UKGTP7 Results & Photos Thread

[Famine]

All the votes are in, the Excel file is locked and the cameras are emitting steam... Here are the results (and evidence) of the May 2007 incarnation of the UKGTP...

Saturday​

Having recovered from the exertions of the previous night - witnessing Specialized's sheer pleasure at beating an 11 year old boy in a game he'd been practising for 5 months - the first task was to get 12 sets of equipment into the hall, set up and running.

Okay, the first task was to find the caretaker who didn't arrive until 10.30...

The industry of the set up.

The Lesser-Spotted Urnburner

TheCracker unwisely attempts to pass the Dutchie on the right hand side

Specialized books his seat early - not realising that the machine is set up
to start 6th each race...​

Eventually (like 2 hours later), everyone had arrived and all of the machines were set up and the racing commenced...

Series 1 - Coupe Handicap
A fixture of UKGTPs for some time now, the idea behind the handicap is to have all drivers in a single, fast start vehicle. Successful drivers advance to slower vehicles, making their races progressively harder. The series winner is the driver who manages to win a race in the slowest available vehicle - often translating into a race where all drivers are in the slowest available vehicle and one of them avoids crashing/being crashed into.

As always the list started off with the Ruf RGT - a personal favourite of mine - with the 1st and 2nd placed drivers advancing a car each time, through the Spyker C8, Aston Martin Vanquish, Protoworks Spirra, Chevrolet Corvette Z06, Lotus Esprit V8 '02, BMW M3 and finally to the ASL Garaiya.

With 13 drivers present and only 12 machines, I had to rely on the ranking data from previous UKGTPs to determine that the highest ranked - and thus most in need of handicapping - was VEXD and he should sit out the first race... Winners of each race would also sit off the following race and, in order to keep the racer combinations fresh, 1st and 2nd placed drivers in each race would swap LANs for their next race...

Race 1 - Autumn Ring
Left LAN
1st Roo
2nd -Diego-
3rd Touring Mars
4th G.T
5th AMG.
6th SareBear

Right LAN
1st Famine
2nd TheCracker
3rd Specialized
4th Sureshot
5th daan
6th EXelero

With an odd number of drivers, I decided that I, as the higher ranked of the two first finisher, should sit off the next race. Roo, -Diego-, TheCracker and I all advanced to the Spyker C8.

Race 2 - Suzuka
Left LAN
1st Touring Mars
2nd G.T
3rd -Diego- - Spyker C8
4th TheCracker - Spyker C8
5th AMG.
6th SareBear

Right LAN
1st VEXD
2nd Roo - Spyker C8
3rd daan
4th Sureshot
5th Specialized
6th EXelero

VEXD justifies his #1 ranking by leaping into the Ruf and winning, with Roo placing the Spyker C8 brilliantly in 2nd. Touring Mars and G.T - in his very first UKGTP - stick their Rufs ahead of a pair of Spykers piloted by -Diego- and TheCracker. We now have 7 Spyker drivers and Roo is the first to advance to the Korean debutant Spirra.

At this point GTPlant joined in the driving duties, giving us a neat even number and allowing me to retire the 1st placed driver on each LAN for a race. W00t!

Race 3 - Special Stage Route 5 Reverse
Left LAN
1st Famine - Spyker C8
2nd Roo - Aston Martin Vanquish
3rd AMG.
4th TheCracker - Spyker C8
5th -Diego- - Spyker C8
6th SareBear

Right LAN
1st Sureshot
2nd daan
3rd Specialized
4th G.T - Spyker C8
5th EXelero
6th GTPlant

Famine's love of SSR5R shows as the Spyker belies its ranking and tops the field, with Roo placing the big Aston in second. Sureshot nets his debut win, leading daan home in the Rufs.

Race 4 - El Capitan
Left LAN
1st VEXD - Spyker C8
2nd TheCracker - Spyker C8
3rd daan - Spyker C8
4th AMG.
5th -Diego- - Spyker C8
6th SareBear

Right LAN
1st G.T - Spyker C8
2nd Specialized
3rd Touring Mars - Spyker C8
4th Roo - Protoworks Spirra
5th EXelero
6th GTPlant

VEXD nets a second win from two in the Spyker, with G.T managing a similar debut win. Specialized finally gets the hang of the Ruf, while TheCracker leaps the Spyker into 2nd.

Race 5 - Deep Forest
Left LAN
1st Specialized - Spyker C8
2nd -Diego- - Spyker C8
3rd daan - Spyker C8
4th AMG.
5th SareBear
6th Sureshot - Spyker C8

Right LAN
1st TheCracker - Aston Martin Vanquish
2nd Famine - Aston Martin Vanquish
3rd Roo - Protoworks Spirra
4th Touring Mars - Spyker C8
5th EXelero
6th GTPlant

Specialized makes short work of the Spyker, doing in one race what he couldn't in 4 in the Ruf, followed home by -Diego- in the same car. TheCracker takes the Vanquish home ahead of Famine's twin Vanquish.

Race 6 - Fuji Speedway 2005F
Left LAN
1st daan - Spyker C8
2nd -Diego- - Aston Martin Vanquish
3rd AMG.
4th Sureshot - Spyker C8
5th dustdriver
6th SareBear

RightLAN
1st VEXD - Aston Martin Vanquish
2nd Roo - Protoworks Spirra
3rd G.T - Aston Martin Vanquish
4th EXelero
5th Touring Mars - Spyker C8
6th GTPlant

VEXD can't stop winning, but Roo takes the Spirra high enough to remain a car ahead of the field. daan rids himself of the Spyker with a fine victory from -Diego-'s Aston.

At this point in procedings, the group was joined by our Belgian contingent, dustdriver...

Race 7 - Apricot Hill Reverse
Left LAN
1st Sureshot - Spyker C8
2nd dustdriver
3rd AMG.
4th Famine - Protoworks Spirra
5th TheCracker - Protoworks Spirra
6th SareBear

RightLAN
1st Specialized - Aston Martin Vanquish
2nd G.T - Aston Martin Vanquish
3rd Roo - Corvette Z06
4th Touring Mars - Spyker C8
5th EXelero
6th GTPlant

Specialized makes it two for two ahead of G.T's Vanquish. dustdriver plonks the Ruf RGT in second behind Sureshot's second victory of the weekend.

Race 8 - Twin Ring Motegi
Left LAN
1st VEXD - Protoworks Spirra
2nd AMG.
3rd -Diego- - Protoworks Spirra
4th Famine - Protoworks Spirra
5th TheCracker - Protoworks Spirra
6th SareBear

Right LAN
1st Roo - Corvette Z06
2nd Touring Mars - Spyker C8
3rd EXelero
4th daan - Aston Martin Vanquish
5th dustdriver - Spyker C8
6th GTPlant

VEXD makes it an astonishing four from four and AMG. finally tires of finishing 3rd and places the Ruf in 2nd. Roo manages an amazing victory in the worst car yet used, advancing yet further ahead of the others, with Mars's Spyker second.

And now we're joined by our final guest of the Saturday, Race Idiot. This means that now 1st and 2nd both advance a car, sit off and switch LANs on each side.

Race 9 - Hong Kong
Left LAN
1st Famine - Protoworks Spirra
2nd -Diego- - Protoworks Spirra
3rd TheCracker - Protoworks Spirra
4th Specialized - Protoworks Spirra
5th G.T - Protoworks Spirra
6th SareBear

Right LAN
1st dustdriver - Spyker C8
2nd Sureshot - Aston Martin Vanquish
3rd Race Idiot
4th daan - Aston Martin Vanquish
5th EXelero
6th GTPlant

Famine leads home a pack of Spirras, followed by -Diego-, and dustdriver nets win 1 in his second race, from Sureshot's Aston.

