Thursday, January 8, 2009

Day 328 (23 FEB, YEAR 2): Beginner Events / Spider & Roadster / Infineon Raceway

Participated in Spider & Roadster (Infineon Raceway - Sports Car Course). Champion.
Time: 1'54.948

Beginner Events: Spider & Roadster: Infineon Raceway - Sports Car Course: 2 Laps
Settings: S2/S2; (125 SettingsHP); Nitrous @ 65; Aids 000; 17 Ballast @ 0
A-spec points: 200
Prize: $3000

FSCar NameTime (Gap)Best
16Mazda MX-5 Miata 1600 NR-A (J) '043'55.8261'54.948
21Opel Speedster '00+0'00.111
33Mazda MX-5 Miata 1800 RS (J) '00+0'09.196
44

Mercedes SLK 230 Kompressor '98

DNF

55BMW Z4 '03DNF
62Peugeot 206cc '01

DNF


Please refer to these track maps when looking up Turn numbers/names ** Special thanks to AMG @ GTPlanet.net for the hard work put in to generate them!!! **

I move past the first 4 opponents by the time I exit Turn 4, but the Opel has already started to break away from the pack. I'm down 2.345" at T2, but I gradually catch up to it while coming out of the hairpin at Turn 11. I'm down 1.447" at the end of Lap 1 with 5 bars of Nitrous left, and it's not until Turn 7a that I manage to pull up to its bumper.

We cross T2 and I'm down 0.250". I aim to take an inside angle as we go through Turn 8, but the Opel stays tight to the right and I get pushed to the outside. This sends me into the cones on the left, and upsets my rhythm through the rest of the section. I bash into the rear of the Opel as we enter the final hairpin, and I send it into the barrier. I pull ahead of it as we exit, and my bottle is nearly empty. I manage to block the Opel as it makes its final lunge, and I cross the line with a 0.111" lead.

I ended the race with 15.2 miles on the odometer.

Here's a video of my run:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5434273865173281596

Thanks for reading. Thanks for watching. And Have A Great Drive!
RoadHazard
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