Ahhh...527 HP...Jason is my hero.

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Jay Barthelotte

I've decided to limit the "low grip" surfaces to one track per night.
That requires changing tonight and Thursday.

Course changes for the series:

March 6th - 8pm
Autumn Ring - 10 Laps - Racing Hard (Removed Madrid Mini)
Circuito de Madrid - 10 Laps - Racing Hard
Chamonix West - 5 Laps- Snow (Removed Chamonix Mini)
Daytona Road - 5 Laps - Racing Hard (Removed Chamonix)

March 10th - 8pm
Fuji GT - 8 Laps - Racing Hard (Removed Eiger NordWand W Trail)
Eiger NordWand Short Track - 8 Laps - Racing Hard
Eiger NordWand K Trail - 3 Laps - Dirt
Circuit de la Sarthe - 3 Laps - Racing Hard (Removed Eiger NordWand G Trail)

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Here are the results after tonight's battles...
Only 3 of the 4 races were scored, due to 2 or more disconnects during the Madrid race.

Varga remains the in lead with a comfortable 13 point gap to Paul in 2nd place. Only four points separate 2nd and 4th place.

Another close battle between 5th - 8th with only 5 points separating 5 drivers.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

That 4th in Madrid was my best finish too

There's a couple PSN ID's I saw last night that are not in your points list... I didn't recognize them, so I couldn't tell you who they were...

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR

I did a lot of messing with the setup on the EVO and I think I have it figured out a bit better.
Its still understeers, but much less, I just could not drive it as it was with all that understeer, it makes me rage.

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Paul

You're right.... there must be an error in my spread sheet.
I'll fix and repost. (EDIT: Fixed)



Sorry Ming, the rule is if one person drops we'll call that a mechanical failure.
Two or more and there are connection issues.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

I'm going to have to practice the soft surface some, I'd never driven on it that long without getting frustrated and quitting. I think I was actually mid-pack for that one.

BTW, I'm Viich, #32 in an STI. And yes, it was me whose baby woke up during the last race.

Oh, I knew the moment you vanished from my rear-view mirror the results were going to be dropped (I noticed someone else dropped earlier in the race). Somehow, I managed to escape that train-wreck at the first hairpin unscathed and I doubt I'd ever be able to pull that off again.

I think that whole wreck was started by me getting excited about passing someone and missing my brake point. I know I hit a wall and then got hit by at least eleventy-dozen other cars.

Craig, you can't be hit when your 30 feet in the air......I have to take a pic of that!!

In race personal bests in finishing order for last night:

AUTUMN RING

Varga 1:16.571 EVO
Jason 1:17.943 STI
Joel 1:17.439 STI
Paul 1:17.338 EVO
Taylor 1:18.575 EVO
Ming 1:19.512 EVO
Trevor G 1:19.237 STI
Steve 1:19.806 EVO
Aleksander 1:20.293 EVO
Jay 1:20.064 EVO
Craig 1:22.468 STI
Scott M 1:21.343 EVO
Trevor P 1:33.411 STI

MADRID (Not accumulated for points for reason stated by Jason, however is still good data)

Paul 1:22.906 EVO
Varga 1:23.651 EVO
Joel 1:24.564 STI
Ming 1:28.084 EVO
Jay 1:27.753 EVO
Taylor 1:28.494 EVO
Trevor G 1:28.907 STI
Aleksander 1:29.903 EVO
Steve 1:29.808 EVO
Craig 1:27.836 STI
Scott M 1:30.182 EVO

CHAMONIX ( Where was everyone??)

Jason 2:09.225 STI
Paul 2:07.093 EVO
Varga 2:08.577 EVO
Joel 2:10.239 STI
Taylor 2:13.619 EVO
Craig 2:13.444 STI
Trevor G 2:15.578 STI
Steve 2:19.935 EVO
Jay 2:19.358 EVO
Ming 2:17.900 EVO
Aleksander 2:20.844 EVO
Scott M 2:21.268 EVO

DAYTONA RD. COURSE (Sniping territory, clean racing or house cleaning?)

Paul 1:47.987 EVO
Scott M 1:50.030 EVO
Jason 1:49.353 STI
Joel 1:49.166 STI
Varga 1:48.647 EVO
Jay 1:52.891 EVO
Taylor 1:54.461 EVO
Trevor G 1:52.485 STI
Aleksander 1:52.841 EVO
Steve 1:52.963 EVO
Craig 2:01.537 STI

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2008 Toyota Prius (Currently 180,000km)
2002 BMW M3 (Currently 197,000km, was 96,300km Jan of 2009)
2006 Toyota Prius (R.I.P 2011, 182,000 km)
1990 Beretta GTZ (R.I.P 2009, 396,000 km)
2000 Grand Cherokee (Sold 2006, 105,000 km)
1990 Laser RS (R.I.P 1989 Halloween day, 2,500 km)

Varga was kind enough to send me some shots from the first corner incident at Madrid.

Here we see Steve, Craig and Jay in the wall, while Alek's Evo and Trevor's STi seem to make it through.


Here Taylor joins the party.



Here Taylor's rear end starts to lift, I try to squeeze by Craig and in front of Jay (who's reversing).


Thanks to #66 (who was that) Taylor and Craig are now airborne.


Taylor's back on the ground but Craig's still going up....


Rumor is Craig's going to be sponsored by Red Bull next race.


Red Bull Gives You Wings!

