I remembered seeing the NSU on track in my very first RD race, but never driven it myself until now.
What a funny little car! I do really love the bathtub looks of this little car, and remember them populating our streets when I was a (very young) kid.
In the last 20 years though I've only ever seen one IRL, on a Zandvoort Track Day years ago. I remember the guy crashing it HARD into the barriers at Hugenholz...
Only now I realise how easy it is to do just that, as I crashed my virtual NSU at least a dozen times last night.. and since I was not the only one, I'll just blame the car
R1 was allright, good start into 5th, up to 2nd as people in front spun off, chased hard by Stuart 'til almost halfway, when I spun it two consecutive times in turn 4, Blanchi.
Dropped from 2nd to 5th to 11th, but finished 8th in the end, and had some fun fights along the way. Not unhappy at all with that one..
R2 was.. well... let's say my performance was not great. Dropped to the back of the field almost instantly, crawled back up to halfway, only to drop back again. Plenty of racing action, but about half way through a somewhat shocking realisation popped into my mind:
Among the 14 drivers still running, there were four dutch guys. And at that point we ALL were running at the back in 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th......:eek::eek: OH NOES!! THATS AWFUL! What a disgrace!:oops: Help!! The dutch will be made a mockery until eternity if it stays this way!! And nothing I could do about it as I could by no means find a way past Jack! Help!!
So while I was mentally getting ready to apply for Belgian Citizenship
, Jack came to the rescue and made a courtesy visit to one of the gravel traps allowing some of us to get by, so I still managed 9th in the end.
Thank you, my friend. The dutch owe you!
Thanks Stu for another refreshing combo, Grats to all podium finihsers, and thanks to everyone present for racing. Hope to see you again soon!