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Virtual Track Day Series
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Dave_George's Renault 5 Turbo at Infineon
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Dave_George's Renault 5 Turbo at Infineon
A series of track days for lightly modded sports-biased road cars at various permanent tracks around the world.
LOTUS SPECIAL TRACK DAY
This unusual format is essentially a special one-off round, so people can see how they really stack up against the people they have been racing for the past 5 weeks:
I have been talking to some contacts at Lotus and Suzuka, and have wangled us something a bit special.
It turns out that the Suzuka Race Driving School will shortly take delivery of a new fleet of Lotus Elises, and the Lotus marketing dept are making a big splash of it as part of their push into Japan.
We have been invited to take part in one of thier press launch days where we will be allowed plenty of laps in their specially specced up school cars on the FULL Suzuka Grand Prix Circuit.
This will take place just after our weekend at the Nurburgring, and give everyone the opportunity to see what they can do in like for like equipment.
They have some pretty good equipment on them, and quite a lot of scope for chassis tuning, so there should be a lot of fun for everyone. The specs are as follows:
Lotus Elise 111R
270bhp@7800rpm
186lb.ft@6800rpm
860kg
Stage 2 NA tune
Semi-racing exhaust
Engine balancing
Port Polish
Racing chip
Roll cage (only on some cars so optional)
Semi-racing suspension
Brake balance controller
Variable Limited Slip Diff
S1 (Sports/Hard) Tyres
Standard gearbox
Twin plate clutch
Racing Flywheel
Oil change and Chassis refresh as required.
I know that many of you have been itching to find out how you compare, so this should give you the opportunity. I will be doing some research in the Driver's Book of Excuses, as Suzuka is one of my worst tracks in the gameWhy did I choose it? Go figure...
The idea is to reproduce the variety of a track day, and have a bit of fun. This being GTP there has to be a competitive element
so we've got a system of classes that should produce some healthy competition. I want the class system to throw up a few odd-ball cars, as you get at a real track day, rather than have everyone turning up in a Motorsport Elise, or whatever. You can choose 3 cars from different divisions, so give it a go!Eligibilty:
Any road car in keeping with the Track Day theme.
4 door cars will have to be a distinct sports model of higher output than standard in order to be eligible (eg Type R Accords, M5, E55 AMG etc). This rule excludes most kei cars, except such as the Beat, Cappuccino and AZ-1.
No Concept cars, prototypes, tuning cars (including Buick Special) or racing cars.
The Volvo 240GLT is banned as it is not in the spirit of the competition and its butt ugly.
Modifications:
Modifications will be strictly controlled according to the following rules:
The only tyre allowed will be the control tyre: S1.
All cars will start with a base setup as follows: sports suspension, sports exhaust, racing flywheel, chassis refresh (optional), oil change and roll cage (opt).
At each track, competitors will be allowed one further modification of their choice, which must only be one level higher than the previous spec.
The following mods are not allowed: stage 4 turbo, supercharger, no gearbox mods, no nitrous system S1 tyres only.
Budget Division cars will start with a stage 1 NA tune, unless they are turbocharged as stock, when they will start with a stage 1 turbocharger.
Cars that are NA as stock may run with an 'aftermarket' turbo, but only to stage 2 as further tuning IRL requires intercooler and other work.
Divisions, Sub-Divisions & Classes:
There will be four divisions:
1) Classics Division (up to 1979)
2) Budget Division (1980-1989)
3) Modern Division (1990 on)
4) Millionaires Division (C 100,000+)
You may enter up to 3 cars but each must be from a different division. This is to promote diversity.
Each division may be divided into sub-divisions and classes, depending on demand. For a sub-division or class to be activated, there must be at least 4 entries. Any remainder will be eligible for the division place points, but sub-division and class place points will only be awarded if the sub-division or class is activated.
Classes are based on stock power figures, otherwise cars would jump from class to class as they were modified.
Points:
Place points will be awarded for the first six places in each division, sub-division or class: 1st place, 6 pts, 2nd place, 5 pts, 3rd place, 4 pts, etc, but you can only win one set of these points for each car. So a class winner does not collect more than 6 place points, even if he is also the fastest in the division.
There will also be division points awarded for the two fastest cars overall in each division: 2 points for 1st, and 1 point for 2nd.
Similarly, there will be 2 FTD points awarded to the person who puts in the FTD Fastest Time of Day.
Circuits:
Suzuka West Course (closed)
Laguna Seca (closed)
Tsukuba Wet (closed)
Infineon Sportscar Course (closed)
The Nurburgring (closed)
Suzuka Lotus Special (see box at head of post)(closed)
Stewards:
FastEddie12
Gooseter
A112Abarth
The Classes:
Classics Division (Up to 1979): by engine size:
<999cc;
1000cc<1999cc; Active, 5 competitors
2000cc<; 1 competitor
Further classes may need to be added.
Budget Division (1980-1989):Sub divisions by drivetrain:
FF; with special guest VW Golf GTI MkI '76
4WD; active, 4 competitors
FR/MR/RR; active, 5 competitors
4WD subdivision:
Group B class; (205T16 & RS200)1 competitor
Group N class; (Celica GT4, original Audi Quattro & Galant VR4; includes, by invitation, Lancia Delta Integrale 91)3 competitors
Rear wheel drive subdivision: divided by power:
0-200bhp (stock horsepower); Active, 4 competitors
201-340bhp; 1 competitor
340+bhp;
Modern Division (1990+): subdivisions as follows:
FF; 2 competitors
Sports (2seaters); 2 competitors
Saloons & Coupes active, 6 competitors
FF subdivision: classes as follows:
0-99bhp;
100-179bhp; (old school Civic type R and Clio 172) 1 competitor
180+bhp; (modern Super hatches) 1 competitor
Sports (2seaters): classes as follows:
<850kg 1 competitor
851<1200kg
1200kg+ 1 competitor
The middle class will be dominated by TVRs, the super lightweight class includes Opel Speedster & Vauxhall VX220, but will probably be owned by the Caterhams...
Saloons & Coupes Subdivision; classes as follows:
<250bhp (stock bhp) 1 competitor
251<x<320bhp 2 competitors
320bhp+ 3 competitors
This should cover the JDMs and others.
Millionaire's Division (C100,000+):
Supercar class; (need I say more)(Includes Dodge Viper SRT10) active, 5 competitors
Ubersaloons class ; rapid and comfortable. And VERY expensive... 1 competitor
Notices about the classes are now complete. Circuit will change on a Saturday. Times must be in by midnight BST on that day (for those outside UK see post#167, page9, to find out what time this is for you).
Final entries for Suzuka must be in by Midnight BST Saturday 1st July.
Suzuka: Lotus Special Results:
A112 abarth: 2'12.595"
l2ev: 2'13.357"
Holdenhsvgtsr: 2'13.591"
FastEddie12: 2'14.901"
gOoSeTeR: 2'17.493"
Deathwishoo: 2'19.516"
Scaff: 2'25.580"
Final Results:
. . but well . . it's the most fun that way . . and I can barely see the Integra on the straight . . 
why not?
were as the S4 is on M3 level and the RS4 is M3 CSL (more "sports"saloons)level so that would be could for the modern one 
