Absolute Beginners would like to present.....

The Aston RWD Cup

A 6 round mini championship using only RWD cars and all based around the fast and flowing Aston circuit.
Starting slowly with the crazy MRT’s at the shortest Aston configuration and ending with the BF1 at Aston Grand Prix.


1. Info about the cup:
The Aston RWD Cup is a short 6 round league where we will visit the various layouts of Aston in a variety of RWD only cars.
Each round is to consist of 2 races. A short sprint race followed by a longer feature race.
A 15 minute qualifying session will set the grid for the sprint race, the feature race will use the sprint race results to set the grid.

There is no registration required, just turn up and race!!

General Absolute Beginner racing rules can be found here...
Absolute Beginner Racing Rules

2. Server info and start times (CET):
Server - AB.nl[MID]
password can be found on Absolute Beginner website -http://www.absolute-beginners.net/news.php

Server is set with the upcoming combo so please feel free to drop in and practice.

19:30 - Qualification
19:50 – Sprint Race
20:20 – Feature Race


3. Other info:
Sprint race:
In the sprint race there will not be a mandatory pitstop. It is called a sprint race for a reason: a sprint from start to finish.

Feature race:
In the feature race there will be 1 mandatory pitstop. A pitstop window will be set from lap 2 to the 2nd last lap. If you pit in the first or final lap this stop will not count as a mandatory stop and you will still have to make your mandatory stop within the pit window.

Length of Qualification – 15 minutes long.
Length of Sprint Race – ~20 minutes long.
Length of Feature Race ~ 40 minutes long.

4. Schedule:
Round 1 - MRT@AS1 (09.01.2011.)
Round 2 - XRT@AS2r (16.01.2011.)
Round 3 - RAC@AS3 (23.01.2011.)
Round 4 – LX6@AS4r (06.02.2011.)
Round 5 - FZR@AS7r (13.02.2011.)
Round 6 – BF1@AS5 (20.02.2011.)

5. Scoring:
1. 30 points
2. 24
3. 20
4. 18
5. 16
6. 15
7. 14
8. 13
9. 12
10. 11
11. 10
12. 9
13. 8
14. 7
15. 6
16. 5
17. 4
18. 3
19. 2
20. 1

The same points will be awarded in both Sprint and Feature races. No extra points will be awarded for fastest lap.

Last edited by thesloth, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 19:25.

Quote from Starbert :

Ok, thanks,

If anyone can help me/us to get the site running again, then please say so. I am not that good in php-stuff and the like.

Hi Bert, are you still needing help with this?

Weefelly

Quote from Wilko868 :

I did 7 hours in that race, 4 and a half straight. Nature called so I had to hand over 1 and a half hours from time. Great race everyone, well driven.

The subject of your bladder size was mentioned on our IRC chats . We though you were never gonna stop....or maybe do a 'Coulthard' .

Quote from hyntty :

I don't understand how you can spin on a straight but oh well.

In my defense it isn't actually straight at that bit of the track although it's generally treated as a straight . It may have been the backdraught from the GTR that just passed me at warp factor 6 that caused my wobble....whatever it didn't end well for either of us :ashamed:.

As for the chat....apologies if we used it more than was acceptable, we did try to keep it to an absolute minimum. We did take the decision to enter at the last minute and spent the time we had available trying to get a setup we were all happy with and also work out strategies and who was available when etc....you all know about trying to get thing organised I'm sure. This meant that we didn't really have time to sort out TS for this time...a bit of a poor excuse maybe but we have certainly learned something for future races.

In general though I really enjoyed the race, although I think I spent more time looking in my mirror than I did looking ahead....constant blue flags . Maybe the speed differential is too great between the GTR500's and the GTLights....just a comment. The most difficult to deal with were the 'stealth' GTR500's....you know, the one's that were behind on laps and were unlapping themselves. You don't get the luxury of a 'Blug Flag' before these babies fly by .

Quote from Bean0 :

I think a few of the teams have no VOIP so are asking for people to join to take over in the chat.

Here's a small 'Fraps'd replay, for the lulz' from my stint...

http://www.conceptracing.net/bean0/spin.avi

That was me spinning out of control on the back straight :ashamed: I lost it trying to keep out of the way of the car in front of you and collected you as I spun out......sorry about that. At least it gave you a nice replay :sorry:.

