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gord

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by gord » Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:14:18


> I'm sorry to say that I haven't been keeping up to whats allowed and what
> isn't these days.
> Last time I paid a visit to the local track was almost 12 yrs ago. I brought
> a "dial-your-own"
> 75 Pontiac Ventura 350 and made it to the third round of eliminations before

> being nosed out by a 65
> Grand Prix. I lost by 3/10ths of a second because I was worried about
> breaking out so I backed off near the finish and unfortunately it was too
> much too soon.
> Getting back to what Eldred was mentioning about how hard it is to be
> consistent, well, if you're an inexperienced racer, those problems happen a
> lot...and I'm sure the game is no different. Its just harder to have that
> feel for the car.
> One has to really know the feel of their car to know what consistency is in
> drag racing involving ETs. Guess that is what separates the men from the
> boys.

Consistency, good reaction times, and a ton of luck got me this trophy at the 85' bracket finals at
Atlanta dragway.
" http://www.racesimcentral.net/~ejgordon/Oscar2.jpg "
It took 12 rounds to get to the final that day.
The final round was a double breakout with me winning due to my .510 R.T. vs opponent's .622 .
Opponent was forced to run .018 under dial in while I went .010 under.
I'll never forget that day.    :-)
MadDAW

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by MadDAW » Fri, 16 Jan 2004 19:41:03

vs opponent's .622 .

They used reaction times to determine a double breakout?  At my track you
would have still won because they go by who's under the least.

Good job on the win. I have never won jack. I always seem to lose in the
frst money round no matter what it is. One time I actualy thought I made a
few bucks, but when I went to check they were one car short on the buy backs
to make it to my round.   Good thing I do it because I enjoy it otherwise I
would have staved to death by now.

MadDAWG


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