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
Pitting rules:
Race requires a minimum time spent in pitstall of 10 seconds. That can be done either with single pitstop or sum of multiple pitstops. Driver who has spent less time will receive penalty time added to his finish time,which will be calculated by tripling the missing time to complete neccesary minimum time and adding additional 5 seconds. Drivers failing to pit at all will receive 1 minute penalty added to finish time (10s*3 + additional 30s).
Some historic stats:
Last race won by: S1DUS*GáboR
Last FXO V8Supercar race won by: 1st race using this car
Last Kyoto race won by: S1DUS*R.Kardol (69th RTFR XL - Wessex R69SP @ KY GP Long Rev.)
Most Kyoto race wins: S1DUS*R.Kardol - 4 wins (Finland - 5 wins)
Current rating leader: [FM]ˆﾁαtαι (+49 points)
2022 standings after 11 of 12 races (best 10 scores count):
[FM]ˆﾁαtαι - 215
S1DUS*R.Kardol - 170
S1DUS*uNite - 139 Event rating and other statistics
* PENALTIES :
RGˆLORENZO - the unserved stop-go penalty is converted in 45 seconds penalty as per LFS standard rules.
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The last RTFR XL of this year was held with and FXO,but not a standard one as this has some history before it was used for running in races. It was exported to Australia where it was rebuilt by a finnish car maker to fit in the Australian V8 Supercar series. Later it was reimported back and now featured in our event to give drivers a new challenge. Of course the 1.5 ton 640 horsepower car with minor downforce assistance is everything else than people's car,meaning attendance numbers won't be high,still as in most races,there was plenty of action on track,including some drama due speeding in pitlane and flat tyres as drivers are not so familiar with this car yet.
Even if qualifying advantage wasn't that big,R.Kardol still was quite dominant in the race as he finished 46 seconds ahead of competition,which effectivelly is almost half a lap gap. With this he scored the round number 10 victory in RTFR XL - one less than all time highest of Botsi. The pole position was his 7th,the fastest lap of the race was his 9th (both also 2nd most),but his top5 finish - his 34th. Despite qualifying just 4th,the already secured standings winner Fatal was a runner up in the race,scoring his 11th top5 finish,10th this year. Altsu rejoined RTFR XL after 2 years break and was the closest rival to his leading teammate,but was caught speeding when entering pitlane,which cost him 2nd place in results - instead he finished 3rd,which is his 7th top5 finish. The event host had rather uneventful race,used mistakes of rivals to climb up to 4th position in final results repeating highest result of the year and scoring 28th top5 finish. The author of the mod was bidding for a higher top5 finish,but late in the race had an incident,throwing him down to 5th position,with which Unite rounded his top5 count to 20.
* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
Kyoto has been very popular this year - 1/3 of all 12 RTFR XL races of the year were selected to be run in this japanese environment,no other track was selected more than twice. With this Kyoto now tied South City for 2nd place with 13 selections,Aston is still most popular with 14 selections.
* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
Again a car that could not make the full race distance on single tank even if it's 112 liters large,so everyone had some work on their pitstops. Shortest work was done by Unite's pit crew - they just filled some fuel and Unite spent 10.15 seconds in his pitstall. He was just one of 2 drivers who completed full race distance on same set of tyres.
* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
...is someone who is quite sensitive about his name even if it feature 2 non-letter characters - M@CI3K (copied from results). He started 16th and gained 5 poitions during the race to finish 11th.
VOD at Youtube:
With this the 2022 active racing is completed in RTFR XL,next race is estimated to be held in 6 weeks. But some activity is still left - even if standings winner is known,the full final results are still to be made. Next week there will be 2 events from our side - first on monday AWS will start it's 12th season with a brand new car. More info and signups in AWS forum section! Second event is on tuesday - the 296th RTFR will be the last of the year,featuring some quite classic combo with some fresh twist. More info will be posted in this weekend.
