COT: Talladega

Screen lock whilst taking lucky dog. When it came back I had VHR technicolour and was facing the wrong way with lots of flashy red bits on the hud. Time to call it a day.

Got blitzed by the crazy driving on Lap 1 (!!) where Fernando made it 3 wide into T3 and Bruno followed him into the gap. Rob Milliken went up the hill a little bit towards Fernando, which pushed Fernando up into Joseph who was sat on the outside; neither of whom should have even been there on cold tyres at the end of Lap 1! Looks like Bruno lifted, came down and had to avoid cliping Rob (who was minding his own business on the inside) and ran into a retreating Fernando.

Net result: about 2/3rds of the field with heavy damage and 1 dnf. The numbers speak for themselves.

The inevitable smash started and I picked up damage to every panel of the car. Couldn't get above 185 for the rest of my race even in the draft. Saw some stupid driving out there today. These plate races bring out the worst in people it seems.

Watching the replay it's not suprising to see that the cars at the front are always the ones who are rock solid and on rails where-as the guys causing accidents are the ones skipping all over the place and constantly changing lines.

Sorry I couldnt stay to race, but something unexpected popped up. Of course something was going to come up. I had some killer laptimes in the draft with Rob. We had the exact same laptime (48.785) tied for 2nd in practice. I was looking for a podium, if not the win. Then I get yanked away, with no chance of any glory today. Sorry we couldnt hook up in the race like we did in practice Rob. We were flying!

Back in stock cars after loong time and first time with this mod. Luckily I wasn't involved in wreck in lap 1 but had to take evasive action which gave me S/G penalty for speeding in pits where I went. Tried to do S/G right after green but did not slowed down enough and got another one :)
Served this one as well and after some yellow I stick with leading pack for few laps, unfortunately touch of the wall ended this.
After my second lucky dog I was again on leading lap, but under yellow went to pits just to reducegrilll tape and got another D/T penalty for speeding oh dear:)
After that just cruised until end and got few more positions from spinners. For the whole time I wasn't part of any wreck and did not cause any yellow which is good for me. Happy with result after so long time.

Cya next time

Congrats to all finishers.

Why didnt they remove your penalty-I see that there was penalties removed from certain people-lets be fair!

Well, I led the first half of the race with Rob pushing. We were able to break away on the starts and pull away. Things were going great even after pitting under green and the yellow came out because Rob spun getting into the pits. I was working my way back to the lead when I got punted on the back stretch ruining my day. Thanks a lot.

If you're not on Teamspeak or in the same room I'm in, then it's your own damn fault that I didn't know about it.

I'm not complaining Why penalty for speeding should be removed? If there is a speed limit in pits it should be followed:)

No penalties should be removed but they seem to get removed from certain people all the time.

You're correct Michael.

Man what a race , had alot of luck on my side and good drafting partners ! survived a 3 sec black screen frezz up just befor the 3rd restart ! thought it was over ..but got back up to my original possition just befor green , sry to anyone who got messed up from that .. Tom we had it goin on for alot of thoes early laps there building a nice gap , i knew it was only a matter of time befor those Gear banger guys got the draft goin ,i saw them pitting and lineing up !! lol they brought it and eventually cought us , Tom so sorry for the contact on the 2nd to last restart the start was all messed up ,If i dident know better id say i got checked by the leader!! haha (cough,cough)..hmmm ..lol
I knew i had a good car and it was real good in the draft especially when pushing It kept me in contention the whole race ,I knew the Gear banger cars were real fast so once they got separated (good thing lol) I jumped on dannys tail and road it out for 2nd , couldent get around him without help ....

Thanks for the laps guys good fun !! i finaly finished a race without getting wrecked ,but just barely .;-)