21-11-2022, 12:24 AM
Round 5 Bridgehampton
Ran the Mustang again because I didn't get any practice during the week. Went with what I was familiar with on this hilly circuit. Got P4 on the grid with Gary only a tenth slower than me. Start was good and Gary followed me very closely for about 3 laps until I bobbled a bit and went off but got back on track quickly. I then chased him very closely for several laps but could not find a way past until he seemed to let me by towards the end of lap 11. I thought he must have had some damage or something but ends up he did an early pit stop. I didn't figure that out until my stop was done near mid-race and saw him ahead of me by about 6 seconds. But my tires were newer so I'd have an advantage for at least a few laps. I was able to slowly close the gap to about 2 seconds but could see I was going to run out of race. And even if I caught him I still would have to find a way to make the pass with my now worn-out tires. My only hope was to keep the pressure up in the hopes he would bobble. And sure enough with 2 to go he got loose at T3 and I made it by to finish P4.
Great fun Gary!
And oh, something weird during my pit stop. As I was pulling into my spot, a car materialized right in front of me! I bashed him at about 20mph. I backed up and went around him to pull into my spot. And that would be the 6 sec gap that Gary had over me once I rejoined!
Checked my replay. It was Tim I bashed. Sorry dude, you just popped into existence out of thin air!
Ran the Mustang again because I didn't get any practice during the week. Went with what I was familiar with on this hilly circuit. Got P4 on the grid with Gary only a tenth slower than me. Start was good and Gary followed me very closely for about 3 laps until I bobbled a bit and went off but got back on track quickly. I then chased him very closely for several laps but could not find a way past until he seemed to let me by towards the end of lap 11. I thought he must have had some damage or something but ends up he did an early pit stop. I didn't figure that out until my stop was done near mid-race and saw him ahead of me by about 6 seconds. But my tires were newer so I'd have an advantage for at least a few laps. I was able to slowly close the gap to about 2 seconds but could see I was going to run out of race. And even if I caught him I still would have to find a way to make the pass with my now worn-out tires. My only hope was to keep the pressure up in the hopes he would bobble. And sure enough with 2 to go he got loose at T3 and I made it by to finish P4.
Great fun Gary!
And oh, something weird during my pit stop. As I was pulling into my spot, a car materialized right in front of me! I bashed him at about 20mph. I backed up and went around him to pull into my spot. And that would be the 6 sec gap that Gary had over me once I rejoined!
Checked my replay. It was Tim I bashed. Sorry dude, you just popped into existence out of thin air!