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Yes, really. A results thread. Stop the press. I've subscribed to the (somewhat paraphrased) Douglas Adams rule of publishing - leaving it as late as possible until told to just finish the page you're on and post it - so here's the thread in all its unfinished glory. Edit: I don't know why the CODE boxes are in teeny weeny eyestrain-o-vision. Just be thankful you've got a thread at all, mmkay?
2.5 days, 7 events, 8 drivers, 39 cars, 65 races. All events stolen from previous UK and SF GTPs, plus a new Clio Endurance track. 2 LANs of 4, becoming 1 LAN of 6 when The Grim Reaper left on Sunday evening.
Contestants – if you’ve got any comments, PM me so I can add them in.
1st event: 70s Babies Handicap
Originally raced at SFGTP3.
All drivers start off in the first, fastest car. When a driver wins, they move down into the next, slightly slower car. The overall winner is the driver who wins a race in the slowest car. On this occasion the winner on each LAN moved down 2 cars, and second place moved down 1. So that daan and The Grim Reaper could remain in their playseats, the other 2 drivers on LAN 2 swapped places after each race with whoever finished in the same positions on LAN 1 – this remained the case for the whole weekend.
The cars:
Dodge Charger Super Bee 426 Hemi '71
Plymouth Superbird '70
Dome Zero '78
Lotus Europa Special '71
BMW 2002 Turbo '73
Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R '73
Alpine 310 1600VE '73
Mitsubishi Galant GTO MR '70
Race 1: La Sarthe II, 3 laps – all Dodge Charger Super Bees
Lol wut? 2 quartets of Super Bees redlining at 133 on the Mulsanne?
Yes, really.
LAN 1
1st Roo – Black Super Bee
2nd Sureboss – Green Super Bee
3rd Car-less – Orange Super Bee
4th Famine – Purple Super Bee
LAN 2
1st daan – Yellow Super Bee
2nd homeforsummer – Green Super Bee
3rd The Grim Reaper – Orange Super Bee
4th Jondot – Red Super Bee
One of the better handling muscle cars, Roo and daan manage to hold the revs nearest the redline to take a win each and move down to the Dome, while Sureboss and homeforsummer advance to the Plymouth.
Race 2: Fuji 2005 GT, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Car-less – Orange Super Bee
2nd homeforsummer – Green Superbird
3rd Roo – Silver Dome
4th Jondot – Red Super Bee
LAN 2
1st Sureboss – Yellow Superbird
2nd Famine – Purple Super Bee
3rd The Grim Reaper – Orange Super Bee
4th daan – Silver Dome
Another circuit with a honking long straight, suiting the muscle cars that redlined just short of the first corner. Hurling the Dome through the final turns would put the nose right on the bumper of the Americana, before 24 cylinders of Detroit iron vanished into the distance. Car-less and homeforsummer join daan and Roo in the Dome, whilst Famine moves into the car of massive nostrils and Sureboss becomes the first into the Europa.
Race 3: Autumn Ring, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – Violet Superbird
2nd Roo – Silver Dome
3rd Jondot – Red Super Bee
4th Sureboss – Yellow Europa
LAN 2
1st homeforsummer – Silver Dome
2nd daan – Silver Dome
3rd The Grim Reaper – Orange Super Bee
4th Car-less – Silver Dome
Famine wins on LAN 1 despite the handling disadvantage to the Dome on Autumn Ring’s twisty bits, and the Europa proves too sideways for Sureboss, allowing Jondot to his first podium. Famine, Roo and daan all jump into Europas, and homeforsummer takes the series lead by dropping into the BMW.
Race 4: Grand Valley East, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Car-less – Silver Dome
2nd Roo – Black Europa
3rd homeforsummer – Green 2002
4th Jondot – Red Super Bee
LAN 2
1st The Grim Reaper – Orange Super Bee
2nd daan – Green Europa
3rd Sureboss – Red Europa
4th Famine – Purple Europa
The Grim Reaper breaks his duck with victory in the Dodge, trailed home by a trio of Europas. On LAN 1 Car-less becomes the first person to score a second win, ahead of Roo’s barely-controlled Lotus. Both move into the ultimate driving machine, along with daan.
Race 5: High Speed Ring, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Sureboss – Red Europa
2nd Roo – Black 2002
3rd Famine – Purple Europa
4th Car-less – Silver 2002
LAN 2
1st Jondot – Red Super Bee
2nd daan – Green 2002
3rd homeforsummer – Green 2002
4th The Grim Reaper – Silver Dome
The Europa’s grunt keeps it ahead of the 2002 on LAN 1, whilst on LAN 2 Jondot proves the handicap system works by winning in the Super Bee, meaning in 5 races over 2 LANs all 8 drivers have won. Sureboss, Roo and daan all get their mitts on the Skyline.
Race 6: Seattle Reverse, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st homeforsummer – Green 2002
2nd Roo – Silver Skyline
3rd Car-less – Green 2002
4th Jondot – Silver Dome
LAN 2
1st Sureboss – Silver Skyline
2nd daan – Red Skyline
3rd Famine – Purple Europa
4th The Grim Reaper – Silver Dome
For the fourth race in a row, Roo and daan finish second on their respective LANs, moving into the penultimate car – the Alpine of evil handling, along with homeforsummer after his BMW win. Sureboss, meanwhile, by winning in the Skyline buzzbox, becomes the first into the last car, the Galant.
Race 7: Suzuka West, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – Purple Europa
2nd Roo – Blue Alpine
3rd Jondot – Silver Dome
4th Sureboss – White Galant
LAN 2
1st The Grim Reaper – Silver Dome
2nd Car-less – Black 2002
3rd homeforsummer – Blue Alpine
4th daan – Blue Alpine
The Grim Reaper does the zero-to-hero bit by winning in the Dome after 2 fourth places on the bounce. Car-less follows him home to advance to the Japanese lawnmower. On LAN 1, 4 cars take the traditional line through Turn 1 – into the gravel. The Alpine is even more sideways than the Europa; Famine canters to an easy victory, while Roo takes advantage of a mistake from Jondot to snatch second and join Sureboss in the final car.
Race 8: Infinion Stock, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – Silver Skyline
2nd Car-less – Red Skyline
3rd homeforsummer – Blue Alpine
4th Sureboss – White Galant
LAN 2
1st The Grim Reaper – Black 2002
2nd Roo – Blue Galant
3rd Jondot – Silver Dome
4th daan – Blue Alpine
The Grim Reaper earns back to back wins to move into the Alpine, catching up in 2 races after a slow start and denying Roo the chance to win an 8 car handicap in 8 races. Famine and Car-less also take another win and second place respectively, Famine getting into the Galant.
Race 9: New York Reverse, 5 laps
“If you don’t win, Jon, the series is over. No pressure.”
LAN 1
1st Jondot – Silver Dome
2nd Sureboss – White Galant
3rd Famine – Yellow Galant
4th Roo – Blue Galant
LAN 2
1st homeforsummer – Blue Alpine
2nd daan – Blue Alpine
3rd Car-less – Blue Alpine
4th The Grim Reaper – Blue Alpine
Jondot finishes first, ahead of three potential series winners. homeforsummer and daan move into the last car in a grid full of Alpines.
Race 10: Tokyo R246 Reverse, 5 laps
Only Car-less can keep the series alive on LAN 1, as the sole non Galant. Jondot again is the series last, best hope on LAN 2.
LAN 1
1st Roo – Blue Galant
2nd Car-less – Blue Alpine
3rd Sureboss – White Galant
4th homeforsummer – Yellow Galant
LAN 2
1st daan – Yellow Galant
2nd Jondot – White 2002
3rd Famine – Orange Galant
4th The Grim Reaper – Blue Alpine
Roo manages to keep the Alpine of many angles at bay around Tokyo’s city streets; daan does the same ahead of Jondot’s much smoother BMW. This means only one thing... it’s race-off time!
Race 11: El Capitan, 2 laps
“The Grim Reaper, pick a number between 9 and 22.”
“12.”
That’s the Jazz then. A 2 lap sprint around El Capitan in the D-gear Honda.
1st Roo – Blue Jazz
2nd daan – Green Jazz
daan makes a mistake at the bottom of the first hill, allowing Roo through into a lead he wouldn’t lose and his first solo series victory since UKGTP7. Apparently this is known as ‘host advantage’.
