Quote from AlienT. :

Well I count that to be 10 entrants now . I'm now getting worried as I see a lot of fast guys enetred now....I'm already preparing a nice spot on the mantelpiece for the wooden spoon

I could always join and race you for that trophy Alien... i'm sure i'd give you some competition.... hheeehehe

£4 for a spoon - thats almost as cheap as IKEA

Quote from StableX :

woohoo! I better get some practise in.... See you on your server tonight Struan?

but your from Yeman Andy? ...

My views

UF Baby-R
LX4
FBM
FZR


however i've started to mess about with flipcams for some movie work too

your original posts refers to the last few days being much better - compared to the time when you had your little 'rant' about driving standards....

the driving standards have not suddenly 'come on' over the past few days...since your post......they have been strong for a great deal of time.

Quote from StableX :

I don't know mate. You could change your license name to clam and see if it sticks

I'm swelling up just thinking about it.... best not eh?

Quote from yeager :

Anyone else seeing a trend on SS1, and SS2? The past few days nearly every race i've had has seen at least the top 70% finish on the same lap and lots of closely bunched races. I've had some awesome battles where there has been a good fair share of contact and it's all been taken in everyone's stride, no fuss, no bitching. Love it! There has only been a few instances of people getting irate and nasty...

This has always been the case Yeager... i think that we all know this and you just had a bad experience in a few races the other days....


close clean racing like this is the norm on SS1 and SS2... not just 'the past few days'

Quote from StableX :

I think Sam has an allergy to Kirchetorte or something

I have an allergy to Seafood - is it the same kinda thing?

Thanks for hosting such a grat evenings worth of LX racing... first time i have really done any LX4 and was getting better with each race

Quote from Christopher Raemisch :

German eTM is in it's second season, as is the International division, the first time around Joe selected people he felt would 'fit the bill'

fit the bill or foot the bill?

F1 Cars

Clarks Lotus 49 - without sponsership

The Tyrrell Fords of Stewart/Cevert

Hunts 1976 Mclaren

Andretti in the Lotus 79

Sportscars

Rothmans Porsche 956 early 80's

Quote from The Moose :

WE1? in a baby-r That's going too far!

At least with the other tracks you have to use the brakes a couple of times

Personally i feel 2 races of equal length (25 min ish) would be preferable.


Just my two Costa Rican Colons ( great currency )

lol

WE1 is to do with the possability of having lots of high speed slip streaming action.

I've got some Ideas that i want to share and discuss.



looking at 2 races per evening, a short 15 minute race and a longer 30-45 minute race

The second race would be with a reverse grid, but the points for both races would be indentical. The bonus would be in the reverse grid race that every position you move up your gain extra points


Tracks i'm thinking about are (in no particular order)

BL1
AS2
FE3
SO6
AS1
WE1

These are all new to the Baby-R league

Question - if you need to get through the nationals to get to the internationals and this is the first time running of the nationals how did the internationals gets to the internationals in the first place???

Quote from StableX :

any get out of jail free cards for CTRA?

lol

Quote from CELTIC100 :

Cough

Lets just say the Muppet had twins

that would explain........... a lot

Quote from Hyperactive :

What if all cars just had to start the race with certain amount of fuel onboard? Not some rigid one number, more like a small range like 100-130 litres so you wouldn't have problems with pitstops (enough gap to make every teams' cars to pit on different laps and probably enough gap to prevent too many drivers going to the pits at the same time.

isn't that just like saying - ok we will shorten the race by 20 laps?

Quote from The Moose :

I'd like to see the first two knock-out rounds continue, then the final ten drivers do a 1 hot lap superpole type affair.

Low fuel, single lap qual to sort the men from the boys.

It should be this... but with a twist.

The top 10 have a one lap shootout - but the shoot out is one lap with their race fuel on board.

The drivers have there race fuel added and then they park at the END of the pit lane in reverse top 10 from Q2 order.

They turn their engines off and wait there with a team of 6 mechanics (4 with tyre warmers) one with a rear jack and one with a starter motor.

When its their turn they go out.... like when they use to do the single lap quali a few years ago (but this time its only the top 10, but with race fuel onboard) that can not be altered after the start of the final session.

points can always be scored - regardless of the number of racers, its just the stats of wins and podiums and fastest laps are not recorded with less than 4 racers in the race.

