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Well done to Adrian for organising a truly top class event and well done to the podium masters of the SC.
 
GTP_ADE
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Congrats again Dan! Love the picture "On The Edge with Dan"
 
The prizes are awesome. And the canvas looks great. 👍 I will try and get a good shot of my prizes tonight here in the beautiful Netherlands. :)
 
The final batch of prizes have been posted. Rosen, Socal, Petros and Cobrius's are on the way. Practice sessions for the Spa race will resume tomorrow at 8.00pm. Tonight we will be practicing for Goodwolfs Fiat 500 cup.👍👍👍
 
I have received my Sunday Cup goodies now! Thanks, they are awesome! Really chuffed with them!

Once again, my thanks go out to Ade for organising such a brilliant race series, and also to all those who take part and make the championship what it is! :)
 
jammyrex
I have received my Sunday Cup goodies now! Thanks, they are awesome! Really chuffed with them!

Once again, my thanks go out to Ade for organising such a brilliant race series, and also to all those who take part and make the championship what it is! :)
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Your welcome Jammy, and my thanks go out again to everyone who makes Sunday Cup a success. Practice at Spa will resume on Sat 15th at 8.00pm BST. Tomorrow we will be doing 3 lap dry runs with heavy damage, and on Sunday 3 lap wet runs with heavy damage.

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Registered drivers.

ADE3210
GC255
KIDCZ
HELLRAZOR
TPE-RUS
GRAND_PRIX
GTP_CAPT_D
WEESCOTMAN
HANCOCK
DOWLIN
FUELMYFIRE
COBANI
THIRD_REIGN
JAMMYREX
GOODWOLF
SOCALSPEEDFREAK

Other news, Goodwolfs Fiat 500 Cup series had its debut practice session tonight, and what a blast it was. Catch up with it here.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=283429
 
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Well, Spa with heavy damage in the Evora proved a real challenge. Tomorrow we will practice in the wet, so it will be even more testing. Great to see Turbo Dave join us tonight, as well as Dowlin, GC Gary, Will, and for the first time Capt Gary on the mic. Times from tonight will be viewed before tomorrows practice.
 
Here's last nights times on a dry track. Dowlin, Socal and Turbonator added times to the table, and GC Gary improved his time by over a second 👍. All new times are in blue text, and Turbo Dave,s name is in pink :sly: as a guest racer. More track action tonight, as we try Spa in the wet, with full damage.:scared:

Room will be open from 8.00pm as usual.

RACING HARD.

GRAND_PRIX...2:21.852
HELLRAZOR...2:22.052
WEESCOTMAN...2:22.097
CAPT_D...2:22.167
ADE3210...2:22.270
DOWLIN...2:22.502
TURBONATOR...2:22.745
COBANI..2:23.174
GC255...2:23.593
KID282...2:23.673
SOCALSPEEDFREAK...2:24.069
JAMMY_REX...2:24.210
 
Looks like I'll be joining you for some wet weather fun! Not raced much in the wet but when i have I've spent most of it off the the track! Should be fun though.
 
GTP_ADE
Here's last nights times on a dry track. Dowlin, Socal and Turbonator added times to the table, and GC Gary improved his time by over a second 👍. All new times are in blue text, and Turbo Dave,s name is in pink :sly: as a guest racer. More track action tonight, as we try Spa in the wet, with full damage.:scared:

Room will be open from 8.00pm as usual.

RACING HARD.

GRAND_PRIX...2:21.852
HELLRAZOR...2:22.052
WEESCOTMAN...2:22.097
CAPT_D...2:22.167
ADE3210...2:22.270
DOWLIN...2:22.502
TURBONATOR...2:22.745
COBANI..2:23.174
GC255...2:23.593
KID282...2:23.673
SOCALSPEEDFREAK...2:24.069
JAMMY_REX...2:24.210
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Not bad for a stock suspension then, I can honestly say that I'm pretty happy with that time.
It was a fun night thanks guys, won't make tonight though.
 
