Dave488 Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 (edited) This week sees the mighty F2s take to the track for their second major title of the year the EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP at the popular Northampton International Raceway! Leading the entry will be defending champion #164 Tosh, Tosh hasn't raced much this season due to a bad run in engines, but he hopes to make it out for this one, #41 Drumbstick was 2nd last season and misses out on the win by 0.0001 of a second to Tosh, can he go one place better this year and already add to the Irish championship he has already won this season? #236 Danskin will be looking to add a fancy roof to his Bingley car, Dan is in top form this season and taking another final win at Buxton last week he will be one of the favourites to take this one from Tosh, #112 TomD will be in action, the current world champion has won the Scottish this season and it would take a lot to stop him from being in with a chance to win this one, current British Champion #87 Robin will make the trek from Holland to be here for this one! The top 20 in the points are already on the grid for this one these are: 236 41112 8711556039 315238463052492774887741311767 31 101 next 10 reserves are: 221, 122, 33, 237, 210, 495, 92, 98, 45, 318drivers that are booked are in bold, if you are planning on racing please book in asap if your not planning on racing please let us know! people who are not racing are in red A lot of big names are in the top 20, and someone who has won a European championship before is the current Superstox European champion #115 Green, Green was on pole for the uk open 2 weeks ago but forgot to put 50p on his electric meter which made him miss that big race so he will be looking to win this one! #560 Dodge stands a good chance if he can get away and so does #315 Mike. #46 Nezza has shown some real pace this season and will expecting big in this one along with new found tarmac lover #277 Southy! Also anyone else who books in there are 4 places from the LCQ to get on the grid! BOOK IN NOW ON THE UKDIRT SITE! if you wish to watch the random draw being made it will be done by Dave Leonard (many f1s sponsor) on the sunday at the euros on the back straight (rite at the back just before entry to the last bend) the w&y promotion draw will be made here also probs during a rebel race sorry cant say what 1 yet depends how busy i am Edited July 16, 2012 by drumbstick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southy277 Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 (edited) With the big meeting only days away we have had an interview with the defending champion Tosh 164 You have been successfully in the F2 Euro Championship in the past. 2nd in 2010 and title winner in 2011 – Do you rate your chances of retaining it? I think i have won the euro 3 times in f2 and once in hotrods, it seems to be a championship i get on with, although the draw has a part of the luck in it i suppose. as for my chances this year are very doubtful, i have only raced F2s once or twice this year, im also well out of practice and due to pc problems i lost all my saloon, F2 and F1 set ups due to format. i dont have the time or interest to make new ones anymore as i am back racing 1/10th scale off road buggys in scotland and england. Last year we had the closet finish to a big race where you beat Drumbstick by 0.001 of a second, can you remember anything about the race? lol, i remember some of it, i knew i didnt have the quickest car out there on the night and my expectations of winning werent high. my practice lap times were not to great and i was well off the pace of the supers that were putting in the practice times. i remember getting a clean start which for me is rare. i managed to pull out a big gap of maybe 5-6 seconds to 2nd place. the set up i had at the time was burning up the rears. this was ok on a 16 lap heat but in a euro final with 25 laps or so was a different story. my car was set up taily to try and exit the corners a bit faster. the only problem was the rears starting to go off about 13-15 laps in. i noticed Drumb had moved into 2nd at this point. so my intention was to try and manage a gap to him. this wasnt easy as i had back markers in play to. lap by lap i could see drumb closing half a second a lap on me once he got clear air on my timer. 2 laps from the end he was in touching distance of a punt on me. the last lap i was holding onto the car, the tyres were shot and drumb was there. the last lap and the last corner i knew drumb would go for the hit, i hit the last corner on throttle to go deep to try and avoid a big hit from drumb. the arse went taily and remember the wheels spinning up on the straight exiting turn 4. i thought oh s*** but just had enough in them to cross the line in front og him. If you don’t win it, who do you think will win it? hard one to call really as its a draw grid. i would expect the supers to be in contention. my moneys on Danskin though to lift the euro. You have only recently made a return to the ovals, you planning on making a late push for a semi final place? yeah, ive only raced on occasion i just fancied a play really, im not returning full time to f2,s. i have a new stockcar ready painted for after the euro,s but i doubt it will get used much due to other commitments out with rfactor. at this point in time i have stopped going to real stock cars so i have lost the mojo for it in real and in ukdirt. Thanks once again for taking the time to do this interview, and we wish you good luck when defending your title. thanks tosh164 That's to Tosh for taking the time doing the interview. Edited July 13, 2012 by southy277 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumbstick Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 This is how close it really was in 2011, who will take the crown in 2012? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan964 Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 Looking forward to this meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave488 Posted July 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 (edited) Ok the European grid has been made thanks to national hotrod driver #174 Jason kew for drawing the numbers out for us at nir, the grid is as follows: 131 - 112 Lcq? - 67 238 - 41 87 - 315 101 - 115 Lcq? - 249 488 - lcq? 31 - 46 774 - 277 236 - 17 560 - 39 Lcq? - 305 next 10 reserves are: 221, 122, 33, 237, 210, 495, 92, 98, 45, 318 We will reveal what lcq place is what in the night to avoid any race fixing in that race Also the draw for the w&y promotion was made and the winner of that was #473 rudeboy so congratulations to him he gets £5 off next years server fees Edited July 16, 2012 by Dave488 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Just thought id let you know incase you have to move everyone up Gary131 wont be racing as he is on holiday.... ill text him now just to wind him up haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza#131 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Damn right typical this is lol. My bro is right I won't be racing 2moz as im on holiday I did mention it in server last week Dave but u might have missed it. Just my luck this year though lol finally get a good bit of luck in a draw and at a track I have decent pace at and I can't bloody race lol. Never mind good luck all competitors. Cheers Gary#131 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan964 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Damn right typical this is lol. My bro is right I won't be racing 2moz as im on holiday I did mention it in server last week Dave but u might have missed it. Just my luck this year though lol finally get a good bit of luck in a draw and at a track I have decent pace at and I can't bloody race lol. Never mind good luck all competitors. Cheers Gary#131 It's Harsh man, just cancel the holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave488 Posted July 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 gutted sorry to hear that gary but i will explain to the rest what goes on then, when a driver doesnt book or cant race a reserve will get put in his place highest reserve gets highest grid slot etc, so as it stands at the minute as gary #131 isnt racing that will move spike #221 up to pole position, IF freew #67 doesnt book then craig #122 would take his place etc im pretty certain mike #315 said last week he wouldnt be back from the euros in time so it would seem we would be using atleast 2 reserves, so if #67 does book #122 would take #315s grid slot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 I may just book for nostalgia reasons. 10 years ago today I had my first taste of Online racing in an F2 Meeting at Barford - Here are the results: Barford: Tarmac Masters rd4 - 15/07/2002 - 27 Cars Heat 1: 151, 247, 657, 17, 66, 394, 280 Heat 2: 512, 435, 148, 567, 261, 515, 31, 273, 71 Heat 3: 152, 79, 9, 732, 622, 410, 641, 77, 221, 630. Heat 4: 512, 744, 31, 657, 280, 66, 515 Heat 5: 151, 17, 247, 9, 622, 732, 77, 641, 394 Heat 6: 148, 273, 410, 79, 152, 435, 71, 567, 221, 630 Consi 1: 567 Consi 2: 221 Final: 17, 148, 512, 9, 567, 152, 435, 221, 79, 247, 151, 657 GN 1: 247, 221, 435, 79, 17, 567, 66, 641, 35 GN 2: 148, 31, 744, 630, 732, 622, 273, 71 GN 3: 512, 152, 151, 515, 77, 410 Grids were random back then! Also the European was held the following week and these were the results : Northampton: 22/07/02 - 30 Cars ------> Will we get 30 cars for the rFactor 2012 European meeting??? European Championship Heat 1: 717, 31, 247, 732, 170, 641, 271 Heat 2: 79, 273, 410, 221, 630, 66 Heat 3: 152, 148, 190, 622, 677, 77, 71, 657 Heat 4: 744, 512, 17, 435, 515, 431, 261 Heat 5: 512, 31, 515, 567, 435, 732, 170, 431 Heat 6: 717, 247, 630, 641, 221, 410, 66, 271 Heat 7: 148, 273, 79, 77, 622, 657 Heat 8: 677, 17, 744, 152, 190, 261, 71 Consi 1: 431 Consi 2: 567 EUROPEAN: 717, 31, 79, 152, 512, 744, 273, 247, 431, 17 (Mac, Skeet, Jok, Stutch, Trash, Corny, Jonnyboy, Hotrod, Stavo & Spud) GN 1: 247, 431, 152, 435, 221, 273, 567, 212, 717, 170 GN 2: 148, 31, 732, 744, 190, 410, 17, 515 GN 3: 79, 66, 622, 77, 71, 630 GOOD DAYS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartynR Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Only four last chance qualifying spots? Gonna have to get me toe down tomorrow then! Should be good fun Anyone know a decent lap time for NIR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave488 Posted July 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Northampton: 22/07/02 - 30 Cars ------> Will we get 30 cars for the rFactor 2012 European meeting??? 36 booked already so we should be ok i reckon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane238 Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 As Gary 131 is on holiday will we leave a gap at the front? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumbstick Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 As Gary 131 is on holiday will we leave a gap at the front? Kane Check Daves explanation above, its all in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane238 Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 (edited) ok Edited July 16, 2012 by Kane238 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave488 Posted July 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 ok latest update of whos booked is below, only #560 is unknown for the euro grid so #221 and #122 will be in with #33 in IF #560 doesnt book 131 - 112 Lcq? - 67 238 - 41 87 - 315 101 - 115 Lcq? - 249 488 - lcq? 31 - 46 774 - 277 236 - 17 560 - 39 Lcq? - 305 next 10 reserves are: 221, 122, 33, 237, 210, 495, 92, 98, 45, 318 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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