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Re: Sebring Race Updates
By: Dave Petts Date: March 28, 2015, 12:48 pm
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leader has crashed - now 4th with 3rd in sight
#Post#: 585--------------------------------------------------
Re: Sebring Race Updates
By: MM Date: March 28, 2015, 2:33 pm
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Good luck guys, hope you make the podium.
;)
We've had some terrible luck this time around, just trying to do
a top 5 right now.
Gt car braked checked Eric in a weird spot so we got 8 minutes
of pit time which had us in 5th at -5L then I hoped in, in my
last part of my second stint something happened that has never
in my 7 year with iRacing;My screen goes black with Java asking
me for updates right before going into a corner at 260km/hrr!!
>:(
20 minutes in the pits, back out, the car is about 3 seconds off
pace but very drivable so very lucky in that sense....
I'm not sure why my system did that, not sure if it's iracing's
new website or what... I'll have to find some setting that when
I'm in iRacing nothing disturbs it!
#Post#: 586--------------------------------------------------
Re: Sebring Race Updates
By: Sergey Pupko Date: March 28, 2015, 2:59 pm
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Well, I'm back out of the car in 4th place, 5th is quicker than
us but laps down. I was pushed wide by a GT coming off of T5 (I
believe) onto the straight where the corner curves. I was in
heat of battle didn't notice that the track pretty much met with
a barrier and speared it, damaging the left side permanently.
Nose was replaced, but the damage on the side remains. Car still
goes relatively straight (wheel is off-center a bit), although
down on power. Barely able to take 6th gear, but able to break
later (weird). I was pacing at 1:54's and 1:55's.. Managed a
1:53, but should've been running 1:52's and 1:51's :(
I was the fastest car on field at the time. At that rate, I
figure we could've been on podium or better by now. 3 laps down,
and probably will continue in 4th if things stay as they are.
Hopefully Dave doesn't find the car a handful, it is a bit
pushy, but stable nonetheless, considering what it's been
through.
#Post#: 587--------------------------------------------------
Re: Sebring Race Updates
By: MM Date: March 28, 2015, 4:40 pm
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We're holding steady in 5Th, most cars are running 1:57s.
I'll get back in the car for 2 more stints then Eric will take
it home and then who knows!
#Post#: 588--------------------------------------------------
Re: Sebring Race Updates
By: Sergey Pupko Date: March 28, 2015, 5:52 pm
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Couldn't say the same here :(
Dave had a pretty bad crash. Spun it and couldn't save, took a
high speed dive into the wall. 15 minutes+ in the pits later,
the car feels great, but missing top end speed. I was still
posting 1:54's and 1:55's but so many laps down that it would
take a crash of the same magnitude from anyone ahead for us to
make places. Will have to accept 9th place out of 10 and look
forward to the next race.
By then hopefully I'll have a proper seat and wheel mount rig.
Looking to buy one. Any suggestions?
Oh, also, I did one stint after the crash and let Dave back in.
He'll do 2 stints and I'll finish it.
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Re: Sebring Race Updates
By: MM Date: March 28, 2015, 7:00 pm
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Thats unfortunate Sergey. :(
Was hoping one of cars would make podium...
I just finished my last 2 stints, was doing 1:55s, car is great
but missing top speed, did a few 1:54s when not much traffic.
I'm sooooo pissed at that fricken java update!!!!!!! We would of
been fighting for a top podium!!!! Arrrrrrrrrrg!!!! >:(
Huge apologises to my co-driver Eric, so very sorry man! And
thanks for the setup, was great fun to drive on a very tricky
and bumpy track!
I think that's about all my eyes could take, so bumpy, so hard
to focus, eyes are tired.
The Gts were decent but were getting pretty sketchy near the
end, most of them damaged with spins happening all over the
place. Makes for exciting racing though, reminds me how good
Sebring is for multiclass racing.
Well I hope Eric finishes well and hope for a miracle 4th place
but will take top 5 for sure.
Great race! :)
#Post#: 590--------------------------------------------------
Re: Sebring Race Updates
By: Dave Petts Date: March 28, 2015, 7:26 pm
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:( So sorry. I knew the car war prone to oversteer and I just
didn't take care. I'm speechless. My thanks to Sergey for being
such a great co-driver. All I had to do was keep the car in one
piece and I know he had the pace - even beat up as we were - to
be fighting for a podium.
My thanks to the mechanics for taking a totalled car making
something drivable out of it.
Still enjoyed it, but gutted at the same time.
This endurance stuff isn't easy.
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Re: Sebring Race Updates
By: Eric Estes Date: March 28, 2015, 8:28 pm
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We brought it hime in 5th, not bad after our various mishaps.
We were 16 laps down, next ahead was 10 laps down at the end.
Another Bonus: Mikhael and I are both at 4.99 SR now.
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Re: Sebring Race Updates
By: Sergey Pupko Date: March 28, 2015, 8:48 pm
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Congrats, well finished :D
I'm at 4.59 SR myself XD That's the biggest reason to love those
hyper endurance events. As long as you stay on track, even with
20-30 off-tracks, you'll still gain so much SR it's not funny.
iR isn't in effect though.
Dave, you were great, honestly. Yes, you were a few seconds off
but you were very consistent. Whether in traffic or not, your
laps were almost always bang on. One piece of advice though,
HPD, much like Indycar and F1 car love it when you take their
nut-sacks and rip it right off... What I mean by that is they
love to be driven hard. Break late, flick it into the corner
before turning-in, and you could've shaved off a few tenths
every lap if you used 1st gear a little more on the in-field. I
even used 1st gear in 2/3/4 combo. Especially when turning in,
when you're coasting through the turn, flick down to 1st and the
car turns in even more, but don't change down too early or
you'll spin. It's good to start careful and get a feel of what
the car can do, but if you're looking for speed, you need to be
aggressive. Take it with a grain of salt, try to put in a lot of
practice laps, you'll see what I mean ;)
That said, congrats everyone who participated and finished!
Let's look forward to the next race :)
PS: We had two 2-man teams? I thought you guys had more? :-/
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Re: Sebring Race Updates
By: MM Date: March 28, 2015, 9:13 pm
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[quote author=Eric Estes link=topic=31.msg591#msg591
date=1427592511]
We brought it hime in 5th, not bad after our various mishaps.
We were 16 laps down, next ahead was 10 laps down at the end.
Another Bonus: Mikhael and I are both at 4.99 SR now.
[/quote]
Great Job Eric, top 5 is not bad considering the car spent
almost 30 minutes in the pits! :P
I'm still pretty peeved though about what happened, we should of
had 1st! Gonna have to find out how to make any program
impossible to interrupt iRacing Ever Again!
And yes nice to be up at 4.99 again.
Great stuff Eric!
[quote author=Sergey Pupko link=topic=31.msg592#msg592
date=1427593702]
Congrats, well finished :D
PS: We had two 2-man teams? I thought you guys had more? :-/
[/quote]
Thanks Sergey!
And nope, only 2 man teams...
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