GPL Zandy Race Tonight on VROC

I hosted a VROC race at Zandvoort last night and we had quite a good turnout. In the pits after the race, I announced to several of you that I would be hosting a Zandy race every night this week, except Friday-Sun, at 12:00 midnight EST. Well, my plans have changed (my wife threatened to car her lawyer). NEW SCHEDULE Practice: 10:40pm EST Practice: 20 mins. Race Time: 11:00 pm EST Field Limit: 15 Course: Zandvoort Race: Int Long Host: PII-450-128MB Voodoo Banshee 16MB AGP ADSL at 1.2Mbps/256k Considerate, responsible drivers of all skill levels are welcome. If you can join us, please adjust your graphics/sound settings so that you maintain a consistent 36 fps to limit client-induced warping. Also, unless there are serious objections, I'll post qualifying and race results to this thread after each race...Come get your name in lights! See you at Zandy!

Zandvoort Race Results Start Time: 2/22/98 11:00pm EST Official Standings 1 16 D. Lung LOT 101.9 mph 2 4 J. Rambo FER 01:15.77 3 10 B. Bowles FER -1L 4 14 B. Higdon COV -1L 5 13 S. Dude LOT -19L 6 19 L. Hogan LOT -20L 7 15 V. Eiland LOT -27L Fastest Lap 19 L. Hogan LOT 01:26.73 Practice 1 4 J. Rambo FER 01:30.01 2 10 B. Bowles FER 01:30.04 3 8 Bosco COV 01:30.42 4 12 J. Vincent FER 01:31.69 5 13 S. Dude LOT 01:31.75 6 16 D. Lung LOT 01:33.72 7 19 L. Hogan LOT 01:36.35 Congratulations to all who participated! Join us at Zandy on VROC tonight. Practice will begin a little earlier at 10:30pm EST. Race Time: 11:00pm EST. See *you* there!

Jack wrote ... Ferrari's on pole - I get nightmares about that you know! Nice one Jack Cheers Tony

Cancel those appointments with the shrink, there's a rumor going around that Graeme is giving up GPL for Karts! See RAS for the inside story...

Never :-) I need more practice. I can depressedly say that it took me 15 tries to get beyond the first lap racing the AI at Zandy today..... -- Cheers! Graeme Nash http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk ICQ# 11257824 1998 Xoom GP2 League Champion

Well, geez, Graeme, *your* AI must have an NPT of something like 0.80! No wonder it's hard!

I'm not surprised if your Zandy setup is anything like that one you sent me for Kyalami - jeez - how hard is it to drive? Nicked bits from it (rollbar and gears mainly) and put it on your earlier (easier to drive) setup, so got a happy(ish) medium in the end. Glad to know you're only mortal like the rest of us anyway ;) -- Mike Buckley Cotswold Pig Development Co Ltd Tel: 44 (0)1472 371591 Fax: 44 (0)1472 371208 WWW: www.toastyhamster.freeserve.co.uk

Race Report Dave Schwab served notice in practice that he was going to be a force to be reckoned with by taking the pole with a blistering 1:26.38 in his Brabham. Then the fun began: One driver got out of position on the grid and was***ed sideways when the flag dropped. A second driver apparently suffered a failing engine, prior to the green. Several impacts and a starting grid FIRE ensued. All but a small handful of drivers either made contact or conducted one or more off-road excursions on the first lap. Wild times at Zandvoort! Despite all this, Chris Cavin brought his Flying Pig home with a comfortable margin of victory of 53.29 seconds over Brett Reschke in his Ferrari. Cavin also took fastest lap honors with a 1:27.05. Come join the fun tonight on VROC. Practice begins at 10:15pm EST (0315 GMT). Race at 11:00pm EST (0400 GMT). Come early, get your absolute best time in, get to the front, and avoid the mayhem! Drivers: Please remember to adjust your graphics and sound settings so that you maintain a steady 36fps to minimize warping. Your fellow drivers will appreciate it! Thanks. Grand Prix Legends Circuit van Zandvoort Standings 02/23/99 Official Standings 1 12 C. Cavin BRM 105.9 mph 2 14 B. Reschke FER 53.29 3 17 B. Bowles FER -1L 4 2 J. Dawson LOT -13L 5 16 S. Blankenship LOT -14L 6 8 J. Plourde FER -19L 7 19 J. Gutkin FER -21L 8 3 B. LOT -23L 9 13 D. Schwabe REP -24L 10 10 J. Willstein FER -26L 11 7 H. Brand LOT -27L 12 20 J. Vincent FER -27L 13 15 R. Lanteigne FER -27L Fastest Lap 12 C. Cavin BRM 1:27.05 Practice 1 13 D. Schwabe REP 1:26.38 2 12 C. Cavin BRM 1:26.79 3 16 S. Blankenship LOT 1:26.88 4 7 H. Brand LOT 1:27.98 5 14 B. Reschke FER 1:28.92 6 17 B. Bowles FER 1:29.14 7 20 J. Vincent FER 1:30.08 8 19 J. Gutkin FER 1:31.91 9 15 R. Lanteigne FER 1:32.05 10 8 J. Plourde FER 1:33.15 11 10 J. Willstein FER 1:34.80 12 11 B. Stoch LOT 1:41.18 13 3 b. LOT 1:48.96 14 18 S. Holmes COV 2:01.78

