Race #5 - Streets of Baltimore

Streets of Baltimore - Motegi East - 35 LAPS

Located about 90 miles north of Tokyo and nestled in the foothills of the Hakko mountains, Twin Ring Motegi opened in 1997. The site, whose natural contours protect the surrounding area from the loud noises of racing, was constructed by Honda as a way to bring enthusiastic fans of all sorts of motorsports together at a site with a dual purpose—a venue for two kinds of racing. Honda executives visiting a NASCAR race in Charlotte, North Carolina were amazed by the huge and enthusiastic crowd, and the great sightlines that the oval circuit provided. Motegi’s “Super Speedway” oval circuit resulted from this trip. In addition, Honda wanted to include a world-class road course. Thus, the “Twin Ring” concept was born. Construction of Twin Ring Motegi became the largest private construction project in Japan up to that point, although in typical Honda fashion environmental concerns were not ignored—many of the trees on the site were saved and a rare local species of dragonfly was successfully relocated to a new site. With two available circuit types, Motegi hosts a wide variety of racing. The oval hosts the Indy Japan 300 through 2011, and was also the host of the of an exhibition NASCAR race, the Coca-Cola 500, in 1998. With its main turns of two different diameters to challenge drivers, the oval is the site of exciting pack racing. Overlaying the Super Speedway oval (and at times snaking underneath it) is the road course, popular for MotoGP, Formula Nippon, Super GT, and Super Taikyu racing. The road course’s combination of long straights and tight hairpins make for great racing action with plenty of places to test your nerve at outbraking and overtaking opponents.



THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 20 - QUALIFYING @ 8:45 PM ET - 5 MINUTE BREAK - RACE TO FOLLOW

getting around 1:19 in the P1.

1.13. here

Could we delay the start by 30 mins, Once again the real ALMS race is running during this one?

Any way we could delay this to just until after the Long Beach race please?

Works for me, I'm running late from the Grand-Am race.

We will Qualify at 9:15 PM ET.

We will hold a 5 minute break between Qual and Race.

That is 30 minutes

Thank you

Good clean race tonight! Only one real bump up on lap one and a near jumpstart in p1, but we do not get bumped around while passing, and luongo even finished, despite a TV screen that was blinking during the race.

Only 2 races remain. Road Atlanta and Sebring part deux. Got some close battles that will be decided in the next two weeks!

Ps - luongo, 1.1 million dollar car?

QUALIFYING RESULTS

P1
1. RR Harry Hogge 1.14.460
2. RR Russ Wheeler 1.14.649
3. OctoberDusk 1.18.530

GT
1. EDC Primo 1.21.290
2. RR Stroker Ace 1.21.758
3. Luongo 1.22.897
4. Sublime 1.22.992
5. TRex 1.26.851

GTC
1. dangerclose 1.24.447
2. Gunzablazin 1.24.479
3. ForstSC400 1.25.293
4. BruinTdog 1.25.630
5. Miata 1.26.105

RACE RESULTS

P1
1. RR Harry Hogge
2. RR Russ Wheeler
3. OctoberDusk

GT
1. EDC Primo
2. Luongo
3. RR Stroker Ace
4. Sublime
5. TRex

GTC
1. DangerClose
2. Gunzablazin
3. Miata
4. ForstSC400
5. BruinTdog

1:09.6 around Road Atlanta in the P1. Never thought I would see a lap, even if on a video game, from the cockpit going that fast. I bet an F1 car could do a sub one min. I remember when the track record was around 1:14, and we thought that was flying. The current track record is: 1:06.242 (Stéphane Sarrazin, Peugeot Sport, 2008, LMP1).

The #6 thread will be up later today!