Still throwing debris cautions for pebbles

I'm still not watching

I came, I crawled 30 laps, I left

Edit: Deko, you may want to take session credit from me. I ran 29 laps not including my outlaps

Last edited by Cornys, Sun, 15 Jun 2014 23:52.

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5/Cornys/Cameron Corns/United States of America/Worldwide Racing

Quote from amp88 :

I've got no idea how Briscoe avoided getting a penalty for spinning Sato, considering some of the other penalties given (e.g. Andretti hitting Sato near the end of the race).

edit: Briscoe/Sato incident

North American motorsports and consistency have never been companions

I'll have to look at my schedule. I'm going to be out of town this weekend though next, and beyond that and work, I'm not sure what's going on. It will fall either at 16:00 GMT or 20:30 GMT, and is more likely to be on Sunday than Saturday I'm afraid (but, we'll see)

Quote from Cornys :

I plan on running the 4th annual IndyCar 250, but with a big changes for testing purposes. Feedback would be appreciated.

Full Course Yellows will not bring out a SC. Instead, all drivers will activate their pit road speed limiter immediately when the yellow flag is displayed. (reasonable allowance of .5 second reaction time of course) The track will be cleared and then the green flag will be displayed once more. Pit road will be closed during yellow flag periods. Penalty for pitting under yellow flag will be a 1 lap hold at pit exit. Passing under yellow flags and running side-by-side will not be permitted. The driver on the inside of a side-by-side battle once speeds have evened out will receive the track position.

The 4th annual IndyCar 250 would be ran in April or May on a Saturday. This will allow it to be a good practice for the Kyoto 500

Would there be any interest in this on a Sunday sometime very soon?

I've chose Verizon over Sprint today

Quote from Mustangman759 :

Will Power is a idiot

I second this notion.

Edit: Hawksworth, speeding in pit lane 10 laps before half way All his fault this time.

Last edited by Cornys, Sun, 1 Jun 2014 20:47.

I thought I saw the stewards reviewing the Hinch and Aleshin incident and the result was no action? Was that what they decided? Hinch should have been penalized for that IMO.

Hawksworth will find good fortune... or a new team

Quote from Rappa Z :

Hard to describe how I felt about this. Maybe I can't think of a word positive enough for it? All I can say right now is that it was a very satisfying, well rounded race. Perfect weather, race had a bit of everything and the turn 4 seats were simply mindblowing. I actually teared up as they came by on Lap 1 because it was so beautiful.

The buzz was electric, everyone hoping that race would go the whole way without a yellow after the first 130 laps and we were pissed when it didn't. The anger wore off quickly though with such good racing. The last 6 laps, there were no favorites. Everyone cheered for every driver. As much as I wanted to see Helio win, Hunter Reay kicked ass all day and definitely deserved it. We all cheered for his winning pass.

Pretty much seals the deal for my family. We're making this a yearly occurrence.

I was almost in turn 4 with you today, and I wish I had been. It was a great race

The Indy 500 probably draws a true racing fan rather than the crowd that a NASCAR race does. NASCAR racing sounds better, but the crowd at most races absolutely sucks . Plus, no NASCAR race means half as much as the Indy 500. Only down fall is the view of the track, but that's acceptable when the experience is better.

I plan on attending the 500 next year, and will be at Mid-Ohio (in fair weather) later this year

Quote from DriverLT :

Yes it was little lonely, was 4 players but 1 player in drag got penalty for early start and leave server and later in server was 3 players to end.

He wasn't there for the event anyways. He'd been joining to do drag races and leaving as soon as the track changed all week.

Even 5 is a rather small number, although more acceptable. I have a busy schedule, and free time for me is at a premium

The only good idea here was the solar panels . Tie in with the energy grid (don't get an expensive battery). You can (in the US anyways) sell the excess energy that you produce in the day time for retail price, and then the energy that you do use at night is already paid for with your day time energy. The difference you'll either have to pay for or you will get paid for. Much better than Bitcoins

http://www.solarcity.com/learn ... standing-netmetering.aspx

If of course you have the cash on hand to finance this. Bitcoins are a good way to lose a lot of money just like the stock market (in the short term. Stock market usually earns in long run, but bitcoin is yet to be seen). Buy something that is close to it's true value (book value for stocks) that are still generating a profit. Gold, bitcoin, ect. don't generate any money, and are well over their true value due to derived value placed on them by society. Money (cash) is the same way actually. Solar panels produce energy which is very valuable (gains value massively in the event of "dooms day" unlike gold, silver, bitcoins, ect. ), and they increase the value of your home while saving you a lot on each energy bill.

Last edited by Cornys, Sun, 18 May 2014 13:42.

Official Points Standings after all 3 rounds:

[WR] C.Corns (Cornys): 55 (1st, 2nd, 1st)
Sigitas (DriverLT): 44 (3rd, 1st, 3rd)
RG^Rony (Eclipsed): 42 (2nd, 3rd, 2nd)

I think we enjoyed ourselves, but it was a little lonely. Due to a lack of interest I will likely not attempt a similar event again.

Depending on the times of the races I may be interested in competition, but I'd need to put substantial time into practicing for each round (then obviously the event times free).

Quote from Storm_Cloud :

Not that I'm in favour of oval. I recall the last time I did LFSCART (08 maybe) the driving standards on ovals were appalling. Actually, not the driving standards, but the unbelievable arrogance of oval "experts" - one of whom ran me off the track because apparently I wasn't allowed to overtake two cars in one go.

