Re: most deaths at track on GPL

On 18 Mar 2000 17:18:52 GMT, [email hidden] (Tony StewartNo20) wrote: >Hello. i have a question to think about and post on this board. >ok >Whats the track you probably died the most on GPL? >hope to enjoy your answers Hey Tony!! Good to see you on here... :) As to GPL death, I have died many times at Spa... -- * rrev at mindspring dot com * unit.26 - s.p.u.t.u.m. * http://www.cabal.net

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> >>Hello. i have a question to think about and post on this board. >>ok >>Whats the track you probably died the most on GPL? >>hope to enjoy your answers > >Hey Tony!! Good to see you on here... :) > >As to GPL death, I have died many times at Spa... > >-- >

I myself have been killed at the chicane at Monaco, the sharp turn after the long straight at Nurburgring, running side by side at Talladega and then flying through the wall, drafting at Texas and then forgetting to brake or move, and I have Barrel rolled at Road America.

Hello. i have a question to think about and post on this board. ok Whats the track you probably died the most on GPL? hope to enjoy your answers

Mine has to be Kayalami and the start of the front straight. If I lose control, it's up over the dirt bank and to those pearly white gates. :) -- -Brett Goodbye Greg Moore 1975-1999 "I will see you at the front, and wish me luck..." - Greg Moore Tony StewartNo20 <[email hidden]> wrote in article <[email hidden]>... > Hello. i have a question to think about and post on this board. > ok > Whats the track you probably died the most on GPL? > hope to enjoy your answers >

Hello, I always seem to wrap myself around that tree, oh dear, I'm going to have to remember 'Ring corners now, uh, Fuchsr�hre... you know, you go up the hill, careful not to bottom out, forget to brake and storm around the corner right into that tree. Always happens on my outlap. Usually makes me decide to try for that 8:37 lap TOMORROW. Many, many times, though, I have killed those idiots standing on the outside of the exit of Eau Rouge in Spa. They keep coming back! Urgh. -Laurens de Jong, The Netherlands.

I�ve never die! I seem to always be fit when next race is on. P Tony StewartNo20 <[email hidden]> skrev i diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:[email hidden]... > Hello. i have a question to think about and post on this board. > ok > Whats the track you probably died the most on GPL? > hope to enjoy your answers

well if the GPL physics allowed it, I'd have to bring a wet suit and inflatable dingy in the car with me to Monaco:-) Tony StewartNo20 <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Hello. i have a question to think about and post on this board. > ok > Whats the track you probably died the most on GPL? > hope to enjoy your answers

Tony StewartNo20 wrote: > Hello. i have a question to think about and post on this board. > ok > Whats the track you probably died the most on GPL? > hope to enjoy your answers Interesting question. I've died quite a few times at Watkins Glen, getting impaled on the steel rails (eerily reminiscent of Francois Cevert's fatal crash in 1973), and whacking the wood fences. Probably here more than anywhere else. I've also had several nasty crashes ala Lorenzo Bandini at the chicane at Monaco, not to mention hitting those damned light posts. Rouen has claimed my life often, as well. Nothing like missing a turn, flying down a grass embankment into a grove of trees. That 180 mph kink on the back straight can be fatal if your line isn't right and you don't lift - smack into the trees. And of course, we've all hit the house at the Masta Kink at Spa. I crash a lot at the Ring, too, but they are usually of the non-lethal variety. I have hit those black and white cement bridges a few times, though. Ouch. Those were great tracks, but man, were they dangerous! Dave Ewing -- ***************************************************** David A. Ewing Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] *****************************************************

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>Tony StewartNo20 wrote: >> >> Hello. i have a question to think about and post on this board. >> ok >> Whats the track you probably died the most on GPL? >> hope to enjoy your answers > >You've been there, you know the track and corner (the first one to >correctly identify it wins a virutal cigar!): > >Braking from fifth soon after the billboard on the left, shifting to >fourth, modulating the brake pressure as going over the crest, to third, >more brake pressure again and into the lower section of the steeply >banked corner, went a bit more sideways than hoped for, clawing in all >futility for traction as the rears get over the top of the crown, >catching air, and, agin, BLAM, into the fence. > >You've been there before and you know it!

