06-04-2020, 01:54 PM
dont know why but I seemed to have a mental block with this track , I couldnt drive it and I couldnt set the car up but somehow I got 3rd and looking at the overall race time if I had not spun out twice and damaged the car which forced my laptimes into the 12s I may have got a chance at the win , it appears this was very much a case of the tortoise and the hare type race .
Qually
I couldnt get better than 9th , I wrung the cars neck but the laptime just would not come , being realistic I was probably overdriving .
Race
Dropped the clutch but the car in front didnt move so had to stand on the brakes , fortunately no contact but this probably saved me from the carnage at turn 3 , approaching 3 it was a whiteout with smoke I couldnt see a thing so took the gamble that any cars or debris would be on the outside of the corner i slowed and went for the inside , the following cars took the opportunity to pass and ploughed into the wreckage so I was clear and on the tail of Dan .
I stayed this way for a couple of laps then decided to push but this resulted in a spin at the last corner , I slid into the wall fortunately with both tyres so damage was not too bad but I had horrendous flatspots , started to get back up to speed but then had brain fade on the braking to the complex and had to drive slowly over the big rumble strips which got me more damage , drove the car until my pitstop on lap 25 collected the pitwall on the way in as I bet a lot of folks did and elected not to repair .
The next stint was just surreal my car was slow and I was resigned to a finish around 10th, I came out in 8th by lap 27 I moved to 7th I then had an enjoyable battle with Dan until he spun out on lap 31 I was now 6th , lap 32 picked up 2 places due to pitstops was now 4th but I had Shannon charging up to me and I knew I wouldnt be able to fight him , lapped my teamie who then inadvertantly did an excellent job of holding Shannon up when they had a misunderstanding, on lap 38 I moved up to 3rd but I now had Dan Tani charging up to me , on lap 40 he pushed me down to 4th by lap 41 I was back up to 3rd but now had Andi bearing down on me on lap 43 he pushed me down to 4th but by lap 49 I was back up to 3rd , in that whole stint I only passed one car that was in front of me and thats only because he spun off .
Qually
I couldnt get better than 9th , I wrung the cars neck but the laptime just would not come , being realistic I was probably overdriving .
Race
Dropped the clutch but the car in front didnt move so had to stand on the brakes , fortunately no contact but this probably saved me from the carnage at turn 3 , approaching 3 it was a whiteout with smoke I couldnt see a thing so took the gamble that any cars or debris would be on the outside of the corner i slowed and went for the inside , the following cars took the opportunity to pass and ploughed into the wreckage so I was clear and on the tail of Dan .
I stayed this way for a couple of laps then decided to push but this resulted in a spin at the last corner , I slid into the wall fortunately with both tyres so damage was not too bad but I had horrendous flatspots , started to get back up to speed but then had brain fade on the braking to the complex and had to drive slowly over the big rumble strips which got me more damage , drove the car until my pitstop on lap 25 collected the pitwall on the way in as I bet a lot of folks did and elected not to repair .
The next stint was just surreal my car was slow and I was resigned to a finish around 10th, I came out in 8th by lap 27 I moved to 7th I then had an enjoyable battle with Dan until he spun out on lap 31 I was now 6th , lap 32 picked up 2 places due to pitstops was now 4th but I had Shannon charging up to me and I knew I wouldnt be able to fight him , lapped my teamie who then inadvertantly did an excellent job of holding Shannon up when they had a misunderstanding, on lap 38 I moved up to 3rd but I now had Dan Tani charging up to me , on lap 40 he pushed me down to 4th by lap 41 I was back up to 3rd but now had Andi bearing down on me on lap 43 he pushed me down to 4th but by lap 49 I was back up to 3rd , in that whole stint I only passed one car that was in front of me and thats only because he spun off .
Understeer - is when you hit the wall with the front of the car
Oversteer - is when you hit the wall with the back of the car
Horsepower - is how fast you hit the wall
Torque - is how far you move the wall when you hit it
Oversteer - is when you hit the wall with the back of the car
Horsepower - is how fast you hit the wall
Torque - is how far you move the wall when you hit it