Bridgehampton Grand Prix

CanAm Bridgehampton Race Data

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Combined Points Championship

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Seniors Combined Points website

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DETAILED RACE DATA:

Podium: Maciej Bekas, Kane Lasky, Barry Hedrick

Senior Podium: Louie Bell, Aaron Page, Dave Bradley

Pole: Maciej Bekas, (1:19.373)

Senior Pole: Earl Setser: (1:22.013)

Fastest lap: Maciej Bekas, (1:19.681)

Hard Chargers:
Paulo Martins, gained 22 (32nd to 10th)
Bill Kaiser, gained 10 (24th to 14th)
Kurt Stevens, gained 9 (26th to 17th)
Rich Dozier, gained 9 (30th to 21st)

12 Seniors competed, top Senior finished in 11th place.

Steward's call to the Grid: 32 cars

On lead lap at finish, 8 cars. One lap down, 7 cars.

DNFs: 6 DNFs

RACE NOTES: Once again Maciej Bekas was the class of the field, took pole,had fastest race lap and led every lap, well done Sir! Maciej drove a BRM P154 to victory

After three races:
14 Teams are competing with 12 scoring points.
44 drivers have competed with 30 scoring points.

Top ten spots: 6 Porsches, 1 BRM, 3 Lolas

Marques: 15 Porsches, 10 Lolas, 4 McLarens, 3 BRMs took the call to the grid.

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POINTS:

STANDINGS: Three CanAm races, three wins for Maciej Bekas (Poland) who leads Barry Hedrick (USA) and Rick Knapp (USA) who are now tied for second in points.. Ryan Soucy (USA) and Mark Urban (USA) fill out the top five.

COMBINED: Maciej Bekas (Poland) increases his 1st place lead,with Ryan Soucy (USA) holding 2nd in points Barry Hedrick (USA) continues in 3rd with Mark Urban (USA) in 4th and Brette Brooks (USA) climbing into the top five.

SENIORS: Dave Bradley (USA) has taken sole possesion of the Seniors top spot with Ralph Kemmerer (USA) moving to second. Aaron Page (USA) has climbed to third with Glen Leuning (USA) slipping to fourth. With three wins so far Louie Bell (USA) moves into the fifth spot.

TEAM: CanAm Racing has taken the lead from Racing for Serbia International while FnC Racing has moved up into third place.

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Thanks Ryan !!!

Whew! What a grind! Once thru T1 and nowhere to relax, my neck muscles started to tighten up. Was happy because I only went 4-wheeling for a few seconds in the Light Bulb.

Managed a decent finish with Van right behind. The guys around me we great and the fast guys were good about lapping.

On to Edmonton and those Hosers! We'll flatten the place with minipower!

Prerace:

Did two short runs to get a feel for the grip and get used to driving around other cars. Had time to try a set up change and a qualifying run with low fuel. Things I haven't gotten to do for a while... but brought me a bit more confidence for the race.

Qualifying:

My first flying lap ended up being my best... I really wasn't able to get another clean lap in. I was holding onto the front row to the dying moments when Rick Knapp pushed me back onto the second row.

Race:

I was thinking third place might not be a bad position and I might be able to draft by on the long front straight at the start. I did pick up a big head of steam but I didn't want to force anything so early on without knowing who had the race pace. I settled in behind Rick but Maciej started stretching out a few tenths every lap. I got a good run out of turn four and Rick let me have it to try to chase down Maciej.

I pushed as hard as I dared but I didn't want to throw away a good result. Maciej drove a flawless race... the gap opened and closed a few times because of traffic but overall he was in control. I added one click of rear wing before the race... it only dinged a few tenths off my lap time but insured I would be able to stay off the edges of the grass. I honestly didn't expect to need those few extra tenths and thought the consistency would pay off.

Pretty stoked about the event in general. What a thrilling car/track combination! The turn 1 - 2 section underneath the bridge must've been a rush in real life! Happy with the podium. :)

On to Canada...

Had a lot of fun following Rick for the first half. We'd hit traffic, I'd catch up, then he'd pull away again. It kept me focused. Then he the dirt in the lightbulb and I was on the podium. 4 laps later I hit the same spot, but let Rick AND Barry H by. I got shaken out of the "zone" at that point and was pretty sloppy after that. Gotta do better than that. Wasn't quick enough and wasn't smart enough.

Congrats to Maciej, brilliant performance, also to Kane who was flawless, and to my teammate who drive amazingly to earn the last podium spot.

Qually was good, too good. It was only a matter of a lap or two before it all shook out. I was running 8th chasing Brette most of the evening. I needed one more click in 4th to compensate for the draft on the front straight. Lesson learned. Brette and I were running similar lap times but the traffic got the best of me. For a good portion of the race, I felt like I was playing the old Atari game Asteroids. :)
The last few laps Brette must have got hung up as I finally caught sight of him but in a last ditch effort to give him a good run, I spun.

