A good turnout for this race which was a nice response from the membership for Joe's memory.
I considered doing exactly the same Doni, but after some thought I wondered what Joe might have wanted.
I reasoned ( and this is a personal view and in no way critical of what anyone else chose to do) that these last few non championship races are as a memorial to Joe's memory, so I figured that it I would just give it 110% like Joe did when he was racing.
Perhaps the Honda was not the best car to run around this track ( is any track good for the Honda??!!
), but SHE said I had to drive it so ........
Qually went reasonably well but the sub 2:50 sec lap times at the front of the grid were a concern, when my pb was about 2:54. I jumped Tom's Lotus off the grid and found myself in about 6th spot as things sorted out. But the cars in front were all quick and my fuel heavy Honda was struggling in the corners and losing ground.
As the race progressed one or two cars retired for various reasons until I was in with a podium chance, but T2 which was proving difficult to get right in the Waza caught me out and I ran wide and lost traction throwing me into a 720 deg spin! that dropped me back into the clutches of Tom and his Lotus.
The rest of my race was spent fending off Tom and then Juha from my possible 2nd place, both in those infernal green things!! Until 2 laps from the end the tyres finally gave up completely when the temps went into the infra red range and all rear traction vanished!!
the spin heated the tyres even more and the next corner removed a wheel and that was race over.
Grats to Al for a dominant win, something that Joe would have approved of I think. Thanks to everyone who joined in this race in whatever way they chose to show their respect for Joe's memory.