Ford V8s and 4pot @ Autodromo Saponaro - Thu 28th June 2012

Knut Omdal Tveito · Jun 24, 2012

Server name: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM GTL
Class: TC-65: Lotus Cortina, Ford Mustang, Ford Falcon
Track: Autodromo Saponaro ( download )

Practice start time: GMT 19.00 (20 mins)
Qualification start time: GMT 19.20 (single lap)
Race start time: GMT 19.30 ( 10 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 ( 10 laps)

Note 1: Default Skins Only ( Default list ).
Note 2: Free car choices for both races
Note 3: We will run the normal layout for both races, not the reverse.

Server password: click here
Racing rules: click here

Entry List:

Knut Omdal Tveito
Ian Strom
Stuart Thomson
Rupe Wilson
Senad Subasic
Carlos Diaz
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Ian Strom · Jun 24, 2012

I am up for a Falcin good time.

Sign me up please.

Stuart Thomson · Jun 27, 2012

Definitely there, will be driving Not the Falcon.

Server is up - and this is a great, flowing track too.

Rupe Wilson · Jun 27, 2012

Yes please...

Ian Strom · Jun 28, 2012

Damn, where is Eck? This seems like his sort of thing.

Senad Subasic · Jun 28, 2012

I'll be there, in a Cortina most likely.

4 8 15 16 23 42 108 · Jun 28, 2012

Would be with you guys, but Germany playing and my usual NR2003 season race prevent me from thursdays meetings

Senad Subasic · Jun 28, 2012

It's 35 degrees in here

. Probably won't be able to do both races.

Rupe Wilson · Jun 28, 2012

We've got storms forecast.... should be OK

Peter van Zanten · Jun 28, 2012

Andreas Scholz said:
Would be with you guys, but Germany playing and my usual NR2003 season race prevent me from thursdays meetings

No Andreas the TT from Assen is not tonight thats saterday

Carlos Diaz · Jun 28, 2012

I'm showing up...in a Falcon lol

Knut Omdal Tveito · Jun 28, 2012

Had a freeze in R1:

Rupe Wilson · Jun 28, 2012

sorry thunder started and power cut ... going to switch off as the rain begins..

Stuart Thomson · Jun 28, 2012

OK mate

Carlos Diaz · Jun 28, 2012

Knut Omdal Tveito said:
Had a freeze in R1:

You were driving too damn fast and broke the game.

Carlos Diaz · Jun 28, 2012

You sure know how to pick them Knut

This was a crazy awesome event, hell of a shame more couldn't participate.

Race 1) I was very surprised to find myself in second place in lap one considering the lap times in practice and qualy. I was even more surprised to be able to hold on to second for the entire thing

. I'm sorry to Rupe and Roland for being a moving road block

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Grats to Thommo for the win

Race 2) Roles are flipped and now I'm the one in the more nimble car and Roland is in the Stang. Race long battle. I would catch him in the twisty stuff and loose him in the straight stuff (race one was the exact opposite with me in the Falcon and him in the Tina). I did bump him once, sorry for that sir. I saw that sometimes I could pass him on the inside of the last, long, banked, right hander. If I could pass him carrying enough speed, I could cross the finish line first, right before he passed me again on the long straight. He noticed that though, and started to take the inside of the banked right, leaving me no chance to do that in the last lap. I got extremely lucky though, and the Stang's tires were a bit too worn by the last lap and Roland goes wide. I sneak past and steal 3rd.

I had SO MUCH FUN trying to get past Roland

Thanks for throwing this up Knut.
Thanks to all that showed up.

Knut Omdal Tveito · Jun 28, 2012

Carlos Diaz said:
You were driving too damn fast and broke the game.

Go to 1:04:00, that was my race start

Roland · Jun 29, 2012

A spot on summary of a great race night there, Carlos. FUN being the operative word here. In Race 1 the more easygoing Cortina gave me an opportunity to get to know the track better, to the point where I could indeed catch up with you near the end. No tire issues for me there..
From looking at you guys' Q2 times, I feared I'd be in for a lonely one in Race 2, but no such thing, as I got my Stang off the line rather well, and with the long long run towards T1 I even grabbed the lead for a short while, until the next twisty section

. I planned to give it everything I could to be able to keep up with the Cortina boys for at least a first few laps, figuring me and Ian would be left behind by then anyways.. which worked very well, to the point were my Stang was too wide for Carlos to find a way past in the twisty section, and it had too much grunt on the straights.. So we had an almost race-long battle where Carlos eventually came out on top through the final corner ( I blamed my tires but it might very well just have been my own mistake

) and secured 3rd. Well done mate, you sure enough worked hard to get it!!

Another top event Knut! All of you who didn't make it certainly missed out..