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SFGTP2 Results & Photos
Feel free to post memorable moments / quotes / experiences /favourite combos / pet-hates here, and I'll be generating write-ups and photos over the next few weeks or so! 👍
*edit* It's also just been pointed out to me that this is in fact my 3000th post on GTPlanet.
Couldn't possibly think of a better way to use it!
A taste of things to come!!!!
ceiling_fan's amazing sideways driving, as viewed from Touring Mars' (very scared....
) Spyker!!!
Day 1. Saturday October 27th 2007.
Feel free to post memorable moments / quotes / experiences /favourite combos / pet-hates here, and I'll be generating write-ups and photos over the next few weeks or so! 👍
*edit* It's also just been pointed out to me that this is in fact my 3000th post on GTPlanet.
Couldn't possibly think of a better way to use it!
A taste of things to come!!!!
ceiling_fan's amazing sideways driving, as viewed from Touring Mars' (very scared....
) Spyker!!!Day 1. Saturday October 27th 2007.
DaveS1138 is waylaid by an unfortunate illness for his wife & daughter, and can't make it out here.
With all the rest of the participants present, Touring Mars having arrived from London, UK on Thursday evening to de-jetlag, and Kylehnat also arriving early in order to give him time to correct his posture after 12hrs behind the wheel from Olympia, WA! The jump_ace's came in on Friday night, flying in from Portland, OR. With the remaining locals juana b., ceiling_fan, alrivers, V1P3R and Strop turning up by 10am, we were quickly set up and ready to go.... if only we could get the damned network to connect!
Many repeats of "I've got 2 dots." & "OK, next machine go in." later it was discovered we'd got a wiring error! Once rectified we were away into our first event of the day!Event 1: Race Car Handicap
A fun format filched from Famine's famous files,
the handicap event runs as follows: With 9 drivers, we let the fastest 3 drivers, based on SFGTP1 results, and WRS reputation in jump_ace's case, sit off the first race.
The other 6 drivers all begin in identical cars. The winner gets the dubious honour of dropping 2 levels down the lineup, 2nd place drops 1 level and 3rd place is the booby prize, retaining the same car, but along with 1st & 2nd, he sits out the next race, while the 3 drivers initially sitting off get a chance to race against 4th, 5th, & 6th who stay on and retain the same car. As there's 3 drivers rotating on and off each time, it becomes progressively harder for a driver dropping to slower cars to win races against racers who've still got the faster cars from higher in the lineup. A random track generator, another piece of Famine's Excel wizardry helps to keep us all on our toes by throwing out the venues.
The first driver to progress all the way to the last car in the lineup, and take an outright race win is declared overall winner.
Our rides for this event in start ----> finish order:
1. Audi R8 01
2. Nissan R390 GT1 98
3. BMW McLaren F1 GTR 97
4. Chaparral 2D 67
5. Ford Falcon XR8 '00
6. Honda Takata Dome NSX (JGTC) '03
7. Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C2) Race Car '63
8. Toyota Altezza Touring Car '01
9. Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Rally Car '85
10. Mazda 6 Touring Car 02
Race 1: Twin Ring Motegi Road
The first race of the day sees juana b. stroll away with a maiden victory, beer fuelled all the way, while Touring Mars & Kylehnat have a hotly contested battle for the precious 2nd spot, which isn't without a bump or two.
V1P3R ,Strop & ceiling_fan stay on for race 2.
1st juana b. R8
2nd Kylehnat R8
3rd Touring Mars R8
4th V1P3R R8
5th Strop R8
6th ceiling_fan R8
Race 2: Suzuka Circuit
With 1-2-3 from race 1 sitting out this time, alrivers, jump_ace & Smallhorses get a chance to race on an all Audi grid. A first lap incident that wipes out most of the field allows alrivers to pick his way through the carnage, and away to what seems like a certain win, until he spins out spectacularly
later on and allows the battle for 2nd & 3rd to become the battle for 1st & 2nd! jump_ace wins from Smallhorses, and the recovered alrivers takes the booby spot ahead of V1P3R who finishes clear of a close 5th/6th battle between Strop & ceiling_fan, with the latter driver just sneaking home in front.1st jump_ace R8
2nd Smallhorses R8
3rd alrivers R8
4th V1P3R R8
5th ceiling_fan R8
6th Strop R8
Race 3: Midfield
Touring Mars comes back on in the Audi, after his 3rd place in race 1, while juana b. drops to the McLaren, and Kylehnat into the Nissan.
