2014 Nurburgring 24 hour, VLN series 7/12 teams signed up

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A brief reminder to all those competing tonight, please can you make sure routers are freshly reset and caches cleared. If you are unable to see other cars, please make sure this is communicated as soon as possible so that appropriate action can be taken.
 
My connection is so faultless now, I don't disconnect from anything now, it's that good, all because I didn't bother setting it to my cable instead of the wireless connection(same network) now I don't have to worry now.
 
It was actually plux/memto/niko's fun yesterday that inspired that comment, but I imagine it is probably good practice for us all.
 
I'll make sure to reset and all that.. don't want anyone stopping in front of me.. I could se everyone fine only that plux looked like he crashed a couple of times and was stopped on track for a while. then all of the sudden he was back in the front.
 
1:13.0 now, and that was a perfect lap.

But in quali it's very hard to ace a lap, usually I'm quicker in practice since I have more freedom and time, top 3 will be the goal and it looks like me and Plux will be in a tight scrap.

Very close in room 1, memto on 1:13.042, Plux on 1:12.942 and I just pip him with 1:12.939

Now memto does a 1:12.757...
 
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Sounds close.. too bad I'm exactly one second off that ^^ pushing really hard to get under 14 but i can't so far.. done 7 laps in the 1:14.0s though.
 
My apologies for the incident on lap 83? I hope I did not destroy anyone's race.

I started having control issues an lost it. There must be an issue with my connection as I got disconnected when I went into the pits and could not get back in after several attempts.

I will wait till the race is over and then try and join again.

I will reset my router once again!, did it just before the race as well. now I am getting "Error code 80710102"?

IT WAS NOT A RAGE QUIT although I am in rage about my teams lack of commitment.
 
S'alright WIDFO, you even made it to 70% so you get scored for 6th too. Well done to room 2, seems we successfully outlasted room 1 by some margin.

Can I get race reports, including having had a clean race, from all drivers via PM.

Good racing again =)
 
You want the reports for both rooms?

Edit: I'm gonna presume it is so, no harm done if I have to send it to someone else later. ^^
 
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You want the reports for both rooms?

Edit: I'm gonna presume it is so, no harm done if I have to send it to someone else later. ^^

If you could send them to the appropriate steward, Memto89 Room 1 and myself for Room 2 we would be much obliged.
 
Sorry for the contact while exiting Turn 1 lout, was saving my front left at the time, I wasn't expecting you to be so much faster through the exit, and only noticed as you got alongiside, I hope no damage was caused.

Quali I did a 1:13.0, race I did a 1:13.1
 
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Thanks for good race, was very hard, I couldn't rich 1.13 in my nissan at all so I had to drive very defensive and try to keep my position. Last 20 laps were excelent :) Had one contact with jonny while I try to get into pit, but hope with no damage. Hope to change a car in next season, becouse now it's very frustrate to fight on the same level. Thanks again
 
Thanks for good race, was very hard, I couldn't rich 1.13 in my nissan at all so I had to drive very defensive and try to keep my position. Last 20 laps were excelent :) Had one contact with jonny while I try to get into pit, but hope with no damage. Hope to change a car in next season, becouse now it's very frustrate to fight on the same level. Thanks again

Hehe, I think it was as much my fault as yours, came through the final 'S' to find I'd closed up about 5 car lengths much to my surprise, didn't get damage though so you're not at risk of a penalty for it.
 
My apologies to my team for my no show this week, I have been confused by us going into acdst time, thus only allowing at maximum 3 hours rest between the race and work, if I worked in a factory or in a different job id have competed, but I am a truck driver and im not risking my life or the lives of other road users by not having sufficient rest,

After a short chat with memto prior to the race I will and the series runs on BST which goes back an hour next week I believe, so I will be ok for Nurburgring round,
 
Gutted about my connection issues... Connection was perfect for an hour and half of practice (and 2hrs prior to that in my own lounge) and then just as Matt opens quali, bang it goes. It went a further 3 times before it died on the grid... I didn't come back as I didn't want to waste anyone else's time. It was my end this time as nothing in the house would connect to the router...

