Bathurst 12 Hour 2021 (Preparation)

[Brainling]

@Kinger @Jes_971 @Ogami Itto

I'm not going to do the whole spreadsheet thing because I am lazy pants, so here's the final details for our run tomorrow:

We are going to do the 16:00 GMT session. That's 8 AM PT, 9 AM MT, 10 AM CT, 11 AM ET. Our final schedule will be:

Matt
Matt
Jes
Jes
Kinger
Matt
Jes
Ogami
Matt
Jes
Kinger
Jes or Matt (we'll call this based on how everyone feels by the end)

I assume qualifying is attached to the race so I'll be running our Q. If for some reason I missed it and it's not attached, everyone should do some Q runs tonight.

Please make sure you are on the B2O #95 team in iRacing. If you're not, bug Ken or I today so we can get you added.

@Nejtun @ShadniX: This is just an FYI for you two that we'll be using the #95 team tomorrow.

 

[Jes_971]

@Brainling sounds good, thank ya kindly.

I wasn't around last night due to my neck flaring back up. It felt almost normal yesterday morning and then by the evening it was really uncomfortable. I woke up this morning and it didn't feel any better. I've been stretching and putting tiger balm on it all day. I'm not going to drive tonight in hopes that it feels better for the race. I'll be driving my scheduled stints tomorrow no matter what.

 

[Kenadian]

Paints are updated:

Band of Others Endurance Team 95 Ferrari 488 GT3 has been uploaded to Trading Paints.

Band of Others Endurance BMW M4 GTD: http://bandofothersgaming.com/files/misc/Paints/BMW/2021-Endurance-BMW-M4-GT3.tga

Any issues, please let me know.

Good luck competitors!

 

[Brainling]

@Ogami Itto @Jes_971 @Kinger
Looks like TS is still down, so we should plan to use Discord in the morning

 

[Kinger]

Forgive my ineptness, but is it the same Ferrari GT3 paint that Iracing says was loaded 36 months ago?

 

[Brainling]

Forgive my ineptness, but is it the same Ferrari GT3 paint that Iracing says was loaded 36 months ago?

My assumption is he loaded it to Trawding Pants*, for the #95 team.

* Trading Paints

 

[Kenadian]

My assumption is he loaded it to Trawding Pants*, for the #95 team.

* Trading Paints

Yeah that's correct.

It is an older paint with Liquid Moly and Bathurst relevant sponsorship from a few years back, hopefully it will suffice.

 

[Jes_971]

Thanks @Kenadian !

 

[Brainling]

What a race to third place for the Ferrari team. It was just a complete race from all of us, start to finish. One tiny mistake and other than that clean as a damn whistle.

Thanks @Jes_971 and @Kinger for the ridiculously solid driving. Thanks to @Ogami Itto for pulling me aside and offering to give up your stint. You didn't have to, and we would have never asked, but it was greatly appreciated and helped us seal the podium. Mike took that stint by the neck and helped really solidify our position.

Thanks to @Kenadian for the paint work as always. And thanks to @Deb, @ShadniX and @Nejtun for hanging out and keeping things light. The last couple hours of the race were pretty stressful and having people to chat and joke with was nice.

 

[Kinger]

So let's see.......two endurance events with B2O teams and now two podium finishes. Yep, I think my services can now be lent out to the highest bidders! (I can't even type this without cringing.)

Anywho, what a fantastic race yesterday. I always think that endurance events are not my cup of tea, but as I'm doing them I always end up having a blast. Not only is the driving generally fun, but the banter between all of the team members and other B2O folks makes the time go by pretty quickly. As Brainling mentioned, having @Deb, @ShadniX and @Nejtun around for comms definitely made for some fun moments.

I can't thank @Brainling and @Jes_971 enough for allowing me to be a part of their team for this event. I do wish @Ogami Itto would have given it a shot up and down the mountain, but I totally understand and respect his decision in the end. @Brainling your solid start to the race (when things are generally most hectic) put us in an excellent position to have a solid finish and @Jess_971 your quite quick pace along with your ability to pass ONLY when it was safe to do so helped seal the deal. An absolute pleasure driving with you guys.

Thanks @Kenadian for your excellent paint work as usual and sorry we scuffed it up a bit in the front That said, I'd say the fact that we did 12 hours at the mountain with only 5x's is pretty darn impressive and just goes to show how much we respected your paint!

Needless to say, I certainly am looking forward to hopefully being able to participate at Sebring this year and I hope we have enough B2O folks willing to participate to make multiple teams. (Or at least some teams with multiple drivers cause short stints rule!) Porsche or Corvette anyone????

 

[Anson Bennette]

Great work on the podium guys! Really hated missing this one, but battling some equipment issues (time to replace my old CSL Elite wheel.

 

[Anson Bennette]

Verstappen's Pole lap at Bathurst.
Someone needs to give dude a real life drive