UKPnG Season 2 - Classic Cup - Mid-Ohio - Feb 18

[FullMetalGasket]

Not the best of races for me 
My fault really when I had a much better (easier to drive) setup for the MK2 GT40 and didn't use it 

Appologies to all involved in my spin somewhere around mid race distance on the back of the circuit. First I tryed staying where I finished spinning and got hit, so tryed to then move out of the way only to hit another car that appeared out of my blindspot  which caused yet more carnage.

Still. At least I somehow reached the end of the race despite the snake's attempts at killing me throughout - god only knows how Ade kept his on the road and as high up the field as he did 

[ginsters sponsored]

I moan when they suck so, I have to say that standards were excellent tonight. Those around me were hard but fair and those that I lapped got it just right, a pleasure to see all in complete control

Knew I would be near the front end in quali and knew what was gonna happen at start, even though I hoped it wouldn't. Stuck behind the Miller train from the off but, for me, these handling/brute force dogfights are always a highlight. I would have enjoyed staying in that train all night but, alas, even Mike couldn't keep the pace up in the GT40. Brave effort though As I was following Matt I was surprised to see him pull away from me on straights and keep up with Mike, almost I had a big advantage in the twisty stuff but it was beautifully balanced over the lap. I did all I could and was pretty much mistake free so am chuffed and doff my hat to Matt

Were the timing gaps completely haywire for anyone else? I also had all the other cars dissapear on lap 25 and thought I discoed

Also a 906 race, using all of them, would be great fun.

[Alex vV]

Sorry Alex, for hitting you in first lap. Braked too late and the car turned left into your right side.

No problem. Let's say that improving brakes were not on mister Shelby's top 10 priority list... but I guess we can settle it within the team with some scotch  
Had to brake much earlier than the Porsche's. This resulted in some interesting situations....

Was happy to trail the field but could not hold on to FullMetalGasket's pace in the sister car and how on earth Ade could hold the car on the road with that speed  

Finished the race and congrats to SBG v2.0 errrr.. and Madd-RIPP (apologies, that the order you went by when I got lapped I thought  )

It just felt like it was GTL season 3 all over again.

[Mike Miller]

Well my devious plan was going well till around lap 10 or so when my tires started to give up. I was running conservative lines knowing any hint of an open door and Madd would be through. He got me in the last turn complex and I couldn't close the gap in time down the long straight. From there, my tires got worse and worse. In the end, I was lucky to hang onto 3rd as I fell further and further behind Madd and Ian. My engineer even came on the radio and said "tires worn" and insisted I pit (called for pit at least 7 times). Ignoring him, I held onto 3rd with 7 seconds to spare. In the end, there was no way I could have held up Madd and Ian for the entire race. My tires wouldn't allow it. Still, it made for some interesting racing early on.

[goldtop]

Was amazed and chuffed to quali in 4th and was determined not to make a pudding of it at the start, which thankfully I didn't

All was well until mid race when my tyres started to suffer and I was reeled in by Paulo. We had one of our now customary battles for several laps as I struggled to hold him off. I think he caught a kerb and spun out exiting T1 with about 5 to go, which was a real shame but it did wonders for my shredded nerves. What tyres were you on Paulo?

Had a couple of moments passing a stationary Ian, only for him to reappear 200 yds up the road Looked like you were discoing, but you returned to our universe 4 or 5 times

Congrats to the Pody and thanks to Legzy and co. for once again organising such a great race

[Dan Minton]

Were the timing gaps completely haywire for anyone else? I also had all the other cars dissapear on lap 25 and thought I discoed

Your car caused PR, Mark and myself a few problems...Once your car was parked in the middle of the long straight and i just clipped it and the next time it was stuck on the right hander just before the bridge,  Caused me to take a weird line and Mark spun me round but no problem.




Great race hadnt touched png for a long time and boy ive been missing out ..cars feel great!!

Had a great battle with PR , side by side for 2 or 3 corners!!    Mark J was in the mix ...replay is awesome.

Managed to fight my way back through and got Mark a couple of laps towards the end but not after a fight and eventually got PR 4 corners from the finish ...always polite PR flashed his lights as we passed a backmarker nose to tail going through the quick double apex right hander after the bridge..maybe in hindsight he shouldnt have as he went wide the next corner which allowed me to sneak through.

Sorry to Geoffers on the tap bad misjudgment on my part.

Grats to Podium and finishers.


Great race.
Cheers

[Mark J]

good race that, great cars and decent challenging track  ...that i still havent mastered.

