I overachieved today.
Thanks to my surgery, I didn't have the chance to practice for more than a few minutes here and there. With Eddie having alien speed
(I believe he was faster than Tony today), Spurgy on the field, and with my right side sorta blurry thanks to some residual swelling, I thought 4th would've been all I could do.
As usual, I had a good start, but I did overshoot T1 a bit. I did recover
(although I think my slip-up may have hurt Travis), and settled in to watch the Tony/Eddie show. Soon, Spurgy came up and with a small mistake at T1, I was at the rear of the train, dealing with draft from three cars. I managed better than expected, so I just hung around until the pit stop. Unfortunately, Eddie tipped his hand way too early, so it became a monkey-see, monkey-do. That only means that there would be big winners and big losers.
For once, my strategy would pay off. You see, I like coming in late to the room because the game will usually give you a late stall, the ideal spot if you're coming in with others. My stall was first, so there was hardly any delay. Tony also got lucky, but Eddie and Spurgy were the big losers. I was on the edge of Tony's draft, and my outlap was the best I could've hoped for
(and it also aided in setting a PB). I reeled him in, but I had a feeling Eddie was going to push like mad to catch up. Therefore, it became a balancing act, passing Tony only when I had a good run and vice versa. It worked quite well, and it appeared that it was going to be another classic finish.
Then the... something happened. Not sure if I got distracted or there was a lag spike, but I thought I was going to crash right into Tony at T2 with a few laps to go. Lost ground, but it also threw me off rhythm. Started pushing, and that bit me hard when I bopped the wall once or twice, and lost the draft. I was able to match his pace, but I needed one slip up to have a shot.
No dice.
I did finish 2nd, which is great, but also hilarious. You see, out of 95 races that I've logged, that's the 29th time I've been runner-up. I can't make this stuff up.
just take the free 12.
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