Your start looks pretty impressive on my video. I couldn't see the flag and by the time I moved over to see it, it was waving.

My off in turn 1 was because the Miata on the inside of me was in full brake lock up (can't see the smoke in my video). I was waiting for him to turn in... waiting... then at the last second he found some grip. At that point I was choosing between being right and doing body work.