GPL: A Pretty Good Day So Far

At last! After two and half years and several hundred attempts I've beaten Doug Arnao's time for the Nurburgring - just. I finally put together a lap where got more or less everything right and didn't fall for trying something extra anywhere and the result was 8.21.79, 0.14 seconds quicker than the estimable Mr Arnao. That was some 7 seconds off my PB and drops my GPLRank handicap to the point where I can smell that minus sign. I'd like to thank (in particular - there are far too many people whose advice has been valuable) JensSchumi for his LogiCorner page for the tip to eradicate the slackness in my LWFF, and the author of gn_nurb_fer_8m07_43.fe1 (Graham Nash?) for the Ferrari set-up I was using (although putting the time in there shows up how far I'm still off the pace...) and finally my new Athlon which I'm sure has made driving smoother. So then Eldred, the gauntlet is thrown down. My times are comparable with yours (within a second mostly, and you're quicker at Zandvoort and [spit] Mexico) with glaring one exception: 16+ seconds at Nurburgring. Next target - a decent time at Monaco, where I'm 1.57 seconds slower than Dave Kaemmer. -- Tony Whitley GPLRank +1.76, 777th place (The 777 is not a coincidence. I've made a deal with this bloke and he's promised me that when I actually go negative I'll be 666th :-) "On some laps I'd get as many as fifteen corners really right, but Moss, he gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German Grand Prix. P.S. The shine was taken off the day a little later when my home team (Coventry City, whom I've supported through thin and thin for more years than I care to remember) were relegated from the Premier Division after 34 years. But nothing could wipe the silly grin off my face. P.P.S. "A Pretty Good Day So Far" is a reference to an obscure record by Loudon Wainwright III, in case anyone was wondering.

Don't stop Tony !! Nows your chance to take off another 5 seconds !! I got stuck around the the 8.21-8.24 mark for ages ( months ) then suddenly found " that special place inside my head " and it's 8.20 , 8.19 , 8.18 , 8.16 and I even know where to find the rest - not sure I can but hey ... PS. this all happened during VROC five or eight lappers not training - I think it's that intensity of mind thing - if you want to go quicker in the end all you can do is raise your game. Lucinda W Tony Whitley <[email hidden]. c o . u k> wrote in message news:9d2uo6$9sk$[email hidden]... > At last! After two and half years and several hundred attempts I've beaten > Doug Arnao's time for the Nurburgring - just. I finally put together a lap > where got more or less everything right and didn't fall for tryingsomething > extra anywhere and the result was 8.21.79, 0.14 seconds quicker than the > estimable Mr Arnao. That was some 7 seconds off my PB and drops my GPLRank > handicap to the point where I can smell that minus sign. > > I'd like to thank (in particular - there are far too many people whose > advice has been valuable) JensSchumi for his LogiCorner page for the tipto > eradicate the slackness in my LWFF, and the author of > gn_nurb_fer_8m07_43.fe1 (Graham Nash?) for the Ferrari set-up I was using > (although putting the time in there shows up how far I'm still off the > pace...) and finally my new Athlon which I'm sure has made drivingsmoother.

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> > So then Eldred, the gauntlet is thrown down. My times are comparable with > yours (within a second mostly, and you're quicker at Zandvoort and [spit] > Mexico) with glaring one exception: 16+ seconds at Nurburgring. > > Next target - a decent time at Monaco, where I'm 1.57 seconds slower than > Dave Kaemmer. > > -- > Tony Whitley > GPLRank +1.76, 777th place > (The 777 is not a coincidence. I've made a deal with this bloke and he's > promised me that when I actually go negative I'll be 666th :-) > > "On some laps I'd get as many as fifteen corners really right, but Moss,

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> gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German Grand > Prix. > > P.S. The shine was taken off the day a little later when my home team > (Coventry City, whom I've supported through thin and thin for more years > than I care to remember) were relegated from the Premier Division after 34 > years. But nothing could wipe the silly grin off my face. > P.P.S. "A Pretty Good Day So Far" is a reference to an obscure record by > Loudon Wainwright III, in case anyone was wondering. > > >

PS Tony , I'm a Sutton UTD supporter , and I recall a fine January day in '89 .... LW. L Wong <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:... > Don't stop Tony !! Nows your chance to take off another 5 seconds !! I got > stuck around the the 8.21-8.24 mark for ages ( months ) then suddenlyfound > " that special place inside my head " and it's 8.20 , 8.19 , 8.18 , 8.16and

