Qualifying
Qualifying. With the cold weather, the plan was to go out on the out lap very cautiously to scrub in the slick tires for a lap or 2 and then go hard after. Trick being you need to keep the slower cars behind you given that its immediately green.
That strategy worked and we got a 1.295 as our first flying lap. Unfortunately, a combination of traffic and a slow puncture in the rear left meant that that lap was our fastest. I came in after about 6 laps as the times were not getting better, and we were using up the tires we'd need for the race.
Good thing I did given the puncture, which was causing the tire to lose pressure rapidly. I'd hate to think if I'd continued for another 3 laps and that tire exploded down the back straight at 160 mph!
So, not the best time, but we've lived to tell the tale and we can now make it up in the race.
Gridded 9th overall and 4th in class, beside Randy, who's car continues to be plagued with break issues that are difficult to pinpoint.
We've got some work to do, but we're looking forward to it.
Race time 12.55 EST.
