RASCAR California

Losing almost a second per lap, driving around for all intents and purposes by myself. Started nodding off, and figured it was too dangerous to be driving around half asleep. So, I pulled into the pits. I guess I'll go finish putting down tile in my basement now... Eldred -- http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Screamers League IICC League GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 Hist. +82.34 MoH:na N2k3 rank:in progress Slayer Spektera lvl 72 assassin Slayer Spectral_K lvl 38 Necro US East

Turned out to be a terriffic race for most of the guys. 2 yellows. Great win Ginger! "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Losing almost a second per lap, driving around for all intents andpurposes by > myself. Started nodding off, and figured it was too dangerous to bedriving

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> around half asleep. So, I pulled into the pits. I guess I'll go finish > putting down tile in my basement now... > > Eldred > -- > http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > Screamers League > IICC League > GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 > Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 > Hist. +82.34 MoH:na > N2k3 rank:in progress > Slayer Spektera lvl 72 assassin > Slayer Spectral_K lvl 38 Necro > US East

"Mitch_A" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:LJVkc.4148$[email hidden]... > Turned out to be a terriffic race for most of the guys. 2 yellows. Great > win Ginger! Congratulations to Ginger, Corey, and Neil. Track: CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY Date: 05/01/04 Session: Practice P # DRIVER TIME 1 33 Coorzman 38.473 2 3 TNA Loan 38.529 3 98 LTB-Racer 38.543 4 6 Neil__C 38.544 5 27 BOster 38.586 6 42 bluestringer 38.589 7 7 Dick-Trickle 38.666 8 1 Mitch_A 38.719 9 19 DaveGF 38.784 10 65 Pat Cardiff 38.824 11 99 Elrikk 38.993 12 2 tpaullin 39.189 13 00 seery 39.212 14 11 LizardspitRAS 39.232 15 26 epickett 39.687 16 03 ShepherdRAS 39.749 Weather: Clear, 70 �F, Southwest 0 mph Session: Qualifying P # DRIVER TIME 1 27 BOster 38.437 2 33 Coorzman 38.469 3 7 Dick-Trickle 38.508 4 6 Neil__C 38.613 5 19 DaveGF 38.682 6 98 LTB-Racer 38.738 7 99 Elrikk 38.781 8 1 Mitch_A 38.851 9 03 ShepherdRAS 38.903 10 3 TNA Loan 39.013 11 42 bluestringer 39.151 12 65 Pat Cardiff 39.328 13 2 tpaullin 39.412 14 00 seery 39.563 15 11 LizardspitRAS 39.611 16 26 epickett 39.803 Weather: Clear, 70 �F, Southwest 0 mph Session: Happy Hour P # DRIVER TIME 1 6 Neil__C 38.694 2 33 Coorzman 38.703 3 99 Elrikk 38.831 4 1 Mitch_A 38.917 5 42 bluestringer 38.934 6 98 LTB-Racer 39.062 7 00 seery 39.173 8 26 epickett 40.705 9 03 ShepherdRAS 52.216 Weather: Clear, 70 �F, Southwest 0 mph Session: Race OFFICIAL STANDINGS F S # DRIVER INTERVAL LAPS LED POINTS STATUS 1 3 7 Dick-Trickle 165.360 125 22 180 Running 2 2 33 Coorzman -4.58 125 2 175 Running 3 4 6 Neil__C -6.15 125 4 170 Running 4 8 1 Mitch_A -7.64 125 0 160 Running 5 6 98 LTB-Racer -1L 124 0 155 Running 6 14 00 seery -1L 124 0 150 Running 7 5 19 DaveGF -1L 124 0 146 Running 8 1 27 BOster -2L 123 54* 152 Running 9 15 11 LizardspitRAS -2L 123 0 138 Running 10 11 42 bluestringer -3L 122 0 134 Running 11 10 3 TNA Loan -17L 108 43 135 Disco 12 13 2 tpaullin -42L 83 0 127 Retired 13 12 65 Pat Cardiff -45L 80 0 124 Retired 14 7 99 Elrikk -56L 69 0 121 Retired 15 16 26 epickett -93L 32 0 118 Wheel 16 9 03 ShepherdRAS -120L 5 0 115 Piston Caution Flags: 3 (8 laps) Lead Changes: 11 (5 drivers) Weather: Clear, 70 �F, Southwest 0 mph Pitstop Frequency: 1x PENALTIES LAP # INFRACTION PENALTY 6 03 Entering closed pits Go to end of longest line 83 2 Unsafe pit exit Stop and go 106 00 Entering closed pits Go to end of longest line 106 00 Unsafe pit exit Go to end of longest line

And boy did that last yellow hurt me. I was coming into the pits and the yellow came out just as I was past the point of no return for going around. End of the longest line was my reward and no chance of a top 5 finish that was possibly on the cards. Was good to be able to hang onto Neil's tail for much of the race before he edged away from me though and the last 20 laps dicing side by side with Larry was fun. Can't think that I'm cursed with all the bad luck in this series though.... Ah well MS "Mitch_A" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:LJVkc.4148$[email hidden]...

