The bad luck continues at Road Atlanta.
I just had the worst race of my life. Race #1 at Road Atlanta was a fiasco. I started 22nd out of 24 cars, which didn’t help. In the chaos of the first lap/first turn, I picked up several positions, and over the next few laps, worked my way up to 9th position. Then, everything went wrong.
Over the next several laps I went off course several times. You can tell by the way I was driving, I was getting increasingly frustrated. I had contact several times with different cars, pushing too hard to move up in the field. It didn’t work out.
At the end of lap 8, I tried to make a move coming onto the front straight and I hit the wall, flipping the car over and dropping into 24th position. I was able to carry on, but I pushed too hard again, going off track in turn one. I finished the lap, but never did catch the pack.
Over the course of a 28-race season, I know I’m going to have some bad results, but the way this one unfolded really stings. Let’s hope I don’t have another race this bad in the future.
The top five in points after three races are:
- Lou Mindar (33 pts)
- Thomas Suzuki (30 points)
- Callie Carr (29 pts)
- (tie) Richard Chan (25 pts)
- (tie) Gonzalo Perez (25 pts)
Next Race: Road Atlanta Race #2