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Talladega Super Speedway ARCA

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OFFICIAL EVENT

Date:	Jul 28, 2012
Length:	61 laps
Track:	Talladega Super Speedway
Series:	Sim Factory ARCA Stock Car Hour
Sim:

LEAGUE

As Real As It Gets

Racing host: Andy Graydon

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WINNER

ARCA: Andy Graydon

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Results
Post-race (8)
Gallery (13)
Pre-race (24)

FIN	DRIVER	REP FOR EVENT [X] Drivers may give other drivers positive Rep ("reputation") for any positive experience in-race, such as giving room, showing patience, sportsmanship, etc.	Q	.....	CAR	TEAM	LAP	LED	BEST	FINAL
1	Andy Graydon	6	4	00:51.334	ARCA	CT Racing	61	16	00:50.568	01:00:25.121	[Laps]
2	Bob Fay	7	5	00:51.350	ARCA	CT Racing	61	0	00:50.475	01:00:25.229	[Laps]
3	Jason Cotterill	7	10	NA	ARCA		61	1	00:50.560	01:00:25.231	[Laps]
4	Justin Brochure	5	7	00:51.435	ARCA		61	0	00:50.265	01:00:28.499	[Laps]
5	Scott Stenger	6	6	00:51.403	ARCA	Scorpion Racing Team	61	0	00:50.835	01:00:38.613	[Laps]
6	Rich Baker	6	3	00:51.275	ARCA	Joose Racing	61	0	00:50.387	01:00:38.748	[Laps]
7	John Stanley	7	9	00:52.385	ARCA		61	0	00:50.201	01:00:38.896	[Laps]
8	James Cassoday	6	12	NA	ARCA		61	0	00:50.271	01:01:01.570	[Laps]
9	Jim Barisoff	6	2	00:51.241	ARCA	DBFMotorsports.com	61	0	00:50.522	01:02:49.165	[Laps]
10	Luis F Almeida	5	1	00:51.224	ARCA	Escuderia Sul-Brasil	56	43	00:50.549	DNF	[Laps]
11	David Ulmer	5	11	NA	ARCA		42	0	00:50.477	DNF	[Laps]
12	Michael Zulehner	5	8	00:52.141	ARCA	Norfolk Enchance	8	0	00:50.616	DNF	[Laps]

The first entry you make in this postrace thread is your Official Race Report.

Posted by Justin Brochure at 11:52 PM on Sat Jul 28 EDT

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–3.377

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It was good race overall only 2 cautions 1 caused by my by me being too agressive going in to one causing minor damage. and bumbed in to another car in the following pit stop. After about ten minutes the racing was close and exciting had plenty of options as far as lane choice. I was able to come home with a 4th place and only 1 caution so I'm calling it a good day. Hopefully next race I will cause 0 cautions. On a side note some of the best racer I've raced with on arca a lot of talent.

Posted by Luis F Almeida at 12:08 AM on Sun Jul 29 EDT

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–5 L

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OMG! connection lost :(

with tape on 72 at the last few laps my car start to smoke... so I had to go a little more easy to avoid a DQ. But Jason still had a good chance to win at that point. and I to get a top 3.

see you all next week!

Posted by Joseph Di Pino at 09:53 AM on Sun Jul 29 EDT

Sorry fellas...some carbon based events over took the silicone based events. Congrats Andy!

Posted by Aaron Jackson at 10:02 AM on Sun Jul 29 EDT

Figures I miss a good race. My family was here on there last night and left this morning. They have a 9 hour drive ahead of them so I couldn't spare any time. Glad to see so far it looked like a good finish.

Too bad too because I was ready to push that high line all the way around.

Posted by Scott Stenger at 05:31 PM on Sun Jul 29 EDT

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–13.491

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Really didn't want to spend the coin on ARCA because I need to get some real bills paid off, etc.

Finally, couldn't resist after the other stock car series wasn't planning on running this season. Plus seeing that Jim, Luis, and James were signed up made me feel more comfortable.

