Spec Race - Rouen - 3 Jan

[Billy Nobrakes]

Here are the results for the 4th Sunday Drivers meeting at Rouen.
First a big thanks to Nicky Ickx for providing the server.
There was an excellent turnout and some good racing.
In the pre-race post I asked for a careful start to make sure we all get through the hairpin on Lap 1 unscathed. That's exactly what we got but there was the mother of all piles ups just after the hairpin. It had a certain Wigan based driver spitting blood & pie. Never mind - it is a fun race.
Victory in Race 1 went to John Roberts but his result is excluded from the Spec Challenge by  not taking the Ferrari - that might just have cost him the double win.
Race 2 was won by Vlad "the Monk" Vosblod. The Monk has vowed to give up booze and other wordly vices for a while to work on improving his GPL skills & that seems to be paying big dividends. In order to restore the natural order I am sending round a crate of brain death lager & a supply of filthy pron magazines.
The podiums in races 1 & 2 were filled by Sam Blood, Clutch & John Roberts. Sam has duly been reported to the university authorities for neglecting his studies and spending too much time hot lapping.
Comparing fastest laps in the BT11 and Ferrari - the Brabham won the challenge by a clear five seconds. (Aggregate times for all drivers completing half race distance). So far the red machines have lost every Spec Challenge.
Next event on 17 January will be at Zeltweg, Austria with the Cooper taking on the Brabham BT7. Track can be downloaded from the usual track database.
Hope to see you there ... Bill
ROUEN RACE I
RACE RESULTS (After 9 laps)

Pos   Driver                          Team     Nat Laps   Race Time       Diff   
 1     john roberts 65                 BrabBT11 GBR    9  19m00.537s           
 2     Sam Blood                       BrabBT11 GBR    9  19m07.383s    06.846s
 3      C Clutch65                      BrabBT11 GBR    9  19m17.856s    17.319s
 4      Nicky Ickx65                    BrabBT11 RSA    9  19m22.214s    21.677s
 5     natan vix65                     Ferrari  BEL    9  19m22.938s    22.401s
 6     Fabio 65 Locarno                Ferrari  ITA    9  19m40.663s    40.126s
 7      Jethro Walters65                BrabBT11 GBR    9  19m46.457s    45.920s
 8     N Hance65                       BrabBT11 GBR    9  19m59.054s    58.517s
 9     Mark Jones                      Ferrari  NZL    9  20m04.703s  1m04.166s
10      Al Heller65                     BrabBT11 GBR    9  20m05.972s  1m05.435s
11     Vlad Vosblod                    Ferrari  GBR    9  20m12.428s  1m11.891s
12      Norbert Stemmler                BrabBT11 DEN    9  20m12.865s  1m12.328s
13     D Rock                          Ferrari  USA    9  20m25.809s  1m25.272s
14      Billy Nobrakes                  Ferrari  GBR    9  20m45.187s  1m44.650s
15     Peter Maestro57-65              BrabBT11 GBR    9  21m05.365s  2m04.828s
16      bernie65 darwin                 Ferrari  GBR    8  18m52.209s   1 lap(s)
17      Andriy Kozak                    BrabBT11 GBR    7  16m40.295s   2 lap(s)
18      Martin Hunt                     Ferrari  GBR    4   9m20.092s   5 lap(s)
19     Ross Neilson65                  Ferrari  GBR    3   7m50.836s   6 lap(s)

RACE FASTEST LAPS

Pos Driver                                 Time
 1  Sam Blood                         2m03.976s   
 2  john roberts 65                   2m04.423s   
 3  natan vix65                       2m04.700s   
 4  Nicky Ickx65                      2m05.507s   
 5  Jethro Walters65                  2m05.887s   
 6  C Clutch65                        2m06.048s   
 7  Al Heller65                       2m07.264s   
 8  Mark Jones                        2m07.303s   
 9  Fabio 65 Locarno                  2m07.462s   
10  Vlad Vosblod                      2m07.645s   
11  N Hance65                         2m08.024s   
12  D Rock                            2m08.372s   
13  bernie65 darwin                   2m08.472s   
14  Peter Maestro57-65                2m08.602s   
15  Norbert Stemmler                  2m09.546s   
16  Martin Hunt                       2m10.244s 
17  Billy Nobrakes                    2m10.395s   
18  Andriy Kozak                      2m12.180s   
19  Ross Neilson65                    2m23.696s   
 
ROUEN RACE II
RACE RESULTS (After 5 laps)

