Overall I was pretty happy with the race although I started off horribly. I made a bone-headed move trying to defend my position with an outside line in the first big sweeper turn on lap 1 - cold tires pushed farther than I expected, clipped the grass and I went into a 4 wheel drift back across the track in front of traffic. Sorry guys...that was definitely poor judgement on my part.

Luckily I didn't take anyone out with me or damage the car, so got back on track in 19th place and worked my way back up to 10th. I qualified 9th so making it back into the top 10 from 19th in a sprint race felt pretty good.

Had some really fun battles along the way although I'm not sure who was who. One gentleman in a BMW was a lot of fun...we danced around and traded positions a few times during the twisty sections but I got a good run on him in the last turn and was able to gain some distance in the long straight. If there wasn't such a huge power differential that would have been an epic battle spanning many laps. Great driving on the Z3's part although it made me feel a little guilty for selecting the Viper - the horsepower advantage was a bit unfair and must've been really frustrating for everyone not driving it.

I did get spun out by a Porsche coming into turn 1 but it was obviously accidental and didn't damage the car any...hope it didn't set the other driver back too badly.

Great race overall though...had a blast and can't wait for the next one!