Well, well... Interesting race.

Qualy:

Ended up in a battle with Tomasz for fourth. I had it, then he had it, then I had it. I was pretty pleased with fourth.

Race:

Fun and Interesting... and then... :-(

First lap went well, I didn't want to try anything extreme for a pass so I held back a bit. Somehow the leaders ended up catching someone on lap one or two??

Things were going pretty well, I was chasing Jon and it was clear I wasn't going to catch him until we came on the back of the field. Going onto the back straight, Jon go held up unintentionally by my brother and I got by, but I let Jon back as I didn't think I should gain the position in that manner. I dropped in behind Jon and tried to stay with him. It was clear he was faster, but he made a mistake in the twisty bits after the Festival Turns and I was close behind again. Another mistake and I was by him. He was still faster, but I thought I would stay out until either:
1. My pit window opened on lap 32
2. Jon got by me.
3. My tires became totally toasted.

Jon and I came up on my brother in the final turn and he slowed where I didn't expect it, and I hit him and Jon hit me. I figured this was my signal to pit. :-)

I pitted and when I came out Jon was about 4-5 seconds ahead of me. I tried to catch him, and I think I was making a little progress, having cut the gap to about 3-4 seconds(?) when I crossed the start/finish...

and rFactor crashed. :-( :-( :-(

Nuts, nuts, NUTS!

It was a great race guys, really. I just with I could have finished properly.

And congratulations to my brother Jim who got a Top-Ten finish in his *First ever* online sim race!

I assume everyone else totally toasted their tires, just like me?