Despite missing the practice heat and driving a busted kart (#8) in the qualifier, no, really, it wasn’t my driving for a change; I had a better run last night. Given how much better…well, all the league members are at this, I did manage to come in seventh place (out of eight, someone didn’t show). Again, I am proud to say when the race really mattered, I didn’t get lapped.
After how shitty my qualifying run went, I had a spinout and my glasses were knocked off, I decided to change my strategy. Instead of driving aggressively, I went with a more focused approach of keeping everything steady. Despite falling behind the initial pack during the race’s first couple laps, I hung in there and when a small cluster resulted in one opponent getting spun out, I passed him and stayed ahead until the checkered flat. My average (or best?) lap time wasn’t as good as last week (over 20 seconds) but I pulled through and earned two points instead of the one pity point.
Next week’s plan, definitely remember to participate on the practice run, maybe get something to keep my glasses from coming off and I gotta’ get a mask which won’t fog up my glasses