Sunday September 5, 1999 -- Little FC RX7 GT-X Gains a Solid Win at Grand Valley

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Sunday September 5, 1999

Little FC RX7 GT-X Gains a Solid Win at Grand Valley

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Sunday September 5, 1999

Little FC RX7 GT-X Gains a Solid Win at Grand Valley

This humble little car is one of the recommended Cr10,000 starters, and, certainly, when fully race-modded, seems almost first-class.

I managed to win the GT-I Cup with it, coming 2nd at DFRW, and winning all other races. However, the Impreza Rally Edition was the only real competitor which showed up.

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 is pleasant to drive, with reasonably responsive power and handling.

   "real game" day 4232
   Sunday September 5, 1999
   [R]FC RX7 GT-X (Savanna)
   Grand Valley 300km Endurance Race

	q1st 1:43.804not Cr20,000

Results:

	1st [R]FCRX7 GT-X 1-40:10.3<--
	2nd [R]NSX-R LM GT2 +120.905 (1-42:11.2)
	3rd [R]GTO twinturbo +127.052 (1-42:17.4)
	4th [R]Primera'90 2.0Te +220.404 (1-43:50.7)
	5th [R]EXIV 200GT +342.887 (1-45:53.2)
	6th [R]Lantis TypeR +487.247 (1-48:17.5)

	lap 1 1:47.328
	pits 12,24,36,48
	fl (27) 1:36.481
	slowest non-pit (47) 1:40.989
	next (23) 1:40.695
	fastest pit laps (12in) 1:54.627
	(25out) 1:44.880
	slowest pit laps (36in) 1:57.426
	(49out) 1:46.270

I did not get a good start, and had an early fight for the lead. I got the lead by lap 4. I had not lapped any cars by the first pit stop, and just barely kept my lead after the stop.

I got into a fight to lap the field on lap 48, and didn't quite manage it. I finally passed the GTO on the road by lap 54, but must have pass the NSX in the pits (unless it took a very late pit stop, so that I never really lapped it.

It was nice to win in this car against a reasonably strong field, and I had no major disasters.

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

I actually recorded all lap times, as follows:

 1   1:47.328      1:47.328
 2   1:37.296      3:24.624
 3   1:38.455      5:03.079
 4   1:37.122      6:40.201
 5   1:37.122      8:17.323
 6   1:37.943      9:55.266
 7   1:37.449     11:32.715
 8   1:38.415     13:11.130
 9   1:39.258     14:50.388
10   1:38.653     16:29.041
11   1:40.204     18:09.245
12   1:54.627     20:03.872
13   1:45.395     21:49.267
14   1:36.751     23:26.018
15   1:38.443     25:04.461
16   1:37.556     26:42.017
17   1:37.302     28:19.319
18   1:37.909     29:57.228
19   1:38.892     31:36.120
20   1:38.299     33:14.419
21   1:37.990     34:52.409
22   1:38.959     36:31.368
23   1:40.695     38:12.063
24   1:54.638     40:06.701
25   1:44.880     41:51.581
26   1:36.754     43:28.335
27   1:36.481     45:04.816
28   1:38.506     46:43.322
29   1:38.129     48:21.451
30   1:38.036     49:59.487
31   1:37.144     51:36.631
32   1:38.879     53:15.510
33   1:38.317     54:53.827
34   1:38.713     56:32.540
35   1:38.801     58:11.341
36   1:57.426   1-00:08.767
37   1:45.697   1-01:54.464
38   1:38.083   1-03:32.547
39   1:38.805   1-05:11.352
40   1:38.708   1-06:50.060
41   1:37.834   1-08:27.894
42   1:37.437   1-10:05.331
43   1:38.880   1-11:44.211
44   1:38.040   1-13:22.251
45   1:38.800   1-15:01.051
46   1:38.978   1-16:40.029
47   1:40.989   1-18:21.018
48   1:55.217   1-20:16.235
49   1:46.270   1-22:02.505
50   1:38.754   1-23:41.259
51   1:37.523   1-25:18.782
52   1:38.181   1-26:56.963
53   1:38.726   1-28:35.689
54   1:39.498   1-30:15.187
55   1:38.198   1-31:53.385
56   1:38.969   1-33:32.354
57   1:38.951   1-35:11.305
58   1:40.630   1-36:51.935
59   1:38.754   1-38:30.689
60   1:39.708   1-40:10.397

After this I did some more time trials at the full Grand Valley of more future Grand Valley 300 possibilities, including a couple of past losers.

[R]Chaser LM

	1:42.827 + 1:37.178 = 3:20.005
	Previous best was 3:24, so now it seems likely I could
	win the GV300 with this awful car.

[R]Eclipse GT

	1:44.557 + 1:38.108 = 3:22.665
	Previous best was 3:25, so now it seems as if I might
	be able to win the GV300 with this.

[R]Griffith 500

	1:38.939 + 1:34.831 = 3:13.770
	1:37.536 + 1:33.188 = 3:10.724
	1:39.443 + 1:32.719 = 3:12.162
	1:37.635 + 1:31.518 = 3:09.153

A definite shoe-in.

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