Lap 99 and it's still raining.... has been for 80 laps....
At least it's daylight!

A little over 8hrs to go!

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Lap 100

We are 2 full laps ahead. Spending the time (days) to tune the R10 to be faster in the wet than the competition has paid dividends so far.

J.Rossingno in the Speed 8 has taken 2nd place from D.Munoz in the Judd GV5. D.Jacobsen in the C60 Peugeot is in 4th.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Jason takes over on lap 102....

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

its awful wet....but daylight now...

Jason just did lap 103 in 8:52.348 min...astounding...on inters!!!

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

on lap 105...we are 3 laps an 3 min ahead....Jason piloting.

still very wet

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Pitted on lap 109 for fuel and tires.

Lap 107 was an 8:46.099 driven by Jason in the pouring rain!

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Varga takes over for his final stint on lap 111.
He's being silly and attempting to do 9 or 10 laps on 1 tank of fuel.

By my calculations his fuel will only last 6 laps.
6.6 to be exact... and then the car will limp into fuel saving mode.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Lap 113, the rain is starting to let up!!!

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Rain is easing up.
Little under 6hrs left.... Harrod just came back. Varga has to leave at 2pm for a wedding.

Can we expect any visitors? Paul? Steve? Kevin? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

With the track drying out our competitors pitted 1 lap earlier than us for dry tires. The Speed 8 passed us (to unlap himself once).
Varga did 7 laps and used 80L of fuel, which I must admit was better than I expected. 11.5L per lap instead of the 15L we've been doing, not bad.


Varga pits and Harrod jumps in on lap 118 with slick racing tires.
First time we've been able to use dry tires in nearly 100 laps.

Track is "mildly moist" at this point but drying quick.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Track is fully dry.

Harrod is on lap 127. I'm planning to take the seat for lap 128.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Jason posted FTD on lap 129 - 7:32.080

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Harrod is back in the drivers seat at the start of lap 131.
He has to leave at 4:30 so unless someone else shows up I'll be doing the final 2.5hrs by myself.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

3hrs to go.... on lap 134
3 laps in the lead.

Track is dry, sky is blue.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

I'm taking over from Harrod on lap 137

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Pitted on lap 140 for fuel and tires.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Lap 143, pitted for fuel and tires.
We are 4 laps in the lead.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

90 minutes left.
Starting lap 146 with fresh tires and a splash of fuel.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

42mins left, pited at the end of lap 151.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

FINISHED, 155 laps

Thanks to Varga, Harrod and Brian for co-driving with me!

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Now for my victory donair, and then off to get some sleep.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Well done to all. It was fun. Who's hosting the next 24 hr race?

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2013 BMW 128I - 2 DS

Who's able to do Le Mans? (Level 35 I think)

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

by my calculations I drove a total of 61 laps until I left at 1:45pm.....with an estimate of 9.6 min/lap...that is 9.7~ish hours.

My longest stint was 22laps which was easily 3.5 hrs........Now I actually cannot believe that I was able to do that.

And my longest stint for one tank...was 10 laps.....with an average lap time of 10-11 min per lap (very tired and very rainy).....

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2008 Toyota Prius (Currently 180,000km)
2002 BMW M3 (Currently 197,000km, was 96,300km Jan of 2009)
2006 Toyota Prius (R.I.P 2011, 182,000 km)
1990 Beretta GTZ (R.I.P 2009, 396,000 km)
2000 Grand Cherokee (Sold 2006, 105,000 km)
1990 Laser RS (R.I.P 1989 Halloween day, 2,500 km)

From what I can pick out (we didn't do a very good job of record keeping this time)
Varga = 61 Laps
Jason = 57 Laps
Scott = 25 Laps
Brian = 13 Laps

Fastest dry lap = Jason 7:32.080
Fastest wet lap = Jason 8:46.099
Longest stint = Varga 22 Laps
Most Laps between pitstops = Varga 11 laps

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

So when do you guys wanna start up the sunday night racing?

YEAH..."what he said"...

Wanna start this Sunday?

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Sure. Do we wanna puck up where we left off with the race modded cars?

I'd suggest maybe same cars but start over with a schedule. Some people might not want to jump into the middle of a 'series'.