13-10-2013, 11:17 PM
Quali: 3rd place, not ideal, at least on the inside behind polesitter Gorka who must have had a nice draft 
Race 1, I got away good, Bart kept his line so I could slip underneath. Dj passed Bart too and challenged me in the opening laps but using Gorka's draft, we slowly drove away from the rest. I was able to follow Gorka easily, I was a bit quicker at T1 and 2 and he seemed to have advantage in 3 and 4 but I was able to challenge him enough to make him block me and therefore hurting his entry in T1.
Then Gorka drove straight into Edwin, who seemed to have kept his line. I was very lucky to evade both of them and from then on it was a matter of bringing it home.
Race 2 I had a great couple of first laps. Soon I was chasing Dick for first place with Dj and G battling for position behind me. Then, at turn 4, there was debris on the track and I ran right over it. My front wheels lifted and I understeered right into the barrier, causing damage to right front and rear suspension. I felt the damage and it cost me laptime but it was just what, 10 laps in the race so I drove on till about 15 while Gorka had made the pass on Dj and got within a sec.
So I was about to pit with Bryan coming up as a lapper. He drove slow on inside backstretch and I thought he'd give me room when I chose to go inside as well, trying to make clear I was about to pit. : So I lost a lot of time there, seeing Gorka and Dj flying past.
After my stop I was about 5 secs behind Gorka and I knew it would be impossible to win from there but happy with the results, could have been far worse...
Finally, I have to say, my respect to all of you. I don't know how many times I have said to Bryan that this would turn out in chaos and anarchy, he sticked with the plan.
Sure there were some crashes and I'm sorry to the guys involved but they happen on roadcourses too. Overall I think it went very good. Great discipline at warmup lap too!
Hat off to you ;D
Your League Marshall,
Race 1, I got away good, Bart kept his line so I could slip underneath. Dj passed Bart too and challenged me in the opening laps but using Gorka's draft, we slowly drove away from the rest. I was able to follow Gorka easily, I was a bit quicker at T1 and 2 and he seemed to have advantage in 3 and 4 but I was able to challenge him enough to make him block me and therefore hurting his entry in T1.
Then Gorka drove straight into Edwin, who seemed to have kept his line. I was very lucky to evade both of them and from then on it was a matter of bringing it home.
Race 2 I had a great couple of first laps. Soon I was chasing Dick for first place with Dj and G battling for position behind me. Then, at turn 4, there was debris on the track and I ran right over it. My front wheels lifted and I understeered right into the barrier, causing damage to right front and rear suspension. I felt the damage and it cost me laptime but it was just what, 10 laps in the race so I drove on till about 15 while Gorka had made the pass on Dj and got within a sec.
So I was about to pit with Bryan coming up as a lapper. He drove slow on inside backstretch and I thought he'd give me room when I chose to go inside as well, trying to make clear I was about to pit. :
So I lost a lot of time there, seeing Gorka and Dj flying past.After my stop I was about 5 secs behind Gorka and I knew it would be impossible to win from there but happy with the results, could have been far worse...
Finally, I have to say, my respect to all of you. I don't know how many times I have said to Bryan that this would turn out in chaos and anarchy, he sticked with the plan.
Sure there were some crashes and I'm sorry to the guys involved but they happen on roadcourses too. Overall I think it went very good. Great discipline at warmup lap too!
Hat off to you ;D
Your League Marshall,
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