GRAsim V8 Supercar league

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OFFICIAL GRASIM V8SC LEAGUE THREAD

League Standings:
http://www.danlisa.com/scoring/season_standings.php?season_id=4098
Forum: http://grasim.freeforums.net/
Website: http://grasim.weebly.com
Next week (week 1): Circuit Zolder Alternate

Current B2O standings:

Overall Standings	Driver	Starts	Laps	Inc	Pts	Beh League Leader	Beh Next B2O	Chg
6	Marc Gammack	9	330	93	1,625	-432	-	-
7	Kyle BB	6	231	25	1,200	-857	-425	-
10	Ken Lindberg	6	168	43	936	-640	-264	-
12	Dino Topic	5	165	62	762	-814	-174	-
22	Anthony Peeble	2	71	61	268	-1,308	-494	-

Points scale (we use Scale 4):

Points Scale	Position
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th
Scale 4	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	48	42

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Week 1 - Circuit Zolder
June 16, 2015

Server starts at 5pm PST/830pm EST

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40 min practice, 20 min qualifying and 60 min race

Standing Start

1 Fast Repair

*NOTE* Will be using the iracing league for the season. Please make sure u are in the GRAsim.us league, if not apply and admins will make sure u are added. To find the races, u have to go to the iRacing league page then league sessions tab

Recommended ratio: N/A
Starting Max Fuel: 72% (~21 Gallons)
Race fuel: ~29 Gallons
Pit window: Lap 10 - Lap 25
Pit strategy:
- start with: Full Tank
- Refuel: ~9 Gallons
- Tire Change: Yes. Taking at least 8 gallons, you might as well take tires.

Total laps = 35

 

[Daunt]

And yes Ken, you infected me with the V8 bug. I love the car, love the tracks (bought and tried Donnington), and love the racing. I hate you

Took you a while. For all the grilling we got when we started driving the damn car.

 

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Me? NEVER!

 

[Skid_Marc_]

Nice1, Dino! Good call on the thread!

 

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Updated OP with iRacing event results and Donnington setup notes.

 

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I broke my iRacing, so don't have the replay, but here's the grid. Almost all teams were grouped together with B2O taking 9th, 10th and 11th with 9th, 10th and 12th finish.

Congrats to Peeble on his first race and pretty decent pace with 2 days under his belt.

 

[Kenadian]

Good job guys, sorry I missed it.

 

[Skid_Marc_]

Some (not-so-)glamour (soley due to my photography skills) shots from this weeks race:

All three Band of Others Racing cars started next to each other, 9th-11th!

Close racing between Dino and I throughout the entire race led to a lot of close action!

Half way through the race, and all three B2O cars were still within sight of each other!

Working on uploading the full video, and I'll work on the highlights video tomorrow.

#Procrastinating


Edit: WOOOOOWWWWW I'm dumb... uploaded the images, posted here, and then moved the images in Photobucket... great going moron..

Oh, and the video:
#STILLProcrastinating

Edit 2:
Here are both the full race and highlights videos:
[video=youtube;z_DUAh80hy0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_DUAh80hy0&list=UUPrPsx56KMaIuKchKR950CA[/video]
[video=youtube;qsK-HL4P5ew]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsK-HL4P5ew&list=UUPrPsx56KMaIuKchKR950CA[/video]

 

[Skid_Marc_]

Edited the above post to correct the pictures, as well as to add the videos!

 

[Daunt]

Very nice pics! I need to set my wheel back up. I feel like its been forever since I raced but really its been like 3 weeks...

Outta the game for a couple weeks now everyone drives the V8

 

[Daunt]

Is there a league website or anything like that? Do you guys race Tuesdays? I thought i read that somewhere but I can't find it / any info.

 

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Forum: http://grasim.freeforums.net/
Website: http://grasim.weebly.com/
Standings: http://www.danlisa.com/scoring/season_standings.php?season_id=4098

Make sure to apply in the League section of iRacing website.

 

[Daunt]

Not too late to join? I am tempted...

 

[Skid_Marc_]

Nope! Just post on the forum! Someone else in TS was interested in joining up as well, so we could get a B2O C team going!

 

[Daunt]

Nope! Just post on the forum! Someone else in TS was interested in joining up as well, so we could get a B2O C team going!

Yeah I'll have to figure out who was talking about it. Either way, I need to start practicing. Have you guys been on Monza all week? Or not yet?

 

[Kenadian]

It was probably me talking about it as Humberto Roca expressed interest so I offered him a spot on the Team which he's currently considering.

Ultimately though, we can field as many drivers as we want because I've heard there's typically close to 20 Pit Stalls available later in the Season.

The one comment that may come up though is that we're flooding the field with Band of Others cars which I love but some may not be in favor of. I only mention it here because it was brought to my attention in passing (nothing serious).

I love the fact we're fielding this many drivers but really think we should add a second paint scheme, this one to market Practice Pals with Band of Others as a smaller footnote on the paint.

I've been messing around with a Practice Pals Livery on the KIA which I can post later. Just know it's really rough and hasn't been flushed out as of yet.

Lastly, I wasn't going to mention it earlier but now that the animated pic has been posted I have to comment on it.

This...

...cannot happen in League if you are to run the Band of Others colors.

If you must capture something like this then do it far away from other traffic where no one else can be affected outside those participating.

It would be different if these guys asked you to do this but they didn't and were irritated by it.

These guys were lined up for a group shot and did not appreciate this happening around them.

I know its fun and believe me I understand how important it is to cut loose now and then but you guys need to be cognizant of the fact these Leagues exist so drivers don't have to be around this type of behavior.

One of these drivers had something like 5 incident points on the entire season and takes clean racing extremely serious. All that needed to happen was for someone to catch the grass or something for an incident to occur.

I ask you all please take this seriously because I don't want any negativity pointing back toward this Community or our iRacing programs.

For this reason I'll be assigning Team Leaders who can ensure driving standards are kept in my absence.

Remember, the brass ring here is our own League and if we're not going to attract drivers if all we do is clown around and cause havoc on track.

 

[Daunt]

If too many B2O themes are an issue I can find something else.

 

[Kenadian]

If too many B2O themes are an issue I can find something else.

I never said it was an issue, only that it was mentioned in passing.

I'd recommend we look at creating a Practice Pals Skin as well as this is the perfect opportunity to do so.

 

[Daunt]

I never said it was an issue, only that it was mentioned in passing.

I'd recommend we look at creating a Practice Pals Skin as well as this is the perfect opportunity to do so.

I know. I don't want to cause any issues though in the league. I think it would be really cool to keep them similar but obviously different. Something like inverting the colors... something like keeping the design and aesthetics the same but at the same time, making it obvious we are affiliated.

Maybe all white with orange stripe up the side and the light blue pin striping? Or maybe all orange with black stripe up the size and light blue pin striping. I think those could be very good looking.

 

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Ken, if you're going to be THAT strict about, please says so and the situation can be rectified.

On the note regarding the "incident": all 3 cars stopped in the middle of the track on the cool down lap, which was rather stupid to begin with, but being good sports and not saying anything to that, Zac and I decided to make it fun. We stopped, pulled along side of their cars, someone asked us to move due to picture being taken. We did and everything was fine and dandy.

Take note: this lasted 15 seconds.

Also, tell Troy that getting incidents AFTER the race, doesn't count towards anything, and Tim Briggs on their team punted Zack in the official SOF race, 3 times: 4x, 4x, 1x by pushing off track. So yeah, they ain't so clean either.