Awesome race - and interesting with it.
Me and DG were the only ones brave/foolish enough to take the heavy metal option
- and started 8th and 10th respectively. Both of us got a decent start, sneaking up by the pit wall and using the serious power advantage the Falcon granted us. By T1 we were in 5th and 7th I think - or there abouts anyway. Despite being slower than those around us, the sideways nature round the bends combined with massive straight line speed made for one hell of a tussle with the Alfas. I couldn't help but laugh as I got passed in the 2nd half of each lap .... only to be seconds clear by the time the lap counter advanced once more.
Had epic battles for the first 21 or so laps, with Steve, Dave, Backo and others (sorry -I forget who else) - thoroughly knackering driving.
DG had been infront for a few laps after I'd slid wide at T1 allowing him to pass .... and then on lap 22 my rapidly diminishing supply of molten rubber sealed my fate, a spin losing me 5 seconds on Dave, leaving a 7 second gap that I couldn't close without Dave having his own issues .... which he did, just not enough to get me even close.
In the end I got caught by Will in his Alfa, and my tyres meant it was only a matter of time.
At the end of the race my rear left tyre was showing 36.9% wear - with temperatures being around 120 all race long. I'd tried changing things round before the race without success - I just had to hope for the best. Dave had 23% I think - and that was the difference, otherwise we'd have been at it all race long.
Bloody fantastic racing, grats to Baracus (as ever) - and apologies to Backo, I knew you were somewhere on my inside but the tank was sliding all over the place. Cheers for the racing DG - it was reminicent of the tussles we had in past seasons with GTR2 - great fun.
ps. Ossie - if you want material for a vid watch the first 21 laps with me, DG and a supporting cast of Alfas - should make cracking viewing
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