Round 1 - Jimmy Bryan 150 [Jan 24th]

#43 please

Good fun race while it lasted. Car felt very stable with little understeer or oversteer. Just lacking a bit speed. Unfortunately I made a mistake on shifting up and blew the engine.

Enjoyed that while it lasted. Got a stop and go penalty during the first caution period after someone decided to overtake me just as we got going again.

Was all by myself towards the end then forgot to shift to 4th get when I was behind someone and engine blew up. Enjoyed it and looking forward to the next round at Ontario 

Man, that was an absolute blast! Kinda bummed the engine blew but that's racing. Can't wait till we do it again!

No worries Al. Congrats on pole!

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Show this race too much! Car was in hand, walking all the time without forcing the engine in order to complete.
Unfortunately my internet disconnected .... anyway I am very happy to have participated and thank you for the opportunity!

Next time we'll do better This track is complicated, with little room and passing opportunities in these cars that are already quite fast.

My race started bad when I was paying attention to something else and finished my qualy a lap too early, effectively dropping mid grid. Start was OK and I managed to place myself where I wanted, in no man's land between the head of the race who I could not follow, and the mid of the field, me being quicker than them. Was rubbing my hands for a peaceful race there crusing for points but as Dave explained, was hampered by traffic and caught by my pursuers. In one overataking attempt he slid upwards, pushed me and I hit the wall sideways. After driving carefully to asess the damage, I realized my car could still be safe although nearly one second off from my normal pace, so I decided to soldier on to pick whatever points I could.  In the end a top 10 that was uncomfortably close to Petr, who had closed in during the last yellow. That was hairy!  Grats to Cz, great performance in the Coyote, and to podium and all finishers.

Looking forward to Ontario where the Cosworth will be able to stretch its legs properly, in this track the 4 bangers had the advantage of the mid range punch coming out of corners, but at superspeedways it will be our turn. 

On a positive note, the cars behaved quite well and very believable, I think this has been one of the broadcasts I have enjoyed more simply from the point of view of how the cars moved and the lines they took. It really looked like TV footage, so we are indeed getting close to simulating how they worked in real life. Kudos to Wilks again, and thanks Jonatan and him for the entertaining broadcast

EDIT: And BTW in the real race the podium was Johncock, Krisiloff, Foyt. In our race it was Foyt, Johncock, Krisiloff!!! And Ongais started from pole but abandoned, which little Al also did! How's that for realism?

Bob Riley-designed cars sweeping the top three I love the symmetry, and as Alberto says, I love the realism!

Having no experience in this mod I wasn't sure what to expect from the car/race, but Saturday night when I finally had a few minutes to sit down and test, I kept blowing engines repeatedly. Yesterday morning, I was dead set on tuning the car in a way that I would assure I made it to the finish. Scratched all plans, went for safe and stable.

I didn't quali well. I had no invested any time in the car for that. I was ok with starting further back in the pack and was just hoping to stay clean and out of trouble until things settled a bit. That didn't go well, and following my luck as of late I managed to tangle with the one car that bounced off the wall on the first lap (maybe 2nd..?) Saw the car moving up track, then into the wall. I backed out, thought I'd make it on the low side but the car dove about that time and collected me.
Got that fixed, went laps down. Lost concentration alone later on (watching my mirrors) and spun out of the final corner. Knocked the rear wing off. Another 100 or so seconds and I considered calling it quits...but, decided to see what attrition spots I could pick up, plus, might as well take the opportunity to refresh my abilities when running as a backmarker.

Rest of the race was simply a class in blue flags. They were incessant.
Hope I was able to stay out of the way, I don't recall causing any issues but if I did I apologize. Did what I could to stay on the high side and let everyone take the racing line. Was actually sort of fun having packs of fighting cars flying by me.
Found myself P16 in the end, and considering all the troubles, f' it, I'll take it.

Mod was great, cars are good fun to drive/feel legit.
I did notice a few cars with an odd graphics bug (like something hanging off the back of their car).... (but only when I'm in cockpit view. If I watch others on track or in replay I do not see it unless I'm sitting in cockpit view)

Will definitely be back in here looking for one offs. Hopefully even chase a point or two before it's all said and done.
Grats to the podium. And big thanks to admins, as always, for this beautiful work they do to make these things happen!

You need to get pole then.