Post-race comments...

Lars Strijdonck
First of all this one was for you Don!

After a season of not driving I could not let the Don's tribute season go past me so I decided to join the fun.

Made a mistake on my Q run but still managed to do a 32.7xx really surprised to see Uwe dive under that 33 to.

After Q I wasn't so sure any more about my race pace as the first 5 drivers were all within a second.

Had a really bad start but fortunately the gentlemen approach into the first corner made me keep my spot.

Drove as hard as a could in the beginning of the race as I always fear Jo's race pace and consistency and somehow knew he was the one to watch.

Managed the gap to stay around the 10sec mark without pushing myself into stupid mistakes and then went to pit in lap 20.

Never tested stops so I was shocked to see a tire change take up 31seconds!

If I knew that I wouldn't have opted for new tires as my set would have lasted that last 8 laps fine. So shouting at my pit crew to hurry up I could hear cars coming, after my pit stop I came back on track right beside Jo really tense moment there J.

http://freeride.demon.nl/images/se17_R1_01.jpg

Think I played it nice but I left the car on where it was we never touched and I got by. After that on my fresh tires it was a run to the finish.

Gratz Jo and Andrew and to all finishers.

unknown
I really enjoyed the challenge of driving at Oulton Park. We decided to run the new G25 wheel on the car & installed it with less than 24 hours to race day. I was really happy with my race setup, the car felt great. Started from 4th on the grid & made a good start. On the exit of turn1 Uwe ran wide, which gave me a chance up the inside into turn 2. Held Uwe off on the fast turn 3 but messed up the gears in the hairpin, allowing Uwe to pass. Lars was off & I joined the four car train led by Jo. Uwe got past Dave & then later the same lap tried to pass Jo in the fast right hander only to run off on the exit into the gravel. Enjoyed some very close racing with Dave over the next few laps. After the pitstops I slotted back behind Dave. We both had a few hairy moments with back makers & with 3 laps to go Dave & I were fighting for 3rd place. The car felt good & the new G25 just gave me such good feedback. I was up for the fight & I could see Dave was pushing hard. Then Dave pushed it to far & lost it in the double right hander, handing me 3rd. Had to hold Dave off for the last lap, so just slowed on the apex & made sure I got on the power nice & smooth. Congrats to Lars & Jo on the podium & to all my fellow Screamers on making this a fantastic tribute to Don.

Detailed Race Report courtesy of Matthias Bögel

	Event: International '72 Gold Cup
Date: 2008/10/25 17:02:19
Laps: 28
Mod: BMW320_E21
Race Length: 45:23.232


PRACTISE RESULTS


 1 Lars Strijdonck      Team Scuderia HAT         9 01:32.485 0.000
 2 Dave Purdy           Team Neumann              7 01:33.543 1.058
 3 Andrew Ward          Team TRF NIL             15 01:33.918 1.432
 4 Jo Lueg              Team Martini Racing      11 01:34.081 1.596
 5 Oliver Day           Team Schnitzer Racing    15 01:34.513 2.028
 6 Michael Ward         Team Baier Motorsport     8 01:35.277 2.791
 7 Matthias Boegel      Team Glysantin           18 01:35.489 3.004
 8 Don McCorkle         Team John Player          6 01:36.652 4.167
 9 Paul Godfrey         Team Yellow Corn          4 01:40.203 7.717
-1 David Goodwin        Team Martini Racing      no time
10 Uwe Schuerkamp       Team Rummel              no time
11 Eldred Pickett       Team Buler               no time


QUALIFYING RESULTS


 1 Lars Strijdonck      Team Scuderia HAT         9 01:32.709 0.000
 2 Uwe Schuerkamp       Team Rummel               7 01:32.996 0.287
 3 Jo Lueg              Team Martini Racing       9 01:33.120 0.411
 4 Andrew Ward          Team TRF NIL             12 01:33.656 0.947
 5 Dave Purdy           Team Neumann              9 01:33.657 0.948
 6 Matthias Boegel      Team Glysantin            9 01:35.140 2.430
 7 Oliver Day           Team Schnitzer Racing     9 01:35.223 2.513
 8 Michael Ward         Team Baier Motorsport     6 01:35.251 2.541
 9 Paul Godfrey         Team Yellow Corn         11 01:36.230 3.521
10 Don McCorkle         Team John Player          8 01:36.555 3.846
11 Eldred Pickett       Team Buler                5 01:38.842 6.133
12 Christoph Grimlowski Team Busby               no time
13 David Goodwin        Team BMW-Junioren        no time


