fluent to the sky

 

OPC1 Prototype Challenge Round 2 - Hungaroring 300km

I am leading the race, ahead by more than a minute, when I come into the pits for my first scheduled stop at about 1/3 race distance. The pitstop is usually a little over 30 seconds, so I switch off the engine to prevent overheating as the tires are replaced and the car is fueled up. This has been my standard procedure in all the past OEL races. As the service is nearly complete, I try to switch the engine back on but I get no response. The engine has died and my race is over. 

I had problems with the engine of this car blowing up or dying all throughout preseason testing. I thought I had solved it, but apparently not. And now I've thrown away a victory. I'm gonna turn down the engine a bit more for the next race. The laptimes will suffer but it is more important to get to the checkered flag. I haven't finished a race at all in this series. It's been very frustrating.

phantom pain

I look back on the bad things I've done, the mistakes I've made, all my failures. I don't think it was because I was hurtful, or cruel, or even evil. I feel it was impulse, or foolishness, or just plain ignorance. I am not making excuses, I'm just saying. I won't contest any proof of the otherwise. I attempt to make sense of it all, but the more I try, the more the world I see becomes a merciless nonsense. It seems I have fallen into an entropy of meaning.

escape goat

Signed up for Factor Flip Racing League's Indycar Series. Gonna run car #66 for VR25 Motorsports, (I've raced against the team in OEL). I've done a shakedown of the car, and the default setup is easy enough to drive. It's just a little hard to see out with the halo and the aeroscreen. The schedule is a mix of traditional circuits, street circuits, and speed ovals. Been a while since I've done an oval race, I think the last one was the ill-fated RSRA Indianapolis event.

With the OEL Prototype Series and F1 Classic World Championship ongoing, this will be my third active series and I am a tiny bit worried. The last time I tried three concurrent series my performance suffered through all of them. This will be like some sort of Triple Crown challenge, with LMP, F1, and Indycar series from three different leagues. I hope to do well with these fastest types of cars.