Quote from SamH :

This is the discussion at the moment, Dru. We're considering pushing back the start another week, to allow later entrants. We're fielding the feelings, primarily, of those who have already signed up and inviting anyone who feels they may be able to commit in the next week to speak up, too.

We'll have to make a decision by tomorrow lunchtime. So far most people who've expressed feelings on it seem happy to postpone.

don't sit on the fence Sam

Bottom line - how many competitors do you need to make this UK/IRE league run.

Quote from chanoman315 :

FFS Yeager, you won that battle of your crash, you kept whinning for about 2 races, and the other guy didnt said a thing. Yesterday at fe green reverse, i spun at T1 you rammed me, i said nothing. You said that i was in front of you. mm No, you were on pits, and i was on T1 crashing spinning etc, and like 5 secs later you ram me... :rolleyes:

Actually i've just watched the replay of that race to see what all the fuss is about.....


Chano joins late after the start and Yeager to his credit asks for a restart (there is only a few drivers on the server)

Yeager then asks for about 10 restarts in about 7/8 laps.. during this time he is also racing and asks for a restart as 'they are not geting any points'

Yeager spins out a few times on his own (maybe his concentration is somewhere else) maybe hitting that restart bind

Anyhow Yeager then crashes in the pit lane and starts reversing up the pit lane before spinning around and stopping in a box...

at that point chano then exits the pits and promptly spins on his own at t1. He is almost stationary slightly off line on the right hand side..... yeagar comes around the corner and hits him at a slow speed (yeageer was on a bad line) if he was on the racing line chano would not have been hit.... (typical init) anyhow yeager taps chano... chano then types '?' as he does not know why he has been hit..... then later in the lap yeager (whilst driving) replies... as he does this his car weaves about and he fails to notice PACman coming up his out side and making a pass... yeager then cuts up PACman who then spins and crashes out in avoidance.....


...... queue the Benny Hill music..... LOL

9 months have past between the last 2 replies in this thread....and what a difference come on... own up - who's been off having a baby?

So what actually is the cut off for numbers?

are you just going to race with the 5 or 6 drivers that have signed up or will you have a 'only goes ahead' with more than 15 signups - and if you don't get the numbers to run it - people get a refund that may help you sway the un-decided to partake..

Quote from AlienT. :

I see your point Dru, but having followed the International eTM with its live streaming, quality commentary, some of the fastest LFS drivers entered, prizes etc. I also believe that the UK/Eire league could turn out be top notch also, this of course it not fact just my opinion . for the cost of a couple of pints, or a mouthfull of beer if you live in Norway....

Ok, lets flip this around.....

live streaming - does not affect the driver taking part
Commentary - does not affect the driver taking part
Some of the fastest LFS drivers - point taken - but this is just gonna lessen the sign up..... for instance if well known 'alein' drivers are entered that have a known pedigree in this class of racing are fast and consistant and do not crash, then why do the other drivers think they might actually stand a chance...

This league will just be like hour stints of an enduro race, there are one or two known drivers who if they entered (or weren't competing elsewhere) would clean up..

So the reason people should sign up is because there are fast drivers entered - well lots of other leagues have these drivers involved (and other fast drivers or clean drivers) were people don't have to pay to race..

how many leagues do you know where people drop out over the season as they realise they will not win?? i bet it's load's and that leagues that you don't even have to pay to enter in the first place..

Quote from Christopher Raemisch :

This is indeed where the best races in LFS league racing will be held, no doubt about it.

Dumb question - but how can you say that with such a small number of drivers?

Surely you can say that AFTER the event - if it IS true..

What is SO special about this series compared to other leagues??

Its a bit like the previous month it was the 'world series' that was going to be the best league.... thing's like this can nto be said until after the event...

otherwise if your incorrect, and people have paid money to join the league - you could be reported to trading standards

I admire the jeeing up that you are trying to give this league, but it really is too little too late i think.

Rather than make first season free, you should be doing non-championship rounds prior to the start of the season, so people can enter and see what makes it so great... after all there are so many leagues out there that does not charge to enter... so this has to b a darn bit more special to make people pay to enter regardless of what 'prizes' are on offer..

Quote from Bean0 :

Sorta based on the Ford RS200...

kept this little beauty quiet Bean0