Many congratulations to our champions
@jammy21 and
@snowgt :
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I would firstly like to thank all 17 entrants for participating in this Le Mans weekend, and all drivers of this WSC season:
@jammy21 @TNR_KING_FILO @Panoz @chrisjohnson93 @Yeratel84 @LancerEvo7 @Roflwaffle @Andil @snowgt @raceorama123432 @Siggers @FlyingFox @Carbonox @smuffyatfcp @DK @hsv @andrew1990 @The Stig Farmer @GTracerEHTeam @Harsk100 @RACECAR @ranhammerR34 @Ettick @rustyMercedes @gokartman78
Why have I kept doing this four years, despite some nights which have just been bad servers, driving, attitudes, and general stresses? Gran Turismo is a video game, and to me a video game exists solely for fun. To me, if you treat it as anything more, unless you are talking something strictly professional involving money, then you are playing it for the wrong reasons.
The WSC and indeed all of FRL survived because of a couple things. One was my unashamed stubbornness. Yes, sometimes I didn't listen, yes sometimes I messed it up. But that was because I wanted to do it my way and craft it my way, to create something individual. ToCA was a unashamed tribute to a favourite childhood game series. My other series were based on a "why the hell not" philosophy, but WSC was crafted into something different. Embracing an era of different cars, technology. Superchargers, turbos, engines from 1.6 litres to 7 litres, engines in front, rear, back, some cars with over 100hp more than the competition but weighing twice as much. If you cannot appreciate classic car culture, to me you cannot appreciate the essence of motoring. WSC was a celebration of this.
Yet, as I have said before, very nearly never happened. The first Le Mans Classic was a mixed class standalone that attracted no interest. The WSM, which whilst peaking at 11 cars for Le Mans, struggled often to get out double figures and with 6-8 cars at a few rounds, that was it. But somehow, we managed to get through. It offered a personal touch for me, and I loved how with all the styles and cars on display I was able to get what I thought was pretty artsy with OPs, the event banners, the designs. Anyone can host an event. But if they are not prepared to put in the time and effort, and the little touches to make it stand out from the crowd and what was at its peak, a packed racing series forum, you get left behind. Time is a reason I am packing this in. Plenty of personal reasons, some I have documented here. And I don't want to run something half-heartedly, and give up on it. I did that once before and that was a poor show off me (NASCAR Trucks).
But no series is nothing without its racers. We've had some personalities on and off track and still do, but as a group and a core we have become all good friends I feel. I have tried myself to cater for you guys best I could. I hope I managed it. Thank you all, for some memorable moments out there on track. The FRL was supposed to be fast, fun and friendly. I always said "the day it stops being fun is the day I stop", and that was true. Now it is still fun, but i'm not prepared to just run for the sake of it. You lot have given me some headaches sometimes. "FURI BOP IS WRONG" "MY CAR IS TOO SLOW" "HE'S TOO FAST GIVE HIM BALLAST" "HE WON A RACE, THAT CAR IS OP" "WHY IS THIS TRACK IN THE CALENDAR" "#InsertCarHereOP". Guys. Nothing is perfect. We work with what we got. You can make a car better or worse, you deal with it. And end of the day, despite the incessant, and sometimes valid, sometimes just plain childish complaining, you all still week after week come to the lobby, get on track and get on with it.
And it is the moments like this tonight, with 16 of you all in there, ready to go, engines revving that make this hosting lark worth it.
Thank you everyone. I'll remember these times, and hopefully you will as well.
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Signing off.
Furinkazen / Alex
Even though there have been some rough patches on the road (how many incidents did I cause?! TOO MANY TO MENTION!), here we are all again together and having fun together. ALL OF YOU have made it such a joy and a blast to compete in the WSC and to be part of the FRL. Thank you so much 
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