Congrats Tristan and John!
This one is an example of "sometime's it's better to be lucky than good." I was lucky that Tristan was late and lucky that Rob, Tim, Sam, Bob, Iestyn, and Pelle weren't here. It did require that I be good to get so lucky. Tristan had me beat until he spun after taking the lead.
That was fun. I enjoyed it. It was hard work opening a little gap over John. I also had Tristan on my mind from the start. Could I get far enough ahead before he made it to P2? I drove well most of the time. I had two slow laps and spun behind Tristan when he spun. I managed to get going sooner.
I might have been able to go a little faster in the first half of the race but I was concerned some about my fuel. Once Tristan made it to P2, I increased my pace and quit thinking about fuel. It looked like he'd catch me with one lap to go. I got a little unlucky catching a slower car at a bad point on the track. That let Tristan catch me one lap sooner that I thought he would. It also put me on a bad line that set Tristan up to pass me. He worked me over good through the second half of the lap. I tried to hold him behind me but a loss of momentum and a bad line assured him a pass. I was surprised to see him spin in the esses after taking the lead. I think I over reacted and I spun too. When I got away sooner, I couldn't believe how lucky I had gotten.
I did what I needed to do to get P2. It was a very good drive by Tristan to catch me. I don't know if I could have done the work he had to do to take the lead. I expected him to be faster late in the race and he was. I did a nice job making it somewhat difficult to catch me.
It's good to be back. My new computer seemed to work flawlessly. I guess driving is like riding a bicycle. You may think you're forgetting how to do it but it comes back quickly.
Thanks guys. I appreciate you letting me race with you.