1973 IMSA Road Atlanta 200 [December 1st]

Impossible to attend tonight, sorry.

Ben, I have been experimenting some problems today with my PC doing sudden "freezes" for half a second, is it OK if I start at the back of the grid no matter what time I set? I fear that I might cause havoc if the PC freezes during the start of the race, in the middle of the pack  

how again to send private messages on race server to not disturb?


was it woth a frontslash?

/jens

or so?

Pas trop compris sur ce coup-là : pas de surrégime, % moteur qui ne baisse pas, aucune faute et boummm..moteur au 7ème tour !

Bonne course  

Ma carte graphique n'aime pas ce mod, sans doute trop lourd pour elle, mais elle m'a bien montré la pile de pneus en bêton de la chicane, que j'ai tapé pleine face... C'était injouable, pas regret pour moi donc.

A+

Jens Kraft wrote:

how again to send private messages on race server to not disturb?


was it woth a frontslash?

/jens

or so?

/w Name of Recipient Message

Hope that you all is having a nice race, just got home from a nice evening with my relatives

Bloody Force feedback, Wasnt right from start, so pulled over on formation lap to try and correct it but no joy! Had a great battle with Mike, Jens and Pat for a while till i spun and then collected the barrel's of death

Thanks for organising, shame i could partake for longer. Hopefully will now be able to redeem myself in the America's race.

Thanks

Jason  

On a beau dire, y a des moments où c'est difficile de rester poli.

Vincent Beretta wrote:

On a beau dire, y a des moments où c'est difficile de rester poli.

Je pense que c'est pour moi. Désolé, je perds le contrôle avant la chicane mais vous êtes encore loin et malheureusement dans le virage d'après, je vais vers l'exter pensant que vous allez tous les deux vers l'inter et je vois une voiture encore plus exter ...

Je n'ai pas compris le comportement de ma voiture. J'ai roulé normalement en qualif et même avant et la, impossible de la tenir au freinage, le cul passait devant malgré la repartition de freinage.. Je me suis arrêté changer de pneus, rien à faire.

Connection lost with 1/4 distance to go. Fudge.  

Tiago Malafaya wrote:

Jason  

Oh shoot. Was that you?    Very sorry.  I hate that damn corner at the top of the hill; was a crapshoot almost every lap.

Ma BM etait vraiment difficile à piloter mais j'y suis tout de même parvenu pendant une vingtaine de tours, jusqu'à ce que mon moteur me lache  

Belles luttes avec Mike, Jens et surtout Richard  

Désolé Tiago pour la poussette dans le bac à sable de la chicane, j'avais le leader aux fesses  

Merci aux organisateurs pour cet évenement, c'etait vraiment sympa de voir toutes ces voitures aux carracteristiques differentes en piste  

just 5 laps to go and i accidentally double downshifted an my engine blew up.... im going to kill myself....

Jason White wrote:

Tiago Malafaya wrote:

Jason  

Oh shoot. Was that you?    Very sorry.  I hate that damn corner at the top of the hill; was a crapshoot almost every lap.

I saw you going to the grass and at that point there was nothing I could do. I was going to pull to the side after that turn  

That was tough but a good race for me  

I had challenged myself to end the race with the bloody tailhappy Alpine, and so I did and I even ejoyed the ride!

Started dead last to prevent causing trouble to the rest of the field in case of freeze and made some initial slow laps with the tail end of the grid, even touched one who had spun and had a bit of damage in the body. The trouble came when I pitted at lap 40 and forgot to dsiable damage repair, as my crew wasted 180 seconds making my Alpine look mint  That killed any chances of me catching Mike, who did a great race, and so I thought about david when I noticed him stuck at the pits. I guess the same stupid repairs, right mate? Bloody game, not fix damage should be default   

Anyway happy to have proved myself in a long race, was already a bit annoyed by my latest DNF

Roll on TCL now  

Tiago Malafaya wrote:

Jason White wrote:

Tiago Malafaya wrote:

Jason  

Oh shoot. Was that you?    Very sorry.  I hate that damn corner at the top of the hill; was a crapshoot almost every lap.

I saw you going to the grass and at that point there was nothing I could do. I was going to pull to the side after that turn  

Again, very sorry.  

