Yikes that was a bit of a crazy one.
I had only done about 5 - 6 laps before coming to the race meeting, so I wasn't sure how fast I was going to be compared to everyone else. Best I did before the race meet was a 1:31:00.
Qual - Turned out better than I thought. Oddly enough my fastest lap was when I wasn't trying to do a fast lap. I was out fuel testing to try and figure out the comsumption rate and I managed to do a lap only 0.025 behind Garry and so I started in 2nd place.
Race 1 - Off the line I was just trying to stay with Garry. I didn't think I had the speed to overtake him but I was hoping to keep up with him and
ray: his tires went off before the end. That was the plan. Sadly my setup for race 1 turned out to be a bit too light in the rear and on lap 3 I got all out of shape in the middle of the kinks and tossed it off the road on the right hander. I came back on the road in 7th behind Paulo. Went up the inside of him into the second last turn. We clashed doors and he spun out. The next person I was hunting down was Ben but just when I was getting close behind him, he had his own moment and I was able to slip by. Ditto Grant next up the road. Jari was next and I accidentally gave him a little bump up the backside, but luckily it didn't unsettle him that much (sorry bout that Jari). I was able to overtake Jari when he got slowed coming onto the back straight and that put me into 3rd behind Gregory. Gregory looked to be having tyre trouble. I ran into the back of Gregory in one of the turn and pitched em off the track. Slowed down and waited till he got going again and pulled in behind in 5th place. Managed to make a clean pass to get into 4th and that's where I finished race 1.
phew. pause for breath.
Race 2 - Added a click of rear wing before the race to settle the rear down. What a crazy start to the race. I started 6th and just tried to stay on my line and not run into the cars in front of me. Got punted up the backside by Paulo coming through the last kink and ended up wide in the following right turn. Paulo got through but I got a run on him and went up the inside on the corner at the end of the straight, but on the next turn I got a whack in the door and went wide again, ended up 10th. :drama: I had to work my way up from there and had a couple of incidents in the process. I dived under Norry into the turn after the back straight and we banged doors and he spun. I came from a long way back and I guess him didn't see me coming. Next up to recieve my chevy was Lemon, where yet again we banged doors and he came off second best. After that it was a matter of chasing down the pack and with luck I was able to come away with second.
Final note. It was good fun being in the middle of the pack and having to chase everyone down. Sorry to those that I did wrong (Gregory, Norry, Lemon). I readdressed the bump with Gregory but who is in the wrong when you hit door to door (Norry, Lemon). I felt I was cleanly up the inside and you guys didn't see me, but was it my fault and should I have readdressed. This is also a problem exacerbated by my slower connection because it turns little rubs into big hits.
Ps. If you think I'm the world's biggest tosser. Feel free to say so. :thumb:
