Misano GT

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Grats to Tristan for the win, and Eduardo and Joao on the podium.

Q: Not as fast as I was in practice. Got down into the :40s in practice, but had to settle for a :41.4 in Q. Oh well.

R: Had a great start and made up quite a few spots both on the start and in the many first lap incidents all 'round the track. Had a great time trying to keep Glenn W behind me for the first 7 laps or so. A small error on my part let him slip through, and that was that. Stayed up in mid pack through most of the race, in fact. Had a few battles with some other drivers, a little bumping & rubbing, but all's fair. You may have qualified ahead of me, and you may be faster, but I'm not just going to give it to you. Unless I make a mistake.

Tooled around in 17th for quite a while, trying to keep the tires under me which were starting to go away. I'm sure at the end of the race I would have had to fight Daniel S for the position, but with less than 5 minutes to go my fuel light goes on and I have to duck into the pit for a splash and go. But I didn't set up my pit prefs for a splash-and-dash (I should remember that for next time) and my crew filled me up all the way. Slid all the way down to 22nd. And that was that.

Great racing by everyone. Thanks to the drivers who were courteous when lapping me. You don't know how much I appreciate that.

See you at GP200.

I had a absolutely great time! I was totally impressed with so many cars,1st turn,1st lap hardly any bumps. I got alittle one i right rear but i'm on the gas and covering the brake for a full lap anyhow. I just didn't want to get spun tonight and i didn't. Worked hard for setup and self control not to waste tires. Jim and me went at it for 7-10 laps, I had spots that i'd pull up along side and he had his spots and took it right back.I figured maybe he'll get tiered and make mistake or just surrender to me...LOL. I tell you i used so much self control to not spin or slide to much to conserve tires,the pots in pedals are getting bad again and its hard to feather throttle and brake.(Ordered new ones for next week) Also,I remembered to put fuel in after qual!!! Yes! I even set it up for a slash and go if i didn't do my math right. I had 2-3 real good battles tonight. My finish in 14th might not impress some people but the racing we did, made it worth it. I should be 13th but my teammate slipped by with Prado when i pulled over to be lapped. I tryd and tryd to run Rob down and take it back,but my tires were pretty slippery at the end. I ran them in Yellow for at least 10laps, and ended in Red with couple bars gone. LOL, Great Time.

I almost forgot ... I hit someone head-on (I have no idea who it was) that was stopped in the middle of the track facing the wrong way. I want to apologise for that -- I couldn't see you until the last second.

Awesome 3/4 of a lap for me. Off the line I went from 23'rd to about 17th. About half way into lap 1 I had made it all the way to 11th. Going into the corner right before the pit I was punted by Gribble and right into the wall. I had yellow on every back panel and an entire red front end. I tried to drive it off seeing as a pit to fix this would put me down a lap. After getting squirrely in a bunch of corners, the steward told me to park it.

The start seemed promising. I guess I got my hopes up.

First Race with the Vette and I will tell you something. This thing is fun to drive.
Couldnt improve much my qualy time but I was looking to give TB something to worry about during the race.
Had a bad start and drop to 3th going to T1 and I realized there as someone on my inside when i see something coming on my right monitor. It was AL sideways on the inside curbs looking for a pass. I gave him space and repass him on the Hair-pin. ON the middle of Lap 1 me and Al came together and I dropped from 3 to 15 position and AL went to pits to pay his penalty. SO my dream of racing TB or at least give him a shade was gonne and now my aim was the TOP 5. I raced hard made some good overtakes and had a lot of fun driving the Corvette.I Couldnt make a TOP 5 but was FUN!
This will be a great SEASON.

PS: I hope you keep Racing TB with the German Hi-Tech bettle , your attendance make the races much more interesting.

Congratulations to Tristan, Eduardo and Joao.

Qualified 20th with little practice and rough set-up but I got a good start and avoided the early mishaps.(thanks to the guys who followed me through without punting due to low visibility)

Stayed in 12th-13th for most of the first half of the race then gambled on stopping for fresh rubber. Exited pits in 21st but expected more drivers to stop for tyres too. Not sure how other cars/set-ups affected tyre-wear but my Skyline with my set-up had no chance of going the distance.

I made up some positions as drivers struggled with bad tyres and finished in 18th, managing a few low 1:40's. The best duel I had was with Josh Troy in his SuperFat Aston Martin. Well done defending your position for so long Josh, your tyres eventually let you down but I had fun trying to use my exit speed to beat you to the next corner before the Aston Martin's grunt got you there. Good racing mate!

As always the standards of driving were high and its a pleasure racing in such a well organised environment.

Qualy went pretty well. I was able to pull a 1:38 which was not too bad even though it was two secs slower than Tristan. The Volvo just isn't the fastest car in the pack but it's a heck of a lot easier to drive.

Race- meh. Got punted in T1 and went down to 29th. Made it back up to 17th by lap two and then - disco . . . .

What a way to start a season.

Congrats to Tristan and the podium. Team Kamikaze - Alpha and Omega.

Very unfortunate stuff there in T1 Herring. In the heat of the moment, and from what I could determine from my mirrors, it felt like a "large blue object" pushed me through the corner for the tap on your right rear. At that moment I didn't think that was punt-worthy -- but of course I reviewed the footage and the -1 lap penalty was perfectly justified; great race monitoring as always by the steward(s).

That said, I certainly wasn't expecting that little stab at the breaks considering all that room you had to the right of Kemmerer ;) Haha.

Regardless, lots of fun guys! -- see ya' next time.