Special Class Race: BMW Coupe Up The Soup Around At Autumn Ring
Car: BMW M4 Coupe '14
Tires: Sport Softs
Laps: 80
Time / Time Progression: 12:00 / 20
Date: March 15, 2014
Turtle Racing League - Division 1
Results
Pole - GTP_K1utch
1st Place: GTP_K1utch (Fastest Lap - 1:18.888)
2nd Place: gr8racrs (Fastest Lap - 1:20.087) +1:17.259
3rd Place: lightningdf22b1 (Fastest Lap - 1:20.691) +1:20.134
4th Place: DolphDrago (Fastest Lap - 1:20.397) +1:27.745
5th Place: LeoStrop (Fastest Lap - 1:19.476) +1:57.559
6th Place: GTMX-HECTO1 (Fastest Lap - 1:21.025) +2:43.119
7th Place: RacingOtaku86 (Fastest Lap - 1:21.102) +Time Expired
Turtle Racing League - Division 2
Results
Pole - GTP_Severn
1st Place: GTP_Severn (Fastest Lap - 1:20.826)
2nd Place: SpeedDeemin (Fastest Lap - 1:21.274) +8.914
3rd Place: TheThirdRoy (Fastest Lap - 1:21.201) +Time Expired
4th Place: liampage123 (Fastest Lap - 1:21.025) +DNF/DC
5th Place: johnsom (Fastest Lap - 1:21.323) +DNF/DC
6th Place: BigMoMo101(Fastest Lap - 1:21.921) +DNF/DC
Turtle Racing League - Division 3
Results
Pole - randy1122
1st Place: dpinho1975 (Fastest Lap - x)
2nd Place: randy1122 (Fastest Lap - x) +2.164
3rd Place: ScorpionPHVH57 (Fastest Lap - x) +15.598
4th Place: GTP_tzracer (Fastest Lap - x) +18.359
5th Place: euclid58 (Fastest Lap - x) +1:06.995
6th Place: Whodoyouthink (Fastest Lap - x) +1 lap
7th Place: j4hun2ter0 (Fastest Lap - x) +1 lap
8th Place: gears1000 (Fastest Lap - x) +DNF
*fastest lap times not provided...may be added at later time
Turtle Racing League - Division 1 Final Results
1st Place: GTP_K1utch (50 Points - Pole)
2nd Place: gr8racrs (45 Points)
3rd Place: lightningdf22b1 (42 Points)
4th Place: DolphDrago (39 Points)
5th Place: LeoStrop (36 Points)
6th Place: GTMX-HECTO1 (33 Points)
7th Place: RacingOtaku86 (30 Points)
Turtle Racing League - Division 2 Final Results
1st Place: GTP_Severn (50 Points - Pole)
2nd Place: SpeedDeemin (45 Points)
3rd Place: TheThirdRoy (42 Points)
4th Place: liampage123 (39 Points)
5th Place: johnsom (36 Points)
6th Place: BigMoMo101 (33 Points)
Turtle Racing League - Division 3 Final Results
1st Place: dpinho1975 (48 Points)
2nd Place: randy1122 (47 Points - Pole)
3rd Place: ScorpionPHVH57 (42 Points)
4th Place: GTP_tzracer (39 Points)
5th Place: euclid58 (36 Points)
6th Place: Whodoyouthink (33 Points)
7th Place: j4hun2ter0 (30 Points)
8th Place: gears1000 (27 Points)
Turtle Racing League - Race Night Recap
Division 1: With a combined D1/D2 room, there was exciting and close racing throughout the evening. GTP_K1utch humiliated the field by taking the pole, running a sensational 1:18 lap time in the race, and lapping up to 3rd place by the end. There was no contest. gr8racrs, despite admitting to not having a set strategy for the race, put in some very fast laps near the end the race after a late pit stop and passed lightningdf22b1 on the final lap to take 2nd place. lightningdf22b1 ran a solid, consistent race to take home his bronze finish. DolphDrago had a horrid start to the race and was very inconsistent in the first stint of the race. He was much more consistent and faster when keeping the car on track throughout the rest of the race, using a 3 stop strategy, and finished 4th overall. LeoStrop was the only other driver to even put down a race lap time of under 1:20, and ran a strong 2nd for almost the entire race. Unfortunately, he ran the tires off of his car late in the race and had to make an extra pit stop for some fresh rubber. But he came back quickly in the final laps, picking off a few drivers to finish 5th. GTMX-HECTO1 ran a 4 pit stop strategy, and had a 6th place to show for it among the D1 drivers. Finally, rounding out the field was RacingOtaku86, who has shown some frustration in the last few weeks. (Hang in there, buddy!) Overall, it was a long, hard fought race with some great battles. I have a feeling many of the Turtles were worn out by the end and happy to see the checkered flag. Congratulations to GTP_K1utch on his win!
Division 2: Once again the Turtles of D2 had to combine with D1 to make a full grid and for some very exciting racing. Severn got the pole followed closely by ThethirdRoy. From the jump you clould see that this was going to be very close between these two vetern's. The entire pack kept it close for the first couple of laps until they sorted themselves out and settled in for what would be a long race. Talking with the driver's before the race it was clear that it would be all about strategy, with tire and fuel management. With a little difficulty on cold tires johnsom slipped to the back of the pack but knowing this would be a long race steadily held the pace until his abrupt end after his engine blew on lap 44. BigMoMo101 was having a great battle with liampage123 until misfortune also hit him on lap 23 when his engine suddenly let go. We were left with only four racers to battle it out for the win. Everyone was nervous as they all use the same engine manufacturer of Polyphony Digital, and with reliablity issues at the forefront all were wondering if their engines would hold out for the duration of the race. Unfortunately liampage had a piston-rod let go and suffered the same fate as BigMoMo101 and johnsom and had to retire on lap 50. SpeedDeemin had a few too many mishaps on track and couldn't catch the front runners of ThethirdRoy and GTP-Severn. Those two had an epic battle for top spot throughout the entire race until the final lap when ThethirdRoy gambled and miscalculated his fuel and ended up not finishing the race as he ran out. Such a shame after what was clearly a great run for him. Congratulations to GTP-Severn on his top podium finish. The Turtles now pack up and head out to the Twin Ring Motegi Road Course in Japan and clearly with the DNF's some redemption for some.
Division 3: Since it's better than nothing, here's randy1122's account of the race: randy1122 jumped out out to a 14 sec lead by lap 15. Wore his fronts out. They were on 4 and 5. Pitted on lap 20 his lead had dropped to 6 seconds by then. He played catch up the whole rest of the race wearing his front tires out each time. He ran a fools race. He deserved to finish last for his inexperience and foolishness in long races. Lesson learned.
A friend of a friend of mine is selling a G27 really cheap (Im in Argentina and idk how much it costs in the US, lets say that he's selling it at half the price). So... should I buy a PS4 or the 27? I always wanted a wheel, but I'll have to wait for the PS4, and its probably that it wont be compatible with gt7 
Thanks anyway 
