s.mac
04-06-2012, 09:52 PM
I must stop drinking before races:( 4 bottles of red with Phil led to a sore head this morning, luckily it wasn't a late night and by 10am I was feeling a bit better :clown:
Out for qualiy, thinking the car would be ok on the same set up as Anglesey, mistake, I also got tied up in traffic, which looking back it was a mistake not to pull back.
Race one in 11th place on the grid, (1.31secs), one of the guys over shot his mark and I was waving him back and forgot to get myself sorted. Lights out and off... Slowly, I went for 2nd, I was in 2nd, messing about with the stick and wondering what the hell, whoosh whoosh, I'm at the back.... Started making some gains but lost the front pack, ended up 7th but again poor times 1.30.878 , I knew I was a bit slow in traffic and thought I could do better, fastest lap was 1.28.138 with a front runner.
2nd race- 5th on the grid (a few more changes), I thought great, concentrate and stay up front. In 1st gear on grid, I thought don't fuck up, don't let go of the stick, 1st to 2nd, all good, 3rd.. Fuck where is it, noooooo, free wheeling, whoosh, whoosh, 2nd last. noooooo I was well pissed off and starting getting some places back, got past a few and saw the front pack now some way in front. I really did push on and slowly got to the back of 6th place, right on his arse, thinking I would take him on the next lap, the black and White was waved :bigcry:
I was a lot happier though as they were in front by some distance which a clawed back, with better lap times 1.28.479 which was up there, best for the day was a 1.27.950, there was only 1 x 1.27, all the other fastest were 1.28's. So by the close of play I was up there. Stupid mistakes again, at least the car was in good shape all day :beer:
Out for qualiy, thinking the car would be ok on the same set up as Anglesey, mistake, I also got tied up in traffic, which looking back it was a mistake not to pull back.
Race one in 11th place on the grid, (1.31secs), one of the guys over shot his mark and I was waving him back and forgot to get myself sorted. Lights out and off... Slowly, I went for 2nd, I was in 2nd, messing about with the stick and wondering what the hell, whoosh whoosh, I'm at the back.... Started making some gains but lost the front pack, ended up 7th but again poor times 1.30.878 , I knew I was a bit slow in traffic and thought I could do better, fastest lap was 1.28.138 with a front runner.
2nd race- 5th on the grid (a few more changes), I thought great, concentrate and stay up front. In 1st gear on grid, I thought don't fuck up, don't let go of the stick, 1st to 2nd, all good, 3rd.. Fuck where is it, noooooo, free wheeling, whoosh, whoosh, 2nd last. noooooo I was well pissed off and starting getting some places back, got past a few and saw the front pack now some way in front. I really did push on and slowly got to the back of 6th place, right on his arse, thinking I would take him on the next lap, the black and White was waved :bigcry:
I was a lot happier though as they were in front by some distance which a clawed back, with better lap times 1.28.479 which was up there, best for the day was a 1.27.950, there was only 1 x 1.27, all the other fastest were 1.28's. So by the close of play I was up there. Stupid mistakes again, at least the car was in good shape all day :beer: