TCC at Magny Cours

[McGregor]

TCC will be holding Vintage and modified GTQ races at Magny Cours this weekend at 6:00 PM Pacific Daylight time (GMT-8) Vintage on Friday and GTQ on Saturday. The race lengths will be 12 and 24 laps.

GTQ (McOOPS! Vintage!) lap times will be under 1:30. 20 gallons of fuel will be sufficient for a 12 lap stint. I don't know about GTQ. I haven't tried it yet.

We will meet in the TCC chat at the above time. Be sure to have D/L'ed and installed the track in advance. The link has been posted at TCC. The track has also been uploaded to the file section in case anyone needs it.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_trophycup_club/

Be sure to practice the track in advance. It's a tough one!

RR

[McGregor]

I'd like to remind everyone about the 2 tire rule for Magny Cours.
That is 2 tires on the roadway at all times. The red and white
striped curbing is considered part of the roadway.

There are some corners at Magny Cours where there is extensive green paving outside the curbing. That isn't considered roadway. Just be sure to keep 2 tires on the curbing and you'll be ok. As usual, I will not be looking too closely.

If you do cut a corner to excess, just lift off the throttle
immediately after the transgression to be sure you don't gain time. If you cut the corner to excess while passing someone, lift and return the postion right after the corner. If it's due to avoiding another car that's out of control, just proceed without lifting.

Just like Formula 1, if you don't gain time or position, there is no
foul.

Another rule we use at TCC is if we punt someone off course, we
immediately pull up and allow that car to regain the track before
continuing. If the two of you are side by side when the contact is
made, that's incidental contact and you need not pull up. Whether you do or not is a judgement call on your part. Since close racing is the point at TCC, pulling up even in that case is the courteous thing to do. Besides, you get to continue the battle! <g>

At other series, it's required or considered courteous for lapped
cars to ease up and pull off line to allow the lapping car to pass.
Good idea here too. Particularly if the leaders are in the middle of
a close fight. Except, please DON'T do it for McG. He'd rather lose
the race and execute a difficult pass. <g>

RR

[McGregor]

We had four racers tonight. Doug had problems with the drivers for his video card and could not get them fixed in time for the first race. He could have made the second race, but McG neglected to check email, YaMess or TCC chat in between the races. Major faux pas! And profuse apologies from McG for his thoughtlessness!

Welcome to Darren (Sir Delton), who joins us after a long hiatus from racing SCGT. He has been racing Nascar Heat. We know Darren from the Online Racing Ladder of last year, where he showed his considerable skill and consistancy.

McG found that he had cut a few corners to excess. As usual, that was due to driver error. He made it a point to lift and usually downshift to be sure that he did not gain any time where it was appropriate.

Heat one, 12 laps, was won convincingly by Sir Delton in his Lola T70. McG was close at the beginning, but fell back to a distant 3rd by making mistake after mistake. Lack of practice, McG? Dan (Spang123) drove to a well deserved 2nd place, also far ahead of the hapless McG.

1st Sir Delton - Sp67 #11 Lola T70 17m57.115
2nd Spang - HTCC #42 Ferrari 250 GTO - 48.006s
3rd McGregor TC - HTCC #00 Ferrari 250 GTO - 1m01.575s
4th Burmcat TC - HTCC #56 Shelby Daytona Coupe -2 Laps

Heat two, 24 laps. McG settled down a bit and showed his experience with the GTO by taking the win from Sir Delton (SD) by a small margin. He still made a large number of mistakes, but was able to fend off the charging Lola of Sir Delton. McG posted his quick lap early in the race, while SD didn't get his until the 2nd last lap. To show the difference, SD had one lap over 1:30 while McG had 4. In the 12 lap race, it was seven to one! Ok, McG. Just you wait until SD has more laps in the Lola under his belt. Then let's see if you can best him. BC sat out most of the race to watch the antics up front.

1st McGregor TC - HTCC #00 Ferrari 250 GTO 35m39.989
2nd Sir Delton - Sp67 #11 Lola T70 - 04.064s
3rd Spang - HTCC #42 Ferrari 250 GTO -3 Laps
4th Burmcat TC - HTCC #24 Ferrari 250 GTO -16 Laps

Fast laps.

1. McGregor 1:25.184
2. Sir Delton 1:26.295
3. Spang123 1:28.255
4. Burmcat 1:39.329

[McGregor]

We had 5 racers in one pit tonight. Thank you BC for your superb internet connection! The racing was absolutely fantastic and your connection made it possible. Unfortunately, Doug could not join us due to family commitments. Boy will he be p***ed. LoL

Race one, 12 laps, was decided on the first lap. The four Porsches played three ... -er FOUR stooges and dallied in the sand boxes while Casey's BMW motored serenely into a full 10 second lead over TC/KM/Four of a kind with McG breathing down his neck. McG quickly took second and whittled 2 seconds off Casey's lead. On lap 4, Casey had an off or a screen freeze, allowing McG to close up. On lap 5, Casey again had a problem (off or screen freeze) and McG was able to take the lead, even though McG also had a bad lap. On laps 6 through 9, McG managed to fritter away about 40 seconds and fell to 3rd place. A long way back! Casey to the fore once again. McG gathered it in and was able to retake 2nd place from TC/KM/four of a kind and set out after Casey again. On lap 10, Casey had a screen freeze that cost him a full 30 seconds! McG closed it up again, but was unable to take point. McG, whose tires were shot (tires worn message) managed to lop a full 4 seconds off Casey's lead on the last lap and finished less than one second behind. Well done Shawn Casey!!! Bravo! TC/KM/four ... drove his usual consistant race to take the remaining podium position not too far behind the lead pair.