Dodge Charger Super Bee 426 Hemi '71 - Everyone
Plymouth Superbird '70 – homeforsummer; Sureboss ; Famine
Dome Zero '78 – Roo; daan; homeforsummer; Car-less; The Grim Reaper; Jondot
Lotus Europa Special '71 – Sureboss; Famine; Roo; daan
BMW 2002 Turbo '73 – homeforsummer; Car-less; Roo; daan; The Grim Reaper; Jondot
Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R '73 – Sureboss; Roo; daan; Famine; Car-less
Alpine 310 1600VE '73 – homeforsummer; Roo; daan; Car-less; The Grim Reaper
Mitsubishi Galant GTO MR '70 – Sureboss; Roo; Famine; homeforsummer; daan
Winner – Roo (!)
Coming soon to a LAN near you – the Pace Car Reversing Challenge!
At some point during the 70s Babies, Specialized and EXelero turned up with their latest acquisition: a red Honda Beat. Naturally, we all piled outside to photograph and press all the buttons.
homeforsummer gets comfy. Yes hfs, it totally suits you and you should buy one at the earliest opportunity.
Specialized getshis EXelero’s car back.
”Take the first left to get to Sainsburys, it’s about 40 yards down the road.” Screech... 1st gear... 2nd gear... 3rd gear... 4th...
2nd event: Al Gore Eco Challenge Pick’n’Mix
Originally raced at UKGTP9.
6 cars, 6 races. Every driver must use every car once – but the tracks are not revealed until the race itself... do you get rid of the slow-but-well-handling MINI first, or use the half decent Jazz whilst everyone else is using the rubbish stuff? Points awarded on a 7-4-2-1 basis, with 1 point for fastest lap. Oh, and the catch: all cars have to use Eco tyres. No fear of excessive tyre wear here (unless you’re daan – no fear of excessive tyre wear anywhere).
The six cars:
Toyota Prius ‘03
MINI ONE ‘02
Nissan Micra ‘03
Honda Insight ‘99
Mitsubishi i ‘03
Honda Jazz 1.4 dsi Se ‘01
Race 1: Tsukuba, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – Blue Micra
2nd Roo – Black Insight
3rd Car-less – Yellow MINI
4th Jondot – Red Micra
LAN 2
1st homeforsummer – Green Jazz
2nd daan – Red Jazz
3rd Sureboss – Silver Micra
4th The Grim Reaper – Black Prius
FL: 1:20.270 – daan
Race 2: Special Stage Route 5, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st homeforsummer – Green Micra
2nd Roo – Black MINI
3rd Sureboss – British Racing Green MINI
4th Jondot – Mint Green MINI
LAN 2
1st Famine – Jewish Racing Gold Prius
2nd The Grim Reaper – Red Jazz
3rd Car-less – Green Micra
4th daan – British Racing Green MINI
FL: 2:05.2xx - homeforsummer
Race 3: Test Course, 3 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – Red Insight
2nd Roo – Black Micra
3rd Jondot – White Prius
4th Car-less – White Prius
LAN 2
1st homeforsummer – White Insight
2nd Sureboss – Green Jazz
3rd daan – Red Insight
4th The Grim Reaper – Purple Mitsubishi
FL: 2:54.559 – daan & The Grim Reaper
Race 4: Trial Mountain, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st homeforsummer – Purple Mitsubishi
2nd Car-less – Green Jazz
3rd Jondot – Purple Mitsubishi
4th Sureboss – Purple Mitsubishi
LAN 2
1st Famine – Red Jazz
2nd daan – Black Prius
3rd Roo – Black Prius
4th The Grim Reaper – Black Insight
FL: 2:05.667 – homeforsummer
Race 5: Midfield, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Sureboss – Maroon Prius
2nd Roo – Purple Mitsubishi
3rd Car-less – Red Insight
4th Famine – Blue MINI
LAN 2
1st homeforsummer – Blue Prius
2nd daan – Red Micra
3rd The Grim Reaper – Red Micra
4th Jondot – Green Jazz
FL: 1:46.120 – homeforsummer
Race 6: Autumn Ring Mini, 10 laps
LAN 1
1st Roo – Blue Jazz
2nd homeforsummer – Green MINI
3rd Car-less – Purple Mitsubishi
4th Jondot – White Insight
LAN 2
1st Famine – Purple Mitsubishi
2nd daan - Purple Mitsubishi
3rd The Grim Reaper – Black MINI
4th Sureboss – Red Insight
FL: 52.477 - daan
3rd event: DTM Pick’n’Mix
Originally raced in UKGTP7.
The cars:
Alfa Romeo 155 2.5 V6 Ti Race Car ‘93
Audi Abt TT-R Touring Car ‘02
Audi A4 Touring Car ‘04
Mercedes-Benz AMG 190E 2.5 16 Evo II Touring Car ‘92
Mercedes-Benz CLK Touring Car ‘00
Opel Astra Touring Car ‘00
Race 1: Nürburgring, 2 laps
LAN 1
1st Car-less – A4
2nd homeforsummer – 155
3rd Roo – 190E
4th Jondot – Astra
LAN 2
1st Sureboss – CLK
2nd daan – A4
3rd Famine – 190E
4th The Grim Reaper – 190E
FL: 6:50.963 – Sureboss
Race 2: Laguna Seca, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – CLK
2nd homeforsummer – TT-R
3rd Sureboss – 155
4th Jondot – CLK
LAN 2
1st Car-less – TT-R
2nd daan – TT-R
3rd Roo – 155
4th The Grim Reaper – Astra
FL: 1:24.752 – Car-less
Race 3: Grand Valley, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Roo – Astra
2nd Car-less – Astra
3rd homeforsummer – A4
4th Jondot – A4
LAN 2
1st Famine – Astra
2nd Sureboss – TT-R
3rd daan – Astra
4th The Grim Reaper – CLK
FL: 1:48.615 – Famine
Race 4: Deep Forest, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Sureboss – Astra
2nd Famine – 155
3rd homeforsummer – 190E
4th Jondot – 155
LAN 2
1st daan – CLK
2nd Roo - CLK
3rd Car-less – 155
4th The Grim Reaper – TT-R
FL: 1:13.274 daan
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Race 5: Motegi Road Course, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Car-less – CLK
2nd Sureboss – A4
3rd Jondot – TT-R
4th Roo – A4
LAN 2
1st Famine – A4
2nd homeforsummer – Astra
3rd daan – 190E
4th The Grim Reaper – A4
FL: 1:49.546 Famine
Race 6: Motorland Reverse, 15 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – TT-R
2nd Roo – TT-R
3rd homeforsummer – CLK
4th Jondot – 190E
LAN 2
1st Sureboss – 190E
2nd Car-less – 190E
3rd daan – 155
4th The Grim Reaper – 155
FL: 38.673 - Roo
4th event: Supersaloons Handicap
Originally raced in UKGTP5.
This time round, with 2 less cars than last time and 4 on a LAN, I decided to only have the winner advance one car down. This proved to be a mistake, as the series took forever.
