Sorry Baraccus for taking a wide turn a couple of turn before you spun me, but that's racing I guess.
Really its me who should appologies to you Morten - u did catch me off guard a bit but I was behind so its my fault!! Also I was probably a bit too keen to get through anyway and should have been more patient, but "patient" was not in my racing vocabulary for today i'm afraid!!! That's what starting from the back does for your mental state! Not recommended hehe.
That was a majorly intense race from green to chequered!! I had decided to start form the back for a laugh, but that was before Madd-RIP got in to the server, then watching him get his Q laps done I was getting rather worried. I drove a single out lap on full fuel just to get a feel for how it would behave and it didnt really feel that much different - if anything it was a bit more stable in T2 and the complex.
Starting from the back I was really surprised how spread the field gets straight away even in these TC65's. Anyway, I was really pumped up from about 10 minutes before the race as I didn't want to drive stupid and take people out, my heart was going way to fast to be good and thats before the racing even started!!
I think that really helped my concentration though - I was just head down and focussed and got some good luck too with Hammer getting caught up in a multi-car blockage! That let me start to get a rhythm in some clean-ish air and I was up to P3 by lap 16 odd. So then I had 15 laps to get the gap of 7 seconds in front to Matt and Assassino down - but soon after I came accross a recovering Matt and snicked past only to run wide very slightly out of T2
and onto the dust! Nearly spun it there and Matt was back through! Great stuff!
Going into the complex (was it the same lap?) got him defending the chicaney bit so I could get a run on him along the short straight. Then closing on Assassino he had a 'moment' with a back-marker a few laps later so I slipped passed! Then it was keep it together until the end!
Definately the most personally satisfying race I've ever had and a big risk with these good drivers - but I'm not starting at the back again in a hurry hehe! I could only do that in the Alfas I think!
Rock On GTL!!!!
Thanks to all the kind drivers letting the race through when being lapped - very good driving. Unlucky with the pedals Jeb - that was particularly bad timing