C.R.A.P GT300 Endurance Series - Heavy Damage, ABS1 Only

[HP]

You could take it apart and clean it mate? That blows though

 

[SubaruWRC555]

Sorry to Kurt. My pedals became unplugged and I could not accelerate. I can't win. Cannot complete a race with out something for the life of me!!!

 

[Rosenlundaren]

After looking at the accident on the first lap where I was involved and had to crawl back, I can only blame my self for that.

Sorry if I messed things up for you guys around.

Three lessons learned after this race:

1. It was fun! I like long races.

2. Get a faster car...even if I like the one I drove.

3. When I watched the replay I saw that it's possible to go faster than what I did, even if the car is broke.

ok, a 4th lesson: It was fun!

Thanks Heathenpride for making this happen! Great work! 👍

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

I won the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge championship. My Fridays are back to being empty.

 

[Jav]

Sure just not for this mornings practice.

Sweet! so, I can't find any Specs for the cars... Am I not looking hard enough?

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Sweet! so, I can't find any Specs for the cars... Am I not looking hard enough?

All cars @ 404 hp & 1100 kg. I recommend Corvette RMs or R35 TC.

 

[HP]

Sweet! so, I can't find any Specs for the cars... Am I not looking hard enough?

Have you read my OP? Everything is in there.

 

[bobd]

RACE REPORT

WARNING : LONG PICTORIAL POST !

2012 SEP 28 - 2230GMT
Nurb 4h Test Run #2
7 Laps Nurb24h, Daytime, Sunny.
404HP, 1100Kg.

Starting grid :
1. BenNiven83 - Nissan R35 GT-R TC - #83
2. Cobani - Nissan R35 GT-R TC - #28
3. HeathenPride - Nissan R35 GT-R TC - #1
4. davidb_165 - Nissan R35 GT-R TC - #1
5. BobZhn - Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 RM - #9
6. ANFD - Chevrolet Corvette Z06 RM - #17
7. Rosenlundaren - Subaru Impreza TC - #29
8. WIDFO - Nissan R35 GT-R TC - #63
9. Subaru_WRC555 - Nissan Silvia Spec-R Aero RM - #25
10.KurtKrDu - Nissan R35 GT-R TC - #29
11.Gadget334 - Nissan R35 GT-R TC - #34

Final Result :
1. HeathenPride 1:02:46.051
2. Cobani (+1.373)
3. BobZhn (+14.436)
4. davidb_165
5. KurtKrDu
6. Gadget334
7. WIDFO
8. ANFD
9. Rosenlundaren
10.Subaru_WRC555 (disconnected lap 1)
11.BenNiven83 (disconnected lap 2)



Lining up for a rolling start.

Subaru had some wheel and lag problem, spun at the Esses and disconnected, and caught Kurt by surprise. Heavy damage.

The pack making way round the GP Circuit.

Ben leads onto the Ring.

Bob and ANFD, 5th and 6th.

Rosen holding off WIDFO for 7th.

Gadget passes a damaged Kurt to take 9th.

5th spot ANFD caught some grass followed by massive wall smash.

Then ends up in 9th as the pack catches up.

Next is Rosen skidding off track, tried to recover, but swiped WIDFO, then Gadget had to do an evasive dodging....

...but accidentally tapped Rosen into a very hard place.

WIDFO's attempt to control the damaged car was mildly successful, spun but no further damage.

ANFD drops to last as Kurt passes at the Karussell.

HP pushing too hard and went beaching a bit.

2nd Cobani maintaining gap from HP.

David takes 3rd from HP.

Ben holds a huge lead from the rest of the top 5.

5th spot onwards pitting on Lap 1 to repair damage. Gadget charges out the pits.

David got bitten by the Godzilla before Kallenhard. Bob moves up to 4th.

Ben spun with heavy damage. Cobani assume pole at KM12. HP trailing close.

Ben drops to 4th at Karussell. Carefully avoiding traffic.

David moves up to 4th as Ben struggles with the car...

Kurt accidentally swipes WIDFO while challenging for 6th...

WIDFO loses it but skillfully avoided damage. Kurt politely gives back the position to WIDFO. 👍

Last spot Rosen running very consistent in the Impreza TC. Pace is about 1 min per lap off the fastest GT-R.

Ben's disconnected GT-R drifts on track, heading straight into walls. Brought to you by PSN Disconnect Service!

2nd spot HP pits for mandatory rubber. Leader Cobani opens up a 40-sec gap.

Gadget adapting to reduced front grip...

A refreshed Cobani rejoins in 3rd, behind Bob.

Kurt slips pass Gadget for 5th.

Cobani grabs 2nd from Bob.

Gadget coming to terms with half-used front tyres. Misjudge braking and bumps Kurt on the starting straight. Gearbox damage.

A peaceful ANFD cruises along at 8th.

Cobani catches up to HP on the final lap.

HP briefly loses the lead at Karussell after going wide.

On the final stretch, HP manage to draft overtake Cobani on the straight to snatch the lead back!
With less rubber! An Awesome Win!

- THE END -

This post has been commissioned by HeathenPride (Bossman of CRAP Racing).

