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Post by hardrivenrc on Jul 19, 2020 23:55:55 GMT -8
Admin Regarding the Stewards decision, Yes I ment about people finishing race day on the same points. You clarified it. By "Donut" I guess I mean Brooke. He (at least I think it was him) said to call him Donut after the races. I'll edit the recap post
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Post by Admin on Jul 20, 2020 0:09:57 GMT -8
Admin Regarding the Stewards decision, Yes I ment about people finishing race day on the same points. You clarified it. By "Donut" I guess I mean Brooke. He (at least I think it was him) said to call him Donut after the races. I'll edit the recap post lol, ok i missed that joke... no need to edit.. donut lol, maybe he was referring to the tire stacks (they kind of look like donuts because he hit them HARD in race #2)
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Post by hardrivenrc on Jul 23, 2020 15:33:03 GMT -8
I might miss this Saturday's race. Have to be up very early and will be at work all day. Most likely a 12+ hour day. I will try to get up in time for the race
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Post by hardrivenrc on Jul 26, 2020 3:38:06 GMT -8
Race recap Joeville OMG! WHO CHOSE THIS TRACK? Free practice; We did a little practice run after last weeks race. It immediately showed neither the car nor the tyres liked this track. I was slightly off pace due to the extra weight. Anyway, did 0 laps during the week as all my practice time went to a race I have today that is very important to me and to be fair, I couldn't be bother on this track. So race day. It was apparent Ron was fast, but I still had the fasted lap. How did I do that? Qualifying; Again, wasn't really bothered by this as the extra weight would never see me on pole. Qualified 5th. Nuff said... Race 1; I had a fairly decent start, but could take advantage of it as the 2 cars in front of me kept the door closed. Really 0 opportunity of overtaking on this track unless the guy in front of you makes a mistake. The 3 frontrunners took off. Nothing I could do about it. Ran the laps for about 4 minutes when suddenly the car gets touched sending me off in the barriers. Damaged aero... Car even slower now... I tried as best I could to keep the speed up and even managed to pass the Brazilian guy. Then the leaders came up to lap us. I wanted to go below the line to let Stash do a clean pass, but the car (most likely due to the damage) suddenly veered off to the right. Completely no control over the car. Stash had no way of avoiding it and hit me. Luckily he was able to retain his lead. And so this story ends. Stash deservedly won, and I was last of the cars still running. Race 2; Due to the reversed grid this saw me having pole. Set a goal for myself to see how long I could keep the faster guys behind me. And yes, I was going to keep the door closed as long as I could. By my estimate it would be about 10 laps as by then the right front has no grip left. Had a very good start this time and was able to pull a bit of a gap in the first few laps. Even did a 16.715 WOW Then by lap 8 or so JoseSwervo got on my bumper. Having raced him on an oval before I knew his "dirty" tricks. So kept the door closed for a good few laps despite the tyres being on fire. 161Ā° ridiculous... Anyway, I kept him behind way longer than I thought possible, but eventually I went wide a bit on turn 1 giving Jose a clear run on the inside. Now Stash and Ron were very close on his tail so I had no chance to get in between them. 3 places lost in 2 laps. The nature of oval racing. From then on all I could do is try to keep up. That went surprisingly well. They didn't pull away at the rate I expected. Anyway, at time marker 17.5 minutes Stash came up to lap me. Did not want a repeat of what happened in race 1 so I clearly said on voice I would go high in turn 1 giving him a clear pass. Stash won again. I came in 5th this time. I'll be a happy camper if I never have to see that excuse of a "racetrack" again. This track is even worse than Brands Hatch Indy. Now to put everything in perspective, I knew this race would be one of damage limitation.
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Post by hardrivenrc on Jul 26, 2020 3:53:46 GMT -8
BTW, If there is a possibility to see the results on SImresults that would be appreciated. I want to compare laptimes during the race. See where I lost it.
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Post by deadeyeski on Jul 26, 2020 5:44:06 GMT -8
Joesville recap
Missed Race 1. Sorry folks, we were at a family get together and did not get home in time. And when we finally did get home, I had to help my sister load a rototiller into their truck. I pretty much wrote the night off, thinking by the time they left, the night's racing would be over. We sent them off and I hurried downstairs. Somehow, race 1 was still going on! I joined the server with maybe a lap or two left for the leader. I tried to get on track, to perhaps get a lap in for those all important points. But I think I was a few seconds too late. Bummer guys I missed it by that much!
Race 2, back of the field start. There was some kind of issue with Mav and Ron who were lined up in front of me. This pretty much meant I could not get on the go pedal at the green, and had to wait for them to move first. I think maybe next time, if possible we should vote to restart the race session to line everyone back up. If it does not mess up the starting order that is. Maybe not such an issue if we do the rolling start for second race and we can set the grid wile rolling.
