Road Atlanta SRF Majors Feature race in the rain, March 2015
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 5:02 pm
Just now getting around to processing and posting this one. Conditions were pretty terrible and I hadn't ever been on the track in the wet. I always love a big race being the "learning session" <sarcasm off>. Scott Rettich was second and Jeff Beck was third to start. You'll see Jeff fly by me exiting T5 as he had tested in the rain and had it all figured out. He lost a half-shaft on the second lap and DNF'd unfortunately.
I battled with/passed Gen3's on every single lap of the race starting on lap 3. As it was the feature race, we ran the full 40 minutes in these conditions and I was ready for it to end. You can see me checking my watch every now and then on the main straight.
There were times when visibility (especially behind someone going up to T5) was so bad that I couldn't see my hands on the steering wheel. Lots of trust in the car ahead of you is required.
Somehow I managed to remove the section of the race that had me "wheel-hopping" the car into T10 and subsequently spinning off into the gravel, barely getting out to continue the race. I apparently had a 35 second lead at the time and almost threw it away. That would have been special.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehAErtHqbPY
I battled with/passed Gen3's on every single lap of the race starting on lap 3. As it was the feature race, we ran the full 40 minutes in these conditions and I was ready for it to end. You can see me checking my watch every now and then on the main straight.
There were times when visibility (especially behind someone going up to T5) was so bad that I couldn't see my hands on the steering wheel. Lots of trust in the car ahead of you is required.
Somehow I managed to remove the section of the race that had me "wheel-hopping" the car into T10 and subsequently spinning off into the gravel, barely getting out to continue the race. I apparently had a 35 second lead at the time and almost threw it away. That would have been special.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehAErtHqbPY