2021 ChampCar iRacing Series: Round 13, Laguna Seca - 9/29/2021, 10/6/2021

[mostmint]

With all due respect to @Rapido I'm putting up a thread for the next race in our series of 16.  Please edit this or post an update, and I'll correct or delete this one. 

 

Session Details

 

• Practice Round 1: Wednesday, 29-September-2021 - sorry not posted in time! 
• Championship Round: Wednesday, 6-October-2021
• Practice Start: 6:30pm ET
• Qualifying Start: 8:30pm ET
• Race Start: 9:30pm ET
• Car: Mazda Miata NC Cup
• Track: WeatherTech Laguna Seca full
• In-Sim Practice Session Date: ?? 
• In-Sim Practice Session Start Time: ??
• In-Sim Time Multiplier: 1x
• Weather: Auto-Generated
• Setup: iRacing Baseline Fixed Setup with 6.4g starting fuel
• Fast Repairs: 1
• License Requirements: Practice Rounds (None), Championship Round (>D2.0)

 

You can catch the live broadcast at the link below courtesy HJBC when it happens.

 

[Alex Koffard]

Well the practice race started off fun. There was some good battles in the midfield, until Ethan decided to wreck out the field. 

I should be able to make the race this time, gonna need to find some pace if I want to keep up with Joshua. 

[mostmint]

Managed a great qualifying effort, totally mistimed the start, punted Ian when Mr O-ring backed us up on second apex of turn 2 and I underestimated how much he would slow us down.  Neal and I were having a good battle til we got held up by that guy weaving and blocking and playing dumb, then he tried to pit me going on turn before the hill.  Other than that I was horribly inconsistent and this track rewards precision I was lacking.  

[Alex Koffard]

13 hours ago, mostmint said:

Managed a great qualifying effort, totally mistimed the start, punted Ian when Mr O-ring backed us up on second apex of turn 2 and I underestimated how much he would slow us down.  Neal and I were having a good battle til we got held up by that guy weaving and blocking and playing dumb, then he tried to pit me going on turn before the hill.  Other than that I was horribly inconsistent and this track rewards precision I was lacking.  

Yeah, sucks what happened, but he's been removed from the league so at least we won't have to deal with that moving forward.

[David Haines]

Live at 9.15PM Wednesday. 

[mostmint]

We have 20 drivers eligible for the participation award, 8 of which have met the 12 race requirement already. 

 

unofficial points standings (best 9 of 13):

 

Position	Points		Name
1	412		Alex Albert
2	408		Mark W McCormack
3	363		Nicholas Love3
4	354		Justin Hall
5	339		Keith Carlson
6	303		Simon Foweather
7	287		Ian Giebeler
8	259		Andrew Cossick
9	252		Charles Kowalczyk
10	242		Mark Krueger
11	235		Alex Koffard
12	233		Chris Kniseley
13	232		Troy Isadore
14	230		Neil Hancock
15	219		Aaron Thorp
16	215		Tim Weyer
17	214		Shane Cameron
18	201		Scott Grinnell2
19	190		Jay Sofianek
20	187		Bradley Dailey
20	187		David Warden2
22	178		Clinton Ford
23	172		David Palermo
24	166		Gregg Vandivert
25	162		Jared Kubit

Edited October 17, 2021 by mostmint

[mostmint]

Tried to shorten the learning curve on this one to no avail.  In the cold air and track temps I could get close, but between the heat and the competition I could not get consistent pace I wanted.  After the technical aspects of Mid Ohio I really thought this one would be easier but not for me.  It seems this track rewards precision I struggled to have.

 

Had a decent qualifying effort though I had a faster time in the practice race the week before and started P11.  Before lap 1 turn 1 was over P1 and P2 starters were off and Mr Hurley went too deep and spun someone right in front of me.  After that adventure I got to work putting in laps.  The track temps were rising slowly and I never could get my qualifying pace.  Like a baseball hitter in a slump I had some mechanics wrong but I just kept moving.  On lap 2 I had my first of three 1.4 second slowdowns for getting off a bit too far right on corkscrew exit which dropped me back a couple more spots to 13th.  Before too long though I was able to regroup and start climbing back forward. Bad fortune for Nick Love moved me up to P12, and my friend Troy saw I was faster and let me by.  Lee Muhleman and I had quite a good battle for a while there swapping spots and he kept the pressure on for some time.  Getting past him got me to P10.  Lee and I got some time on the broadcast since we had some close racing while there was a decent gap between the leaders.  Then Ian had some bad luck and got punted off moving me up to P9 - and shortly after moved up to P8 due to another misfortune or early pit.  Ahead then was Charles K and he is right behind me in points - so I set my sights on catching him - not easy.  Just as I started making ground I got my second 1.4 second penalty which negated all the ground I had gained. 

 

After the pit cycle I was in P7 and Charles was behind me in P8.  He hung in striking range for awhile but couldn't keep the pace.  The second part of the race was pretty quiet.  It took some extra concentration to stay focused on the event and not make mistakes.  Fortunately I kept it together and finished P7.

 

So while my pace was not up to my expectations, I made very few mistakes, avoided carnage, and matched my best finish.  Better result than I was expecting prior to race start, and improving my chances of finishing in the top 10 in points. 

 

[David Haines]

[hcsi99]

17 hours ago, mostmint said:

Tried to shorten the learning curve on this one to no avail.  In the cold air and track temps I could get close, but between the heat and the competition I could not get consistent pace I wanted.  After the technical aspects of Mid Ohio I really thought this one would be easier but not for me.  It seems this track rewards precision I struggled to have.

 

Had a decent qualifying effort though I had a faster time in the practice race the week before and started P11.  Before lap 1 turn 1 was over P1 and P2 starters were off and Mr Hurley went too deep and spun someone right in front of me.  After that adventure I got to work putting in laps.  The track temps were rising slowly and I never could get my qualifying pace.  Like a baseball hitter in a slump I had some mechanics wrong but I just kept moving.  On lap 2 I had my first of three 1.4 second slowdowns for getting off a bit too far right on corkscrew exit which dropped me back a couple more spots to 13th.  Before too long though I was able to regroup and start climbing back forward. Bad fortune for Nick Love moved me up to P12, and my friend Troy saw I was faster and let me by.  Lee Muhleman and I had quite a good battle for a while there swapping spots and he kept the pressure on for some time.  Getting past him got me to P10.  Lee and I got some time on the broadcast since we had some close racing while there was a decent gap between the leaders.  Then Ian had some bad luck and got punted off moving me up to P9 - and shortly after moved up to P8 due to another misfortune or early pit.  Ahead then was Charles K and he is right behind me in points - so I set my sights on catching him - not easy.  Just as I started making ground I got my second 1.4 second penalty which negated all the ground I had gained. 

 

After the pit cycle I was in P7 and Charles was behind me in P8.  He hung in striking range for awhile but couldn't keep the pace.  The second part of the race was pretty quiet.  It took some extra concentration to stay focused on the event and not make mistakes.  Fortunately I kept it together and finished P7.

 

So while my pace was not up to my expectations, I made very few mistakes, avoided carnage, and matched my best finish.  Better result than I was expecting prior to race start, and improving my chances of finishing in the top 10 in points. 

 

It was a blast racing with you!  

 

Lee