American Le Mans series at St Petersburg

I was up to 4th, having a good race... a couple of spins, but everything was fine. As I was trying to keep Ken Jagger behind me, I got behind a driver that was determined not to be lapped again. I got a little frustrated and got on the power too early, nosing the car into the wall. Pit for damage, out a lap behind Ken. Still 5th, which was fine. Then I got distracted by some parts laying in the middle of the track and (I believe) RvS coming up behind to lap. Again into the tires, and then someone else hits me. I'm sorry about that—I was in the middle of the track and you had nowhere to go.

As for the driver that Ken and I were trying to lap. I don't expect you to just jump out of my way, but I expect a little awareness that some cars are coming up to lap you and to at least try to be a little more sensible.

I'm very frustrated because I had a great finish in store today.

Had it not been for the cutoff time for unregistering - I might not have done this one.

I wasn't really in the mood for 2h45m of street racing haha :( My weekend seemed too short.

Anyhoo, the pace was okay, didn't really make a difference since not many showed up in GT1.

I just stuck on Hards for the first two stints, and ran on boost 2. Wasn't sure what happened to Conor early on or if that was strategy or what. :P

Just tried to push hard without putting it into the walls. Had a few close calls, and screwed up turn 1 with a lazy half spin. Thankfully no one was around me when that happened.

The last stint I had to pit early because the Hards were not lasting as long as I thought they would.

Softs and mostly boost 3 for the final 55 minutes wasn't enough to run down Conor or even make a dent in the gap. So kudos to him for the pace he was able to pull off :)

Kind of kicking myself for not taking part in the first two events, as the drivers championship could have been ... interesting :P Oh well.

Congrats to winners, and champions of the series! I'd have to do the math if we managed to win the Team champ or not. I'll wait and see.

Not too impressed with some the P2 protos today. Most likely a product of the environment but I've seen a lot better at tracks like this.

The race started off a bit chaotic. Couple laps in, a P2 driver U-turned in front of the GT/LMPC field, catching the LMPC leader, I believe, putting him into the wall. The incident happened right in front of me and created some chicanery which I was able to navigate without much trouble. Don't know if it caused any issues behind me or not.

About 20 min in, I got "delta winged" by a P2 in the quick right-left chicane before the hairpin. I slid across the grass and hard into the tire barrier. Left side was completely gone but luckily, the pits were close by.

Back on track a minute later, I wasn't too sure how that affected my strategy since I was too ticked off to think about it. I had to play fuel strategy because of this uncertainty, which worked out quite well as I only needed one more stop after saving a ton of fuel.

While I had quite a few issues with the P2s today, I thought the lapped GTs were perfect. A few hesitations and overreactions here and there but otherwise, you guys were great.

Grats to the other winners and to all the champions.

Mr. McConkey, thanks for subbing in for the team the last half of the season. Not only do I appreciate your service to the team, but I am sure Tim and Todd do as well :)

See you all next season!

In Qualifiyng I expected to be on pole and I was with my best time overall.

The race started with a scary moment for me, on the slow section an LMP driver got sideways I couldn't avoid him and hit him so I god a little damage, loosing the first place, but Mike was kind enaugh to let me pass to the lead.

As time passed I build a gap to second fast, also with the help of LMP's, and I tried to stay out off trouble and give room to faster guys.

I didn't have to much trouble with the LPM's except one moment, lap 91 I think, when 2 LPM's approached me before the slow shicane, I intended to let 1 to pass and other after, but the second guy had another opinion, he showed his nose just to kick my end to a spin, no harm no foul, I continued and after a couple of laps on lap 95 the big one.

Just before the fast shicane 2 guys passed me and I checked if its someone, I touch the inside wall and got projected into outside tires at full throttel.
My car was a wreck, I still cannot belive that the car was able to continue. Without a wheel and with a lot of damage a crawled to pits where I lost 151 seconds, and my gap of almost 2 laps to second place.

I got out in 3rd 15 seconds behind.
I managed to close the gap and overtake the 2 Erickson's (sorry to Barret for that litle spin) and win the race.

I think the multiclass races are awesome, I cant wait for the next season.
Grats to all guys.

I'm a bit disappointed having fought my way back after a early spin to first place, only to be collected by a spinning P2. Impact was pretty hard and after repairs the car was still a mess. Could hardly reach 6th gear on the main straight and no ballance anymore. Im sorry, but Im not gonna drive 2 more hours with a f.cked up car.

On the brite side: I was just in time for the kickoff of Holland-Portugal :).

Not happy and very disappointed. 2 laps and I'm already pushed on the wall by a P2 that could not wait to rejoin after its spin and try to do it while the whole GT field is coming... the worst part is that it came from a experienced driver, who I would never expect something like that. And by the looks of it, he don't imagine the accident as his fault...

After return from the pits almost 2 laps down, was just trying to grab 2nd place, to hold the teams title. Luckily I was able to get it, even with some mistakes from me and others.

I need to say thanks to all GT field and most part of the P2 field for being disciplined on lap/being lapped. Sad that we always have one or other driver that don't have the minimal condition to drive in multi-class racing safely.

Thanks to everyone who joined this season, and looking forward for the next one.

Overall, was a fun race until I stuffed it into the barrier!.

I had a good pace and had some good racing with Marcos Jr. There was a car in trouble at the end of S1, and Marcos had to slow and I tapped him into a spin (checked the replay..) Sorry about that.

I was not sure about other P2 srategies but I would have been good for at least a podium if I could keep going.

Hopefully I will join for another race.

Congrats to the winners, etc..

Thanks,
Paul.

I entered this race with very good hopes of having a good result. Unfortunately something personal happened to me before the race and, while I had the pace to contend it got the best of me, and I think it showed during the race.

Had a spin early in the race and ended facing the wrong way. Marcos hit me, but the car was still good. However trying to spin the car back, I hit the wall and punctured a tire.

After a while and going third during the race my girlfriend started to talk to me, and hit the wall again, this time losing a wheel. Decided to wait on the pits with the crippled car until the end.

I think I did not did any harm to traffic despite my awful mood during the race. Apologies if I managed to hit somebody, no intentions were involved.

Again Felipe, I'm very sorry I spoiled you're race. The track was clear when I started the move, but I shouldn't have taken the gamble. My bad.

..jokes aside John, but yeah the game was also a piece worth watching!!
My race was ok, did do a mistake here and there but happy to finish up. Had my usual battles with Anzolini, clearly he was faster though I had the upper hand at the end with 10min to go but wisdom struck my head and preferred to take the car for a new set of tires and finish up flawless!!