The 2014 Kyoto 250. Seventh Annual. Sunday, 30 March 2014.

Timetable for the day:

17:20 UTC: All competitors due in server AND in TS in correct name format in each.
17:25 UTC: Grid stacking begins
17:36 UTC: Pace laps begin (all 5 of them)
17:45 UTC: Green Flag (135 Laps, 250.02 Miles)

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Cloudy Afternoon, Low Wind

The 250 has never been caution-free, but 2012 was the record for fewest cautions - 4 for 19 laps The most, you ask? 2010: 18 cautions for 82 laps. It can get done in less than 2 hours if caution-free, although usually takes about 2h10m or so.

Some other stats for the statwhores out there:

Longest Green Flag Run: 79 Laps in 2011
Most Leaders: 6 in 2011
Most Lead Changes: 14 in 2008
Fastest Kyoto 250: 2012, 2:02:54.37, 122.054 MPH
Slowest Kyoto 250: 2010, 3:00:27.76, 83.126 MPH
Most Laps Led in a Single Kyoto 250: Robin "Robendo" Friskopps, 100 Laps in 2013
Most Laps Led Overall: Phil "PMD9409" Diaz, 238 Laps - he has led at least one lap in every Kyoto 250 except 2013.
Drivers who have led the most laps in the race without winning that year:
2008: Phil "PMD9409" Diaz (66 Laps Led)
2009: Nolan "BigTime" Scott (57 Laps Led)
2010: Michal "Drift King CZ" Saidl (64 Laps Led)
2011: Robin "Robendo" Friskopps (63 Laps Led)
2012: Phil "PMD9409" Diaz (63 Laps Led)
2013: Robin "Robendo" Friskopps (100 Laps Led)

Discuss!

Quote from dekojester :

Most Laps Led in a Single Kyoto 250: Phil "PMD9409" Diaz, 66 Laps in 2008

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2013: Robin "Robendo" Friskopps (100 Laps Led)

Anyway - why there is a list of drivers,who led the most laps and didn't win,but no list of winners? I thought it's kinda more important thing.

Quote from Eclipsed :

Anyway - why there is a list of drivers,who led the most laps and didn't win,but no list of winners? I thought it's kinda more important thing.

2008: Ben "DeadWolfBones" Keough
2009: Phil "PMD9409" Diaz
2010: Phil "PMD9409" Diaz
2011: Phil "PMD9409" Diaz
2012: Robin "Robendo" Friskopps
2013: Jarl "arox123" Teien

Fun fact of the day #420

Jesse Telkkälä and I entered our first Kyoto 250 in 2011 but we still have to use rookie stripes.

Quote from JackDaMaster :

Fun fact of the day #420

Jesse Telkkälä and I entered our first Kyoto 250 in 2011 but we still have to use rookie stripes.

#yolosweg

Quote from JackDaMaster :

Fun fact of the day #420

Jesse Telkkälä and I entered our first Kyoto 250 in 2011 but we still have to use rookie stripes.

what has my car number to do with that?

Quote from JackDaMaster :

Fun fact of the day #420

Jesse Telkkälä and I entered our first Kyoto 250 in 2011 but we still have to use rookie stripes.

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Quote from JackDaMaster :

Fun fact of the day #420

Jesse Telkkälä and I entered our first Kyoto 250 in 2011 but we still have to use rookie stripes.

Nobody asked you to speak Jack.

I want a cookie stripe

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Live stream link?

Quote from Texpelt88 :

Live stream link?

http://simrace.tv/page.php?52 - live from around 1735 (possibly 17:30) UTC - that's 1335 EDT, 1835 BST, 1935 CEST.

Some race bets https://docs.google.com/forms/ ... tnkOsf-KNVPZkp4I/viewform

Frustrating race. Right front kept overheating, causing big push at T3. Spent pretty much the whole race fighting with that. Also had trouble getting any clean bumpdrafting, people kept bouncing off my car for some reason, don't know if it was lag or if I was doing anything wrong. Last caution was a golden opportunity, given that I was the third to last car on the lead lap, and finally with cool tyres, but no restart, oh well.

I guess P14 isn't THAT bad given the circumstances, but given that I had finished three times in the top 10s in the three Kyoto 250 I had finished, without much hassle, it's a bit of a let down. On to the 2015 running, hopefully...

it was bad for me. I accidentally ran a qual set :I

Also, I'd like to thank deko/NDR. Not only for the smooth-as-usual organisation, but also for keeping such a classic race alive. Especially one requiring such heavy workload. With 7 years, it's probably the oldest stand-alone event still in activity on LFS, and a very special and original one at that too. And it's still going strong - I believe we had a full grid, bar maybe one or two cars, every single time.

Quote from GreyBull [CHA] :

Also, I'd like to thank deko/NDR. Not only for the smooth-as-usual organisation, but also for keeping such a classic race alive. Especially one requiring such heavy workload. With 7 years, it's probably the oldest stand-alone event still in activity on LFS, and a very special and original one at that too. And it's still going strong - I believe we had a full grid, bar maybe one or two cars, every single time.

If memory serves, every 250 has started with a full 30. I'll confirm this - eventually :P

Shitty race - no pace, caused some trouble, couldn't get any bumping done properly, decided to finish as low as possible.

Quote from Dekojester :

Race
Leader's Lap 137, 2h20m15s, Turn 1
Cars 46 and 25 make contact exiting T1, resulting in both spinning.

Wow. I've never seen anyone pull the wheel that hard left out of a corner before and then counter steer in such a needed slide!

Some stats about people who finished without a pit stop in each Kyoto 250. © Jarda Dohnalík

martin, I noticed after the race I could've. I didn't take tires only fuel. because I didn't think I could make it. I had 3% of fuel left (wasn't sure because of the long run)