fault
sorry
don
don
grub
> don
> > What a great race indeed!
> > I got some damage from the caution one first lap... when the yellow
came
> > out - I slowed down but, unfortunatly Don didn't - so he nudged me into
a
> > spin just before the line... Just a reminder to everyone that we DO NOT
> race
> > back to the line; when the yellow flies - slow down! :-)
> > A little confusion during the caution, saw me pitting on the last
> > yellow-lap, so i was pretty much in last spot as the green flew. Good
> thing
> > was that the Westen Auto crew had done great work during my stop and the
> car
> > didnt feel too bad. (although I had "a moment" shortly after the
> > restart....)
> > The restart went great too even though we had some cars upfront with
> > powerloss - good work giving room guys! This is getting better all the
> time
> > IMO.
> > My only wish is that I'd pitted earlier the second time around... I
> > streched the fuel for 66-67 laps both times - [ironcly enough] hoping
for
> a
> > caution - but it never happend.
> > As an effect my laps times increased too much and I missed out on 4th.
> > place. - which I spend the majority of the race fighting with Jurjen
for.
> In
> > the end I think he beat me to it by 5 seconds or so.. From what I
could
> > see - there were several "battles" like this thruout the field - Great
> fun!
> > A real tricky thing at Lowe's is how different the car feels on fresh
> tires.
> > My car was loose as hell in turn 2 on the first few laps after a stop -
> > probably a side-effect of having driven a understeering car for so
long -
> > just previously.
> > Kudos to everyone for making such a great race!
> > (Oh... and Don: Don't forget; when the yellow flies - slow down :-)
> > --
> > ed_
Grub caught the turn 4 wall and bounced out, and I slammed on the brakes.
It was close, but I got stopped in time and never touched him.
BUT, the damned game gave me front-end damage and I was in hurtsville from
that point on. I was ok on new tires, but after 10 laps the handle was
gone. After a while I too was re-arranging my RF on the turn-4 wall :(
I also noticed a bit of that same, odd "Let's***with Larry and shove the
front end out from underneath him" stuff that I witnessed at Kansas City.
Not as bad, but it still happened. I still don't know what this is all
about. It is NOT speed dependent. It is NOT corner entry dependent. It
just happens out of no where every now and then, and it's almost impossible
to save the car from the wall when it does happen. It's like you blow a
tire, except the next lap everything is fine again. I had never noticed
this until the patch came out.
I'm not quite so sure how I got 2 laps down. 1 I understand, but not 2. I
must of had to pit one time more than the others due to my air-ball damage.
It was a nice race though. This was the first race I've ever had here where
I was comfortable passing people in the square-oval. Everyone held their
lines nicely, and there were no problems. This place is usually a nightmare
for me.
-Larry
-Larry
-Larry
-Larry
> > Well, had a good run, but DW just plainly outdrove the grubbat dodge and
> may
> > hats off to him (showing yall my bald head). Had a good race and only
had
> 1
> > YELLOW for the whole race. I think some got caught up in a wreck and LTB
> hit
> > some air and got some damage. Anyway, lots of fun for me and look
forward
> to
> > next week. My arm is tired from all that GREEN flag racing and two green
> > flag pit stops. Just plain awsome!!!
> > grub
> I did ok, finished 6th, another top 10. Are we going to points next
season?
> I got caught up in the wreck, but didn't get much damage. I think I hit
#98
> when I was trying to avoid, sorry Larry. Yea, it was an awesome race, but
my
> arms sure are hurting. I think we had 155 laps of green.
> bluestringer
-Larry
> > > Well, had a good run, but DW just plainly outdrove the grubbat dodge
and
> > may
> > > hats off to him (showing yall my bald head). Had a good race and only
> had
> > 1
> > > YELLOW for the whole race. I think some got caught up in a wreck and
LTB
> > hit
> > > some air and got some damage. Anyway, lots of fun for me and look
> forward
> > to
> > > next week. My arm is tired from all that GREEN flag racing and two
green
> > > flag pit stops. Just plain awsome!!!
> > > grub
> > I did ok, finished 6th, another top 10. Are we going to points next
> season?
> > I got caught up in the wreck, but didn't get much damage. I think I hit
> #98
> > when I was trying to avoid, sorry Larry. Yea, it was an awesome race,
but
> my
> > arms sure are hurting. I think we had 155 laps of green.
> > bluestringer
> Correction, after looking at the replay, it was not the 98 I hit, it was
the
> 7. Sorry Ginger, I swerved left trying to avoid and ran right into you.
Man
> you took a good tumble, hope there wasn't much damage.
> bluestringer
Larry
Mitch
> -Larry
> > Great race folks!
> > Although I was suffering from a rather sore throat I simply could not
> > bring myself to park it and head for bed which would have been better
> > for me, but no, this race was too much fun to quit.
> > I really think TeamSpeak is a great addition to the racing experience,
> > and comments from Ed when to "stay high" were really welcome and gave me
> > a good idea what to do.
> > I don't think I could handle the TC stuff on a road course, but it
> > sure makes oval racing much more interesting.
> > Cheers,
> > 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)
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-Larry
> Mitch
> > Has anyone posted specific instructions for getting TeamSpeak up and
> running
> > in our situation ?
> > -Larry
> > > Great race folks!
> > > Although I was suffering from a rather sore throat I simply could not
> > > bring myself to park it and head for bed which would have been better
> > > for me, but no, this race was too much fun to quit.
> > > I really think TeamSpeak is a great addition to the racing experience,
> > > and comments from Ed when to "stay high" were really welcome and gave
me
> > > a good idea what to do.
> > > I don't think I could handle the TC stuff on a road course, but it
> > > sure makes oval racing much more interesting.
> > > Cheers,
> > > 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)
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I also have a headset on order so I am looking forward to tryingt it
out next Saturday 8-)
It's real fun being able to talk to you fellow RASCAR racers.
Cheers,
uwe
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