AC Mazda MX5 Cup @ Zandvoort- Wed 06/09/17

[Allan Ramsbottom]

signing out..Thanx.

 

[Rupe Wilson]

Forgot about this. Put me on reserve if possible, thank you.

Sign me up

Adding you now

 

[Rupe Wilson]

Hello, due to professional reasons I am not going to be home tonight. My apologies.

Bugger. Family stuff has come up meaning I won’t be able to make this one. On the plus side some lucky devil on the reserve list gets to race an awesome combo.

Hi all, apologies but I'll have to miss tonight too, have a great night

Sorry, but cannot make tonight. Hope I am early enough for a reserve to jump in.

Have a good race gentlemen

signing out..Thanx.

ok no probs

 

[Rupe Wilson]

@DJ Ballistic
@Szymon Olizarowicz
@maxipolo
@Martin Fiala
@PsychOXRat

you are all promoted and are racing

 

[vinicius.ferreira11]

Rupe, can I join the reserve list like NOW?

 

[DJ Ballistic]

Im sorry to say my rift is playing up at mo so put me in reserve as i may not fix in time,it just keeps crashing everytime i start oculus up.

 

[Rupe Wilson]

Rupe, can I join the reserve list like NOW?

Adding you now

 

[Rupe Wilson]

Im sorry to say my rift is playing up at mo so put me in reserve as i may not fix in time,it just keeps crashing everytime i start oculus up.

ok hope you get it fixed

 

[Rupe Wilson]

Rupe, can I join the reserve list like NOW?

you are now racing.

 

[DJ Ballistic]

ok hope you get it fixed

working again now if theres a spot 4 me thx

 

[Rupe Wilson]

Real names to be used in the server please, split it up,

 

[Case_]

Well, this was without a doubt the most fun I've had for quite some time! For some reason, I wasn't scraping the bottom of the barrel pace-wise like I was in most of the previous MX5 races, had great battles throughout the race (literally from start to finish) and even finished higher than I would expect. Great fun! Though 25 liters wasn't enough in my case - I ran out at the start of the main straight, which meant coasting to the finish line. Thankfully it only cost me one place in the end.

Also, at the start, I thought I unintentionally caused some wrecking behind me as I missed a downshift before T1, which kinda threw me into panic mode for a moment and then I saw wrecking in my mirror, which caused me to panic a bit more for a moment and I even considered pulling over, but I didn't really know who was involved in that crash so in the end I didn't. Turns out it was the right call as checking the replay, it seems like the crash wasn't my fault at all

So yeah, all around a great race for me, thanks everyone!

 

[Neilski]

I crossed the line with half a litre left, and was perhaps using higher gears than others... It's also true that if you spin a couple of times you might use up a fair bit of extra fuel getting back up to speed :S
Enjoyed that a lot, though it was a bit of a shame not to be in a close battle the whole time. Nevertheless I was watching the gap to p2&3 very closely, because one off-track moment and David and Joel would have been all over me!

 

[illia92]

Caused crash in first corner - no, not this time
Have tight battle for the leadersip... well in my class... for 14 overall - yes
Run out of fuel on last lap - yes
Have fun - YES!

 

[maxipolo]

@DJ Ballistic
@Szymon Olizarowicz
@maxipolo
@Martin Fiala
@PsychOXRat

you are all promoted and are racing

ARF !
I refreshed the page too late and I tought i would never been move to main course
Sorry my bad

hope you enjoyed your race !

 

[RainhamIron]

I was probably too focused on avoiding contact in turn 2 (Gerlachtbocht?) and ended up running wide onto the grass instead Otherwise there were some fun battles as usual once I'd caught back up and in the end was just a whisker away from catching the out-of-fuel Martin on the finish straight.
Fastest lap too apparently, blimey! Just need to learn how to stay on the black stuff and do that a bit more consistently

Thanks as always to @Rupe Wilson for hosting, despite feeling groggy

 

[Neilski]

Thanks as always to @Rupe Wilson for hosting, despite feeling groggy

Yes - heroic effort! You sounded awful Rupe; hope that bug shifts soon.

 

[Lum]

That was a lot of fun, indeed!

Unexpected good qualy for me, 3rd on the grid. Then Andy stormed passed me at the start, awesome first Tarzanbocht up at the front from the top guys, then Andy went wide. I had a little panic moment there, when I was debating with myself of that was caused by me being close to him (you never know in simracing). The following battle with Joel was very nice, he making a good save before the last corner, me making an expectacular but lucky one on T1. In the end, Joel had a lot more pace than me and managed to pull away. I was happy with my pace, though, so the final 3rd was the best I could do. It was a really nice combo, a lot less bumpy than with the GT4s a couple weeks before.

Also thanks @Rupe Wilson for the awesome effort despite the health issues. I hope you get well really quick!!