Grats to the podiums for both races.
Now I remember why I usually qualify on race fuel
After the heady success of Race 1 and the outside possibility of an even better result in race two, I decided that I wanted to start on pole. So, I emptied the tanks and went for a banzai lap netting a very satisfying 1:34.5. That part of the plan went well and I was in pole position and the next part was to get a good start and run for the hills, hoping that Geoffers and Erling would be detained by the rest of the field.
The start.
This is when things started to unravel. I was concerned about Dan and his lightening starts, so I wanted to get this front wheel drive machine moving as quickly as possible.......apparently a little too quickly
and I got a stop'n go for jumping the start
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That was bad enough and had just about screwed my race by putting me 30 secs behind the field. But, I thought I would see how far my new found control of front wheel drive cars would get me.
For 2 laps I was closing the gap to the tail of the field, then I caught a recovering Matt and got past. I shifted my focus to the next car ahead and pressed on. Until, exiting that final hairpin and nailing the gas up the hill....did the engine miss a beat there?? a second or two later as I approached the S/F line it definitely coughed again??? aaaarrggghh!! I remembered the qually fuel change just as I crested the hill and glanced at the HUD.
Another pitstop was never going to work so I ran the car off track and out of Matt's way and banged my head on the steering wheel.
Pleased, to at last have found some pace in a front wheel drive car and the how to get them around corners without terminal understeer. All I need to do now is put fuel in the tank