I left my computer to turn on the A/C in the house to lessen/prevent the
possibility of a screen freeze, and came back just in time to miss the
roll-off from the grid. Starting at Phoenix a lap down (after qualifying
4th) would have been a bummer, especially considering we had Tim White
AND Mike Grandy (two of our resident aliens) on the front row.
Thankfully, a good number of people showed pitty on me and they allowed
me a BIG break after the first caution that allowed me to catch up to the
end of the field.I was making my way through the field and just barely
tapped dan obrien in turn 1 and spun him around (sorry dan, I was simply
driving a bit too aggressively), causing the 2nd caution.
We actually had to make a round of green-flag pit stops, something you
don't see a lot in online races that have cautions turned on. I'm not
sure who won, but Brian Oster did a fine job, finishing 3rd despite a
missing 3rd gear (good thing we didn't have many cautions).
I ended up in 4th with Jan coming on fast, but his efforts were thwarted
by the last caution coming out with 4 laps to go.
Note to Don Wilshe - you didn't have to quit for the duration, I was
merely informing you that you were in the wrong car. You left before I
could tell you to simply change cars and come back.