SR4L F2 Fun Race League Rnd 5 Lime Rock

[Fergy]

Image by Giorgio Minga

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Round 4 Monaco Race Report,
what a round of racing it was.

Race 1,
We saw 10 drivers DQ which really sums up Monaco and how hard it is just to finish a lap let alone a full race. DC took the win followed by John Cook and Vittorio. New member Tom Johnson getting himself in the points finishing with a nice 7th.
Race 2,
A familiar face returned to the podium and a much needed win for Marcel with the in form DC taking second followed again by John Cook yet again in third.
Race 3,
Race 3 was a great fight between the dynamic duo Marcel and David Cruickshank with Marcel coming out on top tight battle and yours truly in 3rd place still with water logged ears.

Five drivers managed to finish all three races, Neela, Tom, Vittorio, Cookie and Giorgio. That in itself is an outstanding effort. Well done guys and gal

Bad luck to Gorka who suffered technical issues but still leads the championship, a small consolation.

All in all a great nights racing, the intensity before race one was incredible and so to the evenings racing.

See you all at Lime Rock

Bryan Ferguson


Rules&Regulations

Please read the SR4L rules and regulations before racing this league
http://simracers4life.com/index.php?board=16.0

Mod&Cars
You will need to log into the SR4L League site and go to Drivers/Edit Data/Seasons
Choose the mod, SR4L F2 60's Fun Race League.
Choose your car and car number e.g. Spark F2 number 23.
Add your real name to Nick in Sim* Our league policy is race with your real name.

Car Choices:
EVE F2 MS7 is car number 22
EVE F2 MS7/1 is car number 23
EVE F2 MS7/2 is car number 3
Spark F2 is car number 23 or 48
Winged Spark is now available.

Points System

Drivers and Team points use the current F1 points system 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 .
Qualifying bonues for Pole position = 1 point
Fastest lap of the race = 2 points
Most laps on lead bonus = 1 point
Finish 100% of the race = 2 points

Race Times&Details

Sunday March 17th, byo pickled mustard sandwiches

Prac 17:25
Qual 19:25
Race 20:00

3x20 Lap races. Reverse grid order race 3.

*All race times are GMT

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Weather Forecast



Overcast but staying dry.

Server Settings

One pit stop required with a Tyre change
Fuel usage x5
Tyre wear Normal
Damage 50%
Auto Clutch on

[b]Drivers electing not to change tyres will be disqualified[/b]

Server name

! Server 1

Race Day Password

simracers4life

TeamSpeak

IP address 178.77.67.87
Password sr4l

Good luck at Lime Rock,

Bryan Ferguson
Race Director

Paul Swire
Administrator

[Fergy]

I'll confirm the fuel setting tonight.

[1959nikos]

I only knew Lime Rock from Skip Barber but there is more to it



"When I'm telling racing stories at cocktail parties and people's eyes glaze with boredom - this takes nearly 30 seconds - I know exactly what to say to regain my audience: "I've shared the track with Paul Newman."

Works every time.

Note the careful phrasing: I imply, but do not actually say, that I've raced against Newman, who's known as PLN around the track. I've never raced against him because our cars run in different classes. My class comprises Mazdas, Porsches, Acuras, and BMWs. It's a reasonably fast group but it is nothing, repeat nothing, compared to Newman's class: GT-1, made up of the fastest, lowest, widest, loudest, most brutish cars at the track.

Keep that in mind when you consider 83-year-old Paul Newman racing. He's not chugging around the track in a jolly '53 MG, silk scarf flying, eh wot? He's strapping on a 700-horsepower weapon that scares the bejesus out of people when he merely starts the engine. (As Dave Barry would say, I am not making this up. Inevitably, a crowd of looky-loos gathers around poor PLN's paddock when he races at Connecticut's Lime Rock Park. You should see them jump when he fires up his Corvette.)

Last year I went to a test day at Lime Rock to tune my car for a big season-ending race. During these test days, cars from various classes run at the same time. This is perilous because some of the cars are much faster than others - drivers must keep an eye on their mirrors to avoid unpleasant surprises.

As it turned out, I was grouped with Newman, but didn't realize it because we hit the track at different times.

So there I was, sailing along, cutting lap times I was pleased with. Each time I drove down Lime Rock's long front straight I glanced in my mirrors, searching for faster cars. Nothing.

Without warning, in the middle of a turn leading onto a section called No Name Straight, I heard a furious blat. Half a second later, Paul Newman passed me on the outside and vanished. He was so fast that I'd never spotted him, so fast he could pass me whenever and wherever the hell he wanted.

He must have passed me 10 more times that day. Usually I saw him coming in my mirrors, but sometimes that angry blat was my first clue. He was that fast. (Insult to Injury Dept.: For some time now, Newman has used his age as his race car number. So each time he blew by me I got to stare at a big 83 on the back of his car, evidence I'd been passed by an old man.)

Poor journalist that I am, I've buried the lede and the point of this story. Yesterday, the powers that be graciously shut down Lime Rock for a few hours to let Paul Newman spin a few farewell laps in his GT-1 Corvette and say goodbye to his favorite race track. As most know by know, PLN has cancer, and I'm hearing he doesn't have an awful lot of time left. He's a helluva racer. Can act a little, too.
Posted by Steve Ulfelder at 7:53 AM "

[Fergy]

News updated.

[gorgias1976]

No Chicane version, I suppose. (The chicane could be too controversial)

[deecee52]

PIckled Mustard!!!! Eugh ham and cheese for me

[Fergy]

good work

[Lecram]

Hehe I was like :o : when I read that but now I understand ;D

I think this will be a mad one, short fast track, times are very close, a crest capable of ending your race... 8)

[1959nikos]

sausages and sauerkraut for me.

[Neela]

sausages and sauerkraut for me.

LOL Nikos The best Sauerkraut and sausage you get in Munich

[1959nikos]

Ill visit asap Neela or better you bring some at Sunday race?