RatRace Winter Series - Istanbul

Race: RatRace Winter Series Round 1

Location: Istanbul, Turkey

Race Class: Super Stock (13.5t no timing)

Sponsors:

• Team-NCRC

• RudeBits

• RW Racing

• MKT Racing

• DipBrothers
  Practice

First try with the XB2 and number 1 position so a great start, after this I made a few changes to the car, ride height 18mm front and rear also 1mm shims under front inner camber links.

Qualifying

Round 1: Went ok a few driver errors, car was good no need for changes, ranked 3rd in heat.

Round 2: A good round with some constant 16 second laps, a couple of errors but finished 2nd in heat.

Round 3: Was going well up to lap 12 when I got caught in a backmarker error by 2 cars, no ones fault just a racing incident so again 3rd in heat.

Overall qualifying was 5th so not great as a lot to make up from the A-Final grid.

**Finals

**We were running 5 in each final A,B and C so I was placed at the back of the grid with work to do.

Round 1: I was able to make my way up to 2nd place but an unfortunate back marker crash meant after the big jump I landed in the middle of the crash and lost 2nd place, just a racing incident but ended 3rd in round 1, rear tyres a bit worn so moved the battery to the rear for the next round.

Round 2: Made it up to 1st in lap 3 so fantastic start and then error and crash breaking the front bottom suspension eyelet, out of race.

Round 3: I needed to get a win, somebody was watching me from above because I managed to avoid some major carnage and drove steady to the finish line with a 19 lap race, best drive of the day for me and was good enough to be in a good position.

Video my car is the orange car at the back:

Overall result 2nd place so for first time out with a new car this was amazing, I am very happy.

Setup notes:

The setup sheet is a little confusing as I see the shims can be confusing. The conical shims fitted are 2mm so they are included in my overall settings. Example 3mm would be conical shim plus 1mm shim.

As the rear tyres got worn I moved the battery to the rear for more traction.

Source: T. How