The Loop right? Surprised that fence and those bales are still there! It's even worse trying to keep it straight when trying to overtake on the inside - nightmare! -- Mike Buckley Cotswold Pig Development Co Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 1472 371591 Fax: +44 (0) 1472 371208 Mail: [email hidden], [email hidden] http://www.toastyhamster.freeserve.co.uk

Definitely the 'Ring. There are just so many teeth-sucking moments on that track, usually involving lurid slides, triple digit speeds, blind crests and the close proximity of stout foliage - all at the same time. No other track does that. Most other tracks I can get away with a slide and believe it wasn't the end of me. Watching some of the replays from the 'Ring just make me squint and say "ouch!" as my car hits a tree broadside, 6 feet off the ground. An honorable mention goes to the big stone house on the exit of the Masta Kink. It's the industrial powered hoover of trackside objects if you're really going for a fast one. Nothing quite matches that hairy moment where you've put two wheels off, then know you've gone to far and smack it at square on. Honorable mention goes to Rally Championship (just to stray a little) for those moments that make you duck down. I sometimes lose concentration on the co-driver, and this usually results in some air time and a quick end against a very unyielding oak tree. Shame the damage modelling isn't a little less forgiving; my small reptile brain would like to see that Impreza wrapped around the pole, just to make me a little more careful the next time. Stephen

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > Hello. i have a question to think about and post on this board. > ok > Whats the track you probably died the most on GPL? > hope to enjoy your answers Nurburgring - especially that bush on the right hand side of the very fast left-hander under the bridge after the long, long straight (Antoniusbusche?). I long for the day I can edit the track and get rid of it! Spa - like a lot of other people, the Masta Kink. They must have built the houses well in those days:-) Rouen - the trees at the left hand side of the flat-out lefthander. ..and numerous other resting places... - Michael

Hmm...I think im going to have to go with Zandvoort. I hate that place. I always seem to slide off the track on the back section somewhere and go bounding over the hills. Then again my "go for broke" style of hottlapping has gotten me GPL-killed weveral times almost everywhere. Oh and I've run over more of those idiot spectators at the very edge of the track more times than i care to mention. Chris

[email hidden] (Tony StewartNo20) writes: > Hello. i have a question to think about and post on this board. > ok > Whats the track you probably died the most on GPL? > hope to enjoy your answers Good post. Recently I killed myself a lot practicing the Ring for the IGPLC-F3 race yesterday. There is this damned tree in Ardenauer-Forst (sp?) and also coming under that bridge in the lefthander at Tiergarten after the long straight I have this habit of putting my car right in the fence. The little bridge before the small karrusel in the righthander after the little straight have also caused some situations that might be fatal. The Ring..... Definately -- Olav K. Malmin remove spam when replying

Well I must say that, while not the most ever, that bridge at Snetterton has taken me out many a time since I've been running it. Always seems to be able to be taken faster, then that bridge starts getting closer.... Rafe Mc On 18 Mar 2000 17:18:52 GMT, [email hidden] (Tony StewartNo20) wrote: >Hello. i have a question to think about and post on this board. >ok >Whats the track you probably died the most on GPL? >hope to enjoy your answers

"Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> writes: > Shame the damage modelling isn't a > little less forgiving; my small reptile brain would like to see that Impreza > wrapped around the pole, just to make me a little more careful the next > time. Maybe it is a bit tasteless, probably very sick, but I get a bit tired of the wheel fall off damage. It would be "fun" to watch my ferrari 312 tub get smacked into a flat pancake hitting the house on the Masta exit. -- Olav K. Malmin remove spam when replying

