Looks to me like the attack of fresh fruit à la Monty Python.
LFS Username: Hypothraxer
Real Name: David Novak
Number: 77
Class: NDRC (I suppose the iTCC counts? As well as the LFSBC Season 2 and the 16 hour race at Kyoto)
Team: iCON Racing
Real Name: David Novak
Number: 77
Class: NDRC (I suppose the iTCC counts? As well as the LFSBC Season 2 and the 16 hour race at Kyoto)
Team: iCON Racing
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I've updated our entry with the second driver, real names & team tag.
Team Name: iCON Racing
LFS Username[s]: Laser171107, Hypothraxer
Real Name[s]: Tobias Osterhouse, David Novak
Team Tag: [iCON]
LFS Username[s]: Laser171107, Hypothraxer
Real Name[s]: Tobias Osterhouse, David Novak
Team Tag: [iCON]
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Where do we sign up?
I'll surely try to join that one again - but I suppose I have to drive in the NDRC this time 
Once again: Thank you Eduardo for organizing this. It was great fun even though I lacked practice and was spinning all over the place. I still had some Concept Racing guys to fight with at the rear (you guys were everywhere ).
).It's possible that I won't make it since I've pinched a nerve in my back thus making movements of my torso rather painful.
I'll try to be there as well.
That explains a lot
I did a 1:12.75 with 23.53, 52.52 splits - I guess that's not enough for the shootout.
1:13.2x so far - but my setup is too slow on the straight (231 km/h compared to the 238 km/h in the CTRA record).
Your Name: David Novak
Your LFS Username: Hypothraxer
Protest Against: (LFS Username): 246 G. Alamaras (cbr929)
Type of Protest - Unfair Overtake or whatever: Unsafe track re-entry.
Description - Your opinion of what happened: Driver crashes into a spun car and spins onto grass. Re-enters track onto the racing line giving me no room to actually pass the stranded cars (although notices his mistake and tries to get away).
Which Event / Session: (Quali or Race 1/2/3): Race 2
Attached Evidence - Attach your pictures, or other evidence: From 6:09 in the replay.
Decision
Decision postponed
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Your Name: David Novak
Your LFS Username: Hypothraxer
Protest Against: (LFS Username): 222 D. Faurie (crazydav)
Type of Protest - Unfair Overtake or whatever: Reckless driving.
Description - Your opinion of what happened: Two cars trying to go into the fast left-hand corner after the bridge. 222 on the inside does not give me room to actually stay on the track thus pushing me off the track and consequently himself as well (one might even argue if 222 would've stayed on the track if I was not there).
Which Event / Session: (Quali or Race 1/2/3): Race 1
Attached Evidence - Attach your pictures, or other evidence: From 10:15 in the replay.
Decision
Decision postponed
Your LFS Username: Hypothraxer
Protest Against: (LFS Username): 246 G. Alamaras (cbr929)
Type of Protest - Unfair Overtake or whatever: Unsafe track re-entry.
Description - Your opinion of what happened: Driver crashes into a spun car and spins onto grass. Re-enters track onto the racing line giving me no room to actually pass the stranded cars (although notices his mistake and tries to get away).
Which Event / Session: (Quali or Race 1/2/3): Race 2
Attached Evidence - Attach your pictures, or other evidence: From 6:09 in the replay.
Decision
Decision postponed
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Your Name: David Novak
Your LFS Username: Hypothraxer
Protest Against: (LFS Username): 222 D. Faurie (crazydav)
Type of Protest - Unfair Overtake or whatever: Reckless driving.
Description - Your opinion of what happened: Two cars trying to go into the fast left-hand corner after the bridge. 222 on the inside does not give me room to actually stay on the track thus pushing me off the track and consequently himself as well (one might even argue if 222 would've stayed on the track if I was not there).
Which Event / Session: (Quali or Race 1/2/3): Race 1
Attached Evidence - Attach your pictures, or other evidence: From 10:15 in the replay.
Decision
Decision postponed
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One protest from me regarding Race 2: Rule 2.2.1: "Drivers should NOT telepit or telespectate, instead they should signal the Race Director who will then show the Yellow Flag, and deploy the Safety Car." In that respect: Protest against R.de.Jong & M.Cherkashyn for not obeying that rule (I don't have access to LFS so I can't post the exact time). Probably one/two more from me this evening. Edit: And in Race 3: M. Boljevic again for spectating.