Race 10 - Nuerburgring (1 lap)
Left LAN
1st Touring Mars - Aston Martin Vanquish
2nd daan - Aston Martin Vanquish
3rd Roo - Lotus Esprit
4th G.T - Protoworks Spirra
5th TheCracker - Protoworks Spirra
6th Specialized - Protoworks Spirra

Right LAN
1st VEXD - Corvette Z06
2nd Race Idiot
3rd EXelero
4th SareBear
5th GTPlant
6th AMG. - Spyker C8

Mars and daan take the big Aston home ahead of the field, with VEXD, in the slowest vehicle and starting from 6th, making it an amazing five straight wins, joining Roo in the Esprit... Oh heck...

Sureshot, dustdriver and -Diego- keep an eye on the action at the 'Ring...

...while VEXD scythes his way through the field, with EXelero in 3rd.

Specialized dumps some Korean metal mid-Aremberg.​

Race 11 - Tokyo R246 Reverse
Left LAN
1st Sureshot - Protoworks Spirra
2nd Roo - Lotus Esprit
3rd G.T - Protoworks Spirra
4th Specialized - Protoworks Spirra
5th TheCracker - Protoworks Spirra
6th dustdriver - Aston Martin Vanquish

Right LAN
1st Famine - Corvette Z06
2nd -Diego- - Corvette Z06
3rd EXelero
4th SareBear
5th GTPlant
6th AMG. - Aston Martin Vanquish

Just as soon as VEXD joins Roo in the lead car, so Roo pulls away again, lead home only by Sureshot. Famine and -Diego- take advantage of the Corvette's power and nail them on the top two spots.

Race 12 - Seoul Reverse
Left LAN
1st G.T - Protoworks Spirra
2nd TheCracker - Protoworks Spirra
3rd dustdriver - Aston Martin Vanquish
4th Touring Mars - Protoworks Spirra
5th Specialized - Protoworks Spirra
6th daan - Protoworks Spirra

Right LAN
1st Race Idiot - Spyker C8
2nd VEXD - Lotus Esprit
3rd EXelero
4th AMG. - Spyker C8
5th SareBear
6th GTPlant

Race Idiot becomes the first driver to take a win away from VEXD, but he advances to join Roo in the BMW anyway thanks to a second place. G.T and TheCracker put Spirras in 1st and 2nd.

Race 13 - Grand Valley East
Left LAN
1st dustdriver - Aston Martin Vanquish
2nd Famine - Lotus Esprit
3rd -Diego- - Lotus Esprit
4th Touring Mars - Protoworks Spirra
5th Specialized - Protoworks Spirra
6th daan - Protoworks Spirra

Right LAN
1st Sureshot - Corvette Z06
2nd Roo - BMW M3
3rd EXelero
4th SareBear
5th AMG. - Spyker C8
6th GTPlant

And, somewhat predictably, Roo hits right back again, qualifying himself for the final car and putting him back in the lead again. Sureshot does a terrific job putting the big Chevy on top at such a short course, with dustdriver's Vanquish leading Famine's Esprit home on the other LAN.

Race 14 - Circuit de la Sarthe 2 (2 laps)
Left LAN
1st Race Idiot - Aston Martin Vanquish
2nd VEXD - BMW M3
3rd daan - Protoworks Spirra
4th -Diego- - Lotus Esprit
5th Touring Mars - Protoworks Spirra
6th Specialized - Protoworks Spirra

Right LAN
1st G.T - Corvette Z06
2nd TheCracker - Corvette Z06
3rd AMG. - Spyker C8
4th EXelero
5th SareBear
6th GTPlant

And VEXD hits back again. Again. Race Idiot once again takes the win from him, but both are promoted - VEXD into the final car with Roo. G.T and TheCracker take Corvettes to the win/second place.

Race 15 - Seattle
Left LAN
1st Touring Mars - Protoworks Spirra
2nd -Diego- - Lotus Esprit
3rd Sureshot - Lotus Esprit
4th daan - Protoworks Spirra
5th Spec - Protoworks Spirra
6th Roo - ASL Garaiya

Right LAN
1st Famine - BMW M3
2nd dustdriver - Protoworks Spirra
3rd EXelero
4th AMG. - Spyker C8
5th SareBear
6th GTPlant

Famine's comment to EXelero prior to the race: "I've never done better than 4th in a race at Seattle at ANY UKGTP, except once."... dustdriver's Spirra comes home second, while on the other LAN Mars's Spirra finishes ahead of -Diego-'s Esprit. The Garaiya proves to be a bridge too far for Roo, coming home last.

Race 16 - Laguna Seca
Left LAN
1st Sureshot - Lotus Esprit
2nd TheCracker - Lotus Esprit
3rd daan - Protoworks Spirra
4th G.T - Lotus Esprit
5th Specialized - Protoworks Spirra
6th Roo - ASL Garaiya

Right LAN
1st Race Idiot - Protoworks Spirra
2nd AMG. - Spyker C8
3rd VEXD - ASL Garaiya
4th EXelero
5th SareBear
6th GTPlant

VEXD can't make the Garaiya stick any better than Roo could, allowing AMG. to escape the Spyker and Race Idiot to make yet more progress. The Esprits of Sureshot and TheCracker take home the bacon on the left side.

Race 17 - Suzuka West
Left LAN
1st daan - Protoworks Spirra
2nd Roo - ASL Garaiya
3rd dustdriver - Corvette Z06
4th Famine - ASL Garaiya
5th G.T - Lotus Esprit
6th Specialized - Protoworks Spirra

Right LAN
1st Touring Mars - Corvette Z06
2nd -Diego- - BMW M3
3rd VEXD - ASL Garaiya
4th EXelero
5th SareBear
6th GTPlant

daan holes out in the Spirra, followed in a close-but-no-cigar second for Roo (losing him the chance to try again next race - he has to sit out). Mars takes the Corvette home for the win, trailed by -Diego- who also advances now to the ASL...

Race 18 - Monaco
Left LAN
1st Race Idiot - Corvette Z06
2nd Specialized - Protoworks Spirra
3rd Famine - ASL Garaiya
4th G.T - Protoworks Spirra
5th dustdriver - Corvette Z06
6th AMG. - Aston Martin Vanquish

Right LAN
1st TheCracker - BMW M3
2nd VEXD - ASL Garaiya
3rd Sureshot - BMW M3
4th EXelero
5th SareBear
6th GTPlant

On the right-side, VEXD pilots the ASL to a creditable 2nd, putting him off for the next race. Famine loses 2nd right at the line to Specialized's charging Spirra, with TheCracker and Race Idiot taking the wins.

Race 19 - Tsukuba
Left LAN
1st dustdriver - Corvette Z06
2nd Touring Mars - Lotus Esprit
3rd G.T - Lotus Esprit
4th Famine - ASL Garaiya
5th AMG. - Aston Martin Vanquish
6th -Diego- - ASL Garaiya

Right LAN
1st daan - Corvette Z06
2nd Roo - ASL Garaiya
3rd EXelero
4th Sureshot - BMW M3
5th SareBear
6th GTPlant

The Corvette rule Tsukuba, taking daan and dustdriver to victory from Mars's Esprit and Roo's Garaiya respectively... The numbers of Garaiyas are steadily growing, with five drivers in them now...

Race 20 - Trial Mountain
Left LAN
1st G.T - Lotus Esprit
2nd AMG. - Aston Martin Vanquish
3rd VEXD - ASL Garaiya
4th Famine - ASL Garaiya
5th TheCracker - ASL Garaiya
6th -Diego- - ASL Garaiya

Right LAN
1st Race Idiot - Lotus Esprit
2nd Sureshot - BMW M3
3rd Specialized - Corvette Z06
4th SareBear
5th EXelero
6th GTPlant

Any of four drivers could have taken the series with a win. But G.T had to be selfish and nail his Esprit to the top step, ahead of AMG.'s Aston. Race Idiot had similar success in the Esprit and Sureshot's 2nd in the M3 puts another driver into a Garaiya...

