Elise RM | Saturday March 10 | Rome

[Forgetful]

DriverSports.org Rulebook:

Race Day: Saturday March 10, 2012

Car: Lotus Elise RM '96

Technical Regulations:

Tires: Sports Soft

Track: Rome 3.47 km / 2.16 mi

Race Distance: 32 laps | 111.04km | 69.12 mi

Qualifying Deadline - 9:00 PM EST

• Pre-Qualifying Session Maximum Lap Count: 5
  
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Drivers Meeting - Open 9:20 PM EST | Closed 9:30 PM EST

Pre-Qualifying Results

Proper Room Settings:

Schedule:

• February
  
  • Saturday 18. Nürburgring GP/F 5.15 km / 3.20 mi | 18 laps | 92.7km | 57.6 mi
    
  • Saturday 25. Suzuka Circuit / Weather Change 5.81 km / 3.61 mi | 18 laps | 104.58km | 64.98 mi
  
  
  • March
  • Saturday 3. Road Course - Indy 4.19 km / 2.61 mi | 24 laps | 100.56km | 62.64 mi
    
  • Saturday 10. Rome 3.47 km / 2.16 mi | 32 laps | 111.04km | 69.12 mi

[clacksman]

Interest check.

I should be able to make this tonight.

[group44]

Interest high, equipment condition low. Really enjoy these little Lotus RM's so I'll try to make it...

[AgentWD40_FL]

q time banked. will be there

[clacksman]

13.389 in the bank. Just gearing changed from previous tune.

[Forgetful]

Will be running

[timneyb]

Unfortunately I can only do one weekend night at 9. Did a few laps when mm and mr f joined my lounge, and it seems fun. Easier to drive than I expected. 13.mid was where I was at after 15 minutes of acclimation on whatever was left as a tune on my isotope green machine.

[HWKII]

Unfortunately I can only do one weekend night at 9. Did a few laps when mm and mr f joined my lounge, and it seems fun. Easier to drive than I expected. 13.mid was where I was at after 15 minutes of acclimation on whatever was left as a tune on my isotope green machine.

More converts to the Church of Isotope Green...

I won't be around this weekend, birthday parties for friends every night (Fri/Sat/Sun). Too bad, my best Q lap was a 1'14.1XX, glad that's at least not embarrassingly off the pace.

[clacksman]

Q'd, wandering on for practice shortly.

[Forgetful]

[clacksman]

Live quali was tight:


Race finish:


Don't know if I had enough pace to win a straight race, but I was the one to not bend my car which is much different to how I ran this car at Suzuka so I'll take it.

[mmacek96]

All in all a good race for Me. Very early on i was lightly tapped from behind (no Problem Boss) in an area of the track which lends itself to that, I tried to continue on but that lil orange circle surrounding My right rear suspension finally bit Me. I hit the exit wall exiting the kink. This caused WD n Forgetful to get into Me, My Bad, We all hit the pits on lap 2 or something. From then on it was just drive it. Was a long lonesome race, but safely run to 3rd place. Grats Clacksman on a wall free run.

[Forgetful]

All in all a good race for Me. Very early on i was lightly tapped from behind (no Problem Boss) in an area of the track which lends itself to that, I tried to continue on but that lil orange circle surrounding My right rear suspension finally bit Me. I hit the exit wall exiting the kink. This caused WD n Forgetful to get into Me, My Bad, We all hit the pits on lap 2 or something. From then on it was just drive it. Was a long lonesome race, but safely run to 3rd place. Grats Clacksman on a wall free run.

Ya, that was totally my bad. It was one of those times when you're locked on to a brake point, since that corner is so important, and then all of a sudden I was staring at two red round orbs on the back of your car wondering why they were so bright I ended up with the big circle on my left front. She was a little wobbly, but I figured I could soldier on. I noticed mm was a little wobbly too, but his was on the rear so it's no surprise that it bit him a few laps later in the kink at the end of the back straight. I almost squeaked by with a side scrape, but we had slowed up so much that WD came through and hit us both pretty hard. All in all a good quality wreck.

I got back in the groove after my stop, and was trying to catch mm until I spun on lap 26(?) and damaged both sided of the front. I just parked it after that.

A decent night. Fun combo that I'll miss, for sure. Thanks for coming out guys.

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