rec.autos.simulators

SRO is shut down

Michael Peters

SRO is shut down

by Michael Peters » Sat, 01 Feb 1997 04:00:00

SRO closed their doors. This is from their page:

SimRacing Online is closing its doors!

To our users:

We regret to inform you that SimRacing Online will discontinue services
effective immediately. I have recently taken a job with Papyrus Design
Group in Watertown, MA. Papyrus, as you know, manufactures NASCAR Racing
products, and in that capacity they are subject to a variety of strict
licensing contracts and limitations that, by nature of my employment with
Papyrus, makes it impossible for me to be directly involved or
responsible for this site. Before you go blaming Papyrus for anything,
let me assure you that they have gone well out of their way to try and
find a compromise that would allow me to continue with SRO. However, the
legal department could not come to an agreement with NASCAR, and thus SRO
must be shut down.

I thank all of you for your patronage of SRO. You have helped prove that
a one-stop resource for simulation racing is not a fairy tale, but a
reality. Other sites will pick up where SRO blazed the trail. To those
who have supported us through thick and thin, thank you -- without you,
SRO would have been impossible.

Again, thank you. Keep in touch.

Yours,
Tony Johns
Papyrus Design Group

?1997 SimRacing Online

Bummer...they had some of the best cars...

--

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Mike's Nascar World
Stop on by, what can it hurt?

David Gar

SRO is shut down

by David Gar » Sat, 01 Feb 1997 04:00:00


> SRO closed their doors. This is from their page:

> SimRacing Online is closing its doors!

> To our users:

> We regret to inform you that SimRacing Online will discontinue services
> effective immediately. I have recently taken a job with Papyrus Design
> Group in Watertown, MA. Papyrus, as you know, manufactures NASCAR Racing
> products, and in that capacity they are subject to a variety of strict
> licensing contracts and limitations that, by nature of my employment with
> Papyrus, makes it impossible for me to be directly involved or
> responsible for this site. Before you go blaming Papyrus for anything,
> let me assure you that they have gone well out of their way to try and
> find a compromise that would allow me to continue with SRO. However, the
> legal department could not come to an agreement with NASCAR, and thus SRO
> must be shut down.

> I thank all of you for your patronage of SRO. You have helped prove that
> a one-stop resource for simulation racing is not a fairy tale, but a
> reality. Other sites will pick up where SRO blazed the trail. To those
> who have supported us through thick and thin, thank you -- without you,
> SRO would have been impossible.

> Again, thank you. Keep in touch.

> Yours,
> Tony Johns
> Papyrus Design Group

> ?1997 SimRacing Online

> Bummer...they had some of the best cars...

> --

> http://www.netins.net/showcase/mpete/nascar.html

> Mike's Nascar World
> Stop on by, what can it hurt?

Thanks for all the hard work and effort Tony!! Isnt it possible, though
to turn, over SRO to someone that is not affiliated directly with PAPY?
If someone out there has the server space and can keep the reputation of
SRO, please keep this site up and running!

Thanks!

-David Gary-

David Spark

SRO is shut down

by David Spark » Sun, 02 Feb 1997 04:00:00


>SRO closed their doors. This is from their page:

>SimRacing Online is closing its doors!

[snip]

>Bummer...they had some of the best cars...

Mike,

Just as a clarification, while SRO has closed, IWCCCARS lives on in its new
home at the US Pits. We moved the site several weeks ago, before Tony
started his new job at Papyrus. We'll keep on producing new cars as long as
you keep asking for them.

Dave Sparks
IWCCCARS Project: http://www.theuspits.com/iwcccars/index.html
Late Night League: http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html
Hawaii Handle: davids

Michael Peters

SRO is shut down

by Michael Peters » Mon, 03 Feb 1997 04:00:00



Yeah I was just typing to fast on the first letter...I corrected myself
on the other...

--

http://www.netins.net/showcase/mpete/nascar.html
Mike's Nascar World
Stop on by, what can it hurt?


rec.autos.simulators is a usenet newsgroup formed in December, 1993. As this group was always unmoderated there may be some spam or off topic articles included. Some links do point back to racesimcentral.net as we could not validate the original address. Please report any pages that you believe warrant deletion from this archive (include the link in your email). RaceSimCentral.net is in no way responsible and does not endorse any of the content herein.