Touring Mars who wins, is pushed all the way, by Kylehnat to take a second consecutive 2nd place and secures an immediate escape from the Nissan. ceiling_fan grabs his first podium of the weekend, although it means he gets a rest for a race, and will still drive the Audi next time out. A close fought battle takes place between the remaining Audis, with Strop just edging out V1P3R for 4th place, and juana b.'s outclassed McLaren finishes last, leaving him to stay on for race 4.
1st Touring Mars R8
2nd Kylehnat R390
3rd ceiling_fan R8
4th Strop R8
5th V1P3R R8
6th juana b. McLaren
Race 4: El Capitan
1-2-3 from race 2 rejoin the fray, with some car changes, and finish 1-2-3 again, albeit inverted this time. alrivers escapes the Audi with his win, but as in the last race, it's under constant pressure from a Nissan, this time piloted by Smallhorses, although hitting the wall on the bridge a few times did little to assist the Audi in pulling away! A misunderstanding about the finish sees jump_ace pull over after lap 5 to allow everyone else to finish, while he was running in 3rd place! With the rules re-iterated (we run the full 6 laps, but if there's a close battle further back, then the leaders pull in just short of crossing the line to allow the battle to run to conclusion.) the standings are rectified, to give Jerome the dubious honour of taking 3rd place, meaning he'll sit off but hang onto the McLaren for race 6. juana b. brings the other McLaren home 4th, without too much argument since he gets to stay on in it for race 5! Two Audis round out the result.
1st alrivers R8
2nd Smallhorses R390
3rd jump_ace McLaren
4th juana b. McLaren
5th Strop R8
6th V1P3R R8
Race 5: High Speed Ring
With Chris, Kyle & David reinstated for race 5, we have a grid made of 3 Audis and 3 McLarens. It's no surprise that there are audible groans from the McLaren pilots when the Random Track Generator (henceforth "RTG") throws High Speed Ring out!
V1P3R capitalises immediately, putting his last place in race 4 behind him to romp to a win in the Audi. Strop, who has shown no signs of stroppyness, takes 2nd and also escapes the Audi. Touring Mars & juana b. do an impressive job of holding podium spots in the McLarens for a while until Josh slams head-on into the pit entry, which drops him from 3rd to last in a flash! The Audis eventually make it a 1-2-3, but ceiling_fan's 3rd place means he'll skip the next race while remaining the only driver yet to progress from the Audi.1st V1P3R R8
2nd Strop R8
3rd ceiling_fan R8
4th Touring Mars McLaren
5th Kylehnat McLaren
6th juana b. McLaren
Race 6: Circuit de La Sarthe II (3 Laps)
The 3 McLarens from race 5, are joined by the 3 returning drivers, who've also all progressed as far as the McLaren. A guaranteed 1-2-3-4-5-6 for the McLaren then!
jump_ace romps to victory, and another 2 car drop, while a great 3 way battle for 2nd place between alrivers, juana b. and Smallhorses comes to an abrupt end at Mulsanne Kink on lap 2, as we go in 3 abreast, but Smallhorses' car on the inside is squeezed a little too much! Boxed in
), and the Armco skews Smallhorses' McLaren hard into the side of juana b.'s and spins him out. 
alrivers & Smallhorses continue the 2nd/3rd battle to the line, with alrivers justly taking it, and leaving Smallhorses to sit off race 7 but hanging onto the McLaren, while the aggrieved juana b. is able to re-race the McLaren again giving him another chance to escape it before Smallhorses after finishing 4th! Seems like fair punishment of sorts, but it's all very good natured really! 
