Okay, first of all, I want to thank Eric for organizing this and RD for providing a place to do it. Even though I ran my first race here 2 weeks ago at Mosport, it's really hard for me to consider that, because I only completed 8 laps between the 2 races so I'll just scrub that one from my memory and refer to this one as my first
Secondly, I love reading the post race reports, but I don't know how you guys can remember all of the details without having to go back and look at replays. I'm lucky if I can still recall my name during these as there is still so much for me to process at this point
Qualified P6, but felt okay with that as I did it in race trim. I considered trying to put something a little faster together, but I would have been holding on for dear life and may not have been able to even complete a lap.
Race 1, I got an okay start (honestly, at this point, I consider any start where I'm not just sitting there dead in my tracks or spinning across the surface a real good start) and move up one spot with the mess in turn 1. Coming into turn 6, Eric gets a little loose and he catches it, but I over-react and put myself in the barrier and drop to 10th before I can get back into traffic. I was able to pick up a couple of spots on lap 2 due to mistakes ahead of me and spend the next 5 laps getting close enough to Corey and Eric by the end of the esses (btw, this was where my car was at it's best and where I usually made up time on cars ahead of me) and then watching them sail away on the back straight until I finally took myself out of that chase with a mistake coming out of 6. I spend the middle of the race in P7 just trying to string together good laps, neither threatening nor being threatened. With 4 to go, I can at least see Corey again, but there's not enough laps left to really get to the point where I can bother him and was basically gifted P5 when Jarrod and Stefan got tangled up with 2 to go.
Race 2 Started 4th and things immediately return to normal when I completely botch the start and watch most of the field blow by either side of me (yes, that black pylon was me) so I'm back to P10 before I hit the first turn. Coming into the esses, I get collected as Dennis gets shot across the track and I end up back in 13th and pulling weeds from my teeth, but there is more carnage ahead and I get to the mini-straight in 11th. Luckily, there were plenty of laps left and little traffic in front of me so it was real easy to just settle into a rhythm and try to string together some good corners. By lap 5, I get 3 places back and on lap 8, I catch Dennis and William in the esses, but can't find a good place to get by them until the next lap when they both take turn 7 a little wide and I had enough of an opening to get past Dennis on the back straight, but I'm wearing a Vette all the way into the sweeper. I'm still working on William ahead on lap 10 when I notice Sam is coming up hard on Dennis and I and he gets a good run coming to the start/finish line and beats me to turn 1, but has William outside him and has to check up enough for me to squeeze back inside of him and we are briefly 3 wide until the two of them make contact and collect Dennis and I spend the next 7 laps by myself again. With 2 to go, I push it a little too hard trying to get back up with Corey and end up off track, but have enough of a gap that I was able to cruise home in 6th and I believe 5th overall...
I know I don't really know any of you yet, but I've really enjoyed the 2 events that I've entered and the limited conversation on these forums and look forward to more of the same as I'm trying to make these Monday night events on a more regular basis.
Fun night guys and thanks all for the clean racing.
