UGH!!!!
It all boiled down to today, the last race of the season. A rescheduled race from last spring. The final hooray!
I was #1 in points, 6 points ahead of #2. He was 5 pts ahead of #3. He was 5 pts ahead of #4. It was tight and it all came down to today.
The season started rough with engine issues from last fall. Once the season started, things were "ok". I did mash an oil pan and break the radiator one day. Then I broke 1st gear the next week(both at NON points races). BUT, I did win a race and then RU the next which put me in the points lead. It wound down quickly with the top 3 staying in sequence through the last few races.
Today was a fight to the finish. Pure WAR!!! All 4 points leaders stayed through 2nd round. Then they started dropping out. I made it to the finals, along with #2 in points. With near identical lights(.513 to his .528) I took .015 too much stripe and lost. BUT, that only gave him 5 more points, which means I still held onto the CHAMPIONSHIP by one little point. Wow!!! One measly little point, at the final round of the final race. That's what I call cutting it close! It's 5 points a round, but you can earn single points for like best reaction time. Thus I had an odd number of points.
It's been a few years since I won all the marbles, though I typically keep myself in the top 10. Today was just all the sweeter, after finding a few bad spark plugs(ran like chit in time trials), then breaking the wheelie bars in 3rd round. I had to do some quick chassis adjustments to keep things tamed down enough. It worked well enough.
