1st race i had a good start, but someone got wide and i hit the wall.
Yeah ---
you "got wide" mate, and took me out in the process :lol:
This meant I dropped nearly to last place twice in first lap of race 1 :doh:
No worries .. you waited and all that so thanks on that score.
Had a fairly great start, so good in fact I had to throttle back to avoid hitting Bob and whoever it was in front of me, but as I went to brake for T1, I was a little wide (being cautious not to hit Bob being on my inside), and instead of slowing, I just skittered across the marbles and straight on into the dirt :doh:
Basically after the two lap1 incidents, I then narrowly missed a bunch of people having a bunch of carnage, and caught Chris Vick, who had a moment in the hairpin so I snuck under him then headed home in 12th ... had another interesting few moments as I came to lap Jeroen again on final lap - it always seemed to be you causing me concern tonight mate (see race 2 report too)
Race 2 - 11th off grid from my race one finish. Got a proper stonkin start and gained a couple of places off the line. Followed the leaders till the mess at the hairpin, nearly hauled it up without incident but was whacked from behind and spun 180º.
Did another "James Bond getaway manoeuvre" (slam it into reverse, floor it, spin 180º, grab first whilst spinning and hoof it off into the distance to "get the girl, kill the baddies, and save the entire planet" - cue PWEI :wink2
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In actual fact Jeroen was there with me again, snapping at my heels.
I was happy to let him thru whilst I was sorted my head out from all the chaos, then I got my foot down again, he made a mistake, I passed him, then again at T1 he was pushing deep into the corner and ran himself off into the dirt.
From there I had Gary on my case for a lap or so (for a little while I thought Jeroen had returned with a Nitro canister :laugh2
, fought a little trying to hold off Gary, but again I messed final turn up, he got the run, was under me at T1, I conceded graciously, and Gary was away.
Kept him in sight for a bit, got 6th passing Pascal whilst he seemed to be having a moment inspecting armcor up close.
We then continued for a few laps to have a lovely close scrap, great racing dude, and in the end he got me good and proper at end of straight just like Gary had done when I messed up my final turn again, so again was too slow onto there
(BTW: sorry about the S/F straight meandering the previous lap Pascal, really truly was unintentional :doh
So ... a night of "interesting" racing was had by all, myself included.
Gary ... great cars and track choice, not for the faint hearted and I think it was to be expected that some incidents would happen. Gratz to the podium boys too :good:
The Viper reminds me of the big cats to drive, just with more bodywork
Much fun was had ... and just a bit of disappointment, but great racing ideas and big thanks for your efforts in organising it
Gary ... and of course to
RD for hosting it :thumb:
EDIT: Sorry ... this post is too long, I know :ban:
