Supercars 17 - Teretonga

The season started without too many hitches.  After several track file adjustments and a few misfires on the starts we got some exciting racing in.  We started the AI at 84 and moved to 88 for the final races.  They weren't always the fastest but they could be formidable.

Race 1:

With the AI on a handicap, four humans were immediately at the front from qualifying.  Gurton Buster on the pole even though he was on the outside of the first turn.

Everything was clean and cool until lap two when Darrel got swiped by Whincup slowing for turn one.

His race was done almost immediately.

Keeping pace in second, I looped it out of the hairpin right in front of Zack.

GB wanted to keep it close and did the same thing a lap later to let us catch up.

At the back of the field, Sandy was struggling with some of the AI getting in his line and had some off moments.

As I caught back up to Zack, The Bear gave us plenty of room to race.

While that was happening, Buster was up front, turning himself around after the dog leg.

Zack and I slung past and I had the advantage at turn one.

And then I did almost the exact same thing a lap later.

In an attempt to, I assume, avoid me, The Gurt looped it as well but ended up in a forward facing position, able to pull into second just ahead.

For several laps, we accordianed back together as we ran into lap traffic.  It was all hands on wheel as we got dicey coming on to the front stretch.

We got sorted out and were within a second of each other going into the esses.

When I misjudged Zack's braking and my closing distance, unable to move out of the way in time, sending Zack into the tires and out of contention.

Gurton had capitalized on my play time with Zack and took the lead, only to run wide at the same spot a lap later.

He kept things close as we maneuvered through traffic.

We were quite racey when I went way too fast into turn one.

Zack did a repeat a few laps later, hurting himself bad.

Leaving no more challengers for GB's win.

Race 2:

Computers up to 88 and another cracking start.

It was clean until Castrol at turn 2 where Darrel ran Shane Van Gisbergen out right in front of the field.

That stacked up the field for the esses right in front of Gurton Buster and Sandy Smith who had lousy qualifying runs.

Zack Webster was making a daring move around Winterbottom on lap two at the same location where he ran it too hot and too left, loosing the car into the gravel trap.

He got so far off, he had to trace the route back until he was away from the tire cliff losing several positions.

Hamilton kept up the excitement as he kept over driving "The Elbow" at turn 7.

Castrol was exciting again as Hamilton was playing with fire, attacking Scott Pye.

An unlikely occurrence as Buster loops it at the Loop in turn 1, running right with van Gisbergen.

Out of Brickyard and into turn 7, nearly all the humans were right back together.

Sandy was out in the weeds in front of Holdsworth.

And not a lap later, Darrel was again too hot into Elbow, walloping the tire wall.

Around halfway or so, Gurton Buster was up into the teens, looking for a top 5 in the next few laps.

He then also slipped up one some debris (most likely) left from team Dick's and rounded himself out.

Speaking of Dick's, Sandy was playing with Rick Kelly, the other brother he was having fun with, getting rounded at Brickyard.

While Webster was having a mostly clean race, he still managed to put a tire wrong in the heavily abused runoff at turn 7.

While lapping down the field, I got on the inside of Todd Kelly who spent several corners in my way.  I know it's just an exhibition but he had it coming.

Gurton Buster managed to break the top 10 with Zack Webster not far behind after some strong yet stunted comebacks.  I mostly kept it clean and stayed on for the win.

Race 3:

Unfortunately I didn't save the replay on this one.  We ran another 15 (down from 20 at race 1).  I had pole next to Gurton Buster.  We went through the Loop together but I ran it wide, falling all the way back to the rear where Todd Kelly got revenge as I tried to rejoin.  In a way it was fun for me because I got to see Darrel go through the most dramatic barrel roll I've seen on a road coarse.  Slowing for turn 7, he was a little over run by Fabian Coulthard.  That got him sideways but it was James Courtney who blew into his door and rolled him through the sand trap.  Dead and done.  It wasn't as exciting a race from then on.  Gurton ran into problems and ended up falling back a ways while Zack held on for the win over me by about 15 seconds or so.

A good warm up to the series and definitely room for potential.  We'll head to Adelaide for the first two points rounds of the season.

