Another 5th Place Finish by Bailey after starting 17th

In the second race of the day Bailey was able to finish in 5th position after not qualifying and starting 17th at Silverstone in F1 cars from 1977. Even in the dry weather the cars were beasts to handle as many drivers had a number if incidents.

"There were people in the grass, sideways, backwards, everywhere. But is was not as bad as you might think, just really exciting." -Bailey

The host of the race, BoxRaceBrazil, runs races almost every sings day and usually has more than 20 participants in each race. Today there were 21 who started on the grid. The race started well with Bailey making his way up to the single digit positions within the first two laps. Through some unfortunate mishaps Bailey fell down the ranks after a few spins and an unexpected visit to a sand trap, and nearly flipped over by a competitor.

"I was not familiar with the cars so every corner was a new lesson learned. Luckily most of the lessons were good ones." -Bailey

He eventually made his way up to 5th position after gaining time on the pitstops by not changing tires. Due to the nature of old tires Bailey was under immense pressure by two drivers at once during the final 3 laps of the race. It came down to the last few corners of the race as Andre Queiroz, a known 2 time winner at BoxRaceBrazil, attempted to overtake Bailey in the penultimate corner. Taking a defensive line into the turn it looked as if Bailey lost the rear of the car, but he was able to continue to drift the Formula car through the corner and barely maintain his position in 5th to finish the race.

The race can be viewed below with in-car commentary and babble from Bailey. Please keep in mind that many Brazilians speak Portuguese. You may be fluent by the end of this video.

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