You guys may kill me for this one ;-)

I'm in Indy right now for the 500. Ok, a lot of you aren't into the IRL, but man, these cars are unbelievable to hear and see up close. Really amazing. These things ROAR in another dimension that is not quite captured in games. They're far more intense. They sound positively evil coming in from or leaving the pits at low rpm too, not like one might imagine. Ok, so they had a vintage cars parade too. Jimmy Clark's '66 Lotus was there. It's indistinguishable from the GPL car except this one had a 2 speed transmission. Of course, I asked the guy in charge of watching the car if he ever played Grand Prix Legends, and without hesistation he says, "yes!" ..... ..... "You can sit in the car as soon this crowd and these kids clear out a bit." OH MY GOD!!! lol "THANKS!" With careful instruction, and after accidentally kicking the side of the car on the way in (I almost cried, but he said not to worry about it; I didn't hit it hard) I climbed in and sat there.... Stunned.. The view from the cockpit is identical to the one you get in GPL. All you see is the dashboard and the top portions of the front wheels sticking up out there a bit. You are absolutely lying down in this car, just a hair above the ground. It felt much lower than I expected. It hugs you like a glove from all directions, the top of the steering wheel just a hair below eye level, and your feet are way up inside the tunnel with tiny little pedals down there somewhere. Amazing. I'll have to post a pic when we get these developed! I sat there for a few moments as he told others that the car could do around 200 mph. I can not imagine going that fast in this car. You are so low to the ground... "Going 100 mph in this feels like 200 mph," he responds to my loud thinking. "You've driven this car?" I asked. "Yes, I've driven it several times, including here at Indy. I'll be running it tomorrow if you want to come out and see." "I'll be here," I chuckled. The next day, all the vintage cars were out, including the Lotus. This was beautiful to see. The sound was rough and uneven as he puttered by at 60-80 mph, the dual headers trying to contain the engine's dying need to cut loose and pass the pace car.. Grr... Why couldn't they just let these guys go nuts out there?! :-P It was awesome. Thanks for listening. I just had to get that out of my system :-D Todd Wasson Racing Software http://PerformanceSimulations.com My car sim http://performancesimulations.com/scnshot4.htm

"J. Todd Wasson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I'm in Indy right now for the 500. Ok, a lot of you aren't into the IRL,but > man, these cars are unbelievable to hear and see up close. Reallyamazing. > These things ROAR in another dimension that is not quite captured ingames. > They're far more intense. They sound positively evil coming in from orleaving > the pits at low rpm too, not like one might imagine. > > Ok, so they had a vintage cars parade too. Jimmy Clark's '66 Lotus wasthere. > It's indistinguishable from the GPL car except this one had a 2 speed > transmission. Of course, I asked the guy in charge of watching the car ifhe > ever played Grand Prix Legends, and without hesistation he says, "yes!" > > ..... > ..... > "You can sit in the car as soon this crowd and these kids clear out abit." > > OH MY GOD!!! lol "THANKS!" > > With careful instruction, and after accidentally kicking the side of thecar on > the way in (I almost cried, but he said not to worry about it; I didn'thit it > hard) I climbed in and sat there.... Stunned.. The view from the cockpitis > identical to the one you get in GPL. All you see is the dashboard and thetop > portions of the front wheels sticking up out there a bit. You areabsolutely > lying down in this car, just a hair above the ground. > > It felt much lower than I expected. It hugs you like a glove from all > directions, the top of the steering wheel just a hair below eye level, andyour > feet are way up inside the tunnel with tiny little pedals down theresomewhere. > Amazing. I'll have to post a pic when we get these developed! I satthere > for a few moments as he told others that the car could do around 200 mph.I > can not imagine going that fast in this car. You are so low to theground... > > "Going 100 mph in this feels like 200 mph," he responds to my loudthinking. > "You've driven this car?" I asked. > "Yes, I've driven it several times, including here at Indy. I'll berunning it > tomorrow if you want to come out and see." > "I'll be here," I chuckled. > > The next day, all the vintage cars were out, including the Lotus. Thiswas > beautiful to see. The sound was rough and uneven as he puttered by at60-80 > mph, the dual headers trying to contain the engine's dying need to cutloose > and pass the pace car.. Grr... Why couldn't they just let these guys gonuts > out there?! :-P > > It was awesome. Thanks for listening. I just had to get that out of mysystem > :-D Cool ;-) Malc.

