After getting over my eye strain I was reasonably pleased with my race. I had done some practice and found the track v challenging, esp 1st corner sequence where I kept on spinning. I improved my times and set a pb in qualifying...just. That put me 4th on the grid so I knew it was going to be tough to get a good result.
I managed to get ahead of Al at the start and almost ran into the back of Art a couple of times while we all slid about on cold tyres. After 6 laps I was pretty much hanging on to Art and Joe but was close to flat out, which prompted a spin at the first bridge. Pretty tame and I almost got away with it. Still I managed to lose 10 secs while I wondered what to do and eventually found reverse. Al was well past by now and out of sight, but began to chase. After a few more laps I could see I was closing at a steady rate and after a moment on the grass I got by at the last corner.
Joe and Art were well ahead and faster so I tried to settle into a safe pace. Al closed on me towards the end but I had enough of an advantage to see the flag before him. Great battle Al...good to actually finish in front of you for once
Thanks for the event guys, seemed pretty clean from where I was.
Bob.