Paul Hamilton and Jerry Chen run side by side for a LOOOONG time on the final lap. Jerry eventually won out.

Almost didn't race -- I don't really like this track very much -- but as always, I'm glad I did. There was a huge gap between the aliens and the humans here and I qualified between. Watched them drive away from the start and tried to settle down to running steady laps. For some reason, about lap 15 my car got very loose -- I didn't hit anything or overdrove to heat the tires, but for whatever reason, I spun twice and got into the grass once all on one lap and finished any chances of competing for fourth. After that, I bounced off the stupid curb in the esses -- wtbleep is THAT all about anyway? -- and Jerry Chen got by for fifth. Worked hard to catch up, including my race-best lap of a 39.3 and finally caught up starting the final lap. Stuck right to his wing all the way to the back straight and drafted by... But hey, he ain't giving up! Side by side through the long curve, he got a little ahead leading into the next. I drafted again and tried a daring outside pass in the right-hander leading to the short straight but didn't make it. Pushed TOO hard in the next turn and half-spun, consigning me to sixth place, but a few very memorable moments there. Neither of us gave an inch, but we never touched. Competition at its very best.