Race 21 - Midfield
Left LAN
1st daan - Lotus Esprit
2nd VEXD - ASL Garaiya
3rd Famine - ASL Garaiya
4th -Diego- - ASL Garaiya
5th TheCracker - ASL Garaiya
6th Roo - ASL Garaiya

Right LAN
1st Touring Mars - BMW M3
2nd EXelero
3rd dustdriver - Lotus Esprit
4th SareBear
5th GTPlant
6th Specialized - Lotus Esprit

All that was required was daan to not be selfish. But oooooh noooo, he has to win from a pack of trailing Garaiyas. Mars puts the M3 top from EXelero's Ruf, finally ridding herself of the RR nightmare.

Race 22 - New York Reverse
Left LAN
1st Race Idiot - BMW M3
2nd Famine - ASL Garaiya
3rd Roo - ASL Garaiya
4th -Diego- - ASL Garaiya
5th Sureshot - ASL Garaiya
6th TheCracker - ASL Garaiya

Right LAN
1st dustdriver - Lotus Esprit
2nd AMG. - Protoworks Spirra
3rd Specialized - Lotus Esprit
4th G.T - BMW M3
5th SareBear
6th GTPlant

All that was required was Race Idiot to not be selfish. But oooooh noooo, he has to win from a pack of trailing Garaiyas. dustdriver's Esprit leads AMG.'s Spirra home on the other LAN

Race 23 - Infineon Sports Car Course
Left LAN
1st Roo - ASL Garaiya
2nd Touring Mars - ASL Garaiya
3rd -Diego- - ASL Garaiya
4th TheCracker - ASL Garaiya
5th Sureshot - ASL Garaiya
6th EXelero - Spyker C8

Right LAN
1st G.T - Lotus Esprit
2nd daan - Lotus Esprit
3rd Specialized - Lotus Esprit
4th VEXD - ASL Garaiya
5th SareBear
6th GTPlant

In what finally proved to be the final race, Roo leads the chasing pack of Garaiyas home on the Left LAN, leaving VEXD, the only potential party-pooper, to trail a trio of Esprits...

Series over and... Roo wins?

Roo wins? Mars can't believe his eyes!

The Medal of Honour - and no tongues...

Chocolate or metal? Oh nuts, plastic!

To paraphrase Captain Slow, "I won something at a UKGTP!"
​

Final Order
Ruf RGT: Everyone
Spyker C8: Famine; Roo; TheCracker; -Diego-; VEXD; Touring Mars; G.T; Sureshot; daan; Specialized; dustdriver; AMG.; Race Idiot; EXelero
Aston Martin Vanquish: Roo; Famine; VEXD; TheCracker; G.T; Specialized; -Diego-; daan; Sureshot; Touring Mars; dustdriver; Race Idiot; AMG.
Protoworks Spirra: Roo; TheCracker; Famine; VEXD; -Diego-; Specialized; G.T; Sureshot; Touring Mars; daan; dustdriver; Race Idiot; AMG.
Corvette Z06: Roo; VEXD; Famine; -Diego-; Sureshot; G.T; TheCracker; Touring Mars; dustdriver; Race Idiot; daan; Specialized; AMG.
Lotus Esprit: Roo; VEXD; Famine; -Diego-; Sureshot; G.T; TheCracker; Touring Mars; Race Idiot; dustdriver; daan
BMW M3: Roo; VEXD; Famine; -Diego-; Sureshot; TheCracker; Touring Mars; G.T; Race Idiot; daan; dustdriver
ASL Garaiya: Roo; VEXD; Famine; -Diego-; TheCracker; Sureshot; Touring Mars; Race Idiot
WINNAR: Roo!

Rankings
1st - Roo!
2nd - VEXD
3rd - Famine
4th - -Diego-
5th - TheCracker
6th - Sureshot
7th - Touring Mars
8th - Race Idiot
9th - G.T
10th - daan
11th - dustdriver
12th - Specialized
13th - AMG.
14th - EXelero
15th= SareBear
15th= GTPlant

Amazingly, this series took the best part of a day (unless you were in a Spyker, in which case it was probably the worst part of the day) - though we fitted in over 300 drives in 9 hours.

We had a bit of a shakedown by starting the LMP series, but it soon became readily apparent that we wouldn't finish in time for the bowling or be able to continue when Smallhorses arrived in the morning...


Not Series 2 - The Bowling
And so to celebrate the birthday of long-standing UKGTPer Specialized (I never found out how old he was... I presume 14/15) we moved on to Newark's finest bowling palace.

*receives text*

We moved on to Newark's only bowling palace...

The gang's all here...

But it looks like RoboDan has a trick up his sleeve...

1. Serve the public trust; 2. Protect the innocent; 3. Get a strike

Roo's unique languorous style...

Mars's style is slightly more intent...​

Round 1
Right LANE:
Specialized - 7-9-7-0-3-0-0-6-4-6 - 42
-Diego- - 7-7-/-/-4-9-X-8-7-8 - 93
TheCracker - X-8-4-8-9-9-9-8-X-8 - 99
dustdriver - 6-3-/-8-3-9-4-9-/-/-3 - 88
Sureshot - 4-0-4-1-6-9-6-4-7-/-6 - 57
EXelero - 6-5-9-6-7-9-/-3-8-/-4 - 80
daan - 6-/-9-/-8-9-8-X-/-8 - 122
G.T - 8-9-0-1-9-9-X-8-7-0 - 69

Left LANE
AMG. - X-/-8-6-X-9-7-5-/-3 - 101
Famine - 9-X-8-X-8-/-/-8-7-/-X - 127
SareBear - /-6-X-/-/-/-8-6-9-9 - 121
GTPlant - X-0-3-5-0-1-4-4-1-0 - 27
Roo - 7-9-X-9-7-9-1-9-X-/-3 - 103
Race Idiot - 0-9-3-9-6-8-9-8-9-7 - 68
VEXD - 9-8-8-8-5-4-4-9-3-/-9 - 77
Touring Mars - 6-X-9-6-8-6-6-9-8-9 - 86

Steeeeeeee-rike daan!

VEXD, cool as a cucumber in a fridge. In Alaska.

G.T fires one down...

Mars makes an attempt to fly after his ball...

Group shot! Is it just me, or is TheCracker still evil? I shall call him... EvilDan...

Roo plans his next move...

EXelero takes her turn.

Race Idiot spins his thang, as EXelero looks on in awe.

SareBear FTW!

GTPlant/Milford Cubicle takes a shot.​

Round 2
Right LANE:
Specialized - 2-9-3-9-0-0-3-9-6-X-7 - 58
-Diego- - X-7-X-7-9-/-/-X-8-9 - 131
TheCracker - X-9-X-9-/-7-9-X-8-9 - 124
dustdriver - 7-X-9-/-7-9-X-8-9 - 96
Sureshot - X-3-7-6-9-1-X-8-7-/-6 - 88
EXelero - 6-/-X-7-7-9-8-5-8-5 - 92
daan - 7-9-X-7-7-9-/-/-9-X-9 - 121
G.T - X-8-9-0-4-/-9-9-9-0 - 85

Left LANE:
AMG. - /-X-X-/-8-X-7-X-3-9 - 144
Famine - /-/-1-9-9-9-X-/-X-8 - 124
SareBear - /-/-8-X-9-9-8-7-9-9 - 105
GTPlant - 1-9-7-0-8-1-8-9-4-0 - 47
Roo - X-9-7-6-9-7-/-X-9-8 - 113
Race Idiot - 0-0-8-9-0-7-X-0-8-0 - 42
VEXD - 9-6-X-/-3-7-1-/-8-8 - 83
Touring Mars - 4-X-1-/-9-/-9-8-8-/-3 - 101

Totals:
Famine - 251
AMG. - 245
daan - 243
SareBear - 226
-Diego- - 224
TheCracker - 223
Roo - 216
Touring Mars - 187
dustdriver - 184
EXelero - 172
VEXD - 160
G.T - 154
Sureshot - 145
Race Idiot - 110
Specialized - 100
GTPlant - 74

Right LANE: 1445
Left LANE: 1469

AMG. takes stock, -Diego- looks stunned, daan goes for amused and Specialized is hunting for beer...