Well... glad I made the investment!! Andy the host has been top notch with set up help and racing tips.

Had fun racing with Rich and John late in the race and am proud of my top five!

Posted by Jim Barisoff at 11:35 AM on Mon Jul 30 EDT

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–2:24.044

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Congrats to Andy, Bob & Jason. :)

Ah, the joys of super speedways...
I had fun for a while, until lap 22 when Justin got into Bob, who then got into me.
With both front corners caved in, I just couldn't stay with the draft after that.
Got lucky when a caution flew just after being lapped, so managed to stay on the lead lap.
Plugged along to the end just in front of James, until my engine expired in turn 1 of the last lap.
You were right James, you bumped me after it blew, and thanks for the push across the s/f line. :)

Glad you decided to take the plunge Scott, you will find some really good drivers here.

Posted by James Cassoday at 02:34 PM on Mon Jul 30 EDT

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–36.449

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Yea sorry about that Jim. I didn't have that much time to react so the least I could do was push you across the start finish line so you didn't get a DNF.

Overall a fairly good race, my car was able to keep up with the leaders and sucked up that draft pretty well. My bad luck seems to continue at these 2+ mile tracks. Sorry David about that incident on the backstretch. And don't worry about what happened in the pits its all part of the game. If I didn't know any better I'd think you have it out for me =P haha just kidding.

See you all next week at Rockingham

Oh and I will be working on the post race recap this week. Looks like it'll be a good video with a lot of side by side racing.

Posted by Andy Graydon at 07:11 AM on Tue Jul 31 EDT

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Qualified 4th and quite happy with that. But didn't want to be on the outside of the formation line up, as I was concerned about getting down to my favoured 'low line' vs losing places early on to cars down below.

As it happened Jim Barisoff (P2 and ahead) had a gearing set up that was slow compared to mine from a slow start - I had to wait for him to get up to speed. Sure enough we both lost places, going backwards, until we managed ot find a gap on the inside. Dropped to 5th or 6th at one point, but took advantage of others going high looking for draft parnters, and tucked into 3rd on the inside line:).

Lot's of double lines forming early on, cars weaving around a bit too in the draft made it look quite hectic. All I wanted to do was keep the car undamaged, save fuel in the draft, and wait to pit later than others - then go racing.

But the first (of 2) cautions came out on lap 22. Everyone pitted, and I completely gassed up the car - but believed it would be short on fuel on a run to the end. Due to issued further back in pitlane, and the addition of fuel only, I exited in P2 from what had been P3.

Off we went again - in this run up to the last caution I pushed Luis Almeida, especially when the cars behind dropped off. However, with 7 cars vs our 2, they were soon on our rears again - inside lane to defend! Then the last caution on lap 43. I knew that Luis would have been using more fuel than me - he was the front car, taking all the air and on full throttle. Any car behind would have to lift at different points of the track, thus saving fuel.

It still looked mighty close for me to run the full hour race length witohut stopping, so I guessed Luis was in need of fuel.

As we neared the open pitlane behind the pace car, I made a dummy "dive" into pitlane, Luis covering me immediately, at which point myself, Bob Fay and Jason Cotterill all stayed out - the new top 3. Thos slow laps under safety car worked a treat - when I did reach race end I just had over 2 laps of fuel left. Too close!

At the restart, Bob Fay pushed me as Luis kept on trying to form an outside line but Jason was happy sticking behind Bob. Eventually though they made it work - indeed Jason (one or two times) got a cars length ahead of me BUT he didn't want to cut down and leave his "push buddy" hung out to dry! At around one of these points Bob Fay behind pushed me real hard to ensure we could stem the outside line threat.

As it turned out, Luis was smoking (he'd added tape at the last caution stop) and so would have had to pit to remove tape OR manage the engine temperature some other way (likely by not pushing Jason and getting air to the front end). BUT he disconnected with less than 10 laps to go.

Justin Brochure had been hanging with us in 4th on this run to the finish, but dropped off when a bit of warping seemed to occur for him.