RACE RESULT


 1 Lars Strijdonck       Team Scuderia HAT      28  1 Running 
 2 Jo Lueg               Team Martini Racing    28  3 Running 
 3 Andrew Ward           Team TRF NIL           28  4 Running 
 4 Dave Purdy            Team Neumann           28  5 Running 
 5 Uwe Schuerkamp        Team Rummel            28  2 Running 
 6 Paul Godfrey          Team Yellow Corn       28  8 Running 
 7 Oliver Day            Team Schnitzer Racing  28  6 Running 
 8 Matthias Boegel       Team Glysantin         28 13 Running 
 9 Don McCorkle          Team John Player       27  9 Running  1 Lap(s)
10 Michael Ward          Team Baier Motorsport  27  7 Running  1 Lap(s)

FASTEST RACE LAPS


 1 Lars Strijdonck       01:32.751 0.000
 2 Uwe Schuerkamp        01:33.717 0.965
 3 Dave Purdy            01:33.894 1.143
 4 Andrew Ward           01:33.968 1.217
 5 Oliver Day            01:34.098 1.346
 6 Jo Lueg               01:34.143 1.392
 7 Paul Godfrey          01:34.669 1.917
 8 Matthias Boegel       01:35.758 3.007
 9 Michael Ward          01:36.295 3.544
10 Don McCorkle          01:36.675 3.923
11 Christoph Grimlowski  01:59.191 26.439
12 David Goodwin         02:00.456 27.704


HIGHEST CLIMBERS


 1 Matthias Boegel        5
 2 Paul Godfrey           2
 3 Jo Lueg                1
 4 Dave Purdy             1
 5 Andrew Ward            1
 6 Lars Strijdonck        0
 7 Don McCorkle           0
 8 David Goodwin          0
 9 Oliver Day            -1
10 Eldred Pickett        -1
11 Christoph Grimlowski  -2
12 Uwe Schuerkamp        -3
13 Michael Ward          -3


PERFECT RACE LAPS*


 1 Lars Strijdonck       01:32.751 0.000 [23, 23, 23]
 2 Dave Purdy            01:33.344 0.593 [6, 18, 10]
 3 Andrew Ward           01:33.355 0.604 [22, 14, 13]
 4 Uwe Schuerkamp        01:33.371 0.620 [25, 25, 26]
 5 Jo Lueg               01:33.952 1.201 [16, 10, 10]
 6 Oliver Day            01:34.070 1.319 [24, 27, 13]
 7 Paul Godfrey          01:34.302 1.551 [24, 13, 12]
 8 Matthias Boegel       01:35.657 2.906 [20, 6, 23]
 9 Michael Ward          01:35.732 2.981 [10, 19, 2]
10 Don McCorkle          01:35.791 3.040 [4, 10, 3]
11 Christoph Grimlowski  01:59.191 26.439 [1, 1, 1]
12 David Goodwin         02:00.456 27.705 [1, 1, 1]

*: three best sector times are added [lap numbers]

RACE INCIDENTS

 1 Jo Lueg                    0  28 0.000
 2 Lars Strijdonck            0  28 0.000
 3 Paul Godfrey               0  28 0.000
 4 Uwe Schuerkamp             0  28 0.000
 5 Andrew Ward                1  28 0.036
 6 Dave Purdy                 2  28 0.071
 7 Matthias Boegel            2  28 0.071
 8 Don McCorkle               9  27 0.321
 9 Oliver Day                 9  28 0.321
10 Michael Ward              18  27 0.643

Not classified (less than 30% race distance completed): 
Eldred Pickett
David Goodwin
Christoph Grimlowski

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