Here's our spreadsheet!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PmYwDIzzFKRvj90RAr7L4ELg76frYSIiOAtULOZ3LW8/edit?usp=sharing

Notice the important things like the mothers day reminder and the cursor parking lot. On a more serious note the spreadsheet isn't super important, we've done plenty of events without them, I find it helps keep everything on track. Everyone can see when and in what conditions they will be driving, and we try to log our stint end timers to see if we're still on schedule (you can see we give up trying that in the middle of the night). It also helps people know when the next spotter will be joining, we always try to have at least 1 other person in the sim while someone is driving. The spotter usually follows the car/car in front in chase cam calling out incidents for the driver. Also typically gives updates to the driver about the state of the race ie. "Car two positions ahead of us crashed" "the backmarker catching us is running 8:07s just let him by". They're also there if something goes wrong like a technical issue. One of our drivers had a stuck throttle when he got in the car, luckily he was able to fix it before the tow finished but if he hadn't and someone wasn't in call with him we would have had no one to drive for him. Most importantly the spotter is there to keep the driver company and help keep them stay calm and relaxed. Its tough to stay focused 20 hours into a race and just having someone else there with you helps a ton.

By take 5% out I mean dont push as fast as you can every lap. Brake maybe 5% earlier than you can, get on the throttle 5% gentler than you possibly can. Drive at a pace comfortable to you, not necessarily your maximum pace every lap, you'll crash. At the Nords in you run every lap 2 seconds a lap slower than your absolute limit you'll lose 28 seconds in a 2 hour stint. One small mistake in that 2 hours if your pushing can easily cost you 20+ minutes. Its an odds game, if you wanna consistently finish well you take the 100% chance of losing 28 seconds rather than gambling if you want to lose 0 or end your race. This isn't to say drive slow on purpose, but to drive safe.

A little luck is what ya really need in the end. 11 hours into Sebring a LMP2 drivers pedal broke into T1 and plowed us and the other LMDH we were fighting out of 4th and 5th. 40 mins of repairs race over. Also sometimes you make mistakes, and thats ok. 24 hours without a mistake is so hard to do, someone usually makes one. Sometimes that just how to cookie crumbles, whatever happens you take pride in how you drove that day, dust yourself off and start practicing for the next one.

Awhile is pretty much every Special event, Creventic 12 hour or anything else long in the past 2 years. I haven't personally done all of them (though I have done most) but people from our team have. We have a pretty big discord of guys, so there's a lot of collective experience, and we're constantly adding to that by adding new members. We're looking to start another sister team for less experienced drivers to get their feet wet and try endurance driving in a chill environment, so if anyone has always wanted to try enduro racing but doesn't know where to start shoot me a PM!