Qually went well, didn't manage to match my pb and was just pipped by Truetom.
Race was absolutely fantastic and very hard at the beggining as I was attaking TT and constantly trying to find a way past not just for position but to try and shake off Minton(Dan?) who was all over the back of me.
It was great driving but It would have been very difficult keeping that up for 80 minutes.
Had a couple offs and some contact which saw me near the rear of the grid, but after my pitstop (which I messed up as they put in another 26 Gallons of fuel in after using only about 10Gallons in 45mins.)
I came out a few seconds behind Pribero and persued with the chase, eventually catching and having a good battle with but not passing as you held on just enough in the twisties so you could burn me off on the straights(which seemed to been the case with everyone), untill in the end the engine just decided it had had enough of Valencia and chucked the towel in.
Well, that was probably my first and last appearance in the Vertigo of Doom but it was a very enjoyable race in the end.
I was hoping it wouldn't come to this but I may have to give the Vertigo the same fate too TBH Even though I would like to do a full season with it. :'(
I have to drive the **** out of it and push it beyond its limits just to compete but for 40-80 minutes even with the extra 70KG taken off it's too much of a risk especially for others who get into problems with me durng a race as I don't want that.
I was questioning my car choice in the first couple of laps as various Porsche's whizzed past me down the straight but my tactic of just being consistent (which I definitely wasn't in the RSR) and coming in very late for the briefest of pitstops seemed to work OK and I'm well chuffed with my 4th place, not that far behind Bernie and Minton.
Yeah, the amount of times in the past two races that I have pushed like hell all through the lap and got a great run out of the last corner only to be blown away be EVERYONE.
You did well to finish where you did Pops, and I'm racing more for the enjoyment than the win, but I can't consentrate on consistency as I end up thinking about stuff, going too slow etc so I have to push to keep consentration
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So I think that'll be the last time I clean the dead flies/bugs off the back window of the Vertigo for a while whilst I consentrate on a different car and spend some time practicing.
THE END.
PS congrats on the Wins Jon and Truetom, and CeeJay too in the Chevy, sounds great with that V8 sound pack installed