Originally posted by dazzlesa@Aug 29 2005, 12:34 PM
jeremy 1st
brandon 2nd
rick 3rd
victor.4th
that is what i remeber. semi wet track,antony on the pole,he did not race.awesome job by jeremy and brandon. victor gave me hell for third. tricky slippery,no full course cautions.
one wild moment is when brendon was on the outside of me in 1and 2 for the lead while slidding. boy am i glad that my car is in one piece . the race was probably a blast to watch. rick
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My perspective:

A great race. I finally got through all the bugs in the nissan, and boy having a car that runs right is a lot more fun. I qualified on my old tires to save rubber for the race and started 5th. New tires for the race. I got a good start and went to go around Hunter on the outside and have marks on both my mirrors from getting pinched into the wall. No big deal though, phew. Then the first time through the oval was interesting, just trying to figure out how slippery it really was, and that it wasn't consistent all the way through. Coming out of turn two Rick was in first with me, Jeremy and Victor 3 wide behind. Victor kept sliding up and we actually made contact, definately a deep breath moment to hit at the fastest part of the track. Somehow Victor got through 3 well and at the end of the first lap it was Rick, Victor, Me, and Jeremy. I managed to get a run through 11-12 and passed victor through the oval, the car was all over the place but i was still able to get around the outside. The next lap led to the afformentioned pass attempt on Rick, through the oval side by side. He held me off, but the next lap i made the pass stick in 3 when i figured out the rumble strips on the inside were actually dry enough to drive over. Tried to pull away from there but Jeremy kept the pressure on, and as mentioned the conditions were quite trecherous, especially through the oval. We had a great run, and eventually he made the best of my mistake and traffic. Unfortunately whoever was in the red BMW really didn't watch their mirror and screwed up any last lap chance of pressuring Jeremy. Congrats to Jeremy, and thanks to everyone for a exciting, fun race.

P.S. Rick, Andy B. was in turn 1 and got some great footage of the start and our side by side run through the oval. I'll try to get it posted somewhere.

Brandon B