RACE 07 Racing Club (Merged)

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Hya all

As a start lets kick some WTCC cars after the pause period. :)


Time: 19.00 GMT / 20.00 CET
Practise: 30 min
Qualy: 30 min
Race: 2*10 laps
Weather: Dry

Track: Istanbul
Cars: WTCC 06 and 07

Server name: RSC # RPMnet.org
Password: spa


Server 1 - RSC @ RPMnet.org #1
  1. Attila Domján - Chevy
  2. Gareth Hickling - Peugeot
  3. Pauliebhoy Harrigan - Seat Leon
  4. Gregory Degreef - BMW E90
  5. Mehmet Arikan - Seat
  6. Jerome Benard - Alfa Romeo
  7. Cristian Haba - BMW E90
  8. Christian Deparis - Seat 07
  9. Jens Hoeppner - BMW E90
  10. Patrick van Driel -Seat Leon
  11. James Yates - BMW E46
  12. Jari Vinnari - BMW E90
  13. Marcel Hulsbergen - Alfa 156
  14. Peter Böszörményi - Seat Leon
  15. Kent Karlén - Chevy 07
  16. darron miller - Peugeot
  17. Michael Herrmann - Alfa 156
  18. Nico Major - BMW E90
  19. Rami Kaukola - BMW E90
  20. Christopher Aponte - Seat LEon
  21. Simon Trendell - Peugeot
  22. big daddy Morpheus Lightning McQueen - car tbd
  23. Baron-Rouge[NO-B] - Seat Leon
  24. ingemar petersson Seat Leon
  25. Nevermind - Seat Leon
Server 2 - RSC @ RPMnet.org #2
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I'll let the replay of the first lap tell my story lol. Aside from Matt, Yuri and Bruno, I came out of T1 worst off and my car was very stange to drive. I'm sure Peter enjoyed my couple of brake drifts through T1. Eventually though bent suspension was too much of a handful. Bent it some more, pitted, came out again, span while trying to pass Bernie and giving lots of room lol and then my ex rang me, so I had to answer it as I thought it was urgent, while on lap 20.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJNLGaxXUZI[/ame]
 
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Servername: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM USA
Class: Porsche CUP--> link
Track: Spa-Francorchamps 2004 -> link
Weather: Dry

Event starts at 9pm EST/6pmPST or 1:00gmt
Practice: 30mins
Qualification: 30mins
Warmup: 10mins
Race: 25laps

Notes: Click here to read the password and golden rules!



We are starting a mini Porsche Cup series for North Amercian members. For the next 4 weeks we will run these cars at:
  • Spa
  • Dijon Prenois
  • Mid-Ohio
 
Come join the fun!!


Entrylist:
  1. Eric Kaczmarek
  2. Keith Barrick
  3. Ryan Callan
  4. Claudio Caferri
  5. Michel Salvador
  6. Michel Usal
  7. Bruno Said
  8. Abdul Ahmed
  9. Franz Ulrich
  10. John Deering
  11. Yuri Braham
  12. John Sydenstricker
  13. Michel Hunter
  14. Will Marquez
  15. Glenn Petersen
  16. Rogerio Jesus
  17. João Andias
  18. Driver
  19. Driver
  20. Driver
  21. Driver
  22. Driver
  23. Driver
  24. Driver
  25. Gregory Degreef
 
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Servername: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM USA
Class: STCC / WTCC '07&'06

Track:Mid-Ohio w/o the chicane --> link

Start Time: Saturday 1.00 GMT / Friday 9.00PM EST USA / Saturday 11.00am AEST AUS
Practice: 30mins
Qualification: 15mins - Superpole
Warmup: 10mins
Race: 2x12 laps - One mandatory pit per race with 2 tire change.


Notes: Click here to read the password and golden rules!

Friday night group [click] to join


Weather
DRY

Hey guys, this is a quick summary of how things should go tonite for this race. It involves setting up prerace, racing, etiquette, and a few other reminders.

Practice:

Here you should be getting a handle on your car, whether it is wet or dry. Get comfortable racing around others, and get your awareness up.

