AC Alfa Romeo GTAM/Ford Escort RS1600 @ Sachsenring 1967 - Tue 12th Sept 2023

[JamKart22]

Welcome to the RD Racing Club.

This 1967 historic version of the Sachsenring should be a great test for these cars.

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Event details:

• Cars:
  • Alfa Romeo GTAM https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/1970-alfa-romeo-gtam.28717/
  • Ford Escort RS1600 (KUNOS)
• Skins
  • Alfa Romeo GTAM
    https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/alfa-romeo-gtam-24-cars-skinpack-2k-3k-4k.47768/
• Track: Sachsenring 1967
  • https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/sachsenring-1967.62073/
• Tyre blankets: Yes
• Track Road temperature: 30 Celsius
• Track grip: 100%
• Track limits: No more than 2 wheels over the white/yellow line without a lift of the gas please. You will be penalized if you break this rule.
• Damage: 10%
• Fuel Consumption: 100%
• Tyre wear: 100%
• Pitstop: mandatory, at least 1 liter of fuel.

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Entry list:

• https://acsm.racedepartment.com/championship/9bb3057a-a150-40ca-845c-17ce1767e64b?server=1 Tab Entrants

Server is up

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

@JamKart22
Cant dwnload track,saying server not found.

 

[JamKart22]

Same for me. I assume it's a RD maintenance issue. Try again later.

 

[JamKart22]

Try now

 

[Kek700]

Not the Sachsenring i remember, a difficult track, very difficult, certainly tests the lack of damping in the Alfa.
I don't hold out much hope for surviving, another race of fingers crossed toes crossed survival race.
I cannot imagine I will repeat the luck of the Alfa's last outing.

 

[JamKart22]

I've not managed many clean laps either!

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

Its lovely,whats the matter with you..

 

[H_Belane]

Great car, great track. Count me in!

If anyone has a good basic Alfa setup and would like to share it, I wouldn't say no.

 

[JamKart22]

Great classic car action at Goodwood yesterday...

I'll have to see if I can find any of these cars to try out.

 

[Alfred Wayne]

Great car, great track. Count me in!

If anyone has a good basic Alfa setup and would like to share it, I wouldn't say no.

Its not a race winning set up, but it's my work in progress. Maybe ernie has something to share, he's quick in the alfa

 

[Kek700]

I was going to say everyone seems a lot faster Robert, but just noticed all have migrated to the Escort.

So my advise would be ignore the Alfa setup and drive the RS1600....

 

[gearwhine]

I have a story to share with you guys that i think you will like. As the older guys will know, it is great to be able to still link things with the past and what i just discovered blew me away on a few levels. It involves a certain Maurice Charles who nobody on here will of ever heard of. He was a friend of my Dad and often used to visit us at work and i would be very interested in his motor racing past which he would talk freely to me about for hours. My dad used to tune his cars in his early racing days but the reason for this woffle is that Maurice actually drove as a privateer in two 24 hour Le Mans events driving Jaguars.
I recently downloaded a Jaguar D type which had been updated from a source we must not mention on here and was just looking past the British Racing Green which we all feel is correct and wow behold stumbled upon Maurice Charles 57 in Blue. Could i of ever imagined with this modern hobby which i have fully taken too using VR and actually sitting in the car this man used to drive in the 50,s. A three way connection with myself and two now deceased people knocked me a bit sideways i must admit.
Sorry, just had to get that out there and no, he did not finish either race

 

[Kek700]

You have to have lived through those times to fully appreciate people like Maurice.
Unfortunately.

Maurice's we're everywhere when I was young in all walks of life.
Fortunately

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

Maurice's we're everywhere when I was young in all walks of life.

I think your referring to Noah...Ernie..

 

[Kek700]

you rotter Allan........... true though

 

[JamKart22]

I have a story to share with you guys that i think you will like. As the older guys will know, it is great to be able to still link things with the past and what i just discovered blew me away on a few levels. It involves a certain Maurice Charles who nobody on here will of ever heard of. He was a friend of my Dad and often used to visit us at work and i would be very interested in his motor racing past which he would talk freely to me about for hours. My dad used to tune his cars in his early racing days but the reason for this woffle is that Maurice actually drove as a privateer in two 24 hour Le Mans events driving Jaguars.
I recently downloaded a Jaguar D type which had been updated from a source we must not mention on here and was just looking past the British Racing Green which we all feel is correct and wow behold stumbled upon Maurice Charles 57 in Blue. Could i of ever imagined with this modern hobby which i have fully taken too using VR and actually sitting in the car this man used to drive in the 50,s. A three way connection with myself and two now deceased people knocked me a bit sideways i must admit.
Sorry, just had to get that out there and no, he did not finish either race

What a nice story.

Was it this one ...

This E-type has the engine from a D-type and lay dormant for 58 years

Only now racing at 76MM 58 years on...

www.goodwood.com

 

[gearwhine]

What a nice story.

Was it this one ...

This E-type has the engine from a D-type and lay dormant for 58 years

Only now racing at 76MM 58 years on...

www.goodwood.com

That was his second go at it with the E Type. The 1st was with a D type. Nice find though Colin, i had not seen that.

 

[gearwhine]

That was his second go at it with the E Type. The 1st was with a D type. Nice find though Colin, i had not seen that.

Excellent article Colin. The auther was bang on about the factory support. With both races Lofty England used to through competition parts at him from the back door of the factory and in probability those red wheels would of been a freebe that Morris as i knew him would never of turned down

 

[H_Belane]

Sorry guys, I have to cancel at short notice. Next time I'll definitely be there.

Thanks for the setup Robert

 

[JamKart22]

Thanks everyone for joining and congrats to the podium.

I'm on holiday for a week so Han has got something planned for next week...