Uncle Harry
FastEddie12What are you going to be in, V-TEC guy? How about the NSX LM Race car 👍 ?(Prize car frm Super Speedway 150) Sounds like your kinda thing.
PS I drive a '92 V-TEC Prelude in RL. Love it...
Alfa GT follows on lap 2, closed up & alongside in several places, but outbraked him cleanly into the last hairpin. 👍 BMW goes down around the outside of the hairpin before the Dunlop Bridge, although in typical AI fashion he tried to move back into the AI "slot" before I'm fully past & hammers my left rear wheel. 
as I have a couple of hairy moments, 
& lap in the high 1'07s again.
Subaru is flying on warm tyres & pulls away from a 7s lead at the end of the outlap to 12s by lap 33. Lap Alfa GT just as he exits pits beginning lap 34. Subaru goes in again, a lap later than last time, from 16s lead on 39th lap. Maintain a steady-ish 12s gap to leading Nissan up to lap 48, when I catch up to & lap Alfa 147 again in exactly the same way as the first time. Nissan pits a lap earlier than last time on lap 49, and allows me back into the lead. BMW pits again on lap 52. 
Best lap has fallen to 1'06.262 at some unnoticed moment too! 👍 leaving me with 37 units in the tank, enough and then some, for another 29 lap segment. This set of tyres has lasted better too, front left is only orange as opposed to glowing orange/red. Nissan takes back 1st place while we're stopped. Exit in 2nd, and finish outlap a hair under 16s behind the Nissan. Lap Alfa GT again in pits on lap 65, followed by Alfa 147 (for third time I think) on lap 67. Nissan pits from a 21s lead on lap 73, wrest 1st place from his grasp again, but only just. He exits in 2nd just ahead of the Subaru, and a shade under 3s behind me. Subaru pits from 3rd place where he's been held up by the Nissan for the last 4 laps. Gap to Nissan which had opened to 8s while his tyres warmed, is under 2s when I pit on lap 87, as he'd breezed by the Alfa 147 easily this time. Take on tyres and top up fuel to 34 units, 2 Alfas and the BMW gain a lap back each while I'm stopped. Exit in 2nd, with the 3rd placed Subaru in close attendance. 28s behind Nissan at the end of the outlap, and I'm down to 3rd place, the Subaru going past easily in the run up to the last looping turn. 
Steal back the lap from the Alfa 147 on lap 96, and take 2nd place as the Subaru pits. Alfa GT is re-lapped before turn 1 on lap 97 and the Nissan pits from a 35s lead. I'm less than 11s behind him after he completes his outlap. Finish lap 100 in 2nd place 8.9s behind Nissan. Re-lap BMW in pits on lap 106, and a string of sub 1'07s 👍 laps had put me down to 6s behind Nissan, but his tyres are warmed and he's pulling way again. 
Nissan pits at the end of lap 121, from 42s lead. Lap Alfa GT into last hairpin on lap 121. 15s behind Nissan by the end of his outlap. Gap drops down to 10s, 👍 while Nissan's tyres warm up. Lap BMW in pits beginning lap 131. Lap Alfa GT on lap 139. Nissan pits from 23s lead on lap 145, & I follow him in. Tyres and fuel again, and finish outlap 24s behind Nissan. Alfa GT has taken back a lap while I'm pitted. Take it back again from him when he pits during my 150th lap. Lap consistently in the mid 1'06s 
for 8 laps after my outlap and a tyre warming lap, and in those 10 laps total, the gap to the Nissan falls to a shade over 14s, 
as his tyres warmed and he struggled to pass the Alfa 147. Lap the Alfa 147 again myself beginning lap 155 after he runs wide onto the grass on the last bend. Another bit of ill-fortune befalls the Nissan when the Subaru, who is in a distant 3rd place now, pulls out of the pits on cold tyres right in front of him. Since the Subaru can match the Nissan for pace, he can't find a way past despite having tyres that should be gaining him almost a second a lap on me! Woohoo! 
Lapped the Alfa GT again in the pits beggining lap 168. A lap of 1'09 follows on lap 169, while I try to cleanly pass the Alfa 147 again myself, and allows the gap to the Nissan to grow by a couple of seconds. No matter though, as the next two laps are back in the 1'06 arena, and the Nissan pits at the end of lap 171, allowing me back into the lead. Pit from 21s lead on lap 174, take tyres and top up to 26 units of fuel. Bad news 👎 is that the Nissan goes past, good news 👍 is that it's right behind another car, and I finish the outlap only 4s back. Pass Alfa 147 in pits, and having dropped straight back into the mid 1'06s I've hacked off half of the Nissan's lead, as he's still stuck behind the Alfa GT. Gap at the end of lap 177 is exactly 1.000s! The Alfa runs wide at the last turn on lap 178, but comes back on track in front of the Nissan, which slows him down. I'm able to take advantage and outbrake the Nissan into turn 1. Get by cleanly, and set off in pursuit of the Alfa GT. He's passed in the run up to the last hairpin after running wide in the Dunlop Bridge turn. Sadly he runs really wide braking for the hairpin, not sure if he took a shunt from the Nissan, but it allows the Nissan through to finish the lap just over 1/2s behind me. We maintain a holding pattern for then next 10 or so laps.
