Round 8 | 1960 Indy 500 - Gasoline Alley [rF2 | May 3, 2020]

following a computer bug, I cannot participate in the evening race, I am sorry, good luck to the drivers.

I'm sorry, I won't race tonight. Have a good one, good luck everyone.

Grats to David Jundt.  I knew I was dead when he did not pit with me. How you stayed out 80 something laps is beyond me! Nicely done David.

I will take my but the trophy says "Jundt's cat toy all race" as he toyed with me for 2/3 of the race and finally put me under with 60 or so to go.

Grats also to Jim for the bladder busting

Also grats to all finishers who all also scored points.

Sorry we only had 10 starters.

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I thought I had maybe done a crucial mistake when I tried to run my fuel tank empty. After Mike had pitted, my tyres didn't hold up as well as I thought, with me sliding around and also hitting the wall with my front right getting annoyed with my wheel rattling(even though it wasn't a flatspot this time, but no clue really why). After that, my front right was dark blue, but I luckily didn't bend anything.

While trying to catch up 12s to Mike, I also seemed to either wreck that front right tyre a lot more(or the damage at the front made leaning on it worse).

After Mike's second stop, I didn't wait too long to pit aswell, but I overshot my box and lost like 3-5 seconds. Came out right behind and followed until Mike went very deep at T3 and took the opportunity to pass.

Managed my tyres afterwards and let Jim stay on the lead lap rather than going too fast.

Early in the race had a scary moment when we lapped a car and I nearly stumbled over Mike but we luckily kept our cars straight and on the track.


Grats to all finishers, was a tough race!

Oh yea, I got caught in the lapped car’s draft causing me to lose grip. I did a double tank slapper and thought for sure we were going to collide. I am not sure what I hit but RR went light blue. I was fighting for control while trail braking so did not see who or what I hit. That was a scary moment.

Congratulations, David and Mike. You two had me well and truly covered. During my first stint I had some great racing with Jason, Stig, and Steve. It was a pleasure to share some "intimate" moments with them. We were not respecting our social distancing guidelines. It's always a treat to race with drivers like these three, and I look forward to any and all opportunities to do it again. I hope it's mutual.

I kept trying to lighten my car by scraping against the wall between 1 and 2 and between 3 and 4. It never seemed to help much tho. I appreciate David letting me unlap myself for the last stint. It was probably a wise move.

We had 60% of the field finish. In 1960 it was less than half. Well done!

Can you imagine how these guys felt after the race in real life? Had to be brutal. At least David got the milk.

Sadly I had to pull the car over and retire after I had a callout for work,was running nicely in 3rd at time as well  had some good racing with Jim for few laps,other than that it was a boring time lapping on my own,grats to David and all finishers,hopefully this covid virus will not wreck more races for me already missed a few because of it

Jim Carvalho wrote:

Congratulations, David and Mike. You two had me well and truly covered. During my first stint I had some great racing with Jason, Stig, and Steve. It was a pleasure to share some "intimate" moments with them. We were not respecting our social distancing guidelines. It's always a treat to race with drivers like these three, and I look forward to any and all opportunities to do it again. I hope it's mutual.

I kept trying to lighten my car by scraping against the wall between 1 and 2 and between 3 and 4. It never seemed to help much tho. I appreciate David letting me unlap myself for the last stint. It was probably a wise move.

We had 60% of the field finish. In 1960 it was less than half. Well done!

Looks like something from an early Elvis Movie  

That is pretty damn funny Stig, good LOL. Thx!

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Great post, Stig.

Happy with my race.
Everything went fine, almost.

Start and first laps a bit too prudent, therefore I quickly lost contact with the main pack even if I could have followed.
We also lose some time battling with Filippo.

After that, very constant race for me, close to Gérard for many many laps, it was nice and never boring.
I did a small mistake in the pits when changing tyres, I had to modify my strategy but except for that, I'm very content of my event. Impossible to come back on Jim for 3rd, but I'm ok with 4th

The same event with 20/25 pilots next week? I'm in !

Bravo David and all finishers !

And thanks to my friend Hervé, my race manager and moral support for the evening

Is Hervé a pet? I had my clutch pedal warming cat in place for about half the race. He has learned to avoid the gas and brake.