The cars:
BMW M5 ‘05
Mine's Lancer Evolution VI ‘00
Lotus Carlton ‘90
FPV GT ‘04
Nissan Skyline 350GT-8 ‘03
Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II ‘91
Race 1: Cote d’Azur, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – M5 - Gold
2nd homeforsummer – M5 - Blue
3rd Car-less – M5 - Silver
4th Roo – M5 - White
LAN 2
1st daan – M5 - White
2nd Sureboss – M5 - Bronze
3rd The Grim Reaper – M5 - Black
4th Jondot – M5 - Blue
Race 2: Suzuka, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Sureboss – M5 - Silver
2nd Famine – Evo VI - White
3rd Car-less – M5 – Black
4th Jondot – M5 - Blue
LAN 2
1st homeforsummer – M5 - Blue
2nd daan – Evo VI - White
3rd The Grim Reaper – M5 - Black
4th Roo – M5 - White
Race 3: El Capitan Reverse, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – Evo VI - White
2nd homeforsummer – Evo VI - White
3rd Car-less – M5 – Bronze
4th Roo – M5 - White
LAN 2
1st daan – Evo VI - White
2nd Sureboss – Evo VI - White
3rd The Grim Reaper – M5 - Black
4th Jondot – M5 - White
Race 4: La Sarthe II, 3 laps
LAN 1
1st Car-less – M5 – Silver
2nd Jondot – M5 - Bronze
3rd Famine – Carlton - Green
4th Sureboss – Evo VI - White
LAN 2
1st The Grim Reaper – M5 - Black
2nd Roo – M5 - White
3rd homeforsummer – Evo VI - White
4th daan – Carlton – Green
Race 5: Autumn Ring Reverse, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st homeforsummer – Evo VI - White
2nd Sureboss – Evo VI - White
3rd Car-less – Evo VI - White
4th Roo – M5 - White
LAN 2
1st daan – Carlton – Green
2nd Jondot – M5 - JRG
3rd The Grim Reaper – Evo - White
4th Famine – Carlton - Green
Race 6: Fuji 2005 GT, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Car-less – Evo VI - White
2nd homeforsummer – Carlton - Green
3rd Famine – Carlton - Green
4th Jondot – M5 - Bronze
LAN 2
1st Roo – M5 - White
2nd Sureboss – Evo VI - White
3rd The Grim Reaper – Evo - White
4th daan – FPV - Orange
Race 7: Hong Kong, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Sureboss – Evo VI - White
2nd Roo – Evo VI - White
3rd Famine – Carlton - Green
4th Jondot – M5 - White
LAN 2
1st The Grim Reaper – Evo - White
2nd daan – FPV - Red
3rd homeforsummer – Carlton - Green
4th Car-less – Carlton - Green
Race 8: Seoul, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Roo – Evo VI - White
2nd Car-less – Carlton - Green
3rd homeforsummer – Carlton - Green
4th Sureboss – Carlton - Green
LAN 2
1st daan – FPV - Red
2nd Famine – Carlton - Green
3rd The Grim Reaper – Carlton - Green
4th Jondot – M5 - White
Race 9: Grand Valley Reverse, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st homeforsummer – Carlton - Green
2nd Jondot – M5 - White
3rd Famine – Carlton - Green
4th Roo – Carlton – Green
LAN 2
1st Sureboss – Carlton - Green
2nd Car-less - Carlton - Green
3rd daan – Skyline - Black
4th The Grim Reaper – Carlton - Green
Race 10: High Speed Ring Reverse, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – Carlton - Green
2nd Sureboss – FPV – Turquoise
3rd Car-less – Carlton - Green
4th Roo – Carlton – Green
LAN 2
1st homeforsummer – FPV - Green
2nd The Grim Reaper – Carlton - Green
3rd daan – Skyline - Blue
4th Jondot – Skyline - Black
Race 11: Trial Mountain Reverse, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Sureboss – FPV – Turquoise
2nd Car-less – Carlton - Green
3rd homeforsummer – Skyline - White
4th Jondot – Skyline - Black
LAN 2
1st Famine – FPV - Purple
2nd daan – Skyline - Blue
3rd The Grim Reaper – Carlton - Green
4th Roo – Carlton – Green
Race 12: Apricot Hill, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Car-less – Carlton - Green
2nd Famine – Skyline - JRG
3rd homeforsummer – Skyline - White
4th Roo – Carlton – Green
LAN 2
1st Sureboss – Skyline - Red
2nd daan – Skyline - Blue
3rd The Grim Reaper – Carlton - Green
4th Jondot – Skyline - JRG
Race 13: Motorland, 8 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – Skyline - JRG
2nd Sureboss – 190E - Black
3rd homeforsummer – Skyline - White
4th Jondot – Skyline - Pink
LAN 2
1st Car-less – FPV - Orange
2nd daan – Skyline - Blue
3rd The Grim Reaper – FPV - White
4th Roo – Carlton – Green
Race 14: Grand Valley East Reverse, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Roo – FPV - Black
2nd homeforsummer – Skyline - White
3rd Car-less – Skyline - Black
4th Sureboss – 190E - Black
LAN 2
1st daan – Skyline - Blue
2nd The Grim Reaper – FPV - Blue
3rd Famine – 190E - Black
4th Jondot – Skyline - Pink
Race 15: Opera Paris, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st homeforsummer – Skyline - White
2nd Roo – Skyline - Black
3rd Famine – 190E - Black
4th Jondot – Skyline - Pink
LAN 2
1st The Grim Reaper – FPV - Blue
2nd Car-less – Skyline - Black
3rd daan – 190E - Black
4th Sureboss – 190E - Black
Race 16: Deep Forest Reverse, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Car-less – Skyline - Black
2nd Famine – 190E - Black
3rd homeforsummer – 190E - Black
4th Sureboss – 190E - Black
LAN 2
1st Roo – Skyline - Black
2nd daan – 190E - Black
3rd The Grim Reaper – Skyline - Black
4th Jondot – Skyline - Pink
Race 17: Infinion Stock, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st homeforsummer – 190E - Black
2nd Roo – 190E - Black
3rd Famine – 190E - Black
4th Jondot – Skyline - Pink
LAN 2
1st Sureboss – 190E - Black
2nd Car-less – 190E - Black
3rd daan – 190E - Black
4th The Grim Reaper – Skyline - Black
Race 18: Hong Kong, 2 laps
1st Sureboss – Delta - Red
2nd homeforsummer – Delta - White
BMW M5 ’05 - Everyone
Mine's Lancer Evolution VI ’00 – Famine; daan; Sureboss; homeforsummer; Car-less; The Grim Reaper; Roo
Lotus Carlton ’90 - Famine; daan; homeforsummer; Car-less; Sureboss; The Grim Reaper; Roo
FPV GT ’04 – daan; homeforsummer; Sureboss; Famine; Car-less; The Grim Reaper; Roo
Nissan Skyline 350GT-8 ’03 – daan; homeforsummer; Sureboss; Famine; Car-less; Roo; The Grim Reaper
Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II ’91 – Sureboss; Famine; daan; homeforsummer; Car-less; Roo
Winner - Sureboss
5th event: Clio Endurance
An old favourite, raced every LAN since UKGTP5. Using the Renaultsport Clio V6 Race Car, drivers are teamed up according to their event results so far for 50 laps of an unannounced circuit, picked by the host. Every time a team pits, they must change driver. Each team must also decide, if they have a mix of manual and auto drivers, which gearbox to go for. The Grim Reaper announced he needed to leave ASAP after the race (a death nearby, presumably), so his equipment was removed and the LAN restarted with 3 cars.
The teams (starting driver in italics):
Famine / Roo / Jondot – Pink - Automatic
The Grim Reaper / homeforsummer / Sureboss – Black - Manual
daan / Car-less – Yellow - Manual
The circuit:
Opera Paris. Because it’s one of my favourite circuits, and we don’t race on it enough.
As Car-less and Jondot are both auto drivers, their teams needed to work out a gearbox compromise. Famine and I are more or less gearbox ambidextrous, so we let Jondot have an automatic, whilst Car-less agreed to use manual.
Rare shot of Team Pink leading.
Results:
1st The Grim Reaper / homeforsummer / Sureboss 1hr14:09.581
2nd daan / Car-less +0:16
3rd Famine / Roo / Jondot +1:01
FL: 1:24.845 – homeforsummer (although yours truly would like to point out I got within a tenth of that with the wrong gearbox
)
WinnArs!
6th event: Group B Pick’n’Mix
Originally raced in UKGTP5.
The cars:
Lancia Delta HF Intergrale Evoluzione ‘91
Ford RS200 ‘84
Nissan Silvia 240RS ‘83
Renault 5 Turbo ‘80
Peugeot 205 T16 ‘85
Audi quattro ‘82
With Jamie having left, all remaining machines were grouped into one 6-console LAN, with one driver sitting off , in alphabetical order of real first name. Points awarded 80’s F1 style = 9-6-4-3-2-1, plus 1 point for fastest lap.
