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08-23-2010, 01:28 AM
Hot summer event held by NASA MidAtlantic. There was a smaller but, some of the best East Coasters showed up in the GTS class. We lost to front runners in practice when an oil spill in T4 caught two class winning drivers sending them into the tire walls. Eric Wong actually repaired his car somewhat minus the front end, but it never ran right the rest of the weekend. I managed pole for GTS3 (2nd in GTS), but not by much with Josh Smith and Darren Mingis close by . I lined up with a GT3 on overall pole thinking we may end up side by side in T1. I got a great start, but the modern car and added power just rocketed away. I was faster in the turns, but could not get around him so I tucked in and defended against Josh and Darren for several laps. Eventually, we got separated while catching slower cars. I managed 1st in class and Darren ended up in 2nd with Josh 2nd in GTS3.
Sunday was a different story. Josh ran a 1:20.1 for pole. Quite impressive. That put me chasing. We were all clustered together constantly battling for the corner. I nearly bumped Josh 4 or 5 times. This time I got the worse of a car trying a very late pass which separated me from the GT3 and Josh Smith. The gap was too much to close once I got free. For 4 laps I ran under the track record pushing which is now 1:20.4 but just could not catch back up. Josh picked up the win. Well deserved and I stayed in 2nd, but managed to retain the lap record.
I also tried something new: Time Trials. I would really suggest this for the DE driver not ready to race. My car classed poorly with the points system, so I had to compete against 400hp Corvettes with aero packages. Some hard pedalling got me a 2nd place on Saturday and 1st on Sunday. The cars really work together because you need to get consistent clean laps and keep improving steadily. Passing is anywhere no signals so your really pushing to go 10/10ths.
Okay back to work. Will post a video later.
Sunday was a different story. Josh ran a 1:20.1 for pole. Quite impressive. That put me chasing. We were all clustered together constantly battling for the corner. I nearly bumped Josh 4 or 5 times. This time I got the worse of a car trying a very late pass which separated me from the GT3 and Josh Smith. The gap was too much to close once I got free. For 4 laps I ran under the track record pushing which is now 1:20.4 but just could not catch back up. Josh picked up the win. Well deserved and I stayed in 2nd, but managed to retain the lap record.
I also tried something new: Time Trials. I would really suggest this for the DE driver not ready to race. My car classed poorly with the points system, so I had to compete against 400hp Corvettes with aero packages. Some hard pedalling got me a 2nd place on Saturday and 1st on Sunday. The cars really work together because you need to get consistent clean laps and keep improving steadily. Passing is anywhere no signals so your really pushing to go 10/10ths.
Okay back to work. Will post a video later.