I have dead arms. I did not see this post in time. It was still awesome!!
Yo yo-ed around like always with boost on, tried a couple of 11 lap stints but was always losing it in the final turn on lap 11 so stuck with 10's. Was just letting it fill right up in the stops, and when I finally figured out the correct pit entry speed to not get a penalty delay in the pits (under 160) I started seeing more of
@warrior2167 and
@Beau_Albert and
@Randm90 . Started getting my hopes up. At the 102 lap mark I started subtracting fuel from my fill, first filled with 45, then 30, and then I nearly ran out of fuel and pitted 2 laps early. Bloody idiot. I filled the tank this time with 30 to go and was still somehow near the front at the end of my stints. Warrior seemed to have disappeared but not for long. Pulled in for my final stop lap 150 and came out in 8th. Was a little concerned but then I saw all the red pit markers pop up over the next few laps and I was right back up there. I actually passed beau too. I caught up to
@Hatfield and
@Clevohead all the while dragging beau, warrior and cyberstig1 and was in amongst it by lap 155. Clevo went low and unsettled his ford, sliding up the track and riding the wall, dropping back. Randm was leading by about 6 car lengths but dropping back towards Hat and beau driving side by side. I was behind waiting for a bump that would send one of them spinning off. Lap 156 I managed to drive around the outside of hat then slingshot by the inside of beau and locked on to randm's slipstream. Beau started bump drafting us both up towards him. Lap 157 that little bump out of turn 1 got me and pushes me high, bouncing off the barrier and dropping back to 6th just behind warrior and ahead of
@Pringles_947 and Clevo. Lap 158 beau has taken the lead from randm and I slipped up warriors inside up to 5th dragging Clevo with me. Hat got a little loose in turn 2 and looked like he was gonna spin but saved it just only dropping 2 places. 159 randm and beau were a rolling road block and Cyberstig and I could not get through. Exiting turn 1 cyber got loose and spun out dropping way back. Beau and Randm were playing leapfrog and I could hold onto their slipstream long enough to make a move. Final lap. This is where it usually goes pear shaped for me, losing a great position making a stupid move. Our leading trio had a small gap across the land Ne on the rest of the field, and beau had one hand on the trophy. I got draft on randm but caught him just as we tipped in to turn 1 so held back. All of a sudden
@Jim_aka_The_Man appeared on his boost lap looking for a way through. Entering turn 2 randm has the lead but on the high line with beau hugging the inside. I think Jim realised he was in the thick of the lead battle and dropped back. Beau got a little wobbly and started moving up the track towards randm, and randm backed off a touch as they made slight contact. Here's my chance!! I moved down low to beaus slipstream and slipped past randm into 2nd. He touched the outside barrier losing his drive and a chance to come back. I was closing and closing and I even got a little tap from Jim just at the line but I just missed out by .088.
Well done Beau!!
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