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Tales from the Dark Side......

5 posts by 4 people · 24 Apr 1997 - 25 Apr 1997

Last night Ken Hower and I showed up for the ***-Racing "*** Cup" race at Michigan. There were only a handful of drivers to enter practice, eleven I think, and after RHUGGINS posted an ACE setup lap of well over 188 mph., there were even fewer as suspicious drivers dropped out like flies. Ken, myself, and a couple of others stayed, qualified and raced the guy anyway. Folks, Michigan is not my best track and I have little experience with the ACE setup, but I qualified second and run a clean race (50 lapper), turning laps from 184.5 to 185.7 with virtually no exceptions. By lap 45 or so, Ken and I were the only ones remaining as the others dropped out as well and on lap 48 I pulled into the pits as a way of protest, and exited the race. At that point Huggins had around a 24-25 second lead on me and I was well ahead of Ken, who is certainly no slouch at Michigan, so I must assume I ran a pretty good pace. The main reason I stayed was to see for myself what others have complained about and to give Papy/Big Brother a few laps of data to review, if indeed they're keeping track. Is he cheating? Is he testing for Papy? I have no idea, but if not, there is definitely a hardware/software/connectivity issue at hand that Papyrus MUST resolve. Either that, or I'm a hell of a lot slower than I thought. I can except the fact that some drivers can outrun me almost everywhere I race. In fact, struggling to catch a faster driver that I trust, is a rewarding challenge that I welcome and enjoy. But if any of you can tell me how to click off legitimate 188-189 laps at MIS with the Ace setup, clue me in. If not, add me to the growing list of drivers who refuse to race Huggins until the issue is explained/resolved. Flame away, I like it David T. (dglenn) \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ NASCAR RACING by Papyrus Late Night with Dave Racing League [link lost in import] Name: David Thompson (dglenn) COAST2COAST RACING Ken Hower and David Thompson //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Quoted text (42 lines)> Last night Ken Hower and I showed up for the ***-Racing "*** Cup" > race at Michigan. There were only a handful of drivers to enter > practice, eleven I think, and after RHUGGINS posted an ACE setup lap of > well over 188 mph., there were even fewer as suspicious drivers dropped > out like flies. > Ken, myself, and a couple of others stayed, qualified and raced the guy > anyway. Folks, Michigan is not my best track and I have little > experience with the ACE setup, but I qualified second and run a clean > race (50 lapper), turning laps from 184.5 to 185.7 with virtually no > exceptions. By lap 45 or so, Ken and I were the only ones remaining as > the others dropped out as well and on lap 48 I pulled into the pits as a > way of protest, and exited the race. At that point Huggins had around a > 24-25 second lead on me and I was well ahead of Ken, who is certainly no > slouch at Michigan, so I must assume I ran a pretty good pace. > The main reason I stayed was to see for myself what others have > complained about and to give Papy/Big Brother a few laps of data to > review, if indeed they're keeping track. Is he cheating? Is he testing > for Papy? I have no idea, but if not, there is definitely a > hardware/software/connectivity issue at hand that Papyrus MUST resolve. > Either that, or I'm a hell of a lot slower than I thought. > I can except the fact that some drivers can outrun me almost everywhere > I race. In fact, struggling to catch a faster driver that I trust, is a > rewarding challenge that I welcome and enjoy. But if any of you can > tell me how to click off legitimate 188-189 laps at MIS with the Ace > setup, clue me in. If not, add me to the growing list of drivers who > refuse to race Huggins until the issue is explained/resolved. > Flame away, I like it > David T. (dglenn) > \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ > NASCAR RACING by Papyrus > Late Night with Dave Racing League > [link lost in import] > Name: David Thompson (dglenn) > COAST2COAST RACING > Ken Hower and David Thompson > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Goto *** racing sports centwer for further updates .... http://www.***-racing.com
Mike Radl 24 Apr 1997#364184
Quoted text (7 lines)>Last night Ken Hower and I showed up for the ***-Racing "*** Cup" >race at Michigan. There were only a handful of drivers to enter >practice, eleven I think, and after RHUGGINS posted an ACE setup lap of >well over 188 mph., there were even fewer as suspicious drivers dropped >out like flies. >Ken, myself, and a couple of others stayed, qualified and raced the guy
<snip> David, Could you send me the first 10 laps of the replay if you have it. I always like to see *quality* drivers in action. Thanks, Mike Radler
> David, > Could you send me the first 10 laps of the replay if you have it. I > always like to see *quality* drivers in action. Mike, Wish I'd saved it... I've had numerous requests to see it. There seems to be some controversy as to the accuracy of the speed display in replays anyway, however speaking from a first hand view, I got a good start and laid in the draft as well as I could, running laps that seem to be pretty much on par with some of the better drivers around. Huggins walked off and left me like I was a rookie using the keyboard. :-) Shame too - despite a small starting field, there were a bunch of good drivers lined up for the evening. It was shaping up to be a first rate competition.... it turned out to be an embarassment to the sport. David T.
Pete 25 Apr 1997#364366
Paul, loved the trophy! Nice car Robert is driving! Wonder how many others have tried this little cheat! :) Pete > Goto *** racing sports centwer for further updates .... > http://www.***-racing.com

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