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Week 8
Jan 31, 2023 6:41:12 GMT
Post by tomlory on Jan 31, 2023 6:41:12 GMT
It looks like Sim Lab PCC @ Red Bull Ring North is the only series for me this week but within that the Mustang, Toyota and Mazda all could see race action.
I see that the Pro 2 Lites are @ Wild West MP, that's always fun and challenging, no stress for me as I don't worry about my numbers for anything other than road racing.
I didn't make much if any progress last week with SR after some bad luck, the tracks simply didn't have enough corners per minute to get much back plus I wasn't disciplined (careful) enough during qualifying sessions with no warm up and when running alone in races with a solid finishing position and picked up some Xs hot lapping trying to improve my lap times. Buying the Dallara P217 has been a thought, could use it to crank out a lot of laps in Time Trial but I'd prefer to do a bunch of clean races. Red Bull Ring will be rough on SR with only 5 corners, so, this could be rough SR week again.
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Week 8
Jan 31, 2023 7:04:14 GMT
Post by tomlory on Jan 31, 2023 7:04:14 GMT
It feels like Red Bull Ring North is going to be unfun with a very clumsy corner to end the lap. I'll be happy if I can run a race alone just to get out of there without losing a lot.
I've been focused on Race Participation but all you need is one race so I think that I'll spend most of my time with Advanced Mazda @ Zandvoort once I get Sim Lab PCC over with. Certainly should reward with better racing.
Another option is to buy Monza so that I can race the Cadillac CTS-VR this week but that conflicts with minimizing my expenses.
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Week 8
Jan 31, 2023 8:34:29 GMT
Post by tomlory on Jan 31, 2023 8:34:29 GMT
Done with Sim Lab PCC and Red Bull Ring North. Got lucky with no other Jetta entries and basically ran around at track day pace for 27 laps and a 0X. If he could have been trusted, I might have had a good race with the last place Mazda but played it safe for both our sakes. 4-5 qualifying (as many laps as I could do) and the 28 race laps (I left the grid to add more fuel and missed the start otherwise I would have 29 laps in the race session with the formation and cool down lap) gave me +0.07 SR.
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Week 8
Feb 2, 2023 4:59:02 GMT
Post by tomlory on Feb 2, 2023 4:59:02 GMT
Well, I realized that the Mustang is quite a bit more fun at Red Bull Ring North than the Jetta and the timing was good so I did a solo race with the Mustang. I think that I lapped the entire field despite having to pull off into the gravel to avoid a spun car. Unfortunately, he backed up and bumped another car that had taken to the gravel which in turn hit me so I picked up 1X atop the two 1Xs that I inflicted upon myself in qualifying. I'd say pretty dumb but I wasn't pushing in Q, just unfamiliar with the boundaries and sight lines.
I LOST 0.01 or 0.02 SR on what amounts to 3X on about 33 laps. Ouch.
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Week 8
Feb 6, 2023 5:00:15 GMT
Post by tomlory on Feb 6, 2023 5:00:15 GMT
That's it for me for Week 8.
I caught the Sunday 16:15 PST Advanced Mazda race, finished where I qualified after having made a couple of passes to move up to P6. Clean and close racing the entire way, TOO CLOSE caught me out when I had nowhere to go but side by side and lost so much momentum that I got shuffled back to P8 and settled for a top half finish with 1X.
I end the week A4.75 x 2589
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