As the race got going, I settled into my last place. Scott, Ron and Mav were in front. My FPS was not the best, and it got a little sketchy into the turns. At one point, I gave Scott a tap and I thought for sure I just took him out, this happened right as Ron pulled off the track into the pits. I thought I caused a pile up! I backed off a little, and I probably did not drive the smoothest and lost some ground to Scott for a good part of the race.
Eventually I was catching back up to him, right as the leaders were coming around to take a lap from us. Right when I got really close, the blue flag started showing. Not sure if he had a mistake, or if he thought I was a leader, but Scott moved up the track a little and I was able to get by. A couple laps later, Stash was there to lap me.
I tried not to make it too difficult, but eventually I slid up the track giving him room to get by. Few laps later Jose and ScraffD were both behind me. Same thing, I tried to race my line, as they were not "much" faster than me, but same thing, my car slid up the track, and first Jose then ScraffD went by.
I had a good front row seat for their battle. Jose seemed like he had zero tires and his car kept a higher line through the corners. Eventually ScraffD got by him! For the rest of the race, I tried my hardest to keep pace with Jose. I swear I was catching back up to him. I even thought, hey if I am close enough to him, when Roy let's him go, I will sneak by for a position!
It was fun to think, but the race was over a lap or so later. Maybe with more time, somehow I could have gotten to Roy.
Congrats Stash on a double win. Thanks everyone for racing. Let's do it again next week!
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Post by Admin on Jul 28, 2020 21:34:18 GMT -8
JOESVILLERACE #1 Qualified 2nd... Going into the races i was pretty confident i would finish up on the podium... At the start i jumped to the lead from the outside front row and led with Ron & Stash breathing down my neck. By the 5 minute mark i noticed my car not handling right and it was really hard to keep the car down on the white line. at that very moment i heard some noise from the back seat and looked in my mirror and noticed there were some fat chicks back there and from that point on, every lap it virtually killed my RF tire more and more to the point of i had to adjust my entrance into the corner to get the car to stay low on exit but this left the door open for the faster guys to eventually stick their nose in my business and pass me... i was holding off Rons 2nd attempt to make a run on me and he pushed up a little and Stash got by him and when i looked down at my tire temps my RF core temp was 163 degrees... at the 7 minute mark the tire was toast and the fat chicks ate the "toast" and Stash got by me... a few moments later Ron reeled me back in and passed me and with only a few laps to go, ScrafFD pulled up and passed me.... i finished 4th, NOT on the podium as expected... took advantage of the 5 min rest time to tell my crew chief to get those fat chicks the hell out of my car and then i went and took a nice pizzzzzzz.... got back just in time to jump in seat for the green flag countdown... RACE #2 Started 4th... Got another great start and jumped up to 2nd behind Roy who ended up having a good 5 car lead on me after a few laps while i was holding off Brooke and Stash. i started pulling away from Brooke and Stash and slowly reeling in Roy. 2 minutes passed and i see Stash get by Brooke in my mirror, oh shit, here he comes... the closer i got to Roy the closer Stash go to me. I knew i had to get by Roy if i wanted any chance to win so i made a dive into turn 3 and wasnt close enough so i backed out. A few laps later Roy pushed up a little on the exit of turn 2 and i slipped by Roy separating Stash from my rear bumper and i started to pull away. I looked in my mirror and saw what looked like contact between Stash and Roy and Brooke got by putting Roy back to 4th... My car was feeling good until about 7 minutes into the race and i thought i heard a noise from the back seat again, i thought dejavu? sure enough i look in my mirror and the fat chicks are still back there!!! (remind me to fire my crew chief) From that point on my RF tire started melting so I did the ol switch up the driving line to throw off Stash but it only lasted a few minutes till he got by me and slowly pulled away. Now Brooke was on my bumper so i started changing lines and it worked for a long time as Brooke looked like he was struggling to adjust to my different lines in the corners and i was making my car "REALLY WIDE" As we came up on the lapped traffic of Scott and Rich... i got by Scott with no problems and a few laps later i passed Rich in a bad spot where it made my entrance to the next corner really shallow and killed my corner exit speed which allowed Brooke to catch me again and with about 3 minutes to go he got by me... so i ended up 3rd and a podium finish for the night = MORE WEIGHT, YAY!!!
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Post by hardrivenrc on Aug 1, 2020 18:51:01 GMT -8
Great racing tonight guys!
