TORA GT Round 5 & 6 - Laguna Seca Sunday 10th July 2011 20:00 Hours BST

The prestigious MSA TORA Summer GT Championship is this Sunday.

Rounds 5 & 6 will take place on the 10th of July @ Laguna Seca @ 20:00 Hours BST





Event Itinerary

All races will take place on Sundays @ 20:00 BST.
Please make sure you are online on Forza Motorsport 3 and you have checked that you have no connection issues 10 minutes before the meeting is due to get under way.
Please make sure you have a open NAT setting.
You will receive a invite from your lobby host around 20:00 Hours BST.

Qualifying

Qualifying will consist of 4 flying laps (lap counter will be set to 6 laps)
Collisions will be forced off
Damage will be set to limited damage
There will be a 5 second roll off delay
The Grid will be set to Random
Once you complete all 4 flying laps you will meet in the first corner so that the lobby marshals can take down your qualifying time and conduct scrutineering if required.
Please note that only your best certified lap will be taken in qualifying. If you do not have a certified lap your best lap will count AFTER all certified times have been logged

Times will then be uploaded to the Live Timing application by the chief marshal of the meeting

Race –

Each Race will be set to a pre-determined number of laps which will total approximately 30 minutes of track action.

Race 1

The grid will be ordered as per qualifying times.
The grid will form up in race order on the parade lap, this will be instructed by the lobby captain and then the race will start by a rolling start. Cars will stay at 100mph on the parade lap until a pre-determined location where all cars will drop to 60mph and line up side-by-side in a rolling grid. Once you pass the pit entrance the pole sitter can shout "go". Once "go" is called cars may accelerate past 60mph, though there can be no overtaking until the start and finish line.
You must make 1 mandatory pit stop between lap 2 and the penultimate lap of the race.
You may not make your mandatory stop on the first or last lap of the race. The lobby captain must be informed by each driver when they are taking their pit stop, and failure to pit will result in disqualification.
You will race to the end of the set number of laps and confirm with the lobby host at the end of the race your finishing order.

Race 2

The grid will be ordered as per the reverse of the finishing positions from Race 1 within your lobby.
The grid will form up in race order on the parade lap, this will be instructed by the lobby captain and then the race will start by a rolling start. Cars will stay at 100mph on the parade lap until a pre-determined location where all cars will drop to 60mph and line up side-by-side, once you pass the pit entrance the pole sitter can shout "go". Once "go" is called cars may accelerate past 60mph, though there can be no overtaking until the start and finish line.
You must make 1 mandatory pit stop between lap 2 and the penultimate lap of the race.
You may not make your mandatory stop on the first or last lap of the race. The lobby captain must be informed by each driver when they are taking their pit stop, and failure to pit will result in disqualification.
You will race to the end of the set number of laps and confirm with the lobby host at the end of the race your finishing order.
Both races are scored using the standard TORA points system.

As GT racing is a non-contact sport incidents which endanger you or another competitor will be referred to the head steward and appropriate action will be taken.

Damage is set to Limited Damage

Once race results are confirmed Championship tables and results will be updated by the Chief Marshal

**2011 TORA MSA GT Championship Sebring Round 2 Race 1 Winner - AAR MOPAR001 driving the BMW M3 E92 for Black Sheep BMW & Race 2 Winner - ShiftyAftermaff driving the Porsche Sport Classic for PLOW Ultimate, PLOW TheButcher still leads the Driver standings, PLOW Ultimate lead the Teams standings & PLOW Berty2d leads the Privateer Standings, we head to Round 3 @ Laguna Seca next, with strong rummors the Lambos and Spykers are ready to strrike. **

Five place penalty will be interesting having to fight my way back through the field, tough track aswell.

Also how big is that rear view mirror???? lol

Might not make in time for the race. Have a basketball game an hour before, so it will be close.

Yeh I noticed that rear view mirror as well, and was actually thinking "that's pretty cool - now I can see what's going on behind as well" like when the Falken Porsche gets up alongside for the repass.

BTW how insanely scarey do those super karts look?!?

Bump for 2night

This event is just damage limitation for STORM. Would be interested to see if Black Sheep BMW get much out of the M3

Can't make the race today, good luck eveyone

I'm in,lookin forward to the race

Hope I can make this.At a track day and my mates car has gone on fire :/

Now in possession of TORAs history here are the stats from GT's history at Laguna Seca!! (Only classifying people who are taking part in this years race)

2010
Quickest Driver - DAN 2605 - 1.24.752 (P3)
Race 1
1st - Dan 2605
2nd - Rollin InAn STi
3rd - WWR Aero
Race 2
1st - DAN 2605
2nd - gen3ral ts0
3rd - Rollin InAn STi

2009
1st - PLOW Champion
2nd - DAN 2605
3rd - Ianmr

Obviously a circuit where DAN 2605 loves racing, but can he carry on his performance at this track tonight?

id lyk to race tonight, can i?

"lyk"?

What the f*ck is that?

like sorry lol

I dont think our team is going to compete anymore. Were busy with other things as well and its not very enjoyable and the car isnt very "fun" or enjoyable to drive either. . .

you said you chose it to be different and weird. you could always change car.

nm


AWESOME racing tonight from B lobby. even though I let myself and the team down first race, i loved every minute of it.

great racing, especially Xiled for tryig mind games at the end of the second race

Knackered, may have not been the most exciting race for me but god I was driving the Aston hard, mostly a under a tenth difference between my times each lap. Got into the 26's but by then I was way too far behind and the guys in front were running that anyway!

@simonbiggs I know and it looks mint but every time we try to race it face it just doesnt feel right. We may change cars as well but since were not really attending races im not sure.

Think we had the best pass in TORA history tonight lol

Wow great Racing in Lobby A, Replays are worth a watch on my Storefront

Ianmr wrote:Think we had the best pass in TORA history tonight lol

You're biased.

im sure a vid clip is coming down the pike then?

Chris wrote:

Ianmr wrote:Think we had the best pass in TORA history tonight lol

You're biased.

Yes, but your not disagreeing lol

photo's should be up soon.

i got to watch both replays from lobby C.


...that was interesting.

Ianmr wrote:

Chris wrote:

Ianmr wrote:Think we had the best pass in TORA history tonight lol

You're biased.

Yes, but your not disagreeing lol

Ah but taking a biased POV I might say my overtake on Dan in the TCM might be one of the best, or passing underneath the 2 airborne wheels of a very out-of-shape someone (wasn't that you??) in the Minis, or round the outside of "He Who Must Not Be Named" through the last corner of Maple Valley on the last lap might be "the best overtake", and I'm sure others have their own favourites.





Not to mention some of my legendary starts from 2010...

Laguna Seca photos are up for all lobbies on the website!