You should also be practicing your pit stops. As with all Friday races we require a mandatory 2 tire stop each race. The practice will help you with pit entry, and prevent you from getting a stop and go because of speeding into pit lane.

Now as added excitement of the Friday races, we have chaging weather. With this in mind during practice you should set a few presets. Here are exmaples of mine:

1) Two dry front tires
2) All four dry tires
3) Two wet front Tires
4) All four wet tires
5) Full damage repair

Setting these presets will decrease your chances of having a problem when pitting.

Also it is beneficial to practice both with full race fuel, and with qualifying fuel. Running all your practice with 5-10 liters of fuel will not help when you put in your 30 litres for race time as it adds weight and changes the car.


Qualifying:

We run 15 minutes of Super pole which is an incdividual qualification. When you leave the pits you have 3 laps and they are as follows:

1) Outlap - Used to warm up tires. Also do not damage car this lap :)
2) Hotlap - Your one and ONLY lap to qualify with. It is sometimes better to relax a bit so you do not make a mistake and run off leaving you with a poor qualification and bad starting position
3) Inlap - A cool down lap which you run and enter the pits when finished , you can hit escape when done your hotlap, but it is more fun and real to finish the inlap and also gives you another chance to practice pitting in.

****WHEN YOU ENTER THE TRACK, ONCE YOU RETURN TO PITS, EITHER BY ESC OR DRIVING IN YOU CANNOT GO BACK ON TRACK****


Warmup:

Use this session to get comfortable with race fuel, and to once again practice you pit stops. At this point make sure you have all your presets set in place, and you are comfortable and ready to race. Also a good time to hit the bathroom!

Race:

Now the Friday events have such large fields, on track behaviour is critical. Because one aggresive move, doesnt just affect you and one car, but more like 5-10 cars. Remember this! Everyone is here to have fun just like the other, but think about how one move takes the fun out of it for another. We all like to do well, and make passes, but think of the big picture. Races are decent length, with changing weather, and with pit stops. Things happen and the race unfolds. Let it get there, use caution the first lap.

A few rules of thumb when around multiple cars.

1) Be aware of cars behind, and their position. Do not just think about the car in front. The car behind is just as important
2) When changing lanes to pass, or miss cars ran off, check before changing
3) If you are defending, and attempting to block. You can only make one lane change. There is no swerving to block
4) If a car has a run on you and you see him go inside, BE AWARE. You cannot just turn into a car that is fully beside you (and I mean nose to nose beside you). He is there, and you have to concede position. More then likely if you turn into him and he is there you are going off and your race is hindered
5) When entering pits do so in a safe manner that does not cause obstructions for others.
6) When re-entering the track from the pits, please do so in a safe manner. However remember that you ARE racing for position. Remain behind the line until it breaks, but do not pull a Schumacher and swerve into the lane of a full speed car. (this ends in sorrow)
7) When you are receiving the blue flag, do not panic. Have a look behind and see how close, and plan for a safe spot to allow them by. You do not need to jam your brakes on. Simply back off the throttle off the race line and they will find their way as they are at full pace.

That is all I can think of for now, but I wanted to share this with everyone as we have started having alot of new players join us. I know this is just a refresher for some, but also at the top is a bit of strategy that I use prerace.

I suggest to everyone that races on fridays to use teamspeak, even if you dont have a Mic. It is beneficial, because if someone runs off they announce it, and it gives early warning. Even if you leave it on but on quiet.

Also everyone prerace please remember to download the Most recent skinpack.

Thanks to all the new guys for trying out racing with us, and to all the regulars who race week in week out. I see big things coming for these friday nights and its all because of you guys.

Hope this Summary helps out, I will repost is for each event.

