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12-15-2010, 02:37 PM
Kenny, that is what happened. The vette was a super unlimited car and he would always brake early. My lap times were faster than his, but with 500 plus hp he could motor the front straight quicker. He saw me and blew his braking point stayed wide, then decided to turn in. I kept moving in more and more giving him room to rim shot which is what a veteran racer would do, but he panicked, slowed even more and turn in at say 50mph. I take that corner at 70 plus and spinning the car was my only option. Fortunately I went both feet in for a split second, got my bearings and dropped it into 2nd gear after two spins then got to the apex of T2 back chasing. I think I caught the car taking the video in the same place that he starts the video clip and even passed him in the same place in the lefty before the essess. 
The incident on the front straight was a bit weird,. From my observation and knowing the two drivers it appears to be driver error. The BMW pulled close to draft a little, but miss-judged the closing speed. Focusing on the bumper in front of him, he did not plan the next pass of the slower car on the right. At 120 plus mph, you cannot oscillate the suspension on any car without a tail wag. I felt bad for the guy in the 968. He did nothing wrong not even a block since they were both in the same class.
I was definitely taking chances in that race to get back to the front . I passed almost 30 cars in 7 laps and would have been challenging for the lead had a double yellow not dropped ending the race early.
The incident on the front straight was a bit weird,. From my observation and knowing the two drivers it appears to be driver error. The BMW pulled close to draft a little, but miss-judged the closing speed. Focusing on the bumper in front of him, he did not plan the next pass of the slower car on the right. At 120 plus mph, you cannot oscillate the suspension on any car without a tail wag. I felt bad for the guy in the 968. He did nothing wrong not even a block since they were both in the same class.
I was definitely taking chances in that race to get back to the front . I passed almost 30 cars in 7 laps and would have been challenging for the lead had a double yellow not dropped ending the race early.