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Wednesday September 1, 1999

GTO LM grinds to a better finish against an easy Grand Valley 300 field

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Wednesday September 1, 1999

GTO LM grinds to a better finish against an easy Grand Valley 300 field

I managed to win the GT-I Cup with the Mitsubishi GTO LM, though only barely. I came 3rd at High Speed Ring, and 4th at DFRW, giving me only 43 points, the minimum needed to guarantee victory in the six-race series if you win four races. The AI field was relatively strong, so they did trade positions and points as well, so I actually beat the GTO twinturbo 43 to 36.

So I entered the car in the Grand Valley 300. Previously, it had only barely managed a "good" winning time. It did quite a bit better this time.

The car was easy to drive, but this time I knew more about making it go faster, and did have fewer mishaps.

   "real game" day 4214
   Wednesday September 1, 1999
   [R]Mitsubishi GTO LM (special edition)
   Grand Valley 300km Endurance Race

      q1st 1:41.730not     Cr20,000
  
  

Results:

      1st  [R]GTO LM Edition      1-39:07.1<--
     2nd  [R]Impreza Rly Edition  +279.703   (1-43:46.8)
     3rd  [R]Primera'90 2.0Te     +282.026   (1-43:49.1)
     4th  [R]Celica GT-Four       +400.715   (1-45:47.8)
     5th  [R]Lantis TypeR         +541.640   (1-48:08.7)
     6th  [R]Accord Sedan         +586.555   (1-48:53.7)
  
      lap 1   1:41.410
     pits   10,20,30,40,50
     fl  (12)  1:34.943
     slowest  non-pit   (47)  1:40.372
               next      (8)  1:39.884
     fastest pit laps   (40in)  1:51.695
                        (21out) 1:41.871
     slowest pit laps   (50in)  1:55.074
                        (51out) 1:43.924
  

I was disappointed to face such a weak field, but did set a time which should constitute a win against any field, so I have improved with this car as well.

I got the lead by the end of lap 1, and kept it. By lap 20 I had lapped the three slowest cars, and I had lapped the (slow) field for the first time by lap 25. I had a bit of a fight getting past the Impreza for the second time. That accounted for the slow lap time on lap 47. I finally got by in laps 48 and 49, but the pass didn't stick when I went in for my pitstop on lap 50.

I finally lapped that car again by lap 53.

After I finished, the Impreza and the Primera jostled for the lead. (Look at how close their times were). This was interesting because their positions in the on-screen listing kept changing.

I had no major disasters, and only a couple of minor ones.

Most laps were 1:35 to 1:38; the lap times seemed to vary more than with some other cars.

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

This makes this car once again appear to be the second-slowest Special Model car, although it was 1:20 faster than the NSX-R LM GT2, and beat its own old time by almost three minutes.


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