After the lunch break the sky cleared a bit and it seemed that the track was drying really fast. All the semifinals were still wet. But because of some delay after the semi finales due to a protest, the track dried fully so we could race the NOMAC and the NK final on a dry track.
At the start of the final al cars were placed on the ground by the count of 3 but the start signal took a long time to sound and Rick moved a bit from the grid. This also caused that Arie and myself to jump start, so the first 3 cars had a stop and go for jump start. From the sound of horn we went off to the first corner where I hit the curb on the inside and went off the track. It took a long time for the marshal to get me back on the track so I lost a stop and go and almost a lap in the first lap of the final.
After 15 minutes of racing and just before the tire change I was back on 2nd place behind Rick, but he had a 1,5 lap gap on me. With just 10 minutes to go Rick’s engine stalled and had to be brought back to the pit. From there on I took the lead and Gunther was following me half a lap down. Because my tires were getting really small, Gunther was able to close the gap to about 2 secs. With only 1 minute to go Gunther was on my tail but unfortunately for him his front belt broke down and he had to retire the race just 1 minute before the end. Rick could take 2nd place because of this spot Gunther was still in 3rd despite his broke down car.
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