Sim Racers 4 Life - Fun Event - Lola T70 at Nordschleife

[gorgias1976]

Hey, people , how was the race on sunday.
Tell us something about it.

I'll try to find today some time to arrange this weekend's announcement. Also I have pending a couple of posts I hope to get some time to write them this week.

[1959nikos]

Hedlund went to see moto-gp.
DJ stayed and won.
Harri was tired and spectated at first race but got jealous in second and joined in. I think she came 2nd?
Dan Minges dissapeared somewhere.
Dan Bayford did good I think.
Cookie spent a lot of time standing on the grass (meditating?).
Tobias was fiery as always, he did a lot of mistakes at 1st race and finished bad, but was more carefull in 2nd race and finished good.
Serhei I think did good as always.
DeeCee is missing.
Tim didnt come as he is working, Jerry didnt come because of workers solidarity.
Steve came and he was good, had some bad crashes tho.
Whom do I miss?

I was happy with myself, last but in one piece, I didnt expect I could ever do a clean lap with such a beast around Nords.

[gorgias1976]

Nice quick summary ;D


****is Harry a "she"?

[1959nikos]

****is Harry a "she"?

lol AFAIK yes (DJ's girlfriend).

[DJCruicky]

Yes, nice write up there Nikos .

These cars for sure tested every ones skills. For sure, one of the hardest cars we done so far.

Think there was a bit of confusion with 1 or 2 drivers for when the qually should have started as the news post is a bit misleading as there is error on it. 'British Summer Time' is 1 hour ahead of 'Greenwich Mean Time' but the invite has them both as the same time.

I was not involved but there was a huge crash in race 1 I saw on replay with half the grid of cars. Think a few lives were lost if race was real :o. RIP Tobias .

Remind me to fix that hole in the grass Cookie was stuck on for his whole race, sorry m8 .
Shame Rik never drove race 1, as he was the only person to stand a chance in beating me . but we did have a close race 2 where I even managed to overtake him :o. But when he tried to overtake me round the the outside of corner before 1st bridge all things went wrong with him. He got 2 wheels on the slippery grass and spun, and taking me with him into the gravel. I got going quick, but Rik had to wait for drivers to pass before rejoining track, but he sure did caught up quick. When we both entered the GP circuit he quit half way round it for reasons unknown? Easy race after that.
Well done to Harri's 2nd place in race 2 .

CU all in next one.

DJC

[1959nikos]

Think there was a bit of confusion with 1 or 2 drivers for when the qually should have started as the news post is a bit misleading as there is error on it. 'British Summer Time' is 1 hour ahead of 'Greenwich Mean Time' but the invite has them both as the same time.

Gorka forgot to take into acount that there is no summer time at GMT and I didnt notice it, its always confusing when time changes.

I propose we simply write London time, so anybody who comes googles London time and all is quick and easy.

[gorgias1976]

****is Harry a "she"?

lol AFAIK yes (DJ's girlfriend).

I had no Idea.
I'm glad and pleased to have a lady onboard (...and a very fast one too) 8)

[gorgias1976]

Think there was a bit of confusion with 1 or 2 drivers for when the qually should have started as the news post is a bit misleading as there is error on it. 'British Summer Time' is 1 hour ahead of 'Greenwich Mean Time' but the invite has them both as the same time.

Gorka forgot to take into acount that there is no summer time at GMT and I didnt notice it, its always confusing when time changes.

I propose we simply write London time, so anybody who comes googles London time and all is quick and easy.

I forgot to update the GMT times when summer time was changed, that's why they were outdated

I like having multiple times so people can better find theirs (if correct :-[ ) but it just depends on what people preffer to have and I'll arrange it.

[bullwinkle]

very nice account Nikos I was happy to see it so I can live the races even tho I cant be there.
Id love to see replays????????????

[JimmyC]

I got caught in others' misery at first, then went off and got stuck on a berm and had to retire. Then I missed the second heat by less than a minute. Not my day. Looking forward to fun with you all on another day.

[1959nikos]

Not my day.

No worries, we are all glad to see you back.

[Harri Mac]

I found the T70 odd to drive, had to deal with it by pretending my favourite 90 year old relative had fallen down the stairs, had a suspected back injury and the T70 was all that was available to get them to hospital. I drove accordingly. Drive straight, don't spin the wheels, don't touch the kerbs, don't press the accelerator if you get on the grass, keep it smooth, use gears to slow as the brakes are both useless and (perversely) cause flat spots. The car felt very heavy, the T290 feels like it will blow away in the breeze in comparison!

[gorgias1976]

I got caught in others' misery at first, then went off and got stuck on a berm and had to retire. Then I missed the second heat by less than a minute. Not my day. Looking forward to fun with you all on another day.

Not my day.

No worries, we are all glad to see you back.

Yes, great to have you back Jim, step by step.

[Hedlund]

When we both entered the GP circuit he quit half way round it for reasons unknown? Easy race after that.

In the braking after the long straight locked one of the front wheels and got that annoying flatspot that makes my wheel rattle so bad. And later, I could not shift up to 3rd and got mad at my shifter so I tried with force, and it came off the table instead and fell on the floor, I spun and lost control and then gave up LOL. I thought the shifter was broken but apparently it was just a mis-shift from me.. I forgot that you can do that in the Howstons..

I was quick, but I had no consistency, maybe because my quali lap was my only lap that day, so it was a well deserved win David. I'm not gonna give up that easy in the league race tho