SCCA SWTC Round 4 - Results added!

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hey guys, sorry again for the delay, and again if anyone can help i would be forever in your debt. but this weeks race is trial mountain track meet, 10 laps. must start first lap in the back of the pack. run 10 laps and submit your time.

thanks for playing.
 
I'll handle administrative duties for this one if you're not back. Or, if you prefer, we can postpone it a week so you can run later. Your call.
 
go ahead and run this race, ill try to get a time in for it, and remember that everything needs to be duplicate posted at forums.gttimes.com thanks duke again, i really appreciate it.
 
yourlocalgod
....and remember that everything needs to be duplicate posted at forums.gttimes.com .....

I’ll help you with that Duke.
 
I hope I have time to do this week's race. I have a busy work schedule and an approaching Hurricane. :nervous: :nervous:

I like this track too. It's good for an FF. I might have to stay up late one night and do a short practice session, followed immediately by the race.

Good luck everyone.
 
Im from Acura RSX S

The One and only ?
Round 4 will be my first race.

My Acura (brand new) is currently with 0 Km (in Portugal we use Km instead of Miles).
Im submiting my time in the next 24h.

Question: I saw something amout the milleage...
So should we use separate cars ? One for Practise and the other to Racing ? Correct ?

Thank You
 
Maalcari
Im from Acura RSX S

The One and only ?
Round 4 will be my first race.

My Acura (brand new) is currently with 0 Km (in Portugal we use Km instead of Miles).
Im submiting my time in the next 24h.

Question: I saw something amout the milleage...
So should we use separate cars ? One for Practise and the other to Racing ? Correct ?

Thank You

Yep, that's right. one car for practice, one for the race. You can practice as much as you want, but can only run the race once:)

Also, we're not supposed to discuss the race car's mileage / kilometerage (?) at all ...
 
Really ? OK.
But my situation is kind of obvious..
They are brand new ;)

Thank you for your help.
 
I'll be running my race tomorrow and submitting my time as well. Haven't practiced any yet. TOOOOOO much stuff going on. I've got to prepare my home for this hurricane. I'll mostly likely not be on next week, depending on what this storm does. Hurricanes suck. :yuck: 👎
 
Yeah, I'm getting the pre-storms already way up here in the mid-Atlantic. Good luck!

I've had too much going on to practice at all as well. It's gonna be a rough round again for me. I'm not doing the (looks over at teammate to make sure we're both wearing right hats) VirtualTime Acura TSX any justice, despite good advice from the crew chief.
 
I ran about 20ish practice laps on my break today followed by my run. If I had more time, I feel that this could have been very good. But none the less, happy with my time.

Starting line-up:
97 Honda NSX
00 Nissan R34 Skyline M.N.P. III
71 Plymouth Cuda 440 Six Pack
03 Aston Martin DB9 Coupé
03 Callaway C12
03 Ford Focus ST170

Got in vehicle on pit row. Exited the pits and pulled over to wait for field to pass by. Started my warm-up lap tailing the C12, practically pushing him through the left sweeper at the end of the straight. Continued to the S/F where the green flags wave.

Lap 1 was exciting. Coming through the 2nd fast left, trying to duck inside the C12, he cut an odd angle. I avoided him by running into the grass. Next victim is the Cuda. I caught up to him by the end of the straight, ducking inside with him catching my right rear quarter. Pasted DB9 cleanly at T3 on the inside.

Lap 2, I caught and cleanly passed the R34 in the moutainous esses. Clear track until I catch the NSX and pass go across the S/F.

Laps 3-8 was nothing but open track with each lap getting progressively faster. It wasn't until late lap 8 at T3 is when I started lapping traffic (the Cuda). I lapped the R34 at the end of the straight on lap 9.

Finishing results.
03 Ford Focus ST170
03 Aston Martin DB9 Coupé
03 Callaway C12
97 Honda NSX
00 Nissan R34 Skyline M.N.P. III
71 Plymouth Cuda 440 Six Pack

Good luck everyone and I'll see you guys in a week or two.
 
