As mentioned in some news comment heres my little personal race report, bit more detailed, bit more interesting (i hope).
I really wished to find some time earlier, but the week was just too busy. Joined another leage, the ESCC (hosted by Electronic Sports League) with a huge and strong international grid. Further i had to visit some special lessons to get my drivers license back, but uhm, thats another story ;). And its easter-holiday which means for me that i dont have to visit school, but work 2 more days a week, so im kinda wasted in the evenings. Anyway, we gotta get through that, right?
Wednesday was the start of the ESCC and i only had like one hour of trainig in my really hated front wheel driven UF-GTR, because ive been playing some snooker with my grandpa. But still the race went pretty well, i qualified for 7th 3 tenth behind the pole and managed to finish 8th in the first race after some lack-of-training-caused driving errors and a quite long fight with my mate RudiTurbo. Starting from pole in the second race (8 positions being turned round for the 2nd race) i could get like 5 seconds off the field, until i again hit the inner gras with my outside tyres - yeah the car is thinner than i thought - and a guy from Cyber-Racing cought up to me. until the finish which was still 10 laps to go we had the dirtiest fight ive ever seen and i know a lot of car-stuck girl scenes ;) We both just got everything out of the mini-like car there was or wasn't. It was about all or nothing, champaign or water, money or girls. If the brakepoint usually was 80 meters before the corner it was now 50 or less. Tyres and eyes started burning of being treated too hard and sweat running over our faces like the gran cannyon. finally i passed him in the last lap in turn one the last time and he couldnt get closer than 0.06 seconds anymore till the chequered flag. Overall 2nd!
The following Monday ESL Pro Series went on. With good motivation from the first place in the Raceabout the race before and the good fighting experience from ESCC i've been training quite a lot for the LX6 race one Westhill (reversed). Really a nice combo with nice flow. You are always between 230 and 100kmh, sometimes more, never less. Even better this time: Rear Wheel Drive. One could well say that the Lx6 is my favourite car and husky seemed to like it either, as we had double-pole after the qualifaction. The race started and i went to 8th position. Why? because rolling starts really suck without fitting rules for start-behaviour. The leader of the field is the only one without slipstream, so wheres the advantage of a fast qualification time there? No matter, frustrated and adrenalin pushed i fought myself back to 1st position, did the fastest lap and overall really felt well in the car, even if it was easily damaged from start-procedure. I was somehow able to adjust myself to the ex-centered wheel, which slightly steered to the right the whole race, cause The Toe (direction the tyre looks into) got damaged in the beginning. The 2nd Race i started from 8th (same grid turning as in ESCC) and fought myself to 2nd place without too much happenings that are worth to mention. Just sweat, adrenalin and concentration - as usual. 31 Points from the first and 27 from the second race means 58 points and the overall win again, the second in a row. I also took over the championchip standings. Hope to keep in that good mood and rythm the next time, and that girls dont get me off track again ;)
gotta get back to work, cheers o/