Congrats on the 2nd place finishes, Kevin. Big Debut! You put in a great qualifying lap and drove great races. What happened at the standing start for the saturday race, missed shift or hit the rev-limiter? Not bad for your first standing starts, either way.
I don't think you deserved that much of a penalty for the contact with the VW, 1k fine is a bit excessive. You made her take a defensive line through T6 and got a run going into the braking zone of T7. She knew you were coming and decided too late to shut the door. She would have been better served by taking a defensive line into T7 as well. You tried to back out and drove over the curb to avoid but she turned down too fast (which is why she spun). She certainly could have left a bit more room for you to work with knowing you were looking inside, it was almost a chop. In the officials eyes, you probably needed another foot or so of overlap under braking and then it would have been more her fault than yours. Tough lesson, I guess the series has to come down on the new guy to make sure it won't become a pattern.
