Wow what a race! JUST got home... had to go online of course and see what's up!
Yeah, the Wreck-Me-Otters were keeping both the stewards and Tech busy, seemed like the ITB/C tech was a little lighter, though they guys were there for a while... I didn't stick around the whole time to see all the details, though.
Had an absolute blast, first time there of course - I was the 9th qual, the guy not in the track record territory (pre-race, anyway) - put it down to inexperience there, some less-than-ideal chassis setup (though not horrendous), and mainly a less-than-fully-productive test day, rewarding as it was, due to some ignition misfire issues resurfacing (finally sorted out during qualifying). Right behind Albin, with Spencer in front of us.
Completely whiffed the start, got run over by a bunch of freakin' C cars up the hill (!) but of course there was a straight to fix that. Still between that and other traffic issues, getting by Chris, after the first two laps we'd given up seems like a couple hundred yards to the front 5 pack of B cars... who were all over eachother in a very tight, exciting race! We held ground for most of the rest of the race, but were too far back to really close back up and come to grips with them... we all messed around a little, then Albin dropped out just past halfway after Spencer got by him - not sure what happened there.
Had numerous other moments of excitement; most notable was lap 1 or 2 going 3-wide through 7 in the middle of a VW sandwich between Albin and the orange ITC Scirocco!! Pulled it out down to 9, though...
Pretty exciting getting through a corner on 12 tires!
I had the occasional bobble, letting Spencer by, but he just didn't have the motor or aero to hang on the straight, so it was pretty much a no-brainer... about 5 laps to go we come onto the front straight as the waving yellow pops out for Trevor who's been escorted over to a nice piece of concrete, it seems, but I heard he hopped out and jumped over the barrier after the car was set. Some back and forth with Doug (Spencer), and working through the lap traffic, and managed to bring 'er home in 5th!
Nice to meet and play with so many great people and fellow competitors - looking forward to doing it again sometime!!! Just don't quite sign me up for next year just yet... still have to recover from all that towing!
And a HUGE thanks to Off-Camber (Steve P.) and my other teammate Chris Marsh (#55 ITB 924) for the use of their rigs to get my stuff safely down and back without issue!