Road Atlanta Review

First of all i'd just like to thank everyone who took part and stayed until the end, even those of you who were in the B final, well done and thank you. I'd also like to comment on how clean the racing was, i don't think we had a single accident where one person deliberately or even accidentallyt took someone else off the track, and for this as a competitor i thank you all.

So another round of the Forza 2 British GT Championship is over and what a round it was! SoW Achill taking the honours with a fine victory despite crashing on the second lap! Second was Fir3start3r Uk with a fine second, using his porsche's fine speed down the straight to great effect. "i was fast enough to win both races today, but i made a few mistakes and i paid the price for them, i'm gutted." A dissapointing third for MonkOfMadness2, although he was optimistic about the rest of the season saying this "i'm not too happy with the result tonight, i was trying to do the wrong thing when tuning my car, i was going for grip not speed. i just couldn't keep up down the straights! But that wasn't a good track for the ferrari and i think that i'll be more competetive at silverstone."

So let's get on with the A final Review.
Qualifying 5th in the 'A' final was Horselegs with a 2nd in his heat. 4th was TVR Fan1 who was the fastest loser in the heats finishing 3rd. 3rd on the grid was Fir3start3r Uk with a second in his heat, 2nd was MonkOfMadness with a win in the heat and finally pole was SoW Achill with a Win and fastest lap in qualifying.



As they race away from the grid fir3start3r uk took the lead from Achill and Monk, TVR stays ahead of Horselegs coming up the hill.



The order stays the same until Achill hits the back of Fir3start3r Uk and spins, nearly causing a massive pile-up.



On lap 4 TVR Fan1 pits from 3rd.



Soon enough Achill catches up and passed Horselegs when he makes a mistake.



Horselegs pits on lap 12, but he wasn't fast enough and TVR Fan1 passes him for fourth place.




Monk pits on lap 13



Achill pits on lap 14 and monkofmadness puts in a very slow lap.



Last to stop is Fir3start3r uk on lap 15 Achill overtakes MonkOfMadness during his pitstop.



It's close as they come out of the pits, the order is Fir3start3r uk, Achill and then MonkOfMadness. Achill begins to close up on fir3start3r uk and soon enough he is putting the pressure on hard enough fpr Fir3start3r to make a mistake around the last corner on lap 18, Achill moves up into the lead. MonkOfMadness is now catching up Fir3start3r uk.



On the final lap MonkOfMadness tries to pass Fir3start3r on the inside coming up the hill, but he can't get through and touches the grass, spins and has to settle for third place.



Achill crosses the line and takes the win



Fir3start3r Uk finishes second



MonkOfMadness2 finishes Third.



So again congratulations to our winner SoW Achill. The points tables are shown below.

Drivers Championship:
1. SoW Achill: 220

2. TVR Fan: 185

3. Horselegs: 182

4. GR33N TORTUGA: 173

5. Chucky 1982: 170

6. jenson09: 166

7. Jimmy Storie: 163

8. FIR3STARTER UK: 158

9. Highcroft: 112

10. SoW Sangheli: 104

11. culchi: 101

12. MonkOfMadness2: 96

13. MTR PR3DATOR: 90

14. TLMSUPERSTAR: 74

15. samurai1000: 64

16. Legg2k8: 50

17. flyboypete: 46

18. LilMissNephnie: 36

19. Lord of all joy: 32

Team Championship:
1. Jet Alliance Racing: 324

2. CCMR: 271

3. Orange Racing: 232

4. HSBC/Vans THR: 202

5. Northern Star Racing: 187

6. Spark Racing: 185

7. BMW Castrol Racing: 173

8. Vitafone Racing: 112

9. Gulf Aston Martin Racing: 110

10. CRScuderia: 96

11. LG PERT Chevrolet: 90

12. Modena Lambo: 50

So it's going to go down to the wire, and next season is going to be even better with many more drivers doing a full calendar of races and more teams in the mix. I'll tell you one thing, i can't wait for the next round!

That's all folks, see you for the Silverstone Preview!

MonkOfMadness2

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