A reminder - server will be password protected 1 hour before qualifying start to keep not knowing crowded server jumpers out of way,pass will be always the same: green
Some historic stats:
Last race won by: YES Trespasser
Last WESSEX R74SP race won by: 1st race using this car
Last South City race won by: YES Lagooga (354th RTFR - SKODA FELICIA KIT CAR @ SO Town Course)
Most South City chicane configs race wins: S1DUS*Botsi - 6 wins (Finland - 9 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+65 points)
2 weeks ago RTFR went as deep into car racing history as ever,yesterday we moved forward in time and run a car from much more modern era - the era where cars were getting more powerful engines,some basing aerodynamic help and grip of early generation slick tyres. And all that while driving simple thin glass fiber clad steel tube frame,which did not have much weight,creating somewhat specific handling traits - soft throttle foot was not an option,but highly needed to survive a lap. Running races in safe environment compared to real races allows us some experiments - this time it was a race with such car in an urban environment,track fully surrounded by steel and concrete barriers posing additional challenges to drivers. Challenges were high enough to reach lowest attendance number in 1.5 years - only 19 drivers qualified for this race,2 less were standing on grid waiting for green lights. Just 4 drivers retired,so atrition level was not too high,however finishers count include 2 rejoiners who took a closer look on other side of barriers during 1st lap.
Brazilian driver TJ started slow into this event - took a while until he found some pace to qualify in 4th position,but he kept the progress also during the race,eventually catching race leader and passing him to keep the lead for the remaining 20 laps to cross the finish line as race winner. It was his 5th RTFR race win for him and also 17th top5 finish. Thehemuli passed the polesitter for lead on lap 5 and set a bid for his 1st RTFR race win,but could not keep up constant pace for that and had to settle for yet another 2nd place finish,scoring his 20th top5 finish,however 10 laps he spent in race lead are 10 times more than he managed in all races before. 3rd in finish was a finnish driver who latelly has a trait to use some alias for races in community,this time under name Leo Kinnunen he set the fastest laptime during the race to score his 29th fastest lap of the race (now sole all time 2nd most),but run out of laps on his chase for leader and finished 3rd to score his 97th top5 finish. Winner of previous race was pretty much unrelevant for win this week - Trespasser qualified in low 11th position,made some passes at least to finish 4th - 4 is also the count of his top5 finishes. Out of nowhere there was a sudden brand new polesitter - Craaach's previous best qualifying result was 9th,achieved 9 races ago. But the polish polesitter led only 4 race laps and slipped further down the field,settling for 5th place finish - that's also 8 positions better than his previous best result.
After few non-championship RTFR races,next week's race will count towards standings - it's the july race of RTFR XL,featuring an LX4 in customized version of Fern Bay Black,which is expected to be 27 laps long as laptimes will be well above 2 and a half minutes. In 2 weeks normal RTFR will return with one of the road tyre cars and that will be the last off-season race of this summer.