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I agree on that one - the commentators were great! 
P.S.: Especially Michael Passingham's final thought: "In this race the 19th place finisher, Novak, got the fastest lap. Amazing stuff. That sums up the strangest weekend in racing I've ever seen."
P.S.: Especially Michael Passingham's final thought: "In this race the 19th place finisher, Novak, got the fastest lap. Amazing stuff. That sums up the strangest weekend in racing I've ever seen."
Can anyone upload the replay of Race 1? It seems like it didn't save it for me.
=> http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=53873
Just do it if you think it's justified. In the end cleaner racing is what we all want (especially in the back).
iTCC - Round 2 - Post-Race Discussion
First of all: Sorry J. Lovett for sending you out in Race 1. I thought there was enough room but I misjudged the distance.
Race 1 was somewhat mixed. On one hand there were people who were really careful when overtaking and others weren't so careful. First I got nudged in the back and lost ~2 - 3 positions and then I just got bumped off the track for no good reason (you know who you are!). I then bumped off Lovett and decided to give him at least one position back and waited in the last lap so that he could overtake me.
In Race 2 I first got stuck up again in a car pileup from which I was the last one to recover. Then I hit another pile up in the last chicane where - for some reason - one of the drivers decided to go back from the grass onto the racing line (again - you know who you are!). But it was also my fault for not braking earlier.
In Race 3 I got stuck in a car pileup (sounds familiar eh? Where's the unluckiest driver trophy?!) which was caused by a car lagging. Afterwards I was just cruising along, beating my own lap record and even getting the fastest lap.
Shootout 3 here I come....
Race 1 was somewhat mixed. On one hand there were people who were really careful when overtaking and others weren't so careful. First I got nudged in the back and lost ~2 - 3 positions and then I just got bumped off the track for no good reason (you know who you are!). I then bumped off Lovett and decided to give him at least one position back and waited in the last lap so that he could overtake me.
In Race 2 I first got stuck up again in a car pileup from which I was the last one to recover. Then I hit another pile up in the last chicane where - for some reason - one of the drivers decided to go back from the grass onto the racing line (again - you know who you are!). But it was also my fault for not braking earlier.
In Race 3 I got stuck in a car pileup (sounds familiar eh? Where's the unluckiest driver trophy?!) which was caused by a car lagging. Afterwards I was just cruising along, beating my own lap record and even getting the fastest lap.
Shootout 3 here I come....
I'm not sure if everyone understands it correctly:
In the shootout you're not carrying any ballast.
If were not competing in the race / qualification in the last event you are required to carry 30 kg of ballast if you make it past the shootout and into the race / qualification.
If you participated in the race in the last event but did not make it into the top 15 thus having to do the shootout you are not required to carry ballast in the next race / qualification if you manage to get into the race again via the shootout.
In the shootout you're not carrying any ballast.
If were not competing in the race / qualification in the last event you are required to carry 30 kg of ballast if you make it past the shootout and into the race / qualification.
If you participated in the race in the last event but did not make it into the top 15 thus having to do the shootout you are not required to carry ballast in the next race / qualification if you manage to get into the race again via the shootout.
I have to qualify through the shootout though - so my tears are justified!
I'm going to cry in a corner now.
If anyone of the fast guys could give me a hint why I'm losing ~1 second I'd appreciate it very much:
http://n.ethz.ch/~dnovak/download/1%5ec19.62.spr
(Major culprits are the turn before the bridge and the last turn before the start-finish line. But I can't imagine that I lose 0.5s each there).
http://n.ethz.ch/~dnovak/download/1%5ec19.62.spr
(Major culprits are the turn before the bridge and the last turn before the start-finish line. But I can't imagine that I lose 0.5s each there).
Please no :b 1:18.5 already sounds like from outer space. I'd be glad if I reach low 1:19s.
1:18.1? Dear god - and I thought I was closing in :/ My best (without ballast) is 1:19.68
Right - I found the reason why I was so slow. I was driving with 43 kg of ballast.....
Sounds promising - I'm losing 0.5s per sector. Now I just need to find a way to drive faster :b
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