Good luck with the Hurricane, Bleu. I hope you're back racing safe and sound soon!

Ran my practice and my race this morning. I love trial mountain, but it's a real challenge in an FF car....

Practice lap:
0'18.491 (saw an 18.326 in the race :eek:)
0'40.875
1'11.368

Avg race lap:
0'18.6
0'41.3
1'12.2

My field:
RX-8
NSX
Subaru WRX (an older one, with the square headlights)
Evo VIII
Skyline GT-R R34

Passed the whole field by the third tunnel on lap 2, with a only one bump, the Evo touching my rear-quarter panel as I left him in my dust, and a bit of a wall tap passing the RX-8 into the third tunnel. From there it was clear sailing until I had a mechanical failure on lap 5. Braking for the 180-degree left at the end of the back straight, my brake indicator started flickering wildly, and the throttle cut out. I came almost to a stand-still in the middle of the turn, losing over 3 seconds before I could get back underway :ouch: I stay calm, and set fastest lap on lap 6! I ran into lap traffic on lap nice, with all 5 AI cars running bumper to bumper. I pass the field between T1 and the 180, finally seeing clear track again after passing the RX-8 and the NSX on the outside in the 180 (the NSX was having a go at the RX-8, so the inside line was gone, we went into the turn 3-wide :eek: ) Lost my concentration a bit and had an embarassing last lap, with two small wall taps, and a big drift in the 180 :( ...

Overall, I'm pretty happy with this one. My fastest lap was +0.600 off my practice lap. I just wish my 🤬 pedals hadn't cut out ....
 
Hey, Luxy, you can PM me your times this week.

Still haven't had a chance to turn on the PS2 since I put the car on the transporter after Road Atlanta last week. I'm hopeful for tomorrow, though.
 
My engine is heating up ;)
Im starting my run in the next 5 minutes. This will be the my first race in the Series.

I will send the results in the next 16 hours ;) After the racing im going to sleep ZzzzzzzzZ the when i wake i will post here my "racing diary".. wish me luck. :)
 
well i pmed my time to yourlocal at gttimes.com

my best lap in the race was:
t1: 17.8
t2: 39.6
t3: 1'10.7

anyway i think i did not too bad but could have done better if i was not so tired. i think i lost on average a half a second a lap. so i think ill be mid pack again. so much for racing for first. i think its a race for the potium.
 
Luxy
Practice lap:
0'18.491 (saw an 18.326 in the race :eek:)
0'40.875
1'11.368

Avg race lap:
0'18.6
0'41.3
1'12.2


bobman
my best lap in the race was:
t1: 17.8
t2: 39.6
t3: 1'10.7

Oh my! I can’t even get close to any of that in my practice laps.

Race will be run tonight or tomorrow morning, will you please wait for me at the finish line?
 
Wow, Bobman. That's blazing fast! If that's gonna make you mid-pack, then I don't want to think where I'll end up :p
 
lol, lol, lol.

well maybe im doing better than i though. both days when i did my practice and than my race i was on the sleepy side and was not 100% there in the race to push every corner. i was pushing but cause i was sleepy i made sure i was not going to make any mistakes that would hurt me more than trying to gain time.

anyway this is one of my favorite tracks too so i do know the track well. maybe not haveing any penaltie weights really help me out for this track?
 
Hey, bobman, YLG is out of action this week, so please PM your times to me here. Thanks.
 
My race is complete... Results sent to you Duke.

Acura RSX Type S ;)
 
And results received. So far I have results from:

Maalcari
bleurabbit
Luxy
myself
Deuce
bobman
M31
boombexus
YLG
The Missing Link

Everybody else, please PM your times to me (Duke) by midnight tonight! Thanks.

Now, for my race report:

In practice I adjusted my springs and ride height to let the suspension work a little more than it had been at Road Atlanta. I made a few surprsingly small adjustments to the transmission and some camber changes. The crew has the VirtualTime Racing Acura TSX dialled in pretty well for me at this point and any difficulties with the car are mine alone.

