Doodleco Motorsport has become partners with the CRA car club. With such a useful link in place, the team has put in a provisional entry to the Camino 1000km race at the end of October.
The race is to consist of V8 Supercars. Doodleco is now busy prepping a car for the event, paying special attention to the livery as well as driver performance as this will be the first time Doodleco will race under its own name, therefore initial impressions will be vital to the reputation of the team.
It is estimated that the race will take over 6hrs so a two driver team will need to be put forward.
More details to follow soon.
Thursday 27 September 2012
Thursday 20 September 2012
Partnership Discussions
Doodleco Motorsports has initiated talks today which may lead to the expansion of the team. After creating a close connection with TORA team CRA over the past week, it is hoped that Doodleco Motorsports will be able to link with CRA to create, CRA Doodleco Motorsports.
The team made the decision to pursue this move to try and bring in the experience, ability and general knowledge that CRA currently holds.
The team made the decision to pursue this move to try and bring in the experience, ability and general knowledge that CRA currently holds.
Monday 17 September 2012
Post Race Report - TORA Britcar 24hrs
This weekend was the first time a driver from Doodleco Motorsport has competed in a professional online race. Normally a new driver would be start off in the little leagues with short sprint races in club class cars but Tango Wh1skey (Gamer Tag) was given the chance to jump straight in with Team CRA Shell V-Power as they raced for 24hrs at Silverstone, the annual TORA Britcar 24hrs.
Q. How did the race go overall?
A. Generally it went pretty well. We sent our fastest driver out first who had a good scrap with the LMR Porsche but it became clear later on that we wouldn't be in the running for a win. As chance would have it a couple of cars dropped out, including the LMR Porsche which promoted us up the field a bit more but I would say our strength came from the fact that we had issues at all, allowing us to keep racking up the miles.
Q. Tell us about your stints in the car.
A. I was in the car twice during the race, the first stint being from 6pm to 10pm and the second from 10am to 12noon on the Sunday. As soon as I went out on track I found out how good the other drivers were, putting a considerable distance between them and me. After the first 10mins I found a rhythm that suited me and apart from when I encountered traffic from the clubman class I generally kept it steady. As night settled in I found a few difficulties which are common to endurance racing. At around 9.15pm I made a mistake at Stow which probably cost me around 15 or 20 seconds. Coming into the corner I lost focus and completely missed the braking point sending me straight on. A little later on the similar problem at Maggots when I simply forgot to brake, probably not a good idea when you look back at it! Apart from that the race of my race went well, slow but smooth.
Q. What are your thoughts about the result?
A. We finished 7th overall, probably could’ve had 6th but we were taken with a couple of hours to go, unfortunately during my final stint. I haven’t yet had a proper chat with the team but I’m pretty pleased by our performance.
Q. What about the other CRA cars?
A. We were running three cars this weekend, one in each class. I was driving the CRA Shell V-Power Jaguar XKR-GT in the TGT class. The PGT car was the CRA Koyo team, running in the Porsche Cayman. The Cayman managed to scramble 6th in class after a problem in the early stages forced them to lose the best part of 1hr 40mins. Our third car was the Ford Sierra, running in the Clubman class. Perhaps our best performance over the weekend with no issues and plenty of pace, the CRA Red Bull guys finished on the class podium in 3rd.
Q. Anything else?
A. That’s probably about it, I thoroughly enjoyed the race and pass on my congratulations to the overall winners at F4H as well as all those involved. Also a big thanks to those who made the event possible; TORA Staff, lobby hosts, commentators and of course CRA for giving me this opportunity.
Q. With the race over, what happens next?
A. Well the race finished around 20hrs ago, my arms are recovering so I guess it’s time to focus on the next race. Doodleco Motorsports will be looking at preparing an entry for the Nurburgring 8hrs in December so we better get to work!
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| Team CRA Shell V-Power (left) lapping the CRA Red Bull car (right). |
A. Generally it went pretty well. We sent our fastest driver out first who had a good scrap with the LMR Porsche but it became clear later on that we wouldn't be in the running for a win. As chance would have it a couple of cars dropped out, including the LMR Porsche which promoted us up the field a bit more but I would say our strength came from the fact that we had issues at all, allowing us to keep racking up the miles.
Q. Tell us about your stints in the car.
A. I was in the car twice during the race, the first stint being from 6pm to 10pm and the second from 10am to 12noon on the Sunday. As soon as I went out on track I found out how good the other drivers were, putting a considerable distance between them and me. After the first 10mins I found a rhythm that suited me and apart from when I encountered traffic from the clubman class I generally kept it steady. As night settled in I found a few difficulties which are common to endurance racing. At around 9.15pm I made a mistake at Stow which probably cost me around 15 or 20 seconds. Coming into the corner I lost focus and completely missed the braking point sending me straight on. A little later on the similar problem at Maggots when I simply forgot to brake, probably not a good idea when you look back at it! Apart from that the race of my race went well, slow but smooth.
Q. What are your thoughts about the result?
A. We finished 7th overall, probably could’ve had 6th but we were taken with a couple of hours to go, unfortunately during my final stint. I haven’t yet had a proper chat with the team but I’m pretty pleased by our performance.
Q. What about the other CRA cars?
A. We were running three cars this weekend, one in each class. I was driving the CRA Shell V-Power Jaguar XKR-GT in the TGT class. The PGT car was the CRA Koyo team, running in the Porsche Cayman. The Cayman managed to scramble 6th in class after a problem in the early stages forced them to lose the best part of 1hr 40mins. Our third car was the Ford Sierra, running in the Clubman class. Perhaps our best performance over the weekend with no issues and plenty of pace, the CRA Red Bull guys finished on the class podium in 3rd.
Q. Anything else?
A. That’s probably about it, I thoroughly enjoyed the race and pass on my congratulations to the overall winners at F4H as well as all those involved. Also a big thanks to those who made the event possible; TORA Staff, lobby hosts, commentators and of course CRA for giving me this opportunity.
Q. With the race over, what happens next?
A. Well the race finished around 20hrs ago, my arms are recovering so I guess it’s time to focus on the next race. Doodleco Motorsports will be looking at preparing an entry for the Nurburgring 8hrs in December so we better get to work!
Thursday 13 September 2012
TORA
Whilst further driver training has put Le Mans on hold, Doodleco Motorsports has become an official member of The Online Racing Association (TORA).
Although the team is yet to enter a race, it is exporling options to prepare for the TORA Endurance championship in 2013.
While the team starts working on a car, one of our drivers will be given the chance to join another team this weekend for the Britcar 24hrs at Silverstone. CRA Shell V-Power, who will be competing in a Jaguar XKR-GT, has put forward the offer of a seat after a problem occured causing one of their drivers to drop out for this race.
Doodleco Motorsports is very excited about this turn of events as it will help build up future contacts as well as provide a great deal of experience which will go a long way to putting together a plan for the 2013 season.
The TORA Britcar 24hrs will start at 1400 on Saturday 15th of September.
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