I'm sorry for the team as we put a lot of work in and a podium result was on the cards despite Play's surprising pace... Congrats to CCR for another fine race and Scott for a great second place in room 2!
 
Reigning 2013 N24 champions and 2012 runners up, Team GHH, are withdrawing from this series and the 24hr race.

The reasons are numerous and justified.

WIDFO and Dave may continue in the series and N24 but I am unsure.

Some will say it's a pity but there are others that will rejoice in this news because we would have been a big threat and with 48 hours of N24 action under our belts, the only team with that much and the only team to not disconnect, that is a cold hard fact that cannot be disputed.

This is a big decision but in the end it is the right one to make and I stand by it.

Special thanks to Kurt and Olivier from WURKS for giving us so much joy on the track and leadup to the previous 2 races, you two lads have been sorely missed by a lot of people that's for sure...

More thanks to my team mates Luke, Dan, Dave and Johan over the years as well, wouldn't have been possible without you guys and it has been a pleasure to run with you.

Massive thanks to the CRAP group, the support for GHH from them was a big factor in getting us over the line and cannot be understated.

Much love to the Swedes in TOR, you guys were and still are awesome and I really hope you come back from The Hell with a win in 2014 :)

Cheers also to the Ring Bandits, you guys got us the first time and we still have a score to settle there, maybe one day we can go at it again 👍

Will see some of you around the track and hopefully in some events I have planned for the future.

HP
 
Sorry to hear that HP. Was looking forward to fight with GHH in february. I wish you luck in upcoming events and maybe we'll see you again some day.
 
Thanks for good race, was very hard, I couldn't rich 1.13 in my nissan at all so I had to drive very defensive and try to keep my position. Last 20 laps were excelent :) Had one contact with jonny while I try to get into pit, but hope with no damage. Hope to change a car in next season, becouse now it's very frustrate to fight on the same level. Thanks again

You did a great race. I'm sorry I drove so aggressivly, especially in the last stint. I was really tired towards the end and at one time blacked out during braking when I saw the back of your car closing in I got a reflex to release the throttle but released the brake :P only to slam into you. I'm glad i didn't ruin your race. I hoped for a mistake until the end but you were flawless. It was frustrating to lose that place to you but you deserve it. The worst thing is that i cant blame it on anything but myself (even though i try my best to do it) :P
 
Sorry for the contact while exiting Turn 1 lout, was saving my front left at the time, I wasn't expecting you to be so much faster through the exit, and only noticed as you got alongiside, I hope no damage was caused.

Quali I did a 1:13.0, race I did a 1:13.1

No worries mate, I think we were both to blame for that. No damage was done, was just some good hard racing! Really enjoyed the scraps we were having.

Sorry for backing out early too, i just couldn't stay awake
 
Would've been interesting to see where i would finish if I could finish last night. I did better than expected!
 
We need clarification on something. In the OP it first says that the final race will be on nürb 24h, and then above the event timer it says nürb GP/F. So which is it?
 
We need clarification on something. In the OP it first says that the final race will be on nürb 24h, and then above the event timer it says nürb GP/F. So which is it?

It will be the Nurb 24H circuit.
 
Thought so, just didn't want any misunderstandings. :)

Also, what is it with me and quali? had been practising all day and not managed to go under 1:14, and then in quali I did a 1:13.6! Same thing happened last time. Really weird, but I like it.
 


This is a little video of some of the GT cars we shall be using after the CSS has finished. The specs of the cars are closer to what will be used a) for the rest of the season b) what cars we will use in the N24.

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Calendar for the rest of the season

9th November: CSS FINAL Nurburgring race

30th November: 1ST VLN Endurance race Using New cars

6th December: GT6 released

4th January: 2ND VLN Endurance race Using GT6 cars

1st February: 3RD VLN Endurance race Using GT6 cars

22nd-23rd February: Full 24h of the Nurburgring

Please note this down as we would not want you to miss anything. also people who are at work, it gives you time to book off if needs be etc.
 
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this build up to the N24 is really getting things exciting, specially if we get some competitors bleed over from/ too the WEC, i know i can trust to race all of you hard and fair,
 
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