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: YES Lagooga
Last LX6 race won by: B2ﾏ Mantas - 2 in row for Lithuania (307th RTFR - FE Black Rev.)
Most LX6 race wins: R. Kardol & Lacko - 2 wins (Netherlands & Hungary & Finland & Lithuania - 2 wins)
Last Kyoto race won by: ｢ﾏｧ｣ TJ (345th RTFR - VGI-6 SC @ KY National Rev.)
Most Kyoto GP long configs race wins: S1DUS*R.Kardol - 3 wins (Lithuania - 4 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+68 points)
With 190 horsepower car might not seem to be very high performing,but with just over half a ton weight,the LX6 is the fastest road legal car of LFS,well at least in twisty tracks where it's LRF mates cannot use their superior power. With it's attributes,LX6 is surely driver's car - challenging in both fast and slow turns and Kyoto's longest standard track has all of turn possibilities. With 31 drivers in qualifying this was the 3rd most popular LX6 race in RTFR,however 4 of the qualifyers did decide to not start the race,while from 28 starters 2 were lost in first couple laps,both getting involved in incidents - there were some complaints,but no actual reports/protests,so we can assume all the incidents were settled as racing incidents without need to review.
Last estonian win in RTFR was registered in 185th RTFR in september 2018 and here's the interesting part of this fact - it was the first and until this tuesday also the only race win for Jorpa,which happened also with an LX car back then. Jorpa was the 3rd fastest in qualifying,followed closelly both front row starters until they tangled and jumped into race lead,keeping it for rest of the race - after 32 minutes of racing the estonian joined the RTFR multiple winners club,scoring also his 4th top5 finish. Gábor did chase the race leader,however despite keeping him in sight for most of the race,he had to settle for 2nd place finish,scoring his 78th top5 finish. Also 3rd place finisher improved by 2 positions between start and finish - R.Kardol finished 3rd to score the record extending 103rd top5 finish. Lagooga was 2nd best in qualifying,but after 1st lap incident fell down to 10th position,so he had to do plenty of overtakes to return at least up in 4th position to score his 21st top5 finish,setting also fastest lap of the race which is his 8th. Top5 was closed by Dodislaw,who added the 3rd top5 finish to his stats.
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In 3 weeks RTFR XL will celebrate it's century and the combo is yet to be decided - in the currently open voting there are 2 rather significant leaders,while in track voting there's a track that gained most votes,but plenty of others are still within striking distance. Make sure to cast your votes for both CAR and TRACK! In 2 weeks normal RTFR will return with one of the slick tyre racing machines - which and were as always was mentioned during the latest broadcast. But on next tuesday the RTFR server will be taken over by RandomCar - the 3rd round of the PL200 class league with many different cars will be run in a custom Kyoto configuration known under the name North,make sure to sign up or reactivate the signup to get your car drawn on monday!