GTC-West Barcelona

Not a single DNF, great work everyone

Good Race.
Passed 3,4or5 on the way into T1, all clean, everyone was just fooling around so I went for it. But I got tapped and spun,immediately :( :( . So basically started from last place!!

Had alot of fun passing people for the first 12 laps, got all the way back up to 12th. All were clean, didn't cause any spins, but a few were a little sloppy Thanks guys for not taking me out just to be mean!!

Some other pitted early and I pit on lap 22? in 8th(got 1 set and fuel). Came out did a few laps and got my second set of rears. Came out in last!!!! Got back up to 15th after all pitting was finished. I expected to get back up to 12 or 13 but I guess my 30L extra fuel( at race end) and pitstops being too close together had something to do with that. I really need to watch replay and figure how I loose so much time(it couldnt be all fuel)! So I'm in 15th, crash a few times and end up in 17th limping across with no front splitter.

Dissapointing I was hoping for top10, but oh well.

Good Race, Fun. See you next time.

**NIce Screens Dean...I'm the odd one out in the first and hey that's me in the second as well!!*****

Congrats to everybody who raced tonight and no DNF's!

Somebody took me out during qualification before I could get even one lap in so I started dead last. I was hoping for a little good luck and maybe some DNF's but, neither was to be had. LOL

I did a really smart thing and raced the Fun-run at Barcelona National right before the GTC-West event thinking it will help me. WRONG!!! I was tired before the GTC race even started. When it did start I began suffering A.D.D after 10 laps. Add to that a really dumb ass pit strategy and you become a hazard and a back marker. I hope it was better for you that it was for me!! There is always next time...
.....Tommy Gunn

Bleh...grabbed the pole, had a fairly decent race overall, but I had a shitty start. Going into T1, I picked a shitty line and drifted out through the middle of the corner. This allowed Sam to get to the right of me heading towards T2/3 and while I should have backed off, I kept at it and bumped him off the track. Not my style of racing and it bugged me the whole race :(. Very sorry again, Sam.

Claus took advantage of the situation and grabbed 1st and when he did that, there was no stopping him. I kept him within reach for a few laps but once my tires started wearing, he just pulled off. I chose the consecutive two-stopper strategy and it worked okay, but the GTN guys including Claus just did it better and there was no chance for me in catching him. That man is a machine!

Great racing guys! Fun night.

Kinda thought I was going to have a rough time here tonite. I forgot to practice even 1 lap, and I only JUST got home in time to make it in. Thankfully my team gave me a good car and set-up. :) Did a couple laps in practice, but I kept sliding off the track? Oh no. I could not remember where the corners were! And then qually starts! hehe.

The best I could muster up was 15th place! I didn't know there were grid marks back here. :0 Thinking all was lost, and I was in for a long night of checking my mirrors, I sluggishly entered the grid. I also then decided to run the whole race without using the HUD or nametags. Just to make it interesting. Plus those damn numbers are always in the way of the rear view in the M3. >:(

The lights go green and suddenly my car is totally different. Wow. Night and day. Started chasing and passing cars with abandon. LOL. Had one tense moment going into 1, but saved it nicely. Whoever was in front must have been gripping the wheel if he saw me! Then at one point, I got a good run out of the last corner, and blew by the car ahead. The blue flags and warnings start going crazy! WTF? I was pulling away so I wasn't going to slow to give the spot back! LOL. Don't know who it was of course. You all looked the same to me. :)

After making back to back stops at the half, my car was even faster. hehe. And I got the blue flags again after passing someone else! I have never had that happen before. Now twice in one race. geez. Am I un-lapping myself to someone? Or is the games timing just screwy?

Things started spreading out after that and cars were hard to come by. I did come across the odd car raking the traps here and there though, just to keep me on my toes. Kept closing in on the car ahead, only to have him peel off into the pits too. Man that's dissappointing! LOL.

Felt someone breathing down the gap behind me near the end, but I managed to hold him off. I was absolutely astonished at 6th place when I exited out at the checker. Wow. I might drive without a hud more often. It sure made the race more fun. Think I passed more cars tonite than in the last 4 races put together.

