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- snoopykuan
I had a fun face. Thanks guys for letting me in 1/2 way. Because I joined in progress, I had an advantage of upgrading my car with a lot of power.
As for the race, I really enjoyed having a faster car while keeping a faster driver behind. At the beginning of the race, I was worried about wiifreak and diabolic so I was trying to build a gap to break the draft. I think a 2-second gap was sufficient to break the draft. I was also concentrating on not crashing after last week's race where I pitted almost every lap.
About 2nd or 3rd lap, wiifreak ran into me after Mulsanne because i was braking super early for that tight right hander. I was braking on the straight at about the 100m mark, coasting through the 1st right hander, and then braking again for the tight right hander. I got a little damage left rear, but it did not affect my car at all. So luckily, I was able to build a small gap to wii/diabolic.
At end of lap 10, I pitted and wii as well. I had used up about 75% fuel so my pit took a lot longer. I got out at 4th, behind diabolic, chulyer, and wii. Wii and I ran some fast lap at night. After diabolic and chulyer pitted, I was closing a little on wii, until he ran slightly wide after Mulsannne and got into the sand. i passed him accelerating to Indianapolis. I think that was lap 12.
After that, Wii stayed glued to my bumper for the entire race. I was a little stressed, especially in the dark. No matter what my time was, he was right behind, usually about 0.3 gap. I wanted to break the draft, but at the same time had to conserve tires. After about 2 laps, I guess that his strategy was to keep close until the last lap.
At the next to last lap, I got a little loose after Indianapolis, and I figured it was going to be real fun with worn tires. Wii passed me at the first chicane. I stayed behind going into the 2nd chicane (so did he, as he slowed to about 150 mph). I drafted and passed him after Mulsanne. Then he pulled off an amazing pass on the outside at the exit of Indianapolis. I drafted and passed him going into Porsche, and managed to slide my way to the finish.
Too bad diabolic was not with us the last 1/2 of the race. That would have been real fun.
Looking forward to next season. Endurance races are fun, especially with heavy damage.
As for the race, I really enjoyed having a faster car while keeping a faster driver behind. At the beginning of the race, I was worried about wiifreak and diabolic so I was trying to build a gap to break the draft. I think a 2-second gap was sufficient to break the draft. I was also concentrating on not crashing after last week's race where I pitted almost every lap.
About 2nd or 3rd lap, wiifreak ran into me after Mulsanne because i was braking super early for that tight right hander. I was braking on the straight at about the 100m mark, coasting through the 1st right hander, and then braking again for the tight right hander. I got a little damage left rear, but it did not affect my car at all. So luckily, I was able to build a small gap to wii/diabolic.
At end of lap 10, I pitted and wii as well. I had used up about 75% fuel so my pit took a lot longer. I got out at 4th, behind diabolic, chulyer, and wii. Wii and I ran some fast lap at night. After diabolic and chulyer pitted, I was closing a little on wii, until he ran slightly wide after Mulsannne and got into the sand. i passed him accelerating to Indianapolis. I think that was lap 12.
After that, Wii stayed glued to my bumper for the entire race. I was a little stressed, especially in the dark. No matter what my time was, he was right behind, usually about 0.3 gap. I wanted to break the draft, but at the same time had to conserve tires. After about 2 laps, I guess that his strategy was to keep close until the last lap.
At the next to last lap, I got a little loose after Indianapolis, and I figured it was going to be real fun with worn tires. Wii passed me at the first chicane. I stayed behind going into the 2nd chicane (so did he, as he slowed to about 150 mph). I drafted and passed him after Mulsanne. Then he pulled off an amazing pass on the outside at the exit of Indianapolis. I drafted and passed him going into Porsche, and managed to slide my way to the finish.
Too bad diabolic was not with us the last 1/2 of the race. That would have been real fun.
Looking forward to next season. Endurance races are fun, especially with heavy damage.