Oh my!

Roo and Race Idiot in an in-depth discussion about technique.

Guess what Specialized just sat on!

SareBear passes silent comment on daan and Specialized's marksmanship...
YOU SHOT A COW!
​

(Ranking data to be used in the event of a tie break... Maybe)


And so the night closed out, with too many beers consumed. Only an early start for Sunday to look forward to. Joy!

 

[Famine]

Sunday​

And so the revellers staggered in, bleary-eyed and McDonaldsed-up, to be joined by our farthest-flung and returning UKGTPer, Smallhorses.

Series Two - Supercar Mix'n'match
A classic format - 6 cars, 6 races for each driver and each car may only be used once by each driver. Drivers are allowed to choose when they use each car - do they start off in the best and get points on the board, or start off in the worst to get them out of the way, or do they simply try to match the car to the track as best they can?

The cars for this series are:
Pagani Zonda 7.3S, Audi Le Mans quattro, Ford GT '05, Mercedes McLaren SLR, Nissan R390 GT1 Road Car and... *drumrolls* the TVR Cerbera Speed 12. Yes, you read that right.

Points are scored old-F1-style - 10, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 - and the winner is the driver with the most points. The driver lineups are constantly varied by way of a bizarre table devised by some weirdo...

Race 1 (Left LAN) - Seoul
1st Famine - Audi Le Mans quattro - 10
2nd Race Idiot - TVR Cerbera Speed 12 - 6
3rd dustdriver - McLaren SLR - 4
4th G.T - Nissan R390 - 3
5th EXelero - Nissan R390 - 2
6th -Diego- - TVR Cerbera Speed 12 - 1

Race 2 (Right LAN) - Seoul
1st Sureshot - Audi Le Mans quattro - 10
2nd VEXD - Ford GT - 6
3rd Touring Mars - TVR Cerbera Speed 12 - 4
4th TheCracker - TVR Cerbera Speed 12 - 3
5th Smallhorses - TVR Cerbera Speed 12 - 2
6th Specialized - TVR Cerbera Speed 12 - 1

The Audi proves the form car, propelling both Famine and Sureshot to victories. The six Speed 12s are led home by Race Idiot with a sterling 2nd place on the left side.

Race 3 (Left LAN) - Fuji Speedway 2005F
1st -Diego- - Audi Le Mans quattro - 10
2nd daan - McLaren SLR - 6
3rd Famine - TVR Cerbera Speed 12 - 4
4th dustdriver - TVR Cerbera Speed 12 - 3
5th EXelero - McLaren SLR - 2
6th G.T - TVR Cerbera Speed 12 - 1

Race 4 (Right LAN) - Fuji Speedway 2005F
1st Roo - Pagani Zonda - 10
2nd Touring Mars - Audi Le Mans quattro - 6
3rd Sureshot - McLaren SLR - 4
4th TheCracker - Pagani Zonda - 3
5th Smallhorses - Pagani Zonda - 2
6th Specialized - Nissan R390 - 1

The Audi wins again, for -Diego- this time, and, speaking of repeat winners, Roo steps up to the plate and nets the first non-Audi win in the Zonda...

Current standings
1st= Famine - 14 (2)
1st= Sureshot - 14 (2)
3rd - -Diego- 11 (2)
4th= Roo - 10 (1)
4th= Touring Mars - 10 (2)
6th - dustdriver - 7 (2)
7th= daan - 6 (1)
7th= Race Idiot - 6 (1)
7th= VEXD - 6 (1)
7th= TheCracker - 6 (2)
11th= EXelero - 4 (2)
11th= G.T - 4 (2)
11th= Smallhorses - 4 (2)
14th Specialized - 2 (2)

Race 5 (Left LAN) - Cote d'Azur
1st AMG. - Audi Le Mans quattro - 10
2nd Famine - Nissan R390 - 6
3rd daan - Nissan R390 - 4
4th -Diego- - Ford GT - 3
5th dustdriver - Nissan R390 - 2
6th EXelero - Ford GT - 1

Race 6 (Right LAN) - Cote d'Azur
1st Specialized - Audi Le Mans quattro - 10
2nd Sureshot - Nissan R390 - 6
3rd Race Idiot - Nissan R390 - 4
4th Roo - Nissan R390 - 3
5th Smallhorses - Nissan R390 - 2
6th TheCracker - Audi Le Mans quattro - 1

The Audi wins again, taking AMG. to a maiden victory and dragging Specialized into double figures. The Nissan R390 seemed to be a popular choice here, with Sureshot and Famine putting it in second, chased by 5 others!

Current standings
1st= Famine - 20 (3)
1st= Sureshot - 20 (3)
3rd - -Diego- 14 (3)
4th - Roo - 13 (2)
5th - Specialized - 12 (3)
6th= AMG. - 10 (1)
6th= daan - 10 (2)
6th= Race Idiot - 10 (2)
6th= Touring Mars - 10 (2)
10th - dustdriver - 9 (3)
11th - TheCracker - 7 (3)
12th= VEXD - 6 (1)
12th= Smallhorses - 6 (3)
14th - EXelero - 5 (3)
15th - G.T - 4 (2)

Famine and Sureshot are matching each other every step of the way, and AMG. has a perfect 1/1 record.

Race 7 (Left LAN) - Apricot Hill
1st Race Idiot - Ford GT - 10
2nd G.T - Ford GT - 6
3rd Roo - Audi Le Mans quattro - 4
4th Sureshot - Ford GT - 3
5th Specialized - Ford GT - 2
6th Smallhorses - Ford GT - 1

Race 8 (Right LAN) - Apricot Hill
1st daan - Ford GT - 10
2nd -Diego- - Pagani Zonda - 6
3rd VEXD - Nissan R390 - 4
4th dustdriver - Pagani Zonda - 3
5th AMG. - Pagani Zonda - 2
6th EXelero - Audi Le Mans quattro - 1

Ford GT FTW - daan and Race Idiot nail their Fords to the top of the pile.

Current standings
1st - Sureshot - 23 (4)
2nd= daan - 20 (3)
2nd= Famine - 20 (3)
2nd= Race Idiot - 20 (3)
2nd= -Diego- 20 (4)
6th - Roo - 17 (3)
7th - Specialized - 14 (4)
8th= AMG. - 12 (2)
8th= dustdriver - 12 (4)
10th= Touring Mars - 10 (2)
10th= VEXD - 10 (2)
10th= G.T - 10 (3)
13th= TheCracker - 7 (3)
13th= Smallhorses - 7 (4)
15th - EXelero - 6 (4)

Sureshot stretches into the lead as four - count 'em - drivers move into second. FOUR!

Race 9 (Left LAN) - Deep Forest Reverse
1st Famine - McLaren SLR - 10
2nd Race Idiot - Audi Le Mans quattro - 6
3rd Roo - Ford GT - 4
4th Smallhorses - McLaren SLR - 3
5th Specialized - McLaren SLR - 2
6th G.T - Audi Le Mans quattro - 1

Race 10 (Right LAN) - Deep Forest Reverse
1st -Diego- - McLaren SLR - 10
2nd VEXD - TVR Cerbera Speed 12 - 6
3rd Touring Mars - Ford GT - 4
4th dustdriver - Audi Le Mans quattro - 3
5th AMG. - Ford GT - 2
6th daan - Pagani Zonda -1

VEXD nets a stunning 2nd in the wheelieing TVR, while -Diego- and Famine put the SLR to its maiden victories.

