OT: Spoiler: So who won?

I watched some of the greatest specktacles in racing, but most of my morning was spent watching a streaming video of the recap of Brands Hatch CART race via cart.com. So who won? I never saw Robbie G anytime I watched. dave henrie

Gil DeFerran :-) Todd Wasson Racing Software http://PerformanceSimulations.com My car sim http://performancesimulations.com/scnshot4.htm

Sarah Fisher won.. I'm still flabbergasted.....

>Sarah Fisher won.. I'm still flabbergasted..... > Nope, Sarah Fisher's engine blew in turn two. She spun in her own oil and smacked the wall pretty hard :-( Todd Wasson Racing Software http://PerformanceSimulations.com My car sim http://performancesimulations.com/scnshot4.htm

I thought it seized and locked the rears? Either way, a grand total of jack squat the driver can do about it. Good race anyway. Milhouse "J. Todd Wasson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> >Sarah Fisher won.. I'm still flabbergasted..... > > > > Nope, Sarah Fisher's engine blew in turn two. She spun in her own oil and > smacked the wall pretty hard :-( > > > Todd Wasson > Racing Software > http://PerformanceSimulations.com > My car sim > http://performancesimulations.com/scnshot4.htm >

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> > I watched some of the greatest specktacles in racing, but most of my > morning was spent watching a streaming video of the recap of Brands Hatch > CART race via cart.com. > So who won? I never saw Robbie G anytime I watched. > > dave henrie

I think that little French kid won Brands. Who's Robbie G? :-)

> I watched some of the greatest specktacles in racing, but most of my > morning was spent watching a streaming video of the recap of Brands Hatch > CART race via cart.com. > So who won? I never saw Robbie G anytime I watched. > dave henrie I think that little French kid won Brands. Who's Robbie G? :-)

Pop quiz: Of the past 5 Indy 500 victors, how many were born in the USA? W (Nothing against foreigners, lots against George)

"W" <[email hidden]> writes: > Pop quiz: > > Of the past 5 Indy 500 victors, how many were born in the USA? Br�ck, Sweden Montoya, Columbia Castroneves, Brazil Castroneves, Brazil De Ferran, Brazil So much for the heroes from the short tracks :) The race yesterday really looked like a CART race, except the cars were butt ugly and sounded even worse. Less downforce could also be nifty... -- Olav Malmin remove .spam when replying

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>> So who won? I never saw Robbie G anytime I watched. >> > > I think that little French kid won Brands. Who's Robbie G? > >:-)

Robbie Gordon, driving for Michael Andretti's team, the same Mikey that Robbie cussed out on live TV for his rough driving. Ahhhh those were they days...when I called him Mike the Knife for his ability to use the endplate of his front wing to slice tires...Robbie Gordon, Jimmy Vasser, Al Unser Jr, anybody who held up Mikey would suddenly get this mysterious cut rear tire. Of course Gordon and Tracey had those T-shirts printed up, Michael Andretti's driving school for the Blind. Ya just don't see that kind of driver interaction anymore.....sigh... That Bourdais fellow, he's quick... dave henrie

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> "W" <[email hidden]> writes: > >> Pop quiz: >> >> Of the past 5 Indy 500 victors, how many were born in the USA? > > Br�ck, Sweden > Montoya, Columbia > Castroneves, Brazil > Castroneves, Brazil > De Ferran, Brazil > > So much for the heroes from the short tracks :) > > The race yesterday really looked like a CART race, except the cars > were butt ugly and sounded even worse. Less downforce could also be > nifty... >

I agree, I thought the same thing...it would have made a good CART event with all those Former CART drivers and teams up front. At least last year a few of the older irl teams managed to be competitive. But, I do have to admit, there is a mod for F1 2k2 that tries to cover the irl ground without infringing on Codemasters copyrights. That is what grounded John Bodin's IRL Heat mod..(a great piece of work albeit the wrong subject matter) :) Anyway, if you try this XRL mod and remove all the driver helps, those cars are very tricky to hang onto at race speeds. You definately need to be someone who can drive smoothly with little wheel input. (which ain't me btw) dave henrie

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> Gary > >> So who won? I never saw Robbie G anytime I watched. > >> > > > > > I think that little French kid won Brands. Who's Robbie G? > > > >:-) > > Robbie Gordon, driving for Michael Andretti's team, the same Mikey that > Robbie cussed out on live TV for his rough driving. Ahhhh those were they > days...when I called him Mike the Knife for his ability to use the

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> of his front wing to slice tires...Robbie Gordon, Jimmy Vasser, Al Unser > Jr, anybody who held up Mikey would suddenly get this mysterious cut rear > tire. > Of course Gordon and Tracey had those T-shirts printed up, Michael > Andretti's driving school for the Blind. Ya just don't see that kind of > driver interaction anymore.....sigh... > > That Bourdais fellow, he's quick... > > dave henrie

