I didnt realise we were to keep our own points, i thought someone would be taking pics at the end of each race for positions and proof no? I can vaguely remember a few of my placings but would have to rely on others to get them right.
Race1: First time ever driving this car, based my setup off my 350z setup (i very rarely drive 4WD cars) and put one lap in free run to get an idea of corner speeds before the start of MNR. Started 4th, was 3rd by 2nd corner, behind Tizzla and joeninety, joe appeared to be slow in this car and was wishing him to fall off the track (politely wishing
), which he did at degner1 and rejoined just before degner2 in a close call as i squeezed by. I had alright pace and was quite surprised to see tizzla not pulling away. But it was not to be, 2nd or 3rd lap i ran wide trying to hold onto my 2nd place at 130r, copped a penalty for it, the slower speed put me off going into Casio triangle and i copped another penalty for turning too early and cutting the chicane. I dropped down the order. At this point i decided to go for consistancy over speed, ran a solid race afterwards and believe i finished 5th.
Race2: This is the car i had put an hour into testing/setting up on monday before the night. Started 6th(?) had a good start, going down the outside i was pulling up just behind TORC Stonemonkey on the outside with plenty of room, and just before the corner he decided he wanted a wider line, not realizing i was there, tipped me and i spun straight into the wall. First sector i was down 13seconds already as the pack sped off. Going with my theory from the first race, i took it easy, slowly built up speed (managing personal best for the race of 1:58.2, fastest i've ever gone in the viper), passed a few unlucky chaps that got caught up in a few accidents, my consistancy paid off with a bit of luck and once again finished about 5th, considering the start i was pretty happy.
Race3: This is a nice easy car to drive, but i hadnt had the pace in it that i did a few weeks back. Managing only a 1:46.5~ during the race. I got a penalty in the middle of the first corner for some unknown reason and slipped back to last. Caught up in a Ferrari sandwich through the long right hander, loosing the pack slowly and being extra cautious due to the outsiders and not knowing whether i was going to be punted or not. End of the first lap, coming up through the last corner, my inexperiance at Fuji showed as i managed to oversteer the car into a spin at the crest of the final corner. Putting me well out of the running and any slipstream potential. Ran a quiet rest of the race at the back of the pack concentrating on lines and understanding Fuji. Finished 7th for the MNR's.
Race4: The F40, how i love this car. Although i'm more of a Suzuka than Fuji racer, anytime i get to race this car on fair ground against other players is always something special. I was battered about by a Clio and a couple of the other outsider cars on the track early on, found myself behind Joeninety and Tizzla, following them for many laps as they put on an entertaining show in front of me, i was too far out of reach to grab a slipstream but fast enough in the corners (due to them battling) to stay within a few seconds of them and watch the show. Following these guys and staying out of trouble, moving up the ranks, it wasnt until Joeninety lost it, gifting me 2nd place for the MNR Runners, quite happy with the place, not happy with my pace. Need more Fuji track time...
Race5: This was a great race, setup the car just befor the race start, cant believe the understeer on this thing! One of the few times i've driven this car, i think last time was with MNR at Daytona Road a couple months back. Was quite surprised i had some pace and was managing to hold onto 2nd until my own mistake at Degner 2 dropped me back to Forth, just in front of Schmuben[DE] driving a Ford GTLM. I thought he'd blast past me, but he appeared to be having a hard time controlling his car coming out of corners and wasnt as quick as i expected him to be. He had a bit of lag too, and eventually caught me through the essess where he tipped me off, he waited for me which was nice, but in an awkward position in Dunlop curve as i went past, i accidentaly knocked him, he took this the wrong way and i was forced off later at Spoon by his hand. Dont really remember much else of the race, ended up 4th overall.
Positions (from memory)
Race1: 5th
Race2: 5th
Race3: 7th
Race4: 2nd
Race5: 4th
I'm not 100% about my positions, but i dont think i'm that far off either, if any other MNR guys know where i actually came, please correct me. I think i'll be recording my MNR races from now on, be quite interesting to watch the replays, and know for sure where i placed.
Sorry if I sounded rude, just that I don't normally do so wellm, and from all the hype over MNR with the fastest guys around I was expecting the same of SAR. I'm sure if I could attend MNR it would be business as usual 
, but see I watch Top Gear on Mondays, and wouldn't like having the sony on late at night afterwards.
Then just drove around by myself until the end and finished 3rd.
Let him back infront and followed him and a GTLM for the next lap or so. He then spun off at T1 allowing me into 2nd place and about 3-4 laps to catch joe. Got the gap down from about 5 seconds to 1.5 but that's where it ended & I finished 2nd.
That's 2 people that were effected. I have no idea why my internet chose to go bonkers & cut out during that one. Perhaps it knew my viper setup was all wrong & saved me from coming last 
