Whew! I think I finally caught my breath.
Having never done an entire lap of Road America in anything other than a computer car, God certainly helped me out with a bucket full of beginner's luck this weekend! I think I learned most of the shifting points from watching Rob's videos and following the guys around in the first Quali. Even got a few pointers from my dad and a friend who has plenty of iRacing laps at this place (not to mention years and years of race engineering). All of which turned out to be spot on!
I have to admit. I had a lot more fun than I was expecting. I thought the long straights would make RA pretty boring, but with all of the drafting, passing and weaving... boring is not the word I would ever use. Not mention how much fun the entire track is. Most of the corners are similar, but have there own personality. 14 was giving me fits all day Saturday, but following that yellow car through there so much finally helped it click (I think).
After watching Rob's video, I can't believe all of the moving around and drafting! There was more 3-wide racing than I thought. All of it was good clean racing though, and it sounds like that was the case throughout the entire field.
There were a couple of moments Sunday I feel kind of bad about tho... I almost take Bill and myself out following Doug to closely into T1 and over reacting on the brakes. I might have chopped Rob pretty hard going into T6 too (after Dave passed me). Sorry about that guys.
Since Rob had technical trouble, here is my view of Sunday's race. Sorry for the picture quality near the end of the vid. I thought I was in a James Bond movie dodging oil slicks!
http://vimeo.com/27763777
Can't wait for Mid-Ohio!!!!
Jason