Current standings
1st= Famine - 30 (4)
1st= -Diego- - 30 (5)
3rd - Race Idiot - 26 (4)
4th - Sureshot - 23 (4)
5th= Roo - 21 (4)
5th= daan - 21 (4)
7th= VEXD - 16 (3)
7th= Specialized - 16 (5)
9th - dustdriver - 15 (5)
10th= AMG. - 14 (3)
10th= Touring Mars - 14 (3)
12th - G.T - 11 (4)
13th - Smallhorses - 10 (5)
14th - TheCracker - 7 (3)
15th - EXelero - 6 (4)

Famine and -Diego- go joint top with joint victories in the same car... Race Idiot runs into 3rd on the rails, just slipping past Sureshot.

Race 11 (Left LAN) - Grand Valley East Reverse
1st Famine - Pagani Zonda - 10
2nd Roo - McLaren SLR - 6
3rd Smallhorses - Audi Le Mans quattro - 4
4th Race Idiot - McLaren SLR - 3
5th G.T - McLaren SLR - 2
6th EXelero - TVR Cerbera Speed 12 - 1

Race 12 (Right LAN) - Grand Valley East Reverse
1st daan - Audi Le Mans quattro - 10
2nd VEXD - Pagani Zonda - 6
3rd Touring Mars - McLaren SLR - 4
4th TheCracker - McLaren SLR - 3
5th AMG. - McLaren SLR - 2
6th -Diego- - Nissan R390 - 1

G.T's final corner spin allows Famine to put the Zonda on the top step from Roo's SLR. On the right, daan's Audi leads VEXD's Zonda home.

Current standings
1st - Famine - 40 (5)
2nd= daan - 31 (5)
2nd= -Diego- - 31 (5)
4th - Race Idiot - 29 (5)
5th - Roo - 27 (5)
6th - Sureshot - 23 (4)
7th - VEXD - 22 (4)
8th - Touring Mars - 18 (4)
9th - Specialized - 16 (5)
10th= AMG. - 15 (4)
10th= dustdriver - 15 (5)
12th - Smallhorses - 14 (6)
13th - G.T - 13 (5)
14th - TheCracker - 10 (4)
15th - EXelero - 7 (5)

Famine's victory ensures a top three finish - only VEXD and Sureshot can take the outright victory, with daan.

Race 13 (Left LAN) - Trial Mountain Reverse
1st Famine - Ford GT - 10
2nd Race Idiot - Pagani Zonda - 6
3rd G.T - Pagani Zonda - 4
4th dustdriver - Ford GT - 3
5th Roo - TVR Cerbera Speed 12 - 2
6th EXelero - Pagani Zonda - 1

Race 14 (Right LAN) - Trial Mountain Reverse
1st VEXD - Audi Le Mans quattro - 10
2nd Touring Mars - Pagani Zonda - 5
3rd TheCracker - Ford GT - 5
4th Sureshot - Pagani Zonda - 3
5th daan - TVR Cerbera Speed 12 - 2
6th AMG. - TVR Cerbera Speed 12 - 1

Current standings
1st - Famine - 50 (6)
2nd - Race Idiot - 35 (6)
3rd - daan - 33 (6)
4th - VEXD - 32 (5)
5th - -Diego- - 31 (6)
6th - Roo - 29 (6)
7th - Sureshot - 26 (5)
8th - Touring Mars - 23 (5)
9th - dustdriver - 18 (6)
10th - G.T - 17 (6)
11th= Specialized - 16 (5)
11th= AMG. - 16 (5)
13th - TheCracker - 15 (5)
14th - Smallhorses - 14 (6)
15th - EXelero - 8 (6)

Famine's not playing ball and selfishly puts the Ford GT through for 10 points and the series win. Second place is available for incumbent Race Idiot, charging VEXD or one-time leader Sureshot, results of the final race depending...

Race 15 (Right LAN) - Infineon Raceway Sports Car Course
1st VEXD - McLaren SLR - 10
2nd Touring Mars - Nissan R390 - 6
3rd TheCracker - Nissan R390 - 4
4th AMG. - Nissan R390 - 3
5th Specialized - Pagani Zonda - 2
6th Sureshot - TVR Cerbera Speed 12 - 1

VEXD does all that's expected of him and fires the SLR home first, from a chasing trio of Nissans, taking the second place in the series.

Current standings
1st - Famine - 50 (6)
2nd - VEXD - 42 (6)
3rd - Race Idiot - 35 (6)
4th - daan - 33 (6)
5th - -Diego- - 31 (6)
6th= Roo - 29 (6)
6th= Touring Mars - 29 (6)
8th - Sureshot - 27 (6)
9th= AMG. - 19 (6)
9th= TheCracker - 19 (6)
11th= dustdriver - 18 (6)
11th= Specialized - 18 (6)
13th - G.T - 17 (6)
14th - Smallhorses - 14 (6)
15th - EXelero - 8 (6)

Chelsea win a free kick and EXelero, dustdriver, G.T and Race Idiot prepare, while VEXD complains to the referee...

Mars, obviously on a straight, watched by -Diego- and Smallhorses. Specialized is lost in thought... "Is it right or left next?"

It's a fix! WinnAr with T-shirt (post-snog, obviously)​

After a short lunch break came the traditional Sunday, and UKGTP flagship, event...

Series Three - The Clio Endurance
Following a successful debut at UKGTPV, the Clio Endurance has been a permanent fixture of UKGTPs. Drivers team up to take turns in the Renaultsport Clio V6 Cup Car for 50 laps around a track whose identity is kept a closely guarded secret until minutes before the start - but always a track which can be lapped in the 1'00-1'20 range, in order to have the event long but not overly so and to keep the cars in closeish proximity to one another.

The teams are relatively simple to generate - best pairs with least best. This time out, however, we had three driver cars, due to their being 15 attendees. From the weekend thus far, the best five drivers were VEXD, Famine, Roo, -Diego- and Touring Mars. The least best five drivers were Smallhorses, Specialized, AMG., G.T. and dustdriver. The remaining four drivers and the empty "Cheerleading" slot were allocated by quantum. Oh, okay, by GTPlant/Milford Cubicle saying random numbers for double-blind goodness.

This gave us the following five teams:
Team 1 - VEXD*; Smallhorses; daan
Team A - Famine; Specialized; Race Idiot*
Team i - Roo; AMG*; TheCracker - using Automatic gears
Team α - -Diego-; G.T; Sureshot*
Team יִ - Touring Mars*; dustdriver
(asterisked driver takes the first stint)

VEXD chose white, keen to throw off his Evil monicker, Race Idiot went for the -Diego- vote in pink, AMG. chose black to match his AMG, Sureshot went for silver in anticipation of a Team 1 victory and Touring Mars chose a hopeful gold.

The rules are:
Every driver must drive once.
Drivers change at every pit stop
Standard settings (no aids, RH tyres)

Oh, and the track? Autumn Ring Reverse (met with universal cries of "WHAT!?")

And they're off!

Five Go To Autumn Ring

Smallhorses and daan discuss tactics, while Touring Mars negotiates a tight right...​

At the first round of pit-stops, occurring around lap 10, VEXD had built a healthy lead, ahead of Sureshot, Race Idiot, Touring Mars and AMG., setting a 1'20.5 in the process. Coming out of the pitstops, the first thing Famine did was to throw Race Idiot's hard work in the bin and stuff it over the bridge, losing position to dustdriver. The three cars from 2nd-4th would drive line astern for pretty much the whole of the next ten laps, with G.T, dustdriver and Famine all jockeying for position - but on lap 17 Famine passes both dustdriver and G.T and storms a 1'20.4, hauling in Smallhorses in the lead Clio until there's just a 5s gap.

