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Post by Eduardo Lorente on Mar 22, 2015 2:48:09 GMT
 Sebring - GSC Test DaysSebring International Raceway - Sebring, Florida USA
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 19-21, 2015
Feel free to post your favorite moments from the race like a great pass, or an awesome start.
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Post by kruncher1 on Mar 22, 2015 2:54:34 GMT
all in all it was a very fun race. car was a little tight but that can be fixed. And my favorite point was the first few laps when the top 3 were battling it out. and i still hate the grass in the braking points
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Post by Eduardo Lorente on Mar 22, 2015 3:55:32 GMT
hehe - very clean start indeed! Personally, the first 1/3 and last 1/3 of the race were the most exciting for me.
I was comfortably in 10th place by lap 4, but after around 10 minutes I had a spin under braking into T1 that slowed me down. The damage wasn't too bad, so I soldiered on until the 40 minute mark when I pitted. Since it's just a fun-run, I wanted to see if I could double-stint the tires, so I did fuel only, and came out just a few seconds behind James Mason. That setup the best 20 minutes of racing I've had in a while! From turns 3 to 16 I was all over James' BMW looking for a place to pass, but when we hit that back straight I could only just keep up with him, but not get enough of an advantage heading into turn 17.
On the white flag lap, I had another spin at T1 that ended my pursuit, but until then - it was a pure blast. Thanks for the great racing James!
On a tangent ... I was surprised to see the attrition during the race (almost 50%). I had set this race with a no-free-tow setting, but I'm wondering if I we need to have a free tow to keep things fun? I'll setup a survey in our news and general discussion forum and see what you guys want to do.
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Post by Chris Payne AKA (ziptie) on Mar 22, 2015 11:58:07 GMT
Fun Run last night had a great car,set was solid,i made a mistake about 20 min in that cost me my race put a wheel of in 16 and that was it snapped me into the wall……bmw was solid i was in-between Claude and Mario and was able to keep myself there Mario was putting the pressure on and i felt it pushing a little to hard…..
the BMW had some great braking and cornering but the fords had some Legs
fun Guys…..
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2015 12:16:27 GMT
Ya,it was a fun race Chris, we had a good 4 to 6 cars battle going on for a good period of time, congrats to the winner, and to my teammate Mario and Manic(Michael),great job guys, thx Ed for your hard work |
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Post by robguru on Mar 22, 2015 14:09:02 GMT
Not much practice but I entered anyway. I knew I could run in the 2s at least... good for mid-pack.
Start was good... settled in with a group of guys battling mid-pack. On L3, I clipped the curb exiting T4 which sent me into the wall. Gosh... that wasn't good. Drove around and got 9 minutes of repairs. Came back out for an extended test session and was able to pile on consistent 3s with still some residual front damage. Move to P8 due to other accidents and retirements, and was happy with my pace. Then, with about 20 to go, I had a big graphics glitch, which resulted in big accident causing 35 minutes or so of damage. Bummer.
Time to open up the case and do some spring cleaning. I checked my temps after the race and everything is running hot. Must get ventilation back! I'll have that done before our next race.
Thanks Ed and all for a fun night, my misadventures notwithstanding.
Rob
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Post by bill on Mar 22, 2015 20:47:49 GMT
well that was a short race. started in the back, just trying to settle in for long haul. i remember seeing a ford gt? barrel rolling outside of turn 1 thinking glad thats not me! however lap 3 i caught the grass on turn 16 and boom, headon into the wall. major damage , i think motor blew and who knows what else. ended up with 40 min repair, so i signed off. thanks ed for putting this on. i had fun and hope to last longer in series. cheers bill
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Post by Tim Rieberger(aka lonewolf) on Mar 22, 2015 22:07:59 GMT
well that was a short race. started in the back, just trying to settle in for long haul. i remember seeing a ford gt? barrel rolling outside of turn 1 thinking glad thats not me! however lap 3 i caught the grass on turn 16 and boom, headon into the wall. major damage , i think motor blew and who knows what else. ended up with 40 min repair, so i signed off. thanks ed for putting this on. i had fun and hope to last longer in series. cheers bill Mine wasn't much longer either, no sooner did you say 'good luck' that I caught a curb and hit the wall in T4...typical.  Too much repair to continue.  Too bad, had a quick car, just gotta fix the loose nut behind the wheel! |
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Post by mario on Mar 23, 2015 1:01:48 GMT
Another great race I enjoyed racing with you guys.
Right from the start, there was nice battles every where on the track.
I really enjoyed trying to catch you Chris all that time until bad luck strike for you.
I felt bad because I had the feeling we would battle like that all race long.
I hope I was not putting to much pressure on you.
Looking forward to next saturday!
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Too much repair to continue. 
Too bad, had a quick car, just gotta fix the loose nut behind the wheel!