Round 5 - Brainerd 210 [May 17th]

Comme souvent, je me foire au moment de l'arrêt au stand. Cette fois-ci, Régis se prend les poteaux à l'entrée. Moteur cassé. Esc. Dommage, j'étais dans le bon groupe, et le bon groove.

Ben Paulet wrote:

Comme souvent, je me foire au moment de l'arrêt au stand. Cette fois-ci, Régis se prend les poteaux à l'entrée. Moteur cassé. Esc. Dommage, j'étais dans le bon groupe, et le bon groove.

Dont worry Ben, You can re capture you groove at Pau

Edited to English because Frank told me it was a shocking translation

Richard Coxon wrote:

Edited to English because Frank told me it was a shocking translation

lol synonyme du gros blaireau : Greg Goissen    

2 h de course , en tete , 125 secondes d avance creusées sur Pascal a la force du poignet , reste moins de 8 tours et dans le 2 eme droite rapide l arriere m echappe et boum moteur mort sur le choc avec le grillage inter
well done Greg          celle la c est une de mes plus belles      

My lesson from this race:

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Smart Pitcrew="0"

As my tires and fuel stop got stretched two extra minutes when my crew decided to buff out some scratches on my door even after I told them "Do not repair". It would have been nice to stay in the race for my second stint but lesson learned and on to Elkhart!

God the start was scary, One of the Firebirds collected a TA2 car at turn 1, he slid into me, I went off track, came back on several places down then it happens again in turn 3. This time Stephen hitting another TA1 car then I tapped Stephen. Led a few laps as TA1 leader but eventually JMarie and someone else picked me off.

Great driving by the lead lap cars. Was easy to predict your pass points.

Greg needs a drink and some pain killers I suspect.

(i think)

And now onto the Indy 500.

Dana Schurer wrote:

My lesson from this race:

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Smart Pitcrew="0"

As my tires and fuel stop got stretched two extra minutes when my crew decided to buff out some scratches on my door even after I told them "Do not repair". It would have been nice to stay in the race for my second stint but lesson learned and on to Elkhart!

I learned this lesson last race. I feel your pain.

Results are up

Mike Becnel wrote:

This time Stephen hitting another TA1 car then I tapped Stephen.

There was no Stephen in the race

Greg Goissen wrote:

125 secondes d avance creusées sur Philippe a la force du poignet

And there was no Philippe either

Tough break Greg

oouupsss pardon Pascal , je ne sais pas pourquoi mais je veux toujours l appeler Philippe ....

That was insane! I love the way you must throw the car into corners and pppoooowwweeerrrssllliiidddeeeee like a there's no tomorrow I qualified sixth, but had to disconnect and reboot because of steering wheel issues, which put me on the last place on the grid. I don't even know how it happened, but I was exiting the third corner on P5 An interesting fight between classes followed, we were three "power boats" mixing with two BMWs. Trust me, I love BMW to death, including my old 1997 3 series, but yesterday I hated that little yellow bugger driven by Timo Vermeersch just as much The end of the first stint ended up as an insane drifting session, as the tyres were cooked. It was awful lot of fun, but slow, of course. I took a more conservative approach to the second stint and tried not to kill the tyres. It's possible if you don't drift like a maniac Overall, it was a great experience, lots of fun and some great racing. I hope to join you next time. Btw, sorry for entering the race totally unprepared and thanks for answering all my questions

Total improvisation sur cette manche

Test à 19 h00, même set que pour toutes les autres manches et GO
Evidemment chrono minable aux qualifications, et beaucoup de fautes de concentration en course
mais bon la course est longue.

Comme qui dirait l’important c’est de participer mais surtout de franchir la ligne.
Donc une bonne seconde de handicap sur Grégoire comme d’habitude j ai envie de dire.
Qui c’est finalement concrétisée à près de 1,5 seconde au tour vu le nombre de conneries que j’ai pu cumulées.

Départ parfait malgré tout, une fois n’est pas coutume.

Petite variante dans la stratégie : 12 litres pour compléter le réservoir et pas de pneus neufs
(50% à gauche et 65% à droite à l’arrivée / 0,9 litre au tour) du coup seulement 11 secondes d’arrêt au stand, le but étant de limiter mon écart avec Grégoire, pour cette potentielle deuxième place.

De souvenir 66 secondes d’avance pour Grégoire avant son passage aux stands, 19 secondes ensuite qu’il me remonte tranquillement et pour atteindre 24 secondes à son avantage avant mon propre passage au stand, soit une petite minute de mieux pour lui avant cette faute mémorable qui lui coute sa course rondement menée jusqu’alors.

Victoire donc servie sur un plateau par MOSSIEU GOISSEN…. Merci Grégoire


Félicitations aux finisseurs et surtout aux TA1 et leurs tracteurs de compets
14 Seulement sur cette course, un scandale !!!!

Frank Verplanken wrote:

Mike Becnel wrote:

This time Stephen hitting another TA1 car then I tapped Stephen.