The Subaru is lapped in the pits, for the first time on lap 193, and the Nissan goes in, relinquishing his 2s lead on lap 196. Add another lap to the Alfa GT's tally before I finish lap 200 in 1st place 26.1s ahead of Nissan. 👍 Stop into the pits to give the S2000 some rubbery & petroly refreshment, and leave again to see the Nissan's tailights disappearing into turn 1 beginning lap 204. 3.7s gap at the end of my outlap, and I'm back in 2nd place again. The Nissan has been in clear space this time, and had already warmed the tyres when I got out, and the difference is readily apparent, he pulls away to open up a 10s margin by the time the hour ends. drops that to 3s again. The Nissan retires to pit row on lap 220, and I'm back in 1st again for a while, the Nissan being 24.6s back after his outlap. Pass both Alfas again and stretch the gap to 32s 
before the Nissan gets back up to his fastest pace, and I begin to feel the effects of the tyres wearing before the next pit stop. Pit on lap 232 from 27s lead, tyres & fuel and get out of the pits in 1st place behind a procession of traffic, and a Nissan breathing down my neck. Finish my outlap -0.241s ahead, but let the Nissan go through the last bend on the next lap, and finish it in 2nd place +0.278s behind. Nissan pits on lap 245 having stretched his lead to 6s. I breeze back into 1st place with plenty of open track ahead and nicely warmed tyres, 16.9s ahead of Nissan when he finishes his outlap. Pass the Alfa 147 again in the pits beginning lap 256, and unfortunately for the Nissan, the Alfa pulls out of the pits a few seconds in front of him. Not that'll it'll take him long to catch the Alfa, but getting past when he's already contending with another backmarker is going to work in my favour! Gap opens to 27s, before Nissan gets free, and doubtless he puts in some really angry laps! Pit in on lap 261 for tyres & fuel, from 22s lead. Exit in 2nd, and finish outlap 6s behind. gap to Nissan has also grown to nearly 20s, and now I've got a blocker between us. Nissan's tyres should be approaching warmness though! Pass the Alfa GT in a textbook copy of the move I just put on the147 a few laps back on lap 278. Excellent! 
: Even though the Nissan is gaining on warm tyres, there's 2 very powerful but understeery Alfas between him & me! In theory anyway....Nissan gets past Alfa 147 in 2 laps with just a 2s time loss, and the Alfa GT pits from right in front of him just as he catches in down the back straight. Hmmmm. Pit in from 15s lead on lap 290. Fuel & tyres go on and I exit in 2nd place, finishing outlap around 12s back. Nissan goes in just 3 laps later, for a refreshment break on lap 294. The game of cat & mouse continues, and he's 14s back after his outlap, with clear track between us. Am seconds away from handing another lapping to the BMW and Alfa 147 as lap 300 ends, in 1st place with a 20s lead over Nissan. 2 1'08-ish laps follow passing the backmarkers, and the Nissan gains over 3s, 
however, the Alfa GT emerges from the pits behind the 2 previous lap-ees! The Nissan makes light work of him though, and the BMW does me no favours by pitting as soon as the Nissan closes on him. 
a massive 2/100ths s better than previous best! Gap to Nissan has grown to ~8s when he pits on lap 342, and is 31s after his outlap. Make my 2nd stop of the hour on lap 348, taking on tyres & fuel, from a 34s lead. Exit in 1st, and finish outlap with a 10s advantage. Catch Alfa GT again on lap 360, pass him into the last hairpin, then lose the lap again down the backstraight, gain through the final turn, and pass him for good under braking for turn 1. The Nissan has closed to within 3s at this point, but should pit somewhere around lap 366 - 368 and there's an erratic Alfa between us, so I'm not too scared! Dispatch the Alfa 147 again on lap 363 and the Nissan is still behind the Alfa GT. Sure enough, Nissan pits on lap 367, from 8s back, finishing his outlap 33s down, but with clear track ahead of him. and stay behind him until lap 377 when I dive into pits. Nissan is still sitting 31s back, but has his tyres up to optimum temperature and is lapping quickly, so there's no room for complacency! He's a little over 3s behind after my outlap. At the end of lap 384, I move right approaching the last bend as I can see the Nissan steaming up to the back of me and he's keeping left. He manages to go round the outside of the bend past me, but it's a slower line than I'm on, and I pass him again under braking for turn 1
, as the Alfa GT exits the pits just in front of us. Go by the Alfa GT cleanly under braking for the 1st turn, and leave him to frustrate the Nissan again! 
And he does! In just 4 laps (all in the low to mid 1'06s) I extend the lead from 0.8s to 8s! : Having finally passed the Alfa GT on lap 390, the Nissan then pits on lap 391, the Alfas and Subaru pass him in the pits, and the BMW exits the pits as I enter turn 1! There's now 4 cars between me and the 2nd placed Nissan (if that makes any sense!