Race 1

Track: Teretonga Park Raceway

Session: Practice

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	013	T Nadz	52.223
2	023	Z Webster	53.568
3	008	J Zolecki	53.587
4	061	D Hamilton	54.069
5	1	J Whincup	55.009
6	9	W Davison	55.108
7	6	C Mostert	55.206
8	14	F Coulthard	55.334
9	888	C Lowndes	55.394
10	97	S Van Gisbergen	55.497
11	5	M Winterbottom	55.538
12	2	G Tander	55.714
13	021	T Bear	55.810
14	8	J Bright	55.862
15	21	D Wood	55.885
16	47	T Slade	56.096
17	18	J Perkins	56.116
18	15	R Kelly	56.209
19	55	D Reynolds	56.342
20	16	S Pye	56.416
21	23	R Ingall	56.538
22	22	J Courtney	56.735
23	33	S McLaughlin	56.762
24	360	J Moffat	56.849
25	4	L Holdsworth	56.884
26	222	N Percat	57.004
27	17	D Wall	57.081
28	34	R Dahlgren	57.450
29	7	T Kelly	57.524
30	36	M Caruso	57.930

Weather: Clear, 53 °F, East 7 mph

Session: Qualifying

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	008	J Zolecki	52.292
2	013	T Nadz	52.488
3	023	Z Webster	53.601
4	1	J Whincup	54.670
5	061	D Hamilton	54.743
6	97	S Van Gisbergen	54.788
7	14	F Coulthard	54.820
8	5	M Winterbottom	54.834
9	888	C Lowndes	55.059
10	21	D Wood	55.066
11	6	C Mostert	55.159
12	9	W Davison	55.283
13	2	G Tander	55.302
14	16	S Pye	55.328
15	8	J Bright	55.536
16	55	D Reynolds	55.562
17	33	S McLaughlin	55.900
18	15	R Kelly	56.079
19	47	T Slade	56.137
20	4	L Holdsworth	56.347
21	18	J Perkins	56.363
22	17	D Wall	56.731
23	23	R Ingall	56.798
24	222	N Percat	56.822
25	021	T Bear	57.054
26	7	T Kelly	57.082
27	360	J Moffat	57.101
28	36	M Caruso	57.422
29	34	R Dahlgren	57.942
30	22	J Courtney	58.241

Weather: Clear, 53 °F, East 8 mph

Session: Happy Hour

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	008	J Zolecki	52.106
2	013	T Nadz	52.242
3	023	Z Webster	52.917
4	888	C Lowndes	54.085
5	1	J Whincup	54.422
6	5	M Winterbottom	54.734
7	9	W Davison	54.835
8	021	T Bear	55.019
9	21	D Wood	55.078
10	6	C Mostert	55.125
11	14	F Coulthard	55.129
12	8	J Bright	55.136
13	2	G Tander	55.214
14	97	S Van Gisbergen	55.230
15	15	R Kelly	55.388
16	55	D Reynolds	55.426
17	16	S Pye	55.501
18	18	J Perkins	55.726
19	23	R Ingall	55.845
20	33	S McLaughlin	55.917
21	4	L Holdsworth	55.922
22	222	N Percat	56.090
23	22	J Courtney	56.534
24	061	D Hamilton	56.736
25	47	T Slade	56.946
26	34	R Dahlgren	57.025
27	36	M Caruso	57.327
28	17	D Wall	57.394
29	7	T Kelly	58.553
30	360	J Moffat	1:01.035

