Talk:Endurance Champions/@comment-30244329-20170529032716/@comment-31335392-20170702220216

I totally agree with Sporovoz's comment -- bot slowing is the key. After reading many comments on this page about how difficult it can be to win the 9 or 10 lappers consistently, I made sure I slowed the bots in the early tiers. I did that mostly by quickly getting to 1st place and then blocking the lead bots to slow down the entire field.

I just ran my 1st 9 lapper with the Nismo (PR = 96). I was in 1st place easily by lap 4 and was waiting at the finish line with a lead of over 1,200 yds (at which point I waited and crept over the line to win with a margin of less than 100 yds, to keep 'em manageable). The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place bots were the typically slow ones -- i.e. Aaron Doyle, Kranger, Pungent Sauce, posting slow lap times in the mid 3:20 range.