rec.autos.simulators

> The IRL (Ignorant Racing League) is a joke to begin with.  It has the
> has beens, never was, and probably never will bes.  The best in
> "American" open wheel is in CART.  Tony George should be sentenced to
> life for the total embarrassment and shame he brought to the INDY 500.

>the odd thing is that TG ***ing up the 500 seems to be the best thing
>that ever happened to CART.  Its grown like wildfire since, the 3 new
>races this year look great!  I can't wait to watch them!  Do you think
>its possible that CART might not have grown b/c the 500 overshadow all
>the other races untill TG left CART?  Possibly . . .

> Tony Stewart drove a virtually perfect race at DisneyLand today for the
> IRL season opener. Several of the other IRL racers really need some
> practice though. I've never seen so many yellows from guys spinning
> themselves out by over-accelerating when coming off s turn!! Almost all
> the yellows were caused by that. I know it's only the first race of the
> year...but still. The last few laps certainly were exciting though.
> Lazier spun himslef out, giving the lead to Mark Dismore with just
> around 20 laps to go. Dismore didn't know if he had enough fuel to make
> it. Stewart caught him with around 5 to go and then Dismore an out of
> fuel with 2 laps left. Certainly was an exciting finish! I'm a big
> Stewart fan, so needless to say, I'm a happy camper!

> BTW, if you are involved in the F1RS offline competition, don't forget,
> the Suzuka race is coming up this week. Be sure to send in your results
> at   http://members.xoom.com/f1rscomp/

>                                                               Ken
> The Game Pad
> http://gamepad.org/

>Tony Stewart drove a virtually perfect race at DisneyLand today for the
>IRL season opener. Several of the other IRL racers really need some
>practice though. I've never seen so many yellows from guys spinning
>themselves out by over-accelerating when coming off s turn!! Almost all
>the yellows were caused by that. I know it's only the first race of the
>year...but still. The last few laps certainly were exciting though.
>Lazier spun himslef out, giving the lead to Mark Dismore with just
>around 20 laps to go. Dismore didn't know if he had enough fuel to make
>it. Stewart caught him with around 5 to go and then Dismore an out of
>fuel with 2 laps left. Certainly was an exciting finish! I'm a big
>Stewart fan, so needless to say, I'm a happy camper!

>BTW, if you are involved in the F1RS offline competition, don't forget,
>the Suzuka race is coming up this week. Be sure to send in your results
>at   http://members.xoom.com/f1rscomp/

>                                                              Ken
>The Game Pad
>http://gamepad.org/

>Tony Stewart drove a virtually perfect race at DisneyLand today for the
>IRL season opener.

> > The IRL (Ignorant Racing League) is a joke to begin with.  It has the
> > has beens, never was, and probably never will bes.  The best in
> > "American" open wheel is in CART.  Tony George should be sentenced to
> > life for the total embarrassment and shame he brought to the INDY 500.

> the odd thing is that TG ***ing up the 500 seems to be the best thing
> that ever happened to CART.  Its grown like wildfire since, the 3 new
> races this year look great!  I can't wait to watch them!  Do you think
> its possible that CART might not have grown b/c the 500 overshadow all
> the other races untill TG left CART?  Possibly . . .

>Tony Stewart drove a virtually perfect race at DisneyLand today for the
>IRL season opener.

> This is a newsgroup for "simulations" not the real thing.  (Although I would
> question whether the IRL qualifies as the "real thing".)  Some of us had to
> work yesterday and videotaped the race.  Thanks for ruining the finish for me.
> Next time-stick to the games and leave the sports updates to ABC.

>And who really cares ?

>--
>Regards

>Glenn Beaumaris

>------------------------------------------
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>>Tony Stewart drove a virtually perfect race at DisneyLand today for the
>>IRL season opener. Several of the other IRL racers really need some
>>practice though. I've never seen so many yellows from guys spinning
>>themselves out by over-accelerating when coming off s turn!! Almost all
>>the yellows were caused by that. I know it's only the first race of the
>>year...but still. The last few laps certainly were exciting though.
>>Lazier spun himslef out, giving the lead to Mark Dismore with just
>>around 20 laps to go. Dismore didn't know if he had enough fuel to make
>>it. Stewart caught him with around 5 to go and then Dismore an out of
>>fuel with 2 laps left. Certainly was an exciting finish! I'm a big
>>Stewart fan, so needless to say, I'm a happy camper!

>>BTW, if you are involved in the F1RS offline competition, don't forget,
>>the Suzuka race is coming up this week. Be sure to send in your results
>>at   http://members.xoom.com/f1rscomp/

>>                                                              Ken
>>The Game Pad
>>http://gamepad.org/

> This is interesting, according to the February 1998 issue of RACER
> magazine,
> the CART television ratings were down 26 percent in 1997. Although the
> IRL
> ratings also were down 30 percent, I attribute this to the rain at
> Indy and
> the fact at least 2 of the races were not carried live. CART has no
> excuse
> since all of their races were carried live. Incidently, the series
> with the
> largest growth were the Craftsman Trucks at +12%.

>> This is interesting, according to the February 1998 issue of RACER
>> magazine,
>> the CART television ratings were down 26 percent in 1997. Although the
>> IRL
>> ratings also were down 30 percent, I attribute this to the rain at
>> Indy and
>> the fact at least 2 of the races were not carried live. CART has no
>> excuse
>> since all of their races were carried live. Incidently, the series
>> with the
>> largest growth were the Craftsman Trucks at +12%.

>It's probably the increasing popularity of Nascar.  Cart races do have
>their choice moments but for overall excitiement Nascar can't be beat.
>In Cart there is little side by side racing, but at the Busch race at
>C***te last October Mark Martin and Jimmy Spencer battled side by
>side for the lead for most of the final 20 laps.