28.11.2022

Ah Pattaya, "a cuddly monster with sharp teeth" type of track... we love you, we hate you, we never want to see you again ... until next year! Taking a peek at a few runs, it looks like most improved their average lap time by 1-2 seconds from the dusty qualifiers to the high traction mains. Most also still had that 1 bad lap, and oh boy, when it was bad, it was awful++! That track is hard enough as is but much easier to stay consistent when the traction is high.
Marc-André Lemieux took the spec TQ by 2 seconds. Proving it was no fluke, he would follow that up with the A-main win beating me out by 0.7 seconds. Sneaky (aka sandbagger?? lol) Ryan Mckay moved up one position to take the final podium spot. Stephen Gagliardi would be the only one outside the A to hit 10 laps in the main as he secured the B-win victory. Also Scott Croz pulled it together for the main moving up 3 spots from 8th to 5th.
Young Nathan Glover walked in, dropped his gear on his table and got to work. He took the TQ and the A-main win over VRC veteran Matthew Stacey. Just like in qualifying, Marc-André Lemieux took the 3rd spot, and actually the top 10 stayed the exact same from qualifying! After some deep breaths, John Kennedy hit 11 laps in his main to move up from 13th overall and win the B-main. Patrick Lamesse also with a nice move from 15th to 12th in the mains.
It's now time for everyone to go home and fix all of the broken parts from this weeks race to get ready for the next one!

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