That start was classic Dan
. I saw you drive off and I was like...huh, does enduro have formation lap or something
.
Had a good start and almost collected Dan who was wondering why he had such a quick start
. I could get in 2nd after the back straight, infront of Madd.
I could almost hear his sigh that I was infront of him with a yanktank
. My tyres were gone before lap 10 and I was holding up Madd badly, but it was for position
.
Went in the pits, not knowing where the limiter had to be engaged, but I guessed where the lights were
. Lucky guess as that didn't cause a problem.
However, having a yankeedoodle pitcrew did. I turned off my engine and slowly coasted towards the pitguy. Stopped, but nothing, no clipboard
. Quickly pressed ignition and starter and engine fired up. But it immediatly stalled, eventhough I had my clutch pressed
. Pressed the starter again...nothing, pressed it again...nothing.
I was about to escape out, as I thought I hit a massive bug, but I just tried once more, pressing ignition (so turning it off again) and then pressing starter....and it fired up
.
Lost about 30 seconds just cursing my pitcrew, and when they finally got to work, I needed a lot of fuel and tyres. Actually finished with half a tank left, and started with 120L
. I think I'm a bit overcautious with fuel in these tanks
.
Was a bit disappointed with the stop, as it prevented a better result, but I had a great 2nd stint
. Could pass Spanner, SBG and Matt Rowe (makes me thing of Mike Row's dirty jobs at discovery channel
) on the back straight. But that cost me about 6 laps, and by that time my tyres were shot. So instead of increasing the lead, I was holding them all up again
.
I was pushing the car to the limit, often going very sideways, but it just didn't want to go
.
Grats mr. Oily with the win
.