1st jump_ace McLaren
2nd alrivers McLaren
3rd Smallhorses McLaren
4th juana b. McLaren
5th Kylehnat McLaren
6th Touring Mars McLaren
Race 7: Opera Paris
4th/5th/6th from race 6 keep their order, and finish 1-2-3 here, juana b. taking the win in his 5th consecutive race in the McLaren, with Kylehnat also escaping it in his 3rd consecutive race, while Touring Mars is guaranteed another race in it after a 3rd place finish. V1P3R makes his McLaren debut a whole lot more difficult for himself by accidentally selecting manual rather than his preferred automatic transmission,
which gives him last place. Strop's first Nissan outing is marked with 4th place, keeping it in front of ceiling_fan's continued troubles with the Audi. 1st juana b. McLaren
2nd Kylehnat McLaren
3rd Touring Mars McLaren
4th Strop R390
5th ceiling_fan R8
6th V1P3R McLaren
Race 8: Fuji 90s
Smallhorses' McLaren leads by 14s going into the last lap until he suffers a breakdown in composure of Britney Spears-esque proportions,
and ploughing every bit of grass around Fuji which allows ceiling_fan through for the win, and finally make his escape from the Audi! jump_ace does and admirable job of placing his Ford ahead of Strop's 4th placed Nissan and V1P3R's now automatic McLaren! alrivers seems unimpressed by his first foray in the 3 speed Chaparral. 
1st ceiling_fan R8
2nd Smallhorses McLaren
3rd jump_ace XR8
4th Strop R390
5th V1P3R McLaren
6th alrivers 2D
Race 9: Tokyo R246 Reverse
The beginning of the end of Touring Mars' love affair with Tokyo (ref: post #47), sees his McLaren hare off into the lead, and he looks set to escape down to the Ford.
Not so.
A spin on lap 5 lets Strop's Nissan through for a debut SFGTP win
, and Kylehnat to escape the Chaparral at the first time of asking. To add insult to injury, Touring Mars brings the McLaren home in the bogey spot, 3rd place, and books himself a seat on the sidelines for race 10, and the McLaren again for race 11! 
Alex stays on in the Chaparral, while Nick (US Nick, i.e. V1P3R, not UK Nick, i.e. Smallhorses
) keeps hold of his McLaren for the next race, and Josh struggles with the Ford's appetite for front tyres. 
1st Strop R390
2nd Kylehnat 2D
3rd Touring Mars McLaren
4th alrivers 2D
5th V1P3R McLaren
6th juana .b XR8
Race 10: Trial Mountain
After a huge tangling with one of the McLarens on lap 1, Smallhorses is left with an uphill (no pun intended at Trial Mountain! Sorry!
Smallhorses' 3-speed Sixties-mobile is on a mission, taking juana b.'s ailing Ford on the penultimate lap, and eating chunks out of jump_ace's lead during the last one. Jerome is just too far ahead to catch though, and once again takes a race win, and 2 car drop, ahead of UK Nick who seems determined to drive every car in the lineup by dropping through them 1 at a time! 1st jump_ace XR8
2nd Smallhorses 2D
3rd juana b. XR8
4th alrivers 2D
5th ceiling_fan McLaren
6th V1P3R McLaren
Race 11: Deep Forest
Touring Mars finally escapes the McLaren, while Kylehnat also seems determined to drive every car in the series, and drops another rung down the ladder by bringing his Ford home 2nd. ceiling_fan seems more comfortable in the McLaren than he was in the Audi, but a 3rd place finish merely guarantees him a repeat ride in race 13, after a great battle for the 3rd/4th spots with V1P3R! The Chaparrals struggle here but it's Strop who takes 5th in his 1st outing in the 3-Speed demon ahead of alrivers whose 4th race in the 2D is as bad as his first!
1st Touring Mars McLaren
2nd Kylehnat XR8
3rd ceiling_fan McLaren
4th V1P3R McLaren
5th Strop 2D
6th alrivers 2D
A swift journey over to the Public Market for lunch takes place at this juncture, where a vast array of cross-cultural delights are eagerly consumed, before a rabble of replenished racers rapidly return from their repast, ready to resume the raucous revelry of running randomly requested races!
*Pant, Gasp, Wheeze!*
Race 12: Cote d'Azur
Jerome's first outing in the Chevy seems to be going wonderfully well as he streaks off into the distance in the second Sixties special to feature here. 👍 Sadly, Cote d'Azur is not the ideal circuit for a hugely powerful and torquey RWD car with its array of low speed corners, and his tyres meltdown on lap 3 like Mel Gibson while drink-driving!
