11-09-2016, 10:15 PM
Wow, looks like this race was a disaster for most of the field.
Unbelievably, I was eliminated 10 seconds into it. Practiced quite a bit. Got my times down to 16's which got me 4th on the grid, which is on the left of a two car row. Great I thought, I'll miss the inevitable mayhem at Curva Grande. But on the start, with Dan Minges to my right, I got good traction and was following the front row. Working the wheel under heavy acceleration I slowly drifted just a few feet to the right (a car width?). Seemed like an insignificant amount of drift but unfortunately at that same time Dan was drifting to his left. And so, while seemingly in perfect control, we touched (locked wheels I think) and drove each other into the rail on the left. Game over for me. The car was undriveable. No way I could drive all the way around to the pits. Then the pit stop would have been 3 minutes.
As I watched the race for a few minutes I saw crash after crash. I think half the field was eliminated by lap 4. Pitiful...
I was very disappointed. Mad actually, until I watched a replay. I'd have to chalk my and Dan's crash as an unfortunate racing incident.
Unbelievably, I was eliminated 10 seconds into it. Practiced quite a bit. Got my times down to 16's which got me 4th on the grid, which is on the left of a two car row. Great I thought, I'll miss the inevitable mayhem at Curva Grande. But on the start, with Dan Minges to my right, I got good traction and was following the front row. Working the wheel under heavy acceleration I slowly drifted just a few feet to the right (a car width?). Seemed like an insignificant amount of drift but unfortunately at that same time Dan was drifting to his left. And so, while seemingly in perfect control, we touched (locked wheels I think) and drove each other into the rail on the left. Game over for me. The car was undriveable. No way I could drive all the way around to the pits. Then the pit stop would have been 3 minutes.
As I watched the race for a few minutes I saw crash after crash. I think half the field was eliminated by lap 4. Pitiful...
I was very disappointed. Mad actually, until I watched a replay. I'd have to chalk my and Dan's crash as an unfortunate racing incident.