League Race #7 - Bumper Sticker Swap Meet

It seemed a good idea to call it that back before the great PP fiasco.
Now I think it's going to be more "Rocket Sled Derby" - the TC500 cars have become monsters.

Thinking that if things don't change we may see TC480 next season, but by then we'll have all added in the non-removable engine tunes, or at least I will have...

So to race, and we'll see what the world looks like after this event.

The Track(s)
Two favourites and old timer tracks, not reverse, not wet, not anything but vanilla.
Trial Mountain - for both the Clubman and the TC500 events. And Grand Valley for the TC500.

I know the old TC500 Grand Valley target was 2 minutes, and I know the new Trial Mountain bench is around 1:30.

Trial mountain suits a car which has serious grunt, both the start/finish and back straights are proper fast and coupled with pretty easy corners leading out. But, too much power (Tom's Chaser I'm looking at you) and approach speeds become a serious issue. There are also a few bends that can be clipped but through the car off - indeed this is one of few tracks that regularly flips cars (that last chicane can do that). More than ever, slow in fast out will prevail.

Grand Valley. You all know Grand Valley. Whilst there's a reasonable start/finish straight, it's more about scrub and turn on this track. Getting good drive out of the corners and being settled for the next is paramount. 4WD cars here may still stand a chance. FWD - you're history!

The Cars
TC500. Don't forget to tune them folks. Though you did that last week right. See below for details and analysis on the PP changes.


Official Details
Clubman
Host: Andrew (Andyc709292)
Lounge: FCT GT5 Andrew
Date: 24-Jan-2013
Track: Trial Mountain
Start time: 9:00 PM
Laps: 5
Cars: Fixed
Tyres: TBC
Boost: High

Championship
Host: Andrew
Start time: 9:15 PM
Track: Trial Mountain / Grand Valley
Laps: 6
Cars: TC500
Tyres: Racing Medium
Boost: Low

Race on!