My video race report
Going into Sunday I hadn’t driven in over 3 weeks. Needless to say, I had low expectations for this round. Surprisingly enough, I found a little pace in practice. And in quail I put in a nice, steady lap and got p8. I knew I could move up the field by capitalizing on other drivers’ mistakes, so I was happy with my starting spot. Even though I knew it wouldn’t be like Spa where I was out-and-out quicker than most of the field.
Anyhow, on the first corner a guy in one of the Koeniseggs completely and utterly forgets how to use his brakes and goes straight into the back of me and several other cars—a ridiculous bit of driving to say the least. I rejoin in 11th.
I then went up against who I think was David Garcia in his Lister Storm. I was able to get around him easily enough, but then there was a big crash on turn 1 and I ducked out wide to avoid it. David was able to get back around me.
Later I was up to 7th, defending against a charging Christopher Aponte. I know Chris is fast after having spent some time covering this series and watching lap times, so I knew I was in trouble. After a few laps, I decided to give him the position because I didn’t want to burn my tires out defending such a strong driver. Oddly enough though, Chris started to miss his marks and slide around. This allowed me to over take him. Then we both went all out for the position for what must have been 3 to 5 laps. In the end, my car died and Chris got away.
And just before the pits I did one of the dumbest maneuvers on the PC yet: Chris’ teammate James Johnson was closing in fast on me. When I decided to pit, I saw James following me in. For whatever reason, that spooked me out, so I dived back out on the track at the last second. This caused me to go flying off the circuit and into the gravel. I felt like such a n00b…
Final part of the race for me consisted of getting pass a Koenisegg and a Lister Storm. I did get a bit physical with the Koenisegg guy, but only because I thought he took away my road on a few earlier pass attempts, and I didn’t have any more time to waste.
In the end, I finished eight. My second top 10, so I’m happy with the result.
See you next round! But, July 4th? Who scheduled this? Lol it’s pretty obvious there are a bunch of Euros running this league!!! lol
Danny...race will be over with plenty of time to see the fireworks
yes it was a great battle and tires went bust by some strange reason...i just could not hold my line until the final laps before pitstops
I dunno about you christopher but the car was very snappy. And braking into T1 was scary everytime since it felt like the brakes didnt work so i was coming in slightly faster than everyone else.
that was me in the Egg and it would of been better if you had kept it clean instead of trying to nudge me out of your way, it's not as if you did not have the power on the straights as you had at least a 50HP advantage plus a heap more torque but at least now we know that you meant it and that it was no accidentFinal part of the race for me consisted of getting pass a Koenisegg and a Lister Storm. I did get a bit physical with the Koenisegg guy, but only because I thought he took away my road on a few earlier pass attempts, and I didn’t have any more time to waste.