We had 9 racers come out in the rain tonight. Full damage was on, and the track was slippery. We ran 4 races trying out different weather settings to try and get an idea of the times, and also to give me an idea on how to start this race. As we have never run a Sunday Cup event with theses setting's, it was an interesting evening. I will post the times from tonight's wet weather/heavy damage races tomorrow. Sorry I had to leave early, Mrs 3210 wasn't feeling too chipper during the last race, and lost her dinner :yuck:
 
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Great pic Dan 👍 Did you sew it on, or use an iron?

After Sunday I promised to put the results from the wet weather practice on the thread, but the missus was kind enough to share her germs with me, and I spent most of last night and today very ill.:yuck::sick::yuck:

GC Gary was kind enough to go through the replays for me and get everyones times.

Full wet/Rain tyres(100% track saturation)

Hancock...2:47.693
Ade3210...2:48.625
Cobani...2:50.180
Jammy_rex...2:52.512
Weescotman...2:54.538
Capt_D...2:55.706
Hellrazor...2:58.528
Goodwolf...3:15.502
GC255...3:17.263

Intermediate tyres(45-60% track saturation)

Hancock...2:33.789
Cobani...2:35.879
Capt_D...2:36.487
Hellrazor...2:37.383
Goodwolf...2:37.734
GC255...2:38.283
Ade3210...2:38.359

(60-70+% track saturation)
Weescotman...2:44.023
Jammy_rex...2:55.448

The times did also change quite dramatically on the inters as we approached the cross over point for wanting full wets.

Also there are some quite different times posted for the race we did on full wets. This is due to drivers picking up damage in the first lap, and consequently their lap times were heavily compromised.

As this is the first time a Sunday Cup race has used both weather and full damage, extreme caution must be used at all times, especially the very early laps. As the race progresses it will be important to maintain care and consideration at all times. If you are in a position where you are going to be lapped, give the lapping car plenty of space at the earliest safe passing point.

To try and minimize the risk of drivers suffering from damage at the beginning, we will be using a rolling start.

This is how it will work.

When the grid clock counts down to 1, and the race starts, drivers must stay in grid order, and form a single file while maintaining 40 mph/64 kph. Once you have reached the end of the pit straight and turned into T1 (La Source), its game on. This should minimize any T1 fatalities, and give us some space for our first run through Eau Rouge.

This Friday will be our final practice for this event, and we will use this to perfect this rolling start. We will run 5 lap races in the dry, a bit wet, and very wet conditions.
 
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GT Flaw
Could be worth having a look here https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=284141

Explains how to glitch a rolling start on any track 👍
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Cheers Geordie. 👍👍 Interesting video. Not sure a proper rolling start would help us on Sunday, as we want to try and get through T1 without anyone picking up major damage in the first lap at Spa. Quite clever how they manage to get weather at every track aswell.
 
Fuelmyfire
About our race. We could just line up at the support race grid?
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We would then be going into Eau Rouge as T 1, and that could cause equally as many casualties, if its wet especially. By using the rolling start from La Source we hopefully should get through the first tricky parts of the track without loosing too many cars to damage.
 
Ade I'll be traveling out of town this weekend and wont be able to make the race. If there is someone else that would like to participate please give my spot to them. Sorry for the late notice.
 
socalspeedfreak
Ade I'll be traveling out of town this weekend and wont be able to make the race. If there is someone else that would like to participate please give my spot to them. Sorry for the late notice.
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OK, thanks for letting me know mate, have a good trip 👍

1 grid spot up for grabs....

Edit, grid spot taken by TURBONATOR.

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Registered drivers.

ADE3210
GC255
KIDCZ
HELLRAZOR
TPE-RUS
GRAND_PRIX
GTP_CAPT_D
WEESCOTMAN
HANCOCK
DOWLIN
FUELMYFIRE
COBANI
THIRD_REIGN
JAMMYREX
GOODWOLF
TURBONATOR
 
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There is is banner across the track on the straight leading up to eau-rouge, why not use this as start point. When the leader accelerates after it, its game on. This is what i've seen on other "flying start" races i've done on spa.
 
Third Reign
There is is banner across the track on the straight leading up to eau-rouge, why not use this as start point. When the leader accelerates after it, its game on. This is what i've seen on other "flying start" races i've done on spa.
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Good suggestion. We will try it out at practice on Friday.👍
 

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