AC Ford Escort RS 1600 @ Mugello - Wed 16 Dec 2020

[Denis Betty]

hi Denis , sign me please , thanks ; color blue if possible
cordialy

Of course.
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[Denis Betty]

Server is back up.

 

[belny]

HELLO Denis , this is my real name , bruno belny , my profile is up to date . i saw that my name does not appear on the list . is there a probleme ?sorry for my english , it's not my language , i'm french
CORDIALY

 

[Alen Pecanin]

This is gonna be a good race. I see people are picking colors. Could I please get the black color? looking forward for tonight

 

[HF2000]

HELLO Denis , this is my real name , bruno belny , my profile is up to date . i saw that my name does not appear on the list . is there a probleme ?sorry for my english , it's not my language , i'm french
CORDIALY

Hi Bruno. Click on your picture in the upper right corner (mine is an aeroplane). Then select "Account details" and scroll down until you see a field called "Real name". There you can enter "Bruno Belny". That's it.

 

[Reik Major]

This is gonna be a good race. I see people are picking colors. Could I please get the black color? looking forward for tonight

Speaking about color choice was just a little joke. Cars are given out randomly. So if you end up in a blue car, I'm going to be jealous, because blue is the fastest color.

 

[Alen Pecanin]

Speaking about color choice was just a little joke. Cars are given out randomly. So if you end up in a blue car, I'm going to be jealous, because blue is the fastest color.

black color has 40hp boost on Wednesdays

 

[Denis Betty]

HELLO Denis , this is my real name , bruno belny , my profile is up to date . i saw that my name does not appear on the list . is there a probleme ?sorry for my english , it's not my language , i'm french
CORDIALY

You are on the list Bruno.
Welcome my friend, I will see you on the track.

 

[Medilloni]

Not sure if I can make it Denis - one of the pots has gone on my pedals, will try and join if fixed in time.

 

[smeisinger]

Those were really great races. I messed up the first two laps in the first one but then had the pleasure to work my way up in the field and could race closely with Steve in the second one for P4

I was around 2 seconds off pace but still faster than some, I attached my setup if somebody is interested.

 

[doof205]

Thanks all for another fantastic evening of racing. I felt more comfortable tonight and really tried to focus on not making mistakes as I knew it'd be an eventful few races in such a twitchy car.

Apologies to @thom462 for a bit of a punt on the penultimate corner in the first race.

Great to be mixing it with a few others tonight too. @GeekyDeaks, @SOLO59, @hape and others. Thanks all!

 

[GeekyDeaks]

Not sure if I can make it Denis - one of the pots has gone on my pedals, will try and join if fixed in time.

What pedals do you have John?

 

[GeekyDeaks]

Great to be mixing it with a few others tonight too. @GeekyDeaks, @SOLO59, @hape and others. Thanks all!

Yeah, it was great fun in the final stages of R1. I started to get a little cocky in R2 though and span twice on the slower left shortly after the exit of arrabiata . I did get to watch a nice little battle between @SOLO59 and @belny in the closing laps though.

Sorry for the early braking @HF2000 - I didn't get to practice beforehand, so I was still working out the braking points and how hard to press throughout the event

Thanks again for organising @Denis Betty

 

[Medilloni]

What pedals do you have John?

They're Thrustmaster T3PA pro Scott, managed to squirt some air in, and some cleaner my son uses for his guitar amp, worked fine. I also have an old set of the same peddles to cannibilise.

I had to quit 'cos after rushing to get it fixed, my knees were giving me agony, not used to squatting

 

[Medilloni]

Congrats to the winningest guys tonight! ...And huge thanks @Denis Betty for the great combo, love the Escort

Apologies too for leaving early, my pathetic excuse is above - but had some great battles whilst I was there, thanks guys

Not sure how close to Christmas people want to race... I'll be putting on a race next Weds 23rd but we'll see how sign-ups go.

I say a 'race', though was hoping to sign off the year with a bit of a laugh, hint below, details to follow tomorrow

 

[HF2000]

Great races tonight! The Escort is so fun to drive. Thanks for organising, @Denis Betty . And thanks all for joining! I saw a lot of respectful racing .

@GeekyDeaks no worries. I should not have been that close because there's no good overtake possibilty there. In fact I feel sorry that it took away your chance of some good battles with the guys of similar pace.

 

[Kek700]

Did not matter what I did, trying to get it off the line meant I was always heading for the back of the field, irrespective of where I started.

Met everyone in the field of drivers , before the first corner in race 2.

Two great races with some great battles.

in fact, second race, had to battle with most of the field, at one point or another.

thank-you “Denis” @Denis Betty for all your efforts on putting on races for us all this year and of course not forgetting @Medilloni John for his efforts this year too.
You both have had a massive contribution to keeping us all sane in 2020.
From my perspective, all your races have given me loads of fun, never knowing what we were all going to be driving and where we would be racing every week.

And of course a big thank you for keeping that bleeding Skippy in the Garage.


John, I hope you have asked Father Christmas for a potentiometer for Christmas.

Really miss racing with you too of late.

well done to the well deserved podiums too.

And thankyou to everyone for all the fun I had, especially the second race.

 

[Reik Major]

... in fact, second race, had to battle with most of the field, at one point or another.

Your wording is very politely mate. In fact we had a slight touch at the start, which caused you spinning but I didn't really notice about it and went on. After watching the replay, I feel a bit ashamed now.

Other then that, the two races were a huge pleasure (as always). First race starting from pole, I didn't get away quick enough and lost 3 positons. I fought my way up into P2 but @Axel Moebius was too consistant to get him. So I finished second.

Start of race 2 was better (unfortunately including the above incident). I had a very nice battle with @Denis Betty and @Axel Moebius I finally was able to get out first and win race 2. But again a huge SORRY to @Kek700.

I had to put 2 laps with a nice battle into a vid, using 2 different cam tool 2 sets for each lap. See below...

PS: Is it really just coincidence the two winning cars were blue?

 

[SOLO59]

Had a missed shift or two in both races. And during those times when I tried putting it back in gear it wouldn't, I did eventually but felt like something was obstructing the shifter going into gear. After the races, I took apart my shifter (Logitech G29) and found a small broken piece of loose plastic around the shifter bar. Not exactly sure where it came from, didn't really investigate it further. I just taped the plastic piece and put it back together. I'll figure out how to remove it later lol

Other than that, Had a fun race and some good battles. The faster guys must be sliding dem Escorts in the corners cause those lap times ridiculous lol

Thanks everyone and @Denis Betty for hosting

 

[HF2000]

Congrats to the winningest guys tonight! ...And huge thanks @Denis Betty for the great combo, love the Escort

Apologies too for leaving early, my pathetic excuse is above - but had some great battles whilst I was there, thanks guys

Not sure how close to Christmas people want to race... I'll be putting on a race next Weds 23rd but we'll see how sign-ups go.

I say a 'race', though was hoping to sign off the year with a bit of a laugh, hint below, details to follow tomorrow
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Transit/Fonteny: a two laps race!