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Hristo Itchov I had a good start from the back of the grid but had to steer left and right to avoid some slower starters, so made sure the road was clear to avoid any contacts. A few cars bunched up at the apex of T1 though so no matter how hard I hit the brakes I couldn't stop on time as they were still cold initially so I tapped someone from behind, but he managed to keep control of his car, glad about that. Then I came behind Dom who was rather unstable which lost me a few seconds until he went off and I was through. The next few laps were spent trying to pass cars, but it wasn't so easy because everyone was similarly fast on full tanks, some even pulling away at some sectors. Oliver especially was difficult to pass as he sure had the pace and it took me a whole lap to get through. Eventually though I came up in 4th after passing him and now had Jo, Lars and Stacey ahead, but I couldn't see Stacey so he must've pulled some gap already. I was closing slowly on Jo, but in one of the laps I made the mistake of changing to neutral at the braking for Corkscrew and that spun me around and then I hit the wall on the inside and the car stalled. Restarted the engine, reversed a bit and continued, but the whole thing lost me some 10 seconds and a couple of positions. Tried my best to compensate, but soon it was time for my pitstop as I was on a mid-distance stop strategy, so I dropped back again after it. I had to pass some cars again as we went and the race seemed to be going so quickly, it was already under 10 laps to go when I have moved up in 5th and catching up on Jo. I was surprised to the tactics he pulled off in the lap I battled him as he moved accross diagonally under braking twice when I've already gone on the inside, I dunno what was he really thinking in doing that. I finally managed to get through on the exit of Corkscrew and closed up on Lars, but he must've had lower wings as he pulled away easily on the s/f straight, so it wasn't until the next time around the chicane that I managed to pass him. With Chris making his late pitstop it was just Stacey left ahead, but at over 8 seconds with 6 laps to go. I suppose he paced himself cautiously because the gap dropped quicker than I expected. We had a bit of a problem passing Eldred and another backmarkers as they were involved in their own battle which led to some compromises in speed and even a contact, but luckily nothing bad happened. So it came to the final lap and Stacey eased off quite a bit and we repeated the close Mosport finish.
Lars Strijdonck
Detailed Race Report courtesy of Matthias Bögel
Event: Laguna Seca v1.2 GP
Date: 2009/02/21 16:59:36
Laps: 28
Mod: BMW320_E21
Race Length: 44:07.618
PRACTISE RESULTS
1 Stacey Greensall Team Rothmans 11 01:30.378 0.000
2 Lars Strijdonck Team Scuderia HAT 22 01:30.688 0.310
3 Jo Lueg Team Martini Racing 5 01:30.907 0.529
4 Chris Turbert Team Goesser Beer 7 01:30.916 0.538
5 Uwe Schuerkamp Team Rummel 8 01:31.106 0.728
6 Oliver Day Team Schnitzer Racing 7 01:31.623 1.245
7 Matthias Boegel Team Glysantin 5 01:32.384 2.006
8 Dave Purdy Team Neumann 7 01:32.712 2.334
9 Christoph Grimlowski Team Yellow Corn 18 01:33.017 2.640
10 Dom Leste Team BMW-Junioren 9 01:33.255 2.877
11 Richard Busch Team Rothmans 6 01:34.011 3.633
12 Glenn White Team Bavaria Motorsport 6 01:34.523 4.145
13 Eldred Pickett Team Buler 8 01:37.919 7.541
QUALIFYING RESULTS
1 Stacey Greensall Team Rothmans 10 01:30.361 0.000
2 Chris Turbert Team Goesser Beer 8 01:30.478 0.117
3 Lars Strijdonck Team Scuderia HAT 7 01:30.494 0.133
4 Jo Lueg Team Martini Racing 10 01:30.602 0.241
5 Uwe Schuerkamp Team Rummel 5 01:30.787 0.426
6 Oliver Day Team Schnitzer Racing 9 01:30.919 0.558
7 Matthias Boegel Team Glysantin 9 01:31.268 0.907
8 Dom Leste Team BMW-Junioren 12 01:32.263 1.902