I drew an odd field. Starting the grid was an Acura NSX-R, follwed by a Mazda RX-8 Concept mule. Next came a pair of sedans, an AMG Mercedes CLK55, followed by the rare Lotus Carlton. Rounding out the field was another concept car, the distracting Mitsubishi HSR-II, followed by the #31 Acura TSX.

At the start, I pulled out of the pits and drifted to a stop, only to get hammered not once, not twice, but three times by passing AI cars. Getting back on track took longer than I expected, but by the end of the pace lap I was in sight of the pack. I took the chicane heading up to the green on a good line and though I stayed behind the 5th place Mitsubishi all the way to the flag, I was able to pass him cleanly at the entry to Turn 1. I worked my way up to the Carlton, pressuring him through the first tunnel and passing him cleanly before braking at Turn 5 (the sharp right directly after T1).

I had some free track and I set about warming up the car, geting the CLK in sight at the exit to the 3rd tunnel. I nearly caught up to him at the exit of the Green Monster, the big left at the base of the last uphill stretch. I pressured him up the hill and passed cleanly through the esses at the very crest of the hill, taking 3rd spot.

The NSX-R and RX-8 Concept had a bit of lead at this point, but clear track gave me a good run up the hill at the start of Lap 2. I hung behind the NSX as we passed under the monkey and entered the second tunnel, braking early and cutting it fine to slip inside him through the big left between the second and third tunnels. I caught the RX-8 in very similar manner to the CLK; again passing at the top of the hill on Lap 2.

With clear track ahead, my worst enemy was myself. Laps 2, 3, and 4 were all with 0.600" of my best practice lap, but a slight miscue on 5 cost a few tenths and it took me a few more laps to get my rhythm back, but I relaxed enough to post my FTOD on Lap 9, which was within 0.200" of my practice best.

On Lap 10 I encountered lap traffic, and cleared them all cleanly except the RX-8 and NSX-R by T2 with little loss of time. Exiting the Green Monster and climbing up the last part of the hill, the RX-8 was all over and blocking me, at a cost of at least a full second on this lap. I finally got around him at the crest again, but I was not able to catch the NSX by the end of the 10th lap to put him down.

Overall I ran more consistently than I hoped to. We'll see how the results play out.
 
Golf Power !!!

Race completed, PM was sent to Duke.

Line up:

Infiniti FX45 Concept ‘02
Mazda RX-7 Type RS-R (FD) ‘ 97
Toyota RSC ‘01
FPV GT ‘04
Aston Martin Vanquish ‘04
VW Golf V GTI ’05

0 contacts with AI, 3 off the track incidents (maybe an unfair advantage in one of them). I had traffic in lap #1 and #2 and than again at lap #10 which was my worst lap by far.
I was pretty consistent in the non-traffic lap but not as fast as I hoped for.
Best / worst splits:
T1: 0’18.670 (#5) / 0’19.634 (#7)
T2: 0’41.354 (#8) / 0’42.787 (#7)
T3: 1’13.224 (#9) / 1’15.420 (#10)
Looks like I will be driving lighter next week.

GL everyone, I will post some photos shortly.

Golf Power !!!
 
Can someone please go over to the other forum and PM bobman and crazy300ZXguy, and tell them I need them to PM their times here? That would be a big help.
 
Duke
Can someone please go over to the other forum and PM bobman and crazy300ZXguy, and tell them I need them to PM their times here? That would be a big help.

NP, I'll do it shortly.
 
Race photos:

