Round 2 of the 2009 iTCC Touring Car Championship - LIVE 8th February 2009

[dekojester]

LFS Community:

iCON TV are proud to present the Second round of the iCON Touring Car Championship. The stars and cars of the series head to the tight, and tricky Fern Bay Gold Reversed Circuit, for 3x17 laps races. We'll start coverage around 16:30 UTC with the Reserve shootouts, to find out who will fill the 15 free grid spots. Racing will start around 18:00 UTC.

Commentary will be provided by yours truly, Jonathan "dekojester" Palmer, and joining me will be Michael "boothy" Booth and Michael "Mp3 Astra" Passingham. You'll be able to tune in at http://www.iconracing.co.uk/itcctv.htm or at http://www.mogulus.com/itcc to see all the action.

We hope you enjoy the coverage...a tough and challenging day lay ahead of the competitors in iTCC.

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[Mp3 Astra]

I'm excited about this one; the track is about 1cm wide and has some gigantic kerbs. It's going to be a thriller!

[J@tko]

It'll be orgasmic in the commentary box I think :tilt:

[Mp3 Astra]

It'll be orgasmic in the commentary box I think :tilt:

I don't think we like each other that much...

[dekojester]

I don't think we like each other that much...

Definately.

No, just expect a lot of excited rambling from me perhaps.

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[zeugnimod]

Looking forward to it, orgasm or not. :D

[boothy]

I'll pass on the man love thank you very much. :really:

I'm here to ensure that any Tim Harvey voice antics or cardiac arrest is swiftly brought under control! :thumb:

[Mp3 Astra]

I recommend the first link btw; if you don't open the chat box your stream will be smoother.

[zeugnimod]

But I wanna spam. :D

[hyntty]

there used to be an irc channel for icon racing events, but it died a few days ago. Clearly me being the only one there won't keep it alive.

[dekojester]

We're about half an hour away from the start of the Reserve shootouts. We hope you'll join us for those. The qualifying and races will follow at approximately 1800 UTC.

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[pacesetter]

Could ya please give C.Wilkinson #31 some camera time, I made him a very feminine skin :D



EDIT: Thanks guys :D

[Wilko868]

Thank you sooooo much for the skin James :)

I got totally owned there, should of done more practice

[evilpimp]

This should be a really interusting race. I smell mayhem. Anyways, gunna be watching. :)

[Mp3 Astra]

Race 2 begins soon...

[zeugnimod]

WTH did Jack take before the race? Running in 6th... :p

[Mischief007]

WTH did Jack take before the race? Running in 6th... :p

He kept his nose clean...unbelievable second race. I couldn't pry my eyes away from the screen.

[zeugnimod]

Those broadcasts are so much fun. :D

The stream was quite laggy, especially in race 2 but I still enjoyed it a lot. :thumb:

[Mp3 Astra]

Yup, but visit http://www.iconracing.co.uk/itcctv.htm for on-demand video when it gets uploaded there. Probably later tonight or tomorrow.

I've lost my voice and have had a mild heart attack.

[J@tko]

WTH did Jack take before the race? Running in 6th... :p
:D

Yeah what Lukasz said ^

Everyone else crashed, I just kept on going.

I hope no-one saw me epic fail at the start of R3, put the power down out the last corner and had no grip :really:

[Mp3 Astra]

On-demand video now up!!! :d:d:d

[DevilDare]

races were OK. certainly not exicting as Westhill. But hey, maybe it was because of the lagging stream. Anyways, good job guys. :thumb:

[Mp3 Astra]

races were OK. certainly not exicting as Westhill. But hey, maybe it was because of the lagging stream. Anyways, good job guys. :thumb:

Not as exciting as Wethill.. PFFT :really:

[DevilDare]

Not as exciting as Wethill.. PFFT :really:

well am i talking racing wise not crashing wise....... this round seemed very "unprofessional" drivers were really, i mean really aggressive.

[GreyBull [CHA]]

Can I download the OD vids? I want them on my computer !:tilt:

well am i talking racing wise not crashing wise....... this round seemed very "unprofessional" drivers were really, i mean really aggressive.

Personnally, I don't think so. I'm sure that it was really hard for them to race on such a tight and dangerous track, but they did it fairly good, and even if we had some crashes we had also a lot of very tight passes. Really, standards are very good there.:thumbsup: Don't forget that these guys are racing GT2s, not touring cars.

[jasonmatthews]

well am i talking racing wise not crashing wise....... this round seemed very "unprofessional" drivers were really, i mean really aggressive.

I was there and your right...... :(

[DeadWolfBones]

It's completely impossible to pass w/o being overly aggressive at FE. :shrug:

[J@tko]

It's completely impossible to pass w/o being overly aggressive at FE. :shrug:
The man speaks the truth.

You can overtake at T1, T2, onto the bridge and at the last corner. But none of them without being hellishly aggressive.

[Tomson(FIN)]

First time watching this races and have to say that this one was awesome! it was round2 what i watched if i remember right.. but very tight race all the time and good commentary team :thumb: makes me wanna race in league someday when i might actually keep up with the other drivers and got time for it :scratchch

[jasonmatthews]

It's completely impossible to pass w/o being overly aggressive at FE. :shrug:

I agree to a point, but some people tried it at the wrong time and wrong place, which equals bad crappy driving in my book. Aggressive overtaking is fine, as long as you don't push the guy into the wall, which happened to me...

[Mp3 Astra]

I'm all for aggressive driving; just not some of the idiocy we saw today where some people went nuts.

EDIT: 2000th Post... Dang!

[DeadWolfBones]

I guess what I'm trying to say was that I didn't see much today, beyond my own. :P

[TV[cz]]

Great job guys on live coverage. So intense and enjoyable. Keep it up :thumb:

[snoring_snoopy]

;1068050']Can I download the OD vids? I want them on my computer !:tilt:

The videos will be published in a few days. To be honest, we are very busy atm, but Joe will do his best to bring the vids on our website. Click here:
iTCC Download site (http://www.itcc.iconracing.co.uk/downloads.htm)

I hope you all enjoyed the races and the broadcast. Congrats to Joe for his great work doing the broadcast and get it online. Also congrats and a "BIG THANK YOU" to the commentator team :thumbsup:.
One day we will need a doctor, cause one of them got a heart attack :razz:

Thanks also for watching and i hope to see you at Blackwood GP.

Best regards

[hyntty]

I better watch R3 then :D

Anyway, for those of you who are wondering why so much schermozzle (?) is happening while trying to overtake without any hope of succeeding, I'd like to remind that this is an extremely tightand competitive field - I don't know what the time difference between fellas in quali was here, but in WE it was the first 20 inside 1 second. So when everyone is going roughly at the same speed very close to each other and the slightest mistake will cost you many places you're bound to have attempts like that. Just how it is.

Anyways, will try and make it to Blackwood. loads of time to practise now :tilt:

[Gil07]

First 22 were on the same second in quali IIRC... And I think many others didn't get quicker because of traffic only.