Season 9: Race On...RaceOnOz!!

Hey boys sorry for pulling the pin early but I just ran outta heart in tank . 17 out of 40 laps down and already 10pm and sweating up a storm.
Thanks for the racing again

I had a really fun race! During practise i realised I had a bit of pace for tonight but didn't expect to qualify on the front row. I knew that Cherno and Koaster were fighting for the championship tonight and so starting in between them I was a bit nervous...just lit up the rears and ran into the wall going through the kink before the second hairpin =[ I put my head down and slotted into the pack pretty quick and made some passes and before i knew it found myself behind Koaster and Cherno again. I tried the undercut for the first stop and put in a few good laps before they came in so i could try and get passed without battling them. That didn't work quite as well as I had hoped and they came out just in front of me. I could see ithat I had the pace to fight for the win so i pushed to try and overtake them. I was able to pass Cherno into turn 1 then tried to go for the lead after that. I had a couple of goes on Koaster at turn 1 and around sweepers towards the chicane but he defended well. I went for a longer stint to try and put some good clean laps in and didn't get fresh tyres to make sure I got track position. I came out well ahead and knew i just had to stay consistent to hold out for the win. Easier said then done with fading tyres and I just watched the gap between me and the others close up. I tried to defend hard from Koaster as he caught up to me on the second last lap, but he overtook me going into the first corner. I tried to put as much last minute pressure as I could on him but was happy to finish 2nd!

Good Racing! I had a fun season and I look forward to the next one

Great final race of the season.

On the grid looking at the names I knew I was on trouble. Rotor, Koaster, Anon, QC Tovey to name just a few, none of which I had any hope of beating . What followed was 39 laps almost all of which was faster than my qualifying lap with just one tiny mistake in T1 when Anon surprised me by exiting the pits before I've even gone in.

Then lap 40 with a small gap to Tovey I decided to go a bit slower and safer only to spin coming out of T4. Gutted . At least QC was sympathetic, he's creative lines through the chicane was not so quick.

Congrads to Koaster for the div 1championship and @Doublevision for div 2 championship, welcome to div 1 Double

Had hoped to be mixing it up the front, but my lap 1 incidents (totally my fault) put an end to that. Around 25 secs down at start of lap 2 and lots of car damage I just tried to pick up what places I could. Although pushing hard, I spun and lost more time (was over 40sec down). Fortunately the damage didnt effect it too much (more psychological than anything I rekon) and was holding the gap to the leader.

I didn't take any tyres and made up a few spots on the first stop and also 2nd. I came out just ahead of Pete who did get fresh rubber. Initially I wasn't going to fight, but the move into T1 he stayed quite tight allowing me to slingshot around the outside and get back in front. Couple laps later the same happened. I thought, maybe I might be able to hold him until the end! But after 10 laps of holding him up, eventually Pete got past. Yet the next lap he went off on T1! I got along side, but was never going to work into the chicane so pulled out.

Credit to Pete for racing so close for so many laps. I had fun (which is what its all about!), after such a horrible start.

Well done to the boys up front. Very consistent all season. Also, a shout out to the Oilers, next season boys!

Was tired from the start, but i hang around to gain 2 spots thanks to 2 leaving, lol. very lonely race, 3 laps down, come on past the inside was a repetitive call. i was a good 3 sec faster in practice early in the week but just couldnt find that line again. Really just felt like pulling into the pits but you never know some 1 else might stuff up and i can gain a spot in a few laps times, lol. i felt sorry for Copper, dont think he would be used to a race like that, he seemed to have the same race i had just further up the track. might have to recruit some new guys that are as bad as me, so i can enjoy my racing, lol. Congrates to Double for the win and championship.

Didn't get a bad start and managed to avoid a couple of incidents on the 1st lap to gain a couple of extra spots. Got turned around on lap 2 by S54ved (thanks for redressing) which put us both dead last and way behind the rest of the field.
I had fun trying to stay in front of S54ved but knew he would pass me eventually as he was quicker.
After that I was basically hot lapping for the rest of the race. Still had fun and really enjoyed the season.

