Good Day at Giants Stadium. Weather initially was suspect, but came around during the middle of the day. Turn out was thinner than usual because of the weather, I am sure, but was still good fun.
I think 9 runs total, 5 in the morning and 4 in the afternoon. The morning session was kinda wet, light rain with temps in the 50's?? and traction was marginal. Scoreboard was not functioning so times are from memory. We got a parade lap
and then a practice lap and then real runs begin.
First Run: 3/4 speed maybe just kinda finding the course and what the Kuhmo's could handle. 54.something
Second Run: Full speed and ran a 53.something, evidently full speed wasn't so full.
Third Run: Spinning off the line and not taking the best line through a couple critical pionts led me to a 50.something.
Fourth Run: Good out of the hole and through the first section, but as I approached a big sweeper at the top of the lot the car drifted and I could not make it through a gate which led to an Off Course
To that point it felt good.
Fifth Run (final run of the morning session): Dipped into the 49's, so at least I am now in the same time zone as the rest of the class.
Sixth Run (first run afternoon session): Conditions now are more favorable, pavement has dried considerably and the light rain has stopped. So with improved grip just about everywhere I click off a 46.something. This is the first run in the car where I can feel the advantage of the big 17x11 with 315 Kuhmo's. Size Does Matter.....
Seventh Run: Feeling confident and altering my line through a few key points on course I post a 45.something, but that may have had a cone....Still good, I can clean the cone up and now am putting pressure on the guy in front of me 198ESP.
Eighth Run: So now the pressure is on to put up a number and make 198ESP chase me,
. And bam....mid to high 44.....the pressure has been applied.
Ninth Run: Homerun time....Conditions are about as good as they will get on this day and so I lay down my own best of the day 44.51. (Enough to make 198ESP wet himself in grid.)
All of this leads to a 2nd place finish in class U. Although the finish is in dispute because 198ESP on his the last run of the hit the ball out of the park with a 42.9 (as announced to him at the finished line)
But the official scoring during tropy presentation had no record of the run. So either the voices in his head finally got the best of him or timing screwed up?? 42.9 would probably have been 2nd fastest time of the day. They are going to look into this further.
As of now though, Class U 2nd place belongs to me.
