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Post by Jason White on Nov 15, 2020 23:39:33 GMT
Results and points are up.
Congratulations to David Jaques on winning the Championship!
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Post by David Jaques on Nov 16, 2020 0:10:53 GMT
thanks everyone. it was a long season. cc had the pace all year, just some bad luck held him back. these cars are a real challenge, appreciate all the work put in to allow us to have such a mod and fantastic broadcasts. thanks iso for a great place to race!
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Post by Jules Bouchard on Nov 16, 2020 3:41:02 GMT
Very difficult weekend for me and the Shrimp crew. We had some ok pace but the car was extremely temperamental. One lap it handled very well and the next lap it was undriveable! This led to me crashing out of both races and finishing 19th twice. I am looking forward to the desert finale in Phoenix, one of my all time favorite circuits! I just don't know what the secret is to these cars. I definitely feel more comfortable on the bigger ovals such as Michigan and Pocono.  |
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Post by Alberto Ibanez on Nov 16, 2020 15:28:25 GMT
First and foremost, congrats to David Jaques for a deserved series win, there were tough competitors and one can argue he was not the ultimately quickest combo of man and machine on track, but regularity pays off in this series and he handled that beautifully. Then also congrats to Cz who was able to show everyone his real pace and that of the Coyote. That car is no doubt quick, but very complicated to understand and setup, it's a shame it took so long to get it all working swiftly as otherwise the championship would have been more open till the end. My race was totally lackluster, which is no wonder as I am with my mind elsewhere compiling the USAC78 mod for next year and fine tuning some aspects of it with little time for anything else, including practice. I had a safe but slow setup although with the wrong strategy (2 stops) and yet hit the wall in Heat 1. Took it easier on Heat 2 and went for a single pitstop, and got some points with no issues. Should have done that more often in the season  |
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Post by Jukka Maattanen on Nov 16, 2020 16:01:21 GMT
Trenton is such a lovely place to race  Happy with my pace with less than an hour of testing. Found out I could run with or near the leading group and still make it past the halfway point. I didn't exactly want to pit under green so was waiting for a caution to come out when I had a momentary loss of concentration and wrecked; the car was a bit twitchy but none more than it had been for the last 20 or 30 laps - a driver error, 100%. Had the same strategy for race 2, sans crashing out... Slowly reeled David Jundt in before he pitted and came out ahead of him after mine. Kept it off the wall and stayed out of trouble for the rest of the race. chased Jukka for at least 90 laps. A great chase, but it was too little too late when I finally got the upper hand on lap times. I was getting a bit worried there towards the end. You had me run on full boost down the frontstretch and hope she won't blow up. |
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Post by David Jundt on Nov 16, 2020 16:57:27 GMT
Wasn't that difficult Jukka. Loaded the setup with the wrong fuel load(which made me barely reach lap 40 and then the final 60 laps on a topped up car having to try and hit like 2.5l per lap I goofed up twice, once per heat. I luckily made it the the caution(after all these engine blows-ups and crashes surprised that we even got one!) having gone from last to first(challenge) and ready to pit. Sadly though, I mixed up the rules with CART 88 and forgot I could pit any time Lost a lap, then didn't notice Petr was the leader actually, tried to keep on the lead lap in case another caution comes out, but got too close to Petr and lost my nose hitting the outside wall. I got lucky I still finished 10th... And then, I made the fuel load error when trying to easily go from one gear setting to change back to the original. Like a rookie...  Still, maybe thanks to being underfuelled, went from P10 to P3 around the outside and then created a gap while still watching fuel. SO at least I brought 7th home, 4th-5th could've been possible by possible pace. Gotta thank the admins(well, Juha) for allowing me to race yesterday, great track to race at |
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Post by Brian Janik on Nov 17, 2020 1:06:57 GMT
Didnt feel like racing, but was fun, glad I did Race 1, very lucky! I had no chance to keep up with others around me and fell outside the top ten, Including a great pass by Alberto Sr!! Felt dissapointed for the people who were having great races up ahead like Petr, Adam, Ray etc. who had misfortune Ended up in 3rd without a single overtake. Race 2, more deserving 2nd? Jaques brought a championship substance into the cockpit  ? Leaving me to deal with early pressure from Jundt, then settled into a long sometimes distant dual with CCski. He was was picture perfect today for a double! Just saw that Thiago wasn't allowed to race. Then the explanations about the cars. Dang, wanted to believe I was getting better. ...feeling confused  Thanks for the broadcast, thanks for everything guys! see ya |
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Happy with my pace with less than an hour of testing. Found out I could run with or near the leading group and still make it past the halfway point. I didn't exactly want to pit under green so was waiting for a caution to come out when I had a momentary loss of concentration and wrecked; the car was a bit twitchy but none more than it had been for the last 20 or 30 laps - a driver error, 100%.
? Leaving me to deal with early pressure from Jundt, then settled into a long sometimes distant dual with CCski. He was was picture perfect today for a double!