Keith Barrick
 
Entrylist:
  1. Keith Barrick
  2. Michel Salvador
  3. Claudio Caferri
  4. Ryan Callan
  5. Yves Larose
  6. Glenn Peterson
  7. Robert Isles
  8. Kevin Hopkins
  9. Will Marquez
  10. Franz Ulrich
  11. Paul Wood
  12. Willie Watt
  13. William Yunck
  14. Abdul Ahmed
  15. Yuri Braham
  16. Michael Carver
  17. Rhys Gardiner
  18. Daniel Wood
  19. Sel Orme
  20. Timothy Miller
  21. John Deering
  22. Rafael Barbosa
  23. Eric Nelson
  24. Luis Lynce
  25. John Sydenstricker
 
Good race. Started from 14th, got a decent start. Luckily i avoided the start pileup and got to 9th. The usual couple of cars in front spun so was in 6th. But i knew that won't hold and settled for 9th. Then it was the boring middle stint, no one close in front or back so my lap times dropped a bit. Mitchell P went to pits and i noticed that my tires wouldn't hold to finish. Quick calculation: if i pit i could come back to race near Mitchell. But the gap after the pit was around 7 seconds. Tried to push a little and to my surprise started to catch him by half a sec per lap. So the last part of the race was exiting. Pushed the car to my limit and eventually we were side by side in turn 1 but couldn't pass him there. Backed up a bit in order to pressure him to do a mistake but it never came. Then a little bit late on brakes on penultimate lap and lost 2 seconds on grass.

Finished in 9th, after a good battle. Too bad i didn't start to push earlier..
 
I had a good race. Quali 11th which I was a bit suprised with but a 1.33 flat was a good time for me. All you aliens up front need to take care of each other in T1.... or crash off doing fast laps during the race (at least this was what I was telling myself).

Race: I got a monsterous start. I gained 3 spots even before the T1 chaos. I stayed tight on T1 and bumped someone that was collected in the mess. I was side by side with Claudio currently holding 6th spot. Which was where I stayed for a dozen or more laps or so till Peter found his groove. He was closing fast mid race so when he pulled within a second of me I just got out of the line and fluttered the throttle to let him by and pulled back on his 6. I was hoping to follow him several laps and possibly catch 4 and 5 which I believe was Usal and Claudio. That plan didn't work as he ran off and left me.

The rest of the night was uneventful for me as I ran conservative lines and was never threatened from behind.

Finish 7th is okay with the calibre of this group.
 
Sad start for me :(

In the green light I started quick, but Barrick was faster than me and Dragos when a disaster happened...one guy didn´t brake and bumped me. I thought that my car was seriously damaged, but I was alive and the car was with 4 wheels. After this I was 14th/15th and overtake a lot of cars, will be happy with the 2º position, but Dragos decided to wait me. I didn´t know who bumped my, I thought that was Dragos because he waited me. We fought many laps. The tires was getting worse and I had more wing. Two guys were ahead us in the second sector, Dragos lost the car and I took the 1st position and overtake the guys. I didn´t know that wasn´t Dragos that bumped me. If I knew, I would finished in 2nd position. Grats Dragos and the end was very fun.

I discovered another thing: My car had 300 rpm less. I didn´t believe that. Because this my car in the straight was too slow. OMG
 
Very cool race for my part.

Qualied 9th. Never nailed a right setup but at least the car felt "driveable".
Race, 4th. I breaked early at T1, that made it possible to avoid the mess. Was 3rd right away. Michel Salvador was on my tail for a few laps. That was the best part of the race: I knew he was definitely faster then me but I was able to hold him in my mirror, it lasted for 4-5 laps I think. Very fun rally Michel, great driving, great behavior, vraiment l'fun. After a few laps of this, I decided it was better to let him by: he was faster, I wanted tires at the end and most of all didn't want to risk making a mistake and take us both out. Then it was Claudio's turn to have a close look at my rear bumper. I tought it better to let him go also. 2 laps later, he made a mistake and since I wasn't too far away, well, I decided it was enough saving tyres and fuel so I made the pass. From then on, I pushed steadily, my tires felt very good until 3 laps from the end but it was still pretty decent. For the last 8 laps or so, I noticed Peter was trailing me by +-4 sec, I did everything to manage the gap till the end, he was sometimes getting closer so I had to push more again to keep him off. Eventough it never got less than 2 sec, that was a cool battle cause I know he was pushing also. Very happy with 4th in the end. Great racing with you guys, thanks RD
 
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