►TURTLE RACING LEAGUE l Friday Night FLEX Series l Anyone Is Welcome To Join Today!Open 

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The last 2 FLEX Races have had a good turnout. I think most guys liked the track and car combos. Le Mans racing around La Sarthe and V8 Supercars at Bathurst. I don't know if we'll see 13 cars on track with some of the future races, just because they aren't as "special" as I would call them. :lol: I don't know though. We'll see. Hopefully there'll continue to be a good turnout for weeks to come.
 
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Special Class Race: March 21st, 2014 - 1.5 Hour FLEX Enduro - Thunder Down Under

Track:
Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit / Time Change
Car: 2000 Ford Falcon XR8
Laps: 40
Tires: Racing Mediums
Damage: Light


Turtle Racing League - FLEX Racing Series
Results

Pole - gr8racrs

1st Place: BionicDerp (Fastest Lap - 2:03.849)
2nd Place: GTMX-HECTO1 (Fastest Lap - 2:04.831) +32.868
3rd Place: micantony (Fastest Lap - 2:04.709) +41.796
4th Place: DolphDrago (Fastest Lap - 2:04.515) +50.576
5th Place: GTP_Severn (Fastest Lap - 2:04.647) +1:15.385
6th Place: Psycho-Tuber (Fastest Lap - 2:07.677) +1:50.037
7th Place: RacingOtaku86 (Fastest Lap - 2:06.385) +2:05.415
8th Place: GTP_tzracer (Fastest Lap - 2:07.290) +2:59.852
9th Place: ScorpionPHVH57 (Fastest Lap - 2:07.647) +Time Expired
10th Place: johnsom (Fastest Lap - 2:07.135) +Time Expired
11th Place:
euclid58* (Fastest Lap - 2:12.548) +DNF
12th Place: gr8racrs (Fastest Lap - 2:04.464) +DNF
13th Place: lightningdf22b1 (Fastest Lap - 2:07.192) +DNF


Turtle Racing League - Final Results

1st Place: BionicDerp (32 Points)
2nd Place: GTMX-HECTO1 (30 Points)
3rd Place: micantony (28 Points)
4th Place: DolphDrago (26 Points)
5th Place: GTP_Severn (24 Points)
6th Place: Psycho-Tuber (22 Points)
7th Place: RacingOtaku86 (20 Points)
8th Place: GTP_tzracer (18 Points)
9th Place: ScorpionPHVH57 (16 Points)
10th Place: johnsom (14 Points)
11th Place: euclid58 (12 Points)
12th Place: gr8racrs (11 Points - Pole)
13th Place: lightningdf22b1 (8 Points)

*was on racing hards

Turtle Racing League - Race Night Recap

What a fantastic race at Bathurst! For the second week in a row, there was a large turnout, with 13 cars on the starting grid. There was some fast and furious racing throughout the grueling enduro. Thrilling battles were had throughout the race, with places 2nd through 7th heavily contested for the first half of the race, and an exhilarating battle for 3rd on the final lap, as well as another close duel for 8th place at the finish.

It started with gr8racrs putting his car on pole with a blistering solo lap. He and BionicDerp had a two car pullaway before Bionic turned up the heat and started his frantic pace that no other driver could match. Meanwhile, gr8racrs started to slip back to the train of about 5 other hungry drivers. This great battle for position lasted the entire first half of the race, before the drivers started to split up a little for the remaining portion of the Enduro. But Bionic was on cruise control, never running a slow lap all race (though he claims to have made a mistake on the last lap), and handily won by a margin of over half a minute. GTMX-HECTO1 ran a solid race near the front and made no mistakes throughout the second half of the race, eventually pulling away from what was looking to be a three car battle for 2nd at one point. He would rather easily take 2nd place overall. It seemed micantony and DolphDrago were together the entire race, leading to a very exciting finish between the two. Both drivers were side by side on the final lap on the long straight before Dolph went off in the bend near the end of the straightaway. micantony would go on to take the bronze while Dolph was forced to settle for 4th. GTP_Severn ran a great race, putting down some fast lap times and finishing 5th overall. He was in that tight racing for the first half, but after the pit stops, found himself to be in a lonely place, seeing no other cars on the track for the rest of the race. Also, apparently there were two of him on the course at one point... Psycho-Tuber made his second FLEX Series appearance in as many races (nice to see you back!) and came home with a very respectable 6th. RacingOtaku is probably kicking himself. Thinking he would be unable to make it to the finish with the fuel he had in his tank, he opted for a two stop strategy. He likely would have been in a good battle with Psycho if not for the second stop, as both drivers mentioned in their post race comments, but would settle for 7th overall. GTP_tzracer and ScorpionPHVH57 raced very closely in the final stage of the race, several times side by side, with tzracer holding off Scorpion, finishing 8th and 9th respectively. 10th place would belong to johnsom, as he pitted twice. euclid’s pit crew forgot to purchase racing mediums for him, as he started the race on the hard compound instead. He would later park it, finishing 11th, and likely chewing out his crew for their incompetence. gr8racrs had a very fast car all race with a chance for at least a podium spot. But the dreaded disconnect hit, and he subsequently DNF’d to finish a disappointing 12th. lightningdf22b1 would suffer the same fate earlier in the race, rounding out the field in 13th. Congratulations to Bionic on his dominating win! (I hope everyone else had enough lube…:D)​
 
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What can I say? Bionic gave it to us hard. If you didn't have some lube, then I guess all you could do was clinch your teeth and take it raw. :lol:

(I hope this isn't against GTP Code of Conduct for the, shall I say, interesting comment.)
 