) which is great news for me, and awful news for him, so he finishes his outlap 36s back. After he catches Alfa 147, he's held up for a number of laps until the 147 pits, and the gap has reached 46s! He gets lucky in that the Alfa GT pits in too, and exits just behind him as he passes the pit entrance. In clear air he's able to gain on me, and is 37s behind when I pit on lap 406. Exit pits as Alfa 147 enters turn 1 and spend my outlap behind him, 
the gap at the end of it is 8s. Nissan gains to within 4s, the drops back as he catches the Alfa. He pits from 7s back on lap 415, and for the first time in almost 8 hours I'm looking assured of a comfortable win, as he finishes his outlap 32s back. Catch Alfa 147 again, flounder behind him for a lap or 2 as he swerves all over the road! Nissan takes advantage and closes to within 30s, until he himself catches a backmarker and promptly loses 4s over 2 laps after I manage to put the same move into turn 1 on the Alfa 147 that I've used on him so many times before! Pit on lap 435 from 31s in front of Nissan who has had clear air for a few laps again and used it to take a chunk out of my lead. Exit in 1st, and at the end of my outlap the gap is down to just 4.1s, but the BMW is between us, and he's due a pitstop anytime now! Sure enough, he pits from 4s back on lap 440, and drops to 29s behind after his outlap. After a while he catches the BMW and gets more stuck soon after when they both catch one, then both of the Alfas! In the meantime, with nothing to lose, I've decided to shred the tread of this set of tyres and push for a sub-1'06 lap, which I believe to be possible. 10 successive laps in the 1'06.1 - 1'06.3 range follow, but I can't find that elusive last couple of tenths! 
The gap to the Nissan grows to over 48s, until he gets free at last and storms through a few laps dropping my lead to 39s as I fight with tyres that are showing all the signs of the 15 laps of thrashing that they took, and begin to lap in the 1'08 - 1'09s! Pit in on lap 464 for the last stop of the race. Top up to just 20 fuel units for the splash & dash to the finish. The Nissan pits too at the end of lap 465, so there's nothing to worry about, timer shows a gap of 17s to him as he crosses the line in the pits, and I'm already through T1. 👍 His outlap ends with a 35s gap to me, and he's once again stuck for a lap behind the Alfa GT, which pits from in front of him, leaving him in clear air, but with under 11 minutes left and on cold tyres! I've abandoned my chase of the elusive 1'05.xxx lap, and have settled into a steady rhythm of 1'07 laps as my tyres warm up. Can't resist it though, and as I notice I've been catching the 2 Alfas again, I just have to pass them once more so I can find out how far back they are when we cross the line! 💡 Pass the Alfa GT as he runs wide on the grass after the last turn on lap 472, and the Alfa 147 is once again outbraked into the last hairpin on lap 475, but he pits as I approach the finish line for the 476th and final time!
(Still eligible for the Stock Car race list though! I try to race most things with a view to submitting them there!)
Pitted every 20 lapsSmallhorsesEl Capitan 200 miles. (200 A-spec points)
Used (23653 miles) Toyota Supra RZ '97 (oil changed), SM (S2) tyres, 325HP beginning, (310 HP ending), 1510kg, 4.646kg/HP
Result:-
1st Toyota Supra RZ '97 2:14'48.918 Pitted 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 58.
2nd Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport (C4) '96 +13s Pitted 13, 27, 40, 53.
3rd TVR Cerbera Speed Six '97 Lap 66 Pitted 12, 24, 36, 48, 60.
4th Dodge Viper GTS '99 Lap 66 Pitted 13, 26, 39, 53.
5th Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG (R230) '04 + 1 Lap Pitted 11, 22, 33, 44, 55.
6th Aston Martin V8 Vantage '99 + 3 Laps Pitted 11, 22, 33, 44, 55.
Lap 10 pit in, take on tyres, drop back to 5th place.
Lap 20 pit in, take on tyres, drop back to 3rd place.
Lap 30, pit in with 13 units of fuel remaining. Therefore I'm using 22.3 units per 10 lap stint.
Change tyres and top up fuel to 26 units. Exit in 1st place.
Lap 40, pit in, take on tyres, top up fuel to 28 units. Exit in 1st place.
Lap 50, pit in, take on tyres, top up fuel to 28 units. Exit in 2nd place.
Lap 56, fastest lap of 1'56.686
Lap 58, pit in, take on tyres, top up fuel to 21 units. Exit in 2nd place.
Lapped Aston for 3rd time and Mercedes to put him a lap behind, just before the finish.
Totally fun race, 4 cars on same lap at the end, 200 A-spec points and a 13s winning margin. What more can you ask for?
