I might be the only one, but I think this car is great! More V8 races please!!!
Ignore this man! He is clearly insane.
While the V8 can be fun in small doses (drifting), I have always struggled to find any enjoyment while racing this brute. This race was sadly no different.
After qualifying 4th on the grid, I managed a good start; pipping Gary into T1 on the inside. This soon become 2nd when I sailed up the inside of Dave when heading into T4.
For 12 laps I managed to keep the gap between Adam and myself to under 4 seconds. I kept seeing puffs of smoke coming from Adam's front right tyre, which gave me encouragement. However, on lap 13 my grip levels fell off dramatically, which meant low 1:34 laps soon became 1:36s.
With Gary only 8 seconds down the road my attention quickly turned from trying to win the race, to trying to hold on to 2nd. Thankfully Gary appeared to be struggling as much as me and the 8 second gap remained constant, lap after lap.
With fresh rubber a lapped Simon was soon on my tail. I had no choice but to let him by. Sorry if I held you up... I tried to let you go by on each of the 2 previous laps, but every time you seemed to drop back in all the wrong places.
With 7 laps to go I heard the dreaded "you have 5 laps of fuel left". This came as a big shock to me. I had done several runs in practise and I was positive I had plenty of fuel on-board. WRONG!!!!!
This meant with 3 to go I had to perform a splash 'n' dash. I left the pits in 4th; 2 seconds behind Dave. I pushed to try to close the gap, but a few corners later my front right tyre exploded, sending me straight on at T6 into the wall...
Congrats Adam on the win. You were in a class of your own tonight. Well done to Gary and Dave for your podium places....
It was also good to see Bernie and Don back on the track after a long absence...