Here is the race from my point of view:
I saw 150 speedway event as a spectator, and after that I have decided to participate in the next one, which was the Aston 75.
I was practicing pretty much on Aston Club. Because the race was held a week later, from the original scedule, and i had so much time, i've done 388 laps with XRR before the race. I've made a good setup for qualifing and for the race too. I've made a race simulation three or four days before the race, to test the car, the rubber, and most important, my concentration.
Before the event, I had a 59.67 personal best, which was not very good. Just after luch, I was starting my practice for the race.
At the qualifing, I have not drank Red Bull, but I got wings. I broke my PBs every time I was on the track. Just before the end, I broke the 0:59 barrier, and set a laptime of 58.93. With that time I have qualified to the second row (
3rd pos).
Than the
race was coming. (I DON'T REMEMBER WELL, SO PLEASE SORRY IF SG IS NOT TRUE
)
I have made my first ever flying start (
2nd time actually, because there was a flying start practice just before the race), and it gone not so well. Dropped back to 5th position. Strokes and James was just in front of me. They where doing better lap times, so the gap was gained. And (as i remember) in the 5th lap Strokes made a mistake, he was stuck in the wall after the first chicane. I was trying to avoid the accident, but I can't. I crashed into him. Luckly I was able to rejoin the race in front of Strokes. And after that the concentration race was begun. Many people made mistakes. I don't. I dont know how, but got in front of James also. Than at lap 42, the pace car come out. I had luck again. Gallindo, who was 2nd, was on a two stop strategy (
probalby to avoid the puncture). He gont into the pits one or two laps before the pace car come out. Gallindo was very unlucky, made a small mistake, and got a penalty for pit lane speeding. My one stop strategy was payed out. And when the pit lane was opened, I quickly moved to make my one and only stop. I found myself on the 2nd place. Yankman was in front of me. He cathced the restart much better than me, and after that nothing was changed or me. I was just trying to concentrate on my race, and do not any mistake. After 74 laps (
Fishfix: it was a 74 lap race, because the formation lap was counted as a race lap...) the checkered flag came out, and I have finished the race on 2nd place many-many seconds behind Yankman. Actually, I was the only one who finished the race, and not lapped.
Few things more:
Fishfix: I saw the race at autocross, you made the right desicion to not let HogaMan race. I mean, Hoga is a very fast driver, a very nice man, but these times he can't be serious. The PD team was made their own desicion.
I become 2nd because I was concentrating. I've made bad lap times (over 1 minute), but I didn't made any mistakes by myself. To finish 1st, you have one thing to do, and one not to do: be serious, and dont make any mistakes. The only one, who done that was Yankman.
Maybe you was too serious...Fishfix hit you from the back, made a big mistake,
but you cut his head off! :slap: Please apologise next time.
PS: I am sorry, i'm not clear about tenses in english, but I hope you understand me
. And thanks for Fishfix to organize the series!