Race 1: Seoul Reverse, 5 laps
1st daan – Ford - White
2nd Sureboss – Nissan - White
3rd Car-less – Nissan - White
4th homeforsummer – Peugeot - White
5th Roo – Audi - Blue
6th Jondot – Nissan – White
FL: 1:10.591 – Sureboss
Race 2: Suzuka West, 5 laps
1st daan – Nissan - White
2nd Famine – Ford - White
3rd Roo – Peugeot - Grey
4th Sureboss – Lancia - Red
5th Car-less – Audi - Gold
6th Jondot – Audi - Red
FL: 1:31.420 – daan
Race 3: Seattle, 5 laps
1st homeforsummer – Ford - White
2nd Sureboss – Ford – White
3rd Roo – Ford - Red
4th Famine – Renault - Red
5th Car-less – Renault – Blue
6th Jondot – Ford - Red
FL: 1:49.059 – homeforsummer
Race 4: Midfield, 5 laps
1st Roo – Nissan - White
2nd Famine – Peugeot - White
3rd homeforsummer – Renault - Red
4th daan – Peugeot - White
5th Sureboss – Peugeot – White
6th Jondot – Peugeot - Grey
FL: 1:26.125 – Roo
Race 5: Nürburgring, 2 laps
1st Car-less – Ford - White
2nd homeforsummer – Nissan - White
3rd Famine – Nissan - White
4th daan – Lancia - Blue
5th Roo – Renault - Red
6th Sureboss – Renault - Blue
FL: 8:09.116 - homeforsummer
Race 6: Autumn Ring, 5 laps
Eventual winner homeforsummer chases down the Jewish Racing Gold Audi of Famine.
1st homeforsummer – Lancia - White
2nd Car-less – Peugeot - Grey
3rd Famine – Audi - JRG
4th Sureboss – Audi - Blue
5th daan – Audi - Red
6th Jondot – Renault - Blue
FL: 1:33.423 – homeforsummer
Race 7: Tokyo R246, 5 laps
1st homeforsummer – Audi - JRG
2nd Roo – Lancia - White
3rd Famine – Lancia - Red
4th daan – Renault - Red
5th Car-less – Lancia - Blue
6th Jondot – Lancia - White
FL: 2:08.118 – Roo
7th event: SUV Handicap
We started this late Sunday night, when most people were somewhat tipsy and taking it less seriously (although still just as fast
). Car-less rejoined us on Monday morning for Race 7.
The cars:
Audi Pikes Peak quattro '03
Toyota RSC '01
Infiniti FX45 Concept '02
Mazda MX-Crossport '05
Land Rover Range Stormer Concept '04
Pontiac Vibe GT '03
Winner and 2nd down 1 car
Race 1: La Sarthe II, 3 laps
1st Famine – Audi - Blue
2nd daan – Audi - Blue
3rd homeforsummer – Audi - Blue
4th Sureboss – Audi - Blue
5th Roo – Audi - Blue
6th Jondot – Audi - Blue
Race 2: Grand Valley Reverse, 5 laps
1st Sureboss – Audi - Blue
2nd homeforsummer – Audi - Blue
3rd daan – Toyota - Black
4th Famine – Toyota - Green
5th Roo – Audi - Blue
6th Jondot – Pace car
Race 3: El Capitan, 5 laps
1st Roo – Audi - Blue
2nd Sureboss – Toyota - Silver
3rd homeforsummer – Toyota - Blue
4th daan – Toyota - Black
5th Famine – Toyota - Green
6th Jondot – Pace car
Race 4: Opera Paris Reverse, 5 laps
1st Roo – Toyota - Silver
2nd homeforsummer – Toyota - Blue
3rd Famine – Toyota - Green
4th Sureboss – Infiniti - Beige
5th daan – Toyota - Black
6th Jondot – ZZII - Red
Race 5: Motorland, 10 laps
1st Famine – Toyota - Green
2nd homeforsummer – Infiniti - Beige
3rd Roo – Infiniti - Beige
4th Sureboss – Infiniti - Beige
5th Jondot – Integra Touring Car - Red
6th daan – Toyota - Black
Race 6: Laguna Seca, 5 laps
1st Sureboss – Infiniti - Beige
2nd Roo – Infiniti - Beige
3rd Famine – Infiniti - Beige
4th daan – Toyota - Black
5th Jondot – Integra Touring Car - Red
6th homeforsummer – Mazda - Red
Race 7: Autumn Ring Mini, 10 laps
1st Car-less – Audi - Blue
2nd Famine – Infiniti - Beige
3rd homeforsummer – Mazda - Red
4th Roo – Mazda - Red
5th daan – Infiniti - Beige
6th Jondot – Integra Touring Car – Red
Race 8: Tsukuba, 5 laps
1st daan – Infiniti - Beige
2nd Roo – Mazda - Red
3rd Famine – Mazda - Red
4th homeforsummer – Mazda - Red
5th Sureboss – Mazda - Red
6th Jondot – Integra Touring Car - Red
Race 9: Hong Kong, 5 laps
1st Car-less – Toyota - Green
2nd Famine – Mazda - Red
3rd Sureboss – Mazda - Red
4th homeforsummer – Mazda - Red
5th Roo – Range Rover - Orange
6th Jondot – Xsara Rally Car - Red
Race 10: High Speed Ring, 5 laps
1st homeforsummer – Mazda - Red
2nd daan – Mazda - Red
3rd Sureboss – Mazda - Red
4th Jondot – Xsara Rally Car - Red
5th Roo – Range Rover - Orange
6th Famine – Range Rover - Orange
One interesting observation from following Famine’s Rangey through the last corner – the car is completely level, as the banking cancels out the body roll
Race 11: Apricot Hill Reverse, 5 laps
1st Sureboss – Mazda - Red
2nd Car-less – Infiniti - Beige
3rd Roo – Range Rover - Orange
4th daan – Range Rover - Orange
5th Jondot – Xsara Rally Car - Red
6th Famine – Range Rover - Orange
Race 12: Cote d’Azur, 5 laps
1st daan – Range Rover - Orange
2nd Car-less – Mazda - Red
3rd Roo – Range Rover - Orange
4th homeforsummer – Range Rover - Orange
5th Famine – Range Rover - Orange
6th Jondot – Xsara Rally Car - Red
Race 13: Fuji 2005 GT, 5 laps
1st Famine – Range Rover - Orange
2nd Roo – Range Rover - Orange
3rd Jondot – Xsara Rally Car - Red
4th homeforsummer – Range Rover - Orange
5th Car-less – Range Rover - Orange
6th Sureboss – Range Rover - Orange
Race 14: Infinion Stock, 5 laps
1st Car-less – Range Rover - Orange
2nd homeforsummer – Range Rover - Orange
3rd Sureboss – Range Rover - Orange
4th Jondot – Xsara Rally Car - Red
5th Roo – Pontiac - Black
6th daan – Pontiac - Green
Race 15: Special Stage Route 5 Reverse, 5 laps
1st Sureboss – Range Rover - Orange
2nd daan – Pontiac - Green
3rd homeforsummer – Pontiac - Black
4th Jondot – Xsara Rally Car - Red
5th Roo – Pontiac - Black
6th Famine – Pontiac - White
Race 16: Seattle, 5 laps
1st homeforsummer – Pontiac - Black
2nd daan – Pontiac - Green
3rd Jondot – Xsara Rally Car - Red
4th Roo – Pontiac - Black
5th Famine – Pontiac - Red
6th Car-less – Pontiac – Grey
Audi Pikes Peak quattro '03 - Everyone
Toyota RSC '01 – Famine; daan; Sureboss; homeforsummer; Roo; Car-less
Infiniti FX45 Concept '02 – Sureboss; Roo; homeforsummer; Famine; daan; Car-less
Mazda MX-Crossport '05 – homeforsummer; Sureboss; Roo; Famine; daan; Car-less
Land Rover Range Stormer Concept '04 – Roo; Famine; homeforsummer; daan; Sureboss; Car-less
Pontiac Vibe GT '03 – daan; Famine; Roo; Car-less; homeforsummer; Sureboss
Winner - homeforsummer
Two of these men are supermods. The third is gay. I’ll leave you to decide which is which.
*Insert child’s nursery rhyme here*
The class of May 2010. Left to right: Sureboss, Famine, Car-less, homeforsummer, daan, Jondot, Roo. Not pictured: The Grim Reaper. He doesn’t photograph well.
2.5 days, 7 events, 8 drivers, 39 cars, 65 races. All events stolen from previous UK and SF GTPs, plus a new Clio Endurance track. 2 LANs of 4, becoming 1 LAN of 6 when The Grim Reaper left on Sunday evening.
Contestants – if you’ve got any comments, PM me so I can add them in.
1st event: 70s Babies Handicap
Originally raced at SFGTP3.
