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Tomorrow.... Long sprints at Goodwood. G4. If we have a bunch we can discuss a longer race
 
Thanks for allowing me to join your room last night Ned, what a wonderful evening. The Gr4 group of cars run well at Goodwood, over the last few days I've been testing all groups from N100 to Gr1 you just have to adjust your approach each time to the race.

Thanks again Ned great nights entertainment.

At least it is still a Ring :scared: just a mini Ring :D:D
 
Now as to Sunday....

how about the great little Japanese circuit...that seems to have been forgotten by us. We will start with N100s

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The last Sunday race this month will be at La Sarth


We will be doing a 2.4 hour race using the IRS rules and regs and adding our two special rules 1. there will be a 5 minute driver change simulation pit stop of 5 minutes. 2. all of our normal rules apply including that if you cause an accident that forces another driver to pit to fix damage you must follow him to the pits and perform a full pull stop. Upon leaving the pits you must stop and let the driver you" had off" pass you and get approximately 5 seconds ahead of you.

Livery rules will be relaxed, but no stock liveries.
We plan one room but will run more if required. This will be on the last Sunday this month at 1330 Central US.
The start will be staggered and in file.

Classes tentatively LMP2 and G4

Please post here with car class and type.

@GTP_Versatile @Jacob Falcon@WanganGhost @Timlour@Alltrac185 @Jw_wk1010 @GTP_Nail@racingchamp30
@aceboy127 @TEX36 @Herimopp89@Rob Pardun @GTP_Guido@damonc84 @SAMHAIN85@TexasJDC @Bubdub804 @Antares26@Nick Cannella
 
Would it be ok if i ran my Ford GT LM Spec II test car which is a Gr.3 car or do i need to pick a GR.4 car to run for Sunday Afternoon?
 
GTP_Nail
Go to IRS thread to see what cars are allowed. Classes are G3, Lmp2, and LMP1. Normally we run G4 and G3 on the Ring but for this event which is a mirror of the IRS race we run their settings. GREAT to see you !!!!!

link to IRS
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...ps-open-qualifying-sessions-this-week.387847/
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I would like to run my 2.4HR car which would be the Ford GT LM Spec II car. For the 5 minute pit rule, does that mean just pitting in getting fuel, tires and switching tire compounds for the race which i am sure it is less than 5 in the pits in the game itself or just running RH tires the entire race in the VLN series? Since there is no tuning, would i need to buy a separate Ford GT or be able to use the one i tuned for the 2.4HR race?
 
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yes to the GT.
as to pit stop: enter the pits TOUCH NOTHING! When the timer on the upper right hits 5:00 hit the button to change tyres, and go from there.
 
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A 90 minutes la sarthe race with same settings as IRS but cars will pace to tetre rouge in line and then start. Room private and grid set by practice times. Room opens at noon central. Race at 1330.
 
Ok so some us pounded around at la Sarthe Friday at the Biggest Show On Earth and we are not bored yet... and for you Europeans who refused to get up at o dark thirty to run around in Lmp cars... well guess what. MORE OF THE SAME

IRL BOP IRL RULES plus our pit stop special if we race over 90 min
 
GTP_Nail
The last Sunday race this month will be at La Sarth


We will be doing a 2.4 hour race using the IRS rules and regs and adding our two special rules 1. there will be a 5 minute driver change simulation pit stop of 5 minutes. 2. all of our normal rules apply including that if you cause an accident that forces another driver to pit to fix damage you must follow him to the pits and perform a full pull stop. Upon leaving the pits you must stop and let the driver you" had off" pass you and get approximately 5 seconds ahead of you.

Livery rules will be relaxed, but no stock liveries.
We plan one room but will run more if required. This will be on the last Sunday this month at 1330 Central US.
The start will be staggered and in file.

Classes tentatively LMP2 and G4

Please post here with car class and type.

@GTP_Versatile @Jacob Falcon@WanganGhost @Timlour@Alltrac185 @Jw_wk1010 @GTP_Nail@racingchamp30
@aceboy127 @TEX36 @Herimopp89@Rob Pardun @GTP_Guido@damonc84 @SAMHAIN85@TexasJDC @Bubdub804 @Antares26@Nick Cannella
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Thank you thank you thank you for thinking about me. You must have known I have a yearning for these endurance races. Count me in. I’m watching thread for more instructions. I will send you a friend request when I get on later.
 
...can't promise that I'll attend all of the events, but I could get here and there in, mostly is my job a problem (and no, I won't change it :D)
 
Well @GTP_Guido that was astonishing racing. Sorry for the muck up into the 1st chicaine... I thought you might have damage. And you waited for me:lol:. Too bad we did not get a chance to do that Friday. Hope you will race with us next Sunday!
 
