That was a tough, but entertaining race. Quite liked the track, and the Nissan was a wonderful drive here. It really handles well, once you get the setup tweaked to your liking.
Race start was somewhat hectic for me, as I was still trying to improve my qual-time, when 'next session' appeared. Just had time to load race setup - and notice that Clive had claimed 2nd on the grid. Very impressive in an Escort!
Dunno what happened at the start, but Clive was absent and I slipped into 2nd. Dimetrio disappeared like the Roadrunner, and I soon had Tony's Beemer looming in my mirrors. He powered past on lap 3 or 4, but fell off on the following one, returning 2nd to me. Not about to get lonely though, as Matt seemed intent on keeping me company, some 2-3 secs behind. Did my earnest to increase the gap, but it went agonizingly slowly, with 0.1 sec per lap. Around midrace, it suddenly started shrinking rapidly. Don't believe I had slowed, so apparently Matt had found a quicker way to get round. Gap seesawed a bit over the following laps, but just as he was getting real close, he was suddenly gone. Didn't see what happened, but with empty mirrors, I could breathe a sigh of relief. Pit board confirmed a gap of around 7 secs. It dropped on some of the following laps, but with less than 1/3 left of the race, I could hang on to 2nd, if I could keep pushing reasonably - and not do anything stupid
Grats to Dimetrio on winning. Very chuffed with 2nd myself under the circumstances - in my mind it almost counts as a win, as Dimetrio is obviously stranded in the wrong quadrant of the galaxy..
Proud of having won the series too - it wasn't easy..
Thanks to Tony for organising and keeping it all together.
PS: Tony, did you forget to change the time setting for the race ? Announcement states race time as 18:00, which is what I used in offline practice. Looked quite good with the 'artificial' light, but in yesterday's race, it was most certainly daylight.
Cheers,
Erling