Grats to the podium and MB on another fantastic win.

Hope to see y'all in the great white north in a few short weeks.

Will

For those of you who missed the Chat, Bridgehampton closed many years ago, is a golf course now. Two of our drivers actually
raced on this track before its demise: Louie Bell in a Sports Renault and Ralph Kemmerer in an H Production Sprite.
Great memories, guys!
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Congrats to Maciej Bekas, his third win in three CanAm races,
M has the measure of these cars! Also, cudos to Louie Bell
for his win in Seniors, too bad Louie can't make all the races,
he would be contending for the Senior championship.
Also, well done the podiums, great driving guys.
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I was happy with my 15th spot in qualifying, and 4th in Seniors - NINE of the Seniors were within a second of each other in Q so I knew it was going to be a tight race among us old guys. Earl Setser took his first Senior pole with a bunch of us nipping at his top time.

I ran ok for many laps, moving up at the expense of others, up to 12th I think, before my turn came to go off course and lose a bunch of spots. I moved up again to 15th and near the end of the race I was chasing a quick moving Billl Kaiser who kept pulling me out of the Light Bulb ( very frustrating lol) when we came upon a lapped car who decided to race me. Rare in our MNRL racing, but it happened, we tangled and off I went. Bye Bye Bill who finished in fine fashion.

One lap later I came upon the same lapped guy and we tangled again, only this time I took out a minding his own business Ralph Kemmerer, sorry Ralph. Poor Ralph ended up going against the current of traffic and got DQed, really hurting his Senior points tally.

Overall, however, I must say again that I feel we have the BEST drivers in the sim world! No big melees, guys looking out for each other, give and take, and patience once again showed throughout the field, well done all.

This was our toughest challenge in CanAm , next time we go to Canada again, this time to the Great Northwest and Edmonton, the original 1967 layout. Should be fun, see you there!

Well, glad to get that track behind me - a better result than for the Minis, but whoosht, what a place. Makes me wish I could see the real thing in action.

Congrats to Maciej and the rest of the podium for a great race on a course where every one had issues.

I'm just glad to have finished with only minor damage - my sincere apologies to those that found me coming out of the forest unexpectedly at least once - the tree trunks parted and there I was, on the track again, with traffic, them heading down track, me, not so much. I think everyone navigated around me OK.

Had some great racing laps with Mike E, Cory L, Bill K, Kurt S, Peter H and others, most of whom had the better of me. Lots of give and take, with some sharp, clean passing to take advantage of mistakes. Lapping traffic was patient, a good racing move on this track and appreciated.

See you in Edmonton!

I think I lost 5 pounds during this race.

Even for those of us running toward the back of the pack this was an incredibly competitive race. If Ralph Kemmerer and I spent any more time together I think we’d have to apply for a marriage license. LOL! I lost count of how many times we swapped position.

Kudos to Ralph for the good clean fight. Also to you Mr. Overton and indeed to all the MNRL drivers!

I drove the default set-up and did a high 1:22 practicing offline so I figured driving line and consistency was more important than any more speed. The driving line worked out OK but the consistency part left something to be desired in the race itself. A few unforced errors and a few letting some faster guys through. I kept see-sawing up and down the standings having some good races along the way with Kurt and Mathew. I lost track of how many times we traded places.
Then it happened. I couldn't avoid a spinning Norm and T-boned him in the first fast downhill section... Oh wait, all the downhill sections were wickedly fast. At any rate I went off into the sand and shrubs, got lost trying to find my way back to the track and ending up going the wrong way. DQ'd.
Damn if they only would have had GPS back in the day.
A very well done to the top runners. How you could be so darn fast and still be that consistent on this track says a lot about your skill level.

Whew, what a workout of a race! I knew it was going to be a tough one, so I did my best to do a lot of pre-emptive blinking before it started. About lap three, I caught up with Norm, and couldn't pass him on the front straight because by the time I'd have the speed on him, we'd be too close to t1 to take the chance. That problem took care of itself the following lap, when I took an unplanned excursion between t2 and t3. I knew I had to scrub off a lot of speed quickly, and even with the brakes floored I skidded over the embankment, doing about 20 mph. I was able to quickly get it pointed the right direction, with about half the width of my car on the track, and Glen and Mike executed evasive maneuvers effectively. I managed to miss Mike a little while later, taking to the sand (with Kurt following me), returning the favor. That put me behind Glen, who, after several laps, just plain got tired of seeing me in his mirrors, and let me pass. After that, the rest of the race was hit your marks, don't overdrive, manage the gap between me and db -- I knew there was no way I was going to catch up to Louie. Not a bad finish for me, all things considered.

Congrats to the podium guys. I couldn't believe you guys lapped me only a third into the race! I think we have a disparity problem here...perhaps anyone who has won more than one race should have some weight added! grin

Love the mod. It seems to lend itself to my naturally cautious style. That being said, I'll probably put my ride into the wall the next time.