I enjoyed the race last night. A little recap from me:
I qualified third fastest. After the race, I'm guessing that Diabolic didn't put down a qualifying lap. The start messed up, and the restart messed up. I started on the pole. Geezer was quickly behind me, and at one point passed me. I knew Pyxen was faster, but he was still caught in traffic.
I think on lap four, Geezer hit me kind of hard entering the first straight. My tires were going, so I was braking a little early anyway. I took light damage on both back corners. But, it was even, and it wasn't slowing me down. My car wasn't pulling, so I rode it out.
I made it to my scheduled pit on lap seven. I was in first at that point, and expected to lose positions. I figured I'd make them back or not depending on how pits went. I was still very happy with how the race was going.
Pyxen pitted with me, I think. I come out and he quickly catches me. On lap nine I think, Pyxen is trying to pass me in one of the chicanes. He gets into my right rear and I take moderate damage.
My car is now pulling a little to the right.
Pyxen gets away from me down the straights, but I catch back up to him entering the esses. I hate passing entering the esses cause I know I'm going to be slow. I know whomever I pass will just pass me back. I'm off the throttle a little, behind Pyxen, and my car pulls a little and I don't correct it enough.
I touch the grass and then hit the wall.
I'm very upset at this point. I feel like this wreck is Pyxen's fault ultimately, and that this wreck is really going to cost me. I was hoping to beat Dikarika, but he gets by me now and gets away.
But, I can't be upset with Pyxen. Now that it is night, I wreck myself. Even if Pyxen hadn't wrecked me, this wreck was enough to let Dika get away.
Now, I'm out of the pits for the third time, on lap 12. I don't want to pit again. So now I have to stretch my tires for eight laps. It is going to be exciting.
I chase down Bowtie, a couple of times. He gets away from me in the bends, but I chase him down in the straights. And each of my laps is getting slower than the previous lap, by about two seconds.
This is the fun drama part. The last lap. Pyxen has run out of fuel! I can't be upset with him now. The battle for fourth place between Bowtie and myself now becomes a battle for third.
I catch up to Bowtie on the fourth straight. He is on the right side, and I come up on his left. Bowtie moves to the left to block me. That is legal.
I move to his right. Bowtie moves to the right. That is in violation of F1 rules, and I think of the GTPlanet OLR.
But Bowtie starts getting very physical. We are just a big rolling wreck all the way to the finish line. Fortunately, I finish third. But, I think as soon as Bowtie hit me, I had third. I don't think he would've argued the position at that point. He was just fooling around.
Kids, don't drive like that for real.
It was a blast. I had fun. I wrecked myself though. Maybe next race.
