This is my best ever raw time finish at 3rd, a tenth behind an underprepped SST Cayman and like a year behind a well driven EVX Tesla. I was 2nd in PAX behind the Tesla and needed about 7 tenths to catch him. I gave away two and a half tenths blowing the first turn around and think I could have gotten a bit here and there, but the speed differential with the Tesla was insane. There were 3 spots where they hit over 70 mph and I was in the 50's.
I've pretty exclusively ran national events and our locals at Bristol, that are often pretty wide open, the last several years. So trying to hit more of these events where you have to balance aggressiveness and being precise enough to stay clean. I'm regularly in the mix or beat people that do really well nationally, so not sure if STX pax is soft, or I'm trash at bigger events, or the STX talent level is that high. Or maybe a mix.