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: A.Valta
Last IMPREZZIVE JGT race won by: first race using this car
Last South City race won by: A.Valta (341st RTFR - F67L @ SO City Long Rev.)
Most South City sprint configs race wins: 7 races,7 different winners
Current rating leader: A.Valta (+9 points)
The last RTFR race of the year featured the highest race laps count of the 2024 season 2 - the South City's Sprint 1 configuration is short enough to be lapped 38 times within 32 minutes as top half drivers clocked their best laptimes under 50 seconds. The selected car gave the good old touring car impression,however technically built based on JGTC300 specs - 300 hp engine,just over a ton weight and rather simple aerodynamics. Interestingly the field was split with tyre choice as some opted for softer R2,some for harder R3 tyres,while some mixed the compounds between axles - and even that in both possible ways. With 29 drivers qualifying,this was pretty much average attendance number of the season.
The latest RTFR XL standings winner Unite lost out to his teammate just by 1/50 of a second in qualifying,taking the other front row position on grid,but entered the 1st turn of the race as leader and kept it for all 38 laps to score his 1st RTFR race win of the year and 13th overall,scoring also his 91st top5 finish. Gábor set fastest laptime in both sessions to score his record breaking 35th pole position (breaking the tie for all time most) and record extending 35th fastest lap of the race,however despite all the tries,never got the chance to pass for lead,finishing less than a second behind winner,clocking the all time 21nd closest finish in RTFR,taking home his 71st top5 finish. Dzban gained a total of 4 positions during the race to finish 3rd with 8 seconds gap to winner - that is the pole's best ever RTFR race result,beating previous by 2 positions and also 3rd top5 finish from 5 total finishes. Top5 was closed by 2 TAV team drivers - the slightly more experienced Suforr finished 4th to score his best RTFR result and 2nd top5 finish,followed by El Nano in 5th,who's previous best result was 19th - he improved also his best qualifying result from 10th to 4th.
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With this the RTFR action is over for this year and only season final standings are to be summed up,however RGE offers two other racing opportunities this year - first one is already on the coming weekend,where the 14th season of our longest running yearly league will start with round one in Blackwood - make sure not to miss out All-wheel-drive Winter Series 2025 season,more info and signups in AWS forum section. And do we even need to remind about 26th december traditions in LFS? If you're new to LFS,then here's the info you might be interested in...