Completely new feeling for me!
A lucky win, after all favorable conditions got together for one time.
Some of the “fast guys” weren’t there, others choose slower cars.
Bathurst is one of my favorite tracks (in fact I like the version of frankf55 even more),
I choose the right car (from motorsport history I knew that the 908/3 was nearly unbeatable
on tracks like Nordschleife or Targa Florio – 1970 and 1971 – and raced with success after some
modifications up to 1982) although I never drove none of these cars in simracing before.
Luckily I found a suitable setup and finally Geoffers left the race with almost one lap in the lead.
I found myself totally surprised with this sudden lead after lap 21 but fortunately made no momentous
mistakes and the 908/3 was so dominant - even in my hands - that I was able to build up distance to
goldtop.
So it was possible that a lousy and slow driver like me was able to compete and win – although
the time gap after qualification between me and the fastest (Geoffers) was over 4 seconds which actually
is standard.
One time wonder – I fear.
After I realized during first half of the race that I probably would not be lapped more than once I had to
have an eye on my fuel consumption because I had only fueled for 29 laps.
Apart from that only some smaller incidents and surprises during the race without further consequences.
Was great fun.
Thank you all for your sportsmanship during the race – as I’m not able to use the quick chat buttons
due to the requirements of my desk and the 908/3 obviously has no headlights.
Will see what will happen during next race of Three Makes Challenge at Bathurst again on 01 August…