GT2 - A/B Lobby with 158 points for P1.
Door #7
After regrouping my thoughts, I tell myself "Just be clean." I don't care how slow it feels, slow is smooth.
Qualifying was much better this time around. Smooth was indeed fast. I set a 2:05.409 on my first flying lap. Good enough for provisional pole. But on my second flyer, I was up a bit at Skyline but ran into traffic at Forests Elbow and that was that. The Corvette from the last race would go on to set a 2:05.302 and Flip a 2:05.397. Q4 6 tenths away from the Top 3. Pretty pleased with starting Q3.
Time to race!
No one up front makes a mistake in the first turn this time. But Flip gets by the Corvette as we make our way up the mountain. The Corvette would get too wide going into The Cutting and pick up a half second track limits penalty.
This would create an opportunity to get by them down Conrod, Flip just a little ways ahead. But he'd be gone and never seen again, just off in the distance.
I still was just trying to keep it clean, a good gap has opened behind me as well. Perhaps I got too relaxed on Lap 5, where I made my only mistake of the race. The Esses, again.
It's really the Groundskeeper's fault. They missed a spot. But I'm sure those stewards back there were shaking their heads in disappointment seeing me smack the wall again.
The gap behind had closed now. I lost one position and I was exactly where I didn't want to be. Sandwiched between the Corvette from before and a Jaguar also from the last race (and winner from my Grand Valley round).
A couple laps would pass like this. The Corvette would get by somewhere. Then exiting The Chase, the Corvette ran a bit wide and put some tires on the grass. I think the pressure from me behind caused them to panic a bit and briefly lose control.
We came very close to touching, but after review, the error was all them and no contact was made (phew! I was worried).
Now to work on the Jag ahead. And my chance to overtake didn't take too long. Lap 8 at the top of the mountain, the Jag ran wide and onto the grass just before Skyline. I was so focused on their bumper I followed them a bit but I managed to keep control of my car. They did not.
I'll take P2, thank you very much! I'd again pit at the end of Lap 8 for new tires and fuel.
The rest of the race was clean and uneventful. After everyone had pit, I was back up to P2 and on the last run down Conrod Straight I could see Flip way in the distance clinching victory!
It was a good race and P2 would earn me 152 points. My best haul ever, the promotion to A rank has been a boon to my results. CRB, too which is amazing in its own right.
. I should probably practice for the 12hr of Sebring on iRacing anyways 
