04-29-2013, 09:14 AM
Another great weekend. Although a little rougher on me than previous. I had a great time giving out rides and I love the enthusiasm of the new students that came out. Also got to drive Maeng's car, and was reminded just how dang nimbles those s2000s are.
The Saturday race went well, but Sunday it just was not meant to happen. Qualifying was a little slow but managed to stay ahead for Pole position for the race. In then started raining..hard. And of course I STILL don't have rains (even though it has rained every event this season!). Line up for the start of the race, and come around the pace lap. As we all look up eagerly towards the start stand, the green flag drops, and so does our foot to the floor. At first, I had thought Ron (2nd starting spot) had gotten the jump on me, but then the entire gts2 field passed me like I was standing still. Once the field had passed I could finally hear my own car at full throttle. BZZRRRRR/BRAP/BRAP, sounded like a boxer 4. Not a good sound for an inline six. I limped it around as quickly as I could to the pits, pulled in and hit the kill switch. Let the ECU reset, started her up and must have cleared the misfire code. I run back out, only to find myself one lap behind, right in front of the 2 leaders battling it out in GTS2. Realizing that I Would probably screw up their race if I tried to make a go for it, I let them by, and pulled right back in. Not worth totalling my car trying to come back from a lap deficit in the rain with dry tires.
Unfortunately, equipment errors (no rains), and issues (misfires) bit me in the butt, but the car has ran very well so far this year.
The Saturday race went well, but Sunday it just was not meant to happen. Qualifying was a little slow but managed to stay ahead for Pole position for the race. In then started raining..hard. And of course I STILL don't have rains (even though it has rained every event this season!). Line up for the start of the race, and come around the pace lap. As we all look up eagerly towards the start stand, the green flag drops, and so does our foot to the floor. At first, I had thought Ron (2nd starting spot) had gotten the jump on me, but then the entire gts2 field passed me like I was standing still. Once the field had passed I could finally hear my own car at full throttle. BZZRRRRR/BRAP/BRAP, sounded like a boxer 4. Not a good sound for an inline six. I limped it around as quickly as I could to the pits, pulled in and hit the kill switch. Let the ECU reset, started her up and must have cleared the misfire code. I run back out, only to find myself one lap behind, right in front of the 2 leaders battling it out in GTS2. Realizing that I Would probably screw up their race if I tried to make a go for it, I let them by, and pulled right back in. Not worth totalling my car trying to come back from a lap deficit in the rain with dry tires.
Unfortunately, equipment errors (no rains), and issues (misfires) bit me in the butt, but the car has ran very well so far this year.
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