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Wow, good for you. Still addicted to these feelings called

Empathy
Wisdom
Intellect
Charm
Dexterity
Strength
Fortitude
Power
(gross)
Luck

What other conclusions have you found? Their Validity requires Vanity. Always remember that any madman needs a messenger to materialize. Like silly Sisyphus and his sycophants who seem certain to accede anyway. These echoes collect and coalesce, making a voice heard only in the infernal internal imburnal. It changes my mind whenever I think of her. This confirms why Documentation is Evil. Shut up, you fool!

Round 2 - Pace Petroleum 6 Hours - Results

Well it was better than Round 1 at Monza, but not so good overall. I only made it just past the 3.5 hours mark and then the left front brake disc exploded. I could have tried to keep the car going, but I had spent most of the afternoon being lapped and I was tired of making way for the faster cars to pass.

The first hour heralded a flurry of blue flags. The pace difference to the fast guys was just too great and wave upon wave of them came up from behind me. I couldn't establish any rhythm at all as they caught up to me at different parts of the track. I was a bundle of nerves and I decided to pit early to try and calm down.

The second hour wasn't much of an improvement. I began feeling pain in my left shoulder and my right knee, so I scaled it back and cruised around, not pushing my body or the car. In my second pitstop I stepped out of the car and smoked a cigarette to relax. I was in my customary last place anyway.

By third hour there were a few retirements and the line had strung out, so there were brief sequences of 2-3 laps where I could hit the pace I had in practice. I was beginning to make up the time I lost for the previous long stop. I pitted again and did some stretching to prepare for the fight back up the order.

I regained my confidence and the feeling for the car and hit a string of good laps and that's when the brakes failed. Maybe I stressed the car too much in my eagerness. Maybe the mod needs some adjustment for endurance racing. I expect another patch before the next round. It is probably the biggest, most important and most dangerous race of the year; 44 laps of the Nordschleife, Nurburgring... The Green Hell.

(pics from HSO Website)

Pos	Driver	Car	Laps	Gap	Grid	+/-
1	Jon Maycock Rob Swindells	1.4* Lancia LC1 Spider	260	6h00:47.30	3	+2
2	Jan Kowalski Juha Bos Michael Drechsler	1.4* Lancia LC1 Spider	258	+ 2 laps	1	-1
3	James Knowles Raul Jereb Timo Vermeersch	2.7* Porsche 956	253	+ 7 laps	2	-1
4	Mick Chapman David Jaques David Jundt	4.0 Sauber SHS C6	250	+ 10 laps	9	+5
5	Alberto Ibanez Jason White	4.0 Ford C100	249	+ 11 laps	5	0
6	Pascal Mikula Pascal Kalide	3.0* Porsche-Kremer CK5	247	+ 13 laps	7	+1
7	Filippo Marazzi	3.0* Porsche 935 (G5)	220	+ 40 laps	15	+8
8	Matthias Weber Jacob Fredriksson	5.3 Nimrod NRA-C2B	174	DNF	11	+3
9	Yves Plaçais	1.4* Lancia Beta Turbo (G5)	146	DNF	12	+3
10	Claudio Augusto Philippe Henrique	4.0 Rondeau M382	138	DNF	14	+4
11	Andre Lagunzad	3.5 BMW M1 (G5)	118	DNF	16	+5
12	Martin Lacina Michal Janak	4.0 Ford C100	109	DNF	6	-6
13	Richard Wilks	5.3 Jaguar XJR-5	90	DNF	10	-3
14	Jason Whited Bruno Chacon	2.7* Porsche 956	88	DNF	4	-10
15	Raul Jereb	3.0* Porsche 935 (G5)	58	DNF	17	+2
16	Dana Schurer	1.4* Lancia Beta Turbo (G5)	52	DNF	13	-3
17	David Jundt	4.0 Sauber SHS C6	43	DNF	8	-9

searching for a destiny that's mine

Starting Grid for Round 2 Pos Car 2017 HSO Driver(s)  Time Gap 1  Juha Bos  Michael Drechsler  Jan Kowalski 1:15.132 2  Raul Jereb  James Knowles  Timo Vermeersch 1:16.008 + 0.876 3  Rob Swindells  Jon Maycock 1:16.476 + 1.344 4  Bruno Chacon  Jason Whited 1:16.802 + 1.670 5  Jason White  Alberto Ibañez 1:18.125 + 2.993 6  Martin Lacina  Michal Janak  Petr Hlavac 1:18.640 + 3.508 7  Pascal Mikula  Pascal Kalide 1:19.474 + 4.342 8  Jonatan Acerclinth  David Jaques  David Jundt 1:19.582 + 4.450 9  David Jaques  Mick Chapman  David Jundt 1:19.717 + 4.585 10  Richard Coxon  Richard Wilks 1:20.419 + 5.287 11  Jacob Fredriksson  Matthias Weber  Jon Hawkins 1:20.513 + 5.381 12  Yves Plaçais 1:25.599 +10.467 13  Dana Schurer 1:26.057 +10.925 14  Roberto Mello  Cláudio Augusto  Philippe Henrique 1:26.453 +11.321 15  Filippo Marazzi 1:27.752 +12.620 16  Andre Lagunzad 1:29.125 +13.993 17  Raul Jereb  Timo Vermeersch No time

I switched back to BMW M1 (but from another team). I just couldn't get the RX-7 going fast enough to take advantage of that car's lightning quick pitcrew. I still have the slowest posted time though in Qualifying. But who knows, maybe I can still fight for the class win. I have been consistent enough during the long stints and have put in a lot of practice laps. Just a few hours now until race start. I must sleep and rest so that I can be alert and in good condition for this endurance event.