Season 22 – Spec Race Challenge

The specific division rules for the Spec Race Challenge are the same as last season excepting there will no longer be two short races but one longer race with one chassis.

Please check the Season 22 pages for details regarding rules and the Spec Race Challenge pages in particular.

The races will be run as follows:

Car set: 65 F1 and 69X F1 (utilising the extra 69 mod)
Date: Every second Friday from 4 November 2011
Time: 9:00pm UK Time (Approx 30 mins practice, race starts at 9:30pm)
Race Length: Long
Damage Model:  Intermediate
Server: UKGPL_T7_2
Race List: IGOR

Provisional Calendar as follows:

Date	Day	Time	Track	Car Set	Track Directory	Chassis
04/11/2011	Friday	9:00pm	Aintree	1965	aintree	Lotus 33
18/11/2011	Friday	9:00pm	Zeltweg	1965	zeltw71	Brabham BT11
02/12/2011	Friday	9:00pm	Syracuse	1965	syracuse	Ferrari 1512
27/01/2012	Friday	9:00pm	Kyalami	1969X	papy	EagleAAR101
10/02/2012	Friday	9:00pm	Monaco	1969X	papy	Lotus 63
24/02/2012	Friday	9:00pm	Silverstone	1969X	papy	Brabham tba
09/03/2012	Friday	9:00pm	Monza	1969X	papy	Matra MS10
23/03/2012	Friday	9:00pm	Interlagos	1969X	tba	Mclaren M7
20/04/2012	Friday	9:00pm	Bathurst	1965	tba	Cooper T77
04/05/2012	Friday	9:00pm	Reims	1965	tba	BRM P261

The provisional calendar may be changed at the discretion of the Divisional Moderator.

If you would like to enter this series please submit an entry in the poll.

I'm in for the 65s only.

Just to clarify you are more than welcome to join this Series & only participate in the 69 Extra races or the 65 races or all of them.
Unlike previous seasons there will only be one race with every driver in the same chassis.
69X races will mainly be at established tracks so you can learn the car rather than the track – with the exception of Interlagos which I quite like.
Chassis allocation will be published as soon as I have had chance to test them out. So far I’ve discovered the BRM 69 drives like a pig – so that won’t be on the list. 

I'm signed up cos this is a fantastic series but not sure how many Mini will let me do.

I guess that GPLRank has not quite caught up with this 69x mod yet, as I can find no laptimes for these newer cars?

Does anyone have a clue what laptimes are achievable in these modified 69'ers? I'm guessing that if the physics etc. are reasonably accurate then the Eagle should be slower than those cars that actually have wings...but by how much??!!

Clive - the '69 Eagle is a real chuggernaut - feels more like a 65 car. I will be hosting a 69X test race on 23/10 at East London  - post to follow soon. I experimented with a few cars to see how the different chassis worked out. Set ups could do with a little work but I think the comparative times were something like 1.28 in the eagle & 1.21 in the Matra. I can't imagine running non-winged cars against winged ones but for a single chassis Spec event it should be fun.
 

*** IMPORTANT ANOUNCEMENT ***
Following the fun race on 23/10 we found a slight problem with the 69X. I don't understand the technicalities but it is not possible to import the race result into SROU at the  current time (basically as 69X is a new Mod).
This should be capable of a simple fix by Dave Gymer (Giz) but he is away for a  few weeks.

Interim solution is to shift the race calendar around a bit - so the first 3 races up to the Christmas break will be in the 1965 MOD. In the new year there will be 5 consecutive 69 Extra races winding up with 2 x 1965 races after Easter. I have updated this thread so you can see the race order - the tracks & chassis selections are unaltered.

Grats Geoff, the next 200 are the toughest LOL.