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Post by hardrivenrc on Aug 2, 2020 3:55:06 GMT -8
Race Recap; It was the first time I had to race this track, so I had no idea what the opposition would be like. Free Practice; As the server was up all week (That's a good thing) I had a look every now and then to see what laptimes people were doing. For a few day it looked like 1.13.5 was the time to beat. Not to bad as I was doing just that with the 90kg ballast. Then on Thrusday I think it was JoseSwervo set a lap of 1.12.8. Wait, WHAT? Hmmm... Then I saw his post on how far we could go on the concrete corner protectors. And yes, that's where the 0.7 was On raceday I did exactly that in free practice. A 1.12.787 Nice. Now try to repeat that in quali as I had my mind set on pole. Qualy; 1st try. Went out to do a "safe" lap. A 1.13.0 Ok, not to bad as that gave me provisional pole. But then JoseSwervo felt it wasn't good enough so he did a 1.12.74 (enter ugly word here) Went out again. 2nd try was unsuccessful as I had to pass someone on the flying lap. No problem as the guy I had to pass was likely on a fast lap too. Decided to abort the lap and enter the pit. Hit the pit entrance HARD. 3rd try. With only 30 seconds to go I started the final try. My Delta time said I was on a 1.12.68, but I made a slight error on the final corner stranding me at a 1.12.9 DAMMIT 1st Race; Starting 2nd I had one shot, and one shot only at winning. Get him on the start. And believe it or not, I had a perfect one. JoseSwervo seemed to have reacted slower than me, or had wheelspin because I got to the 1st corner in 1st place. GOOD! But... I forgot the fact that I needed to conserve the tyres on the first few laps. Did a couple of fast ones but could not shake JoseSwervo because he had a very good tow every time going down the hill giving him back the 0.2 seconds a lap I was faster. A 3rd car was on JoseSwervo's bumper. I thought it was Ron, but in the end it turned out to be GOV. Anyway, we had a good thing going for about 10 laps where Jose was on me like an angry mosquito, when on lap 10,11 or 12 JosSwervo's attempts at passing me finally payed off. He had the outside (faster) line into the 1st corner. I had to slow down a bit to make sure we didn't touch. And guess what, sneaky GOV followed Jose passing me on the same corner. Well done Anyway, from then on I tried a bit to hard and lost a bit of ground. On the last lap the tyres couldn't take it anymore and lost grip. Jose 1st, GOV 2nd, Roy 3rd. A great bit of racing by the 3 of us! 2nd race; Reversed grid with a rolling start. In my opinion these are harder than a standing start, but "safer". You need to time things right as you are not allowed to pass anyone until the go signal is given. Timed it to perfection but got blocked on the 1st corner by 2 guys racing for position. No worries, time enough to make up some places. Got passed someone, but noticed Jose was on my bumper again. Saw someone lose it right in front of me, but I could avoid a crash. And suddenly I was in 2nd. Going down the hill on the start finish straight Jose had disappeared. Weird... But guess who was there. Sneaky GOV again The guy in 1st spot was passed by the both of us giving us the room to have a good race for the remaining 15 minutes. I wanted to create a bit of a breather so decided to do a couple of fast laps. Did a 1.12.6 on the next lap. Faster that Jose's pole time Gov could not keep up with this pace and thinking about the tyres I slowed down a bit to conserve them. This went on for about 10 minutes when the grip started going away. GOV's Civic seems to "easier" on the tyres so he could close the gap again making it an exiting end of the race. Roy 1st, GOV 2nd, Ron 3rd. I must say this was, for me at least, the best race in the series so far. Good clean but hard racing! MORE OF THIS! On to the next one I do need to let you guys know I might miss the last race due to me having an endurance race on the Sunday
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Post by deadeyeski on Aug 2, 2020 7:37:27 GMT -8
Practice: Ran a mi 13. I was happy, although we need some more mid pack/slower guys out here. The faster guys are way too fast to try and catch.
Qualifying: It felt great, but when checking my time, it was a second off my practice pace. Still slotted into the same position as in practice. This would not have been the case if there was a bigger field of mid pack drivers. I would have been at the back!
Race 1: Decent start, as the whole group headed into turn 1. One of the cars in front of me went left off the track into the grass. They re-entered the track right in front of me, and I had to practically stop to avoid them. This bunched us up hard. And as we went around the two right handers I was on the rumble strip too far. It bounced me into a couple cars. Totally my fault. I spent a good part of the race in recovery mode.
I was able to catch back up to Scott. I was much faster in some parts of the track, but there is no where to pass!!! At one point going down the front straight, I was trying to "draft". When all of a sudden i saw flames shooting out the tailpipe as if he downshifted half way down the straight? Gave me quite the scare as I had to get on brakes and turn left to avoid. Was I seeing things or did that just happen?
