19-10-2014, 11:55 PM
Oval racing was quite fun, after all 
I'm glad I decided to race. I never thought that I was going to win this! Feels great 8) Thanks to Ed for sharing his setup with me... I know nothing about oval racing. Coyne seemed to be too fast for me, and Gorka had great speed too. But somehow I closed the gap in qualify, only 1-2 tenths behind, and on my fastest lap I had a 2-3 seconds draft behind someone on start/finish straight and managed to get into the 55's. Only milliseconds behind Coyne and Gorka, but it was impossible to improve that time, so 3rd on the grid and I was really happy with that.
Gorka disappeared in T1, shame, we could have had a great battle. DC got a gap of ~2 seconds on the first lap but after that I managed to find some speed and keep him in sight. John and DJ were battling each other behind me and it looked like they were cooperating, trying to catch me, but they never managed to do so ;D For more than 15 laps the gap to DC stayed the same (really consistent laptimes from both of us) but then I was slowly catching him. When I finally got a draft, I made a small mistake and touched the wall after T1 and the gap was back to ~2 seconds. It took me a few laps to catch him again but at lap 24 or 25 I overtook him for the lead. I tried to get away from him because I did not want him right behind me after my pitstop, because I knew he was going to be quicker than me on fresh tires. Entered pits on lap 30 and DC continued one more lap... I tried to gain some time by driving on the limit while entering and exiting pits + tried to keep 99 km/h. I was successful because I had a big gap to DC after my pitstop! This was how I won the race, definitely So the final 29 laps I could drive relaxed 
Thanks for hosting! Looking forward to next race, a 'real' track again :
I'm glad I decided to race. I never thought that I was going to win this! Feels great 8) Thanks to Ed for sharing his setup with me... I know nothing about oval racing. Coyne seemed to be too fast for me, and Gorka had great speed too. But somehow I closed the gap in qualify, only 1-2 tenths behind, and on my fastest lap I had a 2-3 seconds draft behind someone on start/finish straight and managed to get into the 55's. Only milliseconds behind Coyne and Gorka, but it was impossible to improve that time, so 3rd on the grid and I was really happy with that.Gorka disappeared in T1, shame, we could have had a great battle. DC got a gap of ~2 seconds on the first lap but after that I managed to find some speed and keep him in sight. John and DJ were battling each other behind me and it looked like they were cooperating, trying to catch me, but they never managed to do so ;D For more than 15 laps the gap to DC stayed the same (really consistent laptimes from both of us) but then I was slowly catching him. When I finally got a draft, I made a small mistake and touched the wall after T1 and the gap was back to ~2 seconds. It took me a few laps to catch him again but at lap 24 or 25 I overtook him for the lead. I tried to get away from him because I did not want him right behind me after my pitstop, because I knew he was going to be quicker than me on fresh tires. Entered pits on lap 30 and DC continued one more lap... I tried to gain some time by driving on the limit while entering and exiting pits + tried to keep 99 km/h. I was successful because I had a big gap to DC after my pitstop! This was how I won the race, definitely
So the final 29 laps I could drive relaxed Thanks for hosting! Looking forward to next race, a 'real' track again :