mymkovski
getting used to car & track combination allow him to take back his place, often by force! Clean and quickly through lap 3, and set a blistering 7'16.302 time on lap 4. Catch up to the Falken during lap 5, but rear tyres have started to go off quickly and the back end is very loose. Passed Falken coming up to Antoniusbrucke, and pit in at the end of the lap. Was 15s behind leading BMW beginning lap 5, and 25s back by the time I pitted. Tyres go on, have used 40 of 80 units, or 8 units per lap. Top up to 50 units to allow enough for a 6 lap stint if necessary. Falken pits too, Calibra takes over 3rd place as I exit the pitlane. Was 47s behind BMW at Arembergkurve checkpoint on outlap, which drops to 35s behind Audi, which took over the lead at some point during the lap, by Dottinger Hohe checkpoint. The leaders pit ending lap 6, and my outlap in the 7'25 arena is quick enough to allow me to pass the BMW as he's leaving the pits, and I move into 2nd place for the first time. Calibra also pits on lap 6 as does the Silvia. Pit from 2nd place ending lap 10. Top up fuel to 45 units as tyres are fitted. Exit in 3rd as BMW passes me in pits. Falken also pits again. An awful lap 12 sees me all over the track in several places, but still ends by passing the leaders in the pits, posting a 7'29.641 lap. Ugh. Opel pits again as does the Silvia also ending lap 12. Lap Silvia into Eiskurve on lap 14. Pit in ending lap 15, and surrender 1st place to the Audi. New tyres and 40 units of fuel onboard, exiting in 3rd as the BMW dives into the first turn just as I'm level with the end of the pitlane. The Falken keeps his 5 lap pit interval too. which saw me gain to within 18s by Dottinger Hohe, I pass the BMW facing the wrong way in Hohenrain Schikane, and the Audi in the pits, to begin lap 19 in the lead again. Silvia maintains a 6 lap strategy, albeit from a lap down. Pitted ending lap 20 from around 5s ahead of Audi. Tyres and fuel taken on, and pits exited in 2nd place. Falken once again follows suit. Lose 2nd place to BMW just before Antoniusbrucke on lap 23. Audi and BMW pit on lap 24, pass BMW in pits just before I cross the line, after an abysmal lap! the Opel continues its 6-lap strategy as I'm racing through lap 25. Close right up to Audi Arembergkurve, but touch the grass under braking, and have my first full spin of the race. There's been offs and minor barrier rubs before, but no spins, so I'm unhappy. Drop 11s from Audi, but recover and come back to within 5s by the time we exit the Karussell. Alas, another spin in the fast section before Schwalbenschwanz follows as the rear tyres go off, and the good work is undone. Pit at the end of lap 25, from 12s behind the leader. Lose 2nd place while pitted. Perhaps the combination of jetlag and the sake I had with dinner isn't condusive to quick driving! Falken pits in behind me, Silvia pits while I'm on lap 26. Spins have left me a lot of work to do, I'm in 3rd place 43s behind the leader beginning lap 27. A much better session follows, the Silvia is lapped again on lap 29 exiting Galgenkopf, and beginning lap 30 the gap to the leader is reduced to 34s. Pit in from 35s behind the Audi and BMW on lap 30 and the Falken, predictably follows me in. The Silvia unlaps himself while I'm pitted, but it only lasts until Schwedenkreuz before he loses the lap again. Opel pits ending his 30th lap too. A stunning 7'23 outlap leads to the gap to the leader falling to 35s. Gap is dropped to 30s by the time the hour mark passes. but follow him very closely to the end of the lap, and set a new lap record at 7'14.218. The gap to the leader is down to 20s. Pit on lap 35 after losing a little time on the inlap, the car is very very unstable over the crest at Antoniusbuche. The Audi and BMW pit ending their 36th lap, and I'm 51s behind at the Antoniusbrucke checkpoint, crossing the line at the end of a 7'25 outlap leaving a 25s gap to the leader, but taking back 2nd place from the stationary BMW in the pits. Still a lot of work to do, but meanwhile the Opel and Silvia continue their respective pit strategies. Gap to leading Audi is just 5s going into what'll be my inlap on lap 40, following a relatively quick and clean session, although I expect him to stretch his legs as my tyres wear towards the end of the lap. The gap at the Angstkurve checkpoint comes down to a whisker over 0.5s, before expanding again through the latter half of the lap, leaving me pitting in from about 3s behind ending lap 40, and the BMW nabs back 2nd place just before the hour mark. which has dropped the gap on the Audi to around 22s going into his inlap, and I expect to gain a lot in this lap as his tyres go away. The gap is 13.7s at Antoniusbrucke checkpoint before the Audi pits. Once again on his inlap the BMW has got Hohenrain Schikane wrong, and I narrowly squeak by cleanly as he's found reversing back across the track! Move through into 1st place again. The backmarking Silvia is lapped again, going by cleanly at Kesselchen on lap 43. I'm about 5 minutes into lap 43 when the Opel makes his 7th stop ending lap 42, and I go into lap 44 with a 16s lead over the Audi. Pit in ending lap 45 from ~22s lead over Audi, who steals 1st place back and can be seen disappearing down the hill as I exit the pitlane. About 1 minute into lap 46, the Silvia pits ending his 42nd lap. Catch and pass Audi on the backstraight towards the end of lap 46, end the lap with a 0.7s lead. The Audi pits ending lap 48, from 17s behind, closely followed by the BMW just before the end of the hour. 
Still, I'd enough of a lead to build a quick sandcastle and still get out of there in the lead! The gap is extended to 7.8s again by the end of the lap after a devilishly quick remainder of the lap. This continues through lap 54 which is the 2nd fastest lap of the race so far clean all the way through to the first left apex of Schwalbenschwanz where I got bogged down in the sand outside the kerbing, which thwarts what would have been a new lap record! The Audi and BMW go for a pitstop at the end of this lap from 20s behind, a gap which has been created from 1.1s a few laps ago! They pit almost together this time, suggesting that the BMW has managed to not only catch the Audi, but has managed not to get the Hohenrain Schikane wrong for once! Lapped Opel out of Adenaur Forst on lap 55, before pitting from 55s lead at the end of the lap. The Opel follows me in ending his 54th lap, followed by the Falken ending his 55th lap some 2 minutes later. Last action of the hour is the lapping of the Silvia again almost exactly as I cross the finish line at the end of lap 56. Silvia pits ending his 54th lap while the timer shows 1'20 into my 59th lap. Pitted at the end of lap 60, followed about 40s later by the Audi, who has stolen back 2nd place again, and the BMW. The Opel also pits with them, but being a lap down must be breaking with the 6-lap mentality and going for a 5-lap stint. 