The second round of pitstops, near the 20th lap, saw daan getting into the lead car from Specialized, Touring Mars, -Diego- and TheCracker. daan spent the next stint attempting to bely his Sergeant Smooth tag, by burning his tyres in 8 laps flat, handing over to VEXD well in the lead. 2nd-4th once again did their bit for entertainment, with Touring Mars holding station in 3rd but Specialized and -Diego- swapping places, so the cars came out VEXD from dustdriver, Sureshot, Race Idiot and Roo.

Keen to prove a point, VEXD spent the next ten laps gunning for the lap record lap after lap, setting a 1'20.3 and handing the car over to daan 30s up on the chasing pack. The remainder hold station throughout the session, exiting the pits around the 40th lap in exactly the same order they exited around the 30th lap - daan from Touring Mars, G.T, Famine and TheCracker.

The final session sees daan holding fast and taking the chequered flag, but not before Famine catches and passes G.T on the way to a 1'20.2 lap record (putting in a 1'20.3 prior to that) and then seeing G.T immediately pit on lap 48 with the immortal words "You've got a bit of work to do to catch up" to his team.

1st - VEXD, Smallhorses, daan
2nd - Touring Mars, dustdriver
3rd - Famine, Specialized, Race Idiot
4th - -Diego-, G.T, Sureshot
5th - Roo, AMG., TheCracker

To the victor go the spoils - a small football game to take back to sunny California...

I HAZ MEDDAL!

The dream team - VEXD clearly overjoyed at his first series victory at UKGTP7​

Series Four - All Beat Up
As an homage to our lovely host's car (which, it was later revealed, she didn't actually buy), a short shakedown series involving only the Honda Beat took place.

12 drivers - minus the top four ranked drivers of the weekend so far - took their seat in Honda Beats at a variety of short tracks. At the end of each race, the winner would qualify for the final and the next two top-ranked drivers would take their places in the next round. This way everyone got three chances to qualify for the final but for the top ranked drivers who would get only two chances (4th and 3rd ranked) or one chance (2nd and 1st ranked). The top four ranked drivers at this point were:
1st VEXD
2nd Famine
3rd -Diego-
4th Roo

The final is just a six car battle at Autumn Ring Mini, with the victor taking the spoils...

Race 1: Tsukuba
Right LAN
EXelero
Sarebear
Specialized
dustdriver
Sureshot
Race Idiot

Left LAN
AMG.
G.T
Smallhorses
TheCracker
daan
Touring Mars

daan, with gold medal, in full flow with the G25. Pity it's worth more than the Honda Beat he's driving...

Sarebear and Beat, together in harmony...

Specialized also hogging a G25. But... shock! No beer!

EvilDan using his mystic powers to steer the DFP by telekinesis, when he thinks no-one's watching...

AMG. - a tiny screen filled with a tiny car...​

Race 2: Motor Sports Land
Right LAN
-Diego-
EXelero
Sarebear
Specialized
dustdriver
Sureshot

Left LAN
Roo
AMG.
G.T
TheCracker
daan
Touring Mars

Race 3: Suzuka West
Right LAN
VEXD
Diego
EXelero
Sarah
Spec
dustdriver

Left LAN
Famine
AMG.
G.T
TheCracker
daan
Mars

(Winners of each race underlined - I didn't note any other position data and just ranked everyone else 7th for the series)

That gave us a six car set-up in the final of Smallhorses, Race Idiot, Roo, Sureshot, dustdriver and Famine. At Autumn Ring Mini...

Race 4: Autumn Ring Mini
1st Smallhorses
2nd Race Idiot
3rd Roo
4th Famine
5th dustdriver
6th Sureshot

Another series win for Smallhorses - this time out on his own...

Smallhorses takes a wire-to-wire win in the Beats​

Series Five - The DTM Mixer
A shoe-in for LANs - with seven (technically nine in PAL) closely-matched cars, six of which look suitably different enough to distinguish from a very, very long way away. Leading to revenge.

The six chosen this time were the obvious Audi Abt TT, Audi A4, Alfa 155 and Mercedes CLK, along with the Mercedes 190E (the runt of the litter) and from the four identicoloured GM vehicles I went for the Vauxhall Calibra.

The format is identical to the supercars handicap from earlier on - each driver can pick each car once and once only and drives six races in total. Points are assigned old-F1-stylee:

Race 1 (Left LAN) - Circuit de La Sarthe (unchicaned)
1st Race Idiot - Audi Abt Audi TT-R - 10
2nd -Diego- - Mercedes CLK-DTM - 6
3rd Famine - Vauxhall Calibra DTM - 4
4th dustdriver - Audi Abt Audi TT-R - 3
5th G.T - Audi Abt Audi TT-R - 2
6th EXelero - Mercedes 190E EvoII - 1

Race 2 (Right LAN) - Circuit de La Sarthe (unchicaned)
1st VEXD - Mercedes CLK-DTM - 10
2nd Sureshot - Mercedes CLK-DTM - 6
3rd Smallhorses - Audi Abt Audi TT-R - 4
4th TheCracker - Audi Abt Audi TT-R - 3
5th Specialized - Audi Abt Audi TT-R - 2
6th Touring Mars - Vauxhall Calibra DTM - 1

VEXD and Race Idiot - 2nd and 3rd during the Supercars - get their series off to a good start. The CLK-DTM packs 3 of the top pair on each LAN.

Race 3 (Left LAN) - Laguna Seca
1st G.T - Audi A4 Touring Car - 10
2nd Famine - Audi A4 Touring Car - 6
3rd -Diego- - Alfa 155 Touring Car - 4
4th dustdriver - Mercedes 190E EvoII - 3
5th daan - Alfa 155 Touring Car - 2
6th EXelero - Vauxhall Calibra DTM - 1

Race 4 (Right LAN) - Laguna Seca
1st Touring Mars - Audi Abt Audi TT-R - 10
2nd Specialized - Audi A4 Touring Car - 6
3rd Smallhorses - Alfa 155 Touring Car - 4
4th Roo - Mercedes 190E EvoII - 3
5th Sureshot - Alfa 155 Touring Car - 2
6th TheCracker - Alfa 155 Touring Car - 1

This time it's the turn of the A4 to fill 3 of the top two places on each LAN, with G.T and Touring Mars taking the wins.

Current Standings
1st - G.T - 12 (2)
2nd - Touring Mars - 11 (2)
3rd= Race Idiot - 10 (1)
3rd= VEXD - 10 (1)
3rd= Diego - 10 (2)
3rd= Famine - 10 (2)
7th= Sureshot - 8 (2)
7th= Smallhorses - 8 (2)
7th= Specialized - 8 (2)
10th - dustdriver - 6 (2)
11th - TheCracker - 4 (2)
12th - Roo - 3 (2)
13th= Exelero - 2 (2)
13th= daan - 2 (1)

G.T tops the table from Touring Mars and a gaggle of 3rds.

Race 5 (Left LAN) - Nuerburgring
1st Race Idiot - Audi A4 Touring Car - 10
2nd Roo - Mercedes CLK-DTM - 6
3rd Specialized - Mercedes CLK-DTM - 4
4th Sureshot - Vauxhall Calibra DTM - 3
5th G.T - Mercedes CLK-DTM - 2
6th Smallhorses - Audi A4 Touring Car - 1

Race Idiot and Specialized head-to-head - Specialized hoping the subliminal messages will work...

