iRacing Season 5 IndyCar Championship - Road America (Full) - Jan 4

[Dan Minton]

Tough night with the dallara, last yeras set up just didnt work and only figured out towards the end off practice that the more wing i took off the better the car felt .   Made a cock up at the start when i missed a gear going up from 1st to 2nd and was bouncing off the limiter and Martin had know where to go and hit me..Sorry bout that Martin.   Got passed my team mate Ian although i think he might have helped me a bit ?  and was then stuck on the tail of Gary T's car . I think Gary had the pace to pull away as i was struggling on the brakes but he made an error at the last corner and i got by.   Stayed out till lap 14 but didnt gain any time and came back into the pack in 5th with Brian gaining on me .  Didnt bother defending against Brian as he was 2 secs a lap faster and brought it home in 6th.


Had major problems with my pedals and had a 2.5" dead zone on the brake pedal which left me with not alot of modulation but managed to get used to it.   Think they need a good overhaul.

Grats to podium and everyone in front of me ..tooo fast!!

Cheers

[Mike Wrightson]

Great race!

Brian was a second clear of everyone at the top and then we had 4 cars setting extremely competitive times in qually and I only managed 4th on the grid.  It looked like being a great scrap for 2nd place.

Started well and got round the outside of Paul T in T1, which proved to be vital as Simon and I started pulling away from him.  Stayed close to Simon looking for an opening, but then he made an unexpected mistake under braking and I was past.  I gave it everything to get some breathing space and then got an even less expected present when I passed Brian parked in the gravel!  After that I was lapping in very low 49's and stopped at half distance with a 7 second lead.  Once the stops had shaken out, I was still a good 6 seconds ahead and was able to ease off a little and bring it home.

This car is just superb.  My favourite cars in iRacing are the FW31, the Dallara and the Radical in that order.

Well done Simon and Gary for the podium.

[Ken Murray]

Grabbed that Stergios setup and just plugged away for the hour or so before qualifying hoping to dial myself in to it. It didn't feel that good and tweaking the front wing and BB improved things slightly but I think I should have tried digging out an alternative from somewhere. The car is enjoyable to drive but I seem off the pace compared to other cars we have used.

[GizMoTo]

  I was to sloppy and well out my class with that tonight not run the car for a long long time and just couldn't keep up with ya all  

saying that I had a ton of fun  

was no point me holding ya up Dan

I'll need a lot more time behind the wheel in that car before I feel comfy in it, saying that I think I got PB tonight where my qualy time came from I ain't got a clue  

[Gazza49er]

Really glad i stayed for the race now 

Yesterday was the first time ive driven this car properly and spent a good 5 hours learning it which i think paid off.

Brian was in another world but i was pleased to be around the pace of Simon, Mike and Paul and knew i could be competitive if i didn't make any mistakes.

Start was nice and clean and i settled in behind Paul even having a few cheeky looks a few times but never had the confidence to try anything. Decided to go long in the first stint and when i saw Paul and Simon pit i thought im in with a chance here as i was keeping up with a heavier car. Came in i think lap 14 and hit the marks well but was unsure how much fuel i needed for the final 9 laps, inevitably i put to much in but still managed to jump Paul by nearly 7 seconds  and maybe if i had put the correct amount in been very close to Simon who was 5 seconds ahead and maybe pushed him a bit but i couldn't really make any impression on him and thought just get it home safe for a cracking 3rd.

Once i got comfortable with this car i really started to like it and when you know where you can push and where you cant its a brilliant drive.

Grats to Mike and Simon.

[Fred Basset]

My first race in the Dallara and I'd not put a huge amount of time into it. I was using the PJ Stergios setup but as the race went on it just didn't suit me and the understeer was killing me.

Dan was snapping away behind me and I gifted him the place with running wide at the last turn, I then did it again the next lap. I did whittle the gap back down for a few laps but then let the first of three Brian Kerr's overtake me and slipped away. A very poor pitstop was the icing on the cake.

I finished, I quite like the car, must do better!

Congrats to Mike, Simon and Gary

Regards
Gary

[Paul Thurston]

That was fun.

I've not really driven the Dallara since just after it came out.  Then I liked the feel of it but it didn't grab me.  With the tyre damping changes it's come alive though and I love the way you can really push it.

In practice I'd been quicker in qually trim than race and that proved correct.  I was delighted with my qually time which was a PB.  I got a bad start and Mike got the drop on me up the hill and I slotted in behind.  I kept up for a while but I was under severe pressure from the car behind who I thought was Dan and started to drop back.

I held "Dan" off till the pitstop when I came in the same time as Mike and Simon.  Having to drive round Mike slowed me down into my pitbox but I lost most time on my outlap which was toilet.

After the stops I saw I was in front of Dan so was delighted but strangely there was some bloke called Gary in front of me but I assumed he hadn't pitted yet.  When we reached the 20 lap mark I started to wonder if he'd modified his fuel tank and was extremely puzzled when I came in fourth behind him.  It was only when I looked at the replay later that I realised it had been Gary following me and he'd jumped me at the stops.

I think he got so far ahead because I'm guessing he didn't change tyres whereas I did.  More testing required I feel before Brands.

Congratulations to Mike, Simon and Gary who all drove beautifully and thanks to everyone else for letting me beat them.

This is my first race export so please bear with me results wise.

Paul

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

This is my first race export so please bear with me results wise.

Ah, I may have just trodden on your toes...

[Paul Thurston]

This is my first race export so please bear with me results wise.

Ah, I may have just trodden on your toes...

You should never apologise for saving me work.

Thanks Dave.

[spanner]

Reasonably pleased how that went for me, shame about the first lap with Oily and Martin coming together ahead at the start which i guess stemmed from the late start at the line rather than when the pace car went. Ended up waiting for the road to clear then Martin gave me a bit of a major love tap into turn 3. After letting Martin through i was just trying to keep the gap steady and concentrate on driving. When Martin went off just tried to keep it steady. Not sure why my race times were so off compared to beforehand, maybe damage, not sure.

Do people use the same setup for every track? Am i going to need a wildly different car for other tracks?

[Mike Wrightson]

I am finding that I use pretty much the same setup for the majority of tracks, just changing wings and gearing.

[Blunder]

A number of minor incidents for me
I normally love this and had put in a bunch of practice but was still way off pace.
Unusual for me but did not enjoy that at all

Lack of talent  :'(

[Simon Gymer]

I have a special setup for Road America to help me round the carousel, but I can't honestly say how my other setups differ to that.

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

I have a special setup for Road America to help me round the carousel, but I can't honestly say how my other setups differ to that.

Is it a training wheel on the left?

[Simon Gymer]

Stabalizers and a "racing line" mod.