CMR2 BRC - International Rally Yorkshire 27th September

[JTLarsen]

Welcome to the:

CMR2 BRC - International Rally Yorkshire 27th September
This is the last dedicated round of the BRC, as the final round will be a part of the WRC Wales Rally GB. This time we will be heading for the massive forests of North Yorkshire, so expect no mercy from the grueling roads ahead.

Rally info:

In-game rally: Finland - Expert mode
Shakedown: SS10
Deadline: Thuesday 30th at 11.59 pm (no extensions will be given)
Submit times to: jokumlarsen@gmail.com or by PM to me (JTLarsen)

This is how the timecard should look:
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Driver: JTLarsen
Nationality: Denmark
Car: Ford Focus WRC07
Rally: International Rally Yorkshire

02:05.02 <-- Stage 1


02:05.02 <-- Stage 2
02:05.02 <-- You get the idea
02:05.02
02:05.02
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10:25.10 <-- Total, Very important!
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Rookie Of The Year - A championship within the championship
The Rookie Of The Year Award will give the newcomers to both the sport and the championship something to fight for. The winner will be awarded with a medal equal to that of the winner of the full championship (see official homepage).

In order to compete for the award you must:

Have scored no CMR2WC points in '07[/*:m:aj9xjfnt]
Have had no CMR2BRC wins in '07[/*:m:aj9xjfnt]
Compete in at least 3 CMR2BRC events in '08[/*:m:aj9xjfnt]
Do remember to visit the official homepage of the championship at:
http://www.leftovercrest.com/cmr2brc.html

[Frozzy]

NEWS STATEMENT
it is the first event since the Jim CLark Rally for young driver Frozzy now with the Red Bull Skoda team he is driving the first ever Skoda S2000 in red Bull Colours although Red Bull ahve commitments with Rat we are hopeful this will lead to some wonderful working relationship with them
although here is a breif "Sneak Preveiw of the car" before the event where all other press were prohibited from attendinghttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s112/Skoda-4-life/redbull.jpg

[JTLarsen]

00:59.31
00:58.26
00:58.36
00:57.54

A good steady shakedown.. let's rally!

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4323/brc1tg3.jpg

[Rat]

Frozzy what are ya doin' mate?!! Red Bull are definately spreading the good word then. I wasn't told of the new Sponsorship dea with you. I hope you get as much Red Bull as we do..

[Mad cat jnr]

Guys,

I have been away from the forum for a while, so its good to be back.

Will you be running another championship next year? I will try and do GB if I may?

Joe

[Mad cat jnr]

O and can I use the cars already on the game?

[tannat]

NOR has the edge on these stages....

Can afford to give up two points, but no more than that.

57.xx-nice time, JTL :up:

[kabouter]

I have been practicing these stages in the past week and my best times have improved quite a lot. However my first run on a stage is usually a disaster and only at the fourth or fifth attempt I get close to my best times. When pushing hard enough to set a personal best, over half of my attempts end with a car somersaulting into the trees... these stages are really tricky! I'm afraid I'll have to take a more careful approach in the rally proper, especially as the frame rate in Rally mode seems worse than in Single stage mode on my PC.

By the way, Mad cat jnr, welcome to this championship. If you like you can already compete on this round, the rallies are open to anyone interested. The more competitors the better, in my opinion.

[Frozzy]

hehe thanks for the warm welcome Rat :D its good to be part of the red bull family especially if i can get as much cans of red bull as you do :p : still trying to get a good rythm with the car those trees are dangerous ya know

[Frozzy]

sorry fot the double post but here is the first official picture straight from our shake down before the rally began
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s112/Skoda-4-life/redbull2.jpg

[JTLarsen]

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s112/Skoda-4-life/redbull2.jpg

Allright!!! Another real S2000 car joins the championship.

The Fabia S2000 looks killer in the RB colors!

Hmmm Perhaps a new class dedicated to real PC S2000 cars next year.. :burnout:

[kabouter]

Hmmm Perhaps a new class dedicated to real PC S2000 cars next year..
If there's going to be a CMR2 IRC Championship next year, it'll all be S2000s (at least in name), won't it?

[JTLarsen]

If there's going to be a CMR2 IRC Championship next year, it'll all be S2000s (at least in name), won't it?

