rec.autos.simulators

by **Semi** » Thu, 15 Mar 2001 05:00:45

Where can i listen to track talk? is it on internet radio?

> > "Track Talk's" Chris Cosby mentioned last nite something about a
> driver
> > wining a race many laps ahead of the field. (correct me if I'm wrong) I
> > think he said the driver was quite a bit behind at one point. BTW: you
> are
> > supporting a Sim racer by listening to his show, right?

> > I like his concept of a talk show about autoracing and will continue
> to
> > support him by listening in. Not to mention I've learned a few things
in
> > the racing world by doing so. I wish it was a show specifically and
only
> > about Sim racing, but being a show about Real (hate that "R" word;-)
> racing
> > and has talked about Sim racing makes for a very informative mix. I was
> > quite surprised when he was talking to the wives of a couple of Sim
racers
> > last night by the support they give their husbands for Sim racing.
> (damned
> > MacGreger is lucky as hell in more ways then one ;-).

> You're not kidding - if my other half could banish me to a shed to play
GPL,
> I think she would!

> I basically only get to play when she's out!

> Somehow "real" racing seems to have more sex-appeal! ;-)

by **Careful with that axe, Nic** » Thu, 15 Mar 2001 05:08:50

Not to mention McLaren screwing race leader Coulthard out of a pit stop.

Nick

> > What in your opinion is the greatest race comeback of all time . I
> > thought I read somewhere where a driver came back from a lap or 2 down
> > at the ring in the 60's ?

> What about Barrichello at Hockenheim last year?

> He started 18th on the grid and ended up winning the race, albeit with a
> combination of extreme good fortune (loony on the track deprived Mclaren of
> a 25-second lead, then it started raining on one half of the track but not
> the other, and Mclaren made a bad decision on the tyres).

> I still think it's pretty amazing to come from that far back in F1 to win
> the race!

by **jaf** » Thu, 15 Mar 2001 05:24:16

1995 - Jacques became the youngest ever IndyCar Champion at 24 years old. He
also won the Indianapolis 500 after being given a two lap penalty for
passing the pace car under a full course yellow (ie. no overtaking) and
became the first person ever to win the 500 after completing 505 miles.

by **Stefan** » Thu, 15 Mar 2001 05:46:40

One of the greatest race: in 1935 Tazio Nuvolari, driving an obsolete Alfa,
won a race at the Nurburgring, in a car far inferior to the Mercedes of the
Germans.

(about Nuvolari: http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/nuvo_bio.htm )

Stefano

by **ymenar** » Thu, 15 Mar 2001 08:54:46

> What in your opinion is the greatest race comeback of all time . I
> thought I read somewhere where a driver came back from a lap or 2 down
> at the ring in the 60's ?

Jacques Villeneuve was two laps down at a moment of the race during the last
"REAL" Indianapolis 500. He went on to win.

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by **John Harwoo** » Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:01:04

Yeah, I'd have to agree that was pretty amazing. I think one of his
laps was yellow assisted, but he got the other one back on the track.
Really amazing work and well deserved victory.

-John

>1995 - Jacques became the youngest ever IndyCar Champion at 24 years old. He
>also won the Indianapolis 500 after being given a two lap penalty for
>passing the pace car under a full course yellow (ie. no overtaking) and
>became the first person ever to win the 500 after completing 505 miles.

>> What in your opinion is the greatest race comeback of all time . I
>> thought I read somewhere where a driver came back from a lap or 2 down
>> at the ring in the 60's ?

by **POWER POST 20** » Thu, 15 Mar 2001 11:15:05

I saw it in the museum at Talladega. Unbelieveable!

>One other...

>Michael Waltrip at Bristol. The fact that he even got in the car for that
>race that weekend after absolutely DISENTIGRATING his original car in
>practice.

>This is the one where he hit that open-gap in the wall coming out of either
>turn 2 or 4 (I forget which) and the car when from 120mph to 0mph in less
>than a second.

>That is the most incredible wreck I've ever seen.

>I believe that car, or at least it's pile of bite-sized pieces, is on
>display at the track.