Laps times and other extra info are not disclosed, and are already available to the participants

Thanks for reading. Have a nice weekend !

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Darn. Looks like I could've had a chance today, I think that everyone spun. Too bad I was busy. It looked really fun.

 

[Jav]

Yes sir I did! Seen how wide the car selection is I'm just making sure it's not a multy class event.

 

[David Brooks]

Awesome write up Bob.

From my perspective of the race, I was my biggest enemy. Came off 3 times by myself (1st time captured as above).

Probably wouldn't have changed the result if I hadn't come off, but it would have been more fun to try and mix it up with you Bob, compared to the running around by myself that I ended up with.

Still, an enjoyable race. Thanks everyone.

 

[Jav]

Nvm

 

[Gadget334]

Yes, I'll second the thanks to Bob for the excellent write up. I thoroughly enjoyed my first proper organised online race. I was pleasantly surprised that I wasn't too far off the pace of the leaders, but suffered badly from not fully understanding the start procedure, so when Kurt and Sub tangled right off the grid, I continued to follow Kurts damaged car for a couple of kms before realising that everyone else was getting away and he was limping.
I then had the misfortune getting caught up with Rosens accident as he recovered to the track bring causing me suspension damage and a long limp back to the pits for a lap 1 pit stop.

On emerging I then had a pretty lonely race apart from the hard charging Kurt chasing me down and passing me on lap 5.

My tyres were very marginal by lap 6 so in the end it was just a relief to bring it home in 6th.

Well done HP and the other guys at the sharp end for running a great race. I'm already looking forward to the next one !!!

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

First race, gadget? Good job!

 

[Gadget334]

First race, gadget? Good job!

Thanks...yes my first but definately not my last!

 

[Cobani]

That was some great racing last night! I really enjoyed it and although consistency and 'staying out of trouble' is the main focus in an endurance, I had some great battles with Heathenpride and Bob.

It was nerve recking though. Ben was in a league of his own and pulling away steadily before the DC, so 👍 to him. The different tyre strategies were nice to see and I can only applaude the level of respect and craftmanship shown. 👍

Fantastic pictures Bob.

 

[ANFD]

Another awesome write-up by bob 👍👍👍👍 Staging and taking all the pictures for something like that takes skill and time and then arranging them to tell the story of the race like they do is really a neat feature and much appreciated. I really love the one picture of Cobani passing bob's Corvette on the straight ... just a great stand alone picture

Last week I laughed in amazement over the fact that I spun 3 times and didn't hit a thing .... ran damage free the whole race. This week was the exact opposite .... just barely touched the edge of the grass early on lap 1 and was pitched quite violently into the wall suffering "limp back to the pits at 35 mph" damage. It quickly reminded me of an important aspect of Endurance racing .... always finish the first lap and most importantly, maintain concentration at all times ..... I failed on both counts


But hey, on the bright side I beat a much faster than me Ben and Suby after they got disconnected

 

[BNGTracer]

Great report as always Bob 👍 hopefully my PS3 is repairable? Gave it to a mate last night who has performed a few miracles on his own fatty, fingers crossed.

 

[Gadget334]

Good luck with that. My fatty died a year ago so I'm on the slimline now. The very latest super slim looks pretty cool

hopefully my PS3 is repairable? Gave it to a mate last night who has performed a few miracles on his own fatty, fingers crossed.

 

[WIDFO]

Excellent race report.

It was a good race and I am looking forward to the next one.

Kurt showed great sportsmanship by slowing down to let me pass after he accidentally clipped me, even though he was faster than me before the coming together.👍

I still have a bit to learn on strategy though. I was following a damaged car on lap 1 and decided to overtake when the track opened up a little but unfortunately suffered heavy damage in the attempt. I should have picked a slower part of the track to overtake:idea:

I hope to see you all in the next race, still in my red GT-R 35 TC #63.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Ha, Kurt & I are Canadian. What else would you expect?

 

[bobd]

I will be skipping the remaining practices and be back on race day. Good hunting gents.

 

[Cobani]

That's a shame Bob, but we will see you on raceday! (night)

 

[HP]

Everyone:

I'm unable to run practice in the morning, can I trust you all to manage? Kurt can you keep an eye on things?

Please note, daylight savings in Australia starts in a few short hours so take that in to account.

Start time is in 13hrs 45 min but please double check, time is to be 8am Aus Central Daylight Savings Time.

Thanks all

 

[Gadget334]

I'll certainly be looking to join. Hopefully if I just follow Kurt I will get into the race room

 

[Cobani]

Yes, that should work just fine. See you tonight gentlemen.

 

[Gadget334]

Thanks, I'm looking forward to it

 

[Cobani]

Gentlemen,
I have to pull out of tonight's practice.
It's 01:11 hours at the moment and I figure that the lounge will open in 19 minutes to begin quali and then the race. It's just to late for me now.
Cheers and have a good one!

Cobani

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

When is this supposed to happen?

 

[Cobani]

Did it happen?

I thought practice should have started at 23.30 GMT+1 (my timezone) and all was quiet. I checked again 1 hour later, but apparantly something went wrong.