In the end, Bob stuck behind me until exiting the last turn - as he went outside, Jason tucked in behind me to try and take P2 - but Bob held on by 2/1,000ths of a second.

Kept the car clean, perfect stop for fuel only, gaining top spot before the end through tactics and gamesmanship, and taking my first ever win on a Superspeedway at R2P.

With Luis disconnecting, the Drivers Championship is now wide open. Bob Fay leading, with CT Racing ahead in the Teams Championship as well.

Great racing by all, especially the newcomers. 2 cautions around Tally is pretty good!!

Cya at Rockingham.

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Submitted by Luis F Almeida

my last lap

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Submitted by Andy Graydon

Defining moment of my race? Lap 44 Caution. I'm P2 to Almeida P1; Fay P3. Fuel is tight. I throw a 'dummy' move into pitlane, Luis reacts. But he's in past the 'commit line' as me and Bob jink back out. Now I'm leading - 14 minutes to go!

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Submitted by Bob Fay

Green flag!!

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Submitted by Bob Fay

Side by side racing broke out almost immediately

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Submitted by Bob Fay

The view from Dave Ulmer's bumper cam as he was shoving me towards the front.

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Submitted by Bob Fay

The podium race on the final lap

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Submitted by Bob Fay

The margin of victory between P2 and P3. It looks like Jason has it from this angle, but I actually beat him 4/1000s of a second.

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Submitted by Justin Brochure

Breaking the cardinal rule of superspeedway racing. This caused a three car wreck putting James Barisoff in the wall. My apologiges to James and Bob.

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Submitted by Andy Graydon

Crossing the finish line 1st after 61 laps of the Talladega Superspeedway. Bob Fay would JUST finish second by 2/1000ths of a second from Jason Cotterill. My first win at R2P on a Superspeedway:)

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Submitted by Andy Graydon

Early running and the top 9 eventually are in line astern. Lots of attempts at outside lines prior to this.

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Submitted by Andy Graydon

HECTIC PITSTOP when a Caution flew after c. 20 laps. Here Almeida (nearest) 'floors it' & would retain the lead, Graydon (46) would gain P2 from Cotterill (51) in the background.

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Submitted by Andy Graydon

No time (or need) to check how I look in the window reflections, other than to confirm it's Talladega! Hectic pace for over 60 laps and I need all the concentration I can get.

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Come here for pre-race discussions and exchanges.

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Posted by Joseph Di Pino at 07:08 PM on Sun Jul 15 EDT

I realize AG has the impossible task of coordinating drivers from all over the planet. However, I'd like to see the races extended from 60 to 90 mins.

Posted by Andy Graydon at 07:14 PM on Sun Jul 15 EDT

That's something I'll look at for S26. I'm a little bit limited myself - 90 mins I'd have to jump straight off the server and miss the post race TS banter:). 75 minutes likely more feasible for me if it's extended. BUT, this is me just talking out loud.

Posted by Andy Graydon at 07:37 AM on Thu Jul 19 EDT

Practice server is up now:)

Posted by Bob Fay at 07:41 PM on Thu Jul 19 EDT

Just like to remind you how well Andy and I did at the last event here Joe. You'd better be slapping that kid Conor into shape...He even know what the draft is?

At least he'll be there, right? Let's hope he hasn't picked up any of the "no-show" habits your other illustrious team owner has. :)

Posted by Conor McCarrell at 12:42 AM on Fri Jul 20 EDT

pfft...we'll be fine, Bob :)

Posted by Joseph Di Pino at 10:25 PM on Sat Jul 21 EDT

Yeah, Bob, I'd say he knows the draft. :)

Posted by Andy Graydon at 03:47 AM on Sun Jul 22 EDT

[Putting this up nice and early for the newcomers to get familiar with how we race.]

Pre race reminders. For those members old and new to the series, please read and apply in your racing at ARAIG.