Often times oval experts expect everybody to follow the "rules" of LFS oval racing, which read more like a manual on how to draft quickly. (No passing on the outside, don't attempt overtake unless you can complete the pass off of the corner, ect.) Fact is that these won't happen, and they don't have to. They often disobey the true rules of racing (running into people, ect.), because they feel as though they are not being driven against fairly and out of aggravation that they are being slowed down, which I find rather disappointing.


Also, they cannot truly be penalized due to their driving. They are not invested in the series, and many of them are not invested in any aspect of NDR either other than the oval events. Any penalties levied against them are practically a waste.

Quote from GreyBull [CHA] :

He is. But being fast on your own is one thing(especially since with the current aero package, it's easy flat all the way), being fast in traffic is another. Let's see how he does in the race.

Arguably, Kurt may have more experience with racing on an oval in aerodynamic traffic than most of the drivers in the field, but just how similar is a stock car and an Indy Car in aerodynamic traffic? Stock cars cannot hope to pass at Indy unless they get a huge run off of the corner, and we know that in Indy Cars it's much easier to pass.


I can see it being less of a problem for him than others, but it still could present quite a problem. If he's quick enough to hold down the front of the field though (top 5), it may not matter as much.

Quote from k_badam :

how long will it go on for? as i can only join at 4pm gmt+1

At most I'd look for it to last 90 min. Event starts in a little more than 20 minutes

Reminder, the event is tomorrow at 14:00 GMT

No registration is required, and the server will not be passworded until after the start of the first round or when a lot of people not interested in the event start joining. I'll post the password here when it's applied, so continue checking here if you cannot join for an "incorrect password". Give me 2 -3 min. before PM'ing me

Hawksworth is very impressive, but who the heck was calling race strategy for him? Let's pit with 37 to go with a pit window of 27 - 29 laps Genius. It lost him the race most likely.

I will be doing some testing on some tracks in the next month or so in hopes of running this series sometime in the near future. I'd look towards early August perhaps, but this is just speculation at this time.

I will be on the server today until further notice. The Derby Arena round will be loaded, but I can switch it you'd like to practice other events.

Added Server [WR] Derby Day

If you'd like a PM reminder for this event, post stating so and I'll send it out on the day before and 2 hours prior to the event start

Quote from Litro :

When?

Thanks, wrote this for the calendar and wasn't thinking about it here.

Saturday, 17 May 2014 starting at 14:00 GMT

Events (Click on track names to see photo) - 17 May 2014 - Starting @ 14:00 GMT
Server - [WR] Derby Day

- Derby Drag Racing - Convergent 8 Lane Drag - XRT
Converging 8 lane drag - Bracket if needed
Layout (AU4) - https://dl.dropboxusercontent. ... AU4_Convergent%20Drag.lyt

- Arena Derby Racing - Derby Arena - UF1 -
Qualifying - open track group (10 min)
Race - 100 laps (~9 min)
Layout (AU1) - https://dl.dropboxusercontent. ... Day/AU1_Derby%20Arena.lyt

- Short Track Derby Racing - Conesville Speedway - XRG
Qualifying - open track group (15 min)
Race - 40 laps (~14 min)
Layout (AU1) - https://dl.dropboxusercontent. ... _Conesville%20Raceway.lyt

Derby Drag Racing begins at 14:00 GMT. All others events will directly follow the completion of the one before it.

Rules
1. No backwards driving - EVER
2. Obey Admins - ALWAYS
3. No cursing in chat - EVER
4. Don't chat when chat is closed - EVER
5. Don't cheat - This includes using Conesville Speedway's pit lane area in the final round most notably.
6. Don't change driver name after start of first event - EVER
7. Continue forward momentum - Don't stop or significantly slow down to lose a lap on and target a competitor. Catch back up to them and pay them back instead.
8. Have fun - Skip rounds if you don't like them, but don't complain


Points System (Used in all 3 events)
1st - 20 points
2nd - 15 points
3rd - 12 points
4th - 10 points
5th - 8 points
6th - 7 points
7th - 6 points
8th - 5 points
9th - 4 points
10th - 3 points
11th - 2 points
12th - 1 point
others - 0 points

If you'd like a PM reminder for this event, post stating so and I'll send it out on the day before and 2 hours prior to the event start

Last edited by Cornys, Sat, 10 May 2014 16:05.

Quote from Eclipsed :

Why don't you take your conspiracy theories somewhere,where some still believe that The King is still alive?

Then he's come to the right place.

http://blacksportsonline.com/h ... 2014/02/Richard-Petty.jpg

Thanks for the comments on engine power and torque. Basically, I'm trying to either prove my thesis correct or incorrect which was this:

Quote from Cornys :

The lower powered motors (as I'd expected) do seem to improve the quality of racing.

Then I received this response:

Quote from JackDaMaster :

They have more ultimate horsepower and 4x more torque than last year

I'm not really sure who to believe at this point. My assumption about torque is that it's essentially only useful when wheel spin doesn't occur prior to full throttle (which in F1, makes it almost irrelevant in low - lower-mid speed corners).

Quote from PhilS13 :

The can of worm comment was more about people usually refusing to accept they have been wrong about this their
whole life.

For future reference use "confirmation bias". That's what you're describing, and it's much easier to understand when stated that way. It's an epidemic by the way