Grats to Ken for keeping it steady and taking the the win after a few "gifts" from the rest of us.
Qually was a surprise as I spent about 10 mins before the race trying out a couple of chassis, eventually settling on the Lotus BRM and that only because I had a half usuable setup from Brands hatch as a starting point.
The first 20 mins of qually was spent on race fuel tweaking the roll bar settings and toe in to get a car that went where I pointed it.
With 10 mins left I emptied the tanks and went out looking to move up from the lower reaches of the grid ..if I could.
I figured I would need a tow at least to drag the little Lotus up a few places. after several laps where prib indicated some good sector times, but where an error screwed up what could have been a good lap, I was about to settle for what I had. Then I noticed that Ken was just in front and if I could squeeze a little closer a tow might be on offer with about 2 mins to go.
I'm not convinced that I ever got close enough for the slipsteam to make any real difference, but the chase yielded a quicker lap and eased poor Ken off of pole. That was quickly followed by Hristo throwing his car into second place and demoting the hapless Ken to 3rd!!
We Wazas are sneaky buggers
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I got a good start and was pleased to get through T1 without being challenged by the more powerful cars on the grid...the Esees went well and I could see a small gap developing that might allow me to survive the long uphill straight and pull away a little ( some hope with Hristo and Ken in pursuit, but I can dream
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I was so eager to nail it onto the straight that I was a fraction early with the right boot on cold tyres and the tail end came gracefully around allowing Hristo , Ken and Dave to pass . Fortunately there was then a gap that allowed me to rejoin and give chase.
I closed on Dave Randall in his Eaglet and followed for a lap or so trying to find an opening, which he was kind enough to give me and that allowed me a shot at Ken in the distance, but I could not even see Hristo!! I did not realise until much later that he had spun as was behind me lol.
I got within about 5 secs of Ken but I think by then he had established a good race rhythm and the gap stabilised for many laps.
Then I got a bit over eager again at the same bend onto the straight and switched ends finishing any chance of catching Ken barring a mechanical prob or major error. So I cruised home to a better than expected 2nd place, just a little miffed that 2 simple errors had denied me a chance of a great dice with Ken and a shot at the top step of the podium for HER.