- 11,908
- California
- GTP_WRP001
Great race today 👍 I'll consider it a very good day anytime I finish in front of NEPALII (which won't be very often). Battled with him from pretty much lap 2 to lap 35. Here's my extended race log:
I started 6th after a poor qualifying effort. I didn't do bad on my first stint with full fuel, but in the 2nd stint with light fuel I managed to mess up every single lap and ended up with a 1'28.28 as my best lap. Not bad, but should have been 1'28 flat with lower fuel.
On the start I got bogged down in 2nd and dropped from 6th to 8th. Looks like the guys up front tried to go four wide into turn 4 and King and Terrible had contact sending King off into the dirt putting me in 7th. I passed ekke to the inside of turn 6 and settled in behind TJ and Nepalii in 6th.
TJ and Nepalii battled for position for the next couple laps and I managed to split them and pass both with draft assist at the end of lap 3. TJ fought back for a moment, but went off track wide into turn 1 on lap four and left Nepalii and I to battle it out for 4th.
Nepalii and I caught Hydro under draft at the end of lap 5 and I passed Hydro at the start of lap 6. Lap 5 was my fastest of the race with draft assist from hydro @ 1'27.853. Hydro split Nepalii and I and it took most of the lap for Nepalii to get by which enabled me to get enough of a gap to keep Nepalii out of the "strength" of my slipstream and also I started catching the slipstream of terrible (2 seconds back at the line) by the start of lap 7.
I passed terrible under draft (@180 mph) at the end of Lap 8 and moved into 2nd on Lap 9. Terrible fought back hard most of lap 9 and stayed on my bumper, but I had a great exit and launch from the final corner which allowed me to hold 2nd until turn 1. Laps 10 and 11 were repeats where I'd create a gap on terrible and he'd be back on my bumper by the end of the straight into turn 1 with Nepalii 3 seconds behind.
Lap 12 terrible got loose on turn 4 and allowed me to get away and allowed Nepalii to close on him. Nepalii passed terrible on the final straight and took 3rd about 4.5 seconds behind me. I think terrible pitted at this point as well.
The next five laps I drove on my own and just tried to keep Nepalli out of my slipstream. I was losing about 0.25-0.50 per lap to him, but the gap was just large enough so that he didn't get my slipstream before he pitted on Lap 17.
I pitted a lap later after lap 18 from 2nd, but had some issues exiting as Hydro came to the barrier of turn 1 from his lap at the exact moment I got there so I had to yield and came to almost a complete stop and came out in 5th. Lost a good amount of time there and Nepalii slid in right behind me. I lost time that lap to Hydro on my cold tires and Nepalii closed in on my bumper by the end of lap 19.
Nepalii passed me on lap 20 and I fell back to 6th. We exchanged positions back and forth for a couple laps (21-22) as we closed the gap to Hydro. Nepalii got by Hydro on turn 1 of Lap 23 and it took me the entire lap to pass as Hydro dove into pits. Leaving Nepalii in 2nd and me in 3rd about 2.5 seconds behind at the start of lap 24. Over the next few laps I trimmed the gap to 1.4 seconds until I spun into the grass on sector 3 of lap 28. At the line of lap 23 I was 4.4 seconds behind and figured I blew my shot at 2nd.
However the gap back to 4th was very large (33+ secs) so there wasn't much to lose in going for it so I pushed hard. I think Nepalii made a few minor mistakes and I gained 1.8 seconds back on lap 29. I gained another 1.1 seconds on lap 30 and got into his slipstream 1.6 secs back so at that point I knew I had the speed and track position to take 2nd over the final 5 laps.
I took 2nd position from Nepalii under draft at the start of lap 33 and held him off for the entire lap and into turn 1 of lap 34. Nepalii overtook me in T2 of lap 34. I retook 2nd in a side by side drag race going over the line to start the final lap 35. I had a little more momentum and got the inside line for turn 1 and kept the lead. Nepalii pressured me big time the entire lap and was on my rear bumper going into the final couple turns.
At that point I figured Nepalii had the better position and would draft pass me going to the finish line so I decided to go for broke on the final turn and try to launch to the finish and hit power as soon as I dare. I nailed it pretty well and stayed way to the inside coming down the straight. Nepalii also got a good exit and was closing fast as we neared the finish. But my lead was just enough to hold him off by a car length at the line.
