Posts by Carletto7777

  • Class A 2026-1 - #15 Bristol Motor Speedway

    For this being the track I understand the least on the whole calendar, I think my long-run pace was actually pretty good today... One day I’ll finally get the hang of this circuit xD “delusional”

    The usual lately: I got involved in a lot of incidents again, which I’m not too happy about.

    And on the other hand, I think I’ve made a new friend on track, who’s apparently going to report me for typing messages during the race. Funny how people know that rule, but not the ones about divebombing and running over cars, or when another car slams the door on you and you end up overtaking through the apron, or having to avoid another car after they got taken out...

  • Class A 2026-1 - #11 Kansas Speedway

    I think I had a pretty good strategy, one that could have delivered a very strong result—but I’ll never know. A driver decided to brake on track to enter the pits without warning; it’s not the first time he’s done it, and it won’t be the last.

    I have to accept that this year, everything that can go wrong for me will happen. So I’ll just take it with humor and resignation.

    See you next Sunday, guys… :yeah:

  • Class A 2026-1 - #10 Pocono Raceway

    Thanks for the replay, but I still think the same.

    I was braking at the last marker cone the entire race (you can check it, and I think Jakub was too), and it’s not that I don’t know how to brake where you were braking. I sacrifice the corner entry to carry more speed onto the straight. That way, while leading, you would never have been able to overtake me.

    What I didn’t expect was for you to try to force your way into a gap that simply didn’t exist—you created it yourself. You had spent several laps behind me, so you knew perfectly well how I was taking that corner. You can’t brake at your normal braking point when there’s a car in front of you.

    I don’t bring any country into this or disrespect anyone because of where they’re from. I didn’t even know you were French—I thought you were from Mexico. If you feel that way, that’s your problem, not mine.

  • Class A 2026-1 - #10 Pocono Raceway

    No defamation at all, we all saw what you did and you didn’t even manage to win the race, haha.

    Crybaby? Of course—you took the victory away from me, that was the only way you had to do it, and on top of that you still couldn’t pull it off.

    Why would I care what country you’re from? “Compatriots”? Do I have anything to do with whatever you may have going on with them?

    Clean driver? We already saw the warnings—using your teammate who was 5 laps down to hold back the rest of the drivers. After that, do you expect me not to think this was intentional too?

    It makes me laugh. Send the replay, let’s see if it was intentional or not, and if it wasn’t, I’ll apologize.

    And as the Spanish saying goes, “I have no problem swallowing my pride to apologize,” but sincerely, not like others…

  • Class A 2026-1 - #10 Pocono Raceway

    Quote from thomas daries

    My apologies to José Carlos Izquierdo, I was caught off guard by the brakes, it was unintentional.

    Are you seriously apologizing to me right now?

    Are you really trying to sugarcoat this so it doesn’t look like what it actually was? And on top of that, you can’t even hold on for two laps before ending up in the exact same position again?
    You already know what I think, don’t you? :D

    In the 6 years I’ve been racing in this championship, this is the first time I’ve ever seen someone do what you did…
    Although honestly, it doesn’t surprise me considering the history both of you have.
    What really gets me is you acting cocky when I called you out in messages.

    Honestly, what motivates me most to race in championships like this is having proper rules, but above all the clean racing and RESPECT on track, which is what pretty much all of us drivers usually have — at least the ones I’m always battling with.
    We all push hard and sure, mistakes can happen, but this is the first time I’ve genuinely felt embarrassed by what someone’s done to me in this championship.

    Honestly, whether they penalize you or give you a warning for what you did, I really don’t care.
    You’ve just shown me exactly what kind of person you are.
    This message probably won’t mean anything to you, but I’d rather keep my head held high than be… well, “think whatever you want.”

    At green flag I made a speeding mistake, dropped all the way down to P31, and still fought back to finish P1.
    The rest is history.:klatsch:

  • Class A 2026-1 - #07 Las Vegas Motor Speedway

    For my part everything was fine! Thanks for the apologies, both Andreas Top and Wouter Vrints.