It took me a bit more laps to get by. It seemed no matter how much ground I made up, it was always in a bad spot for passing. Even with a better exit from the last chicane, there was no way this fat ass Audi could hang down the straight. Eventually we found a spot and gave each other plenty of room, and I was back in seventh. Nothing gained or lost I guess.
Race 2: I was on the bunper of the leader waiting for him to call Go. I heard someone say something, and I got on the gas and realized wait...no body else went. I backed off, right as the real Go was called. I immediately started getting passed. These fast guys are relentless, and need to be up front!
Made it through the first bit of corners ok. Then going into the two right handers after the short straight, I think it was Roy who made a move for the inside line. I gave room not needing to argue about it, which put me on the outside of the corner...And then the two cars in front of us had a crash. I had no where to go. Car inside passing me, car sideways across the track in front, and a car off to the left. A gap opened up and I went slowly through it, but I got into the car that was across the track. I think it was Scott. Sorry, I tried but I must have taken off your back bumper.
This pretty much got me to the back of the pack. As the lap went on, Jose went off fast, exit stage left through the final corner. Then GRock left the race. Two positions earned for me, but certainly not how I would have liked it. I think I ended up in 5th. Spent most of the race by myself. I don't watch the lap times during the races, but I was still trying to drive right and fast.
I guess you can't win them all? Oh well, on to Knockhill, one of my all time favorite tracks. It should be awesome. Wait, reverse layout? I best ge5t some practice!
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Post by Admin on Aug 3, 2020 11:31:55 GMT -8
Aosta Sport
After discovering this track on one of my track quests a few months ago it quickly became one of my fav tracks of all time and i always ran laps here for testing different cars... I was confident going into the race id have a great finish, but you never know... right?
Qualifying was pretty much normal for me, couldnt put a lap together to save my life, then with about 3 minutes left, i pulled a rabbit out of my azz and got the pole (12.7) it was weird because i wasnt even really trying, lol... anyways ------>
RACE #1 Started on the pole but had too much wheel spin on the start and Roy got a fender on me goin into turn 1 so i had to let off and fall in line between Roy and GOV... The 3 of us were pretty much stuck nose to tail the entire race and when you have 3 cars running the same speed its really hard to pass, especially at this track... i noticed i was able to get thru the 2 chicanes going up the hill to the final turn a bit quicker than Roy, so i tried to pass him on the front stretch but when we got to turn 1 the inside line was NOT the preffered line so i knew i had to pass on the outside if i was going to be succesfull... i tried the fake pass on the far right side a few more times and then right around the 10 minute mark i scooted around the outside of the last turn to make the pass and this time i had the preffered line going into turn 1 so this time Roy had to back off and GOV took full advantage and followed me thru the door to pass Roy... I have to say this was one of the most intense races ive been in... following Roy so closely with GOV on my tail, i felt the pressure and it was tough to concentrate. i ran the rest of the race in the lead after passing Roy , ended up 1st overall...
RACE #2 i Started in the last row , had a few cars get together in front of me and i gained a few spots, going thru the last turn i saw a wreck happening in front of me so i let off and Ron saw the opening and stuck his nose in there and punted me off the track and into the wall really hard destroying my front end... oh well, thats racing sometimes... i continued limping around the track like a lame duck and ended up 6th...
GREAT RACE GUYS!!!
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Post by rpenn32 on Aug 5, 2020 10:04:57 GMT -8
I want to apologize to the people I wrecked and the wrecks I caused since I have been in the league. Last week was an especially bad week of racing for me. I am trying to improve, but I still have times I make a lot of mistakes. I hate I have ruined different peoples races due to my mistakes. I use Helacorsa, but find it difficult to race and watch the sonar even though it is right in front of me. I think multi tasking is becoming more difficult as I get older. I will keep working on improvement but I do not want to ruin the joy of racing for others. If I don't get better, I can go back to watching TV on Saturday night like other 70 year old people. Again I am sorry for my mistakes messing up races for others. The league is great and I appreciate being part of it.
