I love when it plan comes together. Decided to qualify on SM and was please to see I ended up in 6th, a whisker behind
@Dr_ag_on888 who was also on the mediums, and no that far off the SS runners upfront.
My plan was to stretch them out to lap 15 if I could. Off we went and I was gifted a few places in the opening lap shuffles and ended up in 3rd mid way lap 3. Stuck to the racing lines and was at the head of a queue of SS shod cars but was keeping good pace. I overshot the entry into the long left hander at the top of hill and a couple got past. Not to mind, stick to the plan.
I kept a fast approaching
@Tristan Jones at bay, knowing at the time that his tyres would be worst than mine. Sure enough at laps 8 - 10 the SS cars began to pit. Got my head down and put in some faster laps to take advantage but that cost my lap 15 stop, having to come in at lap 14. However it meant the fuel top up was less than I anticipated.
Out on the SS and approx half a tank and off I went, reeling in the leaders from 4th place. I knew I could catch Bitsamissin and possibly grab 3rd place. As I got close both he and
@shane had some sort of issue (offs due to tyre wear I suspect) and 2nd was there for the taking. A bonus as I was our Joker due to my Joker pick being absent.
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