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Post by Saturdaynight on Jun 13, 2005 10:35:45 GMT -5
We just barely made this race! Here is the Qualifying grid! Glanville 1:21.311 Finlay 1:21.732 King 1:22.686
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Post by Saturdaynight on Jun 13, 2005 11:13:18 GMT -5
Results are in!!!
Welcome race fans, to the 2005 WSRC United States Grand Prix. We've got a very small field today with onyl three drivers competing. Vincenzi's equipment, for Team Audi, wasn't ready for todays race and KDR Team owner and driver, Iain Dalby, is out with a hand injury. The grid for todays race is as follows. Glanville has the pole position followed by Matt Finlay. In third position os Lonnie King. The lighs are on,... We're racing at Indianapolis. Finlay takes te early lead from Glanville by just three tesnts of a second and king is about a second back from them. Lap two, Finlay hold his lead over Glanville and king is now two seconds behind them. Lap three, Finlay, now has a two second lead over Glanville and King has a minor slip into the grass causing him time. Lap four see's Finlay hold his lead to Glanville as King fals another second back. Lap five, Finlay now has a six and half second lead over Glanville and King is eleven seconds back. Lap six, Glanville cuts into Finlay's lead. Now FInlay leads by only seconds. King is really struggling with his car today, now thirteen seconds back. Lap seve, Finlay holds his lead over Glanville and King spins on that laps. Lap eight and Finlay is extends his lead to seven seconds over Glanville. King is now 18 seconds behind Glanville. Lap nine, Finlay hols his lead over Glanville and King is just not having a good day today. Lap team, Finlay spins and regains himself but Glavnille wins the race by two seconds and King finally comes in third, about a lap down. What an interesting race this turned out to be. Hopefully we will have a mroe robust field at our next event.
The finals results are as follows
Glanville 13:48:685 Finlay 13:50:111 King 14:36:027
Flastest laps
Finlay 1:21.798 Glanville 1:22.367 King 1:23.119
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Post by Saturdaynight on Jun 13, 2005 11:14:04 GMT -5
I'll have the post race press conference questions up a bit later. Congratulations to Glanville on his first victory of the season!
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Post by Saturdaynight on Jun 13, 2005 12:01:23 GMT -5
WSRC - Welcome Gentlemen, to the post race press conference for the United States Grand Prix. Glanville, congratulations on your maiden victory in the WSRC and you are now leading the World Championship! How do you feel?
WSRC - Finlay, You ran a magnificant race, almost winning but spun on the final laps! Take us through what happened?
WSRC - King, you seemed to have trouble with your car today! Can you give us some insight as to what was going on?
King - Well, first off I am very dissapointed in my race today! In practice and in qualifying I was much faster then that! I think that the mistakes came from my being off the pace and trying to push the car a bit to hard to catch back up. I struggled with keeping the tail of the car where it should be and ultimately that cost me a lot of time.
WSRC - Glavnille, Did you expect to see Finlay get the early lead of the race and to be that much quicker then you?
WSRC - Finlay, You have no doubt picked up your game in these past few races. Winning on Montreal and nearly winning here in the US. What can you tell us about that?
WSRC - King, You are now third in the drivers title! With Rocha, taking a bit of a sbaticle and Vincenzi not running the last few races, what are your thoughts on where you stand?
King - Well, obviously with the likes of both Rocha and Vincenzi, missing from the grid, we have been able to capitolize and bring the title chase closer. But we've still got a lot of work to do. However, if and when they do come back, they will be a serious threat! But I do very much enjoy their company non the less and would like to challenge them once again.
WSRC - Finlay, You have undoubtably helped Team Porsche get to where the are in the Constructors points. With the French, British and German Grand Prix races next on the calander, as the teams head back to Europe, what insight can you give us?
WSRC - Glanville, Your final thoughts on your win here today?
