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Week 7
Jan 24, 2024 7:09:51 GMT
Post by tomlory on Jan 24, 2024 7:09:51 GMT
Skip Barber F2000 @ Bathurst, SRF @ Tsukuba 2000 Moto, Weekend Warriors FF1600 @ Rudskogen and Weekend Warriors SRF @ Tsukuba 2000 Moto are the possibilities for me this week.
I tend to be farther off pace with the SBF2000 than the others and Bathurst is risky, for me more because of getting caught in someone else's mistake ahead than any worries about me keeping it between the walls.
Rudskogen can be frustrating with slow down penalties to be had at almost every corner so if my pace isn't towards the front, I'll probably skip it in favor of more sleep.
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Week 7
Jan 29, 2024 15:32:43 GMT
Post by tomlory on Jan 29, 2024 15:32:43 GMT
Rudskogen frustrates me with slowdown penalties available at virtually every corner and applied for the slightest infraction. If the valve stem of the tire is outside the track limits it goes straight to penalty rather than a 1X compounded by seemingly having to give up much more time than the what is stated as being the fine. Why is that, we can make a slight bobble and that costs us 1 second but we have to slow down for 10-15 seconds to clear a 5 second penalty? Anyway, I got caught up in three incidents Saturday morning with the FVs plus two or three slowdowns and had to run much of the race with a 9X or more tally with 12X being a stop and go or drive-through. Unfun so I skipped Sunday's FF1600 at the same track.
Sunday @ Tsukuba 2000 Moto wasn't much better in the end. I qualified poorly P30 or worse, picked my way at walking speed through a 6-10 car pileup on lap 1, ran as high as P19, really struggled at the chicane but made some passes @ T1, had not one but two drivers who drove straight across my nose on corner exit when we had been side by side at entry and apex @ 4X each, the second one triggering a stop and go penalty on the last lap which plummeted from P2x to P34. Unfun again.
Bewilderingly, the Officials went just fine again. P3 / 0X @ Bathurst with the Skip Barber F2000 and a cautious P2 / 2X @ Tsukuba with the Spec Racer Ford. I led the SRF race for maybe 1/3 laps after the fast guy completely missed the chicane. I might have held on for the win but have trust issues so I was content to let him back by and finish P2 than have an incident and finish much worse.
I ended the week A4.99 x 3042
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