OSCAR Event 4

OSCAR Event 4
Event 4 of 8 in Open Season Championship Auto Racing

Date	Thursday, 9th August 2012
Entrants	17
Races	3
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Round 10 - JayCoops' Choice

Round 10 - Ford Fusion Stock Car

Benchmark Test Track, USA

Layout C Reverse
Distance	32 laps	35.84 miles
Fastest Lap
Driver/Team	Jamie Hunt	Goteki House
Time	0:35.101
Podium
First	Adam Smith	Black Raptors
Second	Jamie Hunt	Goteki House
Third	PJ Tierney	Goteki House
Top Rookie
Driver/Team	Mattrick	Mattrick Racing

Jay chose the R3 729 Ford Fusion Stock Car at the reverse version of Benchmark Test Track's Layout C:

"I have chosen this because I believe it will be a fantastic, closely fought out battle between all drivers in both lobbies. The track choice is because as as a former short oval racer, I wanted to re-enact my experience. Hopefully it will give our fellow racers a great experience too. It also gives racers the opportunity to take several different racing lines and approaches in overtaking. Whilst one driver could decide to take a tighter line through the corners, another could decide to take a wider line. Both have their huge gains and losses when it comes down to the straights. In the end however, both approaches are neither right or wrong and are very close in comparison.

The reason why the track is in reverse, is because in Autograss racing we go anti-clockwise around the circuit as appose to most other oval motorsports (mainly in the states), they go clockwise.

The car choice was a tough choice between two cars. One was of course the chosen car (#5 Ford racing Fusion), the other was the Radical. Reason being that my race car had a 1000cc bike engine for its powerhorse (a Kawasaki ZX10 to be exact). As the Radical is also bike powered, I thought this would be the ideal choice. However I thought that the #5 Ford Racing Fusion (Nascar) would bring the field in a lot closer, making the racing more enjoyable."

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Qualifying Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Lobby	Time	Diff.
1	16	Jamie Hunt	Goteki House	1	35.374
2	7	Lee Harrison	LH Racing	1	35.531	+0.157
3	1	Adam Smith	Black Raptors	1	35.601	+0.227
4	33	Tom Bellingham	The Indypendables	1	36.025	+0.651
5	45	PJ Tierney	Goteki House	1	36.144	+0.770
6	802	Dan Thorn	The Indypendables	1	36.254	+0.880
7	5	Tom Collantine	ATTK Motorsport	2	36.896	+1.522
8	12	Niko Gouloumis	The Indypendables	2	36.934	+1.560
9	77	Mattrick	Mattrick Racing	2	36.969	+1.595
10	85	Matt Davies	Team Diablo	2	37.251	+1.877
11	442	Scott Wilkes	ATTK Motorsport	2	37.790	+2.416
12	17	Jay Cooper	Team Cooper Racing	1	38.432	+3.058
13	29	Barney Dove	1FR Motorsport	1	39.231	+3.857
14	777	Ben Haddleton	Firecruiser Racing Team	2	40.014	+4.640
15	23	Alex Odell	Ajokay Motorsport	1	40.127	+4.753
16	28	Rachael Taylor	HART	2	38.625	+3.251
17	75	Niall O'Connell	Westlander Racing	2	No Time

Times in italics indicate a dirty lap time

Race Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Lobby	Time/Retired	Points
1	1	Adam Smith	Black Raptors	1	18:57.771	25
2	16	Jamie Hunt	Goteki House	1	+1.210	21
3	45	PJ Tierney	Goteki House	1	+13.362	18
4	17	Jay Cooper	Team Cooper Racing	1	+14.192	16
5	802	Dan Thorn	The Indypendables	1	+14.246	14
6	29	Barney Dove	1FR Motorsport	1	+15.589	12
7	33	Tom Bellingham	The Indypendables	1	+22.844	10
8	12	Niko Gouloumis	The Indypendables	2	+27.522	9
9	7	Lee Harrison	LH Racing	1	+29.438	8
10	75	Niall O'Connell	Westlander Racing	2	+34.034	7
11	5	Tom Collantine	ATTK Motorsport	2	+34.507	6
12	85	Matt Davies	Team Diablo	2	+38.480	5
13	23	Alex Odell	Ajokay Motorsport	1	+57.089	4
14	777	Ben Haddleton	Firecruiser Racing Team	2	+1:00.673	3
15	77	Mattrick	Mattrick Racing	2	+1:03.732	2
16	442	Scott Wilkes	ATTK Motorsport	2	+1:12.630	1
17	28	Rachael Taylor	HART	2	+2:11.723

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Jays choice lent itself to close racing	PJ took his first podium of the season under intense pressure from Dan	The animals went round 2 by 2, hurrah, hurrah....	Lobby 2's race ended up being a train sandwiched by lone wolves
COVAMALIA POWERSLIDE!!!

