GTC-West Valencia

4 to go and locked up. Hope it was no grief for anybody. Very difficult track. Fun though.

Good race, congrats to podium.

I got myself sideways on the last corner in the early laps, but passed others by pitting early and choosing hard tires. Getting tire worn warnings at the end, so that worked out well.

Didn't have any long battles, either pulled away from a slower car, or got passed and left behind quickly.I passed TReagan and MCash at each pit stop, but they caught up to me 5 laps later each time and left me in the dust.

Im happy with T10!!
Good race, thanks R2P and racers!

I got bumped off the track in T1 twice...by the same driver, taking me out of contention :(

Congrats to the podium.

It looked like you were stuck to the track in the middle of the entrance to T2 Garry, I got by alright anyway.
As for myself my touring car woes continue though it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Didn't qualify very well at all and started around 18th (I forget). Made it through the opening laps alright before I got tapped off going into a corner by Dean. He graciously waited to give me the position back a few turns later (very cool Dean thanks!), however I showed him I really didn't need his help finding my way into the dirt as I ran wide on the final downhill left and off into the grass. I felt bad after the trouble Dean went through to wait for me but got over it and ran a relativly clean race the rest of the way, remaining aware of the 'two tire' rule and finishing a respectable 13th, hopefully learning some things for the GTC-east race in a couple days.
Till then..it was fun as always.

Ugh.
Not really _used_ to how GTR2 feels and works yet, and how it's subtly different than rFactor (which I usually use), but made sure to practice with these cars and this track today to make sure I was at least consistent and predictable. I made a respectable showing in my first GTx race last week with a T10, and figured how bad could it be, right?
-WRONG-
I made a mess of that. On about lap 12 or 13 I spun somewhere along the back of the course, and someone nailed me. TOTALLY my fault, to whomever that was, I apologize 100 times and hope I didn't screw you up. I had a punctured tire, limped back to the pits, screwed up the limiter and got a stop/go for speeding ... aaarghhh.
So I learned my lesson, I don't wanna screw up anybody's season. I may still participate in the GTC FunRun in a few days just to verify I suck at this series, but it's best I practice a lot more before I enter another points paying race.
Know your limits, and at least I'm figuring out mine. GTC 1, Tommy 0.
Ugh.

Fun race, Grats to Samuel. Good clean racing around me all race. I lost some time in pits trying to shut my motor off so I could get fuel, not sure what was going on with that. Final laps were fun with Tommy Regan really putting the pressure on me.

I had the wierdest thing happen to me in this race. Somehow my AI control got turned on during my first pit. It was weird, I thought I was driving and that something was wrong with my wheel and didnt figure it out until I had half a lap done when someone got loose in front of me. When i hit the brakes the car didnt stop. It plowed right through the spinning car. I tried to turn it off but couldnt find the key, I hit pit request and the ai pitted and at that point I figured it wasnt fair that the AI had driven a lap for me so i hit escape.

My deepest apologies for whoever I hit, I could have avoided it but didnt realize i wasnt controlling the car. I know that sounds rediculous...

Pretty good race for me all in all, I made up at least a little bit for last weeks disasters.
2nd in Qual to my team m8 Krue, I think I could have had pole with a good lap but I had no Qual practice at all and only 15 or 20 min total practice time.

Got the holeshot again and beat Krue and Barry to T1 and it was clean. Krue stayed on me pretty hard and finally settled down a bit after we got a bit of a gap to Barry. Then we already started catching lappers on lap 9 or so and on lap 11 I had to go inside of some lappers and it effected my line enough that I slowed more than normal for T5 and Krue punted me. Got back on in 3rd and only Barry got by us. I went ahead and pit then on 11.

Came out in P16 and started going to work. Once again the traffic was pretty rough, I kept it pretty clean while still dispatching the slower guys ASAP. I did have a bit of contact in the last turn as I came inside of one guy, he turned down on me changing his line abruptly. Would have been plenty of room if we had both just held our lines.

Anyway Krue pit on lap 18-19 I guess so that gave me the lead for a few laps. Pit again on 23 and came out in P5. Set fast lap of the race in that early stint, and quickly worked my way up to 2nd. Was taking time out of Krue but not too fast. Then I got into lappers again and the P12-13 guys were racing pretty hard and consequently gave me a hell of a time getting by. Then the last guy dogged me for 3 or 4 laps forcing me to totally change my lines and loose time for fear of getting punted by a lapper :S

Finally got some distance and went back to work on Krue, though I imagine he had it in cruise control by this point. Got it down to 6 seconds from 13 and rolled across in 2nd.

Not a good race for me. Didn't qualify well but got an OK start and made up a few positions on the first lap only to run wide in T1 on the second lap and wind up at the back of the pack. Never got a good feel for the car and made a few more mistakes during the race. Plus, I got a stop and go penalty for speeding in the pits. I swear I had the rev limiter on before I hit the line! Not sure what's up with that... Oh well, in the end it probably wouldn't have made much of a difference since I was a couple seconds off the pace anyway. Congrats to the podium.

Qualified 18th using race setup with medium and hard tyres.Took it easy on the 1st lap,lost a couple of spots then got them back after a couple of laps.I made my 1st pitstop on lap 14 and changed the rears.For some strange reason i got confused about my pit strategy and pitted to change the fronts on about lap 20.I made a brief excursion off the track just before i pitted which may have cost me a position.Towards the end i was closing a little on M.Cash but figured i would have to settle for 11th until he obligingly ran off the track at the last turn.Top 10 finishes aren't helping my touring car rank tho,keep slipping back.
bazza