CWGT: Six Heures de Mosport Live Thread

[TheStranger]

And now on to North America for the first Canadian stop of the season, the Crapwagon.com GT Offline Series 6 Hours of Mosport. 294 projected laps of suckage and possibly accidents from inept AI. Or maybe a dark horse winner?

Dan Belcher, after his utterly dominating performance at Avus, is fixing to try to make it two in a row, but first he has to qualify well.

[TheStranger]

Qualifying now in progress.

And now it's complete, and for the second straight event in a row the defending winner is qualified second to last in 15th place.

POS # NAME TIME

1 60 MMB 1:11.042
2 84 ctkatz 1:11.068
3 64 Mazza19 1:11.069
4 44 FlyingbuckeyeC1 1:11.072
5 57 Mr. Vengeance 1:11.072
6 33 FCYTravis 1:11.075
7 49 Greg Pizzo 1:11.076
8 7 denith 1:11.077
9 75 Hosehead 1:11.088
10 30 Simracin40 1:11.092
11 21 ABES 1:11.095
12 76 Scott 1:11.099
13 65 Caspar 1:11.101
14 35 RobGuru 1:11.118
15 95 Dan Belcher 1:12.328
16 85 TheStranger 1:12.350

[TheStranger]

At 2:35:45, the race has started!

0:15 - Mommymushbrain continues to lead Ctkatz after 12 laps.

[TheStranger]

0:33 - Mommymushbrain and ctkatz now lead the rest of the field by 10.649 seconds, on the 28th lap.

0:42 - The lead on the rest of the field has now increased to an incredible 16 seconds, but the leaders pit on lap 36.

0:43 - With the pitting of the leaders, Mazza19 and FCYTravis take the first two spots.

0:44 - Hosehead takes the lead as Mazza and about 7 other cars hit the pits.

0:45 - Hosehead now pits.

[TheStranger]

0:48 - On lap 39, MMB and ctkatz now are ahead by 19.9 seconds over the rest of field, as pitstops have cycled out. Pit strategy appears to be the big harbinger that this enduro will be testing.

[TheStranger]

AFTER ONE HOUR (ALL CARS HAVE COMPLETED 50 LAPS)

1. MMB
2. ctkatz
3. Hosehead (20 seconds behind)
4. FlyingbuckeyeC1
5. Mazza19

[TheStranger]

1:05 - Ctkatz is reporting to the UofL Hockey Team race team crew radio that his batch of BF Goodrich tires is "pure sheeit." Three laps after that, he is now 13.788 seconds behind.

1:09 - Hosehead was up on ctkatz's tail for a bit but has lost a few carlengths. Ctkatz is now 17 seconds behind MMB.

1:12 - Ctkatz has lost 4 positions in the last two laps due to the tire problems. Hosehead is now 2nd, 22 seconds back.

1:14 - Corey and Mr. Vengeance hit the outside wall in Turn 2, with Mr. Vengeance spinning out. Both continue to the pits. Caspar has been lapped as MMB runs away. Caspar now goes into the pits with piston trouble and DNFs.

[TheStranger]

1:27 - MMB and FlyingbuckeyeC1 pit, Hosehead takes the lead.

1:28 - Hosehead and 5 other cars pit, giving Dan Belcher the lead for the first time today!

1:30 - MMB retakes the lead (Dan never was officially scored with it) as Dan and Scott pit on lap 73.

[TheStranger]

1:36 - MMB is coming up on the lapped car of Mr. Vengeance; Hosehead has narrowed the gap to 16 seconds.

[TheStranger]

1:55 - MMB's lead on Hosehead is now a comfortable 16.7 seconds. Ctkatz and Mr. Vengeance are the only cars not on the lead lap still running.

AFTER TWO HOURS...

1. MMB (99)
2. Hosehead (16.691)
3. FlyingbuckeyeC1 (18.448)
4. FCYTravis (25.539)
5. Mazza19 (28.399)

2:01 - It looks like we'll hit pit stops in about 8 more laps.

[TheStranger]

2:13 - Cycling through stops, ABES leads with Dan in 2nd, me third. MMB is 5th.

2:14 - Dan officially is credited with leading lap 109, but pits so MMB regains the point.

2:16 - ctkatz now back on the lead lap!

[TheStranger]

2:50 - On the 140th lap, MMB leads by 13.424 seconds over Hosehead, and 16.120 over FlyingbuckeyeC1.

