rec.autos.simulators

Track: MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
Date: 07/17/04

Session: Practice

      P  #  DRIVER  TIME
      1  313  BOster  33.326
      2  312  Pat Cardiff  33.329
      3  309  Dick-Trickle  33.396
      4  17  DaveGF  33.535
      5  15  bfarmer  33.599
      6  81  LTB-Racer  33.625
      7  311  ShepherdRAS  33.636
      8  07  mcfadds  33.759
      9  6  Neil__C  33.768
      10  67  UweSchuerkamp  33.771
      11  80  bluestringer  33.839

Weather: Clear, 70 F, Southwest 0 mph

Session: Qualifying

      P  #  DRIVER  TIME
      1  311  ShepherdRAS  34.207
      2  81  LTB-Racer  34.209
      3  6  Neil__C  34.237
      4  15  bfarmer  34.240
      5  17  DaveGF  34.292
      6  309  Dick-Trickle  34.307
      7  312  Pat Cardiff  34.334
      8  313  BOster  34.355
      9  1  Mitch_RAS  34.366
      10  80  bluestringer  34.398
      11  07  mcfadds  34.460
      12  67  UweSchuerkamp  34.519

Weather: Clear, 70 F, Southwest 0 mph

Session: Happy Hour

      P  #  DRIVER  TIME
      1  6  Neil__C  33.272
      2  07  mcfadds  33.448
      3  15  bfarmer  33.599
      4  80  bluestringer  33.617
      5  313  BOster  33.732
      6  1  Mitch_RAS  33.733
      7  312  Pat Cardiff  33.911
      8  309  Dick-Trickle  34.334
      9  81  LTB-Racer  34.390
      10  311  ShepherdRAS  34.418

Weather: Clear, 70 F, Southwest 0 mph

Session: Race
OFFICIAL STANDINGS

      F  S  #  DRIVER  INTERVAL  LAPS  LED  POINTS  STATUS
      1  1  311  ShepherdRAS  161.192  130  7  180  Running
      2  5  17  DaveGF  -0.05  130  14  175  Running
      3  9  1  Mitch_RAS  -0.15  130  28  170  Running
      4  3  6  Neil__C  -0.22  130  35*  170  Running
      5  7  312  Pat Cardiff  -2.55  130  2  160  Running
      6  2  81  LTB-Racer  -17.07  130  31  155  Running
      7  8  313  BOster  -23.40  130  1  151  Running
      8  6  309  Dick-Trickle  -1L  129  9  147  Running
      9  4  15  bfarmer  -28L  102  0  138  Running
      10  11  07  mcfadds  -53L  77  0  134  Retired
      11  10  80  bluestringer  -69L  61  3  135  Retired
      12  12  67  UweSchuerkamp  -110L  20  0  127  Retired

Caution Flags: 7 (22 laps)
Lead Changes: 46 (9 drivers)
Weather: Clear, 70 F, Southwest 0 mph
Pitstop Frequency: 1x

PENALTIES
      LAP  #  INFRACTION  PENALTY
      10  6  Unsafe pit exit  Go to end of longest line
      78  07  Reckless driving  DQ'd: Scoring is ended

Mitch

Man I really screwed that pit entrance!  I don't think I should have been
dq'd for it though.  Anyway I had a blast!!  I was very fast.  I have GOT to
figure out what is going on with my connection issues.  Mitch, I know you
are good with puters, would you email me so I could ask you a question or
two?

Sean

Im going to Sears Point tomorrow to watch Jr run some GT so you wont hear
back from me till late tomorrow or Monday.

Mitch

However I think another wordy excuse is due for the pile-up I caused
when the 3rd (?) yellow came out. Someone told me over TS (I think it
might have been Mitch) to try and get some laps back, so I went into a
frenzy trying to pass the car ahead of me (possibly boster, but I did
not save the replay) before S/F, went for the right side of him and
then simply ran out of room between the car and the wall.

the cars collision boxes seem to be a bit bigger than they appear
visually, so what would at worst have been a bit of a bump in the rear
turned into a major rocker launcher impact. I am really sorry for
this!

The racing itself is great though, close, intense and not too hard
(you could put a brick on the throttle at Michigan). When practising
in the afternoon I went for the unmodified Michigan track with NASCAR
grip levels, and that was a very frightening experience to say the
least, but not bad either. My PB had been a 38.xxx and I guess you can
understand my surprise when everybody was running 33.xxx at
OWR_Michigan 8-P

This mod feels like the successor of ICR2, great fun. Again, sorry for
the turmoil! Watching the race after retiring looked like the real
thing in many ways, it was quite impressive how you all kept it
together for lap upon lap.

All the best,

Uwe

--
mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox)
Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/
Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E)
GPG Fingerprint:  2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F  67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Yep, OWR is like TPTCC in that regard.

The front is especially bad.

-jde

Bill Bollinger
www.gsxn.com

Don't think anyone has found a way to work around that just yet.  That's why
the PWF T/A cars have a slight "funny car" look to them.  They elected to
distort them slightly to fit within the NR2003 collision box.

-jde

There are people who have been hacking away at the .exe looking for all
sorts of stuff, but I have to admit I'm not sure if they've found the
proper parameters for this yet

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"

http://www.theuspits.com

"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--

I should have finished third or fourth.  I missed "The Big One" on the last
lap but, in my usual stroke of bad luck, got nailed from behind and it was
all over.

We need to do that again some time!

Our major screw-ups (including my own) were caused by the MISERABLE mirror
situation and the spotters.  On the start of the race, my mirror was
completely clear and the spotter didn't say squat.  I went left to make a
pass and WHAM! I knocked someone clear across the Canadian border.  We had
to wait for him to travel back by bus :)

-Larry

-Larry

-Larry