Did you get a chance to watch the replay dolph?

Our bump at the end of Conrad straight into the chase is definitely what caused you to go into the grass. I tried to stay right and went over the curb on the right which moved me a little left, while you were trying to come around the outside to get momentum and plan for the overtake at the sharp left hander under braking.

Not sure how far left i went, or even if i crossed half way across the track, but you were close on that side and hence we bumped, sending you off.

I'm not sure what the general right of way is at that kink. And on the final lap to boot. My initial impression was we were both battling hard for the spot and noone was willing to give in :mischievous: . A tough racing incident that happened to go my way.

I don't think the real race cars try to pass in that spot:lol: But it can be done. I think if i hug that curb a little closer or you stayed a little more to the left side of the track, that you would have had me in the next corner. My right front tire was shot and yours were ok, so you would have had me under braking easily. Good race.


P.S. Sent you a pm regarding early lap incidents we may want the stewards to look at, just to ensure we're all on the same page going forward to make turtle the best, cleanest racing we can. 👍
 
Did you get a chance to watch the replay dolph?

Our bump at the end of Conrad straight into the chase is definitely what caused you to go into the grass. I tried to stay right and went over the curb on the right which moved me a little left, while you were trying to come around the outside to get momentum and plan for the overtake at the sharp left hander under braking.

Not sure how far left i went, or even if i crossed half way across the track, but you were close on that side and hence we bumped, sending you off.

I'm not sure what the general right of way is at that kink. And on the final lap to boot. My initial impression was we were both battling hard for the spot and noone was willing to give in :mischievous: . A tough racing incident that happened to go my way.

I don't think the real race cars try to pass in that spot:lol: But it can be done. I think if i hug that curb a little closer or you stayed a little more to the left side of the track, that you would have had me in the next corner. My right front tire was shot and yours were ok, so you would have had me under braking easily. Good race.


P.S. Sent you a pm regarding early lap incidents we may want the stewards to look at, just to ensure we're all on the same page going forward to make turtle the best, cleanest racing we can. 👍
Agreed. Looking at the replay, I kind of pinned you down there. I thought initially I had given you more room, but apparently not. If it wasn't the last lap, I would have lifted. Like you said, it was just a racing incident. While I came out behind, it was still pretty exciting and fun. 👍
 
If lightning was here he would be saying I'm too young to know... But hence middle school humor :lol:
 
Yeah.. I thought I was done making that mistake with the tires.. jeez..
I still struggle badly with Mt. Panorama though, not going to make excuses.
Even with the correct tires it would have been pretty difficult..
I'll still try to participate on Friday as much as possible though, and keep this thing going.
 
I was really glad that my engines didnt bust this time around.

I made it through to 4th then I found myself mowing the lawn after the long straight before finishing the 1st lap.

I made too many mistakes and enjoyed looking at blue flags waiving at me!:D
 
im going to try to post a FLEX banner for this week either tomorrow or thursday! 👍
 
RS?

for the red bull jr?


good times!


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I don't recall how the Junior's handle, but for the Standard Red Bull's they perform much better on RM's if we ever race with them, we should try to keep that in mind. I've been grinding the red bull event's a lot...:lol: ($43 mil and counting!)

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maybe we can test a lap or two tonight to make sure RS is ok with the junior's, I'm sure it is. It'll be like racing slot cars!
 
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RS?

for the red bull jr?


good times!


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I don't recall how the Junior's handle, but for the Standard Red Bull's they perform much better on RM's if we ever race with them, we should try to keep that in mind. I've been grinding the red bull event's a lot...:lol: ($43 mil and counting!)

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maybe we can test a lap or two tonight to make sure RS is ok with the junior's, I'm sure it is. It'll be like racing slot cars!
PP on junior?
 
@johnsom and I put some nice laps together. I think if you really feel like murdering tires, you'll get really fast times. 1:56.4 for Silverstone, and 1:56.3 for Suzuka.

Also, we're having another tuning prohibited issue with this car.

We also vote to replace Motegi with something like Monaco, Deep Forest, or Grand Valley Speedway.
 
@johnsom and I put some nice laps together. I think if you really feel like murdering tires, you'll get really fast times. 1:56.4 for Silverstone, and 1:56.3 for Suzuka.

Also, we're having another tuning prohibited issue with this car.

We also vote to replace Motegi with something like Monaco, Deep Forest, or Grand Valley Speedway.

GVS, trial mountain, monaco, fuji... And lots more!
 
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