Grand Prix Legends

Circuit National de Francorchamps
Intermediate - Long
Standings

1 UKGPL
31/10/04

A close and dramatic season finale with battles for position going on all
the way through the pack. Congratulations to Phil Harris on a clean win,
excellent work ;-)

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L1 00:43 R.Blandford bogs down at the start and S.Gymer has to brake to
avoid rear-ending him. S.Loynes swerves right to avoid him but warp catches
SG's car.

Racing (Warp) Incident.

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L1 00:56 Allan Davis' engine lets go as the pack enters Eau Rouge and he
does his best to get off the racing line but unfortunately Steve Smith, Ken
Murray & Steve Peake are unable to avoid him.

Racing Incident.

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L1 02:52 P.Skingley rear-ends J.Daborn as they brake for Stavelot. No
mitigating circumstances for this one. J.Daborn is entitled to a non-fault
Shift-R.

P.Skingley - 2 place penalty (Rear-end shunt)

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L1 03:45 S.Gymer dives inside R.Blandford as they brake for Blanchimont but
from too far back to make it stick. It would have been better for Rob to
leave room here considering the difference in closing speed, but then it
would have been better for Si to be a bit more patient at a notoriously
difficult corner. C.Loynes is unable to avoid Rob's car.

S.Gymer - 2 place penalty (over-optimistic passing attempt)

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L3 10:20 N.Richard spins out at Blanchimont and tries to get off the racing
line as quickly as possible but S.Strudwick is unable to avoid him.

Racing Incident.

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L3 10:30 J.Daborn gets alongside T.Robey into La Carriere and Tim does well
to avoid him. No contact but both cars spun out. This was a very poor
passing attempt mitigated only by the lack of contact.

J.Daborn - Warning (Over-optimistic passing attempt)

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L3 11:30 J.Daborn is caught out by S.Gymer taking it easy into La Source and
does a good job of avoiding him but warp knocks Simon slightly.

Racing (warp) incident.

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13:17 K.Murray loses it at Stavelot and B.West can't miss him.

Racing incident.

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L5 14:38 S.Loynes loses it as he enters the pitlane and ends up pointing at
the wall right behind A.Davis's car with no room to move. Simon's total time
stationary is about 24 seconds so no penalty is required. It would have been
much better for both A.Davis and S.Loynes to stop earlier in the pitlane
though, there was plenty of room further back.

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L5 15:00  C.Loynes loses it into Eau Rouge but manages to keep it off the
racing line. Coincidentally M.Stone runs wide too and it looks like he would
have gone off anyway but his path to the grass was hampered by Clive's prone
car. K.Williams, P.Skingley and S.Loynes were unable to avoid the carnage.
(Ken Murray had the angels on his side and passed underneath a bouncing
Brabham.) K.Williams, P.Skingley and S.Loynes are entitled to no fault
shift-Rs. PS took a second one after being hit by S.Loynes which I'll allow
as non-fault again. At the time Paul reset there were no engine sounds so he
could not be blamed for resetting into Simon's path. C.Loynes had to do his
pit stop at the end of this lap and did a stop'n'go the following lap.

Racing incident

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L5 17:00 K.Williams gets alongside P.Skingley as they approach the Masta
Kink but doesn't have the speed to complete the pass before the turn-in
point. Unfortunately P.Skingley tries to tuck in close behind Kev but
misjudges the gap and clips Kev's rear tyre. Paul should have allowed more
room but Kev's pass was optimistic at best and needed to be completed much
earlier to be safe. Neither driver came out of this mess smelling of roses
but Kev was ahead at the point of impact and a small amount of warp was
involved so considering the time Paul lost I'll call this a Racing Incident.

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L6 20:03 J.Daborn spins and finishes up broadside across the track at the
exit to Malmedy. S.Smith was unable to avoid his car. Nev's pass on Steve's
recovering car is well worth a look though ;-)

Racing incident

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L6 21:40 T.Robey runs up the bank and when he rejoins moves across the track
to get off the racing line. Unfortunately R.Blandford has already moved
right to avoid Tim and they collide. B.West is unable to avoid Rob's
bouncing car. It would have been better for Tim to make a more decisive move
here, although his intentions were good. Rob could have avoided Tim if he'd
just backed off a bit though.
B.West is entitled to a non-fault shift-R.

Racing Incident.

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L8 26:20 S.Strudwick has the legs on S.Loynes as they approach Burnenville,
Steve leaves as much room as he can but Simon goes all the way from one side
of the track to the other with no apparent regard for the passing car. This
incident could easily have been much worse but luckily Steve was not
affected. Simon lost a place as he recovered and this is the only reason the
penalty is reduced.

S.Loynes - 1 place penalty (side by side contact)

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L9 29:05  Alan Wallace Shift-Rs. It's the last lap so he does a stop'n'go
before the finish line. Since he lost a place to S.Smith doing so no further
time penalty need be applied.

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L9 31:28 S.Loynes blows his engine and shift-Rs on the last lap.

S.Loynes - 10 second time penalty (shift-R on the last lap)

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L9 31:40 N.Richard crashes at Masta. and shift-Rs on the last lap.

N.Richard - 10 second time penalty (shift-R on the last lap)

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Revised Results:

1 P. Harris (Blood)
2 D. Wilkinson (Pumpkin)
3 a. davis (Pumpkin)
4 M. Stone67 (Midnight)
5 S. Smith (Guts)
6 A. Wallace (Pumpkin)
7 S. Strudwick (Midnight)
8 K. Williams (Bones)
9 S. Peake (Midnight)
10 K. Murray (Bones)
11 B. West (Guts)
12 G. Darksoul (Guts)
13 T. Robey (Blood)
14 C. Loynes (Bones)
15 N. Richard (Blood)
16 RMJ (Bones)
17 R. Blandford (Guts)
18 P. Skingley67 (Blood)
19 S. Gymer (Midnight)


Team Results:

Pumpkins: 89
Blood: 52
Midnight: 43
Guts: 27
Bones: 14

Congratulations to Dave Wilkinson, Alan 'Duckman' Wallace and Allan Davis
for the team win ;-)

Malc.