Jivesauce
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A very fun weekend for me! I didn't expect to have great pace at this track because I had to limit my practice time. All the practice for these races has aggravated an old shoulder injury and I suspect a surgery is in my near future Nonetheless, we had some crazy close and clean mid-pack racing in the first race between myself and many others. I know I saw the names David Mann, Dave Stephenson, Craig Dunkley, and Mike McGeer; I'm sure there were others I missed. It was great fun. Sadly I received a drive through for cutting, it was a bummer because three of the cuts were going wide to give someone on my inside room to make the corner, but I would rather serve the penalty than take someone out and ruin their race. It didn't matter in the end because I ran out of fuel! I still don't understand how this happened, I had run multiple test distances to check my fuel load with no issues. I believe the same happened to Mike McGeer.
The second race I started in 1st and was quickly overtaken by Daniel Monteiro and Rob Moore. Rob and I spent the next 10 minutes running very close together and swapping positions a couple times before a couple other fast guys caught us. Luka Berk and Rob got into a battle that was great fun to watch. Unfortunately on the last lap they went side by side into the hairpin and braked earlier than I expected and I had to dive past them off the corner to avoid running into one of them and it allowed a couple others through. No matter though, I was just glad I didn't ruin their fight. I believe Luka came out on top. Bad luck for someone receiving a penalty on the last lap so I got one of those positions back for a 5th place finish.
I just want to thank all of you that put in the hard work to make this happen, and all my fellow competitors for being patient when I made rookie mistakes. I had 0 hours played in AMS when this was announced, and 40 hours in AC was the total of my sim racing time. This was a huge learning experience for me and I hope my racecraft improved noticeably over the course of the 3 weekends I took part in. I'll put in some practice and come back stronger next year. Thanks again for a great series everyone!
One last thing, and I can take this to a different thread if necessary, but I worked really hard to improve my braking over the last two weeks of practice. Despite that, I noticed at several places, especially the hairpin on this track, that people are absolutely killing me under braking. There were times the person in front of me was braking a full 25 feet later than me and I was still nearly running into them because they were stopping so much harder. What should I work on? I've really tried to smooth my initial braking input and be right at the max threshold, but clearly I have a lot of improvement to do there. Anyway, cheers again for a great couple weeks of racing!
Edit: Of course, I should also said congrats to Ross, absolutely mega driving in these Minis. That lap time in the first race today is insane.
The second race I started in 1st and was quickly overtaken by Daniel Monteiro and Rob Moore. Rob and I spent the next 10 minutes running very close together and swapping positions a couple times before a couple other fast guys caught us. Luka Berk and Rob got into a battle that was great fun to watch. Unfortunately on the last lap they went side by side into the hairpin and braked earlier than I expected and I had to dive past them off the corner to avoid running into one of them and it allowed a couple others through. No matter though, I was just glad I didn't ruin their fight. I believe Luka came out on top. Bad luck for someone receiving a penalty on the last lap so I got one of those positions back for a 5th place finish.
I just want to thank all of you that put in the hard work to make this happen, and all my fellow competitors for being patient when I made rookie mistakes. I had 0 hours played in AMS when this was announced, and 40 hours in AC was the total of my sim racing time. This was a huge learning experience for me and I hope my racecraft improved noticeably over the course of the 3 weekends I took part in. I'll put in some practice and come back stronger next year. Thanks again for a great series everyone!
One last thing, and I can take this to a different thread if necessary, but I worked really hard to improve my braking over the last two weeks of practice. Despite that, I noticed at several places, especially the hairpin on this track, that people are absolutely killing me under braking. There were times the person in front of me was braking a full 25 feet later than me and I was still nearly running into them because they were stopping so much harder. What should I work on? I've really tried to smooth my initial braking input and be right at the max threshold, but clearly I have a lot of improvement to do there. Anyway, cheers again for a great couple weeks of racing!
Edit: Of course, I should also said congrats to Ross, absolutely mega driving in these Minis. That lap time in the first race today is insane.
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