2014 S3 Week 8

I focused on racing the Star Mazda around Okayama last week. It was the first time I'd put any real time into tweaking a setup to get it just right, rather than just finding a nice "easy drive" setup from the forums. Because I already knew the track the learning phase of the week was available for getting super comfortable and confident, rather than learning all the ways you can gain incident points.

I made some big gains in safety rating from the Star Mazda races, which I then proceeded to bleed off as I spun out in the Spec Racer Ford trying to negotiate Rivage, the turn 8 hairpin. Once I got the hang of that No Name (turn 9), cost me more safety rating points. Eventually I got the hang of it, being very glad for learning a couple of important tips about the SRF.

Those lessons have already made this new week's learning MoSport in the SRF a much easier task.

Here's the stats:

Series	Races	Best Fin	Points
Star Mazda Championship	9	1st	57
iRacing Spec Racer Ford Challenge	7	3rd	56
Mazda Cup	1	4th	57
iRacing Global Challenge	1	16th	4
Advanced Mazda MX-5 Cup Series	1	13th	10

Total Driving Time:	7 hrs 51 mins
Starts:	19
Finishes:	13
Disqualified:	1
Disconnections:	5
Total Points:	711
Wins:	1
Podium Finishes:	4
Top 5 Finishes:	9
Average Finish Postion:	7.9
Total Laps:	246
Incidents:	157

ID	Fin Pos	Points	SOF / iR	Fast/Avg Lap	FPR
11911623	5	62	99%	98%	86%
11911282	3	51	79%	99%	73%
11910931	13	31	99%	98%	83%
11910586	10	46	154%	99%	102%
11909919	3	57	81%	98%	79%
11909682	4	57	107%	97%	88%
11909287	3	56	92%	98%	79%
11886011	5	47	80%	98%	79%
11885708	5	52	121%	98%	88%
11881324	6	45	97%	98%	84%
11870996	9	27	75%	79%	59%
11867477	1	61	77%	98%	90%
11863289	5	46	77%	98%	75%