heehee! That was going to be good. A lot of traffic meant tough qualifying, so with about 3 minutes left, I dumped my race fuel for 3 gallons, then only got one flying lap before the session ended. You guessed it, the good one! In the race on lap 3 or 4, I made a mistake and dropped a wheel on the sand under braking for Tarzan and spun away a 2 second lead on Chris. I got back on track and was going ok until the infamous net "disco." oh well. It was fun and Chris did a great job. Maybe see you again tonight! Thanks for the great hosting Jack! --Dave

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> Race Report > Dave Schwab served notice in practice that he was going to be a force to be > reckoned with by taking the pole with a blistering 1:26.38 in his Brabham. > Then the fun began: > One driver got out of position on the grid and was***ed sideways when the > flag dropped. > A second driver apparently suffered a failing engine, prior to the green. > Several impacts and a starting grid FIRE ensued. > All but a small handful of drivers either made contact or conducted one or > more off-road excursions on the first lap. Wild times at Zandvoort! > Despite all this, Chris Cavin brought his Flying Pig home with a comfortable > margin of victory of 53.29 seconds over Brett Reschke in his Ferrari. Cavin > also took fastest lap honors with a 1:27.05. > Come join the fun tonight on VROC. Practice begins at 10:15pm EST (0315 > GMT). Race at 11:00pm EST (0400 GMT). Come early, get your absolute best > time in, get to the front, and avoid the mayhem! > Drivers: Please remember to adjust your graphics and sound settings so that > you maintain a steady 36fps to minimize warping. Your fellow drivers will > appreciate it! Thanks. > Grand Prix Legends > Circuit van Zandvoort > Standings > 02/23/99 > Official Standings > 1 12 C. Cavin BRM 105.9 mph > 2 14 B. Reschke FER 53.29 > 3 17 B. Bowles FER -1L > 4 2 J. Dawson LOT -13L > 5 16 S. Blankenship LOT -14L > 6 8 J. Plourde FER -19L > 7 19 J. Gutkin FER -21L > 8 3 B. LOT -23L > 9 13 D. Schwabe REP -24L > 10 10 J. Willstein FER -26L > 11 7 H. Brand LOT -27L > 12 20 J. Vincent FER -27L > 13 15 R. Lanteigne FER -27L > Fastest Lap > 12 C. Cavin BRM 1:27.05 > Practice > 1 13 D. Schwabe REP 1:26.38 > 2 12 C. Cavin BRM 1:26.79 > 3 16 S. Blankenship LOT 1:26.88 > 4 7 H. Brand LOT 1:27.98 > 5 14 B. Reschke FER 1:28.92 > 6 17 B. Bowles FER 1:29.14 > 7 20 J. Vincent FER 1:30.08 > 8 19 J. Gutkin FER 1:31.91 > 9 15 R. Lanteigne FER 1:32.05 > 10 8 J. Plourde FER 1:33.15 > 11 10 J. Willstein FER 1:34.80 > 12 11 B. Stoch LOT 1:41.18 > 13 3 b. LOT 1:48.96 > 14 18 S. Holmes COV 2:01.78

-- Dave Schwabe The Aussie Toad -- Grand Prix Legends & Brabham site http://users.wi.net/~schwabe

Gotta see the Toad in action again! Maybe no disco this time!

