Brabham BT24 (Repco) F1 1967 13 +6.384
103.730mph
9 +45.426
100.221mph
23 1:30.492
106.295mph
Goodyear  
James Andrew
 
Eagle T1G (Weslake 1967) F1 1967 12 +5.950
104.218mph
10 +2L
98.044mph
22 1:30.278
106.547mph
Goodyear  
Burtoner
 Soggy Bottom Racers Club
Brabham BT24 (Repco) F1 1967 9 +2.140
108.705mph
11 +7L
99.529mph
17 1:28.281
108.957mph
Disco
Goodyear  
Asbjeurn Tverberg
 
Ferrari 312 (1967) F1 1967 3 +0.285
111.033mph
12 +9L
107.049mph
15 1:27.403
110.052mph
Disco
Firestone  
JamesRye
 Reed Racing
BRM P115 F1 1967 6 +1.455
109.553mph
13 +11L
105.518mph
13 1:28.003
109.302mph
Disco
Goodyear  
G Poole
 
Eagle T1G (Weslake 1967) F1 1967 11 +4.087
106.364mph
14 +15L
99.572mph
9 1:28.835
108.278mph
Disco
Goodyear  
6 UKGPL
 
Ferrari 312 (1967) F1 1967 15 17 DNS ---
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Firestone  

Moderator's Report

Summary

A very open race with several drivers in with a real chance of victory. Sam came out the eventual winner having regained the lead he held in the opening laps. Kevin Clark secured a worthy second place having started in the Pit Lane and despite an incident packed race, Tim still managed to grab the final podium place.


Server replay time: 0h00m49s

Lap 1 - Start Line - Steve Bird and Tim Muttram

Pole sitter Steve gets away well from the line but applies a little too much power and his Ferrari snaps sideways which throws him into Tim's path. Tim can't avoid him and contact is made. Fortunately Steve's car veers off to the left and Tim's to the right, the rest of the field are miraculously unimpeded.

It is incumbent on each driver to make a clean start (see rules on Racing Etiquette, second bullet point). Steve's actions essentially amount to a simple side by side contact since both cars were on a straight and there was some loss of control on Steve's part. Consequently the incident warrants a 1 place penalty and a further 1 place penalty because the incident occurred on the first lap.

Advisory Note: The Ferrari is notoriously difficult to get off the line and is prone to winding up the differential to the extent that the slip is exhausted and the car subsequently snaps sideways. This can be remedied by setting a power side ramp angle of 85 and using 5 or 6 clutches. Whatever settings are used, it is imperative that drivers practice their starts to ensure they know exactly how much throttle can be applied without risking any loss of control.


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Lap 1 - Start Line - Asbjeurn Tverberg

Like Steve, Asbjeurn applies too much throttle off the line and his Ferrari veers of the track. Fortunately he comes to a halt without taking anyone out.

No penalty is necessary here since no other driver was disadvantaged however the advice given above concerning starts also applies.

Advice - more care at start

  • Racing incident


Server replay time: 0h02m55s

Lap 2 - Turn 3 - Tim Muttram and Michael Turner

Tim gets a much better drive out of Sear than Michael and achieves a significant degree of overlap as they turn into the next corner. Tim has the inside line but Michael hasn't seen him and moves across. Tim realizes what is happening and takes a very tight line. So tight in fact that he has all 4 wheels on the grass. Nevertheless contact is made and Michael is sent spinning off the circuit. Michael recovers and both cars continue apparently undamaged.

Tim had achieved the necessary overlap to justify his attempt to overtake (> 50%) but not enough to appear in Michael's peripheral vision (< 100%). Ideally Michael should have suspected Tim was along side and left enough room (in the interests of his own self preservation if nothing else). Given that both drivers were aiming for the same piece of tarmac this incident is effectively a contested pass.

  • Racing incident


Server replay time: 0h03m48s

Lap 2 - Esses - Kevin Clarke and Steve Bird

Steve Bird blows his engine and is stranded on the racing line. Kevin brakes hard but has no chance of avoiding the stricken Ferrari and contact is made. Kevin looses a wheel but he is entitled to a no fault shift-R.

Racing Incident

  • Racing incident


Server replay time: 0h09m42s

Lap 5 - Esses - James Andrew

James looses it at the Esses and need to make a shift-R but he fails to make a stop and go within 2 laps of the incident.

30 Second time penalty.

  • Racing incident


Server replay time: 0h15m33s

Lap 10 - Coram - Phil Thornton and Tim Muttram

Phil Thornton is pushing hard in an effort to keep the hard charging Tim Muttram at bay. Too hard in fact and he clips the grass on the exit of Coram causing his Ferrari to spin. As he glides across the grass he unfortunately hits a join between the straw bales and the banking which induces a nasty bounce and catapults the car back onto the track right in front of Tim's Honda. Contact is made.

Tim had no chance of avoiding Phil's Ferrari and consequently is entitled to a no fault shift-R.

Racing Incident

  • Racing incident


Server replay time: 0h20m39s

Lap 13 - Bombhole - Michael Turner

Bernie Darwin is trying to fend off Burt and he over cooks it through the Esses and spins his car. Michael is following and despite missing Bernie's practically stationary Cooper by some distance a degree of warp contact is registered. This results in a temporary screen freeze for Michael and he ends up stranded on the banking at the Bombhole.

Michael is entitled to a no-fault shift-R.

Warp incident.

