Congrats Yannick, Pete, and Doni! Excellent job guys.
Even though I didn´t get to finish and struggled with the weight of the fuel, it was fun. I think this is the first time I´ve ever driven a green car in 71 Can Am. I´ll call it British Racing Green and it was cool to run that rare for 71 color with a British racing league. That was a little special to me. I´ve never liked the black, orange, and white paint on the M8B. I obviously was going for the win by taking the fastest car available. I had a setup for the M8F that worked well on the M8B with some minor adjustments. It was an old setup dated from 2015, so it´s been a while since I drove the 71s here. I´ve driven at least a few of the mods here and run some good laps, so my experience likely gave me a good advantage.
Thanks for being careful at the first braking Tristan. We both appeared to make an effort to let each other in front. I wasn´t prepared for my car´s reaction over the little hill. That gave me a front row seat to all the carnage that would happen. By the time the track cleared, I was at the back. I got lucky that Tristan and Yannick made mistakes that quickly let me in front of them. I opened a quick gap but I was still struggling with the weight of the car. I kept running wide allowing them to stay close. Finally, somebody knocked on the door and I had to go. I hoped I might get back before I was removed from the car. I thought I could catch Pete once I started running consistent laps but the race was far from settled when I parked.
Having been to Bottomless Lakes, our version of the track is unrealistic in some areas. It´s not a bad guess by the track maker. The front straight is much narrower. We couldn´t carry the high speeds on the top of the ridge on the real track. And this new update has Saguaro cactii that should be replaced by prickly pears. I haven´t yet seen a Saguaro in New Mexico but I haven´t been to the southern most part of the state. Saguaros are common in southern Arizona, but they´re non existent in most of New Mexico.
They only raced cars at Bottomless Lakes for 3 years, but they´ve held bicycle races there for many years until the pandemic. If I get a bike rack for my car and a helmet, I might have to go down there sometime and run some laps on my bicycle.
Thanks for the fun. Hopefully some day, I´ll be able to concentrate on these races more. Life keeps getting in the way. 95% or more of my driving is done online with ADC and UKGPL. It´s rare I get any practice beforehand.