Grats to the podium guys. And everyone else too. Really fun race! Thx. I'll be back.

Grats to Claus as usual,
I qualy'd terible @ 9th, Got a great start from the green, came out thru T1 in P5, Tailed the front guys for 7 laps and while exiting T2 i clipped the inside curb, or should i say it stuck out its arm and grabbed me :) From there I return to the track in P20 and a long uphill battle to follow, I had some good fights but when it comes down to it you cannot make any mistakes in spec racing and I had 1.5

Just a small token of thanks to Mr Smith for participating under the LMTC Motorsports banner!

Cya next time.

I don't know what it is about this track, but it was by far one of the most intense, and funnest races I've ever run. There are a lot of damn good drivers out there and this is comforting to know on such a tight track.

Got a pretty good Q for me (8th) which was a surprise. Jeff Stibling was kicking my ass in practice (1:09's in race trim) the night before and didn't expect to out Q him. He must have caught a curb or other mishap on his Q run.

The first 10 laps were very intense with 4-5 cars all just trying to keep pace with each other. Then getting onto the back strait something happened to Mr. Poel and I found myself door to door with him for a few turns. I was gonna attempt to take him all the way down the front strait, but didn't quite have the momentum to carry it through and fell in behind him. Then going into T1 I got in a bit deep and gave up a couple of positions. Just tried to calm down and settle in until pit stops.

The pit stop cycle can be a bit confusing at times because you see some different names from the guys you've been running with and I don't want to put a big challenge on him if he's just gonna pit in the next few laps, so I just cruised around for a few laps until the cycle came back around and go racing again.

I finished 11th which was a bit of a bummer. I thought a top 10 was in the cards, but at this level a I guess that's too much to expect. I gotta work on pit stops (again) 'cause that seems to be where I'm getting skunked.

Great Race All! And no dnf's or discos! Very nice

Looked at the list of drivers and put a top 10 out of my mind.Qualified 17th and during the 1st stint,tried to pass one of the Mueller's into turn 1.Into the braking zone and i'm thinking,no no no,you have gone in to deep,this could get messy.Somehow i got it stopped and turned in tight,but couldn't make it stick.During the last stint,i followed Scott around for a while,then he had an incident with a lapped car.For a fraction of a sec i was just going to blast past,but then eased up and let him back in front.I eventually got by in t1.Great racing out there once again.
bazza

I guess every race has a person who finishes in dead last place. Unfortunately for me, I was that person. I didn't feel like I was too far off the pace, but apparently I was wrong. It seems that I've somehow gotten worse as the season has gone on and everyone else has gradually improved. Combine my slow lap times with a flat tire after hitting the wall in T1 and you end up at the back of the pack. Oh well, I'm not ready to throw in the wheel yet, but that was definitely frustrating.

I knew this track very well so I never made any foolish mistakes like late-braking into the wall at turn one. But despite my best efforts my best lap was 1:12.75. Motec Eclectic was 1:10.8. Turns 4 and 5, that loose chicane with the sand on the left seemed to be where the rest of you guys would pull away from me - loosing a second there maybe.

Didn't try to pit till lap 26, no confirmation from crew, went around again, finally got response from crew to come in, but a few seconds later the crew chief blurts "YOUR TIRES ARE SHOT!" So the lap prior to pitting was a little slower.

Lap 35 was a bitch. Lost rear traction twice and had to wait for traffic before rejoining race. Just about lost my nerve there but decided to press on.

The "Slower cars are not to move over for faster cars approaching" rule doesn't seem to be working. I attempted to hold my line but still had guys colliding with my rear or side going through turn 3 and 4. If they had waited another second or two I would have let them pass on the straight after that. So after that happened a few times I started moving over and giving up the optimal line. I know I was off the pace, maybe I shouldn't have even entered the race, but the same thing could happen in a combined race where a GT car needs to lap a NGT car.

BTW: can't download replay.