FRL~V8 SUPERCARS - Moleman CHAMPION, ECM Pirtek Endurance Cup ChampionsFinished 

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Overall not a bad round. 4th best car. Finished 4th. Ran 3rd the whole race. On the first of the race ruining cautions I got into 2nd. I had 2 orange cars giving me the business at the apexes, so I decided that I needed to go for the overtake on R1600. Ended up giving up 2nd after not wanting to end Mole's race by forcing it into the chicane. Got pushed wide in the loop and got roughed up after that and got damage basically killing any chance of getting better than 4th. I have recovered from the slump I hit this season.



I cannot wait for Indy as mah big ass Merican V8 can book it around; however, I will need constant reminder to not turn around and race the oval because I'm from Alabama
 
Well, qualifying went better than I had anticipated. First corner was great and was able to sort of hang with @Andil for several laps. Made a few mistakes to lose almost 2 seconds but managed to claw some back before the caution came out for the first time. When another caution came out around lap 29, I took a gamble and dove into the pits. I figured, if it stayed green for the rest of the race, I could probably pull off a win. And it was working brilliantly, even though Andil was taking out chunks of time, I figured as hard as he was pushing that his tires would be not much better off than mine at the end of the race if he caught me.

My heart sank when I saw the caution come out with 8 to go. :nervous: Still had a 12 second lead at that point. I figured if I could make the ass of the car as wide as possible on the restart, I might be able to hold off the hungry wolf pack. :P Was working out ok, but that last caution definitely had me thinking a 4th place finish was in the cards. My front tires at the end were on 7/7 and it just wouldn't turn. PD's wear indicators are crap, because the tire grip you have at 7 should really be down around 4 or lower. No point in having a 10 step indicator if the tires are dead below 8.

In any case, defended the best I could on that last lap and in the last couple corners I was just going to take a really low line to keep anyone from sticking their nose inside. Worked ok until I got a bump on exit which pushed me wide, had to swing back to the right to get a straighter line through the last kink and accidently plowed into the side of @Ninners . After that gave him enough room as to not push him into the wall and glanced back to see Andil right on my ass. :D This it the time where I think the track for being so narrow so he couldn't go around me. Managed to barely hold him off.

Cautions at the end ruined my strategy, but at least it made it interesting. :lol:
 
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Restart should be 60mph as well, right? Was 40mph on two occasions, lost a position on one restart because of that (have to upshift in the Merc, others don't necessarily need to)
 
Andil
Restart should be 60mph as well, right? Was 40mph on two occasions, lost a position on one restart because of that (have to upshift in the Merc, others don't necessarily need to)
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I was told 40mph once, and was waiting for the all clear to go faster, never heard it.
 
Was happy with the first half of the race for me as through strategy alone I was up to 5th place around half distance during the 3rd caution then from around lap 34 onwards when @LancerEvo7 gave me damage it all fell apart for me and ended up finishing 11th which Is probably where I was in pace as the midfield was much faster than me then I was quicker than @CAMikaze.

Probably could of gotten higher if I managed to hold people off and the late cautions giving me track position over others.
 
I knew that if I got put in the back of the pack, I would get plowed in the chicane. I only stopped twice and never under a yellow, so I was able to cycle back to the front every time. Track position is everything at a street course. Just ask @R1600Turbo at the end ;)
 
Lets start getting these OP's updated.

No race this week, Indy Road a week after however with two 30 lap races. Then Fuji.
 
Ninners
Banter Autosport should be ahead of FAS in PEC through the virtue of a higher individual race finish (Yera 3rd in Motegi).
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We got joint-highest round score and we got better second-highest round score.
 

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