AUS/NZ Monthly Endurance Races

[velly]

love the photos

 

[Rotamasta7]

Hey everyone, im away for the week but will be home sunday for sure, im sure spin or someone else will have a prac in the muscle cars sometime this week so look out for them, we still have room obviously so let any friends know if they would be keen, cya all soon

 

[Rusty*]

Ok catchya when you get back Rota! Thanks for the heads up!
R*

 

[spinner]

I'll host a room this Friday night for some shortish races so we can test tyres/tunes etc. Probably fire up around 9pm.

If you're keen to join , add me. It will be a private room. My PSN is over there <<<<<

 

[spinner]

Thought this was worth putting up as I was a bit vague on regs for this race.

This is the final list. Only the cars in this list that are not crossed out can be used. I have left the ones that have been crossed out because everyone keeps asking me about those cars. Therefore here is a list of the valid and invalid cars.

YOU MUST RUN STANDARD EXHAUST ON ALL CARS, you can install the Sports exhaust manifold and catalytic converter, but leave the standard exhaust on.

All cars will be set to 550pp. Racing Hards and Racing Mediums are the compounds drivers can use. In prep for the XR8 enduro. We are going to run similar rules to the V8 Supercars and make it a rule that you must use the 2 compounds at least once during the race. Therefore if you would like to run mediums for the race, you must atleast whack on a set of Hards once during the race, you can put them on at the start run 1 lap and come in to change if you want, as long as you run at least 1 lap with each compound. Also you cannot mix and match diff compounds between stop (Racing mediums on front and Racing Hards on the rear).

As per usual now, the tyre you qual on is the tyre you run the race.
Yes, there is cars that are quicker than others, but they tend to be a lot heavier and should result in horrible tyre wear. The race wont be that much about pace and more about who can make their tyres last the longest, decide on a car and let me know what you are running, There is no limit to the amount of each car to run we just don't want everyone running 2 cars out of that list.

Chevrolet Corvette Coupe (C2) &#8216;63
Pontiac Tempest Le Mans GTO &#8216;64
Shelby GT350R &#8216;65
Mercury Cougar XR-7 &#8216;67
Chevrolet Camaro SS &#8216;69
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray L46 350 (C3) &#8216;69
Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 &#8216;70
Dodge Charger 440 R/T &#8216;70
Plymouth Superbird &#8216;70
Dodge Charger Super Bee 426 Hemi &#8216;71
Plymouth Cuda 440 Six Pack &#8216;71

So far the entries are :
Rota: Mercury Cougar
Cactass: Super Bee
Spinner: Mercury Cougar
Jasr: Shelby Mustang
Jol: Shelby Mustang
Pawel: Corvette 69 L46
Velly: Superbird
taital : Camaro ?

 

[PAWEL17]

I thought we agreed on, no premiums?

 

[spinner]

Pawel , I copied and pasted Rotas post but that omitted the strikethrough of the premiums that arent being used. I have edited the list now , all sorted. sorry about the confusion.

 

[mrtaital]

Pawel , I copied and pasted Rotas post but that omitted the strikethrough of the premiums that arent being used. I have edited the list now , all sorted. sorry about the confusion.

Knobhead!

 

[spinner]

Knobhead!

Authorised term from the Nokia database ! LMAO.

 

[Rusty*]

I'll add to the list.

Rusty*: Dodge Charger 440 R/T &#8216;70
So I had a chat with Dom...I offered him a trade...my 10 second Supra for his old man's 440 Charger...thing wheelstands you know!👍
R*

 

[velly]

not sure if i can make fridays test, but will try.
Just let me know what i need to do to my car (if anything)

 

[spinner]

Rusty , I have 4 Chargers if you need one. No trade necessary.

Velly: You can buy all tuning parts EXCEPT you must run the standard exhaust as mentioned above. 550pp limit , racing hard and medium tyres.

 

[Rusty*]

Rusty , I have 4 Chargers if you need one. No trade necessary.

Hey thanks Spin! But I already got one off Dom......you guys must be getting sick of my F&F references haha.
I'm looking forward to Friday night practice...by the way, what track is the endurance race being run at?
Cya's tomorrow night,
R*

 

[PAWEL17]

High speed ring.....i hope.

 

[Rotamasta7]

Nurburger onion ring GP/F is the track for sunday guys

 

[velly]

i am be about for tonight if not see you all on sunday

 

[Rotamasta7]

hey everyone, how you all had a run around last night, if not, you can join me finding out tyre wear and setup problems.

I should be home sunday arvo for some last minute testing before the enduro, cheers

 

[Rusty*]

Hey Rota, yeah we had a run Friday night before we started testing the GT300's at DF Reverse.
I think alot of this race will be in pit strategy. They all have lift-off understeer and acceleration oversteer...I think it will be a relatively even playing field.
R*

 

[Rotamasta7]

Ok everyone just making sure everyone knows the rules tonight, not going over in detail, just reminders.

Qual starts at 7.30, What ever tyre you qual on is the tyre you start the race on, Only race Hards and race Mediums are available, You must run both compounds in the race at least once (and no running opposite compounds between front and rear tyres).

