USA MC: Trois-Rivieres

Classic Tortoise and the Hare. This is a tricky track for a tricky car. My only strategy was to stay out of the wall and finish. Managed a 16th to 7th jump. Good fun and glad I could stay out of the fast guys way!

First time in these cars, had a decent race going running 3rd behind my teammate and hanging with him pretty easily. Then I started overdriving it even though I had a nice 4 second lead over Enis in 4th. Next thing I knew I was sliding sideways into the tight left at the end of the long straight, nicked the wall and stalled it. By the time I got it running again I was back in 6th and 13 seconds behind.

I started working on the gap when I made a exit mistake in the same corner, blocking the track and taking on more damage. I had smoke streaming from the front end but I was close behind 6th and 7th place cars.

Next thing I know 6th hits the wall gifting me 7th. Then later that lap just as I am about to make a move Rob Aincough dove into the pit handing me back 6th. I was well down (30 seconds) so I was just bringing it home when I saw the gap coming down to Enis and as I passed the pits I saw Chris in the pits. Turns out there was some kind of timing error because Enis never slowed and I finished 5th.

Grats to Wyatt.

Well.. didn't hit anything so i guess its safe to say that race went pretty well :D ... In qualifying it was again 2nd place and again Wyatt on the pole by a miles margin :).

In the race same pace continued , Wyatt disappeared and i had my hands full with Kent behind me. After few laps i got some breathing room and from there on it was a lonely race. Never had the pace that i managed to do in practice and that was a bit annoying , now i was more than half a second off pace.

Wouldn't have changed the result anyway , Wyatt was so much faster than anyone else that there was not much to say.

Congrats to Wyatt for the win and cheers to podium finishers.. :). Thx all for the race and cya in next one...

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Samuel

Qualifying:
Good qualifying for me. Although more time was to be found, but it wasn't possible today sadly.

Race:
Man, I'm running out of luck in the races lately. Lost very certain 3rd place to a no fault of my own. As it happened on lap 20 backmarker was coming back on the track, before T3 (corner before the bridge), while I was approaching the corner and then stopped, in fear of not colliding with him I went a bit wide and just touched the wall. Car stalled and lose me some 15 seconds there. Damn.

Other than that, tried to keep up with Krueger, did menage in some laps to match, or even surpass, his pace, in others he was faster.

Congrats again Wyatt, insane pace.

DISCO FEVER!!!!

This race was a disaster for me. Qualy'ed 14th, finished 17th. First lap, turn 3, I hit the inside of the wall just under the overpass, spin and caused a couple others to spin or slow down, sorry guys, completely unintentional. That little spin really messed up my car, so I pitted, 1 1/2 minute pit stop! Come out a couple laps down already. The car isn't driving correctly still, I eventually hit another wall, mess it up bad, pit again, over 2 minutes this time. Come out and it still isn't handling right, I hit another wall, mess it up, pit again, over 1 1/2 minutes again. Just awful. I kept going just so I wouldn't get a dnf. Glad that is done and out of the way. Looking forward to another track.

Fun race and got some points for the team tonight. Chris got me at the start and I stayed on his tail for 20 laps, trying to conserve my tires and keep pace. He and Enis got into trouble and I was lucky enough to slide through the wreckage. I didnt have enough practice in the car for the track, but luckily I've logged a good bit of mileage at Trois and various races in the Megane's. I feel good about scoring a podium when driving with guys like Wyatt, Sam, Kent, Enis and Chris. Great racing guys and congrats to Wyatt.

FYI: It looks like the standings for the AmeriCup and EuroCup are swapped??

not the best way to join the league. i started in the back and paid for it. got caught up in a crash and had to take to the pits right away. it messed up my car and was never the same. took me like 5 laps to get the hang of the settings and by then it was to late. oh well im new give me a couple races and ill have this down.