Weather: Cloudy, 55 °F, Southeast 11 mph

Session: Race

OFFICIAL STANDINGS

F	S	#	DRIVER	INTERVAL	LAPS	LED	POINTS	STATUS
1	1	008	J Zolecki	105.269	20	13*	185	Running
2	2	013	T Nadz	-10.10	20	2	175	Running
3	9	888	C Lowndes	-47.46	20	0	165	Running
4	3	023	Z Webster	-56.30	20	5	165	Running
5	4	1	J Whincup	-58.65	20	0	155	Running
6	6	97	S Van Gisbergen	-1L	19	0	150	Running
7	8	5	M Winterbottom	-1L	19	0	146	Running
8	12	9	W Davison	-1L	19	0	142	Running
9	10	21	D Wood	-1L	19	0	138	Running
10	7	14	F Coulthard	-1L	19	0	134	Running
11	13	2	G Tander	-1L	19	0	130	Running
12	17	33	S McLaughlin	-1L	19	0	127	Running
13	11	6	C Mostert	-1L	19	0	124	Running
14	15	8	J Bright	-1L	19	0	121	Running
15	14	16	S Pye	-1L	19	0	118	Running
16	16	55	D Reynolds	-1L	19	0	115	Running
17	18	15	R Kelly	-1L	19	0	112	Running
18	23	23	R Ingall	-1L	19	0	109	Running
19	21	18	J Perkins	-1L	19	0	106	Running
20	24	222	N Percat	-1L	19	0	103	Running
21	19	47	T Slade	-1L	19	0	100	Running
22	27	360	J Moffat	-1L	19	0	97	Running
23	20	4	L Holdsworth	-1L	19	0	94	Running
24	22	17	D Wall	-1L	19	0	91	Running
25	30	22	J Courtney	-1L	19	0	88	Running
26	29	34	R Dahlgren	-1L	19	0	85	Running
27	26	7	T Kelly	-1L	19	0	82	Running
28	28	36	M Caruso	-1L	19	0	79	Running
29	25	021	T Bear	-2L	18	0	76	Running
30	5	061	D Hamilton	-19L	1	0	73	Accident

Caution Flags: 0 (0 laps)

Lead Changes: 4 (3 drivers)

Weather: Clear, 55 °F, South 11 mph

Pitstop Frequency: 1x

AI Strength: 84%

PENALTIES

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Race 2

Session: Qualifying

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	013	T Nadz	51.861
2	5	M Winterbottom	53.396
3	888	C Lowndes	53.581
4	1	J Whincup	53.612
5	6	C Mostert	53.632
6	9	W Davison	53.696
7	14	F Coulthard	53.748
8	023	Z Webster	53.778
9	21	D Wood	53.836
10	2	G Tander	53.942
11	97	S Van Gisbergen	54.008
12	16	S Pye	54.136
13	8	J Bright	54.179
14	061	D Hamilton	54.201
15	55	D Reynolds	54.290
16	33	S McLaughlin	54.502
17	15	R Kelly	54.521
18	18	J Perkins	54.789
19	47	T Slade	54.826
20	4	L Holdsworth	55.030
21	222	N Percat	55.049
22	23	R Ingall	55.080
23	22	J Courtney	55.101
24	360	J Moffat	55.183
25	34	R Dahlgren	55.317
26	7	T Kelly	55.827
27	36	M Caruso	55.883
28	17	D Wall	55.957
29	008	J Zolecki	57.067
30	021	T Bear	--

Weather: Cloudy, 64 °F, Northwest 6 mph

Session: Race

OFFICIAL STANDINGS

F	S	#	DRIVER	INTERVAL	LAPS	LED	POINTS	STATUS
1	1	013	T Nadz	104.477	15	15*	185	Running
2	2	5	M Winterbottom	-12.94	15	0	170	Running
3	3	888	C Lowndes	-14.53	15	0	165	Running
4	5	6	C Mostert	-14.99	15	0	160	Running
5	6	9	W Davison	-15.28	15	0	155	Running
6	4	1	J Whincup	-20.34	15	0	150	Running
7	29	008	J Zolecki	-20.64	15	0	146	Running
8	7	14	F Coulthard	-21.05	15	0	142	Running
9	9	21	D Wood	-21.19	15	0	138	Running
10	10	2	G Tander	-23.97	15	0	134	Running
11	13	8	J Bright	-24.53	15	0	130	Running
12	15	55	D Reynolds	-32.81	15	0	127	Running
13	17	15	R Kelly	-36.33	15	0	124	Running
14	8	023	Z Webster	-37.09	15	0	121	Running
15	18	18	J Perkins	-40.26	15	0	118	Running
16	11	97	S Van Gisbergen	-42.31	15	0	115	Running
17	19	47	T Slade	-44.19	15	0	112	Running
18	14	061	D Hamilton	-51.04	15	0	109	Running
19	16	33	S McLaughlin	-51.61	15	0	106	Running
20	24	360	J Moffat	-56.88	15	0	103	Running
21	25	34	R Dahlgren	-57.47	15	0	100	Running
22	23	22	J Courtney	-1:06.19	15	0	97	Running
23	21	222	N Percat	-1:07.36	15	0	94	Running
24	27	36	M Caruso	-1L	14	0	91	Running
25	28	17	D Wall	-1L	14	0	88	Running
26	20	4	L Holdsworth	-1L	14	0	85	Running
27	22	23	R Ingall	-1L	14	0	82	Running
28	26	7	T Kelly	-1L	14	0	79	Running
29	30	021	T Bear	-1L	14	0	76	Running
30	12	16	S Pye	-2L	13	0	73	Running