Eligible cars for the real IRC is:

Gp N
Gp A up to 2000cc ( including S2000, R2 and R3)

The classes competed in is:

Drivers Championship
Manufacturers Championship
2WD Drivers Championship
2WD Manufacturers Championship

[NOR]

to Frozzy: your car look fine in that colours, but texture needs more fixing, I guess. The S2000 model and skin mapping are different from the old Fabia WRC.

[NOR]

Shakedown - 0:56,67
Skoda is goin' so fast, S2000 seems to be right choice for this BRC season.
http://img2.rajce.idnes.cz/d2/0/788/788129_ab0a63c2f1a7ad88e11706b5bce6894e/images/Fabia.jpg

[tannat]

Shakedown - 0:56,67
Skoda is goin' so fast, S2000 seems to be right choice for this BRC season.
http://img2.rajce.idnes.cz/d2/0/788/788129_ab0a63c2f1a7ad88e11706b5bce6894e/images/Fabia.jpg

Could you guys share setups?

I think my PB is a 58 or 57....

[NOR]

Gravel tyres, gear0, susp+2, power+3, breaks+1, breaks power+3, steering+2. But this short SS will not be the most important, Tannat ....

[tannat]

57.65 PB :D
58.15
57.98
58.28
Daughter woke up :D

Car like to get squirrely on the mud sections. Keeping the car straight isn't easy, and that "4 left tightens" in the middle of the stage is a real gut check

Love the jump at the end ! :up: Will try to get a screenshot of that one...

[Frozzy]

to Frozzy: your car look fine in that colours, but texture needs more fixing, I guess. The S2000 model and skin mapping are different from the old Fabia WRC.
yeah i kinda cheated and put the old skin onto the new shaped skoda without really thinking about the problems it has especially around the back lights and the roof :p

[NOR]

There is a chance that you will see some Red Bull Fabia S2000 next year in real PWRC (or IRC). Raimund Baumschlager's team is interested in racing with this car. Then somebody could make a new matching skin.

[JTLarsen]

There is a chance that you will see some Red Bull Fabia S2000 next year in real PWRC (or IRC).

That is great news!!!!! :D I'll be keeping my fingers crossed!

I had a really funny chat with Andreas Aigner some years ago at the Swedish Rally, when he was driving for Red Bull Skoda, and it would be great to see him rallying a Skoda too.

[Rat]

fergot about this Championship! I better get going, Finland again I hope I do better this time..

[Frozzy]

don't worry Rat you'll probably be faster than me. I hate Finland the trees always seem to attract my car to them :D

[Rat]

try setting the car up to slide a bit and aim to be in the middle of the road.

[Rat]

1:03.12
1:04.74
1:05.31
1.01.69
1.01.17
Changed the suspension a bit and shortened the gearing on the last run.

[JTLarsen]

6 entries so far.. :up:

[tannat]

6 entries so far.. :up:


I'll be there at the end ;)

[NOR]

Me too, don't worry.

[JTLarsen]

No worries, I was just pleased to have so many entries that early, as most entries arrive monday or thuesday..

[kabouter]

Just completed shakedown, should get the rally done tomorrow.

58.33
57.90
57.68
57.98
57.35

Pretty consistent times, but not entirely happy. I should manage another second off if I get everything right...

[tannat]

Tannat has competed the rally..

Was absolutely banging my head against the wall with suspension at +3 on the Scooby. Dropped it to +1 and it made a world of difference :D

Several PB's, but not certain if it is enough for the win. NOR really quick here, and ramore may pop a surprise.

Tannat

[Ramore]

Sadly, I was not able to make this rally. I just got back from a trip abroad. Therefore, I am losing any chance of winning the title again, but anyways, good luck to the drivers fighting for the championship.

[tannat]

Sadly, I was not able to make this rally. I just got back from a trip abroad. Therefore, I am losing any chance of winning the title again, but anyways, good luck to the drivers fighting for the championship.

Sorry to hear that, Ramore, but I'd rather go abroad than play CMR2 anyday :D

[Ramore]

Sorry to hear that, Ramore, but I'd rather go abroad than play CMR2 anyday :D

I completely agree with you. Actually I was at home(?-where I grew up and where my parents live). I have been living abroad for 5 years and honestly I don't really know where exactly is abroad anymore, my home country or my host country (that's kind of sad as well).