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Post by Viper on Jun 13, 2005 12:02:11 GMT -5
How am I doing on this thing? If I'm not too far behind, I'll be racing next race again. I finally got the new computer here, and I must say, this thing is awsome I'll be installing Gp4 again tomorrow...it'll be cool to play it with everything on max Yeah, I'm back
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Post by Saturdaynight on Jun 13, 2005 12:07:12 GMT -5
Driver Standing
Brian Glanville 47 Diogo Vincenzi 38 Lonnie King 37 Henrique Rocha 36 Iain Dalby 24 Matt Finlay 22 Daniƫl Bolman 19
Team Standings
Arrows 83 Porsche 59 Audi 38 KDR 24 Nokia 19
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Post by Saturdaynight on Jun 13, 2005 12:08:48 GMT -5
How am I doing on this thing? If I'm not too far behind, I'll be racing next race again. I finally got the new computer here, and I must say, this thing is awsome I'll be installing Gp4 again tomorrow...it'll be cool to play it with everything on max Yeah, I'm back Welcome back! You've missed the toughest part of the season already. Three rainy races in a row. Too bad we only competed two of them. Monaco was a wash since we only had one driver submit a complete set of laps.
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Post by wizard on Jun 13, 2005 16:13:28 GMT -5
WSRC - Welcome Gentlemen, to the post race press conference for the United States Grand Prix. Glanville, congratulations on your maiden victory in the WSRC and you are now leading the World Championship! How do you feel? Must admit i'm shocked i'm now leading the world championship. Before the race started i hadnt contemplated taking my first win or leading the championship, never mind winning in the rain. WSRC - Glavnille, Did you expect to see Finlay get the early lead of the race and to be that much quicker then you? I honestly thought that i was capable of very competitive times here, but Matt has really got everything working perfectly in his porsche car the last few races. He seems to thrive in the rain, and has shown huge improvements. I feel terrible for Matt, he was in a league of his own today, and really drove a fantastic race. When i came around on lap ten and moved past him though, i wasnt too unhappy WSRC - Glanville, Your final thoughts on your win here today? Well, i really am chuffed. Its difficult to describe, but i feel very proud. When the irish national anthem played, i couldnt help but feel that i want more of this feeling! I hope to keep up the momentum and keep challenging, with the work the team and especially Henrique has put in, i hope i can continue to do them justice.
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Post by Mαττ on Jun 14, 2005 1:52:17 GMT -5
well, the start was good, we knew we would have a great chance at another victory today, and for the most part, we seemed to be on track. the car was stable and consistent and i wasnt pushing especially hard either, just keeping it on the road really. umm..then...well last lap, i just braked a tad too late in one of the corners and i lost the back end really. my fault really...
all in all it was a difficult weekend. we had an electronics failure on friday which limited my running, then as a result of that the engine failed shortly after. on saturday we had another electronics problem, but i was able to qualify and race with sufficient reliability. its a problem we'll be assessing back at the factory for sure.
the last races have been full of problems really, for me, ive struggled at some tracks, spain in particular is not a favourite of mine and i just couldnt get the car to work. certainly the rain has helped here, i enjoy racing in the wet.
well, i think we'll be strong in britain. i must admit the french track is not one of my favourites, i'll be praying for rain! GB, we should be reasonably competitive, umm...germany at hockenheim, well we're still down a few horses in the engine department, but hopefully we can get a good result.
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Post by Viper on Jun 14, 2005 11:41:30 GMT -5
How am I doing on this thing? If I'm not too far behind, I'll be racing next race again. I finally got the new computer here, and I must say, this thing is awsome I'll be installing Gp4 again tomorrow...it'll be cool to play it with everything on max Yeah, I'm back Welcome back! You've missed the toughest part of the season already. Three rainy races in a row. Too bad we only competed two of them. Monaco was a wash since we only had one driver submit a complete set of laps. Hmmm...we could reschedule it sometime later this year maybe. Hate to see that one go like that Anyway, looking forward for the next race
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Post by Saturdaynight on Jun 14, 2005 19:17:37 GMT -5
Maybe we could redo it in August durring the next break? What does everyone think of that?
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Post by Mαττ on Jun 14, 2005 20:49:09 GMT -5
Maybe we could redo it in Augustm durring the next break? What does everyone think of that? reschedule monaco? im up for it
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Post by Viper on Jun 15, 2005 0:50:33 GMT -5
Sounds good
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Post by Saturdaynight on Jun 15, 2005 8:44:38 GMT -5
OK, I'll reschedule the Monaco Grand Prix for Sunday August 7th. That will still give us a three week break before the next race on the 28th of August.
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Post by Viper on Jun 15, 2005 8:56:32 GMT -5
Cool...what's the nest race btw? France?
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