Caution Flags: 0 (0 laps)

Lead Changes: 0 (1 driver)

Weather: Clear, 64 °F, Northwest 2 mph

Pitstop Frequency: 1x

AI Strength: 88%

PENALTIES

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Supercar Championship 2017

We move from the insanity that is the Twisted Metal Tour to the crazy carnival of Australian touring cars: The Supercar Championship.  Formerly the V8 Supercars, this series drives like tactical warheads playing chess at supersonic speeds.  It will be somewhat difficult moving from what we just did to the more disciplined styles of the Aussie Supercars.  While we would like to bash our way through the field (and that may still happen on occasion) we need to show reserve, patience and racecraft to reflect the same attitude the series consistently represents...mostly.  Let's look at what we should expect for this series over the next few months.

Series: V8 Supercars - 2014 carset <-click to download
Timing: Practice-7-8pm EST, Qualifying/Racing 8-9 or 9:30.
AI: Active, maxed for 2014 field of VASC drivers
Damage: Realistic
Starts: Standing*
Yellows: Off
Hardcore Mode: Visual only (Aids allowed)
Fixed Setup: Disabled
Weather: Realistic

Points

Points format	Position
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Standard	150	138	129	120	111	102	96	90	84	78	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27
Endurance	300	276	258	240	222	204	192	180	168	156	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54

Points are only awarded to drivers finishing the race, i.e. DNFs will not receive any points.

Tracks and Formats
Teratunga Exhibition Races (replacing Albert Park) - 3 races, no points scored, rolling start
Adelaide Street Circuit - 2 races
Symmons Plains Raceway - 2 races
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit - 2 races
Barbagallo Raceway - 2 races
Winton Motor Raceway - 2 races
Hidden Valley Raceway - 2 races
Mallala (replacing Townsville Street Circuit) - 2 races
Queensland Raceway - 2 races
Oran Park (replacing Sydney Motorsport Park) - 2 races
Sandown Raceway [Endurance] - 1 race
Mount Panorama Circuit [Endurance] - 1 race
Surfers Paradise Street [Endurance] - 2 races
Pukekohe Park Raceway - 2 races
Yas Marina (replacing Newcastle Street Circuit) - 2 races

Download track files here

With the exception of the opening exhibition races at Teratunga, all races will feature one mandatory pit stop and fuel/tire wear will be adjusted to enforce this.  The endurance races (green italics) will require a second stop during each race.  Aside from Surfer's Paradise, the endurance races will use the Endurance points format while all others will use the Standard format.  Note that some tracks are unavailable and replaced with other Australian or previously VASC visited tracks.

Rules and Conduct
- All flags (except yellow) will be observed.  In cases of technical issues or special circumstances, black flags may be cleared.
- Respect track limits.  Taking advantage may result in penalties.
- Racing incidents do happen but deliberate contact (divebombing) is not allowed.  If you gain advantage by way of contact, you may be asked to redress (allow the car to pass).  This will apply to ALL competitors (AI and player).  Failure to do so could result in timed and/or points penalties.
- Race director decisions are final during the race.  Appeals may be made post-race for review and redress.
- Rules may be amended at any point during the season for purposes of competition.
- No whining.
Penalties.
- Misconduct will be considered case by case.
- Most incidents will be given a verbal warning.  Severe or repeat infractions will result in timed penalties from 10, 20, 30, 60, 120, 240 seconds.  After the fifth penalty (or possibly before, depending on severity) drivers may be asked to retire or be removed from the active race.
- Extreme cases of misconduct on or off the track may result in point deductions or banning from the league.

Makeup Races
 At the end of the series, driver finishes will be averaged per driver and up to 6 missed races worth of points will be awarded.  Note that the Standard points will be used.