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I was harrying the Mustang the most in the corners I had a chance to pass him in and tended to follow him through several of the corners where I could not pass as to stay as close as possible and to fill his mirrors.

Of course my lines improved noticeably once I got by...I didn't have a Mustang to harry anymore...I could focus on going as fast as I could.

There are not many great places to pass at Sonoma Raceway when there is a car is in front of you with a significant horsepower advantage and reasonable handling. Even if you are 1.5 seconds a lap faster. I pretty much needed the Mustang driver to make an entry or braking mistake. He took the inside line away from me in the corners that I did have a chance of passing in and I could not just drive around him on the outside. My goal was to get him to over drive his car so he would either make a mistake or over heat his tires and lose even more pace in the corners.

The most likely places for the mistakes are turns 4, 7, and 11 with 7 and 11 the most probable. I was not going to be able to pass in turns 1, 2, 3, 3a, 5, 6, 8, 8a, 9, 10, or 12 unless he made a big (like going off track) mistake. Even turns 4 and 7 require a significant mistakes. Turn 11 is the most likely place to pass because I was faster through turn 10 and could stay closer to him into turn 11. But, even if I got him in turn 11, he would probably get back ahead by turn 1.

Turn 7 is the best corner for me to pass him and make it stick as I was significantly better than he was in the turn 7 through turn 11 section of track. Because of the run he would get out of turn 6, the mistake in 7 needed to bigger than it would be in turn 11.

The Mustang made the mistake I needed in Turn 7! Once I got by, it was all over.