I honestly thought I was toast when I saw Mr Brookes was entered! As Kenny has said its a quick circuit!
So after the 2nd Practice when I found I was 2 seconds up I was very surprised but knew kenny was only going to get much much quicker as he hadn't get used the full brunt of his horsepower!
And sure enough, 1st timed run he took 4 seconds of the time and ended up 3 tenths quicker, myself on a 72 dead, Kenny on a 71.71.
2 Runs left, and I knew I was facing an uphill struggle, as Kenny was gaining more knowledge and confidence in the course and saking lots of questions and the course.
2nd timed run, I decided to give it everything I could and went for it big time....I knew I had gone quicker, but how much, I had no idea, all I knew is I was shaking ridiclously with adrenalin and knew I wouldn't gain much more from the lap, maybe a couple of tenths but nothing huge. When the times went up I had taken 8 tenths off my time to gain a 71.2 and Kenny went a tad slower with a 72.07.
We both knew it was close and it was going to come down to the last run, unfortunely as we were lining up the course was read flagged as a MX-5 had embedded itself in the barrier, not what I needed to see as I was trying to get pysched up to try and go quicker than the last run!!
Anyway, the last run was going well, I thought I had gained sometime through the first 4 corners that all interlink, left, then left, then right, then left again which are all 3rd gear with no straight inbetween to getting teh car setup for all of these is very important, messing up on 1 leads to the whole section being wasted. But then I came to teh first chicane, which was very tight and 2nd gear for me, Kenny was taking it in first to stop him getting lag from his turbo out of it. Anyway, I braked slighty to late and took out a cone....run ruined....I was proper p!ssed:banghead:
Returned to the paddock in a massive grump with myself. Only then see Kenny on his last lap lockup and head straight through all the cones of the last chicane which was after the quickest part of the track.....
I then knew I had done it, shame we both messed up the last run, but I think we were both to pysched up with the pressure, as there was noway I was going to let him beat me easily!
I'm sure with another run then Kenny would of got quicker with his extra power, as I was right on the limit in the corners as I knew on the 2 fast straights he would be reeling me in!!
Anyway, top day, good competition, top track and nice weather....can't get better than that:hurray:
Nice to the usual suspects along to support!
