Both days (driver training Sunday and Sprints Sunday) were in the 40s, so lap times were never going to be sensational.
Saturday's highlight - Rucky gave me a drive of the Redback (his atmo race car) - an absolute joy to drive with an engine that revved til forever and slicks with ludicrous amounts of grip. The only downside was the lack of power steering that made it a real handful given the high grip levels. But I certainly wouldn't pass up another drive!
Sunday's sprint times were never going to set the world on fire, not with the temperature killing the available grip, and killing the power output. And especially not when I forgot to turn the air-con off for the second session... Sam had given me number 1 - no pressure then.
Nonetheless I still took about 0.5s off the short track record (Standard NB class) - down to a 1:15.6. I think that's about 1.5-2.0s off where it should be.
The long track was poor though - the aforementioned A/C stupidity not helping. I was about 2 seconds off James' record. Ultimately not too bad a time (1:50.2) given that most other regulars were about 2 seconds off previous bests.
Hmmm, do you think it's time to do the suspension? Check out that body roll!
Next round is also at Winton, but I might pass it up (did the budget this week...) and wait til Haunted Hills. That decision also blows any chances of the Club Motorsport Trophy - I've already missed two rounds... Oh well, it's only a bucket...