2:51 - On the leader lap 141, Mazza19 is the first to pit.

2:52 - MMB IS IN ON LAP 142! FlyingbuckeyeC1 also goes in.

2:54 - with the pit cycling, ABES now leads with Dan in 2nd and MMB in 3rd. This will probably change once ABES and Dan pit.

2:56 - ABES pits! This moves Dan to 1st and MMB to 2nd.

2:57 - Dan pits on the 146th lap, putting MMB back in the lead.

[Mazza19]

Let's hope my car wins :P

666 POSTS!!! MUAHAHAA!!!

[TheStranger]

AT THE HALFWAY MARK (3 HOURS)...

1. MMB (147 laps complete)
2. Hosehead (12.85)
3. FlyingbuckeyeC1 (16.108)
4. FCYTravis (21.497)
5. Mazza19 (28.509)

[TheStranger]

3:11 - Hosehead has cut MMB's lead to 11.3 seconds.

[TheStranger]

3:35 - On lap 177, MMB pits as she was about to lap Simracin40. Hosehead pits as well.

3:38 - Me, Denith, and RobGuru pit. ABES leads Dan Belcher and MMB.

3:40 - ABES pits on lap 181, putting Dan in the lead. MMB hard on Dan's tail though and Dan is slated to pit soon.

[TheStranger]

3:43 - DAN CRASHES! He runs into the tire wall on a downhill section after FlyingbuckeyeC1 tapped him. The #95 had just finished its pit stop after leading a couple of laps, but is now being towed back to the garage.

The gap is now 8.5 seconds between MMB and Hosehead.

3:53 - Dan has been classified as DNF in 15th place, the second straight race the defending winner has both qualified and DNFed 15th.

Hosehead's behind MMB by 8.6 seconds.

[TheStranger]

AFTER 4 HOURS...

1. MMB (196 laps complete)
2. Hosehead (8.583)
3. FlyingbuckeyeC1 (10.442)
4. Travis (19.220)
5. Mazza19 (32.691)

[TheStranger]

4:10 - Gap is now down to 8.36 seconds between MMB and Hosehead.

4:13 - Gap now down to 8.192 seconds. Pitstops expected in 7 laps.

4:14 - FlyingbuckeyeC1 is the first to pit, on lap 208. It appears the GP Motorsports duo has done so as well.

4:16 - Mazza19 pits in his Adult Swim Viper. Hosehead closes the gap further from 8.2 to 7.9 seconds, due to MMB being held up for a quarter of a lap by the #30 of Simracin40.

4:19 - Hosehead pits along with MMB on lap 213.

4:21 - With the cycling of pit stops, MMB still leads but only 2 seconds over me. ABES is 3rd, 5.9 seconds back, and Hosehead is 7.45 seconds behind. Robguru is 10 seconds back rounding out the top 5.

4:22 - I duck into pit lane; ABES is now 3rd 6.3 seconds back and Hosehead 4th, 7.3 seconds behind.

4:32 - MMB leads by 8.181 seconds.

[mommymushbrain]

It's about friggin' time!!!! Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheStranger]

4:55 - Hosehead still is about 8.06 seconds behind MMB, but Simracin40's lapped car is between the two.

4:58 - Mazza19 pits. Some close action in the midfield with Denith, RobGuru, myself, and several other cars bunched behind Mr. V's slow vehicle.

[TheStranger]

WITH ONE HOUR TO GO...

1. MMB (120 MPH, 246 laps complete, in the pits)
2. Hosehead (5.752)
3. ABES
4. RobGuru
5. TheStranger

5:02 - Hosehead pits, and while he is scored with leading lap 247, MMB retakes the lead while he is changing tires.

5:06 - on lap 249, Denith and I get caught up in the second to last corner before the pit straight and slam into the tire barrier, ending our day.

[mommymushbrain]

Yer going down Hosehead!!!!! :311taunt-

[TheStranger]

5:14 - Hosehead has gained six tenths of a second over the last few laps, because MMB is now coming up on the lapped cars of Mr. Vengeance, Scott, and ctkatz, all are which are right in front of her.

5:16 - Hosehead has gained another second.

5:17 - Hosehead has gained a full 2.2 seconds on MMB due to the lapped vehicles.

5:18 - As Hosehead negotiates the same traffic, MMB gains 1.2 seconds back on her lead.

[RobGuru]

Getting better here...

Over 5 hours and I haven't cruched into an immovable object yet!

There's still time, I guess.