Lap #1- making the monkey proud: first overtake (Vanquish)
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Lap #1- Faster exit speed than the FPV
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Lap #2- Overtaking the RSC on turn #1. Faster and from the inside.
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Which leads immediately to: (3, maybe 4 wheels off)
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Lap #2- showing the RX-7 what happened to the FPV
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Lap #2- moving to 1st. leaving the Infiniti in the dust
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Lap #3- first curve. Turned too early and didn’t want to risk a skid at that speed, 4 wheels off.
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Lap #7- again turn #1 this time I have no traffic to blame.
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Lap #10- FPV again
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Lap #10- RX-7 is blocking me before T3 :sick:
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but running too wide and leaving the road wide open.
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Lap #10- and in the last turn a rare outside overtaking.
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well guys i am back, my race went ok, i wasnt able to put a good solid lap together, that is not to say that i was too slow, i just dont feel like i got one lap with everything right. the protege seemed to be pretty capable even with the extra weight on it this week. the only "incident" i had for the entire race was on lap 1 i was trying to over take the Zonda c12 coming into the tunnel by having higher exit speed, but he brake checks me right at the exit (and to keep himself from hitting the wall) BAM nail him hard on the rear bumper, also causing me to lose about 11-13 mph on the whole back straightaway, but got through the rest of the race cleanly, and made a beautiful pas cleanly around the outside of the c12 about 4 turns later.
 
I know I told you I'd take the RSX and that I'd run it this week...but, well...I didn't have a chance to. I hate breaking my word, and in theory I'd have the time to run a race.

This week my only other chance to run will be Thursday and even then if I'm not too exhausted to do anything other than place myself on my bed and sleep for 12 hours or so. I'd hate to relinquish my position so soon but if there is another willing driver, one with time, I'd gladly trade my spot. That said, I'll be making some practice runs throughout the week as time allows.

I hope I haven't dissappointed anyone, the admin of the SCCA included.
 
Just finished PMing my full details to Duke; here is what you guys can see :p

Line-up:
TVR V8S
'69 Stingray
NSX Type R
TVR T350C
Ruf RGT
SRT-4

1 - 0'19.317 / 0'42.266 (22.949) / 1'13.603 (31.337)
2 - 0'18.458 / 0'42.764 (24.306) / 1'13.921 (31.157)
3 - 0'18.474 / 0'40.916 (22.442) / 1'11.894 (30.978)
4 - 0'18.076 / 0'40.371 (22.295) / 1'11.580 (31.209)
5 - 0'18.778 / 0'41.073 (22.295) / 1'12.202 (31.129)
6 - 0'18.364 / 0'40.946 (22.582) / 1'12.057 (31.111)
7 - 0'18.440 / 0'40.865 (22.425) / 1'11.935 (31.070)
8 - 0'18.409 / 0'40.782 (22.373) / 1'11.812 (31.030)
9 - 0'18.276 / 0'41.236 (22.960) / 1'12.396 (31.160)
10 - 0'18.067 / 0'40.327 (22.260) / 1'11.552 (31.225)

Kind of neat when your final lap is your fastest, makes it feel like I did that much better, even though I was a full second off pace for the majority of my laps, and my fastest lap (final lap) was about 0.500 off pace from practice. And in practice I was turning pretty consistent laps only about 0.300 apart, the fastest being that 0.500 or so ahead of the fastest lap in the race.
Oh man did I duff that 2nd lap, you can read about it in the incidents report :dunce:
Reports:
-Went off course to inside trying to avoid contact with Stingray and NSX; big time loss; and no contact until onto the front straight, which was door handle rubbing.
-Lightly bumped leader trying to pass before tunnel at T1 (Lap 2), nothing that wouldn't have been ok in real life.
-Messed up line through subsequent T1 through T2 section, all over the place, two wall taps for a total of like 2 second loss. Which all started when I cut too early on that really tight right hander after T1, and couldn't recover her quickly enough to miss contact with the rocks. Slowed to like 42 mph (like 20 mph off pace), only to be pushed all the way outside into that little grass patch, and although I managed to avoid rock contact there, the grass slide me all the way across track and into the wall (rock) contact, which made me misjudge my entry to the right leading to Tunnel #2, losing some more time, I finally regained my composure inbetween the two tunnels and went down the back straight never to look back :crazy:
-Lap 5: cut front straight chicane, cost me time because I went over the hill on the inside due to messed up line, managed to keep it off the walls though :)
-Lap 9: Cut to inside on 2nd turn (right bend), 3 wheel off.
-Point of note!: Put one hell of a move on the NSX in the tight-tight right after T1, missed contact by about 1-2 inches :)
-Some very light door-to-door contact with TVR in chicane, neither detrimental nor time-gaining.
 
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