Where shall we start...
VR Race ... went smoothly, except for screwing up the pitstop by going too close to the wall, and having to do another pitstop to change the left side tyres. Thanks to everyone for a smooth race in my first time out as Nascar Race Control, lets hope it continues for when I know what to do
Inspire Praccy - A lot of pit stop practice
Inspire Qual - I am still shaking my head as to how I qualified 4th. I decided to race smoothly rather than squeaking every last inch after I nailed the wall in T2 on the 2nd VR Qual Lap.
Inspire Race -
* Either Mark R missed the start completely or there were some strategic planning from Monsters Inc.
* First ding, and the one that really killed my race, was getting clipped by one of two cars that had already gone around, the big killer being that I had only pitted the previous lap, which meant that I could not change my strategy to stay on a 5-stopper.
* Second ding was when Odie (whom I really drafted well with) surprised me with showing the pitting in message quite late, and lost it while trying to ensure I didn't ram him from behind. Had to pit from the grass due to blown tyres and got the 30sec penalty.
* Final ding was in the last corner when I took the high line to get some cars who were laps ahead of me to race to the finish and someone slid up the track and got into me, meaning that I crossed the line spinning like a top
All in all, while the final result (27th) was disappointing, it does give me confidence in that I can race in the top half of the field at a drafting track, and that it looks good for the rest of the season. I did well at MichiganBR last season, so I will be looking for my first Cup-class top 10.