A quick goodbye........

Dear Friends and Sim Racers, Well it's been almost 2 glorious years since my BBS left the domain of dial-up access to mount the World-wide Web and become The Pits. In those 2 years I've really seen the inside of the Sim Racing industry, gained a lot of knowledge, passed on a lot of knowledge and met people who I can truely called friends. I've been praised, I've been slated, mis-understood and misrepresented and at times, threatened with lawsuits! But whatever happened, I've always done it with the interests of you, the sim racers in mind. I hope I've represented you well. Whats this all about I hear you ask? Well after 2 years it's time for me to move on and leave my square of tarmac of the Information Superspeedway in the hands of others and as such I'm now standing down and leaving The Pits. This past month has seen my involvement in the TPTCC project and I feel that my contribution in my last 'big' project was a perfect opportunity to give my best.Thanks for all the praise and feedback you gave on the project - myself and the others involved appreciate it. But, as they move back into the garage to work on for the next big one, I'm off to the motorhome to hang up my helmet. I won't disappear completely - I'll still be involved in projects here and their and I'll certainly be in r.a.s every so often - but from now on I'll just be lurking in the paddock, showing my head when it's needed. So what does this mean to you lot? Well, The Pits will continue with Jan Kohl in charge - he's practically ran the whole team for the past year with me in the background weilding a spanner from time to time to tighten things up a bit. He's comitted to The Pits future and has promised to keep it going for as long as he can - so please help him out! The European Mirror will probably remain although the UK mirror hangs in balance at the moment. As for what I'll be doing? Well I can't say - not because I don't want to but I'm contractually obliged not to. What I am allowed to let you know is that I'm contracted to work on some new 'software' which over the next few years in probably going to find itself in the hearts of most new sims you buy - even if the developers don't know it yet. Because of this, my name won't be in any of the credits but my code will probably be in their somewhere! A return to racing is also on the cards for next year although at the moment I'm a bit undecided on what to do - although my racing license has enough signatures to let me be a BTCC privateer...... Anyhow, I'd just like to say thank you to you all for the past 2 years and I hope in the future I can give sim racing something back. Cheers Jed - The Pits

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> Dear Friends and Sim Racers, > Well it's been almost 2 glorious years since my BBS left the domain of > dial-up access to mount the World-wide Web and become The Pits. > In those 2 years I've really seen the inside of the Sim Racing > industry, gained a lot of knowledge, passed on a lot of knowledge and > met people who I can truely called friends. > I've been praised, I've been slated, mis-understood and > misrepresented and at times, threatened with lawsuits! > But whatever happened, I've always done it with the interests of you, > the sim racers in mind. I hope I've represented you well. > Whats this all about I hear you ask? > Well after 2 years it's time for me to move on and leave my square of > tarmac of the Information Superspeedway in the hands of others and as > such I'm now standing down and leaving The Pits. > This past month has seen my involvement in the TPTCC project and I > feel that my contribution in my last 'big' project was a perfect > opportunity to give my best.Thanks for all the praise and feedback you > gave on the project - myself and the others involved appreciate it. > But, as they move back into the garage to work on for the next big > one, I'm off to the motorhome to hang up my helmet. > I won't disappear completely - I'll still be involved in projects here > and their and I'll certainly be in r.a.s every so often - but from now > on I'll just be lurking in the paddock, showing my head when it's > needed. > So what does this mean to you lot? > Well, The Pits will continue with Jan Kohl in charge - he's > practically ran the whole team for the past year with me in the > background weilding a spanner from time to time to tighten things up a > bit. > He's comitted to The Pits future and has promised to keep it going for > as long as he can - so please help him out! > The European Mirror will probably remain although the UK mirror hangs > in balance at the moment. > As for what I'll be doing? Well I can't say - not because I don't want > to but > I'm contractually obliged not to. > What I am allowed to let you know is that I'm contracted to work on > some new > 'software' which over the next few years in probably going to find > itself in the hearts of most new sims you buy - even if the developers > don't know it yet. > Because of this, my name won't be in any of the credits but my code > will probably be in their somewhere! > A return to racing is also on the cards for next year although at the > moment I'm a bit undecided on what to do - although my racing license > has enough signatures to let me be a BTCC privateer...... > Anyhow, I'd just like to say thank you to you all for the past 2 years > and I hope > in the future I can give sim racing something back. > Cheers > Jed - The Pits

Godspeed in what you do and win one for us. You'll be missed. The Pits was the first "real" board I ran across where the people running it were into racing as much as I am. Thanks for all you've done Jed. Gene Miller

Thanks for everything Jed. You will be missed around here. Good luck on your new endeavor. Kelvin www.nashville.com/~james.hayes/kel.htm

Hi Jed, This is most distressful to hear!! However, I wish you only the best of luck, and look forward to racing you in some form of 'net event someday. I am glad to hear you won't be leaving us entirely, as I (and I'm sure others) have grown accustomed to your insight and clever wit. IMO, The Pits is the benchmark by which all other sites follow, and I'm very proud of your accomplishments. Cheers Jed! Marc

Jed, I wish you success in whichever path you take. "The Pits" has and will always be the site that sets the example in providing the most information and addons for the simracing fan! Sad to see you have to backdown but happy for you. Good luck! Ron L. Home of the SSC http://www3.pgh.net/~lazer/ For Nascar2 & Winston Cup Fans!

Adios Jed. Best wishes in your future endeavours. Tom Petersen

says... Jed, you will be sorely missed, keep in touch... -- Mike's Nascar World http://www.gate.net/~mpete/ Stop on by, what can it hurt?

Best of luck to you Jed. Sure sounds interesting...especially about the "secret" software development. Maybe you can put all the dreams and desires of RAS into the heart of most new sims we buy... :) -- Neil Yeatman Ajax, Ontario, CANADA