And that was us with the Code 0 etc. You're right...we don't have TS so tried to keep chat to minimum while still keeping in contact for driver changes etc. Hope we didn't violate any rules here .

Also, are the replays of the race posted anywhere? I forgot to save them in my rush to change driver.....would be grateful if someone could post it.

Thanks.

Last edited by thesloth, Sat 11 Apr 2009, 23:17.

Happy Birthday Aid :birthday:

Quote from vicbel :

I started in three but only finished one. So I guess I'll have to wait two more. Thanks for the answer.

As long as you compete in three races you can apply to join the closed league. You don't have to finish every race before you apply. Although the reasons why you didn't finish may effect the decision to let you in .

Put in a request and the Board of Trustees will take a look......good luck .

I think Andy's lfs world name is Mad_ . I race under the name Weefelly on the AB Leagues. It's getting close in the battle for the S2 League title .

Just don't be too quick . And if you beat me please make sure you beat AndyR too.

Thanks .

Password is on the homepage on the righthand side but is only visable to registered users. Register on the forum and you should be able to see this. (I'm assuming that the problem with the forums doesn't stop you registering).

Will there be an announcement soon about the format for next season? Just asking as the S2 League is coming to a close in a few weeks time. We have built up the grids in this league and it would be a shame to lose that momentum.

Quote from jiri86 :

Challanger appears!

Haha!! Are you sure??

Quote from Michalxo :

"I would like to join this event>>here (SO6/FBM) if possible "

When he stays for longer period (season or so) I have no protest, but if only this one race, I say no... We saw that many times... new guy, fast in 1 event.. accidentally crash some other ppl, ruin they races and no more show up.....

I know what you are saying Michalxo and I do agreed up to a point. It can sometimes feel like really fast guys turn up for one race, thrash everyone and never turn up again. Maybe they are just trying to make a cheap point .

I think though that this is something we just need to live with if we want to keep the big grids in the S2 league. Everyone needs to start sometime and hopefully, if we offer a warm welcome and some good, fair racing they will stay and join the closed league too. Who knows...someone might even offer a challenge for Mazda .

Ahaa, team inferno have one which "a racing God" can manage a 1:58 cheers mate

Quote from D.Zanetti :

What a joke my connection is, fine all night untill race. Get pole lead first laps then bye bye Mr internet and im out of the race. :jawdrop:

Same here...my connection went pear shaped between free practice and quali. How gutted am I??

Quote from travyd :

Awesome. Look forward to racing again! Doing consistent 54s with a 53.69 as a pb with the ballast, funnily enough the same time as CSF. Shaping up for a good round!

Sounds like you be wanting some more ballast.

Quote from gremwood :

Well I'll be there on Saturday, and since I'm there...

For those of you with the tail issues: There's a trick with this combo, in the UF1, you want to be aggressive. On/Off throttle gaps should be as quick as possible, as needed. As soon as you turn in and there's oversteer, you want to even out, stay on the throttle, then adjust also as needed.

Shhhh!! Don't tell everyone :doh:

Quote from Gil07 :

18kg ballast in an UF1 You have to be an alien to get a good time out of that :o

Congrats Travy

You'll be lucky to get off the line with that amount of weight onboard

...and yeah... congrats on a great race tonight T (not that I was ever close enough to see you ).

...and how did the Rookie class fair against the Experienced guys??

Yeah, thanks guys for organising a really great race . Hope the rest of the season is half as good as this was.

Thanks to Petr CGY, J@tko, Dizzydarryn and Paxo for some tough but fair racing, it was a blast

Will you be using Ventrilo during the GetTogether. Just never used it before so I'm hoping I've set it up correctly.

Ok just asking

Is there any kind of a team entry / competion?

Real Name: Ally Sinclair
Numbers of Entry Requirements that you have attained : 1 & 4 (310 CTRA Licence points, 1933 online laps).
Number : 68
ROOKIE CLASS

Hope I'm not too late to sign up.

You could also try the Absolute Beginners League. There is a sub-forum with details here.