For those of you who participated in today's Petite Petite Le Mans event, how was your race?
I was in the 2nd split and started 3rd in class driving the Ford GT. Right from the word "Go", I was bitten by the traffic bug. Lost a position early when a couple of cars from the faster classes screwed up my momentum, but I got the position back due to normal FGT attrition. Everything was okay until my pit stop. Pitted early mostly due to track position (and after missing the final chicane). In the middle of my 2nd stint while in 3rd in class, I had a crazy snap oversteer spin coming on to the backstraight which dropped me to 4th. That's where everything went to hell in a hand basket. I was pushing hard to get the podium back, but the HPD and Corvette drivers went into divebomb mode. I'd gain a little bit of time, but then some impatient dude would stick their nose in key turns (T1, T4, T7, T11-12). It was literally one step forward, two steps back during the last half-hour. I ended up finishing in 4th in class. Oh well... this was my first race going over 60 minutes and I had a lot of fun. It definitely was a challenge, and I'm happy to be able to finish on the lead lap in class.
I was in the 2nd split and started 3rd in class driving the Ford GT. Right from the word "Go", I was bitten by the traffic bug. Lost a position early when a couple of cars from the faster classes screwed up my momentum, but I got the position back due to normal FGT attrition. Everything was okay until my pit stop. Pitted early mostly due to track position (and after missing the final chicane). In the middle of my 2nd stint while in 3rd in class, I had a crazy snap oversteer spin coming on to the backstraight which dropped me to 4th. That's where everything went to hell in a hand basket. I was pushing hard to get the podium back, but the HPD and Corvette drivers went into divebomb mode. I'd gain a little bit of time, but then some impatient dude would stick their nose in key turns (T1, T4, T7, T11-12). It was literally one step forward, two steps back during the last half-hour. I ended up finishing in 4th in class. Oh well... this was my first race going over 60 minutes and I had a lot of fun. It definitely was a challenge, and I'm happy to be able to finish on the lead lap in class.