Bitter sweet race for me. Return to great memories of watching NASCAR in the past, while at the same time a fiery rage in the stomach at what the series is becoming.
On the true superspeedways if you're going to keep the cars glued to the ground you need to add more drag than last year's package. Good move by NASCAR (probably the only good change this year) to make the rear spoiler height change at the plate tracks. The effects of changes elsewhere are yet to be seen, but I don't see them helping much.
It will depend on the number of drivers we have. If the number is in the area of 15 drivers I'm likely to not mandate TS. However, if it is closer to 30 it will be a necessity. At this time I think it will be closer to 10 drivers
Often it makes yellow flag procedure much smoother and allows me to alert competitors of things that they need to take note of (like a flipped race car) without distracting them too much.
Practice session #1 for the Fern Bay 150 will occur on Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 18:00 GMT. Qualifying will be 15 minutes open track starting at that time. The race will follow at 18:20 GMT.
Only Registered Fern Bay 150 competitors will be permitted to participate in this session. TeamSpeak will be required in this event.
Session of Incident (Official Sessions for Round 5: Qualifying 1, Qualifying 2, Race): Race
Lap AND MPR timecode of incident (or session time or UTC Time of Day): 4:11:35
Car(s) involved: 73 & 71
Location of Incident (Track Map Here): Pit Entry / Oval Turn 3
Brief Description of Incident: Cars 73 slows down in front of 71 due to an apparent flat tyre causing both to spin.
Under investigation by the stewards, awaiting discussion with involved driver(s)
Early people feared death and what followed it. Once communication became possible somebody attempted to ease people's minds with a religion of sorts. There is no way to prove them wrong, so the idea sticks, and evolves to the complex thing that it is today. Religion is not a bad thing in and of its self, and there's nothing wrong with it because it does have a purpose in any society which allows emotion.
Organized religion as it exists today, however I feel has been used more as a tool for gaining and maintaining power than easing people's minds. All of today's major religions were established in times when science was well behind where it is now (with Islam being the youngest). This is the reason that religion can be proved incorrect in its current form.
We have no way of knowing exactly what happens to a person's consciousness after they die, and it will likely remain that way for ages if not forever. This is where religion still has a play in today's world. The religions themselves cannot be respected by anybody exactly as they are today if they believe in science, but their ideas about a person's consciousness after life should still be.
Science is ever evolving, and may later prove its self wrong when enough evidence proves it so. Religions have never been able to be proved wrong until recently, and they are so stepped in tradition that they will not accept it. Accepting it would also reduce the power of the organization which is behind it, and as thus prevents them for accepting the truth as science presents it. This is why organized religion is losing masses of followers worldwide.
Well, I must say that Ham has a few valid points. The first is that in a system that is not to be biased towards a religion the science books of many United State's public schools are in fact somewhat slanted. This is a good argument. I must admit this.
As an atheist I cannot see a 6,000 year old Earth being anywhere near reality, and I absolutely cannot see myself believing in creation theory.
On the other hand these people should be entitled to their opinion, and our children should be left to decide what they believe on their own. I don't think schools try to deny children of that right, but I do think that scientific knowledge and understanding reveals the truth to a majority of people.
Reincarnation and other such theories of an "after-life" I also cannot believe, but I don't see scientific understanding and knowledge hindering such viewpoints in any real way. (First hand experience here with an Agnostic Girlfriend of 3 years).
In order to participate in the 2014 Fern Bay 150 or any of its practice sessions please post the appropriate information here.
Entry Number: Driver Name: LFSWorld Name: Nationality: Team Affiliation:
Drivers will be required to display their entry number upon their license plate in all sessions and their in game driver name will be required to show their entry number in white in front of their first initial and full last name as follows: 00 D.Name
Drivers names may be in any color desired.
Skins will not be permitted to show numbers other than that driver's entry number.
Only a special kind of idiot decides to administrate an oval race. Sadly, I am one of those.
The 2014 Fern Bay 150 will be the 2nd annual. The race will be 150 laps in the XRT at the Fern Bay Oval (F24). We will run this event with the same rules as the Kyoto 400, and the event will begin with 10 pace laps. TeamSpeak will be required in this event as in all Worldwide Racing oval races.
Qualifying and race will both take place on Saturday, March 1st 2014 with qualifying starting at 17:30 GMT. Qualifying will be open track style for a half an hour (30 minutes). The race will begin shortly afterwards and should be expected to last around 45 minutes.
We will have practice sessions for this event, but attendance will not be required. License plates must display the driver's number in all sessions. The Worldwide Racing Rulebook applies to this event.
Edit2: Oh, and if you feel strongly enough about anything, please e-mail NASCAR at: [email protected]
They could use some more fan feedback from people who know something about racing.
This was an honest mistake. Once again, incident was noted, but there was no malicious intent with this move, and no administrative action is required.
94 fails to notice the 07 on his outside and causes a crash. An honest mistake. Incident noted, but no action needed with this alone (If every instance of this resulted in a post race penalty the results would make little to no sense).
94 makes contact with the 07 causing a crash. This is the second such incident involving car 94. Incident noted, but no action needed (The 94 failed to finish and any in-race penalty would be pointless when applied to this competitor.)
46 makes contact with the 17 resulting in a crash. Incident noted, but no action needed (If every instance of this resulted in a post race penalty the results would make little to no sense).
07 makes contact with 17 causing a crash. Incident noted, but no action needed (If every instance of this resulted in a post race penalty the results would make little to no sense).
We at Worldwide Racing will not tolerate cursing on the race chat during an official session, especially when they do not have permission to chat. As a result of this incident CodeLyoko1 will be on probation until 2015.
Chatting without permission is a minor offense, but when it involves cursing and insulting of others as well it becomes a serious offense. Incident Noted in Final Action
The 91 spins through his own fault, and intentionally leaves his car in the racing line when there was not a reason to be. It should be noted that a similar incident occurred with this competitor in one of our practice events.
We at Worldwide Racing will not tolerate manipulation of our events or insulting of our competitors. As a result of these incidents fwj515 and any associated accounts will be suspended from Worldwide Racing events until 2016 for his involvement in this attempt to manipulate this event, and other offenses listed above.
21 and 25 make contact at the front of the field. A miscalculation, but not a serious offense.
Chatting without permission is a minor offense, but when it involves cursing and insulting of others as well it becomes a serious offense. Incident Noted in Final Action
The 21 drives down beside his teammate for unknown reasons. The two make contact and the 21 spins. Later in the lap the 25 intentionally spins on the front stretch making contact with other competitors which does at last draw a caution.
We at Worldwide Racing will not tolerate manipulation of our events or insulting of our competitors. As a result of these incidents Mustangman759 and any associated accounts will be suspended from Worldwide Racing events until 2016 for his involvement in this attempt to manipulate this event, and other offenses listed above.