24-07-2017, 12:06 AM
Yeah, darn connection to Europe dropped out right when we were in a pack! I did my best Scott Dixon impression, amazingly the car continued running but was way squirrelly, so had to pit for repairs and took the four tyres. I did the remaining 51 laps of the race on that set of tyres. She was a bit loose at the end as the right rear burned off, but manageable. Unfortunately she also was about 2-3 mph off pace the entire rest of the race.
I was hanging behind the leaders two laps down for a good while in their draft, but then had a freeze up and suddenly they were half a straightaway ahead.
Lonely running after that. Finished on the lead lap at least, as the leaders had pitted in the mean time.
Those first nine laps were good, though. I just stayed in line as the top group pulled away from the rest of the field, then when Santiago started losing ground to the cars ahead of him I decided it was time to pass him. Kept doing it that way until everyone wanted to fight over 4th place, then our kablooie happened.
I was hanging behind the leaders two laps down for a good while in their draft, but then had a freeze up and suddenly they were half a straightaway ahead.
Lonely running after that. Finished on the lead lap at least, as the leaders had pitted in the mean time.
Those first nine laps were good, though. I just stayed in line as the top group pulled away from the rest of the field, then when Santiago started losing ground to the cars ahead of him I decided it was time to pass him. Kept doing it that way until everyone wanted to fight over 4th place, then our kablooie happened.