Saturday Novermber 06, 1999 -- Viper GTS-R Improves Its Grand Valley 300 Time!

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Saturday Novermber 06, 1999

Viper GTS-R Improves Its Grand Valley 300 Time!

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Saturday Novermber 06, 1999

Viper GTS-R Improves Its Grand Valley 300 Time!

Reprising another car's Grand Valley 300 performance, I entered a Viper GTS-R, which previously had only just won, with a time greater than 1 hour and 42 minutes. This time I used the version with the green stripes, which seems rarer.

   "real game" day 4484
   Friday, November 05, 1999
   white [R]Viper GTS-R with green stripes
   Grand Valley 300km Endurance Race

	q1st(just) 1:44.687not Cr20,000

Results:

	1st [R]Viper GTS-R 1-39:59.7<--
	2nd [R]NSX-R LM GT2 +114.181 (1-41:53.9)
	3rd [R]R32GT-R'91 +138.128 (1-42:17.8)
	4th [R]Impreza RLY Ed +217.499 (1-43:37.2)
	5th [R]Celica GT-Four +349.169 (1-45:48.9)
	6th [R]Lancer Evo IV GSR +369.665 (1-46:09.4)

	lap 1 1:44.493
	pits 11,24,37,49
	fl (39) 1:35.103
	slowest non-pit (22) 1:51.310
	next (60) 1:43.065
	fastest pit laps (49in) 1:52.614
	(25out) 1:43.564
	slowest pit laps (24in) 1:53.989
	(50out) 1:44.845

I had a reasonable start, even though I dropped back slightly. I did not panic, but neatly gained the lead by the hairpin at the start of lap 2.

I kept that lead (just) at my first pitstop. I was unsure how well the tires would wear, so I took the first stop at 11 to allow me to choose between a 4 or 5 stop strategy.

I had a baddish second shift, with an accident in the high speed curves which join the first two hairpins costing me a lot of time. Nonetheless, I had begun lapping cars by then and so stayed out until lap 24 to allow myself to continue with a 4 stop strategy.

I lapped the Subaru at lap 34, and stayed out an extra lap, pitting on lap 37, to try and avoid having to pass the Subaru again. This worked very well because the Subaru pulled into the pits right behind me!

Strangely enough, the same thing happened with the Skyline on lap 49.

A minor off-road excursion cost me a noticeable amount of time on my last lap.

I must have lapped the NSX-R while it was in the pits; I saw it re-pass me on my victory lap, but I never lapped it on the road.

So, this time I managed a clean win.

I won Cr300,000, and a black/blue Castrol Supra GT.

Once again I actually recorded all lap times, as follows:

Lucky you!


 1   1:44.493      1:44.493
 2   1:36.586      3:21.079
 3   1:37.552      4:58.631
 4   1:36.931      6:35.562
 5   1:36.730      8:12.292
 6   1:37.708      9:50.000
 7   1:39.237     11:29.237
 8   1:38.441     13:07.678
 9   1:38.364     14:46.042
10   1:38.356     16:24.398
11   1:53.428     18:17.826
12   1:44.456     20:02.282
13   1:37.649     21:39.931
14   1:36.774     23:16.705
15   1:38.443     24:55.148
16   1:36.501     26:31.649
17   1:38.062     28:09.711
18   1:37.670     29:47.381
19   1:40.879     31:28.260
20   1:39.489     33:07.749
21   1:40.009     34:47.758
22   1:51.310     36:39.068
23   1:41.547     38:20.615
24   1:53.989     40:14.604
25   1:43.564     41:58.168
26   1:37.311     43:35.479
27   1:37.742     45:13.221
28   1:37.404     46:50.625
29   1:38.360     48:28.985
30   1:38.245     50:07.230
31   1:39.176     51:46.406
32   1:38.172     53:24.578
33   1:37.990     55:02.568
34   1:40.631     56:43.199
35   1:39.459     58:22.658
36   1:40.801   1-00:03.459
37   1:53.943   1-01:57.402
38   1:43.580   1-03:40.982
39   1:35.103   1-05:16.085
40   1:37.205   1-06:53.290
41   1:35.573   1-08:28.863
42   1:36.380   1-10:05.243
43   1:37.402   1-11:42.645
44   1:38.192   1-13:20.837
45   1:37.880   1-14:58.717
46   1:38.516   1-16:37.233
47   1:38.953   1-18:16.186
48   1:39.371   1-19:55.557
49   1:52.614   1-21:48.171
50   1:44.845   1-23:33.016
51   1:35.598   1-25:08.614
52   1:36.744   1-26:45.358
53   1:37.142   1-28:22.500
54   1:37.104   1-29:59.604
55   1:38.823   1-31:38.427
56   1:39.143   1-33:17.570
57   1:38.760   1-34:56.330
58   1:39.995   1-36:36.325
59   1:40.400   1-38:16.725
60   1:43.065   1-39:59.790

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I saved the setting too.

My Settings

	Spring Rate 5.4 4.8
	Ride Height 82 82 (min, min)
	Dampers 5 5
	Camber 2.0 1.0
	Stabilizers 3 3
	Brake Balance 12 9
	Turbo 4

	1st 3.800
	2nd 2.200
	3rd 1.500
	4th 1.140
	5th 0.925
	6th 0.780
	7th 0.670
	-----
	FD 4.200

	Aero 0.82 1.01 (max, max)

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