Road America 1973 Porsche RSR Race Reports

[DJCruicky]

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[Fergy]

Pretty happy with the turn out, 17 drivers on track for the event. A slight drop off but understandable as most of you guys are moving into Summer and we are trying to cram in a late starting league season. With only 3 rounds to go it would be nice to see some more good numbers, 20 plus is always nice.

Started 17th and finished 9th, my 5.30am driving skills are getting better :p Fun racing, nothing to report, a couple of overtakes and a little luck. Looking forward to the next one.

Cheers,
Bryan

[Edvvc]

With only 3 rounds to go...

Will the final round be June 27th?

[Fergy]

Will the final round be June 27th?

Yes, final round for the season. Track to be announced.

[J-P SImard]

Really a bad race for me, I was poorly prepared I realized in race 1 that I had way too much camber or something like that and I didn't have time to change for the main race . It was going well in the corners but I really lacked the speed to compete with the fast guys. I had to push too hard and my tires overheated, it was really bad.

Incident with Ratus: it's not your fault, I didn't see that you were so close there and I didn't give you room, I had been in trouble for a few laps anyway, you should have passed without waiting for me. ;-)

Congratulations to the podium!

[DJCruicky]

We all did this same track in the test race at the start of the season, with the server set to cold and dark overcast weather. Driving it again this time in hot bright summer conditions gives a new experience.

Nice to get another pole position . I still feel like I'm the under dog compared to Ed's and JPS's speed so it's nice to be now putting them under pressure .

Race 1:
Ed and me had a good battle with Ratus following close. I was making it difficult for Ed, but he managed to get passed me. Then I had Ratus all over my tail. I found a bit of extra speed and managed to regain the lead of the race .

Race 2:
Last week at Palm Beach I had 2 cars on my tail the whole race, this time I had 4 cars close on my tail. Ed, JPS, Ratus, and DC, Good Grief! lol. They were all hungry to get passed me, anyone could win.
The plan was simple, try not make a mistake. But of course that happened and Ed and JPS got passed after a number of laps. I was able to re pass JPS very quickly half a lap later.
There was incidences happening behind me so it was just ED and Me left at the front. Some how I put together 2 mega fast laps and caught Ed up very quick and overtook him a number of laps later . He then took the place back later :O. With one lap to go, I took the place back from him . He was chasing me hard the full last lap, just the straight left to the finish line. He gets a better exit than me and starts gaining and gaining on me . (# Que the Netflix dramatic music here #). The finish line still miles ahead, Ed almost side by side of me. We cross the finish line. Heart beating very fast. I managed to get over the line in 1st .
Great race and Epic finish .
Weldone all. CU in next one

[deecee52]

Scrappy racing from me , for some reason I have lost consistency , my laptimes vary hugely on the same setup , I think my comp is misbehaving .

Race 1
Got a good start and dropped in behind JP , tried to put him under pressure but ended up cutting and getting a drive through, came out behind Ron , managed to get past him and Tobias and dropped in behind a purple car , misjudged my closing speed going into turn 11 so took to the grass and did an undertake , I didnt think this was a fair pass so slowed and pulled wide at next corner to give the place back but purple car and Tobias tangled and went off before they got to me so Ron went past again and I dropped in behind him, had a nice little dice and managed to pass on the penultimate lap .

Race 2
Got a good start and made up a couple of places on the first lap , chased the top 4 then kept a watching brief as some hard racing was going on ahead of me , around lap 6 DJ dropped to 3rd and we all concertinaed on the last corner , this gave me a good run on Ratus , we were 3 wide down the striaght, Ratus I think was concentrating on JP on his outside and didnt notice me alongside him , he turned into me and put me off at the first corner , some damage to my rear had taken place as the car was very oversteery from that point , I just tried to stay ontrack from then but 2 laps from the end JP and Ratus tangled and I was close enough to luck into a 3rd place .

[Ratus]

Again great races on a great track.

Race 2
Realy nice folowing DJC, Ed, JP close and Dave near behind us. Then like Dave mentioned a hot moment i think lap 8: 3 wide goint to turn 1. I notices Davids attack on the inside but was suprised of the a bit eary braking and right movement of JP. We just hadnt enough space there. So i had a collision with Dave. Sorry!
Then on lap 10 a incident with JP, i had no space to break or prevent the collision. I guess with this great close racing those things just happen here and there. Finished P4 and happy with a nice race. They just finish too fast for my taste...

Grats to the fast podium pilots, all finishers and the super organisation!

Took some screenshots of the starting grid, close racing, the 3 wide moment before collision and DJC & Ed crossing the finisch Line.

cu at Watkins Glen