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Post by Admin on Aug 5, 2020 11:01:13 GMT -8
I want to apologize to the people I wrecked and the wrecks I caused since I have been in the league. Last week was an especially bad week of racing for me. I am trying to improve, but I still have times I make a lot of mistakes. I hate I have ruined different peoples races due to my mistakes. I use Helacorsa, but find it difficult to race and watch the sonar even though it is right in front of me. I think multi tasking is becoming more difficult as I get older. I will keep working on improvement but I do not want to ruin the joy of racing for others. If I don't get better, I can go back to watching TV on Saturday night like other 70 year old people. Again I am sorry for my mistakes messing up races for others. The league is great and I appreciate being part of it. I have no problems with your racing ability Ron... you are just as good as the rest of us bunch of misfits out here... racing incidents happen and i know you are not the type of person to wreck others on purpose so you are good...We ALL suffer from making mistakes here and there as we are NOT professionals... We enjoy your fierce competition on the track and hope you will stick around... watching T.V. is over rated... unless you are watching the NEW "Ironman Racing League" channel on youtube, featuring all our races from season 2 & 3 .... check it out sometime and subscribe, tell your friends... IRONMAN YOUTUBE CHANNEL www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xz7b7UWCNuZx_eNZIcDUg
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Post by Admin on Aug 9, 2020 23:31:09 GMT -8
THE TIRE STACK TRACK... In the words of ErnieP... "THIS TRACK SUCKS" lol... my Knockhill Reverse experience sucked so bad, i cant even describe what happened, lol.... uugh, but here goes nuthin... tire stack!!! ok im done lol...during practice i could only place 5th in the times so i was mid pack thinking oh shit, im gonna be in the middle of the turn one tornado... then QUALIFYING came and i ran one of my fastest lap times EVER and snagged the POLE!!! How did that happen??? RACE #1spun the tires too much on start and GOV got the jump on me and the advantage out of turn 1. Lap 3 i missed the tire stack and had to let Roy by per the rules. Lap 5 Ernie spun in front of Roy taking them both out. Lap 7 my car felt weird on the back straight and i looked at my frames and it said 29-FPS as i head to the Tire Stack... KA-POW!!! my right quarter panel kissed the stack sending me into the sand but i got out in time with Ron, Mck8 & Stash lined up bumper to bumper on my tail, i held them off and started to pull away. Lap 9 my FPS was still trippin so my car thought it would be cool to hit the Tire Stack AGAIN letting 4 cars go by i went to 6th in an instant. Lap 12 i started reeling the group back in and this time instead of the Tire Stack it was time to give the Sand Trap some love... Lap 13 as you might have guessed by now im really taking a liking to the Tire Stack and figured id spend some fun time with her and took Roy with me, sorry buddy... Lap 17 i was back up to 5th by sheer luck... wow Lap 19 guess what??? i fell in LOVE with the Tire Stack and asked her to marry me, we celebrated with me smacking into her 1 last time b4 the race was over... were expecting baby Go-Kart tires in the future... ended up 5th by some miracle even with the 4 Tire Stack kisses and a Sand Trap experience... RACE #2started 6th and in turn 1, lap 1 the slower guys up front made a boo boo and wrecked each other leaving me in 2nd behind ErnieP when all the sudden he visits the Sand Trap in turn 3 handing me the lead. Lap 2 my FPS issue is still affecting me and my braking point in turn 1 was nowhere to be found letting Roy & Brooke get by me and the turn 3 the Sand Trap reached out its gnarly tentacles and snatched Brooke up and i was magically back in 2nd with GOV hounding me from behind. Lap 7 i had to pee so i made a quick exit into the turn 3 Sand Trap and GOV got by. Lap 9 i thought i couldnt go all race without kissing my new wife so i gave her a kiss but didnt lose any spots and drove from lap 10 to the end of the race by myself... ended up 3rd, so not as bad as i was expecting... P.S. im divorcing the Tire Stack, shes a total BITCH!!! On to the season end at Maple Valley FM7... the track sounds soooooo relaxing...
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Post by Admin on Aug 10, 2020 13:43:05 GMT -8
seems im running this site for just myself as nobody seems to participate... i work my ass off here and on other related sites (youtube)... i do this for you guys, but it seems nobody cares or even wants to participate... should i just pack it in and say i dont care anymore? im seriously thinking about it...
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Post by hardrivenrc on Aug 10, 2020 14:38:36 GMT -8
seems im running this site for just myself as nobody seems to participate... i work my ass off here and on other related sites (youtube)... i do this for you guys, but it seems nobody cares or even wants to participate... should i just pack it in and say i dont care anymore? im seriously thinking about it... My race report is pending. Haven't really had time to watch the replays yet. And if any help is needed, just give us a shout. BTW, your efforts are very well appreciated.
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Post by deadeyeski on Aug 10, 2020 17:12:19 GMT -8
BTW, your efforts are very well appreciated.
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Post by deadeyeski on Aug 10, 2020 17:37:11 GMT -8
Race 1 my son came down stairs to say good night. So sweet of him. Then he got a case of the whys. Why are you behind all the cars? Why did you not pass that car at the start? Why are you so slow? Why are all the drivers getting farther away?
Why did you just drive into that tire stack?
Aren't kids awesome? I finished the race.
Race 2. Got the case of the who knows what. I went into turn 1 all messed up. got collected. Sorry to who it was. I finished the race.
