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Post by spazsterian on Apr 19, 2013 6:50:34 GMT -8
Ok drivers we are half way through the season already! It's been an exciting run so far. This week we are off the the Monster Mile! 1 mile of harsh concrete and short track battling! Yes that means the tire wear WILL be atrocious. So again , it will be a strategy race. There's going to be a lot of pit stops involved, more then we've seen so far to date. So... do you run it full out and wear out your tires in 25 laps...or do you back it down and go for the long haul? 2 tires or 4? With needing more then one stop at this event, the choice will be open for you to decide and work out your strategy! Server will be up by Friday night for you to get a feel of what the action is going to be like. Tune is very solid right up to the end of the run where it will get loose, as it should. This being our mid season event, there WILL be special bonus points awarded as well outside of our normal awards. That is still being finalized at this time. Looking forward to seeing everyone out for this, should be a great time and some hard fought battles with...maybe a surprise at the finsih line depending on peoples strategies  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2013 10:44:44 GMT -8
oh yeah i've been waiting for this one. i need a soild finish this week. the last two have been shockers!
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Post by zero7159 on Apr 21, 2013 10:32:30 GMT -8
Very cool, love this track. And, we are back to ovals where we belong.  Sent from my HTC One X using proboards |
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Post by mrbasherman on Apr 22, 2013 13:13:38 GMT -8
The winner of this Tuesday's race gets a GBR keychain (plastic), thing and your choice of a basherboards sticker. Make sure to let me know who the winner is  Good luck. |
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Post by spazsterian on Apr 22, 2013 14:05:06 GMT -8
Yay! My first real sponsor award! Sweet! thanks Jon Sent from my SPH-D710 using proboards |
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Post by mrbasherman on Apr 22, 2013 15:30:37 GMT -8
No prob. By the way. Your wheel arrived... I haven't unboxed it yet, but it looks to have made the trip safely. |
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Post by spazsterian on Apr 22, 2013 15:40:42 GMT -8
Sweet cool Thanks |
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Post by Seahawks1Fan on Apr 22, 2013 16:37:11 GMT -8
Oh man, it's on!!
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Post by helios16v on Apr 23, 2013 5:56:25 GMT -8
This track is small enough...I just might make a cameo. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2013 20:10:22 GMT -8
Congrats champ tough race tonight i think i'm going threw a stock car rut lol!...
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Post by helios16v on Apr 24, 2013 7:17:01 GMT -8
Bah, I threw away 4th place digging for 3rd! Crossed the line 7th.....in reverse! Oh well. Was fun, even working back from the early screw ups and penalty shafts. Congrats Stinky! |
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Post by zero7159 on Apr 24, 2013 7:41:25 GMT -8
As usual, nice race champ. I am sorry I had nothing for you at the end there. You got off the line on the last restart far better than I did and I spent the rest of the time watching you from afar. I also will call out Dan for the awesome tire strategy at the end there. Dan, I assume you pitted on the last caution and got some fresh rubber, or you did a masterful job of managing your tires. You pulled off a crystal clean pass on me with only a lap or two to go and I had no chance. As you know, I don't give up the inside line just because someone sticks their nose in there.
Anyway, it was good to be back guys. Thanks for the awesome race and as always, special kudos to Ian for hosting. You are the man!!!!
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Post by Jeff H. on Apr 24, 2013 7:58:29 GMT -8
Yes, Fun race! Those cautions at the end really helped me. I've never been able to manage my tires at Dover. I debated pitting on that last caution for some fresh rubber but since I was leading, I decided to tough it out. It paid off!
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Post by oldslowfred on Apr 24, 2013 8:26:52 GMT -8
Very fun race  But I never fully figured out how to drive those corners  Eventually I found that one seemed to work better by staying high and diving fairly late into the corner. The other seemed to work better by letting off from farther back, turning in and then slowly getting back on the throttle. If I did it right I seemed to quite often be able to slingshot past the car in front, quite a few times I had to hit the brakes because the car in front was were I needed to go (Dan, Chris  ). Big problem was I frequently forgot which corner was which and also at times (ie the last few laps) got guilty of over-driving the car causing the tires to overheat/wear, car would slide more, I would overdrive more, repeat... ultimately putting it hard into the wall on the final lap  (Knight discusses the over-driving thing quite well on the BTCC thread ) ahh well in the end was still an exciting and fun race |
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(Knight discusses the over-driving thing quite well on the BTCC thread