yes Ken that was close .have to say the closest finish I've ever had in IR
I'm still sure F3 had you in front just before the the line, I couldn't see your car at all so I just kept my foot to the floor
after practising the wrong layout
I wasn't even sure if I should start the race as I had no confidence in myself on the worst layout of this track there is,
things started feeling a tad better late practice then I qually I dipped under 1:19 which i was chuffed with
at the Start Ken got the jump on me and the race was on
a few laps in and made an almighty mistake and ran into the back of Ken at the tight last turn ....don't know if i hit the brakes later than last lap of if Ken got better stopping power but I misjudged it big time {sorry again
}, I sat looking at his car down the track just hoping he could continue hadn't even thought about damage to my car after what seemed an age he got moving only then did i consider my own car I moved off behind him feeling the car for the first half lap and it felt good I could see that Kens car seemed fine also so I got back down to the racing game.
happy we had both survived
I drove my car hard as I could leading to the pit-stop and had just decided to give it 1 more lap then dive in for the stop when I made a mistake at the chicane at the end of the short back straight, this shook up my plans so I dived into the pits right away while my pace had been interrupted.
Pit-stop went very well {I paid the pit crew this week
} got back on track then I saw on F3 Ken was pitting due to quick time drop so I floored it as hard as I could that lap hoping to at least be back on his tail but I must have done better in the pits as I crossed the line he was just moving out of his pit stall so I was past him keeping 3rd place but it was close .very close
the rest of the race I was to be hones over my limits I think I saw 2 personal fastest laps at least in that second half of the race but I couldn't shake Ken then on the final lap final corner I went a fraction wide Ken took it very "tight"
and we both floored it to the line and the picture above says it all
thanks Ken for one of the best races ever in iRacing talk about sweat my shirt will take a week to dry out
and to top it all I ended up 3rd over all due to BorchersDK not turning up {that sleeping potion worked nicely
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and I helped get Team RVS 2nd place in the teams championship all in all a very satisfying season
thanks for the good organising and letting me run the races it's been a total blast of a season
Laters Ian