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AMS at Mid Ohio went well. With a P18 finish I scored my first class win in that league. I was able to tailor the setup for the track, and being familiar with the track it was easy to get into a good groove with the car. With 37 cars in the field, this was the first time in this league i finished ahead of over half the cars. Also 39.2 seconds behind the leader after 40 minutes was the closest I've finished for that length race.

CCiS at VIR was not too bad. Caught a nice draft and qualified P11, about a second faster than I could go by myself. Held that spot for much longer than I thought I could. Pitted lap 12 (range was 17) to avoid carnage in the group I was racing with, but that put me back on track behind a slower group. Almost got by but the last car couldn't handle being off line and pitted me. It was a low speed corner and I didn't hit anything. This cst me about 11 seconds which was a solid four spots. Still managed P16 of 36.

Up next is Tuesday 7/21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW_DlrXWEqI AMS is at the street circuit on a Navy base in San Diego with the Mustangs in AMS. This track is not great. Street circuit with concrete walls everywhere and very rough. Very little runoff.

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The AMS race at Coronado went quite well. I was the top qualifier in AM class, led most of the way and ended up P16 overall with another AM class win.
P16 is my best overall finish in this league. Lots of attrition due to concrete walls at every apex and corner exit. I got a lot of air time also.

Up next on 7/28 AMS is racing at Rudskogen. I've only been on this track for one prior race several years ago. It's way less harrowing that Coronado, and with it being so technical and with a fair amount of elevation change it reminds me a bit of Mid Ohio. More low speed corners though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHminIAZvt0

Then on 7/29 CCiS is racing at Bathurst. I've done very little prep for this one, though I am very familiar with the track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgTp18joT-8

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The AMS race at Rudskogen was a disaster. Somebody I trusted to have good judgment did not. He got behind after causing an incident lap 1 turn 1. From there he proceeded to mess up turn 3 going into the grass on the inside shooting in a gap between cars. After that he took advantage of a huge runoff area and re-entered the track right into my A pillar halfway through T4, which of course sent me into the inside wall and the car was heavily damaged. I still have the points lead in AM class due to other contenders having incidents or not showing up.

The CCiS race at Bathurst was better, though I ended up with a mid pack finish. I didn't put the time into getting really fast for that one.

Up next is AMS at COTA NASCAR West circuit. This circuit bypasses a section of the F1 approved track, inserts fixed barriers on the inside and no runoff on the outside in the bypass section. It's a bit like letting a 5 year old decorate the rear fender on a new ZR1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1zjXqZH1eo starts tonight at 9. This is another opportunity to do well, if I don't get crashed again. Have to respect the course though - any careless throttle management could be disastrous