All drivers start off in the first, fastest car. When a driver wins, they move down into the next, slightly slower car. The overall winner is the driver who wins a race in the slowest car. On this occasion the winner on each LAN moved down 2 cars, and second place moved down 1. So that daan and The Grim Reaper could remain in their playseats, the other 2 drivers on LAN 2 swapped places after each race with whoever finished in the same positions on LAN 1 – this remained the case for the whole weekend.
The cars:
Dodge Charger Super Bee 426 Hemi '71
Plymouth Superbird '70
Dome Zero '78
Lotus Europa Special '71
BMW 2002 Turbo '73
Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R '73
Alpine 310 1600VE '73
Mitsubishi Galant GTO MR '70
Race 1: La Sarthe II, 3 laps – all Dodge Charger Super Bees
Lol wut? 2 quartets of Super Bees redlining at 133 on the Mulsanne?
Yes, really.
LAN 1
1st Roo – Black Super Bee
2nd Sureboss – Green Super Bee
3rd Car-less – Orange Super Bee
4th Famine – Purple Super Bee
LAN 2
1st daan – Yellow Super Bee
2nd homeforsummer – Green Super Bee
3rd The Grim Reaper – Orange Super Bee
4th Jondot – Red Super Bee
One of the better handling muscle cars, Roo and daan manage to hold the revs nearest the redline to take a win each and move down to the Dome, while Sureboss and homeforsummer advance to the Plymouth.
Race 2: Fuji 2005 GT, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Car-less – Orange Super Bee
2nd homeforsummer – Green Superbird
3rd Roo – Silver Dome
4th Jondot – Red Super Bee
LAN 2
1st Sureboss – Yellow Superbird
2nd Famine – Purple Super Bee
3rd The Grim Reaper – Orange Super Bee
4th daan – Silver Dome
Another circuit with a honking long straight, suiting the muscle cars that redlined just short of the first corner. Hurling the Dome through the final turns would put the nose right on the bumper of the Americana, before 24 cylinders of Detroit iron vanished into the distance. Car-less and homeforsummer join daan and Roo in the Dome, whilst Famine moves into the car of massive nostrils and Sureboss becomes the first into the Europa.
Race 3: Autumn Ring, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – Violet Superbird
2nd Roo – Silver Dome
3rd Jondot – Red Super Bee
4th Sureboss – Yellow Europa
LAN 2
1st homeforsummer – Silver Dome
2nd daan – Silver Dome
3rd The Grim Reaper – Orange Super Bee
4th Car-less – Silver Dome
Famine wins on LAN 1 despite the handling disadvantage to the Dome on Autumn Ring’s twisty bits, and the Europa proves too sideways for Sureboss, allowing Jondot to his first podium. Famine, Roo and daan all jump into Europas, and homeforsummer takes the series lead by dropping into the BMW.
Race 4: Grand Valley East, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Car-less – Silver Dome
2nd Roo – Black Europa
3rd homeforsummer – Green 2002
4th Jondot – Red Super Bee
LAN 2
1st The Grim Reaper – Orange Super Bee
2nd daan – Green Europa
3rd Sureboss – Red Europa
4th Famine – Purple Europa
The Grim Reaper breaks his duck with victory in the Dodge, trailed home by a trio of Europas. On LAN 1 Car-less becomes the first person to score a second win, ahead of Roo’s barely-controlled Lotus. Both move into the ultimate driving machine, along with daan.
Race 5: High Speed Ring, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Sureboss – Red Europa
2nd Roo – Black 2002
3rd Famine – Purple Europa
4th Car-less – Silver 2002
LAN 2
1st Jondot – Red Super Bee
2nd daan – Green 2002
3rd homeforsummer – Green 2002
4th The Grim Reaper – Silver Dome
The Europa’s grunt keeps it ahead of the 2002 on LAN 1, whilst on LAN 2 Jondot proves the handicap system works by winning in the Super Bee, meaning in 5 races over 2 LANs all 8 drivers have won. Sureboss, Roo and daan all get their mitts on the Skyline.
Race 6: Seattle Reverse, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st homeforsummer – Green 2002
2nd Roo – Silver Skyline
3rd Car-less – Green 2002
4th Jondot – Silver Dome
LAN 2
1st Sureboss – Silver Skyline
2nd daan – Red Skyline
3rd Famine – Purple Europa
4th The Grim Reaper – Silver Dome
For the fourth race in a row, Roo and daan finish second on their respective LANs, moving into the penultimate car – the Alpine of evil handling, along with homeforsummer after his BMW win. Sureboss, meanwhile, by winning in the Skyline buzzbox, becomes the first into the last car, the Galant.
Race 7: Suzuka West, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – Purple Europa
2nd Roo – Blue Alpine
3rd Jondot – Silver Dome
4th Sureboss – White Galant
LAN 2
1st The Grim Reaper – Silver Dome
2nd Car-less – Black 2002
3rd homeforsummer – Blue Alpine
4th daan – Blue Alpine
The Grim Reaper does the zero-to-hero bit by winning in the Dome after 2 fourth places on the bounce. Car-less follows him home to advance to the Japanese lawnmower. On LAN 1, 4 cars take the traditional line through Turn 1 – into the gravel. The Alpine is even more sideways than the Europa; Famine canters to an easy victory, while Roo takes advantage of a mistake from Jondot to snatch second and join Sureboss in the final car.
Race 8: Infinion Stock, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – Silver Skyline
2nd Car-less – Red Skyline
3rd homeforsummer – Blue Alpine
4th Sureboss – White Galant
LAN 2
1st The Grim Reaper – Black 2002
2nd Roo – Blue Galant
3rd Jondot – Silver Dome
4th daan – Blue Alpine
The Grim Reaper earns back to back wins to move into the Alpine, catching up in 2 races after a slow start and denying Roo the chance to win an 8 car handicap in 8 races. Famine and Car-less also take another win and second place respectively, Famine getting into the Galant.
Race 9: New York Reverse, 5 laps
“If you don’t win, Jon, the series is over. No pressure.”
LAN 1
1st Jondot – Silver Dome
2nd Sureboss – White Galant
3rd Famine – Yellow Galant
4th Roo – Blue Galant
LAN 2
1st homeforsummer – Blue Alpine
2nd daan – Blue Alpine
3rd Car-less – Blue Alpine
4th The Grim Reaper – Blue Alpine
Jondot finishes first, ahead of three potential series winners. homeforsummer and daan move into the last car in a grid full of Alpines.
Race 10: Tokyo R246 Reverse, 5 laps
Only Car-less can keep the series alive on LAN 1, as the sole non Galant. Jondot again is the series last, best hope on LAN 2.
LAN 1
1st Roo – Blue Galant
2nd Car-less – Blue Alpine
3rd Sureboss – White Galant
4th homeforsummer – Yellow Galant
LAN 2
1st daan – Yellow Galant
2nd Jondot – White 2002
3rd Famine – Orange Galant
4th The Grim Reaper – Blue Alpine
Roo manages to keep the Alpine of many angles at bay around Tokyo’s city streets; daan does the same ahead of Jondot’s much smoother BMW. This means only one thing... it’s race-off time!
Race 11: El Capitan, 2 laps
“The Grim Reaper, pick a number between 9 and 22.”
“12.”
That’s the Jazz then. A 2 lap sprint around El Capitan in the D-gear Honda.
1st Roo – Blue Jazz
2nd daan – Green Jazz
daan makes a mistake at the bottom of the first hill, allowing Roo through into a lead he wouldn’t lose and his first solo series victory since UKGTP7. Apparently this is known as ‘host advantage’.
Dodge Charger Super Bee 426 Hemi '71 - Everyone
Plymouth Superbird '70 – homeforsummer; Sureboss ; Famine
Dome Zero '78 – Roo; daan; homeforsummer; Car-less; The Grim Reaper; Jondot
Lotus Europa Special '71 – Sureboss; Famine; Roo; daan
BMW 2002 Turbo '73 – homeforsummer; Car-less; Roo; daan; The Grim Reaper; Jondot
Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R '73 – Sureboss; Roo; daan; Famine; Car-less
Alpine 310 1600VE '73 – homeforsummer; Roo; daan; Car-less; The Grim Reaper
Mitsubishi Galant GTO MR '70 – Sureboss; Roo; Famine; homeforsummer; daan
Winner – Roo (!)
Coming soon to a LAN near you – the Pace Car Reversing Challenge!
