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- Morecambe, Lanc
- ellisnutt
Today i was in a race on suzuka for an FGT championship (https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=209079). 45 laps with 13 racers, i wont go into details of whom look on the thread shown. It began with some qualifying and i personally set a 1.28.349 i think qualifying me 5th. The race started and as per usual in these races the first corner was a bit mad. Several people spun off including myself on the exit of the corner. But throughtout the race i steadily caught up through the ranks until around the 10th lap i caught up with CCCOBX and had a very enjoyable racing battle with him. Until i began to realise i needed some fresh rubber and pitted in on the 13th lap fueling up 15 litres for a quick pit stop. Once again i found myself climbing through ranks again, with people beginning to pit in more now it made for some very interesting racing ( someone even lasted 18 laps on the first stint 
) Then the race continued as normal for me. Had a small race battle with 'Smithaz' and GTP_Kingsakery at some point which was very good fun. But then i realised on my 23rd lap that my fuel was not exactly plentiful. So i began to panic 
. Pitted in and decided that fueling up around 78 litres of fuel was the right way to go meaning my last stop was a splash and dash. Now at the time i thought this was a brill idea and as i went it seemed like it. Pitted in again,my team mate out due to running out of fuel. Anyhoo on the 36th lap i thought il pit now,get a good last 10 laps and hammer it. And it seemed to be working, on the 42nd lap i overtook Runfast and had my sights yet again on CCCOBX. But with 2 laps left i thought it was a lost cause. last lap, i was near but not near enough, then i realised. My fuel gauge was infact just off empty. I panicked.But rejoyce! CCCOBX ran out of fuel too on the second to last corner (credit to him we wouldv beat me otherwise he did well) I overtook him with a massive smile on my face. On the last corner my fuel and car died. I thought "oh no someone will catch up " but i rolled across the line in 6th place. A mid table finish and personally a good one and a cracking race. Credit goers to Rhyfelwr79 for organising and hosting the race and to the rest of the racers. Special credit to ronin85 for winning the race by some margin. Thanks for reading and hopefully my fellow racers will post their view of the race 
ellisnutt
) Then the race continued as normal for me. Had a small race battle with 'Smithaz' and GTP_Kingsakery at some point which was very good fun. But then i realised on my 23rd lap that my fuel was not exactly plentiful. So i began to panic . Pitted in and decided that fueling up around 78 litres of fuel was the right way to go meaning my last stop was a splash and dash. Now at the time i thought this was a brill idea and as i went it seemed like it. Pitted in again,my team mate out due to running out of fuel. Anyhoo on the 36th lap i thought il pit now,get a good last 10 laps and hammer it. And it seemed to be working, on the 42nd lap i overtook Runfast and had my sights yet again on CCCOBX. But with 2 laps left i thought it was a lost cause. last lap, i was near but not near enough, then i realised. My fuel gauge was infact just off empty. I panicked.But rejoyce! CCCOBX ran out of fuel too on the second to last corner (credit to him we wouldv beat me otherwise he did well) I overtook him with a massive smile on my face. On the last corner my fuel and car died. I thought "oh no someone will catch up " but i rolled across the line in 6th place. A mid table finish and personally a good one and a cracking race. Credit goers to Rhyfelwr79 for organising and hosting the race and to the rest of the racers. Special credit to ronin85 for winning the race by some margin. Thanks for reading and hopefully my fellow racers will post their view of the race ellisnutt