UK Nick in the Ford breaks his winless streak in by edging out Josh who also brings a Ford home in the places that count, after a magnificent battle, although both suffer with horrific understeer towards the end as their front tyres shred! Alex's run of unhappiness in the Chaparral continues as he brings it home in his highest position yet, but only succeeds in making sure it'll be the same ride for him in race 14! 1st Smallhorses XR8
2nd juana b. XR8
3rd alrivers 2D
4th V1P3R McLaren
5th Strop 2D
6th jump_ace Z06
Race 13: Seattle Reverse
Next up is Seattle, backwards. This doesn't phase Kyle though as he takes a maiden SFGTP win in his first outing in a new car (this time the Honda), on his home circuit. Chris also ensures his revisit to the hotseats is a brief one, bringing his newly acquired Ford home in 2nd spot to secure an instant demotion (which is actually the idea here! 💡) 13 is unlucky for someone though, and it's US Nick, whose reward for his best placing in the McLaren to date, is to sit off the next race, and keep the McLaren for race 15.
Jerome is beginning to get the hang of the Chevy's tyre hunger, and manages 4th place this time out.
1st Kylehnat NSX
2nd Touring Mars XR8
3rd V1P3R McLaren
4th jump_ace Z06
5th ceiling_fan McLaren
6th Strop 2D
Race 14: Seoul Reverse
Not such a great place to get stuck in a Chevy either, and the pairing of Smallhorses & jump_ace bring up the rear here! ceiling_fan's 2nd victory excuses him from more McLaren misery, and alrivers is delighted with his 2nd place, escaping at last from the Chaparral's hold at the 6th time of asking. juana b.'s maiden voyage in the Honda only results in a guaranteed repeat drive for race 16, while Strop takes his highest Chaparral placement yet, stealing 4th from Smallhorses' Chevy on the last straight!
1st ceiling_fan McLaren
2nd alrivers 2D
3rd juana b. NSX
4th Strop 2D
5th Smallhorses Z06
6th jump_ace Z06
Race 15: Infineon Stock Car Course
Touring Mars once again marks his return with an immediate departure! The 3rd driver to use the Honda, he steams off to a win ahead of a Battle Royale betwixt the Chevy's of Jerome & UK Nick, who swap places regularly throughout the laps, with Jerome's escape from the Chevy only fractionally confirmed at the line from UK Nick's condemnation to a race on the sidelines with a Chevy relapse to look forward to!
(This was one of my favourite races of the weekend though! 👍) For a while it seems like US Nick is going to run away with the spoils as he leads in the McLaren for a couple of laps before spinning out. Kylehnat being the first driver to experience the Altezza is able to finish 4th.1st Touring Mars NSX
2nd jump_ace Z06
3rd Smallhorses Z06
4th Kylehnat Toyota
5th V1P3R McLaren
6th Strop 2D
Race 16: Apricot Hill
V1P3R more than makes up for the faux-pas in the last race here, taking his 2nd win of the weekend in the McLaren which he's relieved to leave behind. (This after recovering from a 2nd lap spin too!
) juana b.'s Honda holds off a late charge from the second Honda of alrivers. Kylehnat makes it two 4th places in a row in the Toyota ahead of ceiling_fan's Ford debut, and Strop's continuing Chaparral woes.1st V1P3R McLaren
2nd juana b. NSX
3rd alrivers NSX
4th Kylehnat Toyota
5th ceiling_fan XR8
6th Strop 2D
Race 17: Tsukuba
Somehow Smallhorses is able to pilot the tyre-shredding Chevy to a walk-in-the-park victory here ahead of a monstrous battle between David's Ford and Kyle's Toyota. It's ceiling_fan whose 2nd outing in the V8 Supercar is rewarded with a drop in the lineup, while Kylehnat's best Toyota performance is marked by winning the booby prize of a seat on the sidelines! Strop has an improved time in the Chaparral, bringing it home ahead of the other 2 Toyotas.
1st Smallhorses Z06
2nd ceiling_fan XR8
3rd Kylehnat Toyota
4th Strop 2D
5th Touring Mars Toyota
6th jump_ace Toyota
Race 18: Autumn Ring Reverse
Touring Mars is leading when a questionable move from jump_ace drops him back to second. Not sure if this is a hangover from the 5th/6th battle in the last race, but insult is added to injury when alrivers passes both to take the win in the Honda, and Chris is left with the Toyota for another race after a 3rd place finish. Josh* & US Nick both get to grips with new cars in this race, while Craig's learning curve continues with another outing in the Chaparral on a track he's never driven round backwards before!
* it's just been pointed out to me (by Josh!!!) that I buggered things up a bit here, allowing Josh to somehow drop 2 cars for a 2nd place finish, and thus avoid the Chevy.