[email hidden] (Tony StewartNo20) wrote: >Hello. i have a question to think about and post on this board. >ok >Whats the track you probably died the most on GPL? >hope to enjoy your answers The grid on a VROC Monza race, when surrounded by Glamourboys (tm).... Remco

Tony StewartNo20 wrote: > > Hello. i have a question to think about and post on this board. > ok > Whats the track you probably died the most on GPL? > hope to enjoy your answers You've been there, you know the track and corner (the first one to correctly identify it wins a virutal cigar!): Braking from fifth soon after the billboard on the left, shifting to fourth, modulating the brake pressure as going over the crest, to third, more brake pressure again and into the lower section of the steeply banked corner, went a bit more sideways than hoped for, clawing in all futility for traction as the rears get over the top of the crown, catching air, and, agin, BLAM, into the fence. You've been there before and you know it!

Mike Buckley wrote: > The Loop right? \ \ \ / \ \/ / / _/ \ / // ______________________ / / | | / ## | / /| O | / ## \__/_____/_|___|__/____## Here is the cigar! Sorry, but I had to try it, too, so it is lit already.

That tree is disgusting. Also this bush (right) after long straight, tunnel, lefthander - bonggggg Jens On 20 Mar 2000 10:53:18 +0100, [email hidden] (Olav K. Malmin) wrote:

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>[email hidden] (Tony StewartNo20) writes: > >> Hello. i have a question to think about and post on this board. >> ok >> Whats the track you probably died the most on GPL? >> hope to enjoy your answers > >Good post. > >Recently I killed myself a lot practicing the Ring for the IGPLC-F3 race >yesterday. There is this damned tree in Ardenauer-Forst (sp?) and also >coming under that bridge in the lefthander at Tiergarten after the long >straight I have this habit of putting my car right in the fence. The little >bridge before the small karrusel in the righthander after the little straight >have also caused some situations that might be fatal. > >The Ring..... Definately

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In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Tony StewartNo20) writes: >Hello. i have a question to think about and post on this board. >ok >Whats the track you probably died the most on GPL? >hope to enjoy your answers > I'd probably say Spa - because of the sheer speed. Watkins Glen would be a close second. I've crashed many times at the other tracks, but I'm usually just going fast enough to piss me off when I crash. Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

http://warpedracing.figc.net/temp/LOOP.mpg FPGLC-races at the Glen - all crashes in the loop!!! -- Mika Takala [email hidden] ICQ#14314015 Mike Buckley kirjoitti viestiss� ... >In article <[email hidden]>, Gregor Veble ><[email hidden]> writes >>Tony StewartNo20 wrote: >>> >>> Hello. i have a question to think about and post on this board. >>> ok >>> Whats the track you probably died the most on GPL? >>> hope to enjoy your answers >> >>You've been there, you know the track and corner (the first one to >>correctly identify it wins a virutal cigar!): >> >>Braking from fifth soon after the billboard on the left, shifting to >>fourth, modulating the brake pressure as going over the crest, to third, >>more brake pressure again and into the lower section of the steeply >>banked corner, went a bit more sideways than hoped for, clawing in all >>futility for traction as the rears get over the top of the crown, >>catching air, and, agin, BLAM, into the fence. >> >>You've been there before and you know it! >The Loop right? >Surprised that fence and those bales are still there! It's even worse >trying to keep it straight when trying to overtake on the inside - >nightmare! >-- >Mike Buckley >Cotswold Pig Development Co Ltd >Tel: +44 (0) 1472 371591 Fax: +44 (0) 1472 371208 >Mail: [email hidden], [email hidden] >http://www.toastyhamster.freeserve.co.uk

Slid wide at Rouen into a tree on that long right-hander connecting the two straights. Burst into flames. burned a while... Tony StewartNo20 wrote in message <[email hidden]>... >Hello. i have a question to think about and post on this board. >ok >Whats the track you probably died the most on GPL? >hope to enjoy your answers