Had no answer to the pace of the top 6, i could barely hang on to their shirt tails in 4th and 5th for most of the race. After SBG's weird disco appearing car problem, had contact with Dan which lost us both a couple of places, so sorry for that but totally accidental due to us diverging around the frozen car.
Got past the guys that passed me and held 6th right up to 2 laps from end but Dan was closing fast.
I held him off for a tad but my front tyres were shot by that point and he was too quick for me. Settled for 7th at the end.

Great racing with Prib, Dan and Geoffers for most of the night. 

Amazing pace in the top 4 again  Well done, particularly Mike in the GT40 mixing it up.

[ginsters sponsored]

After SBG's weird disco appearing car problem

Apologies all My connection completely wigged out after race so something must have been going on. First time in 7 years with Tiscali  Seems ok this morning but sorry for that.

[phspok]

Made a slow start as I was looking around for the lights... sorry Alex.
Bumped Keith once , appologies for that, then had some good tussles with FMG Keith and JPV
Enjoyed chucking the MK1 round even though I was quicker in the MKII and much quicker in the 906
Didn't like driving those here.
Respect to Mike for the MKII pace, and Goldy for 4th!

[pribeiro]

Brilliant race!

Sometimes, there are races that I am looking frequently to the laps or time just because I want it to
finish as soon as possible. Last night when I saw 27 laps on the HUD, I just wanted more.  

Initialy I was trying to put some pressure on Goldtop, but the stationary Ian's 906 made me lost contact with Gold.
Lovely fight with Mark and Dan. I remember tho Dan been side by side with me for a few corners and straights,   first time when he overtook me and a second time when I overtook him exactly at the same place. Nice 3 minutes replay with fair and clean driving.  
After managed pull away from Dan and Mark, Gold was 5 seconds ahead and after a big effort,
I got him and we had one of those epic battles. I used all I know to try to pass Goldtop,
left...right and even up and down, without success. Perfect driving from Goldie.
All of this without any contact.  
it last for several laps, unfortunately when I was trying a new strategy to pass, my rear tires
didn't hold it and I spun, back on track just in time to hold Dan and Mark again.
Dan is right, I lost my momentum and ran wide to the grass when I was flashing the lights to a backmarker to thank him, making me loosing the 5th place to Dan. All my fault tho.
But I wouldn't mind to loose 10 places just for the great race I had.  

BTW I was on the hard tires set Goldtop.

Hats off to the GT40 and Cobras drivers and to backmarkers.

Congrats to the podium and well done to all.

Cheers

[pribeiro]

Btw, welcome to the new driver Hotkeys. 
Don't forget to have a look at GTL aswell.
Cheers

[goldtop]

BTW I was on the hard tires set Goldtop.

I chose the white stripe softs which were good for about 10 laps but got a bit tricky later on, even though they were only showing 10ish wear in XD.

Apologies to API in quali; I was trying to get out of the way after a spin, but think I might have impeded you

[API]

Apologies to API in quali; I was trying to get out of the way after a spin, but think I might have impeded you

No problem.

As I hadn't practised so much for this race, I decided to pick an easy choice, the 906.

Race started well as I managed to actually gain few positions in the start (which is exceptional to me ). During the race I had a great battle with Ade. Awesome driving in that thingie, mate. Result of the race was good for me considering the lack of practice.

Well done winners and pods.

[Clive Loynes]

REPORT

Acknowledgements

Congratulations to the podium and everyone not in a 906, even if you didn’t finish. 
A great effort by Tudor, 4th and great lap times too!!!
Well done to Daan; great last lap.  LOL No team orders in SBRC. 

Apologies

Sorry to Alex for the wee nudge that turned you around.

Excuses

With all the ratios to play with, I got lost in gearbox-hell in qually and ended up using the wrong setup for the race.

Race Highlights

Made a good start when the lights changed but the bloke in front didn’t, which meant I had to lift.  Another blue 906 appeared alongside but I don’t know where he went to at T1.
Almost made it around the first lap but got a clout from someone, three corners from the end that nearly put me on my roof.  Then I selected reverse and then I stalled it at least twice but finally moved off in 22nd position.  Thanks for waiting.  Can’t remember who it was as half the field seemed to be in the blue 906-E, same as mine.
From there I climbed back to 14th and had some fun on the way.  Legzy gets the prize for the worst handling 906 I ever saw. ;-) 
Getting past the more powerful cars was a struggle and my attempts to pass Alex resulted in my giving him a little tap, as it says above.  Thankfully Alex was quicker to get going than I was but that still put me back behind two of the blue 906s that I had already passed once.
Thanks to Keith for allowing me past once you were out of shape.
Closed on Daan and made life difficult for him on the last lap but he was too cleaver for me and so I had to make do with 14th.