The Falken also pits ending lap 60 as I'm 2'30 into lap 61. At the end of the outlap I have a 56s lead over the BMW who took back 2nd place somewhere between Dottinger Hohe and the finish line. Lap 62 is in the 7'14s as I now begin to lap consistently quicker, and the lap record isn't so much broken, as obliterated on lap 63 with a 7'10.310! the dreaded Logitech-curse of the flickering brake pedal, which has been dogging me for a number of laps now, gets suddenly worse! Exiting Kallenhard the damned thing sticks at 1/2 on! The Silvia succumbs again through Lauda Links on lap 69. Damnit. 🤬 They'll make me a liar yet. Flickering brakes are back again in lap 70 before my next pitstop. Falken is now 3'30 behind as he makes his lap 70 stop. The BMW and Audi pit just before the end of the hour on lap 72. The Falken is 4'00 back in 4th place now making his 75th lap stop, and at the end of my outlap the BMW trails in 2nd place by just over a minute. I'm just coming out of Eschbach on lap 78 when the Silvia makes his 72nd lap pitstop. The BMW and Audi make their 78th lap stops as I'm exiting Arembergkurve on lap 79, and the Opel ending his 77th lap as I exit the Karussell. Pitted on lap 80 from over 2 minutes ahead of the BMW now. so I wait behind through Pflanzgarten and Sprunghugel to avoid getting off line and upsetting the precariously balanced (at the best of times ) Renault! Go by on the entrance to Schwalbenschwanz to hand him his 6th lapping. About 5 minute into lap 84, the Opel pits again ending his 83rd lap, but better is to come to the dismay of the BMW, who has dropped back from 1'34 behind beginning the lap to 1'49 behind at the Antoniusbrucke checkpoint before he pits, as I fly round in a staggering new lap record, again smashing the old one by some considerable margin, in 7'07.762! The Silvia completes its 78th lap pitstop, just ahead of the BMW and Audi who pit in ending their respective 84th laps, as I'm about 2 minutes into my next inlap on lap 8. Pit from 2'42 ahead of BMW. Falken is over 5 minutes down when he make his 85th lap stop, so I predict he'll be lapped sometime in the next couple of hours. 
My stop comes and goes from a shade under 2'30 ahead of the BMW. The 2nd and 3rd placed cars also pit in ending their 90th lap, and they're almost together again, the BMW marginally ahead of the Audi. I set about catching and lapping the Opel for a 2nd time. 5 minutes into lap 91, the Silvia makes his 84th lap stop, and 43s later, the Falken pits ending his 90th lap. At the end of our outlaps, I'm 2'54 ahead of BMW who has the Audi right on his tail. The Opel succumbs just after Dottinger Hohe on lap 92, as I breeze by cleanly on his right. The Silvia is passed under braking for Wehrseifen handing him his 7th lapping on lap 94. After an exceptionally sloppy inlap on lap 95, the Opel unlaps himself as I pit, still from 2'36 in front of BMW. Opel is re-lapped just after Sprunghugel on lap 96, 👍 as the Falken pits for his 95th lap stop. The Opel pits ending his 94th lap just as I begin lap 97. The BMW and Audi pit together again ending lap 96, exiting the pits 2'53 behind my Renault just before the hour mark passes while I'm midway through Bergwerk. The Falken's centenial pitstop brings him ever closer to the lapping I predicted towards the end of the 11th hour. The Calibra is now see-sawing between 5 and 6 lap stints, and goes in ending his 99th lap. The German pairing pit as expected ending lap 102, although the BMW has gained about 10s over the Audi since their last stop. The Falken is within visual range entering Galgenkopf as I exit the 2nd apex of Schwalbenschwanz on lap 103. Go past the Falken between Bergwerk and Kesselchen on lap 104, and shortly afterwards the Silvia completes his 96th lap pitstop. Pit in at the end of the lap, about 3 minutes into the hour. The Falken will be lapped permanently soon though as he'll pit ending his 105th lap too! A 7'17 outlap almost puts me within touching distance of the Falken before he pits, I'm momentarily distracted by a green hummingbird feeding on the Agapanthus flowers outside the spare bedroom window, and bugger up Hohenrain Schikane though or the outlap would have been quicker still! Nevertheless, the Falken is lapped for good in the pits. Catch Silvia again at Eiskurve on lap 107, and again have to wait until the fast stretch between Sprunhugel and Schwalbenschwanz to go past. Opel makes a stop ending his 105th lap, while I'm on lap 108. I'm 3'12 into lap 109 when BMW pits, followed about 20s later by the Audi, who he's pulled away from again. Pit from ~3'40 lead over BMW on lap 110, and exit only fractionally ahead of the Falken, who closes right up on me through Hatzenbach as I warm the new tyres. Silvia ends his 102nd lap and pits as I'm braking for Arembergkurve on lap 111. Falken unlaps himself briefly as I make a pigs-ear of the entrance to Adenauer Forst, but it only lasts until Breidscheid where he's outbraked cleanly, 
