UKPnG Season 1 Clubmans - Mosport 1977 - Jun 30

[psuedo]

Deep apologies Psuedo.

Thanks PB, accepted 

well that was my first experience of PnG.....and some experience.

Never been too good in the GTL yank tanks, but there wasn't much else for me to choose from as I couldn't get the jag to go and I found the alfa boring.

So opted for the 'stang. was quite suprised to get a pb and qually 13th....I fully expected to be near the back.

Got tagged on lap 1 with a gaggle of cars trying to go round the hairpin together but I was hit dead centre so they just bounced off  .
Next lap I got tagged as above by PB, which lost us both a load of places waiting to rejoin...22nd I think it was....thanks for waiting too PB, sorry I didn't flash you a thanks, but my lights were already haddocked by then 
Started playing catch up and got to the main group after a couple of laps....made a couple of places due to folk falling off and a couple more from passing down the straight with the stangs power.
I did get balked a couple of times, once it appeared that I was pushed onto the grass whilst overtaking down the straight and another time by a re-joiner hogging the racing line forcing me to slam on and attempt (failed) to go round the outside.  will wait to review the replay before further comment.
Had a great battle with Mr Oily for half a dozen laps, real close stuff with 2 cars rarely facing front and centre.....no contact and some great driving 

Will have another bash in a couple of weeks, just hope there are some NON YANK TANK cars to choose 

Grats to podium

[Madd-RIP]

Not your fault at all Ross, I was just unsighted as I rejoined, I heard your car as it got very near but didn't spot you, hope you were able to continue, I couldn't my engine would not restart, Many apologies to all, a truly shockingly bad display of numptyness on my part. 

[ross.mcw]

Not your fault at all Ross, I was just unsighted as I rejoined, I heard your car as it got very near but didn't spot you, hope you were able to continue, I couldn't my engine would not restart, Many apologies to all, a truly shockingly bad display of numptyness on my part. 

No probs mate. Broke the car unfortunately but I was struggling with that Vette anyhow so nothing lost. 

Cheers, Ross

[picnic]

Replay and provisional results posted

LapChart

I couldn't find the forum ID for [VDA] Peppe so he's a guest just now

[Manteos]

Forum ID for [VDA] Peppe is "Pepz", but is the first race here for him...

[Paul968]

The lapchart link is broken for me Pete.

[Jos Verstappen]

good race...was a bumpy ride, (as is getting bumped... ) but I made it to the end I had some thrilling racing

respect to paul and ayrton for being so fast in the fezza. 

[picnic]

The lapchart link is broken for me Pete.

I've always found it works better if you upload these things (well it it late )

[Paul968]

Thx Pete - above and beyond the call of duty anyway since you didn't even race!

[Gavino Pintus]

Nice race for me.

I do the pole position(the thing that I like better) with a good lap.

The race is very difficult until the Samb error. After I don't take needless risks and finish the race in first position.

I'm very happy not for my first position in drivers classification, but for the first position in teams classification.
Pippomox and Manteos are unlucky in this race. Instead wonderful race for Pepz.

I'm grateful to all drivers. In particular manner for the podium. Paul968 was very fast and for me was very difficult to control its timelaps.

Sorry for bad english 

See you to the next race 

[Blunder]

Wow, wow, wow!!
What a race!
So many bumper to bumper / heart stopping moments through the race it is difficult to remember them all!  
Had lots of great battles all race. I can honestly say there was not 1 lap where I wasn't battling with someone!
That is the whole point of the Clubmans set up and for me it work perfectly!
A reflection on the amount of time Legzy has spent researching this!  
Made one very minor error and went wide through turn 2. Only lost a few seconds but 4 cars went past!
Battled to keep up with the mighty TT all race and finally got the better of him a few laps from the end.
Only, I suspect because he was struggling with tyres!
Great pass in the final couple of laps Samb! Passed me on the outside of the lefthander before the slow double rights!!
Awesome!

I kept telling MJ that PnG was the best ! if only he had listened!  

Thanks all

M.

P.S When can I have my rev counter back!  :'(

[Truetom]

Hehe, nice driving throughout the race, Martin. We swapped places a few times, with others also.  

Yea, tyres were an issue here. Car was surprisingly nifty around the corners for a Yank Tank and it was also not too fast on a straight - not a very typical Yank, lol.     Well, tyres were ok for the first half, then it was worse and worse - was as high as 6th for a time, then lost places in the last laps.    Front left was just under 30 worn, and I used the harder one.

There was somebody around all the time so no free-time. Nice. Well done, Legz! 

Grats pody

[Tim Robey]

Feel almost guilty to say, that was one heck of a RACE!

Had a corker of a chase pass/get passed with Tim Robey, that vette was so much quicker
down the straight, and you managed to hussle it round the turns quick enough that
I could not build much gap when i got in front. most excellent driving Tim!

Thanks Matt, I really enjoyed that lots of side by side racing for nearly 20 laps!!!! 

I've been away for a long weekend, but managed to get home just in time for the race. I've clicked with the L72 last week so stuck with it.

Surprised myself with a P3 in qually, but got away poorly at the start and Sam & others passed me.

After a couple of spins early on I dropped back to 10th but soon got into a battle with Blunder, TT & Matt, I could blast past them on the straight, but they hustled me on the twisty bits.

I spent most of the race racing Matt's alfa, if I could stay with him at the hairpin I could blast past on the back straight, only for Matt to pass me in turn 2 or the hairpin. I only managed to get a gap when Matt span at turn 2, but the last 5-6 laps were tough, the front tyres were gone and Matt had closed in to within 1s or so, but I held onto 5th place, my best ever UKGPL finish 

[Mark J]

I found driving that yank tank for an hour in that heat blinking hard work, ive even got a blister on my left hand !  

Good track and great spread of cars, though the track felt very narrow during the early half of the race with other cars all around, and i found i could not use the Vettes horsepower to get past slower cars on several occasions until the back straight.

Had some good early battles with the midfield but the top 10 were 10+ seconds up the road by 12 laps   meaning i had a long spell in the middle of the race with no-one to fight. My main protagonist was Mike cook in his E-type and we seemed to shadow each other and swap places a few times through the race.

I was running 10th with about 3 laps to go when i ran wide on that final sweeping turn and lost 3 places to following convoy of cars  

Was disapointed in qually to only be 18th on the grid with a mid '37 and see that the top 10 had all done 1:36's.   which is why the clubmans classing doesnt seem to be working for me so far. I seem to be forced into a car that puts me 1 to 2 secs behind half the grid in each race, whereas i thought the idea was to equalise the performance spread    I felt happy in the shelby GT350 as i could at least do regular 37's in it, but then because the odd alien reported fast times in it, it was moved into the next grouping leaving me in cars that i could do the odd '37 in with a clear track and no distraction, but mainly 38's, especially in the race proper.
I think we are being a bit punitive in car groupings for the group C&D drivers. A car should only be moved into a higher group if the drivers in that lower group 'are' putting in perceived faster laps in it, rather than a driver from that higher group saying this car can do a xx. time.
Maybe the groupings should be reviewed right upto race day as it appears that alot of drivers suddenly pop in laptimes way quicker in some supposed slower cars, leaving others stuck in cars with no hope of competing at the front end, or that their talents (or lack of) allows them too. It might just be me not being very good in the US cars but interested to see what others think, as there is no denying the laptimes gap.

[pribeiro]

Deep apologies Psuedo.

Thanks PB, accepted 

 

Thanks Psuedo.