Thanks all for the racing tonight. I also enjoyed watching the replay and have put together some race analysis from my perspective.
RaceOnOz S6 D3
10/2/2019
Dragon Trail Seaside II
Started in 8th with a high 46 in qualifying. Got into 5th place after the first corner, a good start. Pitted on lap 1 for RSS tyres (emmo46 and X-3vilm00n follow me in and change to RS) and came out in 11th.
BOMBCAT_097 and Azzbang237 pit on lap 2 (both on to RS) who were in front of me in 2nd and 3rd before I pitted on lap 1 and I jump them both moving in to 9th, so the undercut worked okay.
Half way though lap 3 BOMBCAT_097 passes without too much fight from me as didn't want to lose too much time battling and BOMBCAT_097 had the superior pace in qualifying. I tuck into BOMBCAT_097's slipstream for lap 4, but he touches the grass on the last of the esses and I nearly go past, but somehow he slots back in front of me without any contact.
I take 8th pace as the race leader deltron2016 goes into the pits for some RS tyres coming out in 12th; another big undercut. Turn 1 of lap 5 emmo46 try's to go around the outside of me and it is a drag race to the chicane, but I have the inside line and emmo46 backs out.
Lap 6 I catch the first of the RH runners, COME_AND_GET_ME7 and slot into 7th place after turn 1. Then BOMBCAT_097 goes wide again on the esses and spins out handing over 6th position. At the end of lap 6, OZIMO-TUBBY_85, Toranafan-02 and Se7endan pit for RS, RSS and RS tyres respectively putting me into 3rd.
Lap 7 I catch Buster_Danis who peels off into the pits for some RS tyres, but lap 8 deltron2016 is hot on my tail and we're side-by-side for most of lap 8 and 9 before he finally takes me just before the esses putting me back into 3rd.
I get some clean air until lap 14 where Toranafan-02 takes me around the outside of turn 1, great move. I then make a mistake around the hairpin allowing Se7endan to poke his nose on the inside, but I manage to stay in front up the hill and hold 3rd position.
Lap 15 I set my fastest time of 1:
45.600, but the celebrations are short-lived as Se7endan sends one up the inside of turn 1 putting me back to 4th.
Lap 17 X-3vilm00n has caught me up and things get a bit awkward around the fast right-hander as he hits me in the rear sending me into the grass and before I know it, I'm back into 7th position (X-3vilm00n redresses and goes back to 8th) loosing about 5 seconds in the process. Oh well, that's racing. X-3vilm00n then takes me on lap 18 just before the chicane pushing me back to 8th, but I take back 7th on the next lap on turn 1.
Patg65 makes a challenge on lap 21 running a little wide on the right hand kink before turn 1 resulting in slight contact before going around the outside putting me back to 8th. OZIMO-TUBBY_85 also makes a move near the end of lap 21 putting me into 9th and he holds his position after turn 1 of the next lap as I try to go up the inside, but go too deep into the corner.
On lap 23 Buster_Danis in 6th place runs wide into the wall on the esses gifting me back 8th position. On the last corner of the last lap, Patg65 rubs doors with OZIMO-TUBBY_85 slowing down OZIMO-TUBBY_85 who I drag to the finish line just slotting into 7th place by 0.011 seconds. An exciting finish, but not through any skill of my own.
Overall race time of 43:02.858 which was 12 seconds off 5th place so couldn't have expected much better than 6th anyway even without my racing incident, so happy with 7th. Overall, an enjoyable start to the season with some fun battles, minor mishaps and some close moments. Thanks ROOZ!
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