Well, the internet access where down so we couldnt do any updates during the weekend.
Friday and first qualification: we just put the car out of the trailer and on the track and that took us to nr 1 spot with 6,68s and 335 km/h, and the first half of a new european speedrecord, Again!!!
Q2 went up in smoke due to overadjustmeant of the car, learning by doing is the only way to get valuable data for future tuning.Friday evening we changed engine, Dexter where put to sleep in the trailer, and Douglas took its place in the feared Stratus. warmup saturday went good, and we where eager to se the numbers it could do. Q3 got a little loose in the clutch, shut of the engine at the 330feet and then back to pit to adjust.
Last Qualification went really good, the weather was 2000feet and we made 6,70s and 333 km/h with the new engine, perfect run and the engine delivers the numbers we wanted to see.
Now we are ready for raceday.
Nr one qualifier, trackrecord, and the fastest prostock car in europe, what can possible go wrong……..
Up against Mats Jakobsson in Elimination round 1, and i gave it all away…..Redlight for me and the Alastaro championship race where over before it had began…..If i had have a weapon under my seat i probably would have shoot my self in the end of the track….And thats probably why you dont have weapons in a race car. Well, the fault is mine, and all mine, i cant blame anyone besides myself. and the emotions where all opposite to winning streak in England and in Tierp. Easy come easy go.
3 days have gone and i am starting to be myself again, but one thing is for sure, i will never give away anything again. This made me a stronger driver, and the team got closer as ever.
We are still pointleader in the championship, but Jimmy and Callin is right behind us so this will be a fight al the way to the finals in england. We will do our best to defend our position and we are ready for round 4 in Hockenheim, Germany.
/ Thomas Lindström