Brilliant night as always chaps - :good:
Race 1 - Lotus Cortina Quali 4th Race 1st
Had a bit of a stinker a few corners in, stuck a rear on the grass and spun to just avoiding Evanso in the Jag. From there on in it was recovery mode, had some really nice little one-on-ones. First with Croucher in the Stang, that thing is so fast in a line, that you have to set up the pass about 3 corners in advance. Once I got past there, which was no picnic, I had a few laps where I was closing up on Amir (Mini) Warren (Mini) & Marty (Falcon) pretty quickly. Marty & Warren had a coming together and Amir & I got past (in a way a little bit disappointing as I would have got up to them pretty soon anyway and it would have been extremely entertaining for all of us). I closed up on Amir in his Mini, and feinted on the outside at the bottom hairpin, as he covered I switched back in and went through on the inside. Held it together for the win.
Race 2 - Renault Alpine Quali 4th Race 4th
Sam was in a different class in the E-Type, but the following pack were all driving cars from the upcoming GTL League, so it was interesting to see how things went. Had about 4 or 5 brilliant laps racing with Marty, me closing up under braking and in the twisty bits, him pulling away under acceleration in the Ferrari. Cheers Marty really enjoyable stuff :good:. We had a small coming together but no harm done - apart from letting Warren through, of course. I was closing in on Warren at about a second a lap, but decided the quickest way round the final bend was through the barrier. The barrier and I disagreed on the physics of the deal. The delay meant I couldn't cath Warren so I eased it home for a 4th. Tonight's race has pretty much decided me on the Alpine for the league. It was good to see 4 out of the 5 league cars all qualifying within a sec of each other.
Race 3 - Ford Escort Quali 4th Race 4th (there seems to be a pattern emerging here)
My first time in the Escorts in a race - these are brilliant cars, not as thoroughbred as some of the vehicles in the class (Personally, I think the GTC76 class is a little too disparate performance wise for close racing), but huge fun nonetheless. Was again having some good fun with Marty, but I went wide on the uphill chicane, with Marty close behindin the red Escort, I gave him room , but I think he got on the gas a little early and went off which was a real shame as the 2nd race was a blinder and I was hoping for more. There were incidents and accidents, hints and allegations. Some nice laps wth Croucher in the blue Escort (Escort single make racing, perhaps?) and managed to keep my head to retain 4th.
As always a great nights driving. Some screenshots to follow soon.