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> I even know where to find the rest - not sure I can but hey ... > PS. this all happened during VROC five or eight lappers not training - I > think it's that intensity of mind thing - if you want to go quicker in the > end all you can do is raise your game. > > Lucinda W > > > Tony Whitley <[email hidden]. c o . u k> wrote in message > news:9d2uo6$9sk$[email hidden]... > > At last! After two and half years and several hundred attempts I've

beaten > > Doug Arnao's time for the Nurburgring - just. I finally put together alap > > where got more or less everything right and didn't fall for trying > something > > extra anywhere and the result was 8.21.79, 0.14 seconds quicker than the > > estimable Mr Arnao. That was some 7 seconds off my PB and drops myGPLRank

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> > handicap to the point where I can smell that minus sign. > > > > I'd like to thank (in particular - there are far too many people whose > > advice has been valuable) JensSchumi for his LogiCorner page for the tip > to > > eradicate the slackness in my LWFF, and the author of > > gn_nurb_fer_8m07_43.fe1 (Graham Nash?) for the Ferrari set-up I was

using > > (although putting the time in there shows up how far I'm still off the > > pace...) and finally my new Athlon which I'm sure has made driving > smoother. > > > > So then Eldred, the gauntlet is thrown down. My times are comparablewith > > yours (within a second mostly, and you're quicker at Zandvoort and[spit] > > Mexico) with glaring one exception: 16+ seconds at Nurburgring. > > > > Next target - a decent time at Monaco, where I'm 1.57 seconds slowerthan

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> > Dave Kaemmer. > > > > -- > > Tony Whitley > > GPLRank +1.76, 777th place > > (The 777 is not a coincidence. I've made a deal with this bloke and he's > > promised me that when I actually go negative I'll be 666th :-) > > > > "On some laps I'd get as many as fifteen corners really right, but Moss, > he > > gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German

Grand > > Prix. > > > > P.S. The shine was taken off the day a little later when my home team > > (Coventry City, whom I've supported through thin and thin for more years > > than I care to remember) were relegated from the Premier Division after34

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> > years. But nothing could wipe the silly grin off my face. > > P.P.S. "A Pretty Good Day So Far" is a reference to an obscure record by > > Loudon Wainwright III, in case anyone was wondering. > > > > > > > >

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> PS Tony , I'm a Sutton UTD supporter , and I recall a fine January day in > '89 .... > LW. > > L Wong <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:... > > Don't stop Tony !! Nows your chance to take off another 5 seconds !! I

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> > stuck around the the 8.21-8.24 mark for ages ( months ) then suddenly > found > > " that special place inside my head " and it's 8.20 , 8.19 , 8.18 , 8.16 > and > > I even know where to find the rest - not sure I can but hey ... > > PS. this all happened during VROC five or eight lappers not training - I > > think it's that intensity of mind thing - if you want to go quicker in

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> > end all you can do is raise your game. > > > > Lucinda W > > > > > > Tony Whitley <[email hidden]. c o . u k> wrote in message > > news:9d2uo6$9sk$[email hidden]... > > > At last! After two and half years and several hundred attempts I've > beaten > > > Doug Arnao's time for the Nurburgring - just. I finally put together a > lap > > > where got more or less everything right and didn't fall for trying > > something > > > extra anywhere and the result was 8.21.79, 0.14 seconds quicker than

the > > > estimable Mr Arnao. That was some 7 seconds off my PB and drops my > GPLRank > > > handicap to the point where I can smell that minus sign. > > > > > > I'd like to thank (in particular - there are far too many people whose > > > advice has been valuable) JensSchumi for his LogiCorner page for thetip

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> > to > > > eradicate the slackness in my LWFF, and the author of > > > gn_nurb_fer_8m07_43.fe1 (Graham Nash?) for the Ferrari set-up I was > using > > > (although putting the time in there shows up how far I'm still off the > > > pace...) and finally my new Athlon which I'm sure has made driving > > smoother. > > > > > > So then Eldred, the gauntlet is thrown down. My times are comparable > with > > > yours (within a second mostly, and you're quicker at Zandvoort and > [spit] > > > Mexico) with glaring one exception: 16+ seconds at Nurburgring. > > > > > > Next target - a decent time at Monaco, where I'm 1.57 seconds slower > than > > > Dave Kaemmer. > > > > > > -- > > > Tony Whitley > > > GPLRank +1.76, 777th place > > > (The 777 is not a coincidence. I've made a deal with this bloke and

he's > > > promised me that when I actually go negative I'll be 666th :-) > > > > > > "On some laps I'd get as many as fifteen corners really right, butMoss,

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> > he > > > gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German > Grand > > > Prix. > > > > > > P.S. The shine was taken off the day a little later when my home team > > > (Coventry City, whom I've supported through thin and thin for more

years > > > than I care to remember) were relegated from the Premier Divisionafter > 34 > > > years. But nothing could wipe the silly grin off my face. > > > P.P.S. "A Pretty Good Day So Far" is a reference to an obscure recordby

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> > > Loudon Wainwright III, in case anyone was wondering. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