Apologies to all, I'm not as infallible as Famine! 1st alrivers NSX
2nd jump_ace Toyota
3rd Touring Mars Toyota
4th juana b. Toyota
5th V1P3R XR8
6th Strop 2D
Race 19: Infineon Sports Car Course
Kyle makes no mistakes this time and escapes the Toyota, ahead of David's Honda. Josh ensures he'll be left with another shot at the Toyota when his valiant attempts to catch the Honda fall short. Craig hooks up the Chaparral in the last 2 laps, rising from 6th to 4th ahead of the 2 Nicks, V1P3R's Ford taking a second consecutive 5th place, and Smallhorses' efforts at showing off the Peugeot for the first time ending in squirrelly tyre-smoking spins as he tries to tame it's surprisingly unpredictable back end!
1st Kylehnat Toyota
2nd ceiling_fan NSX
3rd juana b. Toyota
4th Strop 2D
5th V1P3R XR8
6th Smallhorses Peugeot
Race 20: Circuit de La Sarthe I (3 Laps)
Much to V1P3R & Strop's relief a fast track that they both know comes next, and they make a no-brainer of this one, finishing 1-2 and making their respective escapes, Craig being relieved to finally get a rest after 10
straight races!Predictably there's 2 separate races further back, with 2 Toyotas going at it ahead of 2 Peugeots.
1st V1P3R XR8
2nd Strop 2D
3rd alrivers Toyota
4th Touring Mars Toyota
5th jump_ace Peugeot
6th Smallhorses Peugeot
Race 21: Grand Valley East
1st Touring Mars Toyota
2nd jump_ace Peugeot
3rd juana b. Toyota
4th ceiling_fan Z06
5th Smallhorses Peugeot
6th Kylehnat Mazda
Race 22: Special Stage Route 5
1st alrivers Toyota
2nd Smallhorses Peugeot
3rd Strop XR8
4th V1P3R Z06
5th Kylehnat Mazda
6th ceiling_fan Z06
Race 23: Hong Kong Reverse
1st juana b. Toyota
2nd Kylehnat Mazda
3rd jump_ace Mazda
4th Touring Mars Mazda
5th V1P3R Z06
6th ceiling_fan Z06
Race 24: Motorland Reverse
1st Touring Mars Mazda
2nd Smallhorses Mazda
3rd alrivers Mazda
4th Strop XR8
5th V1P3R Z06
6th ceiling_fan Z06
Audi R8 01: Everyone
Nissan R390 GT1 98: Kylehnat; Smallhorses; Strop
BMW McLaren F1 GTR 97: juana b.; jump_ace; Touring Mars; Kylehnat; alrivers; Smallhorses; V1P3R; ceiling_fan
Chaparral 2D 67: alrivers; Kylehnat; Smallhorses; Strop
Ford Falcon XR8 '00: jump_ace; juana b.; Kylehnat; Smallhorses; Touring Mars; ceiling_fan; alrivers; V1P3R; Strop
Honda Takata Dome NSX (JGTC) '03: Kylehnat; juana b.; Touring Mars; ceiling_fan
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C2) Race Car '63: jump_ace; Smallhorses; juana b.; ceiling_fan; V1P3R
Toyota Altezza Touring Car '01: Kylehnat; Touring Mars; jump_ace; alrivers
Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Rally Car '85: Smallhorses; jump_ace
Mazda 6 Touring Car 02: Kylehnat; Touring Mars; jump_ace; alrivers; Smallhorses; juana b.
Winner: Touring Mars
Event 2: Gentlemen's Agreement Pick'n'Mix
6 cars, 6 races for each driver, each driver can pick each car once and once only. Less of a logistical nightmare to organise for 9 drivers on 1 6-way LAN, than the ordeal that the UKGTPers had fitting 21 folks onto 18 machines!!!
Points are scored in the old F1 format, 10 points for a win, 6 for 2nd place, 4 for 3rd, and 3,2,1 for 4th, 5th & 6th respectively.
Winner is simply the driver with highest points tally at the end (or jump_ace if you're really not into suspense!!!
)The choices for the first P'n'M of the weekend are 6 extremely closely matched road cars from Japan, where the so called "Gentlemen's Agreement" between the manufacturers led to 6 flagship vehicles which all show 276HP on paper......but not when you get them home!!!
