THE ED3
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I've been wanting to try and write one of these race reports for a while now so I'll try it on a short but very fun and tough race. I wasnt going to write about this race at first but as it unfolded things got rather interesting...
To start things off, I just won this Toyota 88c-v the other night. brand new. no oil change. Only thing I did was buy R1 and R2 tires. I fitted the R1s to the back and the R2s to the front and went racing.
The field was made up of a Sauber C9, Nissan R89, R92 and R390 and a Camaro lm. only a 7 point race but i'm not doing it for points.
The race starts normal and I pass up to 3rd by lap 2. I'm having trouble with the rear end staying inline in turns 3 and 4 but I can still handle it. I'm slowly making up time on the lead. I pass the sauber on lap 4 coming out of turn 2. the R89 falls soon after in the same place. I now start slowly making a lead for the first pit stop. I do nothing but lap the Camaro and the R390 many times till then. I pull away and make a lead of about 12 seconds. as the tires go away my lead goes down to 4 seconds before I pit on lap 31. the front tires went away faster then I would have liked so I switched them to R1s same as the rears and filled the tank to 45/80.
This is where things get interesting!
I end up in 4th place when I come out of the pits. I have a battle with the Sauber to stay on the lead lap which I lose 5 laps latter. The tires take about 10 laps to break in. When the tires are warmed up I start running consistant 0.29s. thats about a second slower then with the R2s on the front but its ok. I get 3rd place back on lap 41. I keep a steady distance between me and the sauber before he pits on lap 42 and I get the lead back on lap 43.
Things are going well for awhile and all I do is lap traffic and pull a 12 second lead out over the Sauber. things are going well until lap 64 when things take a turn for the worst!
I run out of gas on lap 64 coming out of turn 2. I coast around to the pits at 50mph. when I dive in I'm already a lap down. I put R2s back on the front even though the R1s were holding up much better and I put new R1s on the rear. the tank is filled to 55/80 this time lest I run out of fuel again! when I come out of the pits this time I'm in 4th place again and about to become 2 laps down!
The tires take their sweet time to warm up... but when they do I start keeping the pace and slowly start my mad dash to get my laps back. I push harder then I have the whole race not caring one bit about my tires. I slowly start getting my laps back from the nissans and I lap the camaro and the R390 a few more times. I get up to 3rd when the R92 pits on lap 81. The Sauber pits on lap 84 and I see my chance! I get the lead back on lap 85 but just barley! Bad news is my extream pace has worn my tires faster then I would have liked and my fuel is running low... I still make a mad dash though and open an 18 second lead on the Sauber. by this time my tires are gone and my fuel is almost gone. I have a hard time deciding weather or not to pit as a pit stop takes about 30-32 seconds on this track and I dont have that kind of time... But I'm worried I'll either spin badly or run out of fuel again so I pit at the end of lap 93... The Sauber passes me and I end up 13 seconds down on lap 94. At this time I think I'm screwed. I give in to the fact that i'm about to lose an endurance race for the first time. I'm sad. The tires arent warm enough to make a charge and I only have 5 laps to do anything with... But then I notice that I've made up just over a second on the sauber... My heart warms up... Maybe I havent lost the race yet! I decide to push even harder then before and go for the win. By lap 97 I'm 8 seconds down and by lap 98 I'm 6 seconds down. I figure 2 laps isnt enough to make up 6 seconds so I again think I'm going to lose an endurance race for the first time. On lap 99 I'm still 4 seconds down... But wait, i can see the Sauber! I'm on the edge of my seat now... Can i catch up? I have no idea... The last lap comes around and I'm just under 2 seconds down... I catch the Saubers draft on the back straight but its not enough to catch him and I slow for turns 3 and 4 thinking I've lost. 0.9 seconds down coming out of turn 4 i catch the saubers draft again...
I pass him at the line and win by 0.015.
This has to be the closest race I've won in a long time. It was very fun. I didnt think I could do it but I made some magic happen and I pulled it off. 200,000cr and a new red honda nsx lm is now mine.
