Sunday’s Spec Miata Championships race looked a lot like Saturday’s qualifying race, but Dan Williams, who had led most of the race was determined not to make it a repeat.
Logan Stretch had pole position and took the early lead. Starting from second, Dan Williams trailed Stretch for a few laps but then used the draft to start a pass in Turn 1 that didn’t stick till Turn 3.
At that point, Stretch hung behind Williams all race long and pushed him so the two could get away from the rest of the field, just like he did on Saturday. The two carried on this way till the white flag lap shown in this installment of the NASA Racing Gear Store Move of the Month — just like Saturday —when Stretch put the pass on Williams in Turn 1, but on the outside this time.
But Williams wasn’t looking for a repeat of Saturday. He stayed with Stretch and got a good drive out of the Turn 6 and was able to get inside Stretch in Turn 7 and by the time the two exited the Attitudes, Williams had retaken the lead, which he would hold till the end.
“I’ll tell you what, it was a lot of side-by-side action in that last lap. But I was definitely going to make sure he wasn’t going to take me on the inside and to Turn 1 this time,” Williams said. “He went around the outside and we were side-by-side all the way to 3. And then I was able to make an outside move, I think it was in five that made him have to stay on the inside of six. And I over under him, coming into the Attitudes and it was super fun. But it was amazing because Logan is so good.”
Great, close racing. Way to give one another racing room.
You’re butchering the final and most important turn. You need to transition earlier so you can get to the apex and get on the power sooner. You’re hardly using the exit curb. The last lap was the best, but still needs a bit of work.