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--
the 5th Doctor . . . (the first 4 Doctors are quacks)
Rx; two Chee-tos every two minutes followed by intense ***.
      take with soda.      Adjust setup and sound for pain.

    Join a racing league! In a racing league, If you***up and crash on the
first lap because of your impatience, You wont be driving in that league
again.  Or, another way to say it...  You'll find drivers in those leagues
that really want to race and you wont find a single driver that wants to win
on the first lap.

    Trust me, You'll enjoy every minute of each race in your league. Enough to
want to join more then one.

Mike Barlow

Race Communications Association
http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Holodyne Engineering

Mystic Music

Thx

G. Patricks

Mike -  even IN a league it happens often enough. Case in point --
saturday's Mexico race. I qualified around 5th, was a clean start,
came into Turn 1 and saw cars heading for the stratosphere in front of
me! Now this was with possibly the two hottest F3 drivers out there,
<kudos to Jake and C. Anderson> so again, it happens to the "best" of
us..  

G. Patricks

    Yes, it does still happen,  I never looked back at the replay, Since I didn't
see anyone infront of me spinning, and I felt a tap from behind just before I heard
all the tire screeching, I think that my braking early to avoid a T1 accident may
have been the cause. :-(

    Either way, YES, it still does happen every now and then.  You do have to admit
though, it happens less often in league races then in pick up races :-)

C-ya on the track,
Mike Barlow

Race Communications Association
http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Holodyne Engineering

Mystic Music

I agree it does happen less, just wanted the poster not to expect
perfection no matter where he races (ESPECIALLY if he races with me!)
The reality of pick-up races is, for me, to start at the back and stay
there until things get going. Its easier to lace through accidents
than recover from one...

G. Patricks

I explicitly demand that people hold station for the first two corners of
any GPML race. It is stessed in the drivers briefing minutes before we
connect. The reasons for this rule are pretty obvious. Those who are in
front on the grid are there for a reason. In an intermediate long race the
quick guys are going to be lapping the slower cars with ease. Why the hell
these slower drivers with qualifying times in excess of 2 secs from pole
still insist On trying to carve through the field is beyond all reason to
me.

BTW. I'm nowhere near the pace of Christer and Jake but I did finish third
at Mexico. Where the hell did the two guys who overtook me into t1 on lap 1
end their races?

Mark

Sounds like you have your F3 league well under way now Mark, hope you

Thanks for the encouragement Ron. The effort has been worth it .Thanks go
out to the guys really who have helped me out along the way. Notably Mike
Barlow and Gary Patricks. I have never had so much fun behind a virtual
wheel.... period :-)

Cheers

Mark

Mark -
Its been a pleasure to be affiliated and race <synonym for get whooped
;-) > with you guys...

And Mike, if your out there, my offer still stands to set up a
weeknight (EST) F3 league, web site, etc. if you will host the races.
It seems I always just miss your pick-up F3 races on VROC!!

G. Patricks

    I'm working on this..  I'm going to try to convince the Race Communications
Association (one of my sponsors) to set up a racing series.  I don't think I'll
have any luck because of the last corporation I talked to (GP race April 11th)
ended up not wanting to do it.  But, Because I knew the right people for many
years, I think I have a better chance at it this time.

Mike Barlow

Race Communications Association
http://members.xoom.com/RCA/toc.html

Holodyne Engineering

Mystic Music

A full field of F3 cars, all battling with each other all the way down the
field might provide a lot more interest to the casual viewer.

Mark