2.5 Hours of San Luis

1:20 remaining, 20 someodd seconds ahead. PC hard locked. No culprit can be found. Temps were good, nothing out of the ordinary running. =[

Sorry to miss this one guys. My wifes car died and I had to go rescue her and the kid.

Carried to much speed heading into a corner and reacted with 4 wheels locked...... tagged the tire barrier backwards with a thud and the engine was dead. Bah.

That was a long race but went much better than I expected. Settled into a groove and just raced my own race and that was that.

A couple of incidents of my own doing forced early stops and a miscue entering the pits netted me a Stop/Go.

Challenging track but good flow and VERY well lit once it got dark. The Fabcar drivers were really good about picking their spots to get around us as there were a few really bad spots.

Thanks to Jim for hosting, and a shout out to my Gone Broke Racing teammates who put in another round of great finishes.

Cheers!

What a marathon. I don't think I had problems with any passing other than a few situations were there was a little confusion.

Spun myself 3 or 4 times. The last time I just closed my eyes and didn't dare move because Fabrizio was coming around the corner. So glad I didn't cause you to wreck, dude.

Near the end of the race, rFactor minimized on my thanks to my iPhone which was plugged into the PC charging (won't do that again) luckily on a straight so I got off the gas, kept the whel straight and waited for the screen to come back. Lost 15 seconds because of that and just drove it home from there.

Was in a great position to have my best finish in the series. Disco'd with 21 minutes remaining. Thanks to all the back markers for the plenty of room. You guys rock!

Until we meet again...

Great race everyone, very enjoyable! thanks!

I ran some laps of practice and prepared setup of the race a day before the race but I found this track hard to drive and challenging........Good choice Jim though I dont like it at all :-P

On starting Evan had a good pace and took some secs on me and all Fabcar drivers while I tried to run the first part of the race consistent without damage the car.....in the second half of the race I was confident with the car and improved my pace but probably I wasnt able to take the win with Evan on track who deserved this win...............bad luck for you :-(

I am sorry for Garret.........Remember there is the last at Miller MS Park.............you could kill your wife hehehehe :-P

Bad luck for Jim who was on the podium few laps by the end of this race :-(

As all previous races I found a cooperation of all drivers who gave room........Thanks again ;-)

Thanks Fabrizio, I spent a LOT of time getting this car's setup ready for this track. I'm not particularly a fan of this track, but it worked really well for these (again Jim, good choice!).

My race pace from practice (2:05.0's), would have put me on the edge of having to pit a third time (even though a third pit was grayed out...). Because of that, I had to really tone it down and conserve fuel. My initial idea was to make up some time the early few laps and give myself a gap, then worry about conserving.

It all worked pretty well. NAGT was courteous and moved over where they could, and didn't deviate from their line in bad areas. I had one "spin" toward the end of my race, it was really more of a sideways on the track. I caught a tire on the opposite side of the rumble strips in the first tight chicane.

In all it would have been a great race. I would rather have tight bunched up racing, but this was more of a race against yourself. Congrats Fabrizio.

Got everything backed up for a reformat and fresh install of Windows. Hopefully this won't happen next race.

Nice race from my seat.

Qualed P3 in GT with a lap time solidly in the mid 27s. Was a PB by about 2 seconds from what I had run in practice, so I was pretty happy.

Start was good, and I held off Johnny for a little bit, even though he was a bit faster. I eventually half spun the car in the uber-twisty stuff at the bottom and had to wait for a traffic gap to get going again... cost me about 12 seconds.

The rest of the race was pretty much run by myself. I couldn't get to Johnny and Fahn, but I was able to drive away from the balance of the GT field. Ended up in P3 in GT, effectively about a minute 45 seconds behind Johnny and Fahn (they got an extra lap since the overall leader finished the race between us). Pretty happy with that, too.

A question for the GT guys. What engine choice did you all run. I was considering the 6 hour endurance engine, but ended up sticking with the sprint engine. I was concerned when XD indicated I was starting the race with 56% engine life. I ended the race at 9% engine life, but I was cutting back on engine revs and was pretty conservative on downshifting to do that. What did everyone else run?

Great stuff everyone... I had no contact with anyone. the FAB guys were nice a patient, and I had no problems with my fellow GT guys. See y'all at Miller!

Rob