shame to hear about the first lap melee, something thats been generally avoided throughout this season thankfully.
What a cracking race that turned out to be! Qually was excellent with about 5 drivers swapping faster laps for the pecking order, separated by mere tenths or hundreths of a second
I couldnt match by pb by several tenths so only made the 2nd row but had a grandstand view of the front 3 line abreast for the long drag race down to Turn 1
I got a good start, vva got a poor one and his gap allowed me to outdrag Fabri and a Oly's BRM down the long straight and i slotted into 2nd place behind Tim.
I could quickly tell that the Heskeths grunt and possibly a lower wing meant i had no chance in hell of staying with FMG as he was pulling away down the straights
Then vva re-caught me and breezed past about 5-10 laps into the race whilst Fabri and Oly started to close on me for 3rd place.
We then had a great race long slipstreaming duel for position
i was loving it but meant sometimes taking a wrong line into a fast corner which was nerve wracking on occasion
After swapping positions several times my car gradually gained in lap times as the fuel reduced and with some well tested gearing i was able to keep ahead until the flag
The after-race chat proved i had too much wing at 5-3, i was quicker on 2 rear wing (as i used for qually) but the car was a little too unstable/borderline dangerous so i didnt risk it), so no idea how you kept zero wing on the tarmac.
Congrats to vva and FMG on the top two steps, i bagged 3rd
Its a crying shame that we havent attracted bigger numbers here for this series as its been fantastic throughout (in my humble opinion) only let down by lower grid numbers to give less actual 'racing' sometimes. The cars looked ace hurtling flat out down the Monza straights and just imagine how great a fuller grid would have looked.
....which leads me to announce that this is my last series i am organising here for a while, i am off to race on pastures new in my quest for bigger grid racing. I let the SROUK management know a few weeks ago. I'll still be hanging around and seeing whats what but no longer organising events. A big thanks to all the guys that raced most weeks and helped keep the numbers up to around 10-12 at least. A number of us classics racing fans are heading to SRO to race the GT Legends series so hope to see you there.
In the meantime, there is one round remaining. Watkins Glen is the season finale.
