Resultwise a disappointing race, but on a great track and with some nice racing action along the way.
5th on the grid and held it after the start, but Clive squeezed past on the inside at T2. Next lap, he got wobbly at T1, allowing me to reclaim the position. When Ati went off, it was upgraded to 4th. All the while and for the next many laps, I had Bob glued to my rear bumper. Couldn't last, and I eventually lost the rear under braking into the chicane.
Was buried deep in the gravel, with nose against the wall, so had to reverse out. Managed to bungle the shift into reverse, and by the time I finally extracted myself from that mess, I was down to 9th, 10 secs behind #8. Hardly made any inroads into that gap over the following laps, but inherited 8th, when Maipor (I think) went into the pits. Later that lap I spotted cars up ahead, only to repeat my error at the chicane..
Got going a little quicker and held on to 8th - just. Later got uprated to 7th when another car pitted. With around 6 laps left, I caught the battling Ati & Roger, as they were rejoining after a coming together. Unfortunately for me, they made no more mistakes, and all I could do was trail them to the finish, some 2 secs behind.
Grats to the podium and all ahead
It's been a fun series, so glad to see V8 action returning next year. Sad to see the Challenger go, as it's probably my all time favorite (real life) US car.
Cheers,
Erling