Haha, I remember those days...it never dawned on me until now but yes, cut rear tires showed up a bit more than normally on cars directly in front of Mikey. ;) Shame his Honda quit on him. Ah well, Andretti luck... Milhouse

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> > I agree, I thought the same thing...it would have made a good CART event > with all those Former CART drivers and teams up front. At least last year > a few of the older irl teams managed to be competitive. But, I do have > to admit, there is a mod for F1 2k2 that tries to cover the irl ground > without infringing on Codemasters copyrights. That is what grounded John > Bodin's IRL Heat mod..(a great piece of work albeit the wrong subject > matter) :) Anyway, if you try this XRL mod and remove all the driver > helps, those cars are very tricky to hang onto at race speeds. You > definately need to be someone who can drive smoothly with little wheel > input. (which ain't me btw) > dave henrie

Where the hell is this XRL mod? Is this the DIDT Mod? I've searched high and low for it. Could you point me in the right direction? TIA

"Rudeboy" > > Where the hell is this XRL mod? Is this the DIDT Mod? I've searched > high and low for it. Could you point me in the right direction? > > TIA > first most any mod question can be tracked down by these two sites: http://home.cablerocket.com/~waldroff/mods.htm and http://f1hq.racesimcentral.com/site/page.php?pagina=nieuws.dat&titel=nieuws However the XRL mod is available directly from: http://www.fzeri.com/xrlow/ make sure you dload the proper version, they have one for Nascar THunder and F1 2002. I would suspect the Thunder version would be slightly more accurate because it allows rolling vs standing starts. dave henrie

Dave Henrie <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]: > That Bourdais fellow, he's quick... He's from Le Mans, what do you expect? ;-)

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> > Gary > >> So who won? I never saw Robbie G anytime I watched. > >> > > > > > I think that little French kid won Brands. Who's Robbie G? > > > >:-) > > Robbie Gordon, driving for Michael Andretti's team, the same Mikey that > Robbie cussed out on live TV for his rough driving. Ahhhh those were they > days...when I called him Mike the Knife for his ability to use the endplate > of his front wing to slice tires...Robbie Gordon, Jimmy Vasser, Al Unser > Jr, anybody who held up Mikey would suddenly get this mysterious cut rear > tire. > Of course Gordon and Tracey had those T-shirts printed up, Michael > Andretti's driving school for the Blind. Ya just don't see that kind of > driver interaction anymore.....sigh... > > That Bourdais fellow, he's quick... > > dave henrie

I know who Robbie is, that's why I had the smiley face at the end of my post :-) I remember those t-shirts...hilarious stuff! Gary

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> Gary > >> So who won? I never saw Robbie G anytime I watched. > > I think that little French kid won Brands. Who's Robbie G? > >:-) > Robbie Gordon, driving for Michael Andretti's team, the same Mikey that > Robbie cussed out on live TV for his rough driving. Ahhhh those were they > days...when I called him Mike the Knife for his ability to use the endplate > of his front wing to slice tires...Robbie Gordon, Jimmy Vasser, Al Unser > Jr, anybody who held up Mikey would suddenly get this mysterious cut rear > tire. > Of course Gordon and Tracey had those T-shirts printed up, Michael > Andretti's driving school for the Blind. Ya just don't see that kind of > driver interaction anymore.....sigh... > That Bourdais fellow, he's quick... > dave henrie

I know who Robbie is, that's why I had the smiley face at the end of my post :-) I remember those t-shirts...hilarious stuff! Gary

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> Gary > >> So who won? I never saw Robbie G anytime I watched. > >> > > > > > I think that little French kid won Brands. Who's Robbie G? > > > >:-) > > Robbie Gordon, driving for Michael Andretti's team, the same Mikey that > Robbie cussed out on live TV for his rough driving. Ahhhh those were they > days...when I called him Mike the Knife for his ability to use the endplate > of his front wing to slice tires...Robbie Gordon, Jimmy Vasser, Al Unser > Jr, anybody who held up Mikey would suddenly get this mysterious cut rear > tire. > Of course Gordon and Tracey had those T-shirts printed up, Michael > Andretti's driving school for the Blind. Ya just don't see that kind of > driver interaction anymore.....sigh... > > That Bourdais fellow, he's quick... > > dave henrie

Yeah, those were the days. Someone brought up the subject of those shirts and Paul said that driving *for* him is quite different from driving against him. No doubt Mikey wouldn't use 'the knife' at Indy... All he had to do was get on the radio and tell Paul to quite blocking him. Failing that a call to the pits to make sure that Paul has a 'slow' stop and bang, problem solved. Of course, it never came down to that so just as well. Now that Mikey is an owner, it'll be interesting. I missed the CART race. Well, no I didn't. I don't bother watching them these days. F1 actually has better racing now... Mike