Pit Pass

No posts since May, Bad show from the Forza boys but we have had to much fun missing each other and not making race nights to not add to the league. It has been a long time.

We are making a new league up for “C” class minis with some “S” class races (Maybe!). The New season is called the Oktober Fest and will probably be the last before Forza 3 is released so this coud be the final farewell, Unless it is shocking like COD5 and we all end up playing COD4 again instead.

We have yet to see Gibbon on the Mini Circut or infact the likes of Tommy Gunn and Hunter but we have seen Chuckle Charlie join and HellBain as well so we have a good influx of drivers.

Bye Bye Forza 2.

Well, it was a testy one this week which saw all manner of problems. There where more retirments than the South Korean border police this week and three restarts as well as some Lag. Filibuster had the bad luck this week and the headset was polluted with Christian Bale type rants throughout, and also a first a canned race. We also all pissed are pants as we enjoyed a twenty minute destruction derby around Sebring after a mass crash at the start of the race.

Yes the language was colourful but the racing was good with ESC Clarkey & Majestic taking the event wins. Gazmick had some great results as well and those slicks seem to keep him out of the bumpers of other cars. Orbittman had what can best be described by his standards as a mare with some of his most erratic driving yet but still managed a fourth overall.

Clarksy had a couple of wins but other results did not go his way despite his Back to the Future starts off the grid. Hunter was back in the game and was racey throughout but like many was caught in some of the midfield mayhem.

It was a day of firsts for the league.

Drivers are advised to rush over to see the race schedule for this week’s event. Chosen by Tim “Orbittman”, we can clearly see his sense of humour coming through.

Quick link to the schedule

Here we see Tommy and Clarksy pointing the wrong way on Road Atlanta. We also can see Gaz taking advantage of this, before throwing it all away.

Next we see the start of the carnage at the chicane on Road Atlanta. We can’t see Gaz about to take advantage of this, before throwing it all away.

At Tsukuba, we see evidence of GazMick being removed from the circuit by Gibbon, whilst uttering the telling line “Sorry Gaz, didn’t expect you to brake THAT early!”. Hmm, advantage thrown away…

Lastly we see the first turn of the feature race at Mugello.Once again, we see Gaz taking advantage of this, before throwing it all away.

After much discussion we were thinking about canning the fastest lap points. The thought is that we should keep the stats but only use them if people finish on the same points. Comments and thoughts welcome?

Another week and more techincal issues prevented another great event. Orbittman was unable to join and when we did all joined the poor bloke could not talk to anyone, but then again all he would of heard was ESC Clarkey saying “sorry” to Tommy Gunn alot and Fili saying “I have had enough I am retiring” as well as “Fuck” and “I am driving toilet”, quality quotes.

The Furry Cup

Well the cup was run and Gibbon won it by 5 points which marked improvement for the rest of the grid as he was this week there for the whole event, so It is all getting tighter. Clarksy and Tommy raced well again pushing themselves right up the championship.

The Cup In Breif

Race 1: Death Adder Reverse

It was a new experience for most of us flying around the chicane ridden monster, Clarksy took the win and Fili came a fantastic second (Kind of went down hill from there), Gaz started his sucicidal self taking the Leguna Seca approach from last week.

Race 2: Road Atlanata Short

Ahh old faithful, we all love this trackand none more so than the orbittman who managed to win comfertably which I personally put down to not hearing the rest of us shout damn as four of us totaled it in the chicane at the end of the course, this was after Clarksy and The Gunn had a Bad Boy esc type drag race though the first chicane.

Race 3: Suzuka West

This is where Fili’s luck changed, everyone was safely through the first which was a change on last week where Gaz and Clarkey spen time across the cat litter, but through the hairpin Fili was wiped out and sent 180 degrees facing the field of nicely painted minis. Gaz had a strong charge in this race after a crash which sent Clarkey into the cat litter after Clarkey and Gibbon had got a bit personal - but he did well to beat Tim.  Gibbon pounced all over the knocks and shunts and won it.

Race 4: Tsuksba Short Circut (Was suppose to be the long one)

Another favourite for paint trading this bad boy which lead to a Clark 1, 2 a first considering Tommy was giving ESC a run for his money and was all over him. Orbittman was involved in some early trouble which put him bottom of the stack.

Race 5: Leguna Seca

Stack central through the first couple of corners. Fili was ruthlessy crashed off at the start from Tommy who in turn was pranged by Clarkey through four, that ended those guys races well Tommy flew grabbed the fastest lap caught and passed Gaz who panicked under pressure. ESC trundled home in last with his knackered old mini. Clarksy won again and was on fire.

Race 6: Mugello Grand Prix (Feature)

A great feature race with the first couple of laps involving five cars line a stern battling it out. We saw a first on the second lap though our first retiree in Fili, who had just had enough. FIli was caught through one and then sent backwards it was like bambi on ice. In his attempt to race up through the pack he in his own admission “Wiped Orbittman out”. Gibbon won the day destroying the field, Tommy who seems to have got the hang of his wheel came a fantastic second after battling through the field and the Clarks settled for third and fourth, Clarksy grabbing his 5th podium spot.

Next Week Orbittman will pick the tracks so get in touch mate.

Race drivers,

The next event has been announced and the first inuendo has been put forward. The date and time is as per normal.

The Races are as followed

Circuit Name	Details
Death Adder Reverse	Sprint Cup Race / 4 Laps
Road Atlanta Short Circuit	Sprint Cup Race / 3 Laps
Suzuka West Circuit	Sprint Cup Race / 4 Laps
Tsukuba Circuit	Sprint Cup Race / 4 Laps
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Sprint Cup Race / 3 Laps
Mugello Grand Prix Circuit	Feature Cup Race / 5 Laps

After his disatrous Decisive Moment run Clarksy came up as the winner in the Aurora 23 Challenge Cup. Unfortunaltey his luck had passed on to Filibuster who was involved in every tangle possible and averaged fifth position over the event - I expect lots of photos of a smashed up white mini.

Gaz finally notched up his first win, despite being a magnet for random collisions around the course.

The Gibbon missed the first two sprint races but still managed to finish tied fourth with Gaz, despite get a rather rough ride in Suzuka East being involved in possibly the biggest wreck going into the hairpin at 2.

Tommy Gunn with his wheel run well and notched a win up and a couple of fastest laps.

Tim Orbittman joined late and only race the feature cup but he came in and walked it in a very good feature race around Road Atlana.

How It Finished

A rambling chat between Gaz and Keith lead to an idea which we thought we should put out to the rest of the crew for some feedback.

Essentially, we take the standings order after the sprint cup races and reverse it. Then for the feature race, we add an extra “formation” lap and make sure that whoever won the sprint cup is at the back, whoever was last in the sprint cup is at the front. Nobody is allowed to overtake (apart from getting into position) until they are on lap two.

So now the start is controlled by the person who most needs the points and the person who has been the general winner on the day has to do the most work to get to the front. Could mix things up a bit!

It’s only an idea, so let’s hear what you think. Maybe we will try it out in one of the warm-ups next event?