1. Toyota Supra RZ '97
2. Honda NSX Type S Zero '99
3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII RS '03
4. Subaru Impreza Sedan WRX STi spec C '04
5. Mazda RX-7 Type RS (FD) '00
6. Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34) '99
Race 1: Grand Valley
1st jump_ace Mitsubishi 10
2nd juana b. Subaru 6
3rd alrivers Mitsubishi 4
4th Kylehnat Mazda 3
5th ceiling_fan Mazda 2
6th Strop Honda 1
Race 2: Laguna Seca
1st Touring Mars Subaru 10
2nd jump_ace Honda 6
3rd alrivers Honda 4
4th Kylehnat Toyota 3
5th ceiling_fan Honda 2
6th Strop Mitsubishi 1
Race 3: New York Reverse
1st jump_ace Nissan 10
2nd Kylehnat Subaru 6
3rd Smallhorses Toyota 4
4th Strop Subaru 3
5th Touring Mars Honda 2
6th alrivers Toyota 1
Race 4: Twin Ring Motegi East
1st Touring Mars Nissan 10
2nd Kylehnat Nissan 6
3rd Smallhorses Honda 4
4th V1P3R Mitsubishi 3
5th Strop Mazda 2
6th alrivers Subaru 1
Race 5: Nurburgring (2 Laps)
1st juana b. Nissan 10
2nd Kylehnat Mitsubishi 6
3rd Touring Mars Mazda 4
4th Smallhorses Mitsubishi 3
5th V1P3R Nissan 2
6th Strop Nissan 1
Race 6: Suzuka West
1st Touring Mars Mitsubishi 10
2nd juana b. Mitsubishi 6
3rd Smallhorses Mazda 4
4th ceiling_fan Subaru 3
5th V1P3R Toyota 2
6th Strop Toyota 1
Race 7: El Capitan Reverse
1st jump_ace Subaru 10
2nd Smallhorses Subaru 6
3rd Touring Mars Toyota 4
4th juana b. Honda 3
5th ceiling_fan 5 Mitsubishi 2
6th V1P3R Mazda 1
Race 8: Autumn Ring
1st Smallhorses Nissan 10
2nd jump_ace Toyota 6
3rd juana b. Mazda 4
4th V1P3R Honda 3
5th ceiling_fan Toyota 2
6th alrivers Nissan 1
Race 9: Opera Paris Reverse
1st jump_ace Mazda 10
2nd juana b. Toyota 6
3rd V1P3R Subaru 4
4th Kylehnat Honda 3
5th ceiling_fan Nissan 2
6th alrivers Mazda 1
Final Standings:-
1st jump_ace 52
2nd Touring Mars 40
3rd juana b. 35
4th Smallhorses 29
5th Kylehnat 27
6th V1P3R 15
7th ceiling_fan 13
8th alrivers 12
9th Strop 9
Day 2. Sunday October 28th 2007.
After quite a late Saturday evening out for food and quite a few pitchers of "Fat Tire" ale at the Broken Rack, we bid goodnight to Strop & Kylehnat who retired to their respective hotels, while jump_ace & Touring Mars accompanied the Smallhorseses back to the race venue, and proceeded to attack a rather good bottle of Glenfiddich 18yr Malt Whisky.
Sadly both V1P3R & juana b. have prior commitments for Sunday, and their presence both on & off-track is missed by all.
A schoolboy error sees Smallhorses up bright and early at 8am, ready to listen to the coverage of the Liverpool vs. Arsenal English Premier League game, and it takes a while for it to register, that the coverage isn't on in time. Why? Our hungover host has forgotten that Daylight Savings time ended in the UK, and we're now only 7 hours behind England, instead of our usual 8!!!
While Touring Mars still snoozes on the sofa-bed, I was able to creep back upstairs, get up properly, and come down again to wake everyone up with the screaming kettle! Properly breakfasted, & with football commentary in full flow, ceiling_fan's arrival is marked by a sudden request for all present to try and free a stranded BMW. (I'll leave David to reveal details if he wishes....)
Kyle and Craig arrive shortly afterwards and since we'd had a call from Alex to let us know he was "on his way", but from Sacramento (where he's been partying into the wee-hours) instead of SF, we decided to kill some time while waiting for him. 6 machines had their "Favourites" replenished with Sunday's rides, and the networked connects first time! 👍
Event 3: Triumph Spitfire Trophy (Round 1)
We elect to run a special request from ceiling_fan, a Triumph Spitfire Trophy, while we await our straggler! With 6 racers present, there's no need for qualifying heats, everyone is in the instant final!