[kabouter]

Finished the rally. The first four stages were good. Then I had a terrible stages crashing the car three times. Lost at least 15 seconds on that stage and because the car was so damaged about 7 seconds on the next one as well. No time in service to repair everything but managed half-decent times on stages 7 and 8 despite some twitchy handling. And just when the car was fully repaired I lost it again on stage 9. Another 10 seconds gone and this rally really is a case of what might have been.

It should be enough to consolidate my position at the top of the rookie standings, but it wasn't much fun nursing a wreck around for half of the event :(

[Ramore]

Sadly, I was not able to make this rally. I just got back from a trip abroad. Therefore, I am losing any chance of winning the title again, but anyways, good luck to the drivers fighting for the championship.

OK. I just did the rally and sent my times to JTLarsen. But if somebody is not ok with my late submission, send a private massage to JTLarsen and he will not give me championship points. And by the way, I did a really crappy rally. Heavy rain through out the whole event. May be 40-50 sec. off my PB for this event.

[Rat]

We finished the Rally:
Who enjoyed the spins into the trees? We had a very high speed spin and missed the lot! Stage 4 was fun in the rain with more long slides. Went well for the next couple of stages, then Stage 7 caught us out. Went sideways over a big jump and rolled on landing into the fence, bent everything. Somehow we managed a PB on the next stage(!), still bent. Hit a tree on the co-drivers side hard, he didnt talk to me for a while.
Not a bad rally even though we had to contend with a stuck throttle all Rally.
The right seat person is even talking again...

[kabouter]

OK. I just did the rally and sent my times to JTLarsen. But if somebody is not ok with my late submission, send a private massage to JTLarsen and he will not give me championship points. And by the way, I did a really crappy rally. Heavy rain through out the whole event. May be 40-50 sec. off my PB for this event.

As you did the rally before the results are released, you didn't have any advantage, so I wouldn't object to you being included in the results. It's up to JTLarsen to decide how strictly he's going to apply the "no extensions will be given" rule.

Judging from your report and the one of Rat I wasn't the only one finding the going tough in the Yorkshire forests. And the worst is still to come with Rally GB to finish off the season ;)

[Rat]

The fun has only begun!

[JTLarsen]

I'm gonna allow the late entry from Ramore as it has not intefered with the general running of the rally, nor caused the results to be postponed..

Speaking of which, I'll start working om them now, and so far I can tell you that this will be the closest finish yet in the history of the CMR2 BRC!

[tannat]

Speaking of which, I'll start working om them now, and so far I can tell you that this will be the closest finish yet in the history of the CMR2 BRC!

Oh sh*&........... :(

[JTLarsen]

Gentlemen, the results are here!

First let me say that I am very happy about yet another large field of entries, second of all, the fight for 1st and 5th is simply breathtaking!

The overall classification will be updated tonight on the official homepage of the championship: http://www.leftovercrest.com/cmr2brc.html

See you all at the Wales Rally GB, a rally that is bound to become an absolute shocker when it comes to the BRC!

CMR2 BRC - International Rally Yorkshire 2008

Final Classification:
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01. NOR 20:35.01
02. Tannat 20:35.41
03. Ramore 21:04.49
04. Kabouter 21:31.33
05. Zes 21:41.92
06. JTLarsen 21:41.94
07. Rat 23:16.80
08. Frozzy 23.33.61
09. Tuomo 25:24.31
10. Eetu 27:40.76


Stage By Stage:
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Driver: NOR
Nationality: Czech Republic
Car: Skoda Fabia S2000

02:14.13
02:04.29
01:01.89
02:19.90
02:19.68
02:26.17
02:20.59
02:27.51
02:22.86
00:57.99
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20:35.01


Driver: Tannat
Nationality: United States
Car: Subaru

02:13.58
02:06.85
00:54.52
02:19.05
02:22.64
02:25.95
02:21.60
02:25.53
02:27.17
00:58.82
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20:35.41


Driver: Ramore
Nationality: Bulgaria
Car: Ford Focus

02:18.45
02:07.03
00:55.97
02:23.30
02:21.00
02:28.68
02:24.54
02:30.78
02:31.53
01:00.21
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21:04.49