Maple Valley? no FPS!
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Post by Admin on Aug 10, 2020 22:31:29 GMT -8
BTW, your efforts are very well appreciated. im not looking for recognition but thanks.... im looking for people to participate in the forums...
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Post by gov on Aug 11, 2020 5:58:32 GMT -8
Hard to make people participate in forums in my experience. Race 1: Almost got Jose on qualifying. Was up by a tenth or two going into the last couple of corners and lost momentum. Worked out as pole is on the outside. Got a good launch on the start and got ahead of Jose and ran a clean race without kissing Joseās new tire friend even once Had some close calls with out of control spinning laps cars but I just kept my distance and played it safe. Race 2: I am always too cautious on the reverse grid races bc I really donāt want to run over or bully slower drivers on the start and end up losing a bit of time. Made it up to second a got within 3-4 seconds of Roy and then caught a lap car at a bad place and had to spend half a lap behind them and lost about 6 seconds. After that I just took it easy and settled for second instead of pressing too hard and wrecking me or somebody else.
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Post by hardrivenrc on Aug 11, 2020 8:47:40 GMT -8
Knockhill race; So, the penultimate race of this series was to be run on Knockhill Reverse. The "normal" layout of Knockhill is a car killer, but still JoseSwervo had to do one better and go for the Reverse version. I've said it before, the man has masochistic tendencies It soon became clear that the tyre stack could and would be a race altering item. JoseSwervo liked it so much he even married it in between race 1 and two. Masochist, I keep telling you... Free Practice; During the free practice a couple of guys showed they were fast on this track, but I still had a bit of a buffer. All was looking good. Wat was not so good was the 120kg ballast weight. Qualifying; I was feeling very confident of getting pole here. However, as things go in racing sometimes I simply never got a good lap in. Starting 3rd Race 1; The start was fairly good and despite me being very careful on the first corner (braking early) not to hit anyone, I kept my 3rd spot. Despite knowing I was faster (arrogant me) than both JoseSwervo and GOV there is no real place to overtake on this track unless the guy in front makes a mistake. So I gave the both of them a bit of space. We soon pulled a gap to 4th as that position was hard fought over too having those guys lose a bit of time compared to us. At the beginning of lap 3 I noticed GOV getting away from JoseSwervo. Now I did not want GOV to get a to big of a gap, so I decided to start pushing hoping JoseSwervo would feel the pressure and make a mistake. And that is exactly what happened at the chicane on lap 4. He had to swerve right of his future wife (the tyre stack) giving me 2nd position. Nice. Now close the gap to GOV. At that time he had about a 2 second gap. I made up about 0.4 sec on the following lap when we saw Ernie lose it on turn one. He let GOV lap him, but then decided it would be a good idea see if he could follow him. He then lost it again in the braking zone for the right hander on top of the hill taking me out in the process. By the time I could safely rejoin the track I was in 8th. Goody... Head down and into damage limitation mode. In fact, F*ck it, just go all out to see how many places I could make up. It took me 4 laps, of which 3 were in the 51sec bracket, to catch up to a gaggle of 4 cars. Now the danger of this is that those guys are racing eachother, thus not making it easy for me. Right at that time JoseSwervo had another run in with the future wife. One spot gained. Followed Stash for a couple of laps, but he was not being intimidated and kept the door closed where it needed to be closed. Then Maverick missed the chicane letting Stash pass but shutting the door on me. Ok, fair enough. Now Maverick could clearly be intimidated because he messed up on turn 1 leaving the gap wide open for me. Back on Stash's bumper... The on lap 15 Stash got a bit wide on top of the hill giving me a clear pass. 3rd... Catching up to GOV was stil possible it seemed, but first I had to get by Ron who is no slouch. But then Ron lost it on turn one while trying to avoid Ernie who was all over the place... again... Got by Ron as he was virtually stopped on track. Went up the hill where Ernie thought it would be wise to, despite being 3 laps down, turn into the car in 2nd place. Really? One lap later I felt it was time to make a move on JoseSwervo's future wife. She would have nothing off it and threw me into the gravel. Strong woman... Didn't do much damage except for the dent in my ego. But it gave Maverick a chance to get closer. Not close enough to be a threat, or so I thought. Because going into turn one, guess who locked up and ran me off track. This gave JoseSwervo 2nd place. Me in 3rd. Then on lap 20 JoseSwervo had another run in with the future wife (why he even wanted to marry that woman, who knows) bouncing off her right in front of me. No way of avoiding the crash we both went in the dirt. By the time I got back on the grey stuff I was in 4th. And that's where I finished. Not the best result... After the race I kind off vented