"J. Todd Wasson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... : I'm in Indy right now for the 500. Ok, a lot of you aren't into the IRL, but : man, these cars are unbelievable to hear and see up close. Really amazing. : These things ROAR in another dimension that is not quite captured in games. : They're far more intense. They sound positively evil coming in from or leaving : the pits at low rpm too, not like one might imagine. : :<snip> : : It was awesome. Thanks for listening. I just had to get that out of my system : :-D : : : : Todd Wasson : Racing Software : http://PerformanceSimulations.com : My car sim : http://performancesimulations.com/scnshot4.htm : Sweet! That sounds like a blast. Will be happy to see the pics. :-) -- McWhom -----------------------------------------------------------------

"J. Todd Wasson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I'm in Indy right now for the 500. Ok, a lot of you aren't into the IRL,but > man, these cars are unbelievable to hear and see up close. Reallyamazing. > These things ROAR in another dimension that is not quite captured ingames. > They're far more intense. They sound positively evil coming in from orleaving > the pits at low rpm too, not like one might imagine. > > Ok, so they had a vintage cars parade too. Jimmy Clark's '66 Lotus wasthere. > It's indistinguishable from the GPL car except this one had a 2 speed > transmission. Of course, I asked the guy in charge of watching the car ifhe > ever played Grand Prix Legends, and without hesistation he says, "yes!" > > ..... > ..... > "You can sit in the car as soon this crowd and these kids clear out abit." > > OH MY GOD!!! lol "THANKS!" > > With careful instruction, and after accidentally kicking the side of thecar on > the way in (I almost cried, but he said not to worry about it; I didn'thit it > hard) I climbed in and sat there.... Stunned.. The view from the cockpitis > identical to the one you get in GPL. All you see is the dashboard and thetop > portions of the front wheels sticking up out there a bit. You areabsolutely > lying down in this car, just a hair above the ground. > > It felt much lower than I expected. It hugs you like a glove from all > directions, the top of the steering wheel just a hair below eye level, andyour > feet are way up inside the tunnel with tiny little pedals down theresomewhere. > Amazing. I'll have to post a pic when we get these developed! I satthere > for a few moments as he told others that the car could do around 200 mph.I > can not imagine going that fast in this car. You are so low to theground... > > "Going 100 mph in this feels like 200 mph," he responds to my loudthinking. > "You've driven this car?" I asked. > "Yes, I've driven it several times, including here at Indy. I'll berunning it > tomorrow if you want to come out and see." > "I'll be here," I chuckled. > > The next day, all the vintage cars were out, including the Lotus. Thiswas > beautiful to see. The sound was rough and uneven as he puttered by at60-80 > mph, the dual headers trying to contain the engine's dying need to cutloose > and pass the pace car.. Grr... Why couldn't they just let these guys gonuts > out there?! :-P > > It was awesome. Thanks for listening. I just had to get that out of mysystem > :-D Your life is indeed in jealousy-induced jeopardy. You can only save yourself by posting pics... ;-) thx!

"J. Todd Wasson" wrote... > <snip> You're a dead man, Wasson. Jan. ;-) =---

Steve Blankenship wrote: > > Your life is indeed in jealousy-induced jeopardy. You can only save > yourself by posting pics... ;-) Pics of grid girls that is....:-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "goyl at nettx dot no" http://www.theuspits.com "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........" --Groucho Marx--

Wait until you go hear the F1 engines later on this year...those IRL cars will be nothin' then! W

Goy Larsen <[email hidden]> wrote in news:3ECE96A3.C38E425A@int- resources.com: > Steve Blankenship wrote: >> >> Your life is indeed in jealousy-induced jeopardy. You can only save >> yourself by posting pics... ;-) > > Pics of grid girls that is....:-) ... standing next to Aussie V8s? :-)

J. Todd Wasson wrote:

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> > It was awesome. Thanks for listening. I just had to get that out of my system > :-D > > > > Todd Wasson