Main Chapter Forum - if you aren't familiar with the way we Stock Car race here at R2P, please read through the Must Read Guides; Teamspeak requirements and FAQ's:

Main Chapter Forum

Remember, Teamspeak 3 is a requirement to race. Standard R2P place for Teamspeak - details here if anyone needs them:-

Server IP: 207.179.246.226
Server pass: xenduro
Port: 9987

NEW - I WILL BE CREATING A PASSWORDED TEAMSPEAK ROOM FOR THE EVENT (called ARCA TALLADEGA) - around 1 to 2 hours before the race. The password used will the same as that for the race - this should ensure only those wioth access to the race password can join us on Teamspeak.

There will be a Meeting on TS around 20 minutes BEFORE Qualifying (c. 30 minutes before race start) - just to run through some basics before the fun begins. Can you all please "park it" and listen in at that time.

Pit Entry:-

Under green and caution, off Turn 4/start of main "pit straight" - the solid yellow line turns to yellow 'dashes' as a guide. Practice it at race speed!

Pit Exit:

Under green and under caution, stay to left of the yellow solid line until you pass the checkerboard on the tarmac - then you can join the track onto the remainder of "pit straight " and before T1. Take care when rejoining in front of oncoming traffic.

Remember, if you can't leave your pitbox because there's a car in front - WAIT. No bumping out of the way please.

While on pit road – stay all the way to the RIGHT until you need to enter your pit box. This is to ensure all others on pit lane can see and enter their pit box as well as have space to exit their pit stall safely.

Use of a mapped steering button or keyboard key can also be used for pit road calls (I know some of you don’t have microphones but can listen in on Teamspeak).

BUMP DRAFTING - that means physically pushing someone.

In particular on the turns, simply don't do it UNLESS you've practiced with the other driver and/or they are happy for you to push them (ask them on Teamspeak if it's during the race). Remember, you have a brake pedal to ease out of it into the turns if backing off the accelerator isn't going to slow you down enough. You'll soon get close on the straights again.

When you do bump draft, make initial contact as soft as possible and know what your partner/s is/are doing - low line out of turns, high line out of turns, etc. Communication before the race is key - use Teamspeak during the race to fine tune what has been arranged pre race.

Smoking cars:-

Will be asked to pit and remove tape. Not pitting to fix the issue after a warning will result in you being Disqualified post race.

Leaving the Race:-

If you have to ESCAPE from the race for whatever reason, please do so after moving OFF the track (if at all possible) or preferably stopping at your pit stall.

No live steward:-

Therefore any penalties issued will have to be served. Thanks for your understanding (I want to race).

Other:-

NEW - Pit Lane Speed Limit prior to the Race itself - regardless of Online Session in progress (eg Practice or Happy Hour), the Pit Lane speed limit MUST be attempted to be adhered to at all times.

Remember, at R2P you car livery choice is limited to the original 2008 cars.

Premium Members at R2P have the option of adding their own livery in a Skin Pack. The Skin Pack (click on Files Used tab on Event page to download) is a self installer, just point it at your main ARCA directory, it does the rest. I recommend everyone racing installs it - even if you don't have a skin, you'll be racing against other cars with a different livery from the standard 2008 cars.

Posted by Bob Fay at 07:05 AM on Sun Jul 22 EDT

Yeah well while you guys have been working so hard Joe, I've been enjoying my week off from racing, with my feet up, catching rays, umbrella drinks in both hands, and having a good time. And I don't believe I need to be at the track until later in the week, wouldnt you say Andy?. Hope you guys havent overworked yourselves and are too tired to race by then :)

Posted by Andy Graydon at 07:42 AM on Sun Jul 22 EDT

See what I have to put up with when it comes to my Team Boss!!! Anyway, just reporting on that Tack Dispenser (patent pending) you wanted installed under the rear fender....initial tests are proving it's a "winner"!

Posted by Aaron Jackson at 02:51 PM on Thu Jul 26 EDT

As much as I hate too. I may not be able to race this weekend. I've been on vacation and have a bunch of family up. Haven't had much online practice time, for saturday night.

I have been runing offline so if by an off chance I get access to the PC I may run it anyway.

We will see how it goes.

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