Finally broke 1:10 at the Glenn!

I know that the the majority of the subscribers of this newsgroup scoff at this accomplishment, But last night in an intermediate short race at the Glenn, I qualified with a 109.9, and had a fastlap of 108.9 during the race`. More significantly, I finished on the lead lap for the first time! I am on the way to being a considerate, consistant backmarker! -- Jeff "Flex" Flechsing LTO Motorsports

Nope, we definitely don't. And those who do, well, simply ignore them. You're on the learning curve, and improving. Some forget they where in the same boat, but then years ago (ie with GP1/2). Congrats. Btw, with 1:06s you *can* win an online race. Maybe even with 1:07s. Go get them :) -- Ren van Lobberegt, The Netherlands. Personal site : http://www.toptown.com/INNERCIRCLE/1846/ AMCA web master : http://www.amcaracing.nl/

On ya Jeff, good work breaking the 1.10 time. I will see you at the back of the grid also. My best at the glen 108.33 going flat out.... Rod...

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> I know that the the majority of the subscribers of this newsgroup scoff > at this accomplishment, But last night in an intermediate short race at the > Glenn, I qualified with a 109.9, and had a fastlap of 108.9 during the > race`. > More significantly, I finished on the lead lap for the first time! > I am on the way to being a considerate, consistant backmarker! > -- > Jeff "Flex" Flechsing > LTO Motorsports

% I know that the the majority of the subscribers of this newsgroup scoff % at this accomplishment, But last night in an intermediate short race at the % Glenn, I qualified with a 109.9, and had a fastlap of 108.9 during the % race`. % More significantly, I finished on the lead lap for the first time! % I am on the way to being a considerate, consistant backmarker! No scoffing here! This is indeed a major accomplishment. First the break through of the 1:10 barrier at the Glen. It seemed to take me forever to reach that high point. From here on out, it can only get better. You still need to practice and hone your skills, but you should feel that you have really accomplished something. I remember when only being a 1 lap down at the end of a race was a real accomplishment for me. ;-) Being able to finish on the same lap is on par with the above accomplishment. I've worked my way from being a consistently lapped, to a consistent mid-packer. You should find yourself there soon. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Hey Jeff... if people scoff that's their problem!! :-) You're doing great at chipping away at it! Keep it up. Even if you find a VROC race at the Glen, I guarantee you will find someone at your speed to race with... they might even push you to new heights! --Dave

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> I know that the the majority of the subscribers of this newsgroup scoff > at this accomplishment, But last night in an intermediate short race at the > Glenn, I qualified with a 109.9, and had a fastlap of 108.9 during the > race`. > More significantly, I finished on the lead lap for the first time! > I am on the way to being a considerate, consistant backmarker! > -- > Jeff "Flex" Flechsing > LTO Motorsports

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

Scoff, Hell !! My best time is 1:11 !! But that is with 42 gallons aboard, and stock setup..... Did you change the setup ?????

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> I know that the the majority of the subscribers of this newsgroup scoff >at this accomplishment, But last night in an intermediate short race at the >Glenn, I qualified with a 109.9, and had a fastlap of 108.9 during the >race`. > More significantly, I finished on the lead lap for the first time! >I am on the way to being a considerate, consistant backmarker! >-- >Jeff "Flex" Flechsing >LTO Motorsports

On Sat, 20 Mar 1999 12:14:53 -0700, "Jeff Flechsing"

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> I know that the the majority of the subscribers of this newsgroup scoff >at this accomplishment, But last night in an intermediate short race at the >Glenn, I qualified with a 109.9, and had a fastlap of 108.9 during the >race`. > More significantly, I finished on the lead lap for the first time! >I am on the way to being a considerate, consistant backmarker!

I'll look for you when I finally take the VROC plunge; we'd probably have a great dice for (n-1)th, where n is the number of cars in the race. How close were you to getting lapped? The first time I finished on the lead lap (a big deal for me too), a hilarious thing happened. I don't have the replay, but this is how I remember it. Clark came up on me on the front straight as I started my next-to-last lap. The race had been pretty boring (since I hadn't spun, a new experience), so I decided to try to keep him behind me for some e***ment. I barely held him off going into Big Bend, and his off-line entry slowed him enough that I was able to keep him behind me. Coming off of the Ninety, he makes another unsuccessful move. I'm off-line coming into the Esses, and for some reason he still wants to get past me, even though he's just taken the checkered. I didn't think he would do it, so I move back on line. Rather than braking, he tries to squeeze past, and ends up shearing off his right front wheel on the guard rail in T3. He got me back, though; the next race, he was about to lap me again at about the same spot. He came up fast enough that I couldn't get off-line before Big Bend, so I was going to let him by after. Apparently, he was still upset with me, because he tapped my rear just as I turned in, punting me off course. Who says the AI doesn't have a memory? -- Jonathan Bishop Remove "nospam" to reply