Good yarn Todd! -- ---------------------- Remove NOSPAM to reply

Post pics or die!!!!!!!!!!!! "J. Todd Wasson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I'm in Indy right now for the 500. Ok, a lot of you aren't into the IRL,but > man, these cars are unbelievable to hear and see up close. Reallyamazing. > These things ROAR in another dimension that is not quite captured ingames. > They're far more intense. They sound positively evil coming in from orleaving > the pits at low rpm too, not like one might imagine. > > Ok, so they had a vintage cars parade too. Jimmy Clark's '66 Lotus wasthere. > It's indistinguishable from the GPL car except this one had a 2 speed > transmission. Of course, I asked the guy in charge of watching the car ifhe > ever played Grand Prix Legends, and without hesistation he says, "yes!" > > ..... > ..... > "You can sit in the car as soon this crowd and these kids clear out abit." > > OH MY GOD!!! lol "THANKS!" > > With careful instruction, and after accidentally kicking the side of thecar on > the way in (I almost cried, but he said not to worry about it; I didn'thit it > hard) I climbed in and sat there.... Stunned.. The view from the cockpitis > identical to the one you get in GPL. All you see is the dashboard and thetop > portions of the front wheels sticking up out there a bit. You areabsolutely > lying down in this car, just a hair above the ground. > > It felt much lower than I expected. It hugs you like a glove from all > directions, the top of the steering wheel just a hair below eye level, andyour > feet are way up inside the tunnel with tiny little pedals down theresomewhere. > Amazing. I'll have to post a pic when we get these developed! I satthere > for a few moments as he told others that the car could do around 200 mph.I > can not imagine going that fast in this car. You are so low to theground... > > "Going 100 mph in this feels like 200 mph," he responds to my loudthinking. > "You've driven this car?" I asked. > "Yes, I've driven it several times, including here at Indy. I'll berunning it > tomorrow if you want to come out and see." > "I'll be here," I chuckled. > > The next day, all the vintage cars were out, including the Lotus. Thiswas > beautiful to see. The sound was rough and uneven as he puttered by at60-80 > mph, the dual headers trying to contain the engine's dying need to cutloose > and pass the pace car.. Grr... Why couldn't they just let these guys gonuts > out there?! :-P > > It was awesome. Thanks for listening. I just had to get that out of mysystem

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> :-D > > > > Todd Wasson > Racing Software > http://PerformanceSimulations.com > My car sim > http://performancesimulations.com/scnshot4.htm >

I had a similar experience at the Australian GP this year with Sir Jack Brabham's '66 Repco Brabham. Again - the view from in the car is identical to the Brabham I've installed for GPL (GPLEA one I think?) It was a real treat seeing Stirling Moss in a Cooper and Sir Jack Brabham in a Brabham doing about 120mph down the Albert Park straight - gave my friend and I goose bumps...

> >Pics of grid girls that is....:-) > > >Beers and cheers >(uncle) Goy I did get one of those, don't worry :-D They were gracious enough to even turn and pose for us ;-) Todd Wasson Racing Software http://PerformanceSimulations.com My car sim http://performancesimulations.com/scnshot4.htm

"Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote here on 24 May 2003: > I had a similar experience at the Australian GP this year with Sir > Jack Brabham's '66 Repco Brabham. Again - the view from in the > car is identical to the Brabham I've installed for GPL (GPLEA one > I think?) It was a real treat seeing Stirling Moss in a Cooper > and Sir Jack Brabham in a Brabham doing about 120mph down the > Albert Park straight - gave my friend and I goose bumps... Isn't Moss's driving style nice to look at, though? I saw him race (as oppose to demonstrate) a C-type at Donington last year (he made up about six places at the start...), and there's pretty much no difference between that and the pic of him racing one at Goodwood in 1953 on my wall. -- Above address *is* valid - but snip spamtrap to get me to *read*! Support the world's oldest motorsport venue! http://www.shelsley-walsh.co.uk/future.html

You lucky S.O.B! "J. Todd Wasson" wrote: > I'm in Indy right now for the 500. Ok, a lot of you aren't into the IRL,but > man, these cars are unbelievable to hear and see up close. Reallyamazing. <snipped!> -- ed_

"J. Todd Wasson" wrote:

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> > > > >Pics of grid girls that is....:-) > > > > > >Beers and cheers > >(uncle) Goy > > I did get one of those, don't worry :-D They were gracious enough to even turn > and pose for us ;-)

:-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "goyl at nettx dot no" http://www.theuspits.com "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........" --Groucho Marx--

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> > Goy Larsen <[email hidden]> wrote in news:3ECE96A3.C38E425A@int- > resources.com: > > > Steve Blankenship wrote: > >> > >> Your life is indeed in jealousy-induced jeopardy. You can only save > >> yourself by posting pics... ;-) > > > > Pics of grid girls that is....:-) > > ... standing next to Aussie V8s? > > :-)

That would be the ideal thing, yes :-), but even I realize that the man who's name shall not be mentioned will never have AussieV8's racing at that track Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "goyl at nettx dot no" http://www.theuspits.com "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........" --Groucho Marx--