9 Dave Purdy Team Neumann 11 01:32.556 2.195
10 Christoph Grimlowski Team Yellow Corn 8 01:33.236 2.875
11 Richard Busch Team Rothmans 8 01:33.972 3.610
12 Glenn White Team Bavaria Motorsport 8 01:35.485 5.123
13 Eldred Pickett Team Buler no time
14 Hristo Itchov Team John Player no time
15 David Goodwin Team John Player no time
RACE RESULT
1 Stacey Greensall Team Rothmans 28 1 Running
2 Hristo Itchov Team John Player 28 14 Running
3 Lars Strijdonck Team Scuderia HAT 28 3 Running
4 Jo Lueg Team Martini Racing 28 4 Running
5 Chris Turbert Team Goesser Beer 28 2 Running
6 Uwe Schuerkamp Team Rummel 28 5 Running
7 Dave Purdy Team Neumann 28 9 Running
8 Matthias Boegel Team Glysantin 28 7 Running
9 Christoph Grimlowski Team Yellow Corn 27 10 Running 1 Lap(s)
10 Richard Busch Team Rothmans 27 11 Running 1 Lap(s)
11 Oliver Day Team Schnitzer Racing 27 6 Running 1 Lap(s)
12 Glenn White Team Bavaria Motorsport 26 12 Running 2 Lap(s)
13 Eldred Pickett Team Buler 26 13 Running 2 Lap(s)
14 David Goodwin Team John Player 24 15 Running 4 Lap(s)
15 Dom Leste Team BMW-Junioren 1 8 DNF (DNF) 27 Lap(s)
FASTEST RACE LAPS
1 Hristo Itchov 01:29.999 0.000
2 Stacey Greensall 01:30.578 0.578
3 Lars Strijdonck 01:31.132 1.133
4 Chris Turbert 01:31.183 1.183
5 Jo Lueg 01:31.248 1.248
6 Uwe Schuerkamp 01:31.759 1.760
7 Oliver Day 01:32.010 2.010
8 Matthias Boegel 01:32.170 2.171
9 Dave Purdy 01:32.679 2.680
10 Richard Busch 01:33.932 3.933
11 Christoph Grimlowski 01:34.001 4.001
12 Glenn White 01:34.689 4.690
13 David Goodwin 01:35.713 5.714
14 Eldred Pickett 01:37.487 7.488
15 Dom Leste 01:59.747 29.748
HIGHEST CLIMBERS
1 Hristo Itchov 12
2 Dave Purdy 2
3 Richard Busch 1
4 David Goodwin 1
5 Christoph Grimlowski 1
6 Stacey Greensall 0
7 Lars Strijdonck 0
8 Jo Lueg 0
9 Glenn White 0
10 Eldred Pickett 0
11 Uwe Schuerkamp -1
12 Matthias Boegel -1
13 Chris Turbert -3
14 Oliver Day -5
15 Dom Leste -7
PERFECT RACE LAPS*
1 Hristo Itchov 01:29.813 0.000 [27, 25, 27]
2 Stacey Greensall 01:30.535 0.722 [16, 5, 5]
3 Lars Strijdonck 01:30.820 1.007 [4, 9, 4]
4 Chris Turbert 01:30.924 1.111 [26, 26, 25]
5 Jo Lueg 01:30.966 1.153 [10, 9, 6]
6 Uwe Schuerkamp 01:31.207 1.394 [8, 28, 7]
7 Oliver Day 01:31.408 1.596 [5, 4, 13]
8 Matthias Boegel 01:31.693 1.880 [6, 5, 8]
9 Dave Purdy 01:32.357 2.544 [2, 11, 3]
10 Richard Busch 01:33.220 3.407 [8, 5, 26]
11 Christoph Grimlowski 01:33.431 3.618 [4, 24, 27]
12 Glenn White 01:34.113 4.300 [8, 17, 25]
13 David Goodwin 01:35.291 5.478 [6, 6, 20]
14 Eldred Pickett 01:36.187 6.375 [18, 19, 17]
15 Dom Leste 01:59.747 29.935 [1, 1, 1]
*: three best sector times are added [lap numbers]
RACE INCIDENTS
1 Christoph Grimlowski 0 27 0.000
2 Dave Purdy 0 28 0.000
3 Jo Lueg 0 28 0.000
4 Stacey Greensall 0 28 0.000
5 Chris Turbert 1 28 0.036
6 Eldred Pickett 1 26 0.036
7 Lars Strijdonck 1 28 0.036
8 Uwe Schuerkamp 1 28 0.036
9 Richard Busch 2 27 0.071
10 David Goodwin 3 24 0.107
11 Hristo Itchov 10 28 0.357
12 Glenn White 11 26 0.393
13 Matthias Boegel 20 28 0.714
14 Oliver Day 40 27 1.429
Not classified (less than 30% race distance completed):
Dom Leste
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D/L Mod
| # | Name | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stacey Greensall | 108 |
| 2 | Hristo Itchov | 104 |
| 3 | Joachim Lueg-Althoff | 68 |
| 4 | Uwe Schürkamp | 55 |
| 5 | Lars Strijdonck | 53 |
| 6 | Oliver Day | 35 |
| 7 | Matthias Boegel | 30 |
| 8 | Chris Turbert | 24 |
| 9 | Dave Purdy | 21 |
| 10 | Paul Godfrey | 14 |
| 11 | Dominique Leste | 7 |
| 12 | Christoph Grimlowski | 6 |
| 13 | Matthias Vogt | 5 |
| 14 | Glenn White | 4 |
| 15 | Juergen Wohleser | 4 |
| 16 | David Goodwin | 3 |
| 17 | Richard Busch | 3 |
| 18 | Eldred Pickett | 1 |
| 19 | Don McCorkle | 0 |
| 20 | Steve Brunt | 0 |
| 21 | Phil Barnes | 0 |
| 22 | Todd Dry | 0 |