Roo vs. G.T​

Race 6 (Right LAN) - Nuerburgring
1st VEXD - Audi Abt Audi TT-R - 10
2nd dustdriver - Audi A4 Touring Car - 6
3rd -Diego- - Audi A4 Touring Car - 4
4th AMG. - Audi Abt Audi TT-R - 3
5th daan - Mercedes CLK-DTM - 2
6th EXelero - Audi Abt Audi TT-R - 1

VEXD chases down AMG.

dustdriver and daan do battle - while the kids' portraits of them look on...​

In the battle of the lead cars on the left LAN, the A4 comes out victorious. VEXD and Race Idiot win again. Tch!

Current Standings
1st= Race Idiot - 20 (2)
1st= VEXD - 20 (2)
3rd= -Diego- - 14 (3)
3rd= G.T - 14 (3)
5th= dustdriver - 12 (3)
5th= Specialized - 12 (3)
7th= Touring Mars - 11 (2)
7th= Sureshot - 11 (3)
9th - Famine - 10 (2)
10th= Roo - 9 (3)
10th= Smallhorses - 9 (3)
12th= daan - 4 (2)
12th= TheCracker - 4 (2)
14th= AMG. - 3 (1)
14th= Exelero - 3 (3)

Race Idiot and VEXD top the charts with perfect win ratios, and almost everyone else is tied up. Kyuk!

Race 7 (Left LAN) - Suzuka
1st Race Idiot - Mercedes CLK-DTM - 10
2nd Sureshot - Audi Abt Audi TT-R - 6
3rd Smallhorses - Mercedes CLK-DTM - 4
4th TheCracker - Mercedes CLK-DTM - 3
5th Roo - Vauxhall Calibra DTM - 2
6th Specialized - Alfa 155 Touring Car - 1

Race 8 (Right LAN) - Suzuka
1st Famine - Audi Abt Audi TT-R - 10
2nd -Diego- - Audi Abt Audi TT-R - 6
3rd daan - Audi A4 Touring Car - 4
4th dustdriver - Vauxhall Calibra DTM - 3
5th AMG. - Audi A4 Touring Car - 2
6th EXelero - Alfa 155 Touring Car - 1

Current Standings
1st - Race Idiot - 30 (3)
2nd= VEXD - 20 (2)
2nd= Famine - 20 (3)
2nd= -Diego- - 20 (4)
5th - Sureshot - 17 (4)
6th - dustdriver - 15 (4)
7th - G.T - 14 (3)
8th= Specialized - 13 (4)
8th= Smallhorses - 13 (4)
10th= Touring Mars - 11 (2)
10th= Roo - 11 (4)
12th - daan - 8 (3)
13th - TheCracker - 7 (3)
14th - AMG. - 5 (2)
15th - Exelero - 4 (4)

Race Idiot makes it 3 from 3 and takes a clear lead at the top from VEXD, Famine and -Diego-, tied on 20 points from 2, 3 and 4 races respectively.

Race 9 (Left LAN) - Tsukuba
1st Smallhorses - Mercedes 190E EvoII - 10
2nd Famine - Mercedes 190E EvoII - 6
3rd Race Idiot - Vauxhall Calibra DTM - 4
4th Specialized - Mercedes 190E EvoII - 3
5th Roo - Alfa 155 Touring Car - 2
6th G.T - Vauxhall Calibra DTM - 1

Race 10 (Right LAN) - Tsukuba
1st daan - Audi Abt Audi TT-R - 10
2nd Touring Mars - Alfa 155 Touring Car - 6
3rd VEXD - Mercedes 190E EvoII - 4
4th -Diego- - Mercedes 190E EvoII - 3
5th dustdriver - Alfa 155 Touring Car - 2
6th AMG. - Vauxhall Calibra DTM - 1

daan proves that he can get on with racing cars, while both VEXD and Race Idiot don't win a race for the first time - tying each other up in 3rd. Smallhorses nets a win on the left, amazingly in the 190E.

Current Standings
1st - Race Idiot - 34 (4)
2nd - Famine - 26 (4)
3rd - VEXD - 24 (3)
4th= -Diego- - 23 (5)
4th= Smallhorses - 23 (5)
6th - daan - 18 (4)
7th= Touring Mars - 17 (3)
7th= Sureshot - 17 (4)
7th= dustdriver - 17 (5)
10th - Specialized - 16 (5)
11th - G.T - 15 (4)
12th - Roo - 13 (5)
13th - TheCracker - 7 (3)
14th - AMG. - 6 (3)
15th - Exelero - 4 (4)

Race Idiot makes a bid for freedom and, for the first time in a while, no-one on the podium is tied to anyone else...

Race 11 (Left LAN) - High Speed Ring
1st Famine - Mercedes CLK-DTM - 10
2nd Roo - Audi A4 Touring Car - 6
3rd Smallhorses - Vauxhall Calibra DTM - 4
4th EXelero - Audi A4 Touring Car - 3
5th Race Idiot - Alfa 155 Touring Car - 2
6th G.T - Alfa 155 Touring Car - 1

Roo vs. Famine at High Speed Ring!​

Race 12 (Right LAN) - High Speed Ring
1st Touring Mars - Mercedes CLK-DTM - 10
2nd VEXD - Vauxhall Calibra DTM - 6
3rd daan - Vauxhall Calibra DTM - 4
4th -Diego- - Vauxhall Calibra DTM - 3
5th AMG. - Alfa 155 Touring Car - 2
6th TheCracker - Mercedes 190E EvoII - 1

The CLK-DTM proves the car to beat, and the Alfa 155 proves the car to avoid, at High Speed Ring, while on the right LAN three Calibras scrap for points.

Current Standings
1st= Famine - 36 (5)
1st= Race Idiot - 36 (5)
3rd - VEXD - 30 (4)
4th= Touring Mars - 27 (4)
4th= Smallhorses - 27 (6)
6th - -Diego- - 26 (6)
7th - daan - 22 (5)
8th - Roo - 19 (5)
9th= Sureshot - 17 (4)
9th= dustdriver - 17 (5)
11th= G.T - 16 (5)
11th= Specialized - 16 (5)
13th= AMG. - 8 (4)
13th= TheCracker - 8 (4)
15th - Exelero - 7 (5)

Famine ties Race Idiot up at the top, with equal points and 1 race left each. VEXD in 3rd and Touring Mars in 4th have a race in hand - and one of these four will be the series winner...

Race 13 (Left LAN) - Grand Valley
1st Roo - Audi Abt Audi TT-R - 10
2nd dustdriver - Mercedes CLK-DTM - 6
3rd Famine - Alfa 155 Touring Car - 4
4th Race Idiot - Mercedes 190E EvoII - 3
5th EXelero - Mercedes CLK-DTM - 2
6th G.T - Mercedes 190E EvoII - 1

Race 14 (Right LAN) - Grand Valley
1st VEXD - Audi A4 Touring Car - 10
2nd Touring Mars - Audi A4 Touring Car - 6
3rd Sureshot - Audi A4 Touring Car - 4
4th AMG. - Mercedes CLK-DTM - 3
5th daan - Mercedes 190E EvoII - 2
6th TheCracker - Vauxhall Calibra DTM - 1

Current Standings
1st= VEXD - 40 (5)
1st= Famine - 40 (6)
3rd - Race Idiot - 39 (6)
4th Touring Mars - 33 (5)
5th - Roo - 29 (6)
6th - Smallhorses - 27 (6)
7th - -Diego- - 26 (6)
8th - daan - 24 (6)
9th - dustdriver - 23 (6)
10th - Sureshot - 21 (5)
11th - G.T - 17 (6)
12th - Specialized - 16 (5)
13th - AMG. - 11 (5)
14th= TheCracker - 9 (5)
14th= Exelero - 9 (6)

VEXD snatches the technical lead (same points as Famine but with a race left), with only Touring Mars able to stop him from taking the series victory - and they're head to head at Tokyo R246... Aie!

