28-10-2013, 03:06 PM
Nice reports all.
I entered this race weekend without much hope of me finishing a race, 24 laps without crashing? pheww.
Entered room and 2 guys were doing 1:22's, huh!
In qually got up to 4th best only by a few hundreds of a second behind Gorgias. Managed to go a bit faster and got 3rd place. Which I found soon a silly thing to do as that put me on the left of the grid with Gorgias on the right beside me.
Race 1 starts and Gorgias jumps me at the start. No problem, my main goal is just to try not to crash and see what happens. Did not need to wait too long for Gorgias to go swimming, glug glug glug haha, need my find a picture of a fish.
With Marcel and Ric Hedlund untouchable in front, I was not taking any risks, taking it easy in all the places I normally crash. Maybe a bit too easy as I had DeeeCee on my tail and he overtakes me. I follow him for a good number of laps in and out of traffic only for me to overtake him to get 3rd back (think he just let me passed cheers). But then the bugger gets my place back in the pit stops and was too far a head to caught. Few laps to go i jump from 4th to 3rd, seems like Marcel is out (more fish?).
Feeling happy on last lap thinking I'm going to finish with loads of points, then horror struck. 2 corners before the finish I hit some object lieing on the road left by someone. Sends my car flying, towards the water. I see from my view as I start spinning in the air Sky, Sea, Road, sky, sea, road,....like one of them fairground gambling games where the guy spins a big wheel to win a prize. What will I get? What will I get? I get road, phewwww. Off I go to win 3rd place prize, pheww. Shit my pants.
Race 2 had a tuff start. Straight off, me and Nikos got in a tangle with wheels locked (no fault of mine happy to see after viewing the replay). Got free and hit Ric Hedlund, ok that was my fault that one, luckerly for Ric no spin for him, unlucky for me found my car pointing wrong way with other peoples cars flying over me. Jesus does his trip to heaven.
Straight to pits with damage to car overtaking many crashed cars on the way there. Surprised to find pit was only 50 seconds, I've had longer pits without damage. Now 1 lap down and in 10th place with 23laps of fuel in my car off I go. I started gaining places, not by overtaking anyone, just by I think people crashing out or pitting. Found myself in 3rd. Thought i would just take it easy after that, I looked to see what the gap was to guy behind, saw it was Marcel and he was gaining fast. He caught me up, had a battle with him but I could not keep him behind me long.
Later in the race he and Gorka crash out and I finish the race in 2nd.
Was a bit funny at Marcels end of race (maybe not for him), I had finished my race and he was still in pits getting his car repaired. Of course I had to gloat and honk my horn at him as he waited
. Off he goes to finish his last lap only then to crash half lap to go and DNF, lol.
CU next time, thanks for hosting MarcelW.
DJC
I entered this race weekend without much hope of me finishing a race, 24 laps without crashing? pheww.
Entered room and 2 guys were doing 1:22's, huh!
In qually got up to 4th best only by a few hundreds of a second behind Gorgias. Managed to go a bit faster and got 3rd place. Which I found soon a silly thing to do as that put me on the left of the grid with Gorgias on the right beside me.
Race 1 starts and Gorgias jumps me at the start. No problem, my main goal is just to try not to crash and see what happens. Did not need to wait too long for Gorgias to go swimming, glug glug glug haha, need my find a picture of a fish.
With Marcel and Ric Hedlund untouchable in front, I was not taking any risks, taking it easy in all the places I normally crash. Maybe a bit too easy as I had DeeeCee on my tail and he overtakes me. I follow him for a good number of laps in and out of traffic only for me to overtake him to get 3rd back (think he just let me passed cheers). But then the bugger gets my place back in the pit stops and was too far a head to caught. Few laps to go i jump from 4th to 3rd, seems like Marcel is out (more fish?).
Feeling happy on last lap thinking I'm going to finish with loads of points, then horror struck. 2 corners before the finish I hit some object lieing on the road left by someone. Sends my car flying, towards the water. I see from my view as I start spinning in the air Sky, Sea, Road, sky, sea, road,....like one of them fairground gambling games where the guy spins a big wheel to win a prize. What will I get? What will I get? I get road, phewwww. Off I go to win 3rd place prize, pheww. Shit my pants.
Race 2 had a tuff start. Straight off, me and Nikos got in a tangle with wheels locked (no fault of mine happy to see after viewing the replay). Got free and hit Ric Hedlund, ok that was my fault that one, luckerly for Ric no spin for him, unlucky for me found my car pointing wrong way with other peoples cars flying over me. Jesus does his trip to heaven.
Straight to pits with damage to car overtaking many crashed cars on the way there. Surprised to find pit was only 50 seconds, I've had longer pits without damage. Now 1 lap down and in 10th place with 23laps of fuel in my car off I go. I started gaining places, not by overtaking anyone, just by I think people crashing out or pitting. Found myself in 3rd. Thought i would just take it easy after that, I looked to see what the gap was to guy behind, saw it was Marcel and he was gaining fast. He caught me up, had a battle with him but I could not keep him behind me long.
Later in the race he and Gorka crash out and I finish the race in 2nd.
Was a bit funny at Marcels end of race (maybe not for him), I had finished my race and he was still in pits getting his car repaired. Of course I had to gloat and honk my horn at him as he waited
. Off he goes to finish his last lap only then to crash half lap to go and DNF, lol.CU next time, thanks for hosting MarcelW.
DJC