DriverSports Tin-Top Touring Challenge | Sunday March 18 | GP/F

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Welcome to the DriverSports Tin-Top Touring Challenge. Race coordinators have identified 8 Premium RWD cars that were able to be built in a way that is verifiable by checking the redline, boost gauge readings and exhaust note and tip. The parts allowed are the best possible combination that will produce the indicated redline with the correct exhaust equipped, which means not only can the race marshals perform post race inspections by reviewing the replay, but so can anyone who has access to the replay file.

This series will be host to a Championship spanning 6 races over the next 6 weeks. Once entered in the series drivers must stay committed to one car. Each driver will be awarded one 'drop' of their lowest score, meaning the championship will be scored by a driver's 5 best finishes. Please note that this series makes use of DLC track content that you must purchase to be able to race on.

DriverSports.org Rulebook:

Race Day: Sunday March 18, 2012

Class: Touring Challenge

This event is being run with specific regulations for each car. See the Rulebook and Technical Regulations tab for full details.

Track: Nürburgring GP/F 5.15 km / 3.20 mi

Race Distance: 18 laps | 92.7km | 57.6 mi

Qualifying Deadline - 9:00 PM EST

• Pre-Qualifying Session Maximum Lap Count: 5
  
• Submit a Time

Drivers Meeting - Open 9:20 PM EST | Closed 9:30 PM EST

Pre-Qualifying Results

Championship Points Tables:

Proper Room Settings:

Schedule:

• February
  
  • Sunday 19. Fuji Speedway F 4.56 km / 2.84 mi | 22 laps | 100.32km | 62.48 mi
    
  • Sunday 26. Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps / Weather Change 7.00 km / 4.35 mi (DLC) | 16 laps | 112km | 69.6 mi

• March
  
  • Sunday 4. PSN MAINTENANCE
    
  • Sunday 11. Cote D'Azur 3.35 km / 2.08 mi | 23 laps | 77.05km | 47.84 mi
    
  • Sunday 18. Nürburgring GP/F 5.15 km / 3.20 mi | 18 laps | 92.7km | 57.6 mi
    
  • Sunday 25. Suzuka Circuit / Weather Change 5.81 km / 3.61 mi | 18 laps | 104.58km | 64.98 mi
  
  
• April
  
  • Sunday 1. Road Course - Indy 4.19 km / 2.61 mi | 24 laps | 100.56km | 62.64 m
  
  

General Technical Regulations

GT Auto:
Oil change, car wash, rims, paint and refreshes are allowed.

• Front - Optional
  
• Rear - Optional
  
• Extension - Optional
  
• Wing - Mandatory - Must be a tall wing. No spoilers please
  
• Racing Modification - Prohibited

Tires: Sports Soft

Your installed parts, performance statistics, HUD readings and exhaust tips and sound must match the accompanying image and video exactly. If unlisted the default part is equipped. All cars are equipped with the default Standard Transmission. No gear whine should be audible on any car. The maximum power figures are achieved with a fully broken in, oil changed and engine refreshed car with less than 10,000 km. Adding illegal parts to make up for an unbroken car is not allowed.

BMW 135i Coupe '07 Technical Regulations:

BMW Z4 M Coupe '08 Technical Regulations:

Infiniti G35 Coupe '06 Technical Regulations:

Mazda RX-8 Type S '07 Technical Regulations:

Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) '08 Technical Regulations:

Nissan Fairlady Z Version S (Z33) '07 Technical Regulations:

TVR Tuscan Speed Six '00 Technical Regulations:

Toyota 86 GT '12 Technical Regulations:

[timneyb]

Early afternoon practice: 2'09.mid on a good lap in the TVR. No calculations made, but based on rear wear after 6 laps, I think I'll have to pit.

[timneyb]

Provided the team owner cooperates and takes his scheduled 12:30 to 2:30 nap, I'll be in my lounge about 1 for a race distance run with no stops (to see how the car handles wear here, and confirm that I indeed need to pit).

[clacksman]

Quick practice earlier today, 2'10.0 in free run but no q run done. That'll have to wait until after NAPCAR.

[timneyb]

Provided the team owner cooperates and takes his scheduled 12:30 to 2:30 nap, I'll be in my lounge about 1 for a race distance run with no stops (to see how the car handles wear here, and confirm that I indeed need to pit).

Pit ∆ is about 27 seconds, give or take a second.

First 9 were 27.4 seconds faster than the second 9 laps.

40 minutes for:

Race events will decide whether I pit or not.

[group44]

Q in. Don't wanna miss three races in one weekend. That and GP/F is a great track.

[clacksman]

Q'd quickly with a one&done, just under 2'10.

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[timneyb]

My Replay

Great race and a win that surprised me. It's not exactly the ringer car, but it's damn hard to pass if I don't screw up. Best series ever.

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1. Timneyb
   
2. Rooster722
   
3. Forgetful
   
4. group44
   
5. robiker
   
6. clacksman

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AsYcOssf_Ud8dFphRzRBQjV3V1QybkhzV29pT3FLOUE&output=html

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There'll be a video there when it's finished uploading and processing

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Video (eventually)

[timneyb]

Some pics:

Bouncing through the chicane (TVR does not like to bounce)


Streaming through Schumacher


This is why they make it difficult to take shots of the pit stops.


Clacksman out strategised the pit stop shuffle


Retaking the lead, but a blanket over us after 2/3 distance.

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[clacksman]

Bouncing through the chicane (TVR does not like to bounce)

First two times behind you there I thought you just blew it a bit. Third time through I figured out you were avoiding the curbs.

Clacksman out strategised the pit stop shuffle

With robiker barely behind the pack there was no track traffic to fall into and it's always good to get an open pit lane. Lap 5 or 6 ish you were starting to hold me up a bit midcorner making drafting you closer to a wash.

[timneyb]

Bouncing through the chicane (TVR does not like to bounce)

First two times behind you there I thought you just blew it a bit. Third time through I figured out you were avoiding the curbs.

Clacksman out strategised the pit stop shuffle

With robiker barely behind the pack there was no track traffic to fall into and it's always good to get an open pit lane. Lap 5 or 6 ish you were starting to hold me up a bit midcorner making drafting you closer to a wash.

I thought about covering your strategy by coming in the very next lap, but I held out one more. That was almost a costly mistake since everybody seemed to come in that lap, and the lollipop men seemed to make getting into the pit stalls quite slow. I was lucky to pull you back in, since I was 2.5 seconds back by the time I got my tires hot. Fortunately you screwed up on laps that I didn't - also plastic TVR tires don't drop off in performance until lap 8.

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