I feel like the first round went quite well. I began the race in 7th/11 after setting a qualifying time of 2:18.389. I'm pretty happy with this, especially since I only had one day to get the car ready. I managed to maintain my focus throughout the race, and kept the final result of 7th place. However, the race was far from boring. I saw plenty of action, even climbing up to 3rd for a couple of laps. My mistake came with my pitting strategy. Since the race was set to 36 laps, tires on everyone's car took a beating. There was only one mandatory pit stop, but some people decided to take two. I decided to take a shot at only one stop. As I reached the midway point of the race (lap 18) the other drivers I was battling entered the pits within two laps. Since I felt fairly comfortable with my tires, I decided to push it a few laps further, in order to have more grip in the final part of the race when everyone's endurance gets tested. Come lap 22, I took my pit stop, with 44-45% tire wear. However, as I exited the pits, I ended up just out of range of my competitors, who slowly pulled away from me in each other's draft. From there on, it was simply a test of my concentration as I cruised through the final 14 laps in 7th.

I am looking forward to the next race, in which I will remember to take a more balanced pitting strategy. Hopefully, by then the car will be much better, since I have plenty of time to work on it 

Unfortunately, with the upcoming TORA USGT, there will be no more activity from us in this race series

That's a shame, the car looks amazing. Nice job   

Thanks.