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Eldred
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US East

Congratulations to Ginger, Corey, and Neil.

Track: CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY
Date: 05/01/04

Session: Practice

      P  #  DRIVER  TIME
      1  33  Coorzman  38.473
      2  3  TNA Loan  38.529
      3  98  LTB-Racer  38.543
      4  6  Neil__C  38.544
      5  27  BOster  38.586
      6  42  bluestringer  38.589
      7  7  Dick-Trickle  38.666
      8  1  Mitch_A  38.719
      9  19  DaveGF  38.784
      10  65  Pat Cardiff  38.824
      11  99  Elrikk  38.993
      12  2  tpaullin  39.189
      13  00  seery  39.212
      14  11  LizardspitRAS  39.232
      15  26  epickett  39.687
      16  03  ShepherdRAS  39.749

Weather: Clear, 70 F, Southwest 0 mph

Session: Qualifying

      P  #  DRIVER  TIME
      1  27  BOster  38.437
      2  33  Coorzman  38.469
      3  7  Dick-Trickle  38.508
      4  6  Neil__C  38.613
      5  19  DaveGF  38.682
      6  98  LTB-Racer  38.738
      7  99  Elrikk  38.781
      8  1  Mitch_A  38.851
      9  03  ShepherdRAS  38.903
      10  3  TNA Loan  39.013
      11  42  bluestringer  39.151
      12  65  Pat Cardiff  39.328
      13  2  tpaullin  39.412
      14  00  seery  39.563
      15  11  LizardspitRAS  39.611
      16  26  epickett  39.803

Weather: Clear, 70 F, Southwest 0 mph

Session: Happy Hour

      P  #  DRIVER  TIME
      1  6  Neil__C  38.694
      2  33  Coorzman  38.703
      3  99  Elrikk  38.831
      4  1  Mitch_A  38.917
      5  42  bluestringer  38.934
      6  98  LTB-Racer  39.062
      7  00  seery  39.173
      8  26  epickett  40.705
      9  03  ShepherdRAS  52.216

Weather: Clear, 70 F, Southwest 0 mph

Session: Race
OFFICIAL STANDINGS

      F  S  #  DRIVER  INTERVAL  LAPS  LED  POINTS  STATUS
      1  3  7  Dick-Trickle  165.360  125  22  180  Running
      2  2  33  Coorzman  -4.58  125  2  175  Running
      3  4  6  Neil__C  -6.15  125  4  170  Running
      4  8  1  Mitch_A  -7.64  125  0  160  Running
      5  6  98  LTB-Racer  -1L  124  0  155  Running
      6  14  00  seery  -1L  124  0  150  Running
      7  5  19  DaveGF  -1L  124  0  146  Running
      8  1  27  BOster  -2L  123  54*  152  Running
      9  15  11  LizardspitRAS  -2L  123  0  138  Running
      10  11  42  bluestringer  -3L  122  0  134  Running
      11  10  3  TNA Loan  -17L  108  43  135  Disco
      12  13  2  tpaullin  -42L  83  0  127  Retired
      13  12  65  Pat Cardiff  -45L  80  0  124  Retired
      14  7  99  Elrikk  -56L  69  0  121  Retired
      15  16  26  epickett  -93L  32  0  118  Wheel
      16  9  03  ShepherdRAS  -120L  5  0  115  Piston

Caution Flags: 3 (8 laps)
Lead Changes: 11 (5 drivers)
Weather: Clear, 70 F, Southwest 0 mph
Pitstop Frequency: 1x

PENALTIES
      LAP  #  INFRACTION  PENALTY
      6  03  Entering closed pits  Go to end of longest line
      83  2  Unsafe pit exit  Stop and go
      106  00  Entering closed pits  Go to end of longest line
      106  00  Unsafe pit exit  Go to end of longest line

Was good to be able to hang onto Neil's tail for much of the race before he
edged away from me though and the last 20 laps dicing side by side with
Larry was fun. Can't think that I'm cursed with all the bad luck in this
series though.... Ah well

MS

Ok, this doesn't make any sense.  I didn't have any damage, and pulled off
voluntarily.  WTF is this?

Eldred
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US East

David G Fisher

We lucked out a few laps earlier though Mark.  I heard someone on TS was
involved in some kinda accident but the yellow never flew.  I was exactly in
your position having just entered the pit road.

A bunch of us got screwed on that 2nd to last yellow.  I lucked out though
and managed to make up the positions and then get my lap back at the end.
Had a GREAT battle with Corey (Coorzman) for 3rd even though he was clearly
faster.  All around fun race.

Mitch

Eldred
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Slayer Spectral_K lvl 38 Necro
US East

[snip]

Dead right Mitch - Brian was as classy as it gets. For this race I had
decided to try and emulate the great Ging and do nothing but look after
tyres and fuel. I pitted on the first yellow and was stuck back in the pack
but stuck to my plan and took as long as it needed to work up safely. Given
how loose the setup was, everyone was doing a great job - I would never have
believed there'd only be 2 self spins.

The master plan worked on the second yellow as I was still fine on fuel and
tyres and ended up as only one of 4 on the lead lap. When Robert discoed I
thought 'that's a guaranteed third place - be cool'. I'd spent 10 laps
trying to find Brian's weakness (BTW, he doesn't have any) and thought my
best bet was to try to get a run off of T2 where I seemed pretty good. With
two laps to go I tried it and closed up more than I expected. The slightest
of touches and that was all she wrote :(

I'm really sorry Brian - although I love to race hard at the end I never
wanted for that to happen. I've made a couple of errors in recent weeks and
I'm going to have to work at eliminating them. Your response was awesome - I
expected (and deserved) a good lashing. Had your motor been running I would
have given the position back.

Sorry again and grats to everyone but me - on a fast track with a loose
setup it was probably the best display of RASCAR driving I've seen in a
while (and there've been some good ones lately).

Regards