Whelen Motorsports Sebring Grand Prix

What a race. Congrats to Mike for win and way to go for Kevin who came from last place at the start to finish 2nd! Way to go dude!

My race was fairly uneventful except for hitting someone who lost it in the last turn before the start finish. Luckily for me I could still drive the car the rest of my stint. Sorry to whoever that was, but you just came around at the wrong spot for me, I couldn't avoid the hit.

I hoped for better than 13th, but I still need to spend more time with this Caddy. It certainly felt better this time, but it's taking me a while to dial in the setup and feel of the car. Hopefully I'll do better than 13th at the next track. Thanks for a clean race to everyone.

I humbly apologize for whatever mayhem I caused. I am not even sure I will continue - the sounds goes berserk, the cars flash on and off, I will install the low res cars and hope that works, and if there is any issue I will drop. This is no fun.

Here's my lesson learned for the night: it's a bad idea to skimp on fuel! Sheesh! I coasted to a stop in the pit lane a stone's throw from my box. Stupid crew could have pushed me the rest of the way :P

Had some good dust-ups up until that point, most of 'em involving Bryce in one way or another :) Was up as high as fifth at one point, but was on my way to pitting in 9th, with a good chance to make some spots back up on fresh rubber. *Sigh* DNF was not how I wanted to start my season.

Got to watch a great run to the finish between Mike & Kevin, though. Well done guys!

Dont know why it started me and Mike Miller in the same starting block? I had to start in between 1st and 2nd on the grid right next to Mike so the game would start the race. Sorry if that caused anyone a problem at the start but there was nothing that I could do about it.

The race was excellent! Mike E and myself had a great battle all race long untill I decided to take a curb to close and dropped the front wheel behind it and sending me spinning, that dropped me from 3rd to 6th where I stayed till the end. Want to thank Mike E for the close/clean racing we had all the way untill 4 laps to go when I spun. Great fun and look forward to the next event!!!!

Kevin showed some blazing speed. He surely would have won this thing if he had an opportunity to qualify. For me to win this thing, I need someone to unplug his computer each night during quali. Fantastic drive dude!

I was struggling during practice. At the last moment in quali, I made some radical changes to the car. I was way too loose all the time so I softened front springs, rear springs by a bunch and rear bar. I was pleasantly surprised that the changes worked well. I drilled home my fastest lap (good enough for pole).

Softening the car worked for quali so I thought to myself, why not, go further for the race. I drop the rear by 1 click and soften the rear a bit more. As the fuel burned down, this set worked even better.

The start was scary with a Caddy sharing the pole grid spot with me. Not sure who it was, but thanks for staying left as much as possible. I'm sure that wasn't a pleasant situation. I got a good start, but Mark pressured me early. He was clearly quicker but made a bobble under braking in the tight 2nd gear right. I wasn't pressured from then on so I concentrated on knocking off solid laps till the pit stop.

I was carrying a bit less fuel than others in the 1st stint and stopped 1 lap early. While my crew was servicing the car, I decided to flip on the names above the cars to see who was where. As soon as the field started thundering past, I see Kevin was in 3rd and getting ready to pass for 2nd. I thought to myself "whoa.. this guy is on fire!@".

By time Kevin and I both stopped he was only 10 seconds back. And he was lapping close to 1 second per lap quicker than me. It came down to the wire. I pushed very hard my last 2 laps. Kevin basically only had 1 lap to get it done. He drove it deep into the corners, but the Porcshe brakes were just enough to hold him off. I think he got a bit greedy on the throttle coming out of the chicane. That and the fact that I ran my quickest lap on the last lap sealed the deal. If he had 1 to 2 more laps, there is no way I could have held him off.

Well that was probably the drive of my life :D. The race time in my mailbox was set to 11:30. So I'm happy I got in on time :D. 2 more minutes of American Dad and I was a no show :P.

I got off to a great start slipping into 15th by T1. Then picked away till I cracked the top 5. Few corners later I grabed too much curb and did a 360 losing a few spots. I then get a hold of the 2nd place car and got inside in T1 but I just tapped ins quarter panel and a bump at the same time and that sent me in another slide.

Decided to pit not too long after and take fuel only hoping just to keep 2nd and maybe have a big gap incase the guys behind took tires. When I left the pits and saw Mike 9 seconds ahead I decided to put the hammer down. Gota hand it to Toyo, they made one heck of a tire.

This was looking like a last lap battle only for me so light up the rear tires on the exit of the hairpin and it cost me enough to not be able to make a run at Mike.

But what a great race. It was a blast. I had the best fight trying to pass Bryce. We were side by side for nearly half a lap, banging doors. Congrats to Mike for the win, great job everyone and I am really looking forward to the rest of the season.

Sorry boys, was at OC autoshow during the day, and then came home to watch the Angels game.

I coasted to a stop in the pit lane a stone's throw from my box. Stupid crew could have pushed me the rest of the way :P

Hutch, if you leave it in neutral, and step on the gas, the crew will push your car. But you have to have "pit crew push" turned on in your .plr file.

I got nailed on lap one in the chicane. not sure who did it but I got hit from behind or the right side. Had to pit the next time around. Then on Lap 15 my game when whacky and all the textures were messed up and I had to back out.

What a great race till I got a stop and go penalty???? I had a few people watch to see where it occured and no one can see why I got a black flag? Look at my lap 9 and 10. Kevin S comes screaming down my right side. Under braking I locked up my rears and did a slow lazy spin and barely touched the wall. I got away losing 2 spots and immediately got a stop and go penalty? I figured I would do my stop and go and then pit during the stop and go? I learned that you have to serve a stop and go seperatetly??? Why can't I just serve my 10 sec stop and go then start my pit right after? Well since I couldn't start my pit, I had to go around the track with .4 gal of gas left. Thats right, I ran out of gas about 3 corners into that lap. Oh well. I had some great battle in the 12 laps I was out there and was running 14's and 15s. Should of been a top 5 tonight. S.O.B. Should a, could a, would a......See you guys at the next event.

>Hutch, if you leave it in neutral, and step on the gas, the crew will push your car. But you have to have "pit crew push" turned on in your .plr file.

Really??? That sounds for all the world like an April Fools joke, but I'll try it :) Thanks Jerry!

Does anybody know, can you choose from your pit board whether you're serving your stop and go or pitting? Haven't tried it yet, but I think you might be able to do that. I don't know why you got a stop and go either, Bryce, the results file doesn't give a reason. Weird.