A gap of 0.128 at the line after 53 minutes of racing! Fun stuff. 👍
Here's the fast forward replay of the leaderboard so you can analyze your own race:
I started 6th after a poor qualifying effort. I didn't do bad on my first stint with full fuel, but in the 2nd stint with light fuel I managed to mess up every single lap and ended up with a 1'28.28 as my best lap. Not bad, but should have been 1'28 flat with lower fuel.
On the start I got bogged down in 2nd and dropped from 6th to 8th. Looks like the guys up front tried to go four wide into turn 4 and King and Terrible had contact sending King off into the dirt putting me in 7th. I passed ekke to the inside of turn 6 and settled in behind TJ and Nepalii in 6th.
TJ and Nepalii battled for position for the next couple laps and I managed to split them and pass both with draft assist at the end of lap 3. TJ fought back for a moment, but went off track wide into turn 1 on lap four and left Nepalii and I to battle it out for 4th.
Nepalii and I caught Hydro under draft at the end of lap 5 and I passed Hydro at the start of lap 6. Lap 5 was my fastest of the race with draft assist from hydro @ 1'27.853. Hydro split Nepalii and I and it took most of the lap for Nepalii to get by which enabled me to get enough of a gap to keep Nepalii out of the "strength" of my slipstream and also I started catching the slipstream of terrible (2 seconds back at the line) by the start of lap 7.
I passed terrible under draft (@180 mph) at the end of Lap 8 and moved into 2nd on Lap 9. Terrible fought back hard most of lap 9 and stayed on my bumper, but I had a great exit and launch from the final corner which allowed me to hold 2nd until turn 1. Laps 10 and 11 were repeats where I'd create a gap on terrible and he'd be back on my bumper by the end of the straight into turn 1 with Nepalii 3 seconds behind.
Lap 12 terrible got loose on turn 4 and allowed me to get away and allowed Nepalii to close on him. Nepalii passed terrible on the final straight and took 3rd about 4.5 seconds behind me. I think terrible pitted at this point as well.
The next five laps I drove on my own and just tried to keep Nepalli out of my slipstream. I was losing about 0.25-0.50 per lap to him, but the gap was just large enough so that he didn't get my slipstream before he pitted on Lap 17.
I pitted a lap later after lap 18 from 2nd, but had some issues exiting as Hydro came to the barrier of turn 1 from his lap at the exact moment I got there so I had to yield and came to almost a complete stop and came out in 5th. Lost a good amount of time there and Nepalii slid in right behind me. I lost time that lap to Hydro on my cold tires and Nepalii closed in on my bumper by the end of lap 19.
Nepalii passed me on lap 20 and I fell back to 6th. We exchanged positions back and forth for a couple laps (21-22) as we closed the gap to Hydro. Nepalii got by Hydro on turn 1 of Lap 23 and it took me the entire lap to pass as Hydro dove into pits. Leaving Nepalii in 2nd and me in 3rd about 2.5 seconds behind at the start of lap 24. Over the next few laps I trimmed the gap to 1.4 seconds until I spun into the grass on sector 3 of lap 28. At the line of lap 23 I was 4.4 seconds behind and figured I blew my shot at 2nd.
However the gap back to 4th was very large (33+ secs) so there wasn't much to lose in going for it so I pushed hard. I think Nepalii made a few minor mistakes and I gained 1.8 seconds back on lap 29. I gained another 1.1 seconds on lap 30 and got into his slipstream 1.6 secs back so at that point I knew I had the speed and track position to take 2nd over the final 5 laps.
I took 2nd position from Nepalii under draft at the start of lap 33 and held him off for the entire lap and into turn 1 of lap 34. Nepalii overtook me in T2 of lap 34. I retook 2nd in a side by side drag race going over the line to start the final lap 35. I had a little more momentum and got the inside line for turn 1 and kept the lead. Nepalii pressured me big time the entire lap and was on my rear bumper going into the final couple turns.
At that point I figured Nepalii had the better position and would draft pass me going to the finish line so I decided to go for broke on the final turn and try to launch to the finish and hit power as soon as I dare. I nailed it pretty well and stayed way to the inside coming down the straight. Nepalii also got a good exit and was closing fast as we neared the finish. But my lead was just enough to hold him off by a car length at the line.
A gap of 0.128 at the line after 53 minutes of racing! Fun stuff. 👍
Here's the fast forward replay of the leaderboard so you can analyze your own race:
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