>-Larry

>> DE, at I think, Daytona when he did that 360 degree spin, never touched a
>> thing, and proceeded to win the race.

>> It might have been Talladega.

>> Either way, it was masterful.

>> -Larry

>> > What in your opinion is the greatest race comeback of all time . I
>> > thought I read somewhere where a driver came back from a lap or 2 down
>> > at the ring in the 60's ?

by **Wosc** » Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:33:19

How did he make up 2 laps without caution flags?

> Bill Elliot lost two laps at Daytona or Talladega once. He got his
> two laps back and went on to win without any caution flags.

> On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:46:21 GMT, "Careful with that axe, Nick"

> >Ricky Rudd, Martinsville '98. Allthough it really wasn't a comeback, the
> >conditions he was racing under sure suggest he was fighting something
> >back.

> >Nick

> >> What in your opinion is the greatest race comeback of all time . I
> >> thought I read somewhere where a driver came back from a lap or 2 down
> >> at the ring in the 60's ?

by **POWER POST 20** » Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:04:03

He was FAST that day. I think it was a year or two before restrictor
plates (86 or 87). Nobody could touch him on the big tracks back
then.

>How did he make up 2 laps without caution flags?

>> Bill Elliot lost two laps at Daytona or Talladega once. He got his
>> two laps back and went on to win without any caution flags.

>> On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:46:21 GMT, "Careful with that axe, Nick"

>> >Ricky Rudd, Martinsville '98. Allthough it really wasn't a comeback, the
>> >conditions he was racing under sure suggest he was fighting something
>> >back.

>> >Nick

>> >> What in your opinion is the greatest race comeback of all time . I
>> >> thought I read somewhere where a driver came back from a lap or 2 down
>> >> at the ring in the 60's ?

by **ist..** » Thu, 15 Mar 2001 16:11:04

Some thoughts...

Jacques Villeneuves Indy 505 is excellent. Mind you, his performance
at Elkhart Lake the same season was pretty good to beat the Penske's.
It wasn't really a comeback, more like a "try and keep up til the end
and win" kind of race. Also his performance at Laguna Seca to clinch
the title was a see-saw affair with puncture and spin, I think. I
remember it was a battle for him to get the points to stay in front of
Al Unser Jr. I'm not a huge Cart fan so hopefully someone else (with
a better memory) could expand on those performances.

In Formula one, two performances at Kyalami come to mind. Prost has a
puncture in the Turbo Renault. He gets lapped by his teammate (either
Arnoux or Jabouille, I forget which). He comes back to unlap himself
and win the race. Details elude me. And then another one I vaguely
recall is Niki Lauda coming back and winning the race & championship
from Prost. Again details elude me, but it was pretty scary as a
Prost fan to watch Lauda hunt the top6 down one by one.

Must add. Renault where the only team with turbos and were way ahead
of the competition in performance. Prost and Niki Lauda were
team-mates at Maclaren. I think Niki won the world championship by
half a point, due to technicalities regarding the incomplete Monaco
race that year.

oh oh. Almost forgot. If anybody can describe the mayhem that
occurred at Monaco the year Ricardo Patresa won it, please remind us
all. I have a vague recollection of complete and utter chaos of
drivers inheriting the lead and retiring on the last lap due to fuel
problems, etc.

Regards all,
Ian

PS! please don't rag me for my lousy uh, um, err what was I, oh
MEMORY.

by **Andre Warrin** » Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:01:57

On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 21:22:33 GMT, "Michael Barlow"

> His show airs Mon, Wed, and Fri, at 7:30pm EST (4:30pm MST(?)). Check
>out http://www.simracingmag.com/ for more information about "Track Talk".

I listened to the show a couple of times, good fun, but it's
broadcasted here in Europe from 1:30-2:30 AM..

Andre

by **Allan Harriso** » Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:47:32

Yeah not to mention also that A spectator walked onto the track bring out a
safety car to help him!

Allan Harrison.

by **Gregor Vebl** » Thu, 15 Mar 2001 19:56:09

Yes, but that's just one car out of 17.

-Gregor

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