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: J.Holmes
Last XRR race won by: YES V.Lagooga (300th RTFR - AS Historic)
Most XRR race wins: [WCL] J.Katila - 2 wins (Finland - 7 wins)
Last Fern Bay race won by: B2ﾏ M (327th RTFR - SKODA 110 L RALLYE @ FE Gold)
Most Fern Bay black configs race wins: S1DUS*R.Kardol - 3 wins (Finland - 4 wins)
Current rating leader: B2ﾏ M (+5 points)
Time to time RTFR offers a properly though challenge and this tuesday it was turn of one of these - the 490 horsepower LFS's home grown GTR class car XRR was raced in Fern Bay,which is a challenge of it's own when using standard tracks. This tuesday we took scenic route instead of standard - Black XL configuration alters the normal course of the track and uses rallycross part of Fern Bay. Of course we're not absolute monsters,so we paved the dirt sections of rallycross part with some concrete,still the twisty turns posed plenty of challenge,so only the best were able to complete the 11 laps race without trouble and in high positions. Sadly the race itself was delayed due to some hiding cowards with destructive thinking,but with help of community and devs we could start a great race and it was still worth the waiting for both racers and spectators.
3rd most successful racer in RTFR history has seen his winning frequency drop in last year,but he still is able to rise to the top occasionally - R.Kardol was the one to beat this tuesday as he was the fastest in qualifying by 0.7 seconds and led all 11 laps of the race to finish first with 5 seconds gap over recently most dominant driver. That gathered up dutchman's 19th pole position (tied 3rd most all time) and 22nd race win,adding record extending 92nd top5 finish. After 3 wins in first 4 races of the scored season,M is winless in latest 5 races - also this tuesday only top performance spike was his fastest lap of the race on penultimate lap,scoring his 6th of these,while his top5 count reached the number of black jack - 21. 2nd most successful racer of RTFR Gábor finished 3rd in this race after gaining 3 positions from green to chequered (most between top6 finishers),scoring his 59th top5 finish. With a bit bigger gap to winner 4th was Arska confirming his standings of this year - 28 top5 finishes now are in his account,top5 was closed by Motimoukari,who repeated his best finishing position in series for the 2nd time.
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This was the 1st of RGE's coincidental long track 3-race series - the 7.5 km Fern Bay configuration will be taken over by Kyoto's 9.9 km configuration named International. It will be used next week in RTFR XL with the 1st ever mod car that has a repeated appearance in the series - FXO V8Supercar,a 644 horsepower beast based on performance of australian based racing series. Full information will be posted tomorrow. The big finale of the 3-race long track series will be on sunday of next week - the 400km of Westhill will take place on an 18.34 km track,where due low average speed a lap is around 11 minutes long. Make sure you don't miss out the chance to be part of it as for the 1st time this event will be broadcasted live by SimBroadcasts - full information in this thread. For those willing to drive different car from already offered ones - car applications ends this sunday!