A reminder - server will be password protected 1 hour before qualifying start to keep not knowing crowded server jumpers out of way,pass will be always the same: green
Some historic stats:
Last race won by: ｢ﾏｧ｣ TJ
Last FO8 race won by: S1DUS*GáboR (312th RTFR - WE International rev.) - 3 wins in row
Most FO8 race wins: S1DUS*Botsi - 4 wins (Finland - 6 wins)
Last Rockingham race won by: A.Valta (339th RTFR - XFG @ RO National)
Most Rockingham issc configs race wins: S1DUS*uNite - 2 wins (Finland - 4 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+6.5 points)
After racing many high power mod cars,the car that used to be fastest aids free car in LFS might seem a bit 2nd tiered now,but it still did pose plenty of challenge for many this tuesday in Rockingham. It was only the 2nd FO8's visit to Rockingham in RTFR,but this exact combo was already known for many drivers - it was part of V8 Racing League back in 2017 and more recently run in other series on a tuesday. Since this car has it's history in VERL,it's interesting that a total of 7 VERL race winners were present in this race,including 3 series champions (one however won the title with other car than FO8). 24 drivers qualified for this race,setting a number below this season's average - a proof that the combo was quite difficult,another proof of that is that in the rather short 30 minutes race,almost half of the field were lapped on a circuit with laptime just above 1 minute.
For the last FO8 VERL champion Gábor this race turned out to be joining and picking up achievements as he did not have real competition this week. Being a defending 3-time RTFR FO8 race winner,he was the main favourite to score the 4th one in row,tying Botsi's 4 win total count in races with FO8. That was not the only Botsi's record Gábor tied this week - his 34th RTFR pole position ties the all time most also in this category. Additionally it was Gábor's 38th race win,34th fastest lap of the race and 69th top5 finish. Also the race for 2nd position was rather short and single sided - A.Valta was the unchallenged runner up of this race,2nd place finish is 8th top5 finish for the current season standings leader and 28th in total. Highest position where there was some proper fight for position was 3rd - taken by winner of previous race TJ,who found a position between start and finish to score his 13th top5 finish,closelly followed by another VERL race winner Unite in 4th position,who scored his 89th top5 finish. The VERL champion of 2019 Dzban found a lot of struggles this time - due several mistakes he fell from 3rd starting position (his best RTFR qualifying result,improvement by 4 positions) to 5th place finish,which he still had to regain - repeating his only previous top5 finish.
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The RTFR server currently is set up with combo of next RTFR XL for laptime testing purposes - the combo is SLX180 TYPEX @ FE Classic Modified (FE2X/F25),please join at possibility and help to find out the best possible laptime for distance calculation,the race itself will take place in 3 weeks. In two weeks the penultimate round of this season's RTFR take place with a challenging custom combo - more info as always in broadcast,full info will be posted only in weekend before the race. In one week there are currently no plans for tuesday,however we might still come up with some online activity,so stay tuned!