"L Wong" <[email hidden]> wrote ... > PS Tony , I'm a Sutton UTD supporter , and I recall a fine January day in > '89 .... > LW.Ah shaddap! Things are bad enough as it is without being reminded of that, thank you very much :-(

>and the author of >gn_nurb_fer_8m07_43.fe1 (Graham Nash?) for the Ferrari set-up I was using >(although putting the time in there shows up how far I'm still off the >pace...) Wow, that's an old setup :-) You should look around for some of the newer ones (Try Marc Mercer's) and you could immediately take about 4-5 seconds off your time. -- Cheers! Graeme Nash

>PS Tony , I'm a Sutton UTD supporter , and I recall a fine January day in >'89 .... And I'm a BROMLEY fan and, be afraid my friend, because the Ravens will be back soon... :-) -- Cheers! Graeme Nash

"L Wong" <[email hidden]> wrote ... > Don't stop Tony !! Nows your chance to take off another 5 seconds !! I got > stuck around the the 8.21-8.24 mark for ages ( months ) then suddenlyfound > " that special place inside my head " and it's 8.20 , 8.19 , 8.18 , 8.16and > I even know where to find the rest - not sure I can but hey ... > PS. this all happened during VROC five or eight lappers not training - I > think it's that intensity of mind thing - if you want to go quicker in the > end all you can do is raise your game.I know what you mean, most of my PBs come in races, it's just that I've found the 'Ring too long. I always got frustrated after a couple of laps. Maybe now that I've mastered it (ha!) I should try another race there. Thanks for the encouragement -- Tony Whitley GPLRank +1.76, 777th place "On some laps I'd get as many as fifteen corners really right, but Moss, he gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German Grand Prix.

Nowt about GPL (I am 7 Secs ahead of you though :-)), but another Sky Blues supporter feeling mighty depressed. I've been playing Insane all day to take out my frustrations on.............. 34 years gone ........................ Darren -- --------------------------------------------------------- TopGear Offline GP3 League http://topgear.dhs.org/cgi-bin/main/ In line with the F1 Calendar --------------------------------------------------------- "Tony Whitley" <[email hidden]. c o . u k> wrote in message news:9d2uo6$9sk$[email hidden]... : At last! After two and half years and several hundred attempts I've beaten : Doug Arnao's time for the Nurburgring - just. I finally put together a lap : where got more or less everything right and didn't fall for trying something : extra anywhere and the result was 8.21.79, 0.14 seconds quicker than the : estimable Mr Arnao. That was some 7 seconds off my PB and drops my GPLRank : handicap to the point where I can smell that minus sign. : : I'd like to thank (in particular - there are far too many people whose : advice has been valuable) JensSchumi for his LogiCorner page for the tip to : eradicate the slackness in my LWFF, and the author of : gn_nurb_fer_8m07_43.fe1 (Graham Nash?) for the Ferrari set-up I was using : (although putting the time in there shows up how far I'm still off the : pace...) and finally my new Athlon which I'm sure has made driving smoother. : : So then Eldred, the gauntlet is thrown down. My times are comparable with : yours (within a second mostly, and you're quicker at Zandvoort and [spit] : Mexico) with glaring one exception: 16+ seconds at Nurburgring. : : Next target - a decent time at Monaco, where I'm 1.57 seconds slower than : Dave Kaemmer. : : -- : Tony Whitley : GPLRank +1.76, 777th place : (The 777 is not a coincidence. I've made a deal with this bloke and he's : promised me that when I actually go negative I'll be 666th :-) : : "On some laps I'd get as many as fifteen corners really right, but Moss, he : gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German Grand : Prix. : : P.S. The shine was taken off the day a little later when my home team : (Coventry City, whom I've supported through thin and thin for more years : than I care to remember) were relegated from the Premier Division after 34 : years. But nothing could wipe the silly grin off my face. : P.P.S. "A Pretty Good Day So Far" is a reference to an obscure record by : Loudon Wainwright III, in case anyone was wondering. : : :

In article <BLbJ6.34214$[email hidden]>, "L Wong" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>Don't stop Tony !! Nows your chance to take off another 5 seconds !! I got >stuck around the the 8.21-8.24 mark for ages ( months ) then suddenly found >" that special place inside my head " and it's 8.20 , 8.19 , 8.18 , 8.16 and >I even know where to find the rest - not sure I can but hey ... >PS. this all happened during VROC five or eight lappers not training - I >think it's that intensity of mind thing - if you want to go quicker in the >end all you can do is raise your game.

