23-06-2013, 11:27 PM
Well, qualify I try to run as many quick laps as I could, watching for excessive cutting and I think my best lap was pretty clean 
Pole position at Croft is not really that great to start from, there's clearly more grip at the right of the track but Race 1 I could held DjC off and I didn't have much troubles after that.
Race 2 proved what I said earlier, David Coyne who inherited DjC's 2nd place start position, had a much better start than me and I followed him till he made a mistake, ran wide and I got past, same as Kalle. So with KK on my tail and knowing him to be very fast, I pushed on, gained some seconds till I had to pit. I did everything right, stopped exactly where the marker was but the stop took me 53 secs, 6 seconds more than the stop in race 1... :o So I was a little worried but all was good, Kalle exited as I passed him and I finished the race in the lead.
Race 4 was a mess, got caught in the tangling cars, pitted early (damage) and caught up with Yerke. He braked quite early which surprised me and i got send to the large stack of haybales at the back of the track. (damage again
)Got on track again ( in a parallel way, not headon :-* ) and chased yerke again, this time passing him and that gave me 3rd place. I had Everon some 7 secs ahead after that, with about 4 laps to go I reeled him in but I didn't get to overtake him, due to understeer in righthanders...
Nice victory for DjC, Well done E. Grats! 8)
Pole position at Croft is not really that great to start from, there's clearly more grip at the right of the track but Race 1 I could held DjC off and I didn't have much troubles after that.
Race 2 proved what I said earlier, David Coyne who inherited DjC's 2nd place start position, had a much better start than me and I followed him till he made a mistake, ran wide and I got past, same as Kalle. So with KK on my tail and knowing him to be very fast, I pushed on, gained some seconds till I had to pit. I did everything right, stopped exactly where the marker was but the stop took me 53 secs, 6 seconds more than the stop in race 1... :o So I was a little worried but all was good, Kalle exited as I passed him and I finished the race in the lead.
Race 4 was a mess, got caught in the tangling cars, pitted early (damage) and caught up with Yerke. He braked quite early which surprised me and i got send to the large stack of haybales at the back of the track. (damage again
)Got on track again ( in a parallel way, not headon :-* ) and chased yerke again, this time passing him and that gave me 3rd place. I had Everon some 7 secs ahead after that, with about 4 laps to go I reeled him in but I didn't get to overtake him, due to understeer in righthanders...Nice victory for DjC, Well done E. Grats! 8)
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