I just found this while wandering around in my computer.....this is the preliminary stint schedule for 2015 24 hours of Nurburgring for Team DART in AJ's actual time (as in the race starts at the local time at the actual track )racing series. There were four of us on the team. @TEX36 (Jack) planned every race, taking in driver preferences. Each driver did 2 basically 3 hour turns at the wheel.

TRACT is a typo...it is Track Time.

My first stint was from 1740-2020 local...and my second was from 0420 till 0700. And...we did it....about every month. A staggering amount of time went into just the paperwork to make the stints work. BTW the sun set and sun rise were done by time progression and were NOT at European latitudes...thus it was dark as hell from about 8:30 till 0630

This is the race during which the story I have told many times took place.....and...for the last time....here it is.

Its 0630 local Ring time ( the sun is illuminating the Castle) and I am about to finish my second 3 hour Stint most of which was spent in the "green Haze" half asleep. Just as my "I'm really feeling sorry for myself" level has almost pegged....because its been real quiet..no Skype..and Messenger had been silent for hours. I had also turned off the race commentary stream on my computer (during a pit stop) because it was many minutes behind real time and confused me...try watching the road and the TV at the same time some time at the Ring, at night.

When all was presumed lost...my instant messenger on the phone "dings". It was Jack, whom I had already written off as having fallen asleep, The message was...

YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

I remember, I was on the Dottinger Hoe....and suddenly I was full of vigor, Thank you Jack!

This schedule was massaged by Jack between the other three of us of us and I think I did both of my stints in the dark with someone taking a stint in the middle so I could eat dinner...... and the race was done in a practice room....with all timing and scoring taking place when the organizer looked at every snap shot we took while entering and leaving the pits and then crunched the numbers...and about four days later a winner was declared...and then protested by everybody. It was about team work

I would do it again, but I would let some young kid take a triple while this gentleman driver took a single (in the dark but a single all the same). Our 3 hour races here in the Rats are ONE of the TWO stints done by all the drivers in that race. 48 Drivers took part in those events.


Preliminary Schedule – Please edit



DART RACE SCHEDULE



24-hours at Nürburgring, Type V

August 22-23, 2015

GT CUP and GT-3 (the LMP3s)

Lobby Open 1200 GMT (Noon) 0500 PDT – 0700 CDT – 0800 EDT NOTE:

Grid Open 1230 GMT 0530 PDT – 0730 CDT – 0830 EDT STINTS are 3 X 54 min

Parade Lap 1255 GMT 0555 PDT – 0755 CDT – 0855 EDT

Start of Race 1300 GMT ** 0600 PDT – 0800 CDT – 0900 EDT ROTATION

** Tract Time 1500 1st Stint 160 min (2hrs, 40min each) JIMMIE

at Start of Race 0840 PDT – 1040 CDT – 1140 EDT NOTE:

______________________________ Stints are 3 x 54 min ea

Tract 1740 0841 PDT – 1041 CDT – 1141 EDT

2nd Stint 160 min NED

1120 PDT – 1320 CDT – 1420 EDT 3 x 54 min

__________________________________________________



Tract 2020 1121 PDT – 1321 CDT – 1421 EDT

3rd Stint 160 min JACK 1400 PDT – 1600 CDT – 1700 EDT 3 x 54 min

__________________________________________________



Tract 2300 1401 PDT – 1601 CDT – 1701 EDT

4th Stint 160 min JT

1640 PDT – 1840 CDT – 1940 EDT 3 x 54 min

_________________________________________________

Tract 0140 1641 PDT – 1841 CDT – 1941 EDT

5th Stint 160 min JIMMIE

1920 PDT – 2120 CDT – 2220 EDT 3 x 54 min

__________________________________________________

Tract 0420 1921 PDT – 2121 CDT – 2221 EDT

6th Stint 160 min NED

2200 PDT – 0000 CDT – 0100 EDT 3 x 54 min

__________________________________________________

Tract 0700 2201 PDT – 0001 CDT – 0101 EDT

7th Stint JACK

0040 PDT – 0240 CDT – 0340 EDT 3 x 54 min

__________________________________________________

Tract 0940 0041 PDT – 0241 CDT – 0341 EDT

8th Stint JIMMIE

0320 PDT – 0520 CDT – 0620 EDT 3 x 54 min

__________________________________________________

Tract 1220 0321 PDT – 0521 CDT – 0621 EDT

9th Stint JT

1500 END OF RACE 0600 PDT – 0800 CDT – 0900 ED 3 x 54 min __________________________________________________
 
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.lets go to Bathurst and maybe a spec race in G4 or if we do not have enough guys for race(s) lets do the waterfall thing.
note: if enough guys want to run la sarthe to practice for the 2.4 then we will but personally I really know my car.
 

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