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Re: No Tears No Excuses
I handed that guy a win on a silver platter. I red lighted on a .400 pro tree by 1/100 of a second. This loss could possibly cost me the Pro 8 season championship. I've been cutting a lot of .00X lights and I hit this one a bit too agressively.
He blew up the motor on this pass (all the smoke). Then he tried to fix it in the pits and had a bad nitrous explosion while one of his crew was leaning over the motor. I was about 10 feet away and it almost popped my ear drums. That guy was lucky not to have had any parts blown into his face. If he can't get his motor back together, my job will be a bit easier on Saturday. We're currently tied in points for the first place.
What I can't figure out is why he tried to chase me? I red lighted and I saw the win light on HIS board right away. If that was me and I knew my opponent just red lighted, I would have let off immediately. Why not save the car for the next round? The only reason why I stayed in it was because we made a change right before the race and I wanted to see what she could do. Made a difference of 7/100 of a second and a new personal and C5 Corvette world record.
That's racing. He's got a Big Chief nitrous motor and his car is quicker than my car. 540 cubes and a big tire vs 346 and a 28 X 11.5 tire. Simple math. He lost to me in the finals few months back when he shook the tires on the launch. I'm sure he was saying "I handed Paul the win on a silver platter." It sucks but you take your losses and you move on. If you dwell on them for too long, it'll be detrimental to your performace in subsequent races. 90% of your evaluation time should be spent on the rounds you won, not the ones you lost.
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I love that hole-shot! Was the guy next to you spray'n, kind of looks like it or was he just smoking bad? Nice vid...thanks :thumb:
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