Pos    Driver                          Team     Nat Laps   Race Time       Diff   
 1      Vlad Vosblod                    BrabBT11 GBR    5  10m40.046s           
 2      Sam Blood                       Ferrari  GBR    5  10m40.874s    00.828s
 3     john roberts 65                 BrabBT11 GBR    5  10m46.914s    06.868s
 4     C Clutch65                      Ferrari  GBR    5  10m50.842s    10.796s
 5     bernie65 darwin                 BrabBT11 GBR    5  10m52.446s    12.400s
 6      Fulvio Policardi_65             Ferrari  ITA    5  10m52.457s    12.411s
 7     Martin Hunt                     BrabBT11 GBR    5  10m57.960s    17.914s
 8      Al Heller65                     Ferrari  GBR    5  11m03.253s    23.207s
 9     Mark Jones                      BrabBT11 NZL    5  11m12.249s    32.203s
10     N Hance65                       Ferrari  GBR    5  11m17.258s    37.212s
11      Norbert Stemmler                Ferrari  DEN    5  11m23.284s    43.238s
12      Billy Nobrakes                  BrabBT11 GBR    5  11m33.243s    53.197s
13     Ross Neilson65                  BrabBT11 GBR    5  12m10.939s  1m30.893s
14     natan vix65                     BrabBT11 BEL    3   6m24.355s   2 lap(s)
15     Fabio 65 Locarno                BrabBT11 ITA    2   4m30.792s   3 lap(s)
16      Nicky Ickx65                    Ferrari  RSA    1   2m32.340s   4 lap(s)
17     D Rock                          BrabBT11 USA    0 DidNotStart   5 lap(s)
18     Nicky Ickx65                    Ferrari  RSA    0 DidNotStart   5 lap(s)


Race results are unofficial
(Replay might have been saved before end of race)

RACE FASTEST LAPS

Pos Driver                                 Time
 1  john roberts 65                   2m04.594s   
 2  Fulvio Policardi_65               2m05.120s   
 3  Sam Blood                         2m05.137s   
 4  C Clutch65                        2m05.812s   
 5  Vlad Vosblod                      2m06.197s   
 6  natan vix65                       2m06.509s   
 7  Al Heller65                       2m06.705s   
 8  Martin Hunt                       2m06.991s 
 9  bernie65 darwin                   2m07.541s   
10  Fabio 65 Locarno                  2m07.957s   
11  Mark Jones                        2m08.248s   
12  N Hance65                         2m09.849s 
13  Billy Nobrakes                    2m10.510s   
14  Norbert Stemmler                  2m10.900s   
15  Ross Neilson65                    2m13.298s   
16  Nicky Ickx65                      2m31.612s   

 

Driver   BT11   Ferrari   Diff
Sam Blood   183.976   185.137   -1.161
Natan Vix   186.509   184.7   1.809
C Clutch   186.048   185.812   0.236
Al Hellar   187.264   186.705   0.559
Mark Jones   188.248   187.303   0.945
Fabio Locarno   187.957   187.462   0.495
Vlad Vosblod   186.197   187.645   -1.448
Norm Hance   188.024   189.849   -1.825
Bernie Darwin   187.541   188.472   -0.931
NorbertStemmler   189.546   190.9   -1.354
Martin Hunt   186.991   190.244   -3.253
Billy Nobrakes   190.51   190.395   0.115
   2248.811   2254.624   -5.813

 

[vosblod]

The Monk has vowed to give up booze and other wordly vices for a while to work on improving his GPL skills & that seems to be paying big dividends. In order to restore the natural order I am sending round a crate of brain death lager & a supply of filthy porn magazines.

The Monk may be on the wagon but send round your filthy magazine collection. I must immediately burn such heathen and ungodly filth 

Anyway well chuffed with the win, mishaps from others helped and if it had been longer then 5 laps I would have been in trouble.
Still a win is a win, doesn't get logged in my stats though 

Roll on the next one...

[bernie]

In the pre-race post I asked for a careful start to make sure we all get through the hairpin on Lap 1 unscathed. That's exactly what we got but there was the mother of all piles ups just after the hairpin. It had a certain Wigan based driver spitting blood & pie. Never mind - it is a fun race.

Fun ? Fun ? there's nothin funny about a hastily swallowed steak & kidley , gives you terrible indy digestion and not to mention the flatulance.

(if only you could bottle it and feed it to the carbs ) Ah! but that would be cheating,  and my real name isn't Alonso