He even has a particular track in mind, Trial Mountain Reverse, and so our 6 racers take to the grid in a dizzying array of 70s colours that seem specifically designed to make your eyes bleed!
(This appears to be trademark of the 70s cars, with some of the Dodge & Plymouth rides having a quite nauseating array of virulent shades available!
)Car: Triumph Spitfire 1500 '74 : Everyone
Track: Trial Mountain Reverse
Result:-
1st Smallhorses
2nd jump_ace
3rd Kylehnat
4th ceiling_fan
5th Touring Mars
6th Strop
Event 4: Clio Endurance.
....until we had 3 teams of 2, and 1 leftover.
It was thus decided that Smallhorses would handicap each team equally by driving one stint for each team! (Hey, why write all the rest of the blurb when it's already there in "The Ocho" thread!!!
It's becoming a worldwide-LAN-signature-event, right?!!! 
) Allowing "Los Dos" & "The Ocho" some direct crossover, it means that no-less than 26 drivers all took part in the same event at some point over the weekend, albeit some 7 hours later than others!
Car: Clio Renault Sport Trophy V6 24V Race Car '00 : Everyone
Track: Special Stage Route 5 Reverse
Team 1: Touring Mars & Strop
Team 2: jump_ace & ceiling_fan
Team 3: Kylehnat & alrivers
Team Alonso: Smallhorses
)Result:-
1st alrivers + Kylehnat
2nd jump_ace + ceiling_fan
3rd Touring Mars + Strop
DQ Team Alonso (Found to be using unfair advantage to set fast laps, such as testing data from at least 2 sources!)
By this point it's decided to go to a vote:
A) run a single handicap event in the afternoon, or B) run 2 x Pick'n'Mix events.
There are a lot of B's.
After we evacuate the garage, to avoid getting stung, and the B's are exterminated, we resume a couple of Pick'n'Mixes.
Sorry, it's TM's influence!!!!
(Yes, I know it should technically be "Bs" not "B's" but I didn't want anyone thinking there was a lot of BS!!!
So B's is easier to distinguish! )Event 5: JGTC(500) Pick'n'Mix
Same format and rules as Event 2, but this time with slightly more feisty steeds! A closely matched selection of Japanese Touring Cars allows for some of the most exciting competition of the weekend!
1. Honda Loctite Mugen NSX (JGTC) '01
2. Toyota Castrol Tom's Supra (JGTC) '00
3. Toyota Denso Sard Supra GT (JGTC) '00
4. Nissan Calsonic Skyline (JGTC) '00
5. Honda Mobil 1 NSX (JGTC) '01
6. Nissan Pennzoil Nismo GT-R (JGTC) '99
Race 1: New York
1st Touring Mars Tom's Supra 10
2nd Smallhorses Pennzoil Skyline 6
3rd Kylehnat Denso Supra 4
4th alrivers Loctite NSX 3
5th Strop Pennzoil Skyline 2
6th ceiling_fan Calsonic Skyline 1
Race 2: Twin Ring Motegi Road
1st jump_ace Mobil 1 NSX 10
2nd KylehnatLoctite NSX 6
3rd Touring Mars Mobil 1 NSX 4
4th alrivers Tom's Supra 3
5th ceiling_fan Mobil 1 NSX 2
6th Strop Calsonic Skyline 1
Race 3: Midfield Reverse
1st Smallhorses Calsonic Skyline 10
2nd Touring Mars Calsonic Skyline 6
3rd alrivers Pennzoil Skyline 4
4th jump_ace Tom's Supra 3
5th Kylehnat Mobil 1 NSX 2
6th ceiling_fan Denso Supra 1
Race 4: High Speed Ring Reverse
1st jump_ace Calsonic Skyline 10
2nd KylehnatCalsonic Skyline 6
3rd Smallhorses Mobil 1 NSX 4
4th alrivers Denso Supra 3
5th ceiling_fan Tom's Supra 2
6th Strop Mobil 1 NSX 1
Race 5: Circuit de La Sarthe II (3 Laps)
1st jump_ace Pennzoil Skyline 10
2nd SmallhorsesLoctite NSX 6
3rd Kylehnat Pennzoil Skyline 4
4th Touring Mars Denso Supra 3
5th alrivers Mobil 1 NSX 2
6th Strop Tom's Supra 1
Race 6: Fuji 90s
1st Smallhorses Denso Supra 10
2nd jump_ace Loctite NSX 6
3rd Touring Mars Pennzoil Skyline 4
4th ceiling_fan Loctite NSX 3
5th alrivers Calsonic Skyline 2
6th Strop Loctite NSX 1
Race 7: Tokyo R246
1st Kylehnat Tom's Supra 10
2nd jump_aceDenso Supra 6
3rd Touring Mars Loctite NSX 4
4th Smallhorses Tom's Supra 3
5th ceiling_fan Pennzoil Skyline 2
6th Strop Denso Supra 1
Final Standings:-
1st jump_ace 45
2nd Smallhorses 39
3rd Kylehnat 32
4th Touring Mars 31
5th alrivers 17
6th ceiling_fan 11
7th Strop 7
Event 6: Performance Car Pick'n'Mix
Again, same concept as Event 2, but what to name it? In the end I settled for Performance cars. Yup, seriously.
