Can-Am anyone?

Folks, Many of us have had the chance to run the GPL demo, very promising sim engine. Now, does anyone but me want to see a Can-Am sim? I'd really like the chance to run a Shadow around Watkins Glen, or a bright orange McLaren with a Silver wing! Rich Koehler (Anti-spam: Change rgko3hl3r to rgkoehler)

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> Folks, > Many of us have had the chance to run the GPL demo, > very promising sim engine. Now, does anyone but me want to > see a Can-Am sim? I'd really like the chance to run a Shadow > around Watkins Glen, or a bright orange McLaren with a Silver > wing! > Rich Koehler > (Anti-spam: Change rgko3hl3r to rgkoehler)

The first lap that I completed ( without crashing ) that very thought flashed through my mind ( as I came into turn 1 , way too hot , crashing yet again ). Just give it some time and I'm sure there will be modifications that allow for Can Am cars to race this GREAT sim. Steve at RXspeed7 racing Visit the RXspeed7 page at... http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/7177/index.html

You read my mind. Let's also include the TRANS-AM series also. That would be really wonderful to have the option to race old the old neat cars that the drivers really had to drive. They are controlled projectiles.

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> Folks, > Many of us have had the chance to run the GPL demo, > very promising sim engine. Now, does anyone but me want to > see a Can-Am sim? I'd really like the chance to run a Shadow > around Watkins Glen, or a bright orange McLaren with a Silver > wing! > Rich Koehler > (Anti-spam: Change rgko3hl3r to rgkoehler)

Guys, There IS a Trans-Am sim coming out for all you history buffs of the late 60's. I am also a huge CAN-AM fan. I was raised in upstate NY and raced SCCA as Watkins Glen was my home track for the Glen Region. Speaking of SCCA... does anyone know what Tommy Kendall is running this season ?? The SCCA TA page is down and i watched the first race where Paul Gentilozzi ran away with it with the new Corvette. However that wouldnt have happened if Tommy were running =) Scott

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> You read my mind. Let's also include the TRANS-AM series also. That > would be really wonderful to have the option to race old the old neat > cars that the drivers really had to drive. They are controlled > projectiles. > > Folks, > > Many of us have had the chance to run the GPL demo, > > very promising sim engine. Now, does anyone but me want to > > see a Can-Am sim? I'd really like the chance to run a Shadow > > around Watkins Glen, or a bright orange McLaren with a Silver > > wing! > > Rich Koehler > > (Anti-spam: Change rgko3hl3r to rgkoehler)

-- Scott B. Husted Marketing and Administrative Manager Riegel Federal Credit Union http://www.riegelfcu.org

Well, if you want to see Kendall in action, you will have to watch stock car auto racing... That's right, Kendall is running in the IROC series, this year, and only in that series. That's only 4 races... He already has a DNF at Daytona after a crash. A Trans-Am sim... that sounds interesting. Well any type of game simulating 4 wheel racing is nice. Anyone interested in running the 1911 Indy 500 racing sim? Philippe Sergerie

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>Folks, > Many of us have had the chance to run the GPL demo, >very promising sim engine. Now, does anyone but me want to >see a Can-Am sim? I'd really like the chance to run a Shadow >around Watkins Glen, or a bright orange McLaren with a Silver >wing! >Rich Koehler >(Anti-spam: Change rgko3hl3r to rgkoehler)

Rich, Maybe one day Papy will make it. Then we will have F1,CanAm,& TransAm all from the glory days of racing. Joel Willstien #20 Castrol Ford

Who is making it and when is the release date? I can't wait. matt

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> Guys, > There IS a Trans-Am sim coming out for all you history buffs of the late > 60's. I am also a huge CAN-AM fan. I was raised in upstate NY and raced > SCCA as Watkins Glen was my home track for the Glen Region. > Speaking of SCCA... does anyone know what Tommy Kendall is running this > season ?? > The SCCA TA page is down and i watched the first race where Paul > Gentilozzi ran away with it with the new Corvette. However that wouldnt > have happened if Tommy were running =) > Scott > > You read my mind. Let's also include the TRANS-AM series also. That > > would be really wonderful to have the option to race old the old neat > > cars that the drivers really had to drive. They are controlled > > projectiles. > > > Folks, > > > Many of us have had the chance to run the GPL demo, > > > very promising sim engine. Now, does anyone but me want to > > > see a Can-Am sim? I'd really like the chance to run a Shadow > > > around Watkins Glen, or a bright orange McLaren with a Silver > > > wing! > > > Rich Koehler > > > (Anti-spam: Change rgko3hl3r to rgkoehler) > -- > Scott B. Husted > Marketing and Administrative Manager > Riegel Federal Credit Union > http://www.riegelfcu.org

