Boxing Day full-length GP

Date: December 26th, 2001 Time: 1:30 pm Eastern Track: Spa-Francorchamps Second holiday race: Date: Jan 1st, 2002 Time: 1:30 pm Eastern Track: Nurburgring Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

On 22 Dec 2001 03:30:19 GMT, [email hidden] (EldredP) wrote:

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>Date: December 26th, 2001 >Time: 1:30 pm Eastern >Track: Spa-Francorchamps > >Second holiday race: >Date: Jan 1st, 2002 >Time: 1:30 pm Eastern >Track: Nurburgring

Jan V.. what time is 1:30pm Eastern in normal time? :) Andre

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> >Eldred > >-- >Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 >Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett >GPLRank - under construction... > >Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you >with experience... >Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

7.30pm CET Jan. =--- "Pay attention when I'm talking to you boy!" -Foghorn Leghorn. "Andre Warringa" wrote... > <snip> > Jan V.. what time is 1:30pm Eastern in normal time? :)

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> Date: December 26th, 2001 > Time: 1:30 pm Eastern > Track: Spa-Francorchamps > > Second holiday race: > Date: Jan 1st, 2002 > Time: 1:30 pm Eastern > Track: Nurburgring > > > > Eldred > > -- > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPLRank - under construction... > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats

you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. Eldred, What's the story with your full-length VROC races? Invite only? RAS celebs only?? Aliens only??? ;-) Jonesy Remove 'ANTISPAM' when replying. "Movement is Tranquillity" - Stirling Moss GPLRank (F1): 19.75 Monster handicap: 571.8

The deal is, show up in VROC, join the race and try to keep it on the black stuff for as many laps as you possibly can, while, ideally, not taking out any other drivers in the process. Jan./Nurburgring title defender. ;-) =--- "Pay attention when I'm talking to you boy!" -Foghorn Leghorn. "Jonesy" wrote... > <snip> > Eldred, > > What's the story with your full-length VROC races? Invite only? > RAS celebs only?? Aliens only??? ;-)

In article <WnHV7.11864$[email hidden]>, "Jonesy" <[email hidden]> writes: >Eldred, > >What's the story with your full-length VROC races? Invite only? RAS celebs >only?? Aliens only??? ;-) > As Jan said, show up and join. We haven't passworded any races yet. When(if?) we run Monaco, that will probably be passworded and by invitation... Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

On 22 Dec 2001 03:30:19 GMT, [email hidden] (EldredP) wrote: >Date: December 26th, 2001 >Time: 1:30 pm Eastern >Track: Spa-Francorchamps Oh man :( In lap 7 or so I made an error which caused my car to spin.. someone overtook me and I was 2nd. Took me a couple of laps to gain up on him and on lap 14 I finally managed to pass him after a nice duel.. And then, one second after I passed him, my engine blew up.. luckily the guy behind me managed to avoid me. Good race though, full grid was nice. Shame to see Jan and Jens leaving on the first lap :( Crash at start or something? I think I won't take the Lotus again for the next full GP race.. Andre

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>Oh man >In lap 7 or so I made an error which caused my car to spin.. someone >overtook me and I was 2nd. Took me a couple of laps to gain up on him >and on lap 14 I finally managed to pass him after a nice duel.. > >And then, one second after I passed him, my engine blew up.. luckily >the guy behind me managed to avoid me.

It was a great battle thanks Andre. I was watching you gain on me every lap, but thanks to my long 5th gear (I'm glad I changed my setup just before the race) I could just hold you off down the straights until I made a mistake then you were past in a flash. Shame it didn't last though, I was looking forward to continuing the battle. It did get a bit dull after your engine blew, but the 2nd place driver (sorry, I forgot your name) wasn't giving up, so I still had to keep the gap constant between us. Just when I thought I had it in the bag - DISCO! Oh well roll on the next race. Dave

On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 11:28:09 +0000 (UTC), "David Bryant" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>It was a great battle thanks Andre. I was watching you gain on me every >lap, but thanks to my long 5th gear (I'm glad I changed my setup just before >the race) I could just hold you off down the straights until I made a >mistake then you were past in a flash. Shame it didn't last though, I was >looking forward to continuing the battle. It did get a bit dull after your >engine blew, but the 2nd place driver (sorry, I forgot your name) wasn't >giving up, so I still had to keep the gap constant between us. Just when I >thought I had it in the bag - DISCO!

With 4 laps to go you told me - that really sucks.. but you figured that out yourself I guess :) Spa was quite hard for a full GP race, that right hander after Masta (Stavelot?) is quite hard on the revs if you take it at maximum speed.. and I did that a couple of times so I could gain on you. Bad idea, especially in a Lotus :-/ Yup, good race, see you at the Ring. Btw.. what happened to the car that was leading in the first place, Ferrari, Andrew something? Oh and Eldred.. I really think you should password the race next time..2 places were lost now with people who only wanted to practice and left on purpose just before the race started. A shame since other people did want to join the race. Andre >Oh well roll on the next race. > >Dave > >

>With 4 laps to go you told me - that really sucks.. but you figured >that out yourself I guess :) Yeah ;oP I must remember to reconnect at the end of practice because I must have gone over the 2 hour mark with my ISP. >Spa was quite hard for a full GP race, that right hander after Masta >(Stavelot?) is quite hard on the revs if you take it at maximum >speed.. and I did that a couple of times so I could gain on you. >Bad idea, especially in a Lotus :-/ I'm slow at Spa (compared to other circuits) because it's my least favourite circuit - I just get bored on those straights. I actually realised that I wasn't even using the breaks in stavelot, which is probably why you could gain so much on me there. >Yup, good race, see you at the Ring. No chance of getting bored there ;o)

On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 14:04:38 +0000 (UTC), "David Bryant" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Yeah ;oP >I must remember to reconnect at the end of practice because I must have gone >over the 2 hour mark with my ISP. 2 hour mark with your ISP.. err.. how about switching to a different ISP? Anyway, another reason to password the race then.. I had to reboot during quali and had a hard getting getting back in the race, it was full when I had rebooted. Had to press reconnect a zillion times before I could get back in. >I'm slow at Spa (compared to other circuits) because it's my least favourite >circuit - I just get bored on those straights. I actually realised that I >wasn't even using the breaks in stavelot, which is probably why you could >gain so much on me there. No, I don't use brakes either there.. difference between practice and the real race is that during practice I drop down gears while still at a high rev.. dropping the gear makes the car pull a bit into the corner, helping a lot at Stavelot. Baaaad for the engine though :-/ >>Yup, good race, see you at the Ring. > >No chance of getting bored there ;o) Well that straight at the Ring is long and boring too :) Andre

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Andre Warringa) writes:

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>>I'm slow at Spa (compared to other circuits) because it's my least favourite >>circuit - I just get bored on those straights. I actually realised that I >>wasn't even using the breaks in stavelot, which is probably why you could >>gain so much on me there. > >No, I don't use brakes either there.. difference between practice and >the real race is that during practice I drop down gears while still at >a high rev.. dropping the gear makes the car pull a bit into the >corner, helping a lot at Stavelot. >Baaaad for the engine though :-/

Am I the *only* one who brakes at Stavelot...? Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Andre Warringa) writes: >Oh and Eldred.. I really think you should password the race next >time..2 places were lost now with people who only wanted to practice >and left on purpose just before the race started. >A shame since other people did want to join the race. > How many people got shut out? Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

On 27 Dec 2001 19:10:40 GMT, [email hidden] (EldredP) wrote:

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>In article <[email hidden]>, >[email hidden] (Andre Warringa) writes: > >>Oh and Eldred.. I really think you should password the race next >>time..2 places were lost now with people who only wanted to practice >>and left on purpose just before the race started. >>A shame since other people did want to join the race. >> > >How many people got shut out?

At least two who I met in VROC when I left the race after an hour. And I was simply lucky to be able to get back into the race when I had to reboot. Then the fact that two people bailed out on purpose just before the race started gets even more annoying :( Andre

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> >Eldred >-- >Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 >Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett >GPLRank - under construction... > >Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you >with experience... >Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Andre, I got into practice with about 20 minutes left and did 2 to 3 laps before I realized that I hadn't turned off the Firewall logging. Exited and came back in with 19 racers in practice, me being the 20th. It did take me a few reconnects to enter back onto the server, maybe we were dicing for the last two spots? I thought it was a full field at the start of the race? I wished GPL would have a little more time between practice and race as I have been caught with the wrong fuel load a couple of times for some of the longer races. :-( And that would give time for late entries too wouldn't it? A little more "Transition" time? -- Daytona Beach - Winter Speed Carnival 1903 - 1935 1919 - Ralph DePalma Driving Champion and winner of hundreds of races, sets new 1 mile record driving 905 cubic inch V-12 Packard on beach at 149.875 mph. DePalma also sets World Records for distances of 2 to 20 miles and standing mile. His standing mile record of 92.713 mph is unbroken for 36 years.

Andre Warringa wrote: > Oh and Eldred.. I really think you should password the race next > time..2 places were lost now with people who only wanted to practice > and left on purpose just before the race started. > A shame since other people did want to join the race. NO! I wanted in on the Boxing Day race, but I had to work. (I LOVE SPA!!!) I'm off Jan. 1st and I want to try my hand at a full length GP. I'm no good at the Ring (8:45 PB), but I figure if I start slow and stay out of everyones way, I can be around for the end. Please let me in! Gary Stephenson

EldredP wrote: > Am I the *only* one who brakes at Stavelot...? > > Eldred YUP! As you pass the last brake marker it's lift the throttle and downshift, as you come close to the run-off track/haybails to the left downshift again, steer around the corner and accelerate out. I'm not sure how I would have approached that corner in a full GP. I think I would brake to save wear and tear on the motor/gearbox. Too little to late, eh? Gary Stephenson

In article <WnHV7.11864$[email hidden]>, "Jonesy" <[email hidden]> writes: >Eldred, > >What's the story with your full-length VROC races? Invite only? RAS celebs >only?? Aliens only??? ;-) > As Jan said, show up and join. We haven't passworded any races yet. When(if?) we run Monaco, that will probably be passworded and by invitation... Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.