And all make sure you only have the stardard exhaust fitted, anyone found in the replay after the race with an upgraded one fitted will be slapped in the face with a "I went down on Elton" sticker

 

[velly]

not sure if i can make it for 8pm, my son is not playing ball going to sleep...i will try to make it but i am home alone playing daddy day care as my missus has buggered off out for the night...i will swing by just incase you are running late...gutted...i love my superbird

 

[jasr73]

Apologies for the "brb" and not...GF issues lol. Anyway great to get behind the wheel after few days off. I was seriously struggling with that GT350. Congrats to Rusty, Pawel & Jol for the 1,2,3. And everyone else for avoiding me. Jol you definately had great car control in one of the trickiest cars in the game I reckon. The set up I had just didn't work at all or more likely I didn't work at all haha. Also hats off to Taits, Cactus,Rota and Spin, I could not match your speed boys. Nicely driven. Cheers.

...and Velly - sorry mate, I left you off - that supa bird anit an easy thing to drive either...some great shots there also

 

[velly]

cheers for the race last night guys. I was off the pace at the beginning due to it was the first time i have driven that car lol.
Also I am surry for being very quiet at the beginning as I just put my son to bed 10 mins before the race started so i wanted to keep he noise down (tho my phone going off didnt help)
The Superbird was a great car, I was happy with my set up. She seemed to have the legs on most people down the straight. Brakes were...well, I pressed the pedal and it did something, not sure what it was doing but after a while it would slow the car down! It handled ok, still very nose heavy and understeered if you took the wrong entry speed really bad lol
By the end of the race I was getting to grips with it running 2:07/2:08's on racing mediums. Not pushing 100% as I wanted to tyres to last but sadly due to way too many spins in the opening laps I was a lap down on everyone!
Still, I stuck with it.

After hours racing was fun, the snow race was cool (no pun intended!) and the formual ford (or what ever you called it) was really good.
I will try to get a few videos uploaded this week.
Thanks again for letting me come last


Nürburgring GP_F_4 by OzCoMoBros, on Flickr


Nürburgring GP_F_2 by OzCoMoBros, on Flickr


Nürburgring GP_F_3 by OzCoMoBros, on Flickr


Nürburgring GP_F by OzCoMoBros, on Flickr


Nürburgring GP_F_1 by OzCoMoBros, on Flickr

 

[PAWEL17]

I have to say, that was truly Dom's charger.

 

[spinner]

Well done everyone , good to get a decent sized field and some superb driving of cars that require max focus just to stay out of trouble ! The race wasn't as tedious as I thought it would be , the Cougar was pretty well behaved , without that spin on worn tyres I reckon I would have been right there with Rota at the end.

Good pics Velly

Bring on the next race !

 

[Rusty*]

Yeah it was a good race...kept interesting by the many...ohhhh ohh ohhh nooo' moments had by Tiatal haha...was funny listening to you try to battle with that old Jigga.
Yeah your right Jasr...the GT350 is a real handful...but if you can make it work...it sure was the best sounding car there.
Thanks for putting up some photo's Velly! Yeah I agree about the Formula Ford...we will have to run that more often.

I have to say, that was truly Dom's Charger.

Haha...so I gave the Dom a call last night...said he was sorry he wasn't able to come watch the race...he was too busy chasing trucks in Civics with green NEEOONNS!

Bring on the next race!

Hmm what could it be?
R*

 

[jol_1]

Nice race last night, fun cars to drive and a really good 3 way battle for the lead, nice and clean. I couldn't quite keep up you pawel and rusty but had a lot of fun trying.

 

[velly]

I loved this event so much I am going to run it with my mate @ OzCoMoBros this sunday.
so i will miss what ever you get up to next but will around for the following one

PS, feel free to swing by via my forum (can be found on web site)

I will try to get the snow video up tonight lol

 

[velly]

I am still getting to grips with this video stuff...
here is the opening laps


I tried to keep it to show most of the pack...some nice power slides too lol 👍

 

[Rotamasta7]

Hey everyone, thanks for a great race on sunday, spin you are right, thought it would be a long sunday night, but turned out not bad at all, and yeh, im sure we would have had a very close finish if you didn't spin haha.

The next race should be June 3rd, HOPEFULLY in the Supercar at Rome Reverse. I and im sure others, want this to be as packed as can be as it will be a great race, so let mates know about the race next month. Im sure a few more boys from the monday night races will rock up for this one.

Also, thanks Velly for posting those pics and the vid, good to see some footage without having to turn on the PS3 and loading it all up.

Thanks everyone, talk soon

 

[velly]

I have two guys from OzCoMoBros itching to have a blast too (they are pretty good so will give you a run for your money hehehe) I will PM you Rota

Can I be cheeky and ask to start at 830? no drama if you dont want to change time but as I stated before the start time is really close to my boys bedtime.

Look forward to the next one.

If anyone is interested I am running this event again this coming sunday with the OzCoMoBros. Kicking off at 9pm in my lounge. Feel free to pop in

I will try to get the Ice racing video up in a day or two.

Thanks again