Grats to the podiums and all finishers.
Apologies to Matt for a gossamer light touch of his rear in race 1, lap 1, that took us both to the back of the field
relieved to see that it gave him a clear run to a podium place
My race with Dan descended into an ill advised drifting demonstration with the Cobra, which did not help my tyres or my laptimes
It all ended rather predictably with a rather heavy Cobra balanced on its roll bar and my helmet
I was then able to watch Geoffers test the structural integrity of those half tyres and deduced that they are rather sturdy, or at least more sturdy than his Corvette was
Race 2 and my turn to keep my Corvette away from the polo mints planted around the track.
Matt's Cobra kindly fondled my rear a few times during the early laps and I assume it was to reciprocate the attention that I gave him in race 1?
Luckily for me the only down side was that it slowed me down slightly and allowed Geoffers and Erling to pull a gap of a couple of seconds. Once I got the Corvette wound up on the straight I was able to escape Matt's attentions and began to ease back up towards the leaders, but it was putting excess stress on my tyres.
Then Geoffers did a dramatic left turn at the end of the main straight when he should have been braking for T1, and was last seen passing Mars!!! His sudden departure appeared to momentarily unbalance Erling as he entered T1 and for a moment I wondered if he might follow Geoffers into the wide blue yonder?? But, he gathered himself together and try as I might I could not bridge the 2 second gap so that I could offer any serious threat to his P1.
After a few laps it was becoming clear that if I continued to push hard, race 2 would end much like race 1
. So I opted for a safe drive to the flag and a rather undeserved 2nd place.
I still enjoy the insane torque of these monsters and the differences between the Cobra and Corvette.