NZNL - Season 5 - Race 1 - Supercell

Noon416 · Post by **Noon416** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:24 pm

Great race for the VRC race guys!!

Very happy with that, a 9th for the first race of the season (vs all my dead-last finishes in the last few S4 races).

Lost a place due to not racing the last lap after the chequered flag showed up. Lesson learnt and ThundeRR has a big bullseye on him now.

[edit] After viewing the replay, it was my own mistake with 2 laps to go that cost me 2 places. I'm still going after ThundeRR though. [/edit]

Can't wait till next week...

KSR Aaza · Post by **KSR Aaza** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:37 pm

My bad! I didn't know it started this week!

At least I am still a "B" league racer sdo it doesn't matter too much!

(And I'm one of the worst drivers out there)

BAZZIL · Post by **BAZZIL** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:02 pm

Well I thought it started out fairly well (apart from the leaders slowing at the start) Shame about the carnage that followed the first 5 laps

Soz to biteme, I ripped ya a goodun, almost got some air on that one.

Dick Trickle · Post by **Dick Trickle** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:06 pm

Could have been a possible 1-2 for Monsters but someone came up off the apron and ripped me gooduns and I never really got back into the race after that.

Well done Odie, great drive for Monsters m8.

Post by **Jetboy** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:07 pm

quite a few anxious moments but managed to thread the needle a few times...unfortunately a big run in the middle out of the draft blew my fuel and had to take an extra stop 4 laps from the finish

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:08 pm

Good race guys!

Sorry again Bold about the ding.....I'm sure I'll see the protest.

Skelo · Post by **Skelo** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:09 pm

Cheers guys for the good race, nice way to start the season from my view.

Got tight at times there Viking

Cheers Wraith, Daza and Marty.

See you all next week!

Murphy's Law · Post by **Murphy's Law** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:10 pm

Had A shocker sorry for hiting you rivin totaly my fault :spanner:

all i can say is look hows first in the teams.

Team Marine

TonyG · Post by **TonyG** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:12 pm

Not the best start for Team Monsters overall

but a great finish for Odie

Bad luck Mark and Riven, I gave myself a black flag for speeding in pit but came back to 10th....................just wait till next week

Happy · Post by **Happy** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:15 pm

Sorry for dinging you Dick Twickle. I didnt know you were going to pit, I was concentrating so hard on trying to pass I didnt see your message up the top.

It's possible to pit there without slowing down on the bank at all.

Tut tut Flyboy for causing the first big ding >8p, wot do you have to say for yourself young lad! ?

Dick Trickle · Post by **Dick Trickle** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:22 pm

Murphy's Law wrote: all i can say is look hows first in the teams.

Enjoy it while it lasts Murph.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:28 pm

Dick Trickle wrote:
Murphy's Law wrote: all i can say is look hows first in the teams.
Enjoy it while it lasts Murph.

Don't worry Dick we know it's early in the season. But we'll still enjoy for now.

Eagle32 · Post by **Eagle32** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:41 pm

Daza - Use your own pit stall please

Murphy - If you have your replay look at 49:42 into race. Lap 70 from your perspective. Exactly what was that? It looks like your blocking me (2 laps and 15 odd positions up on you, bringing a large draft with me) on the inside and then trying to run me into the wall?

Mike Moore - 44:03. You are incredibly lucky you didn't take 4 cars out. You can't jam your foot on the brake with 3 cars drafting you to slow for the pit on the racing line mid-corner. You have to get off the racing line. You can't be sure people have seen your pit in message. Half the time people miss them because they are too busy driving their car.

Everyone - Remember ye old warm down lap at the end. Two people nearly tagged me after they had finished messing around.

Other than that I thought it was pretty damn good racing

MadMarty13 · Post by **MadMarty13** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:25 am

BAZZIL wrote:Well I thought it started out fairly well (apart from the leaders slowing at the start) Shame about the carnage that followed the first 5 laps

Soz to biteme, I ripped ya a goodun, almost got some air on that one.

I ran into that carnage and a couple of laps later blowing my front tyres sending me outta control I think i hit u bazz and dont know who else in that sorry all
as for the vr concepts league was some awesome driving i there by most good stuff.

mikool · Post by **mikool** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:25 am

Team Google have no comment at this point

We would prefer to forget about last night....

