Radical SR4 190 @ Göteborg Eco Arena, Thursday, 31 July 2014

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That being said, I'm in!

 

Heh, I actually thought that was on purpose, given the odds of not finishing one race

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Please sign me up as a maybe.

 

Can i join this?
*never mind i don't have this track i see its part of another add-on

 

Aww, too bad. On the other hand, I'm not quite sure whether this is going to take place anyway Make sure to check the club events every now and then, might be a track you own!

 

Well, good thing we had a second race, eh?

Did some training laps earlier this week and went into P1 with the car feeling "alright" - and in fact, I was pretty fast. Unfortunately, Bob was faster. Not that much, but faster
That led me to really push throughout P1, P2 and Quals (qualified 3rd, but Henrico quitted pre-start) and it wasn't until warmup that it dawned upon me... maybe.. just maaaaybe, I should have practiced some racing pace? Some "ah, it doesn't matter if we total the car..."-pace? Well, too late for that now

Started poorly into race #1 (yep, forgot to practice that as well ) and soon found myself in fourth and last position - however, I passed Dennis some time later and collected P2 when David's suspension decided to ignite his car. Somehow.
While I was maintaining the gap to Bob in P1 as long as I was keeping the car where it should be, my numerous offs weren't exactly helping - and neither was the suspension damage I suffered during one of them in L6 and worsened in L24.
Of course, I waited until the final corner to screw up the downshifting, get into neutral, get back up into 1, spin. I did notice Dennis catching up, however I didn't knew he was that close up behind already - had to let him pass, finished in P3 and hoped I had gained some "race pace"

Race #2 was approaching. The suspense. The masses on the grandstands. The start lights turning red. The start lights dematerialising.

Wait.

What?

Yep, the start lights just clocked off early and disappeared. At some point, the three of us on TS just decided to get going and hoped that Bob would come along - he did, and a pretty great race followed. Chasing David but also under pressure from Dennis and Bob behind me, I got the car spinning into T1, however - both passed and I was in last place, again.
Thankfully, this track is awful in terms of passing opportunities (otherwise, I kind of like it. Really. ), so I could catch up with them, again. Managed to pass Bob somewhere around halftime and Dennis a bit later.
With a few minutes to go, the start/finish straight got dangerous for a moment - first, David spun after an (assumed) early acceleration out of the last turn, then Bob bumped into Dennis going into T1. Slowed down a bit until they were close enough again and on we went.
However, not much changed afterwards, apart from a nice very-last-second-pass on Bob's side putting him into P2.

Great stuff everyone, see you next time!