At some point during the 70s Babies, Specialized and EXelero turned up with their latest acquisition: a red Honda Beat. Naturally, we all piled outside to photograph and press all the buttons.
homeforsummer gets comfy. Yes hfs, it totally suits you and you should buy one at the earliest opportunity.
Specialized gets
”Take the first left to get to Sainsburys, it’s about 40 yards down the road.” Screech... 1st gear... 2nd gear... 3rd gear... 4th...
2nd event: Al Gore Eco Challenge Pick’n’Mix
Originally raced at UKGTP9.
6 cars, 6 races. Every driver must use every car once – but the tracks are not revealed until the race itself... do you get rid of the slow-but-well-handling MINI first, or use the half decent Jazz whilst everyone else is using the rubbish stuff? Points awarded on a 7-4-2-1 basis, with 1 point for fastest lap. Oh, and the catch: all cars have to use Eco tyres. No fear of excessive tyre wear here (unless you’re daan – no fear of excessive tyre wear anywhere).
The six cars:
Toyota Prius ‘03
MINI ONE ‘02
Nissan Micra ‘03
Honda Insight ‘99
Mitsubishi i ‘03
Honda Jazz 1.4 dsi Se ‘01
Race 1: Tsukuba, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – Blue Micra
2nd Roo – Black Insight
3rd Car-less – Yellow MINI
4th Jondot – Red Micra
LAN 2
1st homeforsummer – Green Jazz
2nd daan – Red Jazz
3rd Sureboss – Silver Micra
4th The Grim Reaper – Black Prius
FL: 1:20.270 – daan
Race 2: Special Stage Route 5, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st homeforsummer – Green Micra
2nd Roo – Black MINI
3rd Sureboss – British Racing Green MINI
4th Jondot – Mint Green MINI
LAN 2
1st Famine – Jewish Racing Gold Prius
2nd The Grim Reaper – Red Jazz
3rd Car-less – Green Micra
4th daan – British Racing Green MINI
FL: 2:05.2xx - homeforsummer
Race 3: Test Course, 3 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – Red Insight
2nd Roo – Black Micra
3rd Jondot – White Prius
4th Car-less – White Prius
LAN 2
1st homeforsummer – White Insight
2nd Sureboss – Green Jazz
3rd daan – Red Insight
4th The Grim Reaper – Purple Mitsubishi
FL: 2:54.559 – daan & The Grim Reaper
Race 4: Trial Mountain, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st homeforsummer – Purple Mitsubishi
2nd Car-less – Green Jazz
3rd Jondot – Purple Mitsubishi
4th Sureboss – Purple Mitsubishi
LAN 2
1st Famine – Red Jazz
2nd daan – Black Prius
3rd Roo – Black Prius
4th The Grim Reaper – Black Insight
FL: 2:05.667 – homeforsummer
Race 5: Midfield, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Sureboss – Maroon Prius
2nd Roo – Purple Mitsubishi
3rd Car-less – Red Insight
4th Famine – Blue MINI
LAN 2
1st homeforsummer – Blue Prius
2nd daan – Red Micra
3rd The Grim Reaper – Red Micra
4th Jondot – Green Jazz
FL: 1:46.120 – homeforsummer
Race 6: Autumn Ring Mini, 10 laps
LAN 1
1st Roo – Blue Jazz
2nd homeforsummer – Green MINI
3rd Car-less – Purple Mitsubishi
4th Jondot – White Insight
LAN 2
1st Famine – Purple Mitsubishi
2nd daan - Purple Mitsubishi
3rd The Grim Reaper – Black MINI
4th Sureboss – Red Insight
FL: 52.477 - daan
Code:
Jazz Insight MINI Prius Mitsubishi Micra Total
hfs 7 7 4 8 8 8 42
Famine 7 7 1 7 7 7 36
Roo 7 4 4 2 4 4 25
daan 5 2.5 1 4 5 4 21.5
Sureboss 4 1 2 7 1 2 17
Carless 4 2 2 1 2 2 13
TGR 4 1 2 1 1.5 2 11.5
Jondot 1 1 1 2 2 1 8
39 25.5 17 32 30.5 303rd event: DTM Pick’n’Mix
Originally raced in UKGTP7.
The cars:
Alfa Romeo 155 2.5 V6 Ti Race Car ‘93
Audi Abt TT-R Touring Car ‘02
Audi A4 Touring Car ‘04
Mercedes-Benz AMG 190E 2.5 16 Evo II Touring Car ‘92
Mercedes-Benz CLK Touring Car ‘00
Opel Astra Touring Car ‘00
Race 1: Nürburgring, 2 laps
LAN 1
1st Car-less – A4
2nd homeforsummer – 155
3rd Roo – 190E
4th Jondot – Astra
LAN 2
1st Sureboss – CLK
2nd daan – A4
3rd Famine – 190E
4th The Grim Reaper – 190E
FL: 6:50.963 – Sureboss
Race 2: Laguna Seca, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – CLK
2nd homeforsummer – TT-R
3rd Sureboss – 155
4th Jondot – CLK
LAN 2
1st Car-less – TT-R
2nd daan – TT-R
3rd Roo – 155
4th The Grim Reaper – Astra
FL: 1:24.752 – Car-less
Race 3: Grand Valley, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Roo – Astra
2nd Car-less – Astra
3rd homeforsummer – A4
4th Jondot – A4
LAN 2
1st Famine – Astra
2nd Sureboss – TT-R
3rd daan – Astra
4th The Grim Reaper – CLK
FL: 1:48.615 – Famine
Race 4: Deep Forest, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Sureboss – Astra
2nd Famine – 155
3rd homeforsummer – 190E
4th Jondot – 155
LAN 2
1st daan – CLK
2nd Roo - CLK
3rd Car-less – 155
4th The Grim Reaper – TT-R
FL: 1:13.274 daan
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Race 5: Motegi Road Course, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Car-less – CLK
2nd Sureboss – A4
3rd Jondot – TT-R
4th Roo – A4
LAN 2
1st Famine – A4
2nd homeforsummer – Astra
3rd daan – 190E
4th The Grim Reaper – A4
FL: 1:49.546 Famine
Race 6: Motorland Reverse, 15 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – TT-R
2nd Roo – TT-R
3rd homeforsummer – CLK
4th Jondot – 190E
LAN 2
1st Sureboss – 190E
2nd Car-less – 190E
3rd daan – 155
4th The Grim Reaper – 155
FL: 38.673 - Roo
Code:
A4 TT Astra CLK 190E 155 Total
Famine 8 7 8 7 2 4 36
Sureboss 4 4 7 8 7 2 32
Carless 7 8 4 7 4 2 32
daan 4 4 2 8 2 2 22
Roo 1 5 7 4 2 2 21
hfs 2 4 4 4 2 4 20
Jondot 1 2 1 1 1 1 7
TGR 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
28 35 34 40 21 184th event: Supersaloons Handicap
Originally raced in UKGTP5.
This time round, with 2 less cars than last time and 4 on a LAN, I decided to only have the winner advance one car down. This proved to be a mistake, as the series took forever.
The cars:
BMW M5 ‘05
Mine's Lancer Evolution VI ‘00
Lotus Carlton ‘90
FPV GT ‘04
Nissan Skyline 350GT-8 ‘03
Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II ‘91
Race 1: Cote d’Azur, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – M5 - Gold
2nd homeforsummer – M5 - Blue
3rd Car-less – M5 - Silver
4th Roo – M5 - White
LAN 2
1st daan – M5 - White
2nd Sureboss – M5 - Bronze
3rd The Grim Reaper – M5 - Black
4th Jondot – M5 - Blue
Race 2: Suzuka, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Sureboss – M5 - Silver
2nd Famine – Evo VI - White
3rd Car-less – M5 – Black
4th Jondot – M5 - Blue
LAN 2
1st homeforsummer – M5 - Blue
2nd daan – Evo VI - White
3rd The Grim Reaper – M5 - Black
4th Roo – M5 - White
Race 3: El Capitan Reverse, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – Evo VI - White
2nd homeforsummer – Evo VI - White
3rd Car-less – M5 – Bronze
4th Roo – M5 - White
LAN 2
1st daan – Evo VI - White
2nd Sureboss – Evo VI - White
3rd The Grim Reaper – M5 - Black
4th Jondot – M5 - White
Race 4: La Sarthe II, 3 laps
LAN 1
1st Car-less – M5 – Silver
2nd Jondot – M5 - Bronze
3rd Famine – Carlton - Green
4th Sureboss – Evo VI - White
LAN 2
1st The Grim Reaper – M5 - Black
2nd Roo – M5 - White
3rd homeforsummer – Evo VI - White
4th daan – Carlton – Green
Race 5: Autumn Ring Reverse, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st homeforsummer – Evo VI - White
2nd Sureboss – Evo VI - White
3rd Car-less – Evo VI - White
4th Roo – M5 - White
LAN 2
1st daan – Carlton – Green
2nd Jondot – M5 - JRG
3rd The Grim Reaper – Evo - White
4th Famine – Carlton - Green
Race 6: Fuji 2005 GT, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Car-less – Evo VI - White
2nd homeforsummer – Carlton - Green
3rd Famine – Carlton - Green
4th Jondot – M5 - Bronze
LAN 2
1st Roo – M5 - White
2nd Sureboss – Evo VI - White
3rd The Grim Reaper – Evo - White
4th daan – FPV - Orange
Race 7: Hong Kong, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Sureboss – Evo VI - White
2nd Roo – Evo VI - White
3rd Famine – Carlton - Green
4th Jondot – M5 - White
LAN 2
1st The Grim Reaper – Evo - White
2nd daan – FPV - Red
3rd homeforsummer – Carlton - Green
4th Car-less – Carlton - Green
Race 8: Seoul, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Roo – Evo VI - White
2nd Car-less – Carlton - Green
3rd homeforsummer – Carlton - Green
4th Sureboss – Carlton - Green
LAN 2
1st daan – FPV - Red
2nd Famine – Carlton - Green
3rd The Grim Reaper – Carlton - Green
4th Jondot – M5 - White
Race 9: Grand Valley Reverse, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st homeforsummer – Carlton - Green
2nd Jondot – M5 - White
3rd Famine – Carlton - Green
4th Roo – Carlton – Green
LAN 2
1st Sureboss – Carlton - Green
2nd Car-less - Carlton - Green
3rd daan – Skyline - Black
4th The Grim Reaper – Carlton - Green
Race 10: High Speed Ring Reverse, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – Carlton - Green
2nd Sureboss – FPV – Turquoise
3rd Car-less – Carlton - Green
4th Roo – Carlton – Green
LAN 2
1st homeforsummer – FPV - Green
2nd The Grim Reaper – Carlton - Green
3rd daan – Skyline - Blue
4th Jondot – Skyline - Black
Race 11: Trial Mountain Reverse, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Sureboss – FPV – Turquoise
2nd Car-less – Carlton - Green
3rd homeforsummer – Skyline - White
4th Jondot – Skyline - Black
LAN 2
1st Famine – FPV - Purple
2nd daan – Skyline - Blue
3rd The Grim Reaper – Carlton - Green
4th Roo – Carlton – Green
Race 12: Apricot Hill, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Car-less – Carlton - Green
2nd Famine – Skyline - JRG
3rd homeforsummer – Skyline - White
4th Roo – Carlton – Green
LAN 2
1st Sureboss – Skyline - Red
2nd daan – Skyline - Blue
3rd The Grim Reaper – Carlton - Green
4th Jondot – Skyline - JRG
Race 13: Motorland, 8 laps
LAN 1
1st Famine – Skyline - JRG
2nd Sureboss – 190E - Black
3rd homeforsummer – Skyline - White
4th Jondot – Skyline - Pink
LAN 2
1st Car-less – FPV - Orange
2nd daan – Skyline - Blue
3rd The Grim Reaper – FPV - White
4th Roo – Carlton – Green
Race 14: Grand Valley East Reverse, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Roo – FPV - Black
2nd homeforsummer – Skyline - White
3rd Car-less – Skyline - Black
4th Sureboss – 190E - Black
LAN 2
1st daan – Skyline - Blue
2nd The Grim Reaper – FPV - Blue
3rd Famine – 190E - Black
4th Jondot – Skyline - Pink
Race 15: Opera Paris, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st homeforsummer – Skyline - White
2nd Roo – Skyline - Black
3rd Famine – 190E - Black
4th Jondot – Skyline - Pink
LAN 2
1st The Grim Reaper – FPV - Blue
2nd Car-less – Skyline - Black
3rd daan – 190E - Black
4th Sureboss – 190E - Black
Race 16: Deep Forest Reverse, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st Car-less – Skyline - Black
2nd Famine – 190E - Black
3rd homeforsummer – 190E - Black
4th Sureboss – 190E - Black
LAN 2
1st Roo – Skyline - Black
2nd daan – 190E - Black
3rd The Grim Reaper – Skyline - Black
4th Jondot – Skyline - Pink
Race 17: Infinion Stock, 5 laps
LAN 1
1st homeforsummer – 190E - Black
2nd Roo – 190E - Black
3rd Famine – 190E - Black
4th Jondot – Skyline - Pink
LAN 2
1st Sureboss – 190E - Black
2nd Car-less – 190E - Black
3rd daan – 190E - Black
4th The Grim Reaper – Skyline - Black
Race 18: Hong Kong, 2 laps
1st Sureboss – Delta - Red
2nd homeforsummer – Delta - White
BMW M5 ’05 - Everyone
Mine's Lancer Evolution VI ’00 – Famine; daan; Sureboss; homeforsummer; Car-less; The Grim Reaper; Roo
Lotus Carlton ’90 - Famine; daan; homeforsummer; Car-less; Sureboss; The Grim Reaper; Roo
FPV GT ’04 – daan; homeforsummer; Sureboss; Famine; Car-less; The Grim Reaper; Roo
Nissan Skyline 350GT-8 ’03 – daan; homeforsummer; Sureboss; Famine; Car-less; Roo; The Grim Reaper
Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II ’91 – Sureboss; Famine; daan; homeforsummer; Car-less; Roo
Winner - Sureboss
5th event: Clio Endurance
An old favourite, raced every LAN since UKGTP5. Using the Renaultsport Clio V6 Race Car, drivers are teamed up according to their event results so far for 50 laps of an unannounced circuit, picked by the host. Every time a team pits, they must change driver. Each team must also decide, if they have a mix of manual and auto drivers, which gearbox to go for. The Grim Reaper announced he needed to leave ASAP after the race (a death nearby, presumably), so his equipment was removed and the LAN restarted with 3 cars.
The teams (starting driver in italics):
Famine / Roo / Jondot – Pink - Automatic
The Grim Reaper / homeforsummer / Sureboss – Black - Manual
daan / Car-less – Yellow - Manual
The circuit:
Opera Paris. Because it’s one of my favourite circuits, and we don’t race on it enough.
As Car-less and Jondot are both auto drivers, their teams needed to work out a gearbox compromise. Famine and I are more or less gearbox ambidextrous, so we let Jondot have an automatic, whilst Car-less agreed to use manual.
Rare shot of Team Pink leading.
Results:
1st The Grim Reaper / homeforsummer / Sureboss 1hr14:09.581
2nd daan / Car-less +0:16
3rd Famine / Roo / Jondot +1:01
FL: 1:24.845 – homeforsummer (although yours truly would like to point out I got within a tenth of that with the wrong gearbox
)
WinnArs!
6th event: Group B Pick’n’Mix
Originally raced in UKGTP5.
The cars:
Lancia Delta HF Intergrale Evoluzione ‘91
Ford RS200 ‘84
Nissan Silvia 240RS ‘83
Renault 5 Turbo ‘80
Peugeot 205 T16 ‘85
Audi quattro ‘82
With Jamie having left, all remaining machines were grouped into one 6-console LAN, with one driver sitting off , in alphabetical order of real first name. Points awarded 80’s F1 style = 9-6-4-3-2-1, plus 1 point for fastest lap.