These things are all quick, but don't share a drivetrain layout, country of origin or body style. They all lap the 3 test circuits used for lineup analysis within 1.6 secs of each other, and closeness is what counts here. Again some stonkingly good races, and of course the source of the clip that opens this post! 1. RUF CTR "Yellow Bird" '87
2. Shelby Series 1 Super Charged '03
3. BMW M5 '05
4. Aston Martin DB9 Coupe '03
5. Spyker C8 Laviolette '02
6. Mercedes SL 65 AMG (R230) '04
Race 1: Suzuka Circuit
1st Touring Mars SL 65 10
2nd Kylehnat DB9 6
3rd alrivers SL 65 4
4th Smallhorses Spyker 3
5th Strop M5 2
6th ceiling_fan Shelby 1
Race 2: Trial Mountain Reverse
1st jump_ace DB9 10
2nd Touring Mars DB9 6
3rd alrivers DB9 4
4th ceiling_fan Spyker 3
5th Kylehnat Spyker 2
6th Strop DB9 1
Race 3: Deep Forest Reverse
1st jump_ace Shelby 10
2nd Touring Mars Shelby 6
3rd alrivers RUF 4
4th Kylehnat Shelby 3
5th Smallhorses Shelby 2
6th ceiling_fan SL 65 1
Race 4: Cote D'Azur
1st jump_ace M5 10
2nd Smallhorses DB9 6
3rd Kylehnat RUF 4
4th alrivers Shelby 3
5th ceiling_fan RUF 2
6th Strop Shelby 1
Race 5: Seattle
1st alrivers M5 10
2nd Touring Mars M5 6
3rd jump_ace RUF 4
4th Smallhorses SL 65 3
5th Kylehnat SL 65 2
6th Strop RUF 1
Race 6: Seoul
1st jump_ace Spyker 10
2nd alrivers Spyker 6
3rd Touring Mars RUF 4
4th Smallhorses RUF 3
5th Strop SL 65 2
6th ceiling_fan DB9 1
Race 7: Infineon Stock Car
1st Smallhorses M5 10
2nd Kylehnat M5 6
3rd jump_ace SL 65 4
4th Touring Mars Spyker 3
5th ceiling_fan M5 2
6th Strop Spyker 1
Final Standings:-
1st jump_ace 48
2nd Touring Mars 35
3rd alrivers 31
4th Smallhorses 27
5th Kylehnat 23
6th ceiling_fan 10
7th Strop 8
Event 7: Triumph Spitfire Trophy (Round 2)
Same as Event 3 but on Apricot Hill Reverse, and with another twist!
Car: Triumph Spitfire 1500 '74 : Everyone
Track: Apricot Hill Reverse
* Craig makes use of a little loophole here, being neither a DS2er or DFPer, but a G25ist! Given the fact that this'll only be his 2nd outing in a Triumph Spitfire, and 1st time ever at Apricot Hill Reverse, he's allowed to carry on G25ing!
Since I didn't write down the results of this race, I'm not sure who came in 2nd & 3rd and in which order. I'm certain that David & I finished 6th and 5th respectively in our quest to leave no corner of any sandtrap unexplored, and no piece of grass unmown! Tarmac? Schmarmac!
Result:-
1st jump_ace DFP
2nd Touring Mars (?) DFP
3rd alrivers (?) DFP
4th Strop G25
5th Smallhorses DS2
6th ceiling_fan DFP
Be patient....
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