> http://www.racesimcentral.net/
I thought it went well, I wasn't sure how sim racing was going to be
perceived at the start of the interview but you handled it very well and
it seemed a very fair interview to me.
Cheers
Tony
>> http://www.autosportradio.com/show_archives.html
> Nice one Pat. Shame they didn't show any footage of the seat. (i.e. pan
> the camera to where the interviewer was pointing!)
> I thought it went well, I wasn't sure how sim racing was going to be
> perceived at the start of the interview but you handled it very well and
> it seemed a very fair interview to me.
> Cheers
> Tony
PS - did you help that old fella with his email? LOL.
> >>http://www.autosportradio.com/show_archives.html
> > Nice one Pat. Shame they didn't show any footage of the seat. (i.e. pan
> > the camera to where the interviewer was pointing!)
> Yeah, well done Pat. Good to see sim racing growing a bit of a face! :)
Don Kay has been around Indy forever I guess. I'm sure he didn't know
quite what to think of me or sim-racing (though as he described he had
seen it before). The way this show came about is through a fellow sim-
racer named Chad Pierce who is a regular at Don's show. When Chad
first saw the information about my G-seat, he contacted me and
suggested I go on the show. He is the one who helped set up my
appearance.
I think Don also didn't know how his audience would react. I think he
wasn't expecting it to amount to much. He seemed surprised when
everyone in the place was very attentive. He even commented on that
during the first break - that people were interested and paying
attention. They are used to seeing some big names on the show. Last
week's guests were scheduled to be Sarah Fisher and Tomas Scheckter
(that show was cancelled due to blizzard conditions). Anyway, Don was
a lot more friendly after the show than before :)
The most interesting person to try the simulator that night was a
former Indycar driver. While other people were trying the simulator,
I kept hearing people in the crowd saying "put Eldon in there!". I
didn't know who Eldon was. Turns out, his name is Eldon Rasmussen,
and he qualified for and raced in three Indy 500's in the '70's. It
was cool seeing him drive the simulator. When other people got into
the simulator they would just floor the gas and usually spin. Eldon
did his first lap around IMS in 1st gear! He took about 10 laps
getting up to speed. He probably drove about 40 laps, and was very
smooth. I didn't think to check his lap times - wish I would have.
The other people were really into it too. There was a crowd watching
all evening while people took turns. Everyone was cheering and really
enjoying it.
It was a pretty cool evening. Several Sim-racers were there. I wish
more could have come!
Pat Dotson
