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Subject:        NASCAR 2 FASTLAP COMPEITION

PAT DOTSON and JURE Z are the drivers on the TOP..  We would like to
congradulate Pat a seasoned PRO with NASCAR 1 and 2.  The Surprise has
been the performance from the KID "JURE" from Slovenia.  What kind
of STOCK CARS do they have over there?????

1).     We have received a total of 179 Fastlaps and you can view
        this results at the IVGA.  http://www.racesimcentral.net/

2).     We havent had a single driver attempt a FASTLAP with a
        PONTIAC.  Personally I loved the PONTIAC in NASCAR 1.

3).     The Ford are dominating, except for Mr. Butts and Mr. Farr's
        196's at Taladega.

4).     We are in the process of adding more categories and statistics to
        the calculation program.

Atlanta Fastlap Records
   1  Pat Dotson                     IICC 2189       29.704  
184.460       Ford

Bristol Fastlap Records
   1  Jure Zagoricnik                IGN 3904        15.421  
124.428       Ford

C***te Fastlap Records
   1  Pat Dotson                     IICC            29.667  
182.020       Ford

Darlington Fastlap Records
   1  Pat Dotson                     IICC            29.165  
168.613       Ford

Dover Fastlap Records
   1  Pat Dotson                     IICC            23.423  
153.695       Ford

Loudon Fastlap Records
   1  Pat Dotson                     IICC 2189       29.630  
128.545       Ford

Martinsville Fastlap Records
   1  Jure Zagoricnik                IGN 3904        20.575    
92.034       Ford

Michigan Fastlap Records
   1  Pat Dotson                     IICC            38.408  
187.461       Ford

North Wilkesboro Fastlap Records
   1  Jure Zagoricnik                IGN 3904        19.866  
113.259       Ford

Phoenix Fastlap Records
   1  Pat Dotson                     IICC 2189       28.395  
126.783       Ford

Pocono Fastlap Records
   1  Jure Zagoricnik                IGN 3904        52.808  
170.429       Ford

Richmond Fastlap Records
   1  Pat Dotson                     IICC            22.347  
120.822       Ford

Rockingham Fastlap Records
   1  Pat Dotson                     IICC            24.183  
151.396       Ford

Sears Point
   1  Pat Dotson                     IICC 2189       37.886    
92.679       Ford

Talladega Fastlap Records
   1  Jim Butts                      IVGA 4896       48.743  
196.459      Chevy
   2  Joe B. Farr                    IVGA 0001       48.793  
196.258      Chevy

Watkins Glen Fastlap Records
   1  Pat Dotson                     IICC            11.207  
122.752       Ford

If you want a copy of the FASTLAP 97 program, just stop by the IVGA and
download
it..

Don Wilshe, IVGA

Cheers,
Richard

WRONG ANSWER.  FASTLAP 97 can detect if you drive backward on the
track..  Thanks for the attempt at answering something you dont know
anything
about but please leave it to the people that wrote the code and are
EXPERT
in FASTLAP 97..

Don Wilshe, IVGA

PS.    Charlie Mone is TOP 5 Drivers in the World on HAWAII!!!!!

How may I ask does fastlap DETECT driving backwards?  Nascar2 doesn't
report such a thing.  Can one of the "EXPERTS" explain this?
Fastlap may detect the effect of driving backwards (too much time used
to complete qualifications) but not the backwards driving itself.

Besides the beta version DID allow enough time to drive backwards and
take a whole extra warmup lap.

mykey (non-"EXPERT")

I wonder if either meant to drive the track in the wrong direction.
Driving in reverse could be risky at best.  Driving the wrong way
is detected in the game, and you'll hear your spotter commenting
on brain-fade.

Cheers!

Marc

To clerify myself... let's use Talladega for example... you have
almost 5 minutes to qualify.  What this means is that when you start
the game and click on Qualify, you are now in the pits ready to make
your run.  Turning the car around and driving the opposite way will
not only get rid of some gas, but heat up the tires a bit more too.  I
tried this to see and my rough guess is that you can just about go
back to turn3.. turn back around and still have an "ample" amount of
time to make your qualifying run and also have hotter tires and less
gas.  Cutting the pits might also be possible at some tracks... Wikes,
maybe Richmond, maybe Dega?  I dunno, but my point is, people can go
backwards for reasons mentioned above to enhance their times and the
program doesn't recognize this irregularity.  

Cheers,
Richard

A _hole_ minute is missing - SO WHAT! Big deal.  

Sorry... couldn't resist! <g>. :)

--
Ed_ - Norway

"Early on, the cars were getting faster and faster.  And with
good reason:  everybody was cheating."   - Richard Petty

Obviously you haven't ran Fastlap or you would know that the laps are
timed. And might I add that there is very few seconds to spare.

What did you mean Richard?

Later,

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I spoke too soon, you can actually go back to  turn 2

WRONG WRONG WRONG....

STICK TO DRIVING ... YOUR STILL THE BEST

DON WILSHE