Pre and Post Race Reports

[JABowders]

Sorry But I'm not going to make todays race, still in Germany.

To make up for it ... I'll drive up and down the A1 at 260kph (161mph)

James

[seboyle]

I guess I had too much driving today (for real) to be up for this race (Rouen). I was so pleased with my P3 spot on the grid and look forward to next time.

Weasel Wench

[blackcat77]

Showed up at the very last minute and didn't even know how long the race was going to be. I'd been practicing in a car with medium fuel, so at least I had a baseline. Did my qualifying with a completely full fuel load just to see what it felt like but fortunately checked the settings before the green and reduced the load somewhat.

Good start off the line but slid off on the cold tires and heavy fuel to flip and slide down the divided highway on the rollbar, putting me back to last place. Even though there was yellow damage almost all the way around the car, it didn't seem to affect the performance at all so I set out to make my way back.

Seemed that the Pro tires were a little bit much as Terry and Sandy were off the pace. I have an idea to level the lap times and have posted it in this section -- everybody read it and let me know what you think.

As the race drew to a conclusion, I was chipping away at Bob's lead a little bit every lap but could tell it wasn't going to be enough so when the clock showed ten minutes left, I threw caution to the wind and just let 'er rip. Got down in the 55s and could see on the timing that I was within 5 seconds or so of Bob but I couldn't see his car except for brief flashes. I must have had a really awful connection.

On the final lap, I had him well in sight at Nouveau Monde and tried to apply the pressure but when you can't see your opponent, that makes it tougher. Coming off the divided highway, the margin was under a second and I could see him flashing in and out. Slammed through the last turn and the margin continued to drop but not enough. Bob crossed the line six-tenths up on me -- what a great race!

I realize these cars are tricky to drive, but so were the Endurance Mod cars at first and people figured them out pretty quickly. I hope everybody sticks with it. It should be great fun all summer.

[Bob"oldnslo"Roberson]

This race was a gift with Paul, Sandy and Terry all on 67pro tires.
I ran consistent 2:58s with one 57 and a couple of two min. plus when I came up on Susan and Nick.
Paul had the fastest car. I kept watching my lead dwindle. I figured if I didn't screw up I could hold on. So I never panicked I just continued driving like I had the whole race long. He got on my tail on the final lap but I had the speed on the long straight and counted on it to keep him at bay. And I felt like I could out drag him to the finish line. It worked. As I went through the last turn I let off too soon heading for the finish line and almost blew it. Waving to the crowd and showboating almost cost me. No........really..........I did actually get carried away and I was really doing that. I think my wife must have thought me crazy :-)
I really enjoyed driving these cars. And I can't believe I never had one big error.
I think Paul has a good idea.
I think Ced ought to go back through the finishes of all of our races and figure out which cars , using Paul's weight changes, that each one of us should drive.
I would hate not to drive the Ferrari but I'll go along with the final decision.
This was my first win and I can't say it didn't feel good even though the deck was stacked.