Niagara's Weekly "What I Saw" column
241027 Edition:
We had 7 drivers in D1 and a further 9 drivers in D2 this past Sunday. The month of October, saw a total of 20 drivers participate across both divisions. I saw a couple of new names show interest in joining us in the last few days, hopefully they follow through with their TT's.
@altippy31 and
@Pran01dDroid - If clean competitive racing across multiple divisions is what you're looking for, you've come to the right spot.
Combo#1:
My Combo #1 group shot includes another low flying helicopter. Might be hard to see but he's clearing the power lines by less than 10 ft. Who's issuing flying permits to this guy?
I apologized ahead of time in our D1 lobby that I might struggle a little bit as I'm in the process of converting from a 1-footed driver to a 2-footed driver and the process has been painful at times.
After yet another off-track adventure, I came spinning back on track and didn't ghost in time to avoid contact with
@socalnatv .
Sorry about that Sand. (I applied a filter in this pic for the first time, highlighted the grass clippings, kinda cool)
I settled in a bit after Combo#1.
Combo#2:
Maybe my favorite of the evening and it provided for the whole grid to stay relatively close.
@DublDee , myself and
@Kgffy , nose to tail flying down the back straight during C2R1. I recall us in this Mustang earlier this year. I remember
@Kgffy 's license place and commenting that he would never be issued that plate if he lived in Ontario.
Usually, following
@Nicktune 's line is a very safe path to quicker lap times.
@Worst_Driver and
@Dragonwhisky are 100% committed to his lines in this pic during C2R2. If it's good enough for
@Nicktune , it's good enough for them.
Check out this battle, on lap 11 of 13 between
@Kgffy ,
@DublDee ,
@Worst_Driver and
@Nicktune .
Combo #3:
Group shot.
This race marshal was quick to whip out his yellow flag when
@socalnatv got too quick on the accelerator.
Perhaps the funny moment of the night. On the final lap and running 3rd, about 60 ft from the checkered flag,
@Kgffy got it a little wrong exiting the last chicane and gifted me the cheesiest podium I ever earned. He commented afterwards that he thought about putting it into reverse to see if he could have hung onto 3rd.
Would have been a 2024 highlight in my opinion had he pulled it off.
My fun battle of the night occurred with
@Dragonwhisky . He made a beautiful pass on me on lap 4 on the back straight. I managed to keep him within a second and regain the spot on the front straight of lap 5. I got it stopped in time this week. I attempted the same pass last week at the same spot and missed the corner. I take it as a sign of improvement.
That's how I saw last Sunday. Apologies if you saw it any other way. Thanks for your patience.
See you at the Car-Show.
-Niagara