Thanks to all involved in organising this season (your all awesome) and everyone for turning up to race as I had some good battles.

Well done to Doublevision and Koastr on winning their Div championships and to everyone who got a podium.

TGM will reign supreme next season

How did i take Spita out? i wasnt aware of that 1 sorry. was that up over the hill when i stayed wide to the left to let the fast guys by and dropped a wheel causing my car to spin 360?

Cant get enough of these post race write ups

Talk about a race for the ages! With the championship title up for contention it was always going to be a good one and with the enduro aspect there were all sorts of viable strategies being used which meant speed wasn't the only factor.

For qualifying Krunch pipped me for pole but lucky for me during the start I had the inside line and so was able to quickly take the lead. Krunch put the pressure on during the opening laps but I was able to open the gap as I felt comfortable going a bit faster. Come first pit time I had opted to go for tyres early which I'm still not sure was a great move or not as during the following lap Loris had just come out of the pits in front of me and I was overly aggressive trying to overtake him. This resulted in contact and him spinning out. I redressed immediately but we both lost a bunch of time and now C4rLo5 was hot on our heels. The following lap I was able to get past Loris safely and start hunting down the leading pack.

Putting in lap after lap of consistent pace saw me chipping away at the leaders and I knew that with a quick pit I would be in the lead again. Time for pit number two, I saw krunch pulling into the pits in front and while I was refuelling he left before me and in the following lap spita was also in front! How could this be! Did they go for the no tyre strategy or did they have that much of a lead on me? With no time to think I was back on the track bewildered and thinking that I needed to do all I could to pass two cars on the last 10 laps without making any mistakes for any chance of a win. After a couple laps tailing Spita I had slipped past him on the back straight clenching as I leaned on the brakes. Now was the time to chase down Krunch. After 3 laps I was taking massive chunks of time off him and realised he must be running old tyres, I admire the bold move Krunch! Down the back straight I took a cheeky look on the inside but decided it was too much risk to perform a divebomb so I did my best to get as much speed as I could coming out of T1. It worked! Side by side we were drag racing to make it to the next corner, with careful maneuver I was able to slip past him. After the pass I was able to extend my lead for a few laps to ensure Cyber77 who I saw gaining on me quickly wasn't able to overtake with his fresh tyres. The last couple of laps my adrenaline was pumping hard and I couldn't stop pushing to go fast and almost lost it having a massive slide on one of the hairpins!

Crossing the finish line was such a massive relief after such a mega battle with lead changes strategy battles going on for an hour and a half never knowing what would happen at the end! Such an amazing season with top tier competition in Div2, we're very lucky to have such sportsmen within our ranks fighting tooth and nail to the very end! I'd like to say thank you to the organisers and server hosts for this championship, without you we wouldn't be here participating in such an organised and well thought out event. I'd also like to say big thank you to my Girlfriend, for supporting me through practice sessions and races alike.

Congratulations to Cyber77 for 2nd and Krunch in 3rd, you guys have been incredible competition, constantly battling and pushing throughout the season. Big congratulations to KoAStR for taking out the Div1 championship, now there's an alien!

Looking forward to the next season where I may try my hand in Div1, and hopefully in porsches!

That was a seriously epic race...

Disappointed i couldn't finish, I obviously failed maths in class... running out of fuel half way through the lap of the last lap holding off and fighting switching places with @Shaun_A for 17 or more laps....

Deadset one of the most enjoying and toughest races I have ever done... period...

Thanks again @Shaun_A for keeping it so clean!!

Awesome race, lots and lots of fun. Congrats to Double and Koastr for the champ wins.
Just wanna say a big thank you to all the guys involved in making these races happen because if it wasn't for you guys we would all be in public lobbies playing smash up derbies!!

Look forward to next season!

I know it was unintentional mate and probably partly my fault. I could see what was going to happen but didnt want to enter that corner on the inside cause i had krunch and cyber breathing down my neck and ended up too close to you.
All good.

For some reason my obs didnt record the audio

Totally agree, thanks admin and QC with setting up the servers (and taking them down so they dont play up race night ).