UKGTL Season 7 End of Season Bash - Raleigh Park (Figure of 8) - Apr 23

[BillThomas]

Sorry to anyone I hit but Ovals are not for me.  A no fun "Fun Race! 

Bill

[pribeiro]

I am sooooooooooooooooooo pissed 
Oval race, started 18th (yeh i was in the MKII boat) and by half race i was in 8th,
with a lap in front of 9th...when....my wife started calling me crying because our litle
new 1 month of age white with blue eyes female kitty    disapeared. 
Everybody worried and running seeking for her for 5 minutes, and she was sleeping
on top of my PC case.  which is under the desk. Yikes. Damn woman.....
Double LOL.

[Samb]

Those races were epic fun. Thought I'd join the friendly Teamspeak channel this race, twas fun having a chat and listening to everyone although a tad cumbersome trying to hold ctrl and the mic while driving! The Oval race was good fun in the Alfa, despite only turning left. Don't know how the American's do it. Had to dodge people's spins and crashes, although I only got caught up in one  . Managed to win the Oval, lapping everyone bar Simon. Perhaps I had taken the Oval race a little too seriously.

Never mind, onto the figure of 8 demolition derby and wow, that was great entertainment! I spent most of my time battling with Ginsters and the Robenator, although I'm sure I managed to crash into everyone at some point  . Eventually the Italian warhorse lost a wheel so I was out before the first race finished. Thought I'd use a Yank Tank for the 2nd race - at least it allowed me to bulldose my way past most people as accurately demonstrated by this pic 

So the 2nd race involved more crashes and laughter. By about half race distance I was just trying to hit everyone  . I have no idea where I finished in those races, didn't really matter to be honest but I wouldn't mind seeing the lap chart  . Shame that I couldn't take out Ginsters' indestructable TVR but we can't have it all  . A great way to end the season I may add!

[ginsters sponsored]

Ovals are not for me.  A no fun "Fun Race! 

Don't think that was a great Oval to race on, as there only seemed to be one line. Higher banking would have been nice. I really enjoyed it in close proximity with others but it was dull on your own so I'm undecided on Ovals. Views?

The last man standing was as much fun as I hoped though Ideal way to end a season for me but I'm still 10 years old in me head. Thx all.

Results will be later than normal but, as I lost my Figure of 8 Championship, who cares

p.s. what the hell does Robey eat for breakfast? The man is pure granite.

[Wiltshire Tony]

That was great fun and a really good way to mark the passing of season 7.

I'd quite like to try another oval race but perhaps on a grander scale? Somewhere like Daytona in V8's

A Cobra spec race might be good

[Tim Robey]

Great fun!!! 

Was a bit lucky in the first oval race, I managed to dodge a few accidents early on and got to 4th, but pushed too hard when Phil's mini passed me and lost a couple of spots at the end.

Then onto the highlight of the night 

Dunno what happened at the start but got a SnG  so headed to the pits, and then headed into the fray. Lots of bumps, spins, flips, swipes, nudges followed but my little Abarth was still going strong at the end 

Took the Elan for my last race, more mayhem followed, soon bent the steering struggling to keep it in a straight line, then a puncture, and finally the engine conked out.

p.s. what the hell does Robey eat for breakfast? The man is pure granite.

It's down to technique, you just have to hit them in the weak spot 

[picnic]

Replay and provisional results posted

[pribeiro]

Absolutely funtastic 
First oval race was cool madness until my engine gone.
Second oval was astonishing. For moments i was laughing so high that my wife, daughter
and even the cats came near me to see what was happening. 
I took the litle, tiny Elite and i finished 3 laps in front of the second.....double lol....make it triple....
Last 10 laps was huge fun when two Prodigy's Shelby Mustang were working together to knock
me out.  and my litle buzzzz car dribling their engine beasts......
i can remember one lap that were those two Shelbys and another red one and SBG's TVR and the
Alpine and the Shelby Cobra all trying to ram me off. 
So cool, really cool. A stressless race for all, for a change.

BTW, who is in charge of the race incidents reports? I have a few hundreds to make. 

Thanks all for the great fun.

Cheers

[Wiltshire Tony]

I am sooooooooooooooooooo pissed 
Oval race, started 18th (yeh i was in the MKII boat) and by half race i was in 8th,
with a lap in front of 9th...when....my wife started calling me crying because our litle
new 1 month of age white with blue eyes female kitty    disapeared. 
Everybody worried and running seeking for her for 5 minutes, and she was sleeping
on top of my PC case.  which is under the desk. Yikes. Damn woman.....
Double LOL.

I think we need to see some piccy's 

[pribeiro]

I am sooooooooooooooooooo pissed 
Oval race, started 18th (yeh i was in the MKII boat) and by half race i was in 8th,
with a lap in front of 9th...when....my wife started calling me crying because our litle
new 1 month of age white with blue eyes female kitty    disapeared. 
Everybody worried and running seeking for her for 5 minutes, and she was sleeping
on top of my PC case.  which is under the desk. Yikes. Damn woman.....
Double LOL.

I think we need to see some piccy's 

With pleasure W. Tony, unfortunately i don't know how to post pictures here from my PC.
There are other communitys where i can do it, but not here. 
Anyway, you can see my family and my dear cats  here:
http://forum.racedepartment.com/off-topic-forum/5941-face-your-name-8.html#post218195
http://forum.racedepartment.com/off-topic-forum/5941-face-your-name-13.html#post295035
http://forum.racedepartment.com/off-topic-forum/5941-face-your-name-13.html#post295038

[Legzy]

Can't see any of those pics PR with out registering.

To post a pic here, just click on the "Insert Image" button (found under the Italics button) & it will insert "[img] [/img)" for you. In the middle of that type the direct link to where the photo is uploaded.
Press preview & it should show up 
Hope that helps.

[pribeiro]

Can't see any of those pics PR with out registering.

To post a pic here, just click on the "Insert Image" button (found under the Italics button) & it will insert "



Is it working now?





links don't show up......... 





Not with the copy and past, nor with CRT+C and CRT+V.....what a noob....
I mean...the links show up when i post them inside both [IMG] but when i post it, it doesn't show. 

[pribeiro]

Damn noob.................

[Legzy]

I think you're trying to post a link to another forum where you previously linked them, that wont work. You need insert the link to where you uploaded the photos (i.e. I use 'dropshots.com' to host my pics)

As a further example, if I wanted to post a picture, what I'd type in would look like this:

[img]http://media4.dropshots.com/photos/514210/20080808/050158.jpg[/img

(I deleted the "]" off the end so you could see what I type & not the picture)
If you're still struggling PR, PM me the direct links to the pics & I'll send you the code back  .... before this thread is totally hijacked

[pribeiro]

LOL, Legzy thanks for the tips, the main issue is that i wouldn't want to put my pictures
in the net, outside a community. Can you work with the links i had post above?