    Today I raced with my right ankle injured. I’m happy I was able to finish the race, but once again I was involved in more accidents than I would have liked. There was an accident right at the start of the race, a chaotic start where I got spun again. I don’t know what happened; the only thing I know is that I let go of the steering wheel in case someone hit me, so I wouldn’t hurt my hands.

    At the end of the race a lapped car spun me when I had the 5th and 6th place cars ahead of me. Even so, I don’t think I would have been able to catch them. I don’t know what I did in the last stint, but I completely destroyed the front right tire.

    Before the race started it happened to me again: both OBS and iRacing reset themselves. I think it might be my button box… hopefully that’s the issue.

  • Class A 2026-1 - #06 Phoenix Raceway

    Quote from Yves

    Und btw. noch niedriger bekomme ich die BB ja nicht, daher weiß ich nicht, was ich da noch anders machen soll (vermute, dass viele in T3/4 mit dem 3.Gang durch sind und es dadurch weniger auf den RF ging).

    It wasn’t just about shifting down to 3rd, there are many more factors...

    For example, braking quite late so the car rotates, stretching the braking phase a lot with very little brake pressure so you don’t put all the weight on the front right tire, trying to stay in 4th gear as much as possible, and rotating the car with the throttle rather than with the steering wheel.

    3rd gear worked well when the car was already coming out of the corner very slow.

    You can apply the same approach to every circuit; it’s rare that it doesn’t work at some track. 🏁

  • Class A 2026-1 - #06 Phoenix Raceway

    Quote from Wouterken

    I was that driver 15 laps down. I was on fresher tires and tried to unlap myself, although I was trying to be as cautious as possible when doing so towards other drivers.

    From inside my cockpit it seemed you were trying to race me whilst on older tires and slower (didn't understand the purpose of that) and you drove into my side twice which eventually spun you out.


    Now when I saw it from the replay it looked more like each of us gently steered towards each other. I stayed in my lane although it seems I went ever so slightly to the left and you slightly towards me.
    In any case it was by far my intention to hit anyone so if you do feel it was my mistake I'm not too shabby to give you my apologies for that.

    I don’t think you were fighting with me since we weren’t even close to being on the same lap. The accident is not a big deal… it just happened.

    1st: According to the championship rules, you didn’t have the right to attempt the overtake because at the acceleration point of the corner you weren’t alongside me. Having new tyres doesn’t give you the right to overtake me there, and that’s why we made contact.

    2nd: On the straight I keep the car straight after we touch. You’re the one who moves up the line, and with a slight contact on the straight you turn my car enough for it to snap to the other side. My tyres having 62 laps on them also played a part… With new tyres I probably would have been able to control it.


  • Class A 2026-1 - #06 Phoenix Raceway

    I feel strange racing in VO since I had to take those forced holidays because my pedals broke. Ever since I came back, everything seems to happen to me…

    Today, for example, I had to lap the same driver twice. With 15 laps down he spun me in the middle of the straight when I was running P7 with 62 laps on my tires, which were still at 60%. After that crash I dropped to P29, and with a lot of suffering and effort I managed to fight my way back up to 2nd place again. I decided to save my tires instead of attacking Bruno, in case we got a green-flag stint so I could attack him at the end of the race.

    But then a driver shows up pushing at 120% of his possibilities while another one is saving tires, and his first move is to open up in turns 1/2 until he touches me and forces me to open the steering so I don’t end up out of the race or in the wall. That wasn’t enough—into T3, without even being side by side, he spins me and completely destroys my tires…

    I accept your great apology: “sorry.” We can all make mistakes… xD

  • 2026-02-22 Class A - #04 Atlanta Motor Speedway

    Quote from Badbeatbill

    Also, new internet provider for Petr and Jakub? Or some other fix/change?

    I did not notice a single 'Smetana blink' during this race. Or did I just not drive close when it did happen?
    I can imagin it would be very welcome for you two, to no longer have that happen.

    I hope it’s true, because last week was very annoying for me… When a car disappears for more than a second while you’re following it through a corner or approaching one, I usually lose time and, above all, concentration, trying not to cause any accident…

    Because if an accident were to happen, whose fault would it be? Have you ever stopped to think about it? Because I haven’t 😅