<<> Speaking of SCCA... does anyone know what Tommy Kendall is running this season ??>> Thanks in part to SCCA's colossal mismanagement and rules juggling to prevent another Kendall runaway, TK is currently without a ride. Doesn't it strike you as absolute nonsense that the winningest driver in the history of TransAm, overwhelming champion in 1997, is waiting for Roush to decide what they're going to do? Dorsey Schroeder is in the same boat. I don't know how or why SCCA Pro decided to allow the Corvettes to run, but I always though TransAm was a "sedan" series... Gentilozzi's absolute runaway win -- looking much like the McLarens in F1 this year -- is, IMHO, a harbinger of the end of TransAm racing as we have known it. Nobody wants to spend the money to run for second place, and once again, Chevrolet has pulled out of a series it could no longer win on its own merits, and then has come back under the table to support this Corvette effort. They did the same thing in NASCAR and sports car racing in the '60s. Bart Brown

You can blame the SCCA for a lot of things, but not for putting the skids on TK's career. Everyone at Roush knew they were not returning to the series long before the end of the season. TK had an offer from Jack to do the truck deal and Tommy waited too long, hoping for a CART ride, which he richly deserves IMHO. Now TK's stuck in IROC and walkin' pit lanes. I hope he can find something soon, somebody at LeMans must need a co-driver! I spent a long time at Long Beach Saturday checking out the Trans Am cars while waiting for the rain to stop....Saunders and Gentilozzi are obviously the big spenders right now, no one else really comes close, but it didn't seem to me that his cars were significantly different than the others, just newer. They spent the entire weekend chasing little new car gremlins, but they have a good crew and got both cars race ready. Saunders comfortably ran mid-pack, which is usual for him, and Paul lead, which was expected in light of the competition. There is a lot of good talent in Trans Am right now, but no one has the budget to compete with the HighwayMaster Vettes. It wouldn't be the first time a high buck team has ruled the roost in Trans Am. Corvettes have a long and storied history in Trans Am and I for one like seeing them out there. Jeez, how many Mustangs do you need to see in one race? I don't even like Corvettes all that much, but I do like variety on the track. I'd like to see them go back to the days when there were more European cars as well as American Iron running in the series. Anyway...back to sims, sure hope the stories about the Trans Am sim are true! I got first dibs on the Sunoco Camaro! Don Don

>>Thanks in part to SCCA's colossal mismanagement and rules juggling to<BR> >>prevent another Kendall runaway, TK is currently without a ride.<< Agreed. In addition to the hopes of a CART ride that you mentioned, Tommy also is said to have pushed a pretty hard bargain in contract negotiations. Apparently, the breaking point was over Tommy getting his Roush Mustang that he won the last two T/A titles in. At that point, Roush decided to go with a circle track racer. Ironically, I think Roush still has all their TransAm cars. It's just too bad that one of America's best road racers (two if you count Dorsey) is out of a job. Don, it's too bad you didn't post something about being at Long Beach earlier. I was crewing on the nos. 12 and 92 Mustangs. We were a little busy, but I'd have been glad to show you around. By the way sim racers, there have been a few times when Mike Lewis, the driver of the number 12, has used the various Papyrus sims to learn new circuits before he drove them. Greg

Can Am??????? Hell yeah ! Hey Sierra.......are you listening? Or maybe someone will make a McLaren body for GPL to make us happy.

> Can Am??????? Hell yeah ! Hey Sierra.......are you listening? Or > maybe someone > will make a McLaren body for GPL to make us happy. Just flagged through my Can-Am book....I'll tell ya, there's a lot of goodies to choose from!!!Just check those Lolas out:))))) Matt -- Matthew Birger Knutsen Cheek Racing Cars (http://home.sn.no/~kareknut) "Racing cars is like dancing with a chainsaw" -Cale Yarborough

Can I run the Chaparrel Vacum cleaner?? > Can Am??????? Hell yeah ! Hey Sierra.......are you listening? Or maybe someone > will make a McLaren body for GPL to make us happy.