and he pits at the end of this lap. Just over 3 minutes into my 113th lap, the Opel makes his 110th lap pitstop, which'll be the last action of the hour. Eventually pass him cleanly at Hedwigshohe, but the lapping isn't a certainty yet as I'm pitbound at the end of the lap, and as predicted, he unlaps himself while I'm pitted. Doesn't last long though, screaming through the first part of my outlap, I catch sight of the Silvia at Adenauer Forst, and then outbrake him cleanly into Wehrseifen after rapidly closing the gap on him. The BMW makes his 120th lap stop as I'm 3'20 into lap 121 and it seems he's now consistently pulling away from the Audi who stops 38s later, and thus ends the hour. Silvia is passed in an almost carbon-copy fashion at Hedwigshohe, as in the 15th hour to put him double-digits down! The Audi is now about 45s behind the BMW when he also ends his 132 lap in the pits, and the Opel makes his 130th lap stop as I'm exiting Galgenkopf on lap 133. Pit again ending lap 135 after catching a glimpse of the Opel coming down the backstraight. Silvia's 126th lap stop occurs ~1'40 into my 137th lap and is followed a little over a minute later by the Falken's 135th lap stop. GitFor a guy about to go 3 laps down he fights like I'm trying to steal 1st place on the last bend of the race! Catch him again at Karussell, go past cleanly before Hohe Acht, but he then bludgeons his way by again between Wippermann & Eschbach. Finally pass for good between Brunnchen and Eiskurve and pull away. BMW pits ending lap 138 as the 4'39 mark passes in my 139th lap, while the Audi has gained some ground on him, pitting 40s later. The Opel goes in ending his 136th lap, ending his 5-lap strategy for a while, as I'm approaching Hatzenbach on lap 140 which I stop at the end of, from over 5 minutes lead now. Falken's 140th lap stop comes 3 minutes into my 142nd lap. The clock edges past 5 minutes on my 143rd lap when the Silvia pits again from 10 laps behind. Approaching Arembergkurve on my inlap, 145, the Opel pits again after a 5 lap stint. BMW's 144th lap stop comes 4'45 into my 145th lap, followed as ever, by the Audi who has dropped back to about 50s behind the BMW. Falken pits 3'30 into my 147th lap ending his 145th. Silvia pits 2'00 into my 150th lap, for his 138th lap stop, and is followed in more or less immediately by the Opel pitting from his 146th lap. Pit in ending my 150th lap from 5'05 ahead of BMW, who also stops ending his 150th lap, about 4'50 into my 151st lap. The Audi pits too, from about 55s behind the BMW, and the Falken's 150th lap stop occurs sometime later, ~4'00 into my 152nd lap. 5 minutes into my 157th lap, the Falken goes in for his 155th lap stop, he's followed in 22s later by the BMW completing his 156th lap, and a minute after that by the Audi ending his 156th lap too. Pass the Silvia a 12th time between Kallenhard and 3-Fach Rechts, on lap 158. Catch the Audi between Klostertal and Karussell, but he's tricky to get past and I'm forced to follow all the way to the fast section after Sprunghugel before going by. He's quicker through Galgenkopf and catches my draft down the straight, he's alongside at Antoniusbrucke and I back off to let him go at Tiergarten, "to avoid it ending in tears! (or Tiers?!!! )" to quote a Touring Martian-ism! He's passed with ease before Hatzenbach beginning my 159th lap. Opel pits in from his 156th lap while I'm 4'30 into lap 160, which I too pit at the end of, allowing the Audi to take his lap back and that's the last action of the hour. The Audi pits ending his 162nd lap too, and is promptly lapped, almost certainly for good, in the pits as I complete lap 163. Set off in pursuit of taking a lap from the BMW and a 2nd lap from the Falken before the end of the race! Opel goes in again 5'20 into my 165th lap after his 161st lap. Pit in ending lap 165 myself and the next action happens nearly 2 laps later when the Falken completes his 165th lap stop as I'm exiting Galgenkopf on lap 167. BMW pits ending on his 168th lap as I'm entering Galgenkopf on lap 169, within sight of the Falken again. Silvia goes in about 30s later ending his 156th lap, and the Audi pits from behind me ending his 168th lap too. The Nissan pairing are spotted alongside each other heading through Quiddelbacher Hohe, and not long after, the Silvia is handed another lapping, which rounds out the hour nicely. Opel's 166th lap stop occurs as I'm 6'30 into lap 170 and heading in for the pits myself ending the lap. Falken takes his 170th lap stop just before I get to Antoniusbrucke checkpoint on lap 172, and he's lapped exiting his pit bay as I begin lap 173. Opel pits in ending his 171st lap, just before I go in for my 175th lap stop. Find the BMW stationary against the pit entry barrier too! Not sure if he'd been trying to pass the Opel before it made it's pitstop and got spun off! Pass the Opel in his pit bay, but he gets away before me, the Falken also unlaps himself while I'm pitted. Somehow, the BMW still hasn't made it past the start finish line by the time I exit the pit! 