But it was still fun

Wraith · Post by **Wraith** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:34 am

mikool wrote:Team Google have no comment at this point

We would prefer to forget about last night....

But it was still fun

lol and I thought the Vengeance boys had a bad night.

Anyways, unlucky night for myself, got caught up in the first ding, then midway through the race, busy concentratiing on drafting with Skelo and suddenly he darts left revealing a parked Google car in the middle of the track....another lap down for me, topped off with a full 360 spin as I veered accross the grass to avoid another crash but at least I managed to recover it on the fly.

Apologies to Trooper for the tap in the VR league, although I'm pretty sure I had enough up beside you for the pass I guess you just didn't see me.

Bring on next week, think I'd rather prefer to forget last night.

DAZA · Post by **DAZA** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:20 am

Eagle32 wrote:Daza - Use your own pit stall please

yeah sorry about that Eagle

...was a bit too cautious on that 2nd pitstop after getting taken/spun out in the 1st pitstop (thanks Jay

) and completly stuffed it up

Viking · Post by **Viking** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:36 am

Good fun race there last night.

Got caught up in a ding near the start of race, and drifted up into Bite spinning him later on. Still cant work that one out. I knew you were there, and I was leaving room, then BAM your sideways in front of me. Drifted up so slowly I didnt realise I was I think. Sorry for that. Apart from that avoided any of the other dings.

Good fun drafting in the big packs as ya had to stay on ya toes. Lost the draft in the middle of the race till Skelo came along and then had fun racing him at the end. He had a much better last pit to pass me then I almost had a shot at him at the end.

Congrats to Gareth for the good qualify, shame the race didn't work out as good.

Bring on next Wednesday.

Prometheus · Post by **Prometheus** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:04 am

Good fun race

Interesting points :

- the start, and me giving Tony G a wee Liberace. 1st time I've ever had to brake heavy when the green flag dropped

- Mr Murphy screaming past when everyone was slowing down for an accident up ahead

- my incredible luck with some less than intelligent over taking passes by me

- geting smacked on the last corner and crossing the finish line going backwards, and I still finished 2nd

Who were the discussions were aimed at about not racing with a wheel but some other input device ? Someone kept leaping across the track as if they used a keypad ?

Flyboy69 · Post by **Flyboy69** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:21 am

Happy wrote: Tut tut Flyboy for causing the first big ding >8p, wot do you have to say for yourself young lad! ?

Ooopps, sorry for that Happy, my spotter said I was clear so I jumped in and had to lift so I didnt hit the car in front of me. I think you can understand this as I was giving you room until then.

Riven · Post by **Riven** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:27 am

Replays for both races will be ready in about 30mins from this post.

odonohuesp · Post by **odonohuesp** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:31 am

Had a fun race...the start was a little confusing when I shifted from 1st to 3rd gear, I think. The car did not want to go.

I had 3 close calls:

1. I was passing Daza low (I think) and it looked as if your car was coming down, so I ended up hitting the apron and almost losing control of the car. Everyone one who followed did very well in not creating an incident and checking up not to run over the driver in front of them.

2. Following Tony around and just making in through some spinning cars.

3. Following Tony again, lifted off the gas and so a spinning car and I believe a flipping Google car. The Google car flipped over my car, I still have to look at the replay to see how close it was.

Tough brake for Mark as we were drafting together and a back marker come up from the apron and took Mark with him. I think I know who it was, but I want to look at the replay on that one. But I will say this it looked liked the driver was using a keyboard.

odonohuesp · Post by **odonohuesp** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:33 am

Riven wrote:Replays for both races will be ready in about 30mins from this post.

Need to change your Avatar, unless you are showing off the Championship car.

Dick Trickle · Post by **Dick Trickle** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:01 pm

odonohuesp wrote: But I will say this it looked liked the driver was using a keyboard.

I really hope that is not true but that particular driver sure didn't seem to be in control of his vehicle...

Riven · Post by **Riven** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:28 pm

odonohuesp wrote:
Riven wrote:Replays for both races will be ready in about 30mins from this post.
Need to change your Avatar, unless you are showing off the Championship car.

Its better then my current car right now