16/07/2022
***WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER***
Last night we took the Inside Lane Sim Sports Ford Mustang V8 Supercar to the LA Coliseum for some short track craziness in the Skypoynt Dirt Oval Series special tarmac event. With not much time to practice due to hardware issues, my pace in both the prac session and the Qualifying session were off, placing last in Q1 and starting from the back for Heat 1. With only 15 laps, getting through the field on a quarter mile track was going to be difficult, to say the least. The car hooked up and turned into an absolute hot rod driving through the field to get the Mustang to 3rd and with a last lap incident between the lead and 2nd place car, we were able to sn**ch the win, awarding us Pole for the main race.
Main race started well, holding the lead for 12 laps before submitting to 2nd place, not wanting to race aggressively so early in the race. Falling in behind the lead car and settling into a rhythm, whilst using a slow in/fast out approach, we let the race come to us. With 25 laps to go, our competitors tires started to fall off, allowing the Inside Lane Mustang to regain the lead, slowly building a gap out to 1.8 seconds. A late yellow recompacted the field for a Green/White/Checkered finish. With two to go, the field had little to bring to us and we drove off to a 0.9 second lead in the 800m left of racing, to take home the win!
As always we like to thank our sponsors and supporters: The Sim Racing Edge Inside Lane Productions JTH Signs J-Tune Automotive Matt's Car Care H. M. Mechanical Toowoomba Staunch bullbars Australia pty Ltd LR Esports Network
Watch the race: https://tinyurl.com/23qtbg36