Lan Weingerl wrote:

just 5 laps to go and i accidentally double downshifted an my engine blew up.... im going to kill myself....

That's a shame  

We had a good race until then, never more than 5 seconds I think  

yes it was great.... but im really mad now  

Sorry to whoever I tagged early on (and pulled myself over to let you pass). I diod not expect you to let off that hard coming onto straight. Very sorry.

Other than the above I had a good race. No major offs and no spins was a surprise. Took forever to get the back end of the Escort to behave. Still had nothing for Joel's times in his Escort. Nice run to you Jens, enjoyed racing you. Also great running with many others, was really fun.

You GTU guys were fast. One of the better outings I have had and still managed only a 5th and would have been 6th if I did not turn repairs off.

Jason White wrote:

Tiago Malafaya wrote:

Jason White wrote:

Tiago Malafaya wrote:

Jason  

Oh shoot. Was that you?    Very sorry.  I hate that damn corner at the top of the hill; was a crapshoot almost every lap.

I saw you going to the grass and at that point there was nothing I could do. I was going to pull to the side after that turn  

Again, very sorry.  

No worries, if the engine didn't die at the entry of the pits, I'd still be racing  

But still, the gap from 90% of the field to the Mustang is huge (10-11 sec. per lap +-)

 3 ème avec la boite manuelle   
 Bravo Greg,Martin avec l'américaine

Incredibly, was no more than two rounds before the end of the race!!! And I also unhappy victim burned in the engine!
                 


However, I am very pleased with the participation in the race! Thank you guys for the great company, patience and skill! Today I will give you a lot of trouble! These cars are really complicated for me, but I received great pleasure from driving. I'll watch the replay and prepare thousands of apologies!

And the main thing I congratulate Gregoire with wonderful victory!!!
          

i dont know if it was me mike


the race was so superb i am VERY HAPPY


you might think i am mad, but i am full of emotions.

i had so many spins. this race i finished without damage nor spin. and the best part is without a shift miss or so.
i came back after a huge break and couldnt even race longer than 10minutes.

i was desperate because when i lowered the bump/rebound to 5/5 the car was finally cornering but spinning all day.

i went save to 6/6 in my 914/6 2.5 Max und Moritz



this was such a great race because all people struggled so hard and the discrepance in horsepower gave some serious trouble.

my time was 38 or even 37.x in qualiifying. i started place 27. or 28.

at the start some guys got stinged by wasps and raced like a huge train on the inside of turn 1. all i did was letting them by, still it was troubleful

Audran in his super muscle car was impressive in turn 2 in my mirrors.

after that i saw that i could go much faster, my pb 36.xx and in practice i did 37. but the people were quite hard !

hamilton braked inside after the long straight so hard i went ointo the grass to avoid him.
after finally getting some space i turned the pace faster - and stayed at 1 37 mid.

when the tires went away i got faster and faster. i managed turn 1 and the last turn so fast, all cars, even the 911 all "dispappeared". crazy little car could go flat out.

btw another guy in a red porsche or so came close to me t the liong straight and also shovved me off, that was some real tough stuff. i was so scared i never kept fighting.


problem:
i didnt know taht my pace was even increasing. cornering speed turn one was so faster with tires short before red i was still at 1 37.low. so in effect i was faster than at race start.

the pit sstop costed me 77 seconds.
the FL was a 1 35.6

imagine a PB in the race whilst i was full of danger to spin.

i cant believe what happened today but i practiced hard, was 1sec slower and always in danger. it was superb but still i dont know what magic thing happened.

u see i am delighted.

i am so thankful for the race u gave me such great moments.

great sstuff u done guys!

i can hear the little wimp talking into the teamradio after race:


"ooo deng yu boys ... oo dank you .. you are such a great team ..... "



"YEEEES" (lol) from wimp to shout.


without pit stop i couldve managed about 70more seconds ahead.


and finally i finish in this league. in f1 91 in adelaide my brakes overheated and in another race my rfactor crashed. i think wsc70 in keimola with the little 906 03 going at lola pace the only mod i can drive becuase its like GPL!



thanks, and sleep well !!!

and a huge respect to all those getting lapped so often, like vadim.

u had my respect every lap i lapped you.

RTL

lol