I realise now why no-one seemed to know where the track went early on - you must have all been too busy on the 55 mod!
Luckily for me I did my basic setup work 3 weeks ago and then missed out on the 55's until I saw the topic yesterday evening - I had lots of practice as a result
I learnt the track in the Genie using a slightly raised Zandvort setup with longer gearing (8:45 or so in that state), and then decided to take something unusual and ( I thought at the time) unsuitable.
Surely the 427 Lola fit that bill as it had by far the most weight, too much power, and only two gears...
If I'm being 100% honest there was also a degree of gamesmanship in the choice, taking the genie again might allow me to get away from the line really fast - but I would be swamped on the main straight when the field had 2 miles to out horsepower me.
So I wanted to take the opposite position here as I felt I'd be too strong in a bigger 4 speed car. I picked something that would be terrible off the line but that had the power and speed to re-pass anything that got by at the start when on the straights. It was fun re-passing Sam at 200+mph while cruising at about 6 feet
Once I was in front my original plan was simply to ignore what was behind as it wouldn't be able to pass anyway, and then scarper on all the straights.
As it turned out I was able to pull away in the twisty bits too as everyone else was being super cautious.
Congratulations to all who finished, that was no mean feat here - it would have been a hard race even going forwards.
Commiserations to the DNFs and also Clive, Nurby is another that's great fun backwards so you missed out