Race 15 (Right LAN) - Tokyo R246
1st TheCracker - Audi A4 Touring Car - 10
2nd VEXD - Alfa 155 Touring Car - 6
3rd Touring Mars - Mercedes 190E EvoII - 4
4th Sureshot - Mercedes 190E EvoII - 3
5th Specialized - Vauxhall Calibra DTM - 2
6th AMG. - Mercedes 190E EvoII - 1

TheCracker takes the race win, but VEXD leads Mars home to take the series!

Final Standings
1st - VEXD - 46
2nd - Famine - 40
3rd - Race Idiot - 39
4th - Touring Mars - 37
5th - Roo - 29
6th - Smallhorses - 27
7th - -Diego- - 26
8th= daan - 24
8th= Sureshot - 24
10th - dustdriver - 23
11th - TheCracker - 19
12th - Specialized - 18
13th - G.T - 17
14th - AMG. - 12
15th - Exelero - 9

And so it was pub'o'clock... On to Monday's excitement...


Pics and videos to follow...

 

[Famine]

Monday​

Series Six - Classic Car Handicap
The same format as the first event of the weekend, only with slight tweeks.
Winner progresses TWO cars, instead of one (still switches LANs, still sits off the race)
Second place progresses ONE car and doesn't sit off (still switches LANs)
7 lap races

The new car list, chosen specially for the now-not-attending sukerkin was... Jaguar E-Type, Lotus Europa, BMW 2002 turbo, Alfa Romeo Duetto, VW Golf I, Isuzu 117 Coupe and, finally, Triumph Spitfire.

(During which Exelero won a race outright, and not on an easy track either)

Series Seven - Hot Hatch Mixer
The final event of the week, and back to the familiar format of the Mix'n'Match. This time the six cars were hot (and warm) hatchbacks - the Toyota Yaris Turbo, the Mini Cooper, the SEAT Ibiza Cupra, the Lupo GTi, the Peugeot 106 S16 and the joker of the pack... the Focus RS...

 

[Roo]

Excellent stuff! Looking foward to Sunday and Monday. Cheers Mr Sarebear!

 

[G.T]

Famine-tastic!

I did a little better on the Handicap than I originally thought. It's the supercar series I completely sucked... As with the bowling.

Looking forward to the next set of results. 👍

 

[Diego440]

That's great stuff Mr Sarebear

Funny how we battled so many races, and came in 1st and 2nd (or at least one position behind always)... which makes my 2nd place and your 3rd in the DTMs at La Sarthe so much meaningful

 

[Race Idiot]

That's great stuff Mr Sarebear

Funny how we battled so many races, and came in 1st and 2nd (or at least one position behind always)... which makes my 2nd place and your 3rd in the DTMs at La Sarthe so much meaningful

Didn't you pip him right at the end of that, or maybe i'm thinking of another race.

Nice writeup so far.

 

[Diego440]

Ummm.... no... just a bit of side to side contact at the end, from both of us wanting to take the chicane at exactly the same moment in the same space.

 

[Mrs. Famine]

Yay me for being crap at everything and consistently coming last!
Next time, can we do something i'm actually good at?

 

[Sarebear]

Yay me for being crap at everything and consistently coming last!
Next time, can we do something i'm actually good at?

So long as it is something Famine is good at I would guess......

 

[daan]

Is there anything Famine is bad at?

We could have a "put-things-in-a-car-in-a-higgledy-pigglety-fashion" contest. He'd suck at that...

 

[Famine]

Is there anything Famine is bad at?

*gets in before SareBear*

Yes. I suck at finishing things. I mean, I start them just fine, but after a while I just lose inte

 

[EXelero]

two things....

Firstly...
I never once raced in the spikey piece of rubbish car you picked! I cheated and went straight to the Vanquish. I do have a witness to that fact, but i intend to protect her, so you'll just have to take me word for it! It was the race where i gleefully hammered into Diego....

secondly...
the pic titled "post-snog" where your brandishing your t-shirt...well thats a fib for starters! It was after your snog, cos i can clearly see the red, white and blue threads round your neck. there for you are wearing your medal. there for, it is indeed AFTER the snog.

You'll have to find another reason to convince us why your smiling so much....

 

[Famine]

two things....

Firstly...
I never once raced in the spikey piece of rubbish car you picked! I cheated and went straight to the Vanquish. I do have a witness to that fact, but i intend to protect her, so you'll just have to take me word for it! It was the race where i gleefully hammered into Diego....

I'm sure I saw a black smear on -Diego-'s screen, right before he swore.

secondly...
the pic titled "post-snog" where your brandishing your t-shirt...well thats a fib for starters! It was after your snog, cos i can clearly see the red, white and blue threads round your neck. there for you are wearing your medal. there for, it is indeed AFTER the snog.

You'll have to find another reason to convince us why your smiling so much....

Yes - "post" = after. "Pre" = before.

Incidentally, I just hammered my existing B5 Licence time with my new G25... The practising has started!

 

[AMG.]

with my new G25... The practising has started!

Same here, I just couldn't resist leaving it in the shop.

Nice writeups & pics 👍

AMG

 

[DustDriver]

I hope there will be a time when i can say: hey, nice wheel, i'll buy it.
but for now that's not going to happen

nice writeup so far

 

[daan]

Incidentally, I just hammered my existing B5 Licence time with my new G25...

Oh, 🤬

 

[Sarebear]

two things....

Firstly...
I never once raced in the spikey piece of rubbish car you picked! I cheated and went straight to the Vanquish. I do have a witness to that fact, but i intend to protect her, so you'll just have to take me word for it!

No protection necessary, seeing as there is only a choice of two!

 

[AMG.]

Incidentally, I just hammered my existing B5 Licence time

What sort of time would that be?
AMG.

 

[Famine]

It's now a 1'26.8, though I've just found out daan has a 1'26.5 so I shall pursue that now

holl01 has a 1'25.5!

 

[EXelero]

I'm sure I saw a black smear on -Diego-'s screen, right before he swore.

yes, my vanquish was black!

Yes - "post" = after. "Pre" = before

D'oh!

No protection necessary, seeing as there is only a choice of two!

but a choice there still is

 

[daan]

Race 8 - Twin Ring Motegi
Right LAN
1st Roo - Corvette Z06
2nd Touring Mars - Spyker C8
3rd EXelero
4th daan - Aston Martin Vanquish
5th dustdriver - Spyker C8
6th GTPlant

I was sure I hit Ben in that race....

 

[Mrs. Famine]

So long as it is something Famine is good at I would guess......

Not so much. We may be similar but we're not identical

 

[Sarebear]

Not so much. We may be similar but we're not identical

No I mean he wouldn't allow it if he wasn't good at it (which doesn't leave many things)

 

[Famine]

No I mean he wouldn't allow it if he wasn't good at it (which doesn't leave many things)

*awaits wholly unpredictable sex joke*

 

[Mrs. Famine]

Oh sorry, I misunderstood.

*crawls back under rock*

 

[Diego440]

These results are bringing back a couple of memories, not the least of all that are my two (yes, TWO!) wins and a few podiums in the supercar races.

Just remembered battling with Mars down Infineon in the Garaiyas. At one point I knocked over a cone, and since Mars was next to me, the cone fell on his car, and it was later lodged between both of our cars... we took the cone for a ride to the entrance of the pits or so.

Also, the win in the SLR with Vexd coming in second... in the main straight, I remember he passed me and did a huge wheelie when the track drops down... that was awesome.

Oh well, off to play some tennis.

 

[EXelero]

Monday​

didn't we do anything on Monday????

Need this page up urgently as it'll actually have Exelero next to a 1!!!

 

[Sureboss]

*awaits wholly unpredictable sex joke*

There's not a handicap for that too is there?

 

[Famine]

didn't we do anything on Monday????

Need this page up urgently as it'll actually have Exelero next to a 1!!!

I've got Sunday to finish first...