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> Turned out to be a terriffic race for most of the guys. 2 yellows. Great > win Ginger! > > "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Losing almost a second per lap, driving around for all intents and > purposes by > > myself. Started nodding off, and figured it was too dangerous to be > driving > > around half asleep. So, I pulled into the pits. I guess I'll go finish > > putting down tile in my basement now... > > > > Eldred > > -- > > http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > > Screamers League > > IICC League > > GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 > > Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 > > Hist. +82.34 MoH:na > > N2k3 rank:in progress > > Slayer Spektera lvl 72 assassin > > Slayer Spectral_K lvl 38 Necro > > US East > >

> 15 16 26 epickett -93L 32 0 118 Wheel Ok, this doesn't make any sense. I didn't have any damage, and pulled off voluntarily. WTF is this? Eldred -- http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Screamers League IICC League GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 Hist. +82.34 MoH:na N2k3 rank:in progress Slayer Spektera lvl 72 assassin Slayer Spectral_K lvl 38 Necro US East

No idea. David G Fisher "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > 15 16 26 epickett -93L 32 0 118 Wheel > > Ok, this doesn't make any sense. I didn't have any damage, and pulled off > voluntarily. WTF is this? > > Eldred > -- > http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > Screamers League > IICC League > GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 > Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 > Hist. +82.34 MoH:na > N2k3 rank:in progress > Slayer Spektera lvl 72 assassin > Slayer Spectral_K lvl 38 Necro > US East

Its part of the non-existent <wink> no random damage code <g> David G Fisher <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> No idea. > > David G Fisher > > "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > 15 16 26 epickett -93L 32 0 118 Wheel > > > > Ok, this doesn't make any sense. I didn't have any damage, and pulled

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> > voluntarily. WTF is this? > > > > Eldred > > -- > > http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > > Screamers League > > IICC League > > GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 > > Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 > > Hist. +82.34 MoH:na > > N2k3 rank:in progress > > Slayer Spektera lvl 72 assassin > > Slayer Spectral_K lvl 38 Necro > > US East > >

Actually we had 3 yellows. 2 self induced and the one at the end between Neil and Brian. Brian is sure a class act about it though. He led the most laps and was battling for second yet he didnt complain at all when he got wrecked. We lucked out a few laps earlier though Mark. I heard someone on TS was involved in some kinda accident but the yellow never flew. I was exactly in your position having just entered the pit road. A bunch of us got screwed on that 2nd to last yellow. I lucked out though and managed to make up the positions and then get my lap back at the end. Had a GREAT battle with Corey (Coorzman) for 3rd even though he was clearly faster. All around fun race. Mitch "Mark Seery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:c72h9s$obi$[email hidden]... > And boy did that last yellow hurt me. I was coming into the pits and the > yellow came out just as I was past the point of no return for goingaround. > End of the longest line was my reward and no chance of a top 5 finish that > was possibly on the cards. > > Was good to be able to hang onto Neil's tail for much of the race beforehe

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> edged away from me though and the last 20 laps dicing side by side with > Larry was fun. Can't think that I'm cursed with all the bad luck in this > series though.... Ah well > > MS > "Mitch_A" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:LJVkc.4148$[email hidden]... > > Turned out to be a terriffic race for most of the guys. 2 yellows.

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> > win Ginger! > > > > "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > Losing almost a second per lap, driving around for all intents and > > purposes by > > > myself. Started nodding off, and figured it was too dangerous to be > > driving > > > around half asleep. So, I pulled into the pits. I guess I'll go

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> > > putting down tile in my basement now... > > > > > > Eldred > > > -- > > > http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > > > Screamers League > > > IICC League > > > GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 > > > Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 > > > Hist. +82.34 MoH:na > > > N2k3 rank:in progress > > > Slayer Spektera lvl 72 assassin > > > Slayer Spectral_K lvl 38 Necro > > > US East > > > > > >

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> Its part of the non-existent <wink> no random damage code <g> > > >David G Fisher <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> No idea. >> >> David G Fisher >> >> "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:[email hidden]... >> > > 15 16 26 epickett -93L 32 0 118 Wheel >> > >> > Ok, this doesn't make any sense. I didn't have any damage, and pulled >off >> > voluntarily. WTF is this? >> >

Maybe the universe is just trying to tell me something recently, and I haven't been listening... Eldred -- http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Screamers League IICC League GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 Hist. +82.34 MoH:na N2k3 rank:in progress Slayer Spektera lvl 72 assassin Slayer Spectral_K lvl 38 Necro US East

"Mitch_A" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:tX9lc.43754$[email hidden]... > Actually we had 3 yellows. 2 self induced and the one at the end between > Neil and Brian. Brian is sure a class act about it though. He led themost > laps and was battling for second yet he didnt complain at all when he got > wrecked.[snip] Dead right Mitch - Brian was as classy as it gets. For this race I had decided to try and emulate the great Ging and do nothing but look after tyres and fuel. I pitted on the first yellow and was stuck back in the pack but stuck to my plan and took as long as it needed to work up safely. Given how loose the setup was, everyone was doing a great job - I would never have believed there'd only be 2 self spins. The master plan worked on the second yellow as I was still fine on fuel and tyres and ended up as only one of 4 on the lead lap. When Robert discoed I thought 'that's a guaranteed third place - be cool'. I'd spent 10 laps trying to find Brian's weakness (BTW, he doesn't have any) and thought my best bet was to try to get a run off of T2 where I seemed pretty good. With two laps to go I tried it and closed up more than I expected. The slightest of touches and that was all she wrote :( I'm really sorry Brian - although I love to race hard at the end I never wanted for that to happen. I've made a couple of errors in recent weeks and I'm going to have to work at eliminating them. Your response was awesome - I expected (and deserved) a good lashing. Had your motor been running I would have given the position back. Sorry again and grats to everyone but me - on a fast track with a loose setup it was probably the best display of RASCAR driving I've seen in a while (and there've been some good ones lately). Regards