well what can I say, I got a good start, started to pull a gap then GT disappeared from my mirrors, I guess from a small moment... It was going well, gap was extending and then at about 1/3 distance I decided it would be a good plan to turn too tight in T1 and snag the inside wall hard. After that I had no front aero and quick turns became understeer city, and braking distances went up noticeably
It wasn't awful but I could see on the relative Stefan had passed GT and the 15 second gap I had made up to that point was slowly coming down. I kept going right up till it was time to pit, by which time the gap was down to about 10secs, so I gambled, not having any idea how long repairs take in AC, and wanting the quickest stop possible I took fuel only (flat spotted tyres are extra spicy, right) and kept going. A few laps later Stefan pitted and after that cleared up I was back to my 15s lead, but within a couple of laps it seemed GT was through, and after that he started hauling me in @ ~2secs a lap and the gap was suddenly 10secs, then a couple of laps later it was 5 and change with 10 minutes left to go
It was clear he was going to catch / pass me before the end of the race if he could keep that pace and honestly I was struggling, 1m56s were "natural" pace with my broken car, so I had to dig extra deep the last few laps to minimise that damage and managed to nail a series of 1m55.x laps which were just enough that I got to the flag first.
It was tense though, 1 mistake and I know he would have been right on me and probably past, so it made an interesting last 15 minutes of the race
Fun car though, so I'll be back at Road America to see what happens next
