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Monday September 6, 1999

Maxed Griffith 500 beats all the Special Models at Grand Valley!

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Monday September 6, 1999

Maxed Griffith 500 beats all the Special Models at Grand Valley!

The Griffith 500, in the North American game at least, is certainly one of the stars of the game, and it certainly ran away with the Grand Valley 300.

In the warm-up GT-I Cup, it swept all races, and missed only the pole at DFRW, beating a GTO twinturbo, a GT-R'91, and an NSX-R.

      "real game" day 4246
     Monday September 6, 1999
     [R]Griffith 500
     Grand Valley 300km Endurance Race
  
      q1st 1:40.578not     Cr20,000
  
  

Results:

      1st  [R]Griffith 500        1-35:34.0<--
     2nd  [R]GT-R LM              +437.157   (1-42:51.2)
     3rd  [R]EXIV 200GT           +616.401   (1-45:50.4)
     4th  [R]Lancer EvolV GSR     +644.254   (1-46:18.3)
     5th  [R]Lantis TypeR         +755.998   (1-48:10.0)
     6th  [R]Accord Sedan         +803.072   (1-48:57.1)
  
      lap 1   1:41.091
     pits   14,30,45    
     fl   (4)  1:31.807
     slowest  non-pit    (8)  1:38.759
               next     (25)  1:38.498
     fastest pit laps   (45in)  1:48.509
                        (46out) 1:40.693
     slowest pit laps   (30in)  1:51.190
                        (31out) 1:41.597
  

I got the lead from the start, first lapping a car at lap 9. I had lapped almost the whole field by lap 11, so I did not pit at 12, but stayed out to build a lead and avoid traffic. To avoid having to pass the GT-R twice, I pitted at lap 14, but, nonetheless, things looked good for a three-stop strategy.

I lapped the GT-R for the second time at lap 30, and, for the first time since my first race, it took its pit stop at the same time as me! It's quite fun watching it in the pits while you are there too.

I lapped the GT-R again on lap 45, and, once again, we took a common pit stop.

I lapped the GT-R for a fourth and final time, on the road, on lap 59.

I had quite a few minor incidents, but still set generally consistent times. The time makes this car third only to Concept Cars and GTO'95 MR times.

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

Once again I actually recorded all lap times, as follows:

  
 1   1:41.091      1:41.091
 2   1:34.166      3:15.257
 3   1:36.433      4:51.690
 4   1:31.807      6:23.497
 5   1:35.251      7:58.748
 6   1:33.630      9:32.378
 7   1:34.120     11:06.498
 8   1:38.759     12:45.257
 9   1:35.364     14:20.621
10   1:33.365     15:53.986
11   1:35.122     17:29.108
12   1:34.437     19:03.545
13   1:34.606     20:38.151
14   1:49.141     22:27.292
15   1:40.819     24:08.111
16   1:32.999     25:41.110
17   1:32.392     27:13.502
18   1:32.738     28:46.240
19   1:35.317     30:21.557
20   1:33.778     31:55.335
21   1:33.870     33:29.205
22   1:33.861     35:03.066
23   1:33.110     36:36.176
24   1:33.580     38:09.756
25   1:38.498     39:48.254
26   1:35.633     41:23.887
27   1:34.919     42:58.806
28   1:35.119     44:33.925
29   1:35.108     46:09.033
30   1:51.190     48:00.223
31   1:41.597     49:41.820
32   1:34.355     51:16.175
33   1:34.363     52:50.538
34   1:33.057     54:23.595
35   1:33.421     55:57.016
36   1:34.135     57:31.151
37   1:34.584     59:05.735
38   1:33.911   1-00:39.646
39   1:34.881   1-02:14.527
40   1:33.613   1-03:48.140
41   1:34.340   1-05:22.480
42   1:36.069   1-06:58.549
43   1:37.552   1-08:36.101
44   1:34.846   1-10:10.947
45   1:48.509   1-11:59.456
46   1:40.693   1-13:40.149
47   1:33.549   1-15:13.698
48   1:32.518   1-16:46.216
49   1:33.136   1-18:19.352
50   1:32.482   1-19:51.834
51   1:33.895   1-21:25.729
52   1:34.368   1-23:00.097
53   1:34.065   1-24:34.162
54   1:33.800   1-26:07.962
55   1:33.596   1-27:41.558
56   1:34.661   1-29:16.219
57   1:33.470   1-30:49.689
58   1:35.527   1-32:25.216
59   1:34.185   1-33:59.401
60   1:34.670   1-35:34.071


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