my frustration, and I know "that's racing", but when someone joins a race having clearly done ZERO practice laps then on the 1st lap he does blatently saying "This is a sh*t track", it rubs me the wrong way. NOT COOL DUDE! Yes I know, I take my racing seriously. But that for me is the fun in racing. Not being punted off because someone can't be bothered to put some practice in in an effort to be able to do some clean laps. "Rant over". Anyway, GOV took a deserved win. Stash got a good 2nd and Maverick 3rd. Race 2; Having to start near the back of the grid I had to be very careful. Had a fairly good start but could not get by anyone as the track is narrow and everyone was doing their best to stay on their racing line. Daedeyeski got a bit of a spin on sadly taking Ron with him. Came out of turn 1 in 4th. Came to the top of the hill, and there 1st place man took to the dirt. That's 3rd. On the same lap Scrafo who was in front of me missed the corner leading up to the last chicane giving me a good run on him. Going into the chicane he had the inside line for the 1st part of it, so I gave him more than enough room. For the 2nd part I had the inside line. Slowed down enough to be sure I made the corner nut would still have a good exit. 2nd. And guess who was in 1st. JoseSwervo. But wait... What? Did I see that correctly? He had "Just Married" on his rear window. Probably still having his mind on the festivities he mist the braking point for the 1st corner making it easy for me to take 1st spot. Looking in the mirror "sneaky" GOV took advantage of a situation again taking 2nd. From then on the race was very straight forward for me. All the backmarkers did what they could to let me lap them and without further issues the race was mine. Roy 1st, Gov 2nd, JoseSwervo 3rd. To whom it may concern, I have it from a good source that JoseSwervo's mariage did not last long after the end of the race.
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Post by Scottzilla on Aug 11, 2020 10:02:28 GMT -8
seems im running this site for just myself as nobody seems to participate... i work my ass off here and on other related sites (youtube)... i do this for you guys, but it seems nobody cares or even wants to participate... should i just pack it in and say i dont care anymore? im seriously thinking about it... I am new to the forum but I have noticed how much work you put in to it and believe me I know the feeling. A lot of this type of work goes on and it is easy to feel unappreciated but if no one is complaining than you are doing something right/ Keep up the great work š»š
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Post by Admin on Aug 11, 2020 11:17:17 GMT -8
Hard to make people participate in forums in my experience. i know, but it seems to have died in here... just looking for some participation, jokes, mayhem, anything... the race reports are cool and sometimes funny... please keep them coming as 3 weeks off seems like an eternity..Knockhill race; So, the penultimate race of this series was to be run on Knockhill Reverse. The "normal" layout of Knockhill is a car killer, but still JoseSwervo had to do one better and go for the Reverse version. I've said it before, the man has masochistic tendencies It soon became clear that the tyre stack could and would be a race altering item. JoseSwervo liked it so much he even married it in between race 1 and two. Masochist, I keep telling you... After the race I kind off vented my frustration, and I know "that's racing", but when someone joins a race having clearly done ZERO practice laps then on the 1st lap he does blatently saying "This is a sh*t track", it rubs me the wrong way. NOT COOL DUDE! Yes I know, I take my racing seriously. But that for me is the fun in racing. Not being punted off because someone can't be bothered to put some practice in in an effort to be able to do some clean laps. "Rant over". To whom it may concern, I have it from a good source that JoseSwervo's mariage did not last long after the end of the race. yes agreed with the NON practice b4 and event... preventative measures have been implemented..
as far as my now ex tire stack wife goes... she gave me a S.T.D of low FPS (24-35) so i had to kick her to the curb...
bad news is, it wont go away and its following me to Maple Valley, so id like to appologise to anyone who i might have messed up their race at Knockhill with my FPS issue and a future appology for any mayhem i might cause at Maple Valley... i ordered a new computer last night and it should be good to go by the new season... hopefully that will fix my S.T.D. FPS issue... if not ill need to borrow a shovel to dig a ditch for that tire stack bitch, lol
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Post by hardrivenrc on Aug 16, 2020 5:26:39 GMT -8
So gents, Last night was the last race in the 3rd Ironman AC series. Regretfully I was not able to participate in the race itself.
I would however like to thank JoseSwervo for putting in the time to serve us with a place to have some good fun and at times hard racing.
THANK YOU!!!!!
I would also like to thank all that took part in this series and for keeping the racing as it was intended, FUN!
Cheers guys!
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Post by ScrafFD (Brooke) on Aug 16, 2020 11:08:04 GMT -8
Yes, I second this! Thank you for hosting a great league!
