A post a day......

I got my rc helicopter stuck in a tree one time and we used a .22 to trim the branches around it. Took a while but we managed to save it.

iRacing offered drivers to run the Indy 500 and Coke 600 all in the same day. My son and I split up the driving duties. The payout if we won either race was iRacing credits, write up in SIM Racing News and iRacing In Racing News.

I ran the Indy race, started at 10AM, qualified 6th out of 23 drivers, 200 laps at Indy's 2.5 Mile rectangle. I got wrecked on lap 1, luckily the car could be repaired. We then had 29 cautions which eliminated most of the field. One green flag run last 46 laps. After 2.5 hours I was wrecked and the car couldn't finish. I ate lunch, did some work around the house and came back to watch. I finished 13th. The winning driver after 4 hours was the last place car. There were only 4 cars that were left at the end.

The World 600 at Charlotte in the Nascar sprint cup car was 400 laps. My son qualified 3rd out of 43 drivers. His race started at 6PM and he was solid for hours and hours. It was also a wreckfest, something like 25 cautions. At Midnight (6 hours later) he was in 3rd going past 2nd place when 2nd place nudged his bumper and turned him into the wall. He got the car fixed but was down 13 laps. He finished 6th. He led 1 lap. He was bummed. Yesterday he ran 2 Nascar Truck races at Daytona (drafting) and he won them both so the weekend wound up being good.

Great points day as both Oval and Road were promoted from Class D licenses to Class C. I'm running the Mustang FR500 Challenge Series (12 Races / 12 Weeks) soon. I started with a Rookie to Class D Tier Road Racing with the Mazda MX-5 Right Hand driver Roadster. I'm currently leading in points.

I'm only up by 6 points over 2nd place. This week's race in Lime Rock. Not my best track, I'll practice for the next few days.

Happy 100 thousand mile anniversary!

davis3 said:

Happy 100 thousand mile anniversary!

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Holy crap! That's a lot of miles.

Yep,uses a little oil but still running strong.

I'm ranked #1 in my iRacing Series Standings with the Mazda MX-5 Series (Moving up to Mustang's next season). Race #9 of #12 is tonight at Charlotte Road Course. Hope to extend my points lead.

Change "Car Class" to Mazda MX-5 Roadster.
http://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/SeriesStandings.do?season=658

I also just purchased a SIM Racing RIG. Will be here on Tuesday. I plan to add fenders, nose and everything to this eventually. There is nothing like SIM racing- It's in A/C, I can race any time I want, I won't die or get hurt, I race with real race car drivers, I'm at home with my family, I don't have to buy race car parts, etc.

Here is the RIG I bought.

NotA4.6 said:

That's cool as **** right there! Can you get it without the monitors attached to it? I'd love something like this for my PS3 for Gran Turismo 5

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I just got one from amazon made by open wheeler. Just like that with no monitors. Makes driving so much easier. Just got back into Gran Turismo. Quit playing cause using.my.wheels and pedals.was a.pain and just never worked right and the six axis controller just doesn't feel right. Works likes its supposed to now. Only complaint is, the seat could use more/better padding. Butt gets numb after a few races.

This: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004FCI5V0/?tag=stangnet-20

Last night I ran the Gran Turismo Cup races. I think it was those, anyway, using that red bull prototype. Insane! You have to have a wheel. You know its fast when you lap the field twice in a five lap race. It tops out at 297.5mph.

I'm looking to go iRacing eventually. Think I may need a better computer for that though.

Why don't you guys come over to iRacing for SIM racing? Video games are too easy, I finished GT5. This is the real deal. You set the car up, you qualify, you race against great drivers all over the World. Browse the iRacing site, watch the videos and decide if you want to SIM race or stick to video games. This is what the professionals race car drivers use to practice. One day you could be racing against Dale Jr. I run the road course events. I'm not that good at ovals.

You can buy the GTR set up with no monitors, single monitor or triple monitor. I'll eventually run trip TV's which is why I bought this one.

Just got done qualifying for my race tonight. I'm so nervous with this Charlotte road course. It doesn't fit my style. I finished 2nd in class a few weeks ago. I'd be happy with that tonight.