Race 1: Seoul Reverse, 5 laps
1st daan – Ford - White
2nd Sureboss – Nissan - White
3rd Car-less – Nissan - White
4th homeforsummer – Peugeot - White
5th Roo – Audi - Blue
6th Jondot – Nissan – White
FL: 1:10.591 – Sureboss
Race 2: Suzuka West, 5 laps
1st daan – Nissan - White
2nd Famine – Ford - White
3rd Roo – Peugeot - Grey
4th Sureboss – Lancia - Red
5th Car-less – Audi - Gold
6th Jondot – Audi - Red
FL: 1:31.420 – daan
Race 3: Seattle, 5 laps
1st homeforsummer – Ford - White
2nd Sureboss – Ford – White
3rd Roo – Ford - Red
4th Famine – Renault - Red
5th Car-less – Renault – Blue
6th Jondot – Ford - Red
FL: 1:49.059 – homeforsummer
Race 4: Midfield, 5 laps
1st Roo – Nissan - White
2nd Famine – Peugeot - White
3rd homeforsummer – Renault - Red
4th daan – Peugeot - White
5th Sureboss – Peugeot – White
6th Jondot – Peugeot - Grey
FL: 1:26.125 – Roo
Race 5: Nürburgring, 2 laps
1st Car-less – Ford - White
2nd homeforsummer – Nissan - White
3rd Famine – Nissan - White
4th daan – Lancia - Blue
5th Roo – Renault - Red
6th Sureboss – Renault - Blue
FL: 8:09.116 - homeforsummer
Race 6: Autumn Ring, 5 laps
Eventual winner homeforsummer chases down the Jewish Racing Gold Audi of Famine.
1st homeforsummer – Lancia - White
2nd Car-less – Peugeot - Grey
3rd Famine – Audi - JRG
4th Sureboss – Audi - Blue
5th daan – Audi - Red
6th Jondot – Renault - Blue
FL: 1:33.423 – homeforsummer
Race 7: Tokyo R246, 5 laps
1st homeforsummer – Audi - JRG
2nd Roo – Lancia - White
3rd Famine – Lancia - Red
4th daan – Renault - Red
5th Car-less – Lancia - Blue
6th Jondot – Lancia - White
FL: 2:08.118 – Roo
Code:
Nissan Ford Peugeot Lancia Renault Audi Total
hfs 7 10 3 10 4 9 43
daan 10 9 3 3 3 2 30
Roo 10 4 4 7 2 2 29
Famine 4 6 6 4 3 4 27
Carless 4 9 6 2 2 2 25
Sureboss 7 6 2 3 1 3 22
Jondot 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
43 45 25 30 16 237th event: SUV Handicap
We started this late Sunday night, when most people were somewhat tipsy and taking it less seriously (although still just as fast
). Car-less rejoined us on Monday morning for Race 7.The cars:
Audi Pikes Peak quattro '03
Toyota RSC '01
Infiniti FX45 Concept '02
Mazda MX-Crossport '05
Land Rover Range Stormer Concept '04
Pontiac Vibe GT '03
Winner and 2nd down 1 car
Race 1: La Sarthe II, 3 laps
1st Famine – Audi - Blue
2nd daan – Audi - Blue
3rd homeforsummer – Audi - Blue
4th Sureboss – Audi - Blue
5th Roo – Audi - Blue
6th Jondot – Audi - Blue
Race 2: Grand Valley Reverse, 5 laps
1st Sureboss – Audi - Blue
2nd homeforsummer – Audi - Blue
3rd daan – Toyota - Black
4th Famine – Toyota - Green
5th Roo – Audi - Blue
6th Jondot – Pace car
Race 3: El Capitan, 5 laps
1st Roo – Audi - Blue
2nd Sureboss – Toyota - Silver
3rd homeforsummer – Toyota - Blue
4th daan – Toyota - Black
5th Famine – Toyota - Green
6th Jondot – Pace car
Race 4: Opera Paris Reverse, 5 laps
1st Roo – Toyota - Silver
2nd homeforsummer – Toyota - Blue
3rd Famine – Toyota - Green
4th Sureboss – Infiniti - Beige
5th daan – Toyota - Black
6th Jondot – ZZII - Red
Race 5: Motorland, 10 laps
1st Famine – Toyota - Green
2nd homeforsummer – Infiniti - Beige
3rd Roo – Infiniti - Beige
4th Sureboss – Infiniti - Beige
5th Jondot – Integra Touring Car - Red
6th daan – Toyota - Black
Race 6: Laguna Seca, 5 laps
1st Sureboss – Infiniti - Beige
2nd Roo – Infiniti - Beige
3rd Famine – Infiniti - Beige
4th daan – Toyota - Black
5th Jondot – Integra Touring Car - Red
6th homeforsummer – Mazda - Red
Race 7: Autumn Ring Mini, 10 laps
1st Car-less – Audi - Blue
2nd Famine – Infiniti - Beige
3rd homeforsummer – Mazda - Red
4th Roo – Mazda - Red
5th daan – Infiniti - Beige
6th Jondot – Integra Touring Car – Red
Race 8: Tsukuba, 5 laps
1st daan – Infiniti - Beige
2nd Roo – Mazda - Red
3rd Famine – Mazda - Red
4th homeforsummer – Mazda - Red
5th Sureboss – Mazda - Red
6th Jondot – Integra Touring Car - Red
Race 9: Hong Kong, 5 laps
1st Car-less – Toyota - Green
2nd Famine – Mazda - Red
3rd Sureboss – Mazda - Red
4th homeforsummer – Mazda - Red
5th Roo – Range Rover - Orange
6th Jondot – Xsara Rally Car - Red
Race 10: High Speed Ring, 5 laps
1st homeforsummer – Mazda - Red
2nd daan – Mazda - Red
3rd Sureboss – Mazda - Red
4th Jondot – Xsara Rally Car - Red
5th Roo – Range Rover - Orange
6th Famine – Range Rover - Orange
One interesting observation from following Famine’s Rangey through the last corner – the car is completely level, as the banking cancels out the body roll
Race 11: Apricot Hill Reverse, 5 laps
1st Sureboss – Mazda - Red
2nd Car-less – Infiniti - Beige
3rd Roo – Range Rover - Orange
4th daan – Range Rover - Orange
5th Jondot – Xsara Rally Car - Red
6th Famine – Range Rover - Orange
Race 12: Cote d’Azur, 5 laps
1st daan – Range Rover - Orange
2nd Car-less – Mazda - Red
3rd Roo – Range Rover - Orange
4th homeforsummer – Range Rover - Orange
5th Famine – Range Rover - Orange
6th Jondot – Xsara Rally Car - Red
Race 13: Fuji 2005 GT, 5 laps
1st Famine – Range Rover - Orange
2nd Roo – Range Rover - Orange
3rd Jondot – Xsara Rally Car - Red
4th homeforsummer – Range Rover - Orange
5th Car-less – Range Rover - Orange
6th Sureboss – Range Rover - Orange
Race 14: Infinion Stock, 5 laps
1st Car-less – Range Rover - Orange
2nd homeforsummer – Range Rover - Orange
3rd Sureboss – Range Rover - Orange
4th Jondot – Xsara Rally Car - Red
5th Roo – Pontiac - Black
6th daan – Pontiac - Green
Race 15: Special Stage Route 5 Reverse, 5 laps
1st Sureboss – Range Rover - Orange
2nd daan – Pontiac - Green
3rd homeforsummer – Pontiac - Black
4th Jondot – Xsara Rally Car - Red
5th Roo – Pontiac - Black
6th Famine – Pontiac - White
Race 16: Seattle, 5 laps
1st homeforsummer – Pontiac - Black
2nd daan – Pontiac - Green
3rd Jondot – Xsara Rally Car - Red
4th Roo – Pontiac - Black
5th Famine – Pontiac - Red
6th Car-less – Pontiac – Grey
Audi Pikes Peak quattro '03 - Everyone
Toyota RSC '01 – Famine; daan; Sureboss; homeforsummer; Roo; Car-less
Infiniti FX45 Concept '02 – Sureboss; Roo; homeforsummer; Famine; daan; Car-less
Mazda MX-Crossport '05 – homeforsummer; Sureboss; Roo; Famine; daan; Car-less
Land Rover Range Stormer Concept '04 – Roo; Famine; homeforsummer; daan; Sureboss; Car-less
Pontiac Vibe GT '03 – daan; Famine; Roo; Car-less; homeforsummer; Sureboss
Winner - homeforsummer
Two of these men are supermods. The third is gay. I’ll leave you to decide which is which.
*Insert child’s nursery rhyme here*
The class of May 2010. Left to right: Sureboss, Famine, Car-less, homeforsummer, daan, Jondot, Roo. Not pictured: The Grim Reaper. He doesn’t photograph well.
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I'd forgotten about that. The actual reason I went off course was because I'd spotted Jesus and wanted his autograph.
