Post Bathurst

Well at long last I got to finish an hour race
My computer has been a bit of a lately so with Shaz's bad back she let me use hers.

Very happy with my race, had a great battle with Dano in his Commodore which really showed off the different car's strengths.

Drove a nice steady race after I got past Dano and finished in 6th place. Really happy with that as the class of the field was pretty high this round.

I would like to thank everyone who drove in this series and it was great to see the numbers improving as we went along.
Next week is a 100k race(44 laps) at Calder raceway in the Bathurst Legends 69 mod(both available @rfactor central.
Followed by Webber's Gallardo series

Once again thanks everyone as it is you guys who really make the series a success.
W26

Many thanks for putting it on Wally

A great race that was. GroupCAction and myself had a great battle early in the race. He got the jump on me, i got past him on lap 3 at the Cutting when he made an error, only for me to make a mistake a lap later at Hell which let him back through. I then managed to get back past when GrpC ran wide at the Chase. From there i think he had some trouble with traffic because the gap grew, so i was able to pace myself and hold on for the win

I have to say, Bathurst as a track always brings a smile to your face.....and i don't think there is such a thing as the perfect lap round there either!

Thanks for letting me race with you guys. Was epic fun. Had a good start, but just couldn't keep up with those two sierras in front, then shortly got taken by another sierra. I profited from Dan_gtsx pitstop which put me from 4th to 3rd Spun at Griffins bend which brought my lead of 10s over Berlsy down to 1.5-3 seconds for the rest of the race. Was tough to stay ahead Hope to have some more races like that. I love my turbo brick!

Cheers!

I ha a bit of a shocker jumping the start and getting a drive through. after that i was in 6th place. i crawled my way all the way up to 3rd again shaving 100th of a second off groupc every lap. he made a mistake and i was let through. as i had to pit due to the way i set up my fuel , even though i selected to not repair damage it chose to anyway and i had a 40 second long pitstop. after that it went down hill. i managed to get into 5th, cathcing 4th by about 2 seconds a lap, but i ket making mistakes and then on the last 5 laps the computre locked up and when it came to i was 40 seconds behind 4th instead of the 12.....

oh well all in good fun. i enjoyed racing wiith you blokes/women.

Hi guys, just want to say sorry. I had a shocker of a night. Didn't get time to practice on this track, used Wally's computer so he could use mine as his is playing up. Choose a car I was not comfortable with and just plain bad driving by myself. I am sorry for getting in the way of some drivers when they were passing me. Again, I feel bad and am sorry.

Hope to get practice in this week, so see you all next Sunday night. Shaz

Not a bad nite. Qualfied 10th (just, on the last lap), then scored 8th on the grid with a 2:23.
The VK in my hands was a bit slow but the racing was great.
Only grazed the wall once when trying to let GTX through and not watching where I was going myself !

Was running 6th for the first half but decided on a pit strategy as I didn't know what the tyre wear would be (lesson learnt there!).
Came out in 9th and that's where I stayed.
Really enjoyed the mod, and wished I'd signed up earlier in the series. Hoping the TCL mod is back on again soo (Sundays would be great again, hint hint! )

Hopefully I'll be able to do some more Sunday stuff. Catch yas soon.

Cheers

i had a shocker.

basically.

*started last cos i didnt understand the Q rules.
*got up to 8th for a while, got passed a couple times.
*had to refuel cos i ran out after 10 laps.
*got a drive through penalty for speeding in the pits.
*went in for drive through, didnt work.
*went in again for drive through.
*hit a wall in the esses damaged susp.
*limped to pits.
*fumbled to the end.

so hard to string lots of laps together with a PS3 remote, but i was happy with my 2:23 fastest lap. a wheel would prolly help me lots, but i dont have the space, monies, or patience.

i got in trouble about yielding to ppl lapping me, i did my best, but with the PS3 its hard to just slow down and move over, cos any steering input can send me into a spin.

i am aware of lappers, i wasnt being difficult. its just not easy.

and sorry to the guy i sent off into the grass in the back corners, this was a classic case, i was mid corner trying to hold on and a guy behind me is coming up fast, so i ended up spinning out and crashing into him. sorry about that. i was attempting to slow down, without taking myself out. it didnt work.

im getting better. thats the main thing.

i dont suck this much on PS3, infact im very fast. its just the rFactor/Ps3 rermote combo that is killing me. need more practice.

great race though. loved it.

made a good start from seventh and was chasing webber and dave gibson for the first few laps. was slowly catching webber until he made a mistake just before the dipper and hit the wall. i just manged to squeeze past his car and the wall, thanks for getting reverse so quick webber. i was hoping to be able to catch dave but he was just a little bit quicker than me so i was just trying to put some good laps together. got close to dave near the end when he had a spin but again he was just a bit faster than me so i had to settle for fourth.

thanks to everyone you raced last night, i had an absolute ball

Went for more of a race setup with my Sierra, was very stoked with my Shootout lap (Amazing what time you can do when you turn the clock off the screen haha).
Got a good start and had the lead for the 1st lap or 2, i knew racer69 had overall pace on me, so when he got through i really tried to stick close with him hoping i'd force him into a few errors. It happened once when i got back passed him but i made a mistake in the cutting which let him back into the lead and from there he slowly pulled away. I then had a run in with shaynskyline in the chase (all good mate!!) where i went n did my best Mark Winterbottom across the sand... almost got out the other side, but then stalled not once, not twice but FOUR f-ing times hahahahaha
I then got back up to 2nd which is where i finished... 2nd was the best i was gonna do, racer just had the pace ... Well done mate, loved those early laps!! Congrats to everyone who turned out, was a good turnout!!