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[trygve]

Same race, different video... Made a good start, almost got hit in turn 7 on lap 1. There was interesting action in my rear view mirror on lap 6 in turn 7.... Anyway, finished P5.

Good to see you out there, Tom! Similarly disappointed that Sunday was canceled. In qualifying and race on Saturday I was chasing tire pressures downward -- they got way, way too high in both sessions. Boy did I get that wrong. And in the race I heard & felt a wheel bearing going bad. Very loud vibration in right turns. To get a head start on the fix, I removed the wheel carrier after the race before going home, and then on Sunday morning brought my spare wheel carrier containing a fresh bearing... to find the day canceled. This meant I had to complete the repair before I could load the car on the trailer and go home -- d'oh!

https://youtu.be/hpLQ1MPZhDk

[78F350]

Originally Posted by trygve

Same race, different video... Made a good start, almost got hit in turn 7 on lap 1. ...

Nice video. Off behind you and back on just ahead of Tom. Looks like if he braked a fraction of a second later you would at least have had some of his paint on your car.

[thstone]

Originally Posted by trygve

Same race, different video... Made a good start, almost got hit in turn 7 on lap 1. There was interesting action in my rear view mirror on lap 6 in turn 7.... Anyway, finished P5.

Good to see you out there, Tom! Similarly disappointed that Sunday was canceled. In qualifying and race on Saturday I was chasing tire pressures downward -- they got way, way too high in both sessions. Boy did I get that wrong. And in the race I heard & felt a wheel bearing going bad. Very loud vibration in right turns. To get a head start on the fix, I removed the wheel carrier after the race before going home, and then on Sunday morning brought my spare wheel carrier containing a fresh bearing... to find the day canceled. This meant I had to complete the repair before I could load the car on the trailer and go home -- d'oh!

https://youtu.be/hpLQ1MPZhDk

Great video! Glad that weren't caught up in the mess on Lap 6/Turn 7.

Sorry to hear about the wheel bearing and the subsequent Sunday morning repair. I was able to get my stuff packed up pretty quickly but then had the 6-hr drive home.