Lols Greg please dont beat yourself up over that,i know exactly what you were trying to do all with the best intentions,the speed difference was big so the the "bump" wobbled me and i was already too far left close to the grass edge,and i noticed in practice the grass has a nasty instant "grabbing" effect and usually rendered me out of control,i was barely hanging on at that point and not having much fun in no mans land too,good cars to spectate for me
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Cobra pole was clearly a setup to get me up front then hassle me!?...Thommo stepped up to the plate first with a big audacious move at the end of the back straight,cant remember where i got back at him?,and then resisted the same move with some slightly later braking and made good from that point on until Greg got through and breezed up to the back of my car and swished past at will and pulled away,i struggled more and more to the end and just held 2nd from Stu.
A difficult night in with those cars!!. well done all.
Thank You Stu/Carlos &
RD
The GTL cars tend to make big holes in the air, Greg, but the slipstream kicks in quite a bit nearer the back of the car in front, so the impacts tend to be a bit less predictable and controllable. Live and learn I suppose :good:
TVR race was a bit of an annoyance for me, ending up in the wall once, and in the wall
and on my roof another time. After the first one, I'd got back from last to what looked like it was going to be a belting 4 way-er with me, Warren, Rossco & Nige when Ondrej had his perpendicular barrier moment. Nothing you could do Warren, no probs there.
Cobra was more of a surprise for me, had some OK pace in it, got in front of Lenno with a slippy pass down the long front run. You got back in T1 when I locked up, mate. Greg got through as I went off in the Outer Loop, and where I totally misjudged the approach of Hutcho - I thought he was on a wide run, so tried to get on the inside, just as he decided to stay tight as well. I've had another look and it's pretty piss-poor to be honest. Sorry mate :frown:
After that, it was a case of keeping and opening the gap behind, and trying to keep Lenno honest. As it turns out, after we'd got by the Phantom Greg car, I was taking a couple of sec a lap out of him (but knowing G, if I'd actually closed up there might have been an improvement in his times
). Held it for P2.
I'd been reluctant to let these cars loose on the club, as I always remembered them as being truculent at best, violently undriveable at worst - BUT - I think, after we've had series in the Vette, GT40, the Boss etc, so we've got some form in powerful motors, they actually weren't too bad, and pretty good fun overall.