Race Report Early in the race a three-way battle for the lead unfolded with pole-sitting Lotus driver Pat Dotson holding the early lead over teammate Hans Buscher and Ferrari driver Remco Moedt. The three fought fiercely until lap 4 when Dotson dropped his left rear off, coming out of the always treacherous right-hander between Hondenviak and Tunnel Oost. Buscher also lost control as he darted to the right to avoid his teammate Dotson who was sliding back across the racing surface after a wild ride up the banking outside the turn, leaving Moedt to charge away with the lead. Dotson rejoined to begin a heroic effort to reel in the escaping Moedt. As the chase continued, Dotson was spun on lap 10 entering Tarzanbocht by a backmarker whom he had passed before entering the turn. Undaunted, Dotson quickly recovered and proceeded to set the race's fastest lap (1:25.78) in his successful bid to once again make contact with Moedt. By lap 13, Moedt and Dotson were again nose-to-tail. The two diced spectacularly for 7 laps with Dotson unable to overtake Moedt until lap 20 of the 27-lap event when Moedt dove a little too deeply into Tarzanbocht, allowing Dotson to slip by on the inside. A frustrated Moedt retired on lap 23 after tangling with Coventry driver David Ewing, leaving Dotson to cruise home with the win while lapping the entire remaining field. When interviewed in the pits after the race , Dotson's only comment was an animated "WooHoo!" Grand Prix Legends Circuit van Zandvoort Standings 02/24/99 Official Standings 1 9 P. Dotson LOT 107.0 mph 2 6 M. U'Ren COV -1L 3 0 V. Sorry LOT -1L 4 12 D. Ewing COV -2L 5 4 J. Rambo FER -2L 6 17 B. Bruce FER -3L 7 0 R. Moedt FER -5L 8 8 J. Dawson LOT -8L 9 0 P. Byther EAG -9L 10 0 B. Forbes LOT -14L 11 0 P. FER -18L 12 7 H. Buscher LOT -24L Fastest Lap 9 P. Dotson LOT 01:25.78 Practice 1 9 P. Dotson LOT 01:26.46 2 0 G. Scott LOT 01:26.71 3 7 H. Buscher LOT 01:27.41 4 0 R. Moedt FER 01:27.47 5 6 M. U'Ren COV 01:28.30 6 0 P. Byther EAG 01:29.21 7 12 D. Ewing COV 01:29.30 8 0 V. Sorry LOT 01:29.42 9 4 J. Rambo FER 01:29.69 10 19 B. Bowles FER 01:29.78 11 0 D. Lung LOT 01:31.23 12 8 J. Dawson LOT 01:31.78 13 18 J. Plourde FER 01:33.46 14 17 B. Bruce FER 01:35.54 15 0 P. FER 02:00.21

Didn't make the race last night? Join us tonight on VROC! ( http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc/ ) Practice: 10:15pm EST (0315 GMT) Race: 11:00pm EST (0400 GMT) Circuit: Zandvoort (Int Long) Race Limit: 15

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You mean he didn't enumerate and thank his sponsors??!! SACRILEGE!!!

Not a word! I hear his ride's in jeopardy. I'll try to cue him next time!

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> >>"A frustrated Moedt retired on lap 23 after tangling with Coventry driver > >>David Ewing, leaving Dotson to cruise home with the win while lapping the > >>entire remaining field. > >>When interviewed in the pits after the race , Dotson's only comment was an > >>animated "WooHoo!" " > You mean he didn't enumerate and thank his sponsors??!! > SACRILEGE!!!

That was YooHoo! I'm sponsored by the makers of that syrupy chocolate drink :) Actually, I would like to take this opportunity to thank two sponsors: Thank you Act Labs for their fabulous RS wheel. Brandon and the boys should be proud. Also, thanks to BSG Labs for their killer Intensor Chair sound system. Hearing Remco's Ferrari through the sub-woofer really got me going! :) On the race itself - I mistakenly deleted my driver info a few weeks ago! All my setups are gone :( I just downloaded some of the world record setups from the web, and that was the first time I've ran that Zandvoort setup. It realllllly pushed a lot, which explains my inconsistency :) I've been wanting to run some longer races on VROC. Those 27 laps were great! I hope this will start a trend toward longer races. -- Pat Dotson IMPACT Motorsports http://www.impactmotorsports.com/pd.html

Oh! How did I miss that?!? We knew you had some sort of unfair advantage! ;-) Absolutely! Gives everybody incentive to stay longer and hone their skills despite mishaps. A lot can happen in 27 laps! Join us tonight!

Hi Jack, Are you always gonna be running Zandvoort races? I love Zandvoort, but it can get boring running the same track day after day (for those hard-core GPL drivers). Furthermore, what is your host name? Is it just Jack? Or do you change your VROC comment so we know we're in the right race? Questions. Questions :-) Jason.

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> Didn't make the race last night? > Join us tonight on VROC! ( http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc/ ) > Practice: 10:15pm EST (0315 GMT) > Race: 11:00pm EST (0400 GMT) > Circuit: Zandvoort (Int Long) > Race Limit: 15

-------- Jason Monds "My other car is a Ferrari" http://members.home.net/gpl.mondsj/gpl - For my combined gas/brake setups (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

Thanks for your questions, Jason! No. I plan to change weekly with a new course offered each Saturday. The *Monaco* series begins on Saturday, February 27. I've chosen to make each series a week in length to give everyone a chance to hone their skills at that week's track against quality competition and large fields. Watch for additional announcements as the details unfold regarding additional servers, a series-supporting web site, and championship series. Practice/Race times have not yet been established for Saturday and Sunday races. *** I would like to hear from those of you interested in participating so that I can schedule Saturday and Sunday races to accomodate the most drivers. Let me hear from you! *** Host Name: J. Rambo Bring that screaming Ferrari to Zandy and join the fun, Jason!