Round 11 - PJ's Choice

Round 11 - BMW 135i Coupé

Nurburgring, Germany

GP Sprint II Circuit
Distance	11 laps	24.64 miles
Fastest Lap
Driver/Team	Dan Thorn	The Indypendables
Time	1:41.778
Podium
First	Dan Thorn	The Indypendables
Second	Lee Harrison	LH Racing
Third	Adam Smith	Black Raptors
Top Rookie
Driver/Team	Mattrick	Mattrick Racing

PJ chose the B 454 BMW 135i Coupé at the Nurburgring's Short Layout:

"I was looking for a car that was relatively easy to drive, and could make for good racing. The 135i is nimble yet sturdy, sophisticated yet enjoyable, fast yet drivable. The Nurburing GP circuit brings out the best in the car and should prove to be an enjoyable race for drivers of all skill levels."

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Race Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Lobby	Time/Retired	Points
1	802	Dan Thorn	The Indypendables	1	18:56.714	25
2	7	Lee Harrison	LH Racing	1	+6.764	21
3	1	Adam Smith	Black Raptors	1	+15.105	18
4	16	Jamie Hunt	Goteki House	1	+16.134	16
5	45	PJ Tierney	Goteki House	1	+17.983	14
6	77	Mattrick	Mattrick Racing	2	+19.664	12
7	17	Jay Cooper	Team Cooper Racing	1	+19.718	10
8	33	Tom Bellingham	The Indypendables	1	+23.266	9
9	29	Barney Dove	1FR Motorsport	1	+31.975	8
10	23	Alex Odell	Ajokay Motorsport	1	+34.479	7
11	75	Niall O'Connell	Westlander Racing	2	+46.346	6
12	85	Matt Davies	Team Diablo	2	+47.824	5
13	12	Niko Gouloumis	The Indypendables	2	+49.538	4
14	5	Tom Collantine	ATTK Motorsport	2	+52.102	3
15	442	Scott Wilkes	ATTK Motorsport	2	+1:01.819	2
16	777	Ben Haddleton	Firecruiser Racing Team	2	+1:58.143	1
17	28	Rachael Taylor	HART	2	+2:45.698

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Dan took the lead at the start and went on to a comfortable win and fastest lap	PJ eyes up the competition...	..and takes 5 of them at once!
These 4 would battle hard all race.	Goteki House weren't going to let Smifaye through!	Ratonedge took a bollard to the ATTK
Icthyes benefited when the ATTKs took an ATTK to the ATTK	Turn 1 on the 1st lap of the Nurburgring GP track always got a bit interesting	Ratonedge gets past Covamalia at the last corner as Icthyes watches on

Round 12 - Mattrick's Choice

Round 12 - Mazda Furai

Road America, USA

Full Circuit
Distance	10 laps	40.5 miles
Fastest Lap
Driver/Team	Jay Cooper	Team Cooper Racing
Time	2:00.718
Podium
First	Jay Cooper	Team Cooper Racing
Second	Adam Smith	Black Raptors
Third	Tom Bellingham	The Indypendables
Top Rookie
Driver/Team	Mattrick	Mattrick Racing

Rupert chose the R2 865 Mazda Furai at Road America:

"An alterative to the 787B and this was the first circuit I won a competitive race on."

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Race Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Lobby	Time/Retired	Points
1	17	Jay Cooper	Team Cooper Racing	1	20:25.479	25
2	1	Adam Smith	Black Raptors	1	+6.209	21
3	33	Tom Bellingham	The Indypendables	1	+7.188	18
4	45	PJ Tierney	Goteki House	1	+7.836	16
5	16	Jamie Hunt	Goteki House	1	+11.153	14
6	29	Barney Dove	1FR Motorsport	1	+13.716	12
7	23	Alex Odell	Ajokay Motorsport	1	+20.718	10
8	802	Dan Thorn	The Indypendables	1	+22.165	9
9	7	Lee Harrison	LH Racing	1	+25.108	8
10	75	Niall O'Connell	Westlander Racing	2	+27.064	7
11	77	Mattrick	Mattrick Racing	2	+28.069	6
12	12	Niko Gouloumis	The Indypendables	2	+32.675	5
13	85	Matt Davies	Team Diablo	2	+36.216	4
14	5	Tom Collantine	ATTK Motorsport	2	+56.719	3
15	777	Ben Haddleton	Firecruiser Racing Team	2	+1:04.878	2
16	442	Scott Wilkes	ATTK Motorsport	2	+1:16.378	1
17	28	Rachael Taylor	HART	2	+3:35.986

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PJ got off to a good start, here battling with JayCoops for 2nd.	Wild Smifaye appears! Smifaye used "Lag Attack"!	Dan didn't like the Furai and could only manage 8th	Goteki House finished nose-to-tail again.
Icthyes started the race eighth...	...but left Turn 1 first!	A close finish denied by a mistake from Don Mateo	Furai-ous styles
Covamalia and Icthyes nip up the inside of a spinning Scott	Phwoar. #CarPorn