Driver: kabouter
Nationality: Netherlands
Car: Peugeot 206 WRC

02:21.01
02:10.21
00:54.87
02:23.85
02:37.41
02:34.63
02:23.30
02:30.70
02:38.27
00:57.08
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21:31.33


Driver: Zes
Nationality: Finland
Car: Suzuki SX4

02:22.35
02:11.92
00:58.09
02:24.01
02:28.27
02:33.73
02:29.20
02:36.45
02:37.32
01:00.58
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21:41.92


Driver: JTLarsen
Nationality: Denmark
Car: Skoda Fabia S2000

02:18.58
02:12.09
00:56.52
02:24.98
02:26.59
02:32.78
02:34.35
02:39.49
02:36.99
00:59.27
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21:41.94


Driver: Rat
Nationality: Australia
Car: Toyota Corolla WRC

02:36.49
02:29.73
01:03.78
02:34.96
02:34.27
02:39.90
02:45.75
02:43.65
02:46.77
01:01.47
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23:16.80


Driver: Frozzy
Nationality: Scotland
Car: Skoda Fabia S2000

02.30.59
02.23.02
01.04.74
02.35.40
02.47.66
02.43.89
02.36.27
02.59.75
02.43.42
01.08.87
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23.33.61


Driver: Tuomo
Nationality: Finland
Car: Suzuki SX4

02:27.09
02:31.76
01:04.82
02:41.32
02:44.42
02:46.42
02:46.53
03:15.21
03:34.29
01:12.45
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25:24.31


Driver: Eetu
Nationality: Finland
Car: Suzuki SX4

02:51.30
02:56.15
01:06.25
03:04.07
03:14.62
03:30.22
03:04.36
03:10.13
03:26.33
01:17.33
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27:40.76

[tannat]

NOR clearly had rain on SS3, and that time on SS9 :up:

A deserved win, with a larger advantage. Nice drive mate :beer:

Dead heat before UK-I'm going to be ready :devil:

[tannat]

So JTL-for the final round you will be using our times as garnered on Wales rally UK in the WRC, correct, using times from the entire rally/

I have a different mount in the WRC-no matter? Although heaven forbid, once through the UK stages is enough!

J

[kabouter]

NOR and Tannat do it again, it seems that they're extremely closely matched no matter where we are competing :)

But the big question: where was Steve0302? With a win here he would have stayed in contention. Now there are only two drivers left with a realistic chance of the title. But what a fight it will be in Rally GB, both Tannat and NOR starting with 92 points.

I'm satisfied with the end result (though not with how I performed on the stages), it's my best rally finish ever. If it wasn't for some silly mistakes I might have been close to Ramore, but looking at his bad luck with the weather he's clearly quicker on these stages so deserved the last podium spot. But I'm savoring my fastest time on SS 10. :D

Awesome fight between Zes and JTLarsen for fifth, 0.02 s really is almost nothing. But a thank you to Zes for taking another point from my main competitor for fifth in the Championship ;)

Nice to see such a big entry. It looks like the BRC is at least as popular as the WRC nowadays.

[JTLarsen]

Overall championship standings is online: http://www.leftovercrest.com/cmr2brc.html

[JTLarsen]

So JTL-for the final round you will be using our times as garnered on Wales rally UK in the WRC, correct, using times from the entire rally

You will all drive the Wales Rally GB as usual, send your timecards to Jso as usual, I will then calculate the BRC results based on the WRC results (both days included).

Do remember that you can only score BRC points in Wales if you have competed in any of the other BRC rounds of 2008

[tannat]

You will all drive the Wales Rally GB as usual, send your timecards to Jso as usual, I will then calculate the BRC results based on the WRC results (both days included).

Do remember that you can only score BRC points in Wales if you have competed in any of the other BRC rounds of 2008

Cheers-if there is one car we know well it is the Pug...

[NOR]

Hi guys, I'm back from my holiday. That's absolutely amazing result for me. I had a big crash (due to rain) on SS3 and a lot of problems later, because car was unstable. I haven't hoped for win, so all the battle and the close finnish surprising me so much. Thanks Tannat for the great duel, Wales will be really big challenge for us.

[Rat]

well done all... come on UK!