Ninja style sneak over the fence behind the garages without a ticket to join the event ¬_¬
Away terrible from 3rd with wheel spin and slidey snaking forward,it was highlighted badly with Bobs start as well the way he blasted through,nowt fancy went on at all lap one,a deffinate sense of nervousness on the cold rubber so i think it was all just a polite train lap one?,then we got going proper and mixing it a bit,i took a lovely run out of Lysee'?,and took the run down to the final 2 turns and made a nice braking pass what started out as taking one place,about to follow Bob?,when he suddenly went badly wide,seeing as i was all tucked in tight anyway,i finished the job off and nipped through and went through the last chicane...Bingo!,in the lead
,and then it just turned in to a last man standing attrition affair as my chasers had various moments to themselves,i think mainly at the "Yomp"?,gave me the luxury of not having to take the big risks there but still had some fun there right to the end.
Awesome howler qually with 2 slapstick spins,well,the spins were standard stuff i suppose,but the recoveries were slapstick classics,back of our small grid for me then....tried not even to make one place from the start and ended up with a much calmer and better start so i took one spot down to T1,it looked like more of the same opening lap caution so no knocks or threats until we had settled a bit,then ofcourse once again...Game On!!
,some quality early action getting a pass or two done and attempting to keep the leaders within grasp,i think it was Knut making one of his early escapes up front?,suddenly at probably thee number one nightmare turn of that layout i sees a Thommo ahead going all sidey ways in super slo mo just cant be stopped 911'esque spin,when i realise im not actually going to be able to avoid him,i go for the "nudge his front end back in line again" option,i dont think that entirely worked either tbh? :/,decided to wait and try again with a bit more effort...Thommo wasnt avin it though and refused to go through,fairly doo's guv' cheers o>.....now i had some open road and really went for it,each lap seemed to be my new fastest as the car just kept feeling better and better,caught Ross and could see the pressure getting to him a bit with small wide and wobbly moments,then...lo-and-behold,he only goes and does a carbon copy Thommo spin at that same turn!,but a little bit more space for me this time to make it past with no drama,i had a nice big grin on my old chops then,very pleased and dare i say,a bit smug with myself at actually getting an avoidance move done properly,as i was giving a little wave and a cheeky wink to the cheering crowd,i proceeded to spin out in a right mad fashion,and another semi-slapstick recovery!!,Ross was through again and he gave me a cheeky wink and also some kind of 2 fingers up gesture as well??,probably just letting me know that was him back up to 2nd place eh?.. so more chase down pushage and got close again when he pitted.
Cant remember if i stayed out one or two laps more but i was grinning again coming out the pits just ahead of Ross after a fairly perfect stop by Lenno standards changing just rear tyres,i was going to be happy as Larry with 2nd place but started noticing the gap to Knut was coming my way lap by lap,sometimes in nice big chunks as well
,then i noticed a black car over on the bit of grass i ended up parking after my crazy spin,i think Knut maybe done a copy of my spin there?!
,so through to the lead by a series of little lucky breaks with a cushty gap too,a highly unlikely double,although Magny has usually been kind to me in the past.
Pleasurable laid-back night there fellas,what we lacked in numbers we surely made up for with gentlemanly sporting spirit,and when the 4 or 5 us would get a bit of close'ish racing going,it doesnt really matter anyway,thanks all there making it a sweet little event.
Thanks Stu/Carlos &
RD