Quite a mixed bag, yesterdays races.
Race 1:Qualified 3rd, but made a poor start. Ziu slipped past, dropping me to 4th. Chased him as hard as I could over the next many laps, while keeping a wary eye on Hayman right behind me. Stalemate was broken by a chain reaction, starting with Ati hitting Hayman at the chicane. He in turn hit me, sending me into a spin. Both gents let me past, but Ziu was long gone.
As often when things start to go wrong, they continue to do so. Following lap same place, I got a bad exit from the chicane, which was all Hayman needed to get past. Next had a bit of a slugging match with Ati. Bit too much of a contact sport for my taste, and some shoulder rubbing saw me lose places. Dropped from 3rd to 6th. Last lap, I had Ati in front of me, but suddenly he pulled over and braked, which looked strange to me. Finished in 5th, behind Hayman, but I believe he was DQ'ed from S&G so I got uprated to 4th. A disappointing race in many ways, but grats to the podium nonetheless.
Race 2:Qualified 4th and made another poor start. Lost some places on the run up to T1. Tony came thundering up the inside in his lone TVR. He collided with Matt in front of me, and I braked too late, bumping Matt too - sorry about that. Net result was I spun and dropped to 11th and dead last. Set about chasing the field and making up places. First two were for free, when Tony went off and Matt later spun at the chicane. Passed Bob while braking under the bridge, and next lap got a better exit from T2, allowing me to pass Steve down the straight. Next one was free too, when Hayman went very wide at T1.
Up ahead was the tiny yellow speck of Phil's Elan. Drove my wheelnuts off chasing him. Aside from anemic sound, the Elan is a wonderful car to give a good spanking
Ever so slowly reeled in Phil and got close over the last few laps, but an opportunity never presented itself. A few more laps to pull something out of the hat would have been most welcome..
I have to settle for congratulating him and the rest of the podium. 1st & 2nd in this series seems decided, but 3rd is up for grabs and should make for an exiting finale
Cheers,
Erling
