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> >I think there is still a lot of work to be done on learning how to drive
> >during the cautions.  It seems the further back in line that you are,
> >the more likely it is that the speeds during the cauion will
> >continuously vary by as much as 30 mph.

> When were YOU bear the back of the line?  I figured you were too fast to
> experience the joy of that...<g>

> > >I think there is still a lot of work to be done on learning how to
drive
> > >during the cautions.  It seems the further back in line that you are,
> > >the more likely it is that the speeds during the cauion will
> > >continuously vary by as much as 30 mph.

> > When were YOU bear the back of the line?  I figured you were too fast to
> > experience the joy of that...<g>

> I was right behind you on the next to last restart (and I don't know
> what you were doing, but you almost came to a complete stop a couple of
> times).  You were behind ZZ Busch, and he was half a backstraight behind
> the next car in front of him.

> This is the kind of stuff that frustrates people in onlines races.

> Keeping a reasonable distance is fine, but when you're THAT far behind
> the end of the pace line, you're going to frustrate the hell out of
> drivers who are quicker because not only do they have to go around you,
> they have to make up way more distance than is reasonable.

> > >B) Do not follopw directly behind the guy in front of you.  If he does
> > >something stupid, you won't have to move nearly so far to avoid hitting
> > >him.

> > I always stagger my car in the pace line.  I drive on the other side of
the
> > track than the car ahead of me.

> Too many other people don't.  When you get that yo-yo speed thing going,
> someone's bound to get tagged on a pace lap.  It's best to run staggered
> until the one lap til green signal is given.

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> >It's no big deal at all since RASCAR isn't a league, but for some reason
the
> >race results incorrectly show me a lap down at Richmond.

> Something's weird with the race standings sometime.  During one of the
cautions
> at Richmond, I was about to make a pitstop.  My spotter says "We're not on
the
> lead lap - we can't pit this time by".  I may have been the LAST car on
the
> lead lap, but I *was* on the lead lap.  I didn't want to chance a penalty,
so I
> waited until next time by to pit.  Anybody else have something like that
> happen?

> Eldred

G

> > >It's no big deal at all since RASCAR isn't a league, but for some
reason
> the
> > >race results incorrectly show me a lap down at Richmond.

> > Something's weird with the race standings sometime.  During one of the
> cautions
> > at Richmond, I was about to make a pitstop.  My spotter says "We're not
on
> the
> > lead lap - we can't pit this time by".  I may have been the LAST car on
> the
> > lead lap, but I *was* on the lead lap.  I didn't want to chance a
penalty,
> so I
> > waited until next time by to pit.  Anybody else have something like that
> > happen?

> > Eldred
>     Well this is different, but still a bug.  I ran another offline race
at
> Bristol, it ended under caution.  The moment the leader crossed the finish
> line, everyone stopped.  did the Papy shuffle and dissapeared.  I
continued
> on across the s/f line.  Final results showed everyone in their proper
place
> but we all finished a lap down from the leader(at least those still on the
> lead lap.)
> a boo boo in the code methnks.
> dave henrie

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"David
> G

> > > >It's no big deal at all since RASCAR isn't a league, but for some
> reason
> > the
> > > >race results incorrectly show me a lap down at Richmond.

> > > Something's weird with the race standings sometime.  During one of the
> > cautions
> > > at Richmond, I was about to make a pitstop.  My spotter says "We're
not
> on
> > the
> > > lead lap - we can't pit this time by".  I may have been the LAST car
on
> > the
> > > lead lap, but I *was* on the lead lap.  I didn't want to chance a
> penalty,
> > so I
> > > waited until next time by to pit.  Anybody else have something like
that
> > > happen?

> > > Eldred
> >     Well this is different, but still a bug.  I ran another offline race
> at
> > Bristol, it ended under caution.  The moment the leader crossed the
finish
> > line, everyone stopped.  did the Papy shuffle and dissapeared.  I
> continued
> > on across the s/f line.  Final results showed everyone in their proper
> place
> > but we all finished a lap down from the leader(at least those still on
the
> > lead lap.)
> > a boo boo in the code methnks.
> > dave henrie

> >It's no big deal at all since RASCAR isn't a league, but for some reason
the
> >race results incorrectly show me a lap down at Richmond.

> Something's weird with the race standings sometime.  During one of the
cautions
> at Richmond, I was about to make a pitstop.  My spotter says "We're not on
the
> lead lap - we can't pit this time by".  I may have been the LAST car on
the
> lead lap, but I *was* on the lead lap.  I didn't want to chance a penalty,
so I
> waited until next time by to pit.  Anybody else have something like that
> happen?

> Eldred