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Post by Admin on Aug 17, 2020 22:11:59 GMT -8
id like to start off with thanking each and every one of you that showed up for the 1st FERRARI League Race @ Riverside... this track is a beast that i hated but learned to love by race time... RIVERSIDE:Race #1Qualified 3rd.... was very surprised how close 4th, 5th, & 6th were to my time (10th's) Race start due to the server setup there was NO clutches allowed (fixed now for future races)the green flag came out and i had a great start passing brooke and securing 2nd place into turn 1 and trying to hold on to GOV's back bumper with Brooke hot on my tail... we went a few laps and i settled into a nice rythm with GOV slowly pulling away a hundredth here, a hundredth there and i was able to keep Brooke who was faster behind me as id pull away from him on exit of the 2 key hairpin turns making him have to spend the rest of the lap catching back up to me. this lasted a few laps and i was starting to reel GOV back in and then i pushed a snatch hair too much in the 2nd hairpin and oops, i did a spin move that would rival Michael Jackson... got back on track quickly and found myself driving by myself for 10 minutes or so...ZzzzzZZzzZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz finished 3rd Race #2Started near the back and got another great jump at the start moving in on the front runners quickly and then things bottle necked up quickly and someone up front got into someone else which caused a wreck and i slowed to avoid the wreck and i got rear ended and the rest was garbage where 5 or 6 of us were involved in that mess but nobody called for a restart (per the rules, please go read them) so we all just gathered it up and continued to race... i think i went back to last and proceeded to drive my azz off eventually end up 4th or 5th, not great, but not bad either, ill take it...
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Post by Admin on Aug 17, 2020 23:24:04 GMT -8
WHAT? NO RACE RECAPS??? MAPLE VALLEY FM7 TRACKRace 1i qualifyied 2nd but had nothing for the pole sitter EXER as he had ZERO weight to deal with up these huge hills... G ROCK was behind me and on lap 2 he started giving me pressure going into turn 1, but then ScrafFD appeared out of nowhere and gave G ROCK a mirror full and that allowed me to slightly pull away, i started reeling EXER back in and then he pulled away, obviously he was toying with me and all the fat chicks in my back seat. ScrafFD finally got by G ROCK the next lap and i knew it was only a matter of time before he would catch me as he had only 1/2 the weight i did... Every lap he would pull closer to me up the big hill and once he got there a few laps later i did my best to make my car wide as possible, that lasted a lap and 1/2 when he went around the outside just after the bridge (Nice Move)... From there on to the end i ran around by myself hitting my marks the best i could with 35 or less FPS Race 2Started in the back, turn 1 was nice and mellow with everyone giving taking sharing the same spaces and i was thinking to myself... cool, its gonna be a good start for the last race of the season and then halfway thru turn 2 Deadeyeski hits his brakes and Mck8 had nowhere to go but into Deads rear bumper, Scott swerves to avoid Dead & Mck8's incident and im right there and get hooked by Scott and thrown spinning into G ROCK KA-BLAM!!! the WHOLE field was wrecking with only 3 cars squeaking by to continue on racing with the rest of us trying to turn our cars in the right direction and try to manage a 1/2 decent finishing position from there... i made a few passes, ended up 6th.... and thaaaaaaaaats racin!!! Congrads to EXER for a double win... THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING UP TO THE IRONMAN RACES, NEXT SEASON STARTS September 14th in the FERRARI 288 GTO cars.... P.S. on a side note im really surprised NOBODY called RESTART after the whole field got wrecked.... that in my honest opinion was grounds for a restart, jus sayin...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2020 2:41:53 GMT -8
This was first race till now that was pretty easy for me.. I didnt had even to try hard to win, I had no weights so i guess that makes big difference on some tracks. btw didnt even tried this track until last day practice (had 1 lap day before just to see how does it looks). But its pretty easy track so I learned it on official practice
so for next season would be ok to get MAYBE few of most popular tracks? SPA, IMOLA, laguna seca etc... And then maybe few less familiar (to me)
and fixed setups are great for me, but depends on car, for BTCC you cant do much with setup,so it was good with fixed
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Post by Admin on Aug 18, 2020 3:16:51 GMT -8
so for next season would be ok to get MAYBE few of most popular tracks? SPA, IMOLA, laguna seca etc... And then maybe few less familiar (to me) and fixed setups are great for me, but depends on car, for BTCC you cant do much with setup,so it was good with fixed SEASON #4 STARTS September 14th in the FERRARI 288 GTO cars w/OPEN SETUPS: d/l ------> mega.nz/file/AUVxESJT#HrWp1-7grjATf9oDRzlyvcAYxdu0K4ExHJOUL-l7p5YZvonimir, go vote in the forums for the tracks you want to run for next season...
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Post by deadeyeski on Aug 18, 2020 17:23:35 GMT -8
one of these is not like the others! Attachments:
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