  • Racing incident

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« Reply #15 on: March 30, 2009, 10:59:53 PM +0100 »

My first Clubman race and I haven't been on this track in a year.  My times showed it too!  Thanks to the admins for getting me registered on the spur of the moment....I registered about 5 minutes before the track opened.

Qualification was interesting as I had forgotten all the braking points and turnins.  Was at the back of the grid, thankfully, and able to watch all the carnage at the start.  Decided to treat this event as if it were a TSD rally and just keep it on the track.  As such I saw a number of drivers coming and going.  I was driving a Brabham, but I don't think it was me that was referenced in an earlier post...of so, I'm sorry.

Thanks for the racing.  I look forward to running with you fellows.

Bookie Westbrook
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« Reply #16 on: March 30, 2009, 11:55:06 PM +0100 »

Sorry to have affectively ruined yours and contributed to Asbjeurn's poor start too.   Embarrassed
Well, you were not the direct cause of me spinning. I thought it was just a bit funny that after I saw you spinning in front of me, I spun almost simultaneously, like it was something Ferrari drivers should do at the start. Smiley

LOL, next time with smoke then, like the Red Arrows  Cheesy
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« Reply #17 on: March 30, 2009, 11:57:55 PM +0100 »

My first Clubman race and I haven't been on this track in a year.  My times showed it too!  Thanks to the admins for getting me registered on the spur of the moment....I registered about 5 minutes before the track opened.

Qualification was interesting as I had forgotten all the braking points and turnins.  Was at the back of the grid, thankfully, and able to watch all the carnage at the start.  Decided to treat this event as if it were a TSD rally and just keep it on the track.  As such I saw a number of drivers coming and going.  I was driving a Brabham, but I don't think it was me that was referenced in an earlier post...of so, I'm sorry.

Thanks for the racing.  I look forward to running with you fellows.

Bookie Westbrook
Virginia, USA Smiley

You did ok Bookie.  You stuck with it and got to the end.  Welcome to clubmans.  Look forward to being on track with you again.
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« Reply #18 on: March 31, 2009, 09:00:54 AM +0100 »

Sorry to have affectively ruined yours and contributed to Asbjeurn's poor start too.   Embarrassed

To be fair, I had 2 further chances of leading and a 3rd 'potential' chance. Phil span off and collected me just as I laid claim to 2nd, and then I took myself out of the running for the other 2 occaisions though silly mistakes.
If anything you made it all far more interesting for me!  Grin

You were doing well out there bookie, well done for making it to the finish  thumbup1
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« Reply #19 on: April 01, 2009, 11:21:41 AM +0100 »

I had quite an interesting race.

I'm still trying to get my old form back so I stuck with the cooper and starting at the back so I don't mess up anyone elses race.

I had a decent enough setup so a couple of qually outlaps was enough and I waited for the race to start. However, when the 30 second clock started to count down I didn't have a green flag button to let me in. So I sat there watching everyone else line up and start and I was still on the timing screen. I was going to just watch a couple of laps and leave then about 10 seconds later the green flag button popped up and I was in! So a pit lane start with the nearest car about 15 seconds up the road. I wasn't sure if it would count me as a lap down so I thought I'd do a couple of laps and see how the timing worked out. Luckily it was ok.

On the first lap I passed a couple of people mowing the grass and on lap 2 I skidded in to a burning Ferrari under the bridge and lost a wheel Smiley

So, shift-R and the race was on.

I was banging in 1.27s on clear track and passing people who had slid off. Then suddenly I realised I was in about 6th and catching Burt. I saw him up ahead recovering from a spin and saw him have a couple of half spins too. In to the S bend under the bridge and he lost the back end again. That brab looked a mare on the brakes. I seized the chance to get by and went round the outside of the right hander.

A couple of laps later I ended up in 2nd! I was catching Sam's BRM at a reasonable rate and got on his tail with about 4 laps to go. But the cooper just didn't have enough grunt to get by. I tried some tactical driving and some different lines in corners to try and get a good run but it just didn't have the legs where I needed it.

Never mind. Great clean racing and a podium Smiley
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« Reply #20 on: April 01, 2009, 11:42:52 AM +0100 »

Wondered if you were the same Kevin Clark.  Roll Eyes


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« Reply #21 on: April 01, 2009, 12:45:25 PM +0100 »

Yep I'm a fair way off my old pace though.
I used to be -30. I'm currently +6! And in the coop I'm +17.
http://gplrank.schuerkamp.de/php-pub/user.php?showMonster=1,1,30432

I'm getting the hang of it though. I went out in the fez last night and did some laps. I should go negative overall tonight without too much trouble.

Just thought I'd try out the clubmans to get my eye in again. I was +50 odd when we did the first race so it's all coming back slowly Smiley If I end up too quick I don't mind being excluded from the scoring. I'm starting from the back so I don't interfere with anyone elses race.
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« Reply #22 on: April 22, 2009, 12:21:14 AM +0100 »

Sorry to be late publishing the report for this.  I've been off line for nearly 3 weeks (ISP problems).
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« Reply #23 on: April 22, 2009, 08:05:08 AM +0100 »

Welcome Home . Good to see you back  Smiley

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« Reply #24 on: April 22, 2009, 11:31:02 AM +0100 »

2 places! Yikes! and fully deserved, stupid error which could have trashed many more peoples races.  Sorry, I'll consider myself severely wrist slapped  Embarrassed

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