There was no Stephen in the race

Greg Goissen wrote:

125 secondes d avance creusées sur Philippe a la force du poignet

And there was no Philippe either

Tough break Greg

I was being polite to Mr Parker as I did leave a business card on his ass with my name on it

Translate Version

Total improvisation on this round

Test at 7:00 pm, the same set as for all other rounds and GO
Bad time in the qualifications, and many faults of concentration in race,
but the race is long.

The important it is to participate but especially to cross the line.
A good second of handicap on Grégoire as usual,
Which is finally concretized about 1,5 seconds in a lap (numberof bullshit which I was able to accumulated)

Good Start, for this time.
Small variant in the strategy: 12 liters to complete the reservoir and no new tires (50 % to the left and 65 % to the right on arrival / 0,9 liters in lap)) only 11 seconds of pit stop, the purpose being to limit my gap with Grégoire, for this potential the second place,

To remember 66 seconds ahead for Grégoire before his passage in pits, 19 seconds then which he goes back to me and to achieve 24 seconds his advantage before my own passage in the pit, that was small minute of best for him before this memorable fault which costs him his race conducted quickly and efficiently until then.
Victory served on a plate by Mister GOISSEN. Thank you Grégoire

Congratulations to the finishers and especially to the TA1 and their POWER BOATS

Mike Becnel wrote:

Frank Verplanken wrote:

Mike Becnel wrote:

This time Stephen hitting another TA1 car then I tapped Stephen.

There was no Stephen in the race

Greg Goissen wrote:

125 secondes d avance creusées sur Philippe a la force du poignet

And there was no Philippe either

Tough break Greg

I was being polite to Mr Parker as I did leave a business card on his ass with my name on it

Was that when vincent spun in front of me and i broadsided him, not alot i could do to avoid that that blew my engine with impact

Yes. You really nailed him then I think I tagged you just to make sure you had 4 or 5 new colors on your car. I was dodging to the inside but could not turn hard enough. I could have easily blown a tire had I hit a little harder.

not a bad race at all for me! only very exhausting! i just about fought for positions until the pit-stop(s) had some moments were i had to check my pants and i may have bumped Jan accidentally causing his pit crew problem (i think at least, sorry if so. i had all of the understeer   )

But hey! I achieved 2 of my Sim-Racing goals a Top 10 Finish (overal) and a Top 5 finish (in class) (take that Mr. Butcher!... ow wait he doesn't drive here), although it wasn't to hard seeing that half the field DNF'ed

Fun race, not as exhausting as I thought it would be. Lap one had me giddy afterwards because I had just barely dodged several accidents. At one point I shot for a gap between two stricken power boats and must have cleared both cars by a few pixels The most challenging part of the race was running with Patrice, who was faster than me in the turns, but slower on the straights. This made for more than a few awkward laps, Patrice at one point tagging me in the final turn. I was resigned to finishing behind Dana, but as she has pointed out, her pit crew decided to buff out every last scratch before they let her go 6th in class and 6 points. Onto the next round...

have to admit my motivation has became at the lowest , always happens to me before the summer , girls  sunny weather    
i even cannot keep my phocus to the tracks updates ( which is realy near ) but last night i gave it a chance to race , however it turned out into great fun, feel bad for Ben Paulet, a silly way to end his great run
and mr Jan titz in the pits  
could avoid the mess in the beginning but spun and survived with a heavy banged up car without repairing to  place 4 i think

i think the main phocus now for everybody is the indy 500, hope i can recharge my battery once more
don't want to spoil that so maybe after that its the right time for testing some nurburgring / daytona when admins have spare time to free up a night

François Remmen wrote:

mr Jan titz in the pits  

On the subject of Jan's pit issues -- I was in front of him when he pitted the first time, and I saw him in my mirror enter the pits in the wrong place, on the exit of the final turn. Could this be the cause of the issues he had?

Jason White wrote:

On the subject of Jan's pit issues -- I was in front of him when he pitted the first time, and I saw him in my mirror enter the pits in the wrong place, on the exit of the final turn. Could this be the cause of the issues he had?

I think you may be on to something

Yes surely that's what happened here

I watched the replay. Jan entered the pits wrong. No track issue.

Mistake #2 was chatting during the race. Once I pitted I whispered to him there was no issue with pitting. I assume on his next limp (lap) around the track he got the entry right. I must admit I was impressed with how fast he moved with no tire on one corner!

François Remmen wrote:

have to admit my motivation has became at the lowest , always happens to me before the summer , girls  sunny weather    
i even cannot keep my phocus to the tracks updates ( which is realy near ) but last night i gave it a chance to race , however it turned out into great fun, feel bad for Ben Paulet, a silly way to end his great run
and mr Jan titz in the pits  

Thx François. Indeed, it was very pleasant battle between us, nice and fairplay. Nice asphalt sharing with Dylan, Dana too. Just sad to finish like that.