RESULTS: Bryan Clauson 500 @ Charlotte [Race 20 of 24] *Chase Race #4*

Yels

18-19 (2)
24-26 (3)
32-34 (3)
61-64 (4)
65-67 (3)
125-127 (3)
141-142 (2)
186-188 (3)
195-197 (3)

9 cautions for 26 laps


Lap Leaders

Burnout 1
Delux 2-17 (16)
Burnout 18-19 (2)
Shyguy 20-32 (13)
Delux 33-35 (3)
Burnout 36
Delux 37
Burnout 38-54 (17)
Shyguy 55-62 (
Burnout 63-109 (47)
Delux 110
Burnout 111
Delux 112-113 (2)
Shyguy 114-120 (7)
Szymek 121
Shyguy 122-124 (3)
dore 125-126 (2)
Shyguy 127-139 (13)
dore 140-142 (3)
Burnout 143-152 (10)
dore 153
Burnout 154
dore 155-166 (12)
Burnout 167
dore 168-174 (7)
Burnout 175
dore 176-177 (2)
Burnout 178-184 (7)
dore 185-187 (3)
Delux 188-189 (2)
dore 190-194 (5)
Delux 195
Laf 196-198 (3)
dore 199-208 (10)


Burnout 1+2+1+17+47+1+10+1+1+1+7 = 89 (11 times, 2x bonus)
dore 2+3+1+12+7+2+3+5+10 = 45 (9 times, 1x bonus)
Shyguy 13+8+7+3+13 = 44 (5 times, 1x bonus)
Delux 16+3+1+1+2+2+1 = 26 (7 times, 1x bonus)
Laf 3 (1 time)
Szymek 1 (1 time)


33 lead changes among 6 leaders


Race Time - 1:49:30.252

Margin of Victory - 0.686s

Pole Lap - #5 Burnout (10.749)

Fastest Lap - #1 Shyguy (10.819, Lap 22)


Grid:

1. Burnout 2. Delux
3. dore 4. Shyguy
5. Simms 6. Jordan
7. Jaws 8. Laf
9. Szymek


Results:

1. #18 dore 208/208 22+1=23pts
2. #5 Burnout +0.686 19+2=21pts
3. #43 Delux +2.281 18+1=19pts
4. #47 Laf +3.509 17pts
5. #24 Simms +5.827 16pts
6. #3 Jordan -1 lap 15pts
7. #4 Szymek -3 laps 14pts
8. #19 Jaws -3 laps 13pts
9. #1 Shyguy -12 laps 12+1=13pts


Race Video:

Great win Dore.

I just hope I can catch some kind of break to keep myself in the hunt for the title.  Nothing but bad luck that whole Charlotte race.  Four 2nd places isn't gonna be good enough, I gotta find Victory Lane.

At the end there, my strategy was to pit early for four tires to keep a fast pace on the racetrack and a stable car to force you all to take two tires and I'd just blow on by if you managed to get ahead, based on my timing calculations, and then if a caution flew you all would likely pit for tires and I'd inherit the lead again.  I did delay my entry by a couple of laps contemplating the move but alas, it still backfired when Shyguy lagged out.  I was a bit scared to keep going and take fuel only if I were to crash in the run to the end.  I had done it earlier when I was out of gas and it was extremely difficult.

My outside of the box pit strategies just have not gotten me into victory lane it seems, just like Tsukuba.  They can save me in bad situations like earlier when I ran out of gas but it doesn't seem to help me win.

If you go and run away with the title, you deserve it.  I think I'm trying too hard and not keeping it simple.  Good job so far.

Thanks, still a long way yet! Would've been interesting to see the strategies play out