Alfa Romeo GTA Junior vs Alpine A110 @ St. Jovite - Thu 14th June, 2012

[Knut Omdal Tveito]

Server name: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM GTL
Class: Renault Alpine A110 (Default) vs. Alfa Romeo GTA Junior ( download )
Track: St.Jovite ( download )

Practice start time: GMT 19.00 (20 mins)
Qualification start time: GMT 19.20 (single lap)
Race start time: GMT 19.30 (12 laps)
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Practice start time: GMT 19.50 (20 mins)
Qualification start time: GMT 20.10 (single lap)
Race start time: GMT 20.20 (12 laps)

Note 1: Default Skins Only for the Alpine ( Default list )
Note 2: The GTA Junior requires additional Sound files. ( download here )
Note 3: The car you will drive in Race 1 will be listed next to your name in the entry list below. Please make sure you know what car you are driving in Race 1. For Race 2 you switch to the other car.

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Entry List:

1. Knut Omdal Tveito GTA
2. Rupe Wilson Alpine
3. Stuart Thomson GTA
4. Senad Subasic Alpine
5. Jacob Boonstra GTA
6. Carlos Diaz Alpine
7. Driver
8. Driver
9. Driver
10. Driver
11. Driver
12. Driver
13. Driver
14. Driver
15. Driver
16. Driver
17. Driver
18. Driver
19. Driver
20. Driver

 

[Rupe Wilson]

Sign me up.... thank you

 

[Stuart Thomson]

I'm in

Server's up

 

[Senad Subasic]

Add me to the list please

 

[Jacob Boonstra]

and that's nr 3 !
Hope there will be more

 

[Carlos Diaz]

I should be able to make it

 

[Carlos Diaz]

Is it the GP or North?

 

[Carlos Diaz]

These cars are made for this track. I hope more of us show up for the party.

 

[Knut Omdal Tveito]

Is it the GP or North?

It's the full GP layout

 

[Carlos Diaz]

crap! It looks like I wont be there.

 

[Carlos Diaz]

broke a few traffic laws on the way home, but I made it on time!!!!

 

[Stuart Thomson]

woohoo

 

[Stuart Thomson]

broke a few traffic laws on the way home

Although that could be classed as illegal training

 

[Senad Subasic]

Game crashed on alt+tab. Was going to say I'll probably skip race 2 anyway, too tired, having difficulty sitting up straight. Sorry all.

Good fun with Knut and Roland at the end. I hope my driving was acceptable, I think I'm still pretty bad after all this time.

 

[Knut Omdal Tveito]

Game crashed on alt+tab. Was going to say I'll probably skip race 2 anyway, too tired, having difficulty sitting up straight. Sorry all.

Good fun with Knut and Roland at the end. I hope my driving was acceptable, I think I'm still pretty bad after all this time.

Was good fun Senad. Get some rest and see you soon

 

[Knut Omdal Tveito]

Just an off-topic from TS chat:

1953 24 Hours of Le Mans

At the 1953 event Hamilton and Rolt had been disqualified for practising in a car with the same number as another on the circuit at the same time.

Hamilton was a larger-than-life character,[3] and his account of what followed has passed into motor racing legend: by the time Jaguar team manager Lofty England persuaded the organisers to let them race, both drivers were drunk in a local bar; when the race was under way the team tried to sober Hamilton up by giving him coffee during the pit stops but he refused it, saying it made his arms twitch; instead he was given brandy. Lofty England refuted the story: "Of course I would never have let them race under the influence. I had enough trouble when they were sober!"[4] Tony Rolt likewise maintained that it was fiction.[5]

Aside from Formula One, Dunken contested nine times in the legendary endurance race "The 24 Hours of Le Mans". The most notable was the race of 1953. Driving a works Jaguar C-Type, he and co-driver Tony Rolt believed that they had failed to gain entry for the race. So, after qualifying, they headed into town for a monster session. Only once they’d drowned their sorrows several times over were they found by a team member who told them that they would be starting the race after all. And guess what happened - still completely drunk, they won the race. A very interesting part of the whole story thou, was the fact that Hamilton collided with a bird, while driving at 130 mph. He got his nose broken, but he soldiered on. Another racing legend says, that Dunken refused to drink coffee in the pit-stop to keep himself awake, because it was making his hands shaky. Instead, to keep him calm and focused, the team were giving him a glass of brandy. Still, the fact remains that despite being drunk, Dunken Hamilton and his co-driver, became the first team to average a speed of 100 mph in the history of Le Mans. Later that year, Duncan made even more of an impact when he crashed into a pylon when racing in Oporto and cut off the power supply to the Portuguese city for several hours.

Duncan Hamilton

 

[Roland]

Nice story Knut! Nice event too, despite my dropping in at the last minute (again) still managed quite a good race 1 in the Alfa, running 3rd almost the whole race. At an enormous gap to the leading duo though..
Race 2 in the Alpine I had way more troubles, being able to follow Stu around in the first laps, but several mistakes and spins threw me back to the rear of the field where I had some fun laps with Rupe.
Again, nice event Knut I am glad I made it after all..