Don't count me out!

[TheStranger]

Getting better here...

Over 5 hours and I haven't cruched into an immovable object yet!

There's still time, I guess.

Don't count me out!

You're back down to 8th, 47 seconds back.

Hosehead is hoping right now that Scott can hold up MMB for a bit, which could be the difference (considering how slow MMB has been in traffic situations).

[TheStranger]

5:35 - MMB PITS! MMB PITS! Hosehead now is leading (though not scored as such yet) but is trailing the lapper of Simracin40.

5:36 - Hosehead pits! He is scored as this lap's leader. MMB frantically trying to catch up and get the lead back.

Hosehead comes out of the pits just as MMB flashes by.

5:38 - Gap now 4.735 seconds with 277 laps completed.

[denith]

Ugh. At least my race at Eastern Creek was great (both cars in the top 5, will post later)

[RobGuru]

You're back down to 8th, 47 seconds back.


Just biding my time... soon will I go, yes!
















Or not!

[TheStranger]

With 15 minutes to go, MMB's lead has eroded to 4.624 seconds, but it doesn't appear Hosehead will have enough time on the clock to catch her.

[TheStranger]

With 8 minutes to go, about 6 laps are left; Hosehead has narrowed it to 3.948 between himself and MMB.

5:54 - 4 to go projected, gap down to 3.680.

5:55 - Gap down to 3.58 with 3 to go on the lapometer (looks like we might end a couple of minutes early tonight).

5:57 - Gap now down to 3.478, but white flag is slated to come out very very soon.

[TheStranger]

AND AFTER SIX HOURS, HERE ARE THE FINAL RESULTS!

A dramatic charge in the last 20 laps by Hosehead could not prevent the inevitable: Mommymushbrain is our third different winner in the very first Crapwagon.com GT Offline Series season, taking her bow at Mosport!

1. MMB (120.844 MPH, 294 laps completed, led 279 laps)
2. Hosehead (-3.35, led 6 laps)
3. FlyingbuckeyeC1 (-28.11)
4. FCYTravis (-29.07)
5. Simracin40 (-43.28)
6. ABES (-52.27, led 6 laps)
7. RobGuru (-53.07)
8. Mazza19 (-53.75)
9. Greg Pizzo (-54.33)
10. Scott (-1:11.52)
11. Mr. Vengeance (4)
12. ctkatz (35, Accident)
13. TheStranger (46, Accident)
14. denith (46, Accident)
15. Dan Belcher (112, Accident, led 3 laps)
16. Caspar (235, Accident)

http://img132.exs.cx/img132/9113/mosport-win1.jpg

A review clip will be worked on later tonight.

[mommymushbrain]

Where's the superbanana when I need it????

:banana:

[TheStranger]

here you go, MMB:

http://asmallvictory.net/archives/newbanana.gif

[denith]

Cheat! Cheat! Cheat! :p

[TheStranger]

Cheat! Cheat! Cheat! :p

You mean this The Cheat?

http://homepage.mac.com/fatratbastard/frb/kickcheat.jpeg

Oh, and d, I was NOT impressed with you rubbing wheels with me in the second to last corner. Ruined my day, too! :burningfi :hanged:

[denith]

Hey, I'm trying just as hard as you were. If you'd just not force the issue and let me by, we might have finished the race. Look at the tapes, you can see that I was CLEARLY past.

[TheStranger]

Hey, I'm trying just as hard as you were. If you'd just not force the issue and let me by, we might have finished the race. Look at the tapes, you can see that I was CLEARLY past.

Actually, the highlight video which will be compiled in the next hour may prove otherwise, as you kept beating and banging me with no clear advantage, Mr. D.

[TheStranger]

Okay, I have made a short video of the Denith/me crash at 5:06 and will upload it in a few minutes.

Here it is:

http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=BC410AA05F56169F357B92E23B6D75AE

(AVI format, 1.9 MB, make sure to have the MPEG-4 V2 codec)

[denith]

That's not the point, you were in the way. It's the stewards' fault. :p

[TheStranger]

That's not the point, you were in the way. It's the stewards' fault. :p

I had the low line going into the lefthander, you cut down on me D. ;)

[TheStranger]

Post-race review is now finished; it will be uploaded in approximately 15 or so minutes.

[TheStranger]

The post race review has been uploaded, with a download link found on the following webpage:

http://ezshare.de/files-en/87191/CWGTMosport1L.wmv.html