I was really annoyed after watching the replay just before going to bed. I knew I could do the full race non stop on softs and had a strategy where I would stay with
@Easyprey007 and
@Bluemoon as best I could until their stops and then try to hold my self together for the run to the flag. I was hoping for a third place behind Naacs and Incey as I knew no strategy was going to get me near them. Unfortunately the whole thing turned to poo at the first turns. I got a good start but being on the left of the grid it just put me on outside for turn one. There was a shoving match going on between easy and moon through turn 1 and 2 with first Moon shoving easy wide and then easy diving back under moon for the exit of the corner. Easy pushed moon out to the track edge at the exit of the corner and unfortunately I was still outside both of them trying to avoid contact, easy and moon shoved me off track and then I went side ways back across the track in front of an innocent
@mmm_homebrew. sorry brew.
Anyway I dug myself out of the sand and set off to see if I could make up any time. I was pushing harder than I planned and was slowly gaining on those from 3rd place back when I put the inevitable rear wheel in the dirt at turn 3 and had another spin, that was 20 seconds I had lost and I knew that was going to make my strategy almost impossible to work.
I pressed on though and once everyone had pitted I was back on easys tail, comfortably ahead of cola, moon was in the lead doing a no stopper on RMs. It was then head to head for me and easy with him on new RMs and me on half worn softs. I was quicker at that point but unfortunately I almost ran into the back of easy as he braked for turn three and ran wide into the sand in avoidance. That was another 10 seconds gone and Cola got through at that stage meaning my plan was pretty much over. What pisses me off the most is if wasn't for those lost 30 seconds I would have taken 2nd place and 3rd in the championship.
I am sort of happy to finish 4th place in the championship, easyprey really deserve the 3rd though, but I'm still disappointed I couldn't get the job done for a top 3. It's been a loooong time since I featured in the top three.
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