Hi Jack, Woooo hooo! (Just practicing :) > Practice/Race times have not yet been established for Saturday and Sunday > races. *** I would like to hear from those of you interested in > participating so that I can schedule Saturday and Sunday races to accomodate > the most drivers. Let me hear from you! *** I don't race that much on weekends. Ummm.. I'll think about what times would be best. The Eagle has been my current car of choice, but hey, there are 7 races in a week. I can race one car a day ;-) -- Jason Monds theCLAPPER in Kali "My other car is a Ferrari" http://members.home.net/gpl.mondsj/gpl/ - My combined gas/brake setups (Remove 'no spork' when replying)

Race Report Circuit van Zandvoort 02/25/99 Pat Dotson made it clear the changes that Team Lotus made to his Lotus 49 suited him just fine as he laid down a blistering time to beat of 1:24.88. Dotson had seen an overnight improvement in his qualifying time of 1.58 secs. thanks to a few chassis tweaks and gearing changes that he had recommended to Colin Chapman. The changes made to the Lotus cars seem to help Steve Blankenship, as well, as he dropped his qualifying time by 1.40 secs. from his Tuesday outing, taking the second spot on the grid with a 1:25.48. Ferrari driver Karl Ikonen rounded out the top three grid positions with a time of 1:26.15. Dotson escaped at the start, but following a little start line/first lap mayhem, teammate Blankenship found himself in 7th on the second lap. In the mean time, hard-charging Lotus driver Hans Buscher, who had experienced electrical difficulties in qualifying and had started 11th on the grid, dove into 2nd place ahead of Eagle driver Jeff Burrowes, only to be clipped by the careening Burrowes, who had braked slightly too late going into Tarzanbocht in his attempt to hold off Buscher. The contact allowed Vic Eiland to sneak his Lotus into the second spot, which he held until lap 5 when he was overtaken by Buscher following a spin approaching the Hugenholtzbocht hairpin. Eiland and Burrowes subsequently retired, leaving Dotson, Buscher, and Blankenship to cruise home for a 1-2-3 sweep for Lotus. But the sweep appeared to be in doubt for a moment when a hard-charging Blankenship, hoping to erase the full lap lead held by Dotson as he entered the final turn of the race, inadvertently tapped the slower moving Dotson who was still recovering from a last lap off-road excursion at Panoramabocht. Dotson recovered from the scary incident to take the chequer. Colin Chapman admitted to having to separate the two drivers in the paddock after the race and commented, "The boys have gathered their wits and realized that it was just one of those unfortunate racing things. By later this evening, they'll be the great chums they've always been." Grand Prix Legends Circuit van Zandvoort 02/25/99 Official Standings 1 15 P. Dotson LOT 107.0 mph 2 0 H. Buscher LOT 1:04.76 3 13 S. Blankenship LOT 1:15.94 4 4 J. Rambo FER -2L 5 20 B. Tillman REP -2L 6 18 V. Wood FER -4L 7 0 J. Campbell FER DQ 8 0 B. Bruce FER -17L 9 0 V. Eiland LOT -23L 10 6 J. Burrowes EAG -24L 11 14 K. Ikonen FER -26L 12 11 G. Steele FER Retired 13 16 J. Dawson LOT -27L Fastest Lap 15 P. Dotson LOT 1:24.94 Practice 1 15 P. Dotson LOT 1:24.88 2 13 S. Blankenship LOT 1:25.48 3 14 K. Ikonen FER 1:26.15 4 2 L. Hogan LOT 1:27.77 5 3 R. Moedt LOT 1:27.79 6 6 J. Burrowes EAG 1:28.39 7 1 N. Walker EAG 1:29.01 8 16 J. Dawson LOT 1:29.47 9 20 B. Tillman REP 1:30.10 10 4 J. Rambo FER 1:30.28 11 0 H. Buscher LOT 1:30.43 12 0 V. Eiland LOT 1:30.55 13 5 D. Lung LOT 1:30.66 14 18 V. Wood FER 1:34.45 15 11 G. Steele FER 1:35.32 16 0 B. Bruce FER 1:36.08 17 9 M. Eaches EAG 1:42.65 18 0 J. Campbell FER 1:50.17

Attention: Drivers The official start of practice has been delayed 15 mins. (Tonight only) Practice: 10:30pm EST (0330 GMT) Race: 11:00pm EST (0400 GMT) Event: Zandvoort (Int Long) URL: http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc/room1.htm Host: J. Rambo Saturday and Sunday: The scene shifts for the next 7 days to challenging Monaco! Saturday Race and Sunday Race: Practice: 4:00pm EST (2100 GMT) Race: 5:00pm EST (2200 GMT) Event: Monaco (Int Long) Come master or be mastered by the chicane!