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I decided to try the Lister for this series because it still had 0 miles since I won it, I had read not very flattering comments on it and after reading O.G.s threads i was feeling a little guilty about having picnic races.
I previewed some of the races and saw that the Zonda, Fairlady and GT 40 Spec II were the strongest cars with the Zonda and the Fairlady blowing everybody out of the water in the races I previewed.
So I went through my list of cars and other than those three (and the BMW MCLaren), the next one down (in HP - but still with a wing) was the Lister. Almost 100 HP down on the Zonda and Fairlady and close to in regards to the GT40 II.
Race 1 (131 points) looked fairly promissing. I qualified 1st just 0.7 seconds ahead of the Fairlady. I worked out that my last couple of laps would be tough since the tires would be red all around. The whole race I had the Fairlady not farther than 2 seconds behind. "This is fun" I thought. I would put on one second on him up until the long straight and then he would take that second away in just that straight.
Then the tires started going and he became a permanent fixture in my rear view mirror. I wasn't making any mistakes but he was eating away my lead by .2 per lap. Then on the second last lap he drove past me on the straight. My tires were shot and within 1/2 lap I had lost 5 seconds to him and had my mirror full of Zonda... not good
On the last lap the Zonda tried the same manouver as the Fairlady but I went off the racing line trying to block him. He was on my left and we both ended up doing a sideways slide in to the tight right hander. I (Unwillingly) used him as a turning aid and he got a nose full of concrete barrier. Finished 2nd 9 seconds behind the fairlady.
Race 2 qualifying was the nail in the coffin for the lister. I did lap after lap but could not qualify better than 4th. I started the race and got jumped by 5th place and pushed out of the way on the first turn by the one other car... I called it quits at the end of lap 2 since all I can do was trail 5th place....
So it was so long to the Lister. No point in racing the series if all I can expect is to finsih second in the slow courses.
The next car up in HP was the BMW McLaren. 10 points per race and that thing blows past the Zonda and the Fairlady like they are not there. It also has much better tire life than the Lister. But the races are almost too easy to be worth a write up. I mean, After race 1 I started not qualifying and still won by more than 5 seconds.
I previewed some of the races and saw that the Zonda, Fairlady and GT 40 Spec II were the strongest cars with the Zonda and the Fairlady blowing everybody out of the water in the races I previewed.
So I went through my list of cars and other than those three (and the BMW MCLaren), the next one down (in HP - but still with a wing) was the Lister. Almost 100 HP down on the Zonda and Fairlady and close to in regards to the GT40 II.
Race 1 (131 points) looked fairly promissing. I qualified 1st just 0.7 seconds ahead of the Fairlady. I worked out that my last couple of laps would be tough since the tires would be red all around. The whole race I had the Fairlady not farther than 2 seconds behind. "This is fun" I thought. I would put on one second on him up until the long straight and then he would take that second away in just that straight.
Then the tires started going and he became a permanent fixture in my rear view mirror. I wasn't making any mistakes but he was eating away my lead by .2 per lap. Then on the second last lap he drove past me on the straight. My tires were shot and within 1/2 lap I had lost 5 seconds to him and had my mirror full of Zonda... not good
On the last lap the Zonda tried the same manouver as the Fairlady but I went off the racing line trying to block him. He was on my left and we both ended up doing a sideways slide in to the tight right hander. I (Unwillingly) used him as a turning aid and he got a nose full of concrete barrier. Finished 2nd 9 seconds behind the fairlady.
Race 2 qualifying was the nail in the coffin for the lister. I did lap after lap but could not qualify better than 4th. I started the race and got jumped by 5th place and pushed out of the way on the first turn by the one other car... I called it quits at the end of lap 2 since all I can do was trail 5th place....
So it was so long to the Lister. No point in racing the series if all I can expect is to finsih second in the slow courses.
The next car up in HP was the BMW McLaren. 10 points per race and that thing blows past the Zonda and the Fairlady like they are not there. It also has much better tire life than the Lister. But the races are almost too easy to be worth a write up. I mean, After race 1 I started not qualifying and still won by more than 5 seconds.
