On the green flag I got a great start and I managed to get past everyone in the class. By turn one I was in the lead. The car just hooked up really nicely. I had a couple of battles on the first lap and by no means was it easy. But then after that first lap, I was able to build a gap over second place and they couldn’t catch me from there. It was smooth sailing.
How’s your racing season been shaping up since then?
That was the first race of the year, late June/early July. That was round one. Since then we’ve had a second round. It was going well. I was back in the Civic, a front-wheel drive platform. Getting reacclimated to front wheel drive didn’t take too long. In qualifying I was able to put the car on the front row, in second place. I got another fantastic launch and I was able to take the lead again after the first turn. I had the lead for most of the first lap and then I got passed and went down to third. It was a very hot weekend and before the end of the second lap the car went into limp mode, which restricted the power. And it was like that for the rest of the race and I finished last in class. But there was pace in the car and the driver so I’m hopeful we’ll be right back in the mix, fight for the championship and get back the points we lost. In my most recent race, unfortunately the engine blew up in qualifying. I managed to find a back-up car to get some points at least.
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