Outstanding race all!

Heat one, 12 laps.

1st CaseyE21 - GTQ #38 BMW M3 20m02.960
2nd McGregor GTQ - GTQ #11 Porsche 911 - 00.639s
3rd four of a kind - GTQ #32 Porsche 911 - 16.210s
4th Spang - GTQ #82 Porsche 911 - 1m04.919s
5th Burmcat - GTQ #03 Porsche 911 -1 Laps

Heat one, as good as it was, was only the prelim for heat two - 24 laps. Dan (Spang123) took the lead from pole position and held it through the end of lap one. With Casey 1/2 second behind and breathing hotly down his neck. The other three? Well, there were only THREE stooges this race. LoL McG 6 seconds back, BC 11 seconds back and TC/KM/four ... 13 seconds back. Dan had a bad 2nd lap and fell to 3rd, allowing Casey and McG through. McG gathered it in and was 1.354 seconds behind at the end of lap 4. On lap 5, McG managed to lose almost a full 30 seconds and fell to 3rd, behind Dan (Spang123). Back to work, McG. Lunch break is over! (Hah! He's still out to lunch and the race is long over!) On lap 6, Dan had another off and allowed McG back into 2nd. The chase was on!

McG's offs ran his fuel down and he had to pit early on lap 11. McG had managed to whittle about 10 seconds off Casey's lead, then gave it all back on his out lap after his pit stop. Lap 14 was a bad one for Casey. He gave up almost 22 seconds of his lead on that lap alone. McG caught up and managed to get side by side with Casey. Both did a little "rubbing" trying to get track position. Then McG hung a wheel in the grass and had to back off. LoL. Good, close, side by side action! McG had a bit better run through the final corner at the end of lap 17 and took the lead with Casey in hot pursuit. A little too hot. He punted McG off at the hairpin on lap 18. Then he held up to give McG his point position. After McG resumed point, he lifted to allow Casey to close back up to about the former gap. Maybe not quite enough though. He had almost a 2 second lead by the end of that lap. Lap 22 was another bad one for both of our heroes. Casely lost over 3 seconds more than McG on that lap. On the final 2 laps, Casey regained all of that time to finish a scan 1.3 seconds behind McG. Casey's fastest lap of the night was the last lap!

TC/KM/four ... drove his usual consistant race to overcome being last at the end of the first lap. He finished 3rd again - the only other car on the lead lap. Well done TC/KM!

What a race! What a night!!!

1st McGregor GTQ - GTQ #11 Porsche 911 38m52.080
2nd CaseyE21 - GTQ #38 BMW M3 - 01.313s
3rd four of a kind - GTQ #32 Porsche 911 - 1m33.994s
4th Spang - GTQ #82 Porsche 911 -1 Laps
5th Burmcat - GTQ #03 Porsche 911 -2 Laps

Fast Laps.

1. McGregor 1:30.243
2. CaseyE21 1:30.928
3. Spang123 1:34.605
4. Burmcat 1:36.719
5. TC/KM/four ... 1:37.305

At the risk of making this a long post, I'll include the actual lap times.

Heat 1:

Spang CaseyE21 Burmcat McGregor four of a kind
1 110.996 98.750 119.191 108.462 108.453
2 113.120 93.801 103.367 96.390 100.751
3 95.728 93.949 101.738 93.727 98.870
4 96.513 101.277 124.567 92.600 98.969
5 108.220 112.252 138.063 100.610 99.499
6 94.797 95.751 99.865 107.806 99.688
7 95.851 93.983 96.916 102.150 99.452
8 101.815 94.723 108.599 104.488 99.866
9 103.019 97.812 117.917 110.207 105.328
10 109.959 125.996 105.804 94.944 101.707
11 113.724 96.864 107.217 98.685 100.818
12 124.137 97.801 out 93.531 105.770

Heat 2:

Spang - GTQ #82 Porsche 911 CaseyE21 - GTQ #38 BMW M3 Burmcat - GTQ #03 Porsche 911 McGregor GTQ - GTQ #11 Porsche 911 four of a kind - GTQ #32 Porsche 911
1 99.982 100.444 111.326 106.252 113.599
2 107.457 93.685 105.787 94.866 99.307
3 95.308 93.423 105.955 91.082 98.624
4 95.341 93.880 103.159 90.583 98.970
5 95.809 94.490 110.266 119.615 98.894
6 107.874 93.231 116.151 91.896 99.014
7 94.667 92.350 106.194 96.224 97.697
8 122.400 98.206 130.731 91.724 98.808
9 105.542 93.014 99.695 91.349 98.784
10 98.531 95.235 134.311 90.243 98.978
11 97.984 96.683 106.558 139.284 100.712
12 108.479 128.928 99.586 96.292 137.326
13 103.240 99.505 96.970 95.886 99.383
14 118.617 114.399 97.830 92.482 97.556
15 97.343 97.060 97.085 98.297 99.607
16 94.605 91.744 96.719 92.285 98.296
17 95.940 94.759 109.357 92.589 98.022
18 96.845 102.216 100.122 100.442 97.999
19 95.099 92.114 98.914 90.970 98.893
20 127.797 92.463 142.662 92.709 97.305
21 96.725 92.371 106.703 94.162 100.002
22 114.443 100.889 126.885 97.405 99.179
23 113.893 91.375 --out--- 92.128 99.802
24 --out-- 90.928 --out--- 93.315 99.318