haha ferret. you should be really proud of what you have achieved, seeing as when S2 was first released, you couldnt even drift at all. your battle against stan was great -- stan probably pushed a bit too hard in the first run, so he wore his tires out a lot more than he wanted to. but in the end, a good amount of consistency from both drivers, and just a bit of an edge to you with the tires led your win.
my battles were felt the same. i was nervous. especially against my first battle with bionic. he drove the FZ5, and with my past experience with that car, i thought i would have a lot of trouble trying to win. and i did. my chasing run was VERY heartstopping for me, because i came so close to tapping and spinning him out about 3 times in that small section past the start. but i knew i had to perform some good tandom action to progress, so i pushed hard, and got through in the end.
funnily enough i had to battle the only two guys who had different cars to everyone else. bionic and takumi. and i would have to say that the battle with takumi really threw me off. driving against an XRG in that sort of competitive style was difficult because the car was slower instead of faster (you'd find when you drift with the XRT, a lot of other people use faster cars). so the momentum of the whole battle was a bit odd to a "first-timer" like me. i did the best i could in that position, and unfortunately couldnt make the win. as soon as we crossed the line on the second run, i had knew i had lost. was a bit shocked at first, but then realised how well i had performed anyway. so im happy. again, congrats to takumi!
seeing as this is really the first organised competition i have taken part in, it felt a bit weird having the whole crowd of racers watching my every move. just the whole atmosphere of the two cars, alone, driving the course as best they can, kinda made me feel weird. hahah. anyway, as far as the judging goes, i think you guys did very well. i think i was still a bit unfamiliar with the rules at some point, but apart from that, you guys were pretty fair and observational with your judging. i think that is important. so i'd just like to thank the admins for their good organisating and support, and the other drivers for a great opening round of the AAD!