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Summer Finale at Kyoto Ring GP Long
youliftyoulose, Wednesday, August 28 2013 - 05:36:53 // comment: 8


Race 6 of the GT2 Summer races of Absolute Beginners race took place at Kyoto Ring GP Long in the reverse direction. A larger than normal group of 20 summer drivers assembled to put in a qualifying time. Daldla put in the fastest time with a 2:20.14. Rookie Velikov was the only other driver to break into the 2:20’s


Dalda and Black go drifting in the early laps.


tmack enjoying racing with the front runners.


Daniel makes hard contact with Black on the final turn on the last lap in a miscalculated move for position.


Velikov celebrates with his pit crew as he races by the pit wall as he takes the win.


As the qualifying race got underway, Camoradi was the first to spin with a little help from torberkel. He quickly dropped from P6 to last in P20.

Dan and Michal made contact as they left the final turn on the 1st lap. Xnyle, who was close behind the incident was unable to avoid a spinning Michal and hit him hard. The collision severely damaged Xnyle’s right front suspension causing him to return to the pits for repairs. The setback was potentially a severe blow to Xnyle’s bid to remain in front of Daniel for the 3rd spot in the championship race.

CruelGarfield lost control on the final turn as well and got collected by Alex relegating both to the end of the line.

Up at the front Dalda’s choice of R2’s on the front were beginning go above their optimal working range. By the middle of lap 3, with his fronts melting away, he conceded the lead to Veliko. At the start of lap 4 Dalda and Michel made contact with Michel ending up in the grass. Mazdarati was following right behind and could not avoid Dalda who was hard on the brakes for T1 in an attempt get his car slowed down enough to make the corner.

The qualifying race finished with Velikov 1st with Mazdarati and Black close behind. Daniel, happy to finish 8th especially noting that Xnyle would be starting at the back of the grid for the main race. Perhaps it was possible to make up the 7 points he needed to capture 3rd in the standings.

The main race had its incidents even before cars made it to the first corner. Michal was handed a “Drive through” penalty for jumping the start. Camoradi and dan came together slightly on the straight with Camoradi getting loose and loosing several positions. Alex also lost control and went for a spin on the grass and fell to last place.

The added weight restrictions seemed to be taking its toll on the usual front runners. Up at the front a tmack was exploiting the benefits of having a car with zero ballast as he kept pace with Mazdarati in P2. Knistling also having a light car was in sight of the leaders in P6. Jamo also seemed to enjoy his light car as he was also keeping his car in the top 6.

Torberkel ran wide in the fast right hander and ended up in the grass and made hard contact with the steel barrier. The off track excursion relegated him in last position.

Dalda and Black, P3 and P4, got together half way through lap 1 and both went spinning onto the grass. Black recovered back in P15 and Dalda in P20. Black seemed frustrated by Dalda’s optimistic move. Unfortunately it would not be the last time a driver would appear to be too aggressive with Mr. Deadslow this race.
Meanwhile, Xnyle had done a masterful job of working through the field and by lap 3 was up to P11 only one position behind Daniel, a spot that if he could maintain would clinch 3rd place in the championship.

As the pit window opened on lap 5, most of the cars that started with the hardest compound tires began to pit and put on a softer set for the remainder of the race. Mazdarati was first into the pits coming back on the track in P11. Dalda followed Mazdarati into the pits but came in too fast and was caught speeding, which earned him a “Drive Through” penalty. Daniel, BaronRojo and dan also pitted on lap 5 and put on the softer tires. Dalda, frustrated at the way his race was going decided to retire.

Xnyle made his pit stop on lap 6 but a miscommunication with his pit crew sent him out back on track without changing tire compounds, a mistake that would necessitate and additional pit stop. One lap later he stopped to change over to the R3’s but found himself back in P16 with a lot of work to do again.
On lap 7 tmack made a small error and made a trip through the gravel allowing Jamo and Knistling to get by taking away his 2nd position. A couple of corners later he inexplicably lost control of his car and drove straight into the wall. He decided that it was time to retire.

As the race crossed the halfway point, Velikov was enjoying almost a 40 second lead over 2nd place Knistling. Mazdarati was close behind in 3rd.
Gutholz (P8) made a mistake on lap 14 on the final turn and ran wide onto the grass allowing Daniel to finally get by.

Daniel, now in P8, got the chicane wrong and hit the wall hard, damaging his left side suspension. Not recognizing the extent of the damage he hit the wall in the same place on the next lap and made the damage even worse. Would he be able to finish the last 10 laps without pitting for repairs, something he wanted to avoid if he was to stay ahead of Xnyle in P12.

Up ahead Mazdarati made good on a pass over Knistilng. Knistling lost focus and ran his car wide into the gravel. He did a great job of keeping the car under control and returned to racing still in P3.

On lap 17, Black had worked his way back to P7. He made a mistake in the chicane and hit the wall hard on his left side leaving his car with some suspension damage. Damage or not, Black, now up to P5, was driving a great race considering he was the heaviest car in the field as he put in a PB on lap 19.

By the end of lap 20, everyone had made their mandatory pit stops. Velikov was hanging on to a 8 second lead over Mazdarati, with Michal a distant 3rd.
Black, who was pushing hard in the final laps, kissed the wall several more times and started to feel the effects of the accumulating damage.

Daniel (P6) could see that he was gaining rapidly over an ailing Black over the final 3 laps. Daniel had more to worry about than catching Black as torberkel was filling his mirrors at every corner. As Daniel and torberkel raced each other down the main straight on lap 24, Daniel was not able to make T1 and went through the tires giving torberkel the spot.

As Black took the chicane for the 2nd to last time he hit the wall again, almost destroying his left side suspension. Torberkel quickly caught up to the struggling Black and easily made the pass for P5. Black was having a terrible time turning right and was just hoping to limp his car home.

Meanwhile, Daniel had recovered from his trip through the tires and could see that Black was having difficulty. As Daniel approached Black on the last lap going into the final turn he could see the wounded Black struggling with his car on the left. Given his slow pace, Daniel hoped that Black would remain to the left and off of the racing line. Unfortunately he assumed incorrectly as Black managed to get his car turned and went for the optimal line around the corner. Daniel, who had committed to the same line plowed into the side of Black sending him into a spin. Black lost a couple of places before he could drag his car across the finish line in P8.

Velidov hung on to the win edging out Mazdarati by under 3 seconds. Michel took the 3ed spot on the podium. Honorable mention goes to Jamo for have a strong race to finish 4th.

Mazdarati clinched the championship with his 2nd place finish, with Black in a solid 2nd. Xnyle did enough in the final race to edge out Daniel by 3 points.

See you next week at as we start another season of S2..




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