Great racing again guys. I had alot of fun. Thanks RD once again.
Special thanks to Keith for the car setup that you uploaded for the honda's. Prior to that i was struggling with the toledo and the c30 and couldn't get below a 55's lap. Came to the race day not expecting to be in the running.
Was feeling under the weather and wasn't expecting even less of a performance then my previous practices. The honda wasnt feeling as good either. Gave it a few tweaks and i was very happy with how the car was feeling then and finally cracked the 54's mark. Managed to almost get down to a 53 but wasn't to be.
Qual saw me bomb it as i seem to do most weeks. My time got me into 12th but by the end of qual i was pushed back to 13th.
Race 1. What a great start by everyone, and watching from the back of the grid. That first corner with everyone fighting for position was scary. Most managed to make it through and the preceeding corners helped to claim a few more casualities. Before i knew it i had gone from the back of the grid up to 7th. I tried to settle into a nice rythem in the hope of not losing too many positions during the race. Meenwhile silly me had my brother and a mate sitting in the room watching trying to be backseat drivers. Never ends well!!
Anyway i did manage to settle and decided to go for a late pit as my car was running great. Before i knew it, and i only noticed cause of my backseat drivers, i had found my self for the first time in 1st place. Needless to say this didnt last. Went in for my pit. Came out in 3rd place but my rear tyres decided to die during the next lap and i was struggling to keep the car on the track. But i managed to hold on for a 5th place finish. my highest postition yet and i still dont know how i got there.
Race 2 i started in 4th. Sitting in the starting grid i was getting abit worried seeing the faster guys starting behind me and all i could visualise was my going off in the first corner.
Got off to a reasonable start and got through the first corner and only managed to drop to 6th or 7th i think where i roughly stayed with a few position changes up and down. I went with the same pit idea as the first race as it seemed to work for me and i was expecting to struggle again after the tyre change. Got back up to 2nd as before i pitted but knew that was going to last. Although i must have been driving alittle more concervative in this race as my rear tyres still felt pretty good which was lucky as i found myself dropped in the middle of Abdul, Keith and Dennis as i exited the pits. Needless to say these guys left me in their wake and i was running back in 7th and i expected this would be where i would finish. However in the last couple of turns on the 18th lap there was some chaos in front of me and i made it through to relaim 5th much to my amasement. I was gaining on Keith coming up to the finish line for 4th but i just didnt have the speed to take him.
Overall i was happy with managing to gain 2 5th place results and i am trying to learn as much as i can from the more experienced guys but you are all just too damn quick!!!
But i loved it and am finding myself looking forward to the sat races (or fri nights for some of you guys).
Once again thx Eric and RD