The -1Lap indicator appears for the BMW about 20s into my 176th lap, and about 20s later the Audi pits from his 174th lap! So, it seems the dumb BMW had missed the pit entry, spent about a minute trying to drive through the pit barrier (probably turning his already shot tyres an lovely shade of red ) and has now had to go out for another lap, which will more than likely cost him 2nd place overall!Fool. The Opel only lasts until the entrance to Metzgesfeld before relinquishing his 4th lap to the Renault. The Silvia stops again shortly after that for his 162nd lap pit, and meanwhile the poor BMW who is now trying to complete a 7th lap on this set of tyres, has really suffered, and relinquishes 2nd place to the Audi, who is on fresh tyres, just after Exmuhle! Re-lap the Falken at Fuchsrohre on lap 177, and shortly afterwards the BMW finally manages to find the pit entrance ending his 175th lap, but well back in 3rd place. The Falken goes for his 175th lap stop about 16s into my 178th lap, and that's the last action of a highly eventful hour! Nothing happens. Great wadges of it. Nil, nada, nowt. Until with exactly 20 minutes of the hour already passed, I pull into my pit bay ending lap 180! Opel's 176th lap ends in a pitstop behind me, followed a lap later by the Audi's 180th lap stop too. Silvia pits ending his 168th lap, the Falken about a minute after that for his 180th lap stop, and the BMW from his 181st lap another minute later. Silvia is handed his 14th lapping on lap 183, at Lauda Links. 👍 I pit ending lap 185, and with under 3 minutes of the hour remaining, that looks to be it action-wise! I'm wrong as it turns out, the Opel wants the last word, and stops from his 181st lap as I'm 1'26 into lap 186. The Silvia completes his 174th lap with a pitstop 3'00 or-so into my 189th lap too, while I've just exited Bergwerk. With the field now spread out from T13 Alte Einfart (Silvia) and Arembergkurve (Audi) and me miles away at Bergwerk, there's little scope for any action other than pitstops for the rest of the race. Pit in from my 190th lap, 34 minutes into the hour, top up to just 40 units instead of the usual 45 since I probably won't need all of it anyway! Opel pits ending his 186th lap, while the Falken's last stop ending his 190th lap occurs 1'51 into my 193rd lap, with just under 9 minutes remaining. I cross the line ending lap 193 with 23:56'53.987 on the clock, and thus enter my 194th, and final lap. The Audi ends his 192nd lap in the pits, as I climb towards Adenauer Forst on my last lap.
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is to take an extra stop. And so it is, with front tyres still yellow, and rears still showing the faintest hint of green in their yellowness, that I pit from 33s lead. 43 units of fuel have been consumed by the thirsty motor, so a splash back up to the 43 unit mark and a new set of tyres later, and I'm back on my way. The JGTCs pit in formation, within seconds of one another ending lap 27. They're all lapped while pitted, although I have a stop coming up, so they'll get it back, and I'll have some fun picking them off on the track instead! Make my 3rd and final stop ending lap 46, which allows the RX-8 to rejoin the lead lap, but we'll see if that lasts until the finish line or not! I'm within visual range of the RX-8 after an immaculate new fastest lap of 1'37.567 on lap 52, but it's followed by embarrassment, as I for the first time in the race get too much kerb inside turn 1, and spin out, 10s is lost recovering, and a very ugly 1'50 laptime results. and with the clock ticking down, the RX-8 in sight, I get the hammer so far down, it's not coming back up again, although despite putting in the fastest lap of the race on the 60th and final lap, 1'37.474, I'm a few tenths too far back from the RX-8 to fully humiliate him! Damn that spin. Oh well, now there's still 101 points to go back for later on! 
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Opens gap up to 11s, then 14s after 2 more cautious laps after that. The Group C procession pits in order on lap 15, R92CP then R89C and Sauber, which allows my AMG and the Audi to take over 1st and 2nd place. The R390 stops on lap 18, and is lapped in the pits. Stop on lap 20 for fuel & tyres, having use 59 units so far. The Audi also pits behind me and 4 cars pass us while we're stationary. The Group C trio takes back the 1,2,3 spots, while the R390 temporarily unlaps itself, a resistance which lasts only until lap 22 when he's passed again exiting the hairpin on the run down to the chicane. The gap which has grown to almost 15s, while I nursed my cold tyres up to temperature, drops again when I set a new fastest time on lap 27, and immediately break it again with a 1'17.551 on lap 28, leaving the gap at 13s. The Group Cs pit in formation again on lap 30. They exit with the Audi amongst them and the gap grows to 28s as they warm their tyres, holding up the Audi in the process. When he eventually gets by, they're up to temperature and his tyres are wearing, so he's not able to get away. The R390 pits from his 36th lap, and is lapped a second time while pitted as I begin lap 39 which becomes the new fastest time of 1'17.428. Pitted from 32s lead ending lap 40, exited in 5th place as 5 cars whip past the pit exit! The Audi, has made better use of its second set of tyres in traffic and goes for another lap, hotly pursued by the Group Cs who have the lapped backmarking R390 amongst them too! The R390 loses his second lap to me at the chicane on my outlap, and the Audi pits ending his 41st lap letting me back into 4th place about 7s behind the leader. A grassbound excursion approaching the hairpin on lap 43 costs me a lot of time, 10s in fact, on the leaders. R390 unlaps itself, and the Audi does go by into 1st place for a lap, before resuming a 20 lap pit strategy with a stop ending lap 61. Well, that'll teach me to be cocky, my "guaranteed" lead turns into 3rd place behind the R89C which has taken over the lead, and the R92CP who is less a second behind him, as I overestimate how much my tyres have warmed in 3 laps. Get too much inside kerb on turn 1 and it spins me 90 degrees onto the grass. Jammed on brakes before a collision with the barrier, but had to reverse and correct the error, allowing the Nissans by. The Sauber is too far behind to make it past too though. A shameful 1'30.020 lap results. Take back 2nd place beginning lap 66 but the R92CP doesn't like it. First he rams me under braking for turn 1. Hold onto the place and continue, but braking for the chicane he goes in too hard and rams me again, the resulting collision sees us both leave the track, although he rejoins in 2nd place but the Sauber has caught up and nicks my 3rd, while I'm recovering. This has also handed the R89C a 9s lead. 