well well well what an interesting evening of racing!
I had fun for the most part and hope you guys did too.
Set out for the Q session and couldn't get a draft on anyone. should have put up a time of say 37.4 but went deeper on the clock and hit P8 for R1.
I don't mind as I feel very comfortable that I can prevail over the long haul and have my eye on a podium based on my total race pace and tire management.:skywalker:
We set off in R1 and I drop to 10th behind
Peter and Abdul. as we get close to T1 Steve emmons is smoking the rears and drifting around nearly collecting
Sean along the way. I move past them to p8 going into 1. BUT WAIT heres Sean on the inside of me and we slap door handles pretty hard! nobodies fault here just a racing incident. MEanwhile
Bob Luneski had run high and
Sean and I pass him without incident and I am now P7.
we run down the back straight and gain on the field behind.
Abdul and Pierre ( in chevys?) are quarter panel to fender entering T3, Brandon 1.5 lengths behind them and sean and I are 2 back from Brandon.
Sean ANd I enter T3 and he goes low and early into the corner. I stay higher and pass for P6 without incident. But in the last 1/3 of T3/4
pierre tries to get down lower and
abdul is forced to avoid and runs into the wall low and lightly just killing his momentum.
Brandon and I sail past him and I am now in P5 w/
Sean 1 car length back in 6th. OK we just completed LAP1!
Sean struggles with the car on Lap 2 and I get about 8 lenghts of breathin room now. I focus on Brandon. he touches the outside wall in each end of the track and I have a great run on him going down the back straight. we get into the braking zone for T3 and I am on the inside w/ his front bumper at mid door on me. I brake a bit early as I am off line about a car width inside.
Brandon flies past me and meets the wall. (See screenshot below) viewing the replay I don't see his brake lights come on but not sure if I would anyhow so not sure if you tried to out brake me
Brandon. Again It looks like a racing accident with neither of us at fault.
We run through the corner slowly as I am sliding huge and he is trying to get off the wall. On exit I am in a BIG drift and I know he's right there door to door. I tried to give you all the room I could but again he is scraping the wall and I am trying not to spin while getting off him a bit. Sorry man not trying to drive like a tool.
We continue on for another lap and we are both sloppy at different points. Me in t1/2 and
Brandon again into the wall in T3. this finally gives me breathing room to focus on getting P3 from
Keith or pierre.
Several laps go by uneventfully and I am gaining on P3 and am only about 1.2 behind! I can see
Keith and Pierre having to deal with
Chris B and Michael C and I am within a 1/3 of a turn of them. Now I must try to get by
Chris and Mike cleanly middle to exit T2 to gain.
Chris goes sliding up the track and I dive between them both with Mike on the inside wall tight and me coming fast just out side of him. I am worried he may not realize I am there and in P4 so what will he do on exit? go up to the exit point or slow down and keep it low so I can pass with momentum?
he keeps it low so I can keep going. I draft him down the back straight then pull inside him going into T3. We are door to door and he brakes early and lets me move along.
Thanks MIke thats just being a PRO and I appreciate the courtesy!
So I am ripping more laps and holding pace with P3. And while entering T3 I see two cars tangled up high! It's
Keith and Yves? I can't possibly be this lucky! so I take my usual line inside about 1 car width off the wall and then
keith is moving down low! oh no! I am on the ragged edge. He gets below my line and I thinking I am this lucky! and then
Keith gets squirrely trying to get going fast and moves up just a hair into my line and we clip each other. Front Bumper flies off my car and we are off to the pits for a repair. Its so hard to avoid in a fast oval race. you are in the corners just flying on the egde in a light drift and steerage is almost impossible for avoidance.
Ended up finishing 8th. oh well thats racing! can't say it wasn't exciting!
R2 sees me on pole. lucky me! I love this position! :drool:
I get a decent start but lose 2 spots right off. My car drifted a bit to the outside and I locked out Keith a bit so he ends up pedaling the car along the grass for a bit.
Sorry Keith not intentional. I enter T1 with abdul inside me in P2 and
Brandon on point but drifting high.
Brandon does a slow lazy throttle on over steer slide clear across the track and hits the inside wall right in front of
Abdul! We both miss
Brandon and continue down the back straight P1 and P2. Entering T3/4 I ts my turn to do the old lazy throttle on oversteer drift across to the inside and force
John s to avoid me while carrying momentum. Sorry
john just lost a lille focus there.
I manage to keep going but drive t1/2 horribly and am just trying to hang onto a car thats not driving well!(can't be the pilot!:rotfl
Peter passes me inside into T3 and drifts up into me and we make contact which
peter gets the worst of.
Keith is right there on my bumper too! I go all the way to the wall to avoid
Peter.
Keith gets low to get thru and I try to get back online while
John S has driven rather brilliantly thru all the wreckage to split
Keith and I to go after P3! well
Keith moves just a hair to get all 4 tires on asphalt,
John gives him room to do so and just ever so slightly catches my left rear and I hit the wall and remove the bumper again.
NO worries John it's just a racing incident.
I apologize to any of you who got banged up in the corner as a result of
Peter and I getting tangled.
Sean Vohs certainly didn't fair well.
BUT CHECK OUT THE REPLAY OF
SAM BEASON CUTTING THRU ALL THE CARS TO ASSUME P2! Well done
Sam! or did you just close your eyes and see what lies on the other side?
So we fix the car again fr 40 seconds on pit lane and soldier on. The n poor
Sean does some crazy side ways endo hop going into T3 and we connect in the turn. I lose the bumper again and just drive it like that to a P7. another eally exciting race for me while it lasted.
I would definitely do this track and car combo again. You guys who struggled with set up, there were MANY available online you could try. But in the end this track is about carrying speed on the edge thru the corners. If you don;t feel comfortable like that then this will be a ball breaker race for you.
see yo uguys soon.
thx Eric and RD for the fun!