I've been running 3-5 lappers on VROC for one of my leagues. I've turned a bunch of 8:4x(42,43,45,48). I haven't broken into the 30's since I set my PB of 8:38 last Christmas... :( Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +27.07...F2 +151.26... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <9d2uo6$9sk$[email hidden]>, "Tony Whitley" <[email hidden]. c o . u k> writes:

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>At last! After two and half years and several hundred attempts I've beaten >Doug Arnao's time for the Nurburgring - just. I finally put together a lap >where got more or less everything right and didn't fall for trying something >extra anywhere and the result was 8.21.79, 0.14 seconds quicker than the >estimable Mr Arnao. That was some 7 seconds off my PB and drops my GPLRank >handicap to the point where I can smell that minus sign. > >I'd like to thank (in particular - there are far too many people whose >advice has been valuable) JensSchumi for his LogiCorner page for the tip to >eradicate the slackness in my LWFF, and the author of >gn_nurb_fer_8m07_43.fe1 (Graham Nash?) for the Ferrari set-up I was using >(although putting the time in there shows up how far I'm still off the >pace...) and finally my new Athlon which I'm sure has made driving smoother. > >So then Eldred, the gauntlet is thrown down. My times are comparable with >yours (within a second mostly, and you're quicker at Zandvoort and [spit] >Mexico) with glaring one exception: 16+ seconds at Nurburgring. >

Phooey! No contest, Tony. Even if I beat you at the ring, you'd still be 10 or so seconds faster. I can't seem to gain 5 seconds, let alone the 25 I need to pass you... I also just got a new Athlon 1.2G - it hasn't leped yet. I don't seem to have Graeme's setup, but I have one from Roland Ehnstrom that he ran 7:58 with. I'm about a minute slower, with the same setup. Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +27.07...F2 +151.26... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"Graeme Nash" <[email hidden]> wrote ...

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> >and the author of > >gn_nurb_fer_8m07_43.fe1 (Graham Nash?) for the Ferrari set-up I was using > >(although putting the time in there shows up how far I'm still off the > >pace...) > > Wow, that's an old setup :-) You should look around for some of the > newer ones (Try Marc Mercer's) and you could immediately take about 4-5 > seconds off your time.

It ain't the set-up, it's the driver that's a few seconds off the pace! Apologies for misspelling your name, -- Tiny Whitley :-) GPLRank +1.76 "On some laps I'd get as many as fifteen corners really right, but Moss, he gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German Grand Prix.

>It ain't the set-up, it's the driver that's a few seconds off the pace! You should still try :-) If I remember rightly my setup was for GPL 1.0, some of the newer setups should give you a much more balanced car and allow you to go quicker. >Apologies for misspelling your name, NP - Everyone does :-) -- Cheers! Graeme Nash

Where do I get that Graeme ? I need a sturdy Lotus for my Ring exploits , any suggestions ? Lucinda W Graeme Nash <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> >and the author of > >gn_nurb_fer_8m07_43.fe1 (Graham Nash?) for the Ferrari set-up I was using > >(although putting the time in there shows up how far I'm still off the > >pace...) > > Wow, that's an old setup :-) You should look around for some of the > newer ones (Try Marc Mercer's) and you could immediately take about 4-5 > seconds off your time. > > -- > Cheers! > Graeme Nash

> Where do I get that Graeme ? I need a sturdy Lotus for my Ring exploits , > any suggestions ? Lucinda W wrote L Wong <[email hidden]> in message news:...> > Graeme Nash <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > >and the author of > > >gn_nurb_fer_8m07_43.fe1 (Graham Nash?) for the Ferrari set-up I wasusing

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> > >(although putting the time in there shows up how far I'm still off the > > >pace...) > > > > Wow, that's an old setup :-) You should look around for some of the > > newer ones (Try Marc Mercer's) and you could immediately take about 4-5 > > seconds off your time. > > > > -- > > Cheers! > > Graeme Nash > >

Graeme you must admit you are one 'great racer' & some of us {like myself} just don't have that edge that you & many other good racers have! You are correct in practice, practice, practice but it does take us "slow'pokes" a long time to break those barriers. Like Me!! <G> Btw: I never spell your name incorrectly..lol But of course how long have we known each other?? Wow I wont say if you dont.. <g> Cheers Graeme & Keep Breaking Those Lap Times Pardner!! Thom_j. "Graeme Nash" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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| | >It ain't the set-up, it's the driver that's a few seconds off the pace! | | You should still try :-) If I remember rightly my setup was for GPL 1.0, | some of the newer setups should give you a much more balanced car and | allow you to go quicker. | | >Apologies for misspelling your name, | | NP - Everyone does :-) | -- | Cheers! | Graeme Nash

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>>and the author of >>gn_nurb_fer_8m07_43.fe1 (Graham Nash?) for the Ferrari set-up I was using >>(although putting the time in there shows up how far I'm still off the >>pace...) > >Wow, that's an old setup :-) You should look around for some of the >newer ones (Try Marc Mercer's) and you could immediately take about 4-5 >seconds off your time.

Ok, Graeme - if that's an old setup, what's your Ring time NOW...? :) Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +25.37...F2 +151.26... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.