🤬 The R390 is finally re-lapped for the 3rd time on lap 70, after he's held up the Sauber and R92CP for a while. The Sauber is now up into 2nd place, with the R92CP 3rd. They pit in this formation behind the leading R89C on lap 75, handing me back the lead. As they leave the pitlane, the R390 makes his 4th stop ending his 72nd lap. Make my 4th stop ending lap 80, from 27s lead, which hands over 1st place to R89C again. Exited in 4th, but that quickly becomes 5th as the R92CP once again decides to substitute my AMG for his brakes at turn 1, and shunts me wide. The Audi pits from 3rd place ending his 82nd lap, so back to 21 lap window again, and the R92CP and I move up a place. New fast lap goes in at 1'17.381 on lap 86, and the hour concludes a whisker away from handing the R390 his 4th beating with the lapping stick! The R390 makes his 90th lap stop while I'm well into lap 95. Lap R390 a 5th time beginning lap 100, but it won't last long as I'm due a pitstop, and go in ending the lap a 28s lead. Exit in 4th as the Group Cs go by, although they've a date with their pitcrews in 5 laps time! Audi keep up his20/21/20 pattern on lap 102 when he stops. Seize the lead again when the Group Cs pit ending lap 105. Lap 111 sees the permenant 5th lapping of the R390, who pits in ending his 108th lap, as my 114th begins. The Audi pits ending his 123rd lap. R390 pits ending his 126th lap and is sent 6 laps down as he enters the pitlane and I begin lap 133. That's all for the 3rd hour! Get away in the lead and continue to grind out the laps towards the full million-meter distance, the gap is 7s to 2nd place ending the outlap, and although it drops to 6s at the end of the following lap as my tyres warm, it stays static after that. The Audi pits ending his 143rd lap, putting him within a small distance of getting lapped himself. Lap 146 is a new fastest! 1'16.932 shows up, not bad on R1 tyres all round although it's partly because I end the lap in the tow of the Audi, just prior to handing him a lapping which takes place at the end of lap 147. The Group Cs pit in the same formation as ever on lap 150. What's wrong with them? Haven't they heard of overtaking?!!! The R390 goes in ending his 144th lap, as I begin lap 151, handing him his 7th lapping in the process. Pitted from 39s lead on lap 160, allowing the Audi to gain back his lap. The Audi pits ending his 163rd lap, and I pass him static in his pit bay going into my 165th lap. 👍 He exits amongst the Group Cs and in the confusion the Sauber makes his bid for best runner-up, stealing 2nd place. He's quicker than before, and totally surprises me, shooting out of nowhere at the chicane, to outbrake me round the outside! I'm back in 2nd again! 👎 Not for long, the Group Cs all go back in the pits ending lap 165, and that ends that little game! Or so I think, there's another twist, the R89C suddenly decides to go another lap, and while I think I'm safe to brake early for the second sharp turn, he's screamed up behind and scares the willies out of me! He does pit ending lap 166 though. R390 stops again ending his 162nd lap, and promptly goes 8 laps under while he's in there. The R89C didn't manage to benefit from his extra lap, getting out behind the Sauber, but in front of the R92CP though. Unfortunately for me, it looks as though the Nissans have kept the Sauber back, he's able to gain on me in little chunks whereas I was able to keep the gaps to the Nissans fairly static. Oh my! The Sauber unfettered is quick once his tyres warm up. A gap that's sat at 16s for many laps suddenly begins to drop at around 0.5-1s per lap! The R390 pits ending his 180th lap, and is caught and lapped again as he exits the pits. At least I've got him between me and the Sauber now! Doesn't take long for the Sauber to dispense with him though and he continues to gain, until with the gap down to just 10s again, he pits ending lap 195, as does the R92CP who is now a long way behind the Sauber. The R89C goes in ending his 196th lap, and having made a calculation that I'm going to have to do 2 more stops anyway, I decide to go in at the end of lap 197 following two 1'17.xxx laps, which'll have helped to pull away from the Sauber on cold tyres, and gives me no slow laps as mine wear out. The pesky Audi once again refuses to stay lapped and passes me in turn 1 after I've exited the pits. The gap to the Sauber is 15s at the end of my outlap. The Audi pits ending his 204th lap, and I'm ending my 205th, so he's passed just as he enters the pits this time, try coming back from that one, eh?! The Sauber meanwhile has dropped the gap to under 13s, after it had expanded to 17s before he got warmth in his tyres. The R390 pits again and is lapped again while he's there, bringing his total lappingnesses to 10. The Sauber and R92CP go for another stop on lap 210, confirming that they'll have to stop again before the end of the race, whereas I've only 1 more stop to make. The R89C doesn't even manage to take 2nd while the Sauber has pitted this time, such is the gap that the Sauber has created between them now that he's not stuck behind! The R89C does find his way past, and goes again for an extra lap on his worn tyres, pitting ending lap 212. I make my last stop on lap 214 from 43s lead, following a stupid mistake ending lap 213, which cost me around 10s, as I touched the grass outside the last turn and wound up facing across the track. and ensuring that he gets lapped in there as I scream across the line for the win!