So there we go. We have my first race report. I hope that if any of you read it you like it. If anyone thinks I've done a half arse decent job I'll do another report on a longer race.
To start things off, I just won this Toyota 88c-v the other night. brand new. no oil change. Only thing I did was buy R1 and R2 tires. I fitted the R1s to the back and the R2s to the front and went racing.
The field was made up of a Sauber C9, Nissan R89, R92 and R390 and a Camaro lm. only a 7 point race but i'm not doing it for points.
The race starts normal and I pass up to 3rd by lap 2. I'm having trouble with the rear end staying inline in turns 3 and 4 but I can still handle it. I'm slowly making up time on the lead. I pass the sauber on lap 4 coming out of turn 2. the R89 falls soon after in the same place. I now start slowly making a lead for the first pit stop. I do nothing but lap the Camaro and the R390 many times till then. I pull away and make a lead of about 12 seconds. as the tires go away my lead goes down to 4 seconds before I pit on lap 31. the front tires went away faster then I would have liked so I switched them to R1s same as the rears and filled the tank to 45/80.
This is where things get interesting!
I end up in 4th place when I come out of the pits. I have a battle with the Sauber to stay on the lead lap which I lose 5 laps latter. The tires take about 10 laps to break in. When the tires are warmed up I start running consistant 0.29s. thats about a second slower then with the R2s on the front but its ok. I get 3rd place back on lap 41. I keep a steady distance between me and the sauber before he pits on lap 42 and I get the lead back on lap 43.
Things are going well for awhile and all I do is lap traffic and pull a 12 second lead out over the Sauber. things are going well until lap 64 when things take a turn for the worst!
I run out of gas on lap 64 coming out of turn 2. I coast around to the pits at 50mph. when I dive in I'm already a lap down. I put R2s back on the front even though the R1s were holding up much better and I put new R1s on the rear. the tank is filled to 55/80 this time lest I run out of fuel again! when I come out of the pits this time I'm in 4th place again and about to become 2 laps down!
The tires take their sweet time to warm up... but when they do I start keeping the pace and slowly start my mad dash to get my laps back. I push harder then I have the whole race not caring one bit about my tires. I slowly start getting my laps back from the nissans and I lap the camaro and the R390 a few more times. I get up to 3rd when the R92 pits on lap 81. The Sauber pits on lap 84 and I see my chance! I get the lead back on lap 85 but just barley! Bad news is my extream pace has worn my tires faster then I would have liked and my fuel is running low... I still make a mad dash though and open an 18 second lead on the Sauber. by this time my tires are gone and my fuel is almost gone. I have a hard time deciding weather or not to pit as a pit stop takes about 30-32 seconds on this track and I dont have that kind of time... But I'm worried I'll either spin badly or run out of fuel again so I pit at the end of lap 93... The Sauber passes me and I end up 13 seconds down on lap 94. At this time I think I'm screwed. I give in to the fact that i'm about to lose an endurance race for the first time. I'm sad. The tires arent warm enough to make a charge and I only have 5 laps to do anything with... But then I notice that I've made up just over a second on the sauber... My heart warms up... Maybe I havent lost the race yet! I decide to push even harder then before and go for the win. By lap 97 I'm 8 seconds down and by lap 98 I'm 6 seconds down. I figure 2 laps isnt enough to make up 6 seconds so I again think I'm going to lose an endurance race for the first time. On lap 99 I'm still 4 seconds down... But wait, i can see the Sauber! I'm on the edge of my seat now... Can i catch up? I have no idea... The last lap comes around and I'm just under 2 seconds down... I catch the Saubers draft on the back straight but its not enough to catch him and I slow for turns 3 and 4 thinking I've lost. 0.9 seconds down coming out of turn 4 i catch the saubers draft again...
I pass him at the line and win by 0.015.
This has to be the closest race I've won in a long time. It was very fun. I didnt think I could do it but I made some magic happen and I pulled it off. 200,000cr and a new red honda nsx lm is now mine.
So there we go. We have my first race report. I hope that if any of you read it you like it. If anyone thinks I've done a half arse decent job I'll do another report on a longer race.
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