2009 1000km of Suzuka - Sunday 20th September - CLOSED

so you're in lmp1, does that mean jenson will be back in his vette?

probably not no.
To be honest it's too much fun and with only a couple of rounds to go there's little I can do to score well in either.
Just there to have fun and seeing as I'm moving house soon and won't have Live for a couple of weeks til I sort a wireless connection it'll be my last bit of LMS fun.

Jesnon should go LMP1 i got a karting race today, and wont show up today

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in now

HeatPhalanx wrote:In

Have you signed up for this yet?

E68 IM OUT

Ignore this its working again

lfcnicklfc wrote:

HeatPhalanx wrote:In

Have you signed up for this yet?

yh havent u checked the driver entries lol

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- I can't make it, apologies it's short notice

Still in, but might be getting on like 5-10 min before race time, so dont worry about me, Ill be on.
Could the 10 min qually NOT take 45 minutes today? I know I can't complain, but I dont have that much time to be sitting doing nothing.

Aj does know but as a bak up:

MB Motorsport: IN

racelegend MB1

Sgt JigglyMoobs

too late to get in on this?

should be ok mate

Shantzez wrote:too late to get in on this?

yeah no worries but you are exempt from qualifying

wen it start 2nite?

same as always qualy starts at 8

Live Timing says I am GT2 in the R8, but i switched to GT1..... Ill just find out from lobby captain.

Sorry guys but I couldn't bear another race where I spent 1 1/2 hours lapping by myself. I apologise for overtaking before the line at the start but had someone said something i'd have dropped to the back - it wasn't really necessary to put me into a wall & drop me 20 secs behind.

Lagged out, and as I'm away for the Ring, that will conclud my TLMS experience.

Once again, last minute entry to make up the numbers, but this time my car was undriveable. My own fault, I put traction control on. I said when I was asked I couldn't compete for long, as I am heading off for a few days early tomorrow and was in the middle of packing, so after struggling to get the car to corner - it was like a sloth thanks to the traction control - I gave in on lap nine and went back to packing.

Anyway, one other thing. If you are gonna take a run up my inside and I keep on the racing line, don't cry when you cause a collision. If you don't declare your intentions, don't expect me to know. I use bonnetcam, so have no rear mirror. And my headset is always on listening, whether I talk or not, which I only usually do when I have something worth saying. So, as for me 'not even denying' that I 'moved across' on you, here's me denying it. I was ahead, on the racing line, and you tried to push up the inside. Didn't work because there wasn't the space, did it?

Oh, and racelegend, I did hit you in the gravel trap at turn one/two, as I understeered horrendously and unfortunately collected you. However, seeing as you were already some distance in the gravel trap when I came off, I think you'll agree it was unintentional.

Holy crumbs!!!!
Good race in LMP1 with Crisis after an early off dropped me behind AJ and Rogue.
An out of synch pit stop after a collision with Butcher at the final chicane saw my strategy change to the point I wasn't totally sure how many stops I'd have before the finish.
Luckily the Bentley of Crisis behind was on a strategy that meant I was able to pass him after each stop. In the final stages this meant I was able to repass Crisis as he suffered with terrible tyre wear whilst trying to nurse the car back to the pits.
All was looking rosey but a 2000m gap reduced to just 180 by the line in the last lap as severe tyre wear (100% rear 97% front) saw the Acura crawling round the lap in an attempt to complete the race and stay on track.
Nerve jangling stuff!!
Thanks to the GT1 lads again for their road manners. I think Butcher will agree the exit of Spoon Curve is by far the BEST place to pass.... the braking zone for the final chicane is not

i redbeard wrote:Sorry guys but I couldn't bear another race where I spent 1 1/2 hours lapping by myself. I apologise for overtaking before the line at the start but had someone said something i'd have dropped to the back - it wasn't really necessary to put me into a wall & drop me 20 secs behind.

Nurburing TVRS shul do well there power:)

not a bad day behind the wheel of the Z06. going into the race, i knew my lap times were way behind Butcher's Zonda, so i had another fuel stradegy calculated during the race. i believe by lap 14 or 15, i saw Butcher pit, looked at my fuel gauge and tires and figured it stretch it to the limits. i didnt pit til lap 17! :O then, it was quiet for a while (except the P1's lapping me). Then saw Butcher pit the 2nd time, and then we had a nice little bought going for top spot in GT1. it took a few laps, and a few P1's disrupting our fun, but Butcher did manage to get by me, as my tires were starting to give up. i Then pitted on Lap 33, and that was pretty much it for me. 2nd plass in GT1 aint bad!

And i am really looking forward to the Finale at Nurburg! one of my most favorite, and more consistent tracks. And now that im in the FR oriented Chevrolet, i feel better about my chances there. when i was behind the wheel of the Ford GT, my best time around the 13 mile monster was something like a 7:10.xxx. Since the switch to the Chevy, i have found more time in it than the Ford. im excited