grub
You killed me on the pitstop! Took me to school...
It seemed your car just really slowed the last 15% of each session.
Its always great to race RASCAR.
DW
I did ok, finished 6th, another top 10. Are we going to points next season?
I got caught up in the wreck, but didn't get much damage. I think I hit #98
when I was trying to avoid, sorry Larry. Yea, it was an awesome race, but my
arms sure are hurting. I think we had 155 laps of green.
bluestringer
Awesome job guys... excellent run.
As co-author of that one and only caution I'd like to take a minute to
explain.
As I was entering T3, I saw a car get turned up into the wall, so I
immediately lifted. As I did the car appeared to recover eventhough I'd seen
it hit the wall nose first and continue. Perhaps my disbelief caused me to
forget about my own car for a split sec and I got it sideways. As I went to
recover from that I either got bumped slightly or stalled the rear wing or
someone ducked inside taking my air with him or somesuch as it went
completely and I spun down to the inside. I might have been ok if it had
just continued off the track, but as the car hit the apron it changed
direction and went back up the track, allowing me to get clobbered.
Pitted and went back out, but I was a sitting duck, having lost some 20mph
off the top end. Anyhow, seeing as we're not able to dial in some mechanical
grip to compensate for the lack of rear downforce and it wasn't long before
I had a "moment". Anything I did had zero effect on the lazy spin the car
went into, then it suddenly snapped back and I ended up parked sideways
across the track. I had the F2 view enabled and it showed no one coming up
behind, so I just grabbed a gear and attempted to drive to the infield only
to see Steve Whitty flash past in front (think I got him slightly, sorry
Steve).
Anyhow... immediately afterwards I realised it could be interpreted I had to
retire due to the two spins rule, so I did in order not to fall foul of it.
Good to see you guys *did* have a good one!
Jan.
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> > Well, had a good run, but DW just plainly outdrove the grubbat dodge and
> may
> > hats off to him (showing yall my bald head). Had a good race and only
had
> 1
> > YELLOW for the whole race. I think some got caught up in a wreck and LTB
> hit
> > some air and got some damage. Anyway, lots of fun for me and look
forward
> to
> > next week. My arm is tired from all that GREEN flag racing and two green
> > flag pit stops. Just plain awsome!!!
> > grub
> I did ok, finished 6th, another top 10. Are we going to points next
season?
> I got caught up in the wreck, but didn't get much damage. I think I hit
#98
> when I was trying to avoid, sorry Larry. Yea, it was an awesome race, but
my
> arms sure are hurting. I think we had 155 laps of green.
> bluestringer
bluestringer
Yep good race. Gotta admit I was shocked to see ya spin Jan. It never happens
:) My bad screwed up Larry's day. I saw him coming up and attempted to move up
but caught the wall and came right down in front of him. Great catch by
Larry...saw him hit the brakes and upshift...no contact but BS damage to his
car. Sorry man. A lot of give and take resulted in a lot of tired arms. First
time I've ever had my spotter say after a pit stop "sorry that lugnut just
wouldn't go on right I know you'll make it up on the track". Guess he forgot
who his driver was.
Dan
<snip>
.> completely and I spun down to the inside. I might have been ok if it had
<snip>
So there I was watching all this from a prime vantage point; more or less
right behind you.
I had taken the corner well (for me) and had just passed the point at which
I had come back *** the gas. There it was in front of me, a car in a
soft lazy spin to the inside. Luckily for me it was heading off the track
and my lntended line would be clear by the time I got there.
Time passes.
Whoa! What's all this then? His car is backing back up the track!!
Time passes
Alway wondered what was going through Bobby Allison's mind as he was
airborne heading for the catch fence at Daytona. ;o)
Elrikk
PS. So like is anybody going to come and get my car off the top of this
fence ? ;o)
Steve
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Big shame about this mess once again. I ran with some damage the whole race
but was able to turn reasonable lap times and had a few good dices.
Unfortunately the car was eating tyres and wear was much higher for me than
in any practice races that I had run throughout the week. I think 8th was as
good a result as I could hope for today.
MS
> >Alway wondered what was going through Bobby Allison's mind as he was
> >airborne heading for the catch fence at Daytona. ;o)
> I thought that was Talladega...?
> Eldred
Elrikk
Great race folks!
Although I was suffering from a rather sore throat I simply could not
bring myself to park it and head for bed which would have been better
for me, but no, this race was too much fun to quit.
I really think TeamSpeak is a great addition to the racing experience,
and comments from Ed when to "stay high" were really welcome and gave me
a good idea what to do.
I don't think I could handle the TC stuff on a road course, but it
sure makes oval racing much more interesting.
Cheers,
uwe
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steve
> Big shame about this mess once again. I ran with some damage the whole
race
> but was able to turn reasonable lap times and had a few good dices.
> Unfortunately the car was eating tyres and wear was much higher for me
than
> in any practice races that I had run throughout the week. I think 8th was
as
> good a result as I could hope for today.
> MS
> > No need to apologize Jan, my spotter said a car stopped on the track as
I
> > came out of 4. I spotted you and started going low, then you moved, so
I
> > just went even lower.....to the infield. I was off the pace anyway. I
> got
> > through the disaster on the start/finish line on the yellow, then coming
> up
> > to turn 1, right near the end of the pits, Mark Seery came straight out
> > across the track and I t-boned him. I had the wheels locked so didn't
hit
> > too hard, then I got clouted from behind, have no idea from who, and
don't
> > blame them. End result, engine damage. As with Jan, about 20mph off
top
> > speed. I could nearly flat foot turn 1!!
> > Anyway, a couple of laps after Jan left, my puter froze,( I hope I
didn't
> > take anyone with me) and and to reset. My day over.
> > The practise races were fun though.
> > Steve
A little confusion during the caution, saw me pitting on the last
yellow-lap, so i was pretty much in last spot as the green flew. Good thing
was that the Westen Auto crew had done great work during my stop and the car
didnt feel too bad. (although I had "a moment" shortly after the
restart....)
The restart went great too even though we had some cars upfront with
powerloss - good work giving room guys! This is getting better all the time
IMO.
My only wish is that I'd pitted earlier the second time around... I
streched the fuel for 66-67 laps both times - [ironcly enough] hoping for a
caution - but it never happend.
As an effect my laps times increased too much and I missed out on 4th.
place. - which I spend the majority of the race fighting with Jurjen for. In
the end I think he beat me to it by 5 seconds or so.. From what I could
see - there were several "battles" like this thruout the field - Great fun!
A real tricky thing at Lowe's is how different the car feels on fresh tires.
My car was loose as hell in turn 2 on the first few laps after a stop -
probably a side-effect of having driven a understeering car for so long -
just previously.
Kudos to everyone for making such a great race!
(Oh... and Don: Don't forget; when the yellow flies - slow down :-)
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