Thx Buxto for another grt event and RD for the hardware....Cheers :fwd::fwd::fwd:
Quailed 6th, again very tight as those around me were all seperated by a 10th or 2, brill.
Race 1: Not a good start and again those pesci beamers fly of the line. Lost a place, I think or maybe 2, but we all head into T1 and much curtsey given, well as much as you can without giving too much away and losing places, now with about 12 cars all going for the same piece of tarmac at T2,3 and 4 there was bound to be a bit of nudging, but all seemed fair ennough and most managed to get through. Now with some fallers at T1&2 the rest settled down into race mode and the next few laps were about consolidating your position. Now the race is on to catch and be caught, this was the position I was in, catching those in front and being caught by those behind. Tried a couple of moves in T3 but had to pull out so not to take my competitor out. In the process got a few taps behind, no probs Philip just down to racing mate, then on lap 5 after watching Gary & Strib fighting for 3rd place, I came accross a spun Strib at T1 and could do nothing to avoid hitting him as I was already commited to the corner, sorry dude. Now in all but last place as enging stalled, I started my come back. 5 laps till I pit & on lap 8 I'm uptp 14th as some are already pitting. I have a couple of cars in front which I'm starting to catch and manage to get 1 of them before the end of the lap. That puts me upto 11th as more cars are pitting to change tyres. Now one of those coming out of the pits is Dan in his volvo on fresh rubber. On lap 9 we touch on one of the oval bends as Dan takes a tighter line and I'm slightly higher but still going for the apex. On lap 10 we touch again, hey Dan, what do you get when you mate and Honda and a Volvo? A Honvo. No damage done mate, all good. So on lap 10 I'm upto 8th now and pitting. Out of the pits and now 14th I have a convoy of 5 cars ahead of me. I have 10 laps to improve my position and push hard for the first few laps to get close to them. On lap 14 get another place as someone is pitting and as the 4 in front start to fight each other I pick up another spot as Martin goes of track. Now in 12th place and on lap 15 pick up 2 spots as Akon a Bjorn come together. On lap 16 after a slight tap on Jelle at T3, I always seem to be able to take a tighter line there, half way round the lap he makes a mistake and goes off track and I gain another postion. Now in 9th bring it home but on the last lap had to back out a lot as nearly run out of fuel, just enough to cross the line, few. Gr8 race guys.
Race 2: Starting from 9th with Buxton on pole, got a decent start and managed to get 3 spots by T1. Into T3 and I pick up another 1 as Phil misses a gear or something. Now in 5th and with Gary and Buxton in front, Gary goes for a late braking manovure on David but over shoots and I pick up his spot. Now in 4th and following the Buxton who at times is all over the place, David, do you like your women like your cars, loose? Now this is still lap 1 and I give Dave a slight tap in one of the last corners as he is a bit wide but no harm done and he's still ahead. Due to this Gary is right on my tail and looking to make a pass but I manage to fend him off. Still lap 1 and shadowing Dave onto the banking going onto the start finish straight and again he's out of shape and hits the wall, I don't realise this untill it's to late and try to aviod him but in doing so cut accross Gary's line and he tags me and I'm off into the inside wall. No probs Gary not ur fault mate, bring it to a halt and a few cars go by but unfortuately Chris ploughs straight into me, again no fault of Chris's and sorry mate for ruining your race. Now in last place with a puncture, sus damage and no front aero I have to make a complete lap before I can pit. I do this and change the puctured wheel but don't realise at the time I have no front aero and have to pit again and too tricky to drive. At the same time I fix suspension also and run a lonely race on my own. The only consiolation is I manage to beat my quali time by 6 10ths, 1:35 dead.
I had a grt time today even though race 2 was a wash out, but hey that's what racing all about, the racing init.
See ya all next week for another installment of the sunday morning club.
Nearly forgot, thax to all those that raced today, without you guys there would be no racing.. cheers :fwd::fwd::fwd:
