04-01-2016, 01:26 PM
well - a 2 HOUR race! :o
it all started the day before the race with steering wheel problems - to be exact - steering wheel problems on-line, cause off-line was fine?? most of my energies and thought was on this, and I had it more or less right up to mid practice of the race. thanks to the racing Gods, not in qually or race. although on lap 4 of race it went Bonkers, but Nikos had something similar then with warping too, so it is NOT my wheel.. anywho.
I did a one shot qually and was going to live with it.
a 2 Hour race at Nords really isn't my cup of tea. and having a cloudy day - my old eyes can't pick up the track. I did not have a good outlook for the race.
had a good start, had some battles with Harri, Edwin, Tobias and teammate Tim. all good, all clean. at the end of lap 4 as stated above I hit a Armco at the end of the lap when I lost my steering and pitted for much needed repairs and MY own personal Pitstop :
ahhhhh, what a relief! as the race progressed my eyes were really starting to hurt and I am happy Harri who kept the gap behind me was having his own problems with fatigue, or I would have lost that place.
Rikard Lapped me near the end - I think he is a Robot!
and I was done, Spent - my whole body was sore and my eyes were SHOT.. I eagerly awaited nikos to finish so I could congratulate the finishers and tell tim about the Steelers who were fighting for a playoff spot- when Nikos finished, race was over, cause he was last one running - right? WRONG! dumb ASS, I was LAPPED, so the field was still out there racing. I said it after the race and again NOW, I am Sorry for the chat. I messaged tim, he being tired just answered me - so it was my fault. :-\
I would like to say it won't happen again, but you guys wait until you become an Old Goot, you will be happy just to be able to do this...
Congrats to Rikard, and the rest of us for a Great season! I agree, great racing, lots of fun.........
Thanks to Paul, Nikos, Gorka, Tim and Chris for all they do to make that season happen.
on to the next one..........
it all started the day before the race with steering wheel problems - to be exact - steering wheel problems on-line, cause off-line was fine?? most of my energies and thought was on this, and I had it more or less right up to mid practice of the race. thanks to the racing Gods, not in qually or race. although on lap 4 of race it went Bonkers, but Nikos had something similar then with warping too, so it is NOT my wheel.. anywho.
I did a one shot qually and was going to live with it.
a 2 Hour race at Nords really isn't my cup of tea. and having a cloudy day - my old eyes can't pick up the track. I did not have a good outlook for the race.
had a good start, had some battles with Harri, Edwin, Tobias and teammate Tim. all good, all clean. at the end of lap 4 as stated above I hit a Armco at the end of the lap when I lost my steering and pitted for much needed repairs and MY own personal Pitstop :
ahhhhh, what a relief! as the race progressed my eyes were really starting to hurt and I am happy Harri who kept the gap behind me was having his own problems with fatigue, or I would have lost that place. Rikard Lapped me near the end - I think he is a Robot!
and I was done, Spent - my whole body was sore and my eyes were SHOT.. I eagerly awaited nikos to finish so I could congratulate the finishers and tell tim about the Steelers who were fighting for a playoff spot- when Nikos finished, race was over, cause he was last one running - right? WRONG! dumb ASS, I was LAPPED, so the field was still out there racing. I said it after the race and again NOW, I am Sorry for the chat. I messaged tim, he being tired just answered me - so it was my fault. :-\I would like to say it won't happen again, but you guys wait until you become an Old Goot, you will be happy just to be able to do this...
Congrats to Rikard, and the rest of us for a Great season! I agree, great racing, lots of fun.........
Thanks to Paul, Nikos, Gorka, Tim and Chris for all they do to make that season happen.
on to the next one..........