Thanks guys, I think it was lap 4, I was trying to catch back up to the Saturn, I could see him, and figured that I would slowly reel his group back up, since I guess we lost 3-4 sec. when Colin spun in 5. I had a little trouble on the downhill in the oil the lap before, but I knew that was where I was fastest all week, so I had to work the line a little to keep my speed up. On that lap, I got the front wheels right, but felt the backend slip in the oil. I really struggled to keep it off the wall (whew !!). When I got going again, I think I was about 18-19th, but both my fronts were really flatspotted bad. I worked back up to 8th, and just as I decided that I wasn't going to catch 7th, the right front blew. It ripped the fender and my day was done.
Somebody told me that they could hear my flatspots comming before they saw me ;-}}
As I mentioned before I was really suprised at the level of competition at ARRC. It beats some of the Runoff's I ran. I hope to be back next year, and maybe I can talk more of the NE Division ITA guys to join me.
Thanks for your comments, I am glad we put on a good show.