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

OH S#!T !! was all that I could think of when I arrived appon that little mess with no where to go.

Impresive air time tho!!! Gonna make Jordan jealous

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ARMS Race Steward



2013 Mazda 3 Skyactive Sport
#18 1993 Civic - Slalom/Time Attack

Who was in the #66 STi?

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Joel and Varga are now tied in points due to Varga's "mechanical" issue for one race. However Varga remains in 1st with more victories.
Paul drops back from 2nd to 3rd and I remain in 4th two points behind Paul.

Jay drops from 5th to 8th however there's only a 10pt spread from 5th to 9th, so it's a very close battle.
Trevor has his best night ever with two 3rd place finishes.
Ming equals his best finish to date, 4th place, and this time it's scored, allowing him to jump to 5th place overall.

Sadly Taylor was disconnected before the first race due to local internet issues.


15pts separate the top 4 positions and as we saw last night even a comfortable lead can be lost if you get disconnected for even one race.
An even tighter battle exists between 5th and 9th with only 10pts separating those positions.
With one more evening left in this series it's anyone's game.




[table][mrow color=black]Rank
[mcol]Name
[mcol]PSN ID
[mcol]Car #
[mcol]Car Make / Model
[mcol]Points
[mcol]
[mcol]3-Mar
[mcol]6-Mar
[mcol]10-Mar
[mcol]13-Mar
[row]1[col]Varga A[col]vincentq4[col]9[col]Subaru Impreza Sedan WRX STI Spec C Type RA '05[col]182[col color=gray][col]77[col]48[col]57[col]0
[row]2[col]Joel N[col]joelnelson[col]87[col]Subaru Impreza Sedan WRX STI Spec C Type RA '05[col]182[col color=gray][col]68[col]43[col]71[col]0
[row]3[col]Paul M[col]turbined[col]68[col]Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR '05[col]169[col color=gray][col]61[col]51[col]57[col]0
[row]4[col]Jason S[col]MerlinRPM[col]26[col]Subaru Impreza Sedan WRX STI Spec C Type RA '05[col]167[col color=gray][col]56[col]52[col]59[col]0
[row]5[col]Ming W[col]Azrielx[col]5[col]Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR '05[col]111[col color=gray][col]45[col]20[col]46[col]0
[row]6[col]Steve P[col]stevedp[col]28[col]Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR '05[col]109[col color=gray][col]35[col]28[col]46[col]0
[row]7[col]Alek M[col]AMomcilo [col]27[col]Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR '05[col]106[col color=gray][col]41[col]25[col]40[col]0
[row]8[col]Jay B[col]FormulaFunRacing[col]2[col]Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR '05[col]104[col color=gray][col]39[col]29[col]36[col]0
[row]9[col]Trevor G[col]nd4speed1[col]46[col]Subaru Impreza Sedan WRX STI Spec C Type RA '05[col]101[col color=gray][col]16[col]32[col]53[col]0
[row]10[col]Scott M[col]Mr_4G63T[col]97[col]Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR '05[col]72[col color=gray][col]0[col]29[col]43[col]0
[row]11[col]Taylor M[col]TMac_71 [col]71[col]Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR '05[col]63[col color=gray][col]26[col]37[col]0[col]0
[row]12[col]Craig M[col]Viich[col]32[col]Subaru Impreza Sedan WRX STI Spec C Type RA '05[col]45[col color=gray][col]19[col]26[col]0[col]0
[row]13[col]John K[col]s3th10u5[col]10[col]Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR '05[col]24[col color=gray][col]24[col]0[col]0[col]0
[row]14[col]Shawn H[col]Mortifuri[col]33[col]Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR '05[col]0[col color=gray][col]0[col]0[col]0[col]0
[row]15[col]Scott H[col]S_AND_S[col]36[col]Subaru Impreza Sedan WRX STI Spec C Type RA '05[col]0[col color=gray][col]0[col]0[col]0[col]0
[/table]

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

In-race personal bests in finishing order:

EIGER NORDWAND SHORT TRACK (Pavement)
Joel 1:03.774 STI
Varga 1:02.996 STI
Trevor G 1:06.056 STI
Ming 1:06.745 EVO
Paul 1.04.504 EVO
Jason 1:05.776 STI
Aleksander 1:06.458 EVO
Steve 1:08.353 EVO
Jay 1:08.140 EVO
Scott M 1:07.801 EVO

FUJI GT CIRCUIT
Varga 1:35.897 STI
Joel 1:37.322 STI
Paul 1:38.214 EVO
Jason 1:38.297 STI
Trevor G 1:40.431 STI
Steve 1:41.287 EVO
Ming 1:42.107 EVO
Scott M 1:42.113 EVO
Jay 1:41.693 EVO
Aleksander 1:42.689 EVO

I got Booted from the Rally, Therefore no lap times, I could not save the replay.

CIRCUIT DE LA SARTHE (2005 CHICANES)
Varga 4:02.428 STI
Joel 4:07.944 STI
Paul 4:03.383 EVO
Scott M 4:13.865 EVO
Jason 4:09.050 STI
Aleksander 4:14.719 EVO
Steve 4:20.209 EVO
Trevor G 4:20.819 STI
Ming 4:25.161 EVO
Jay 4:28.439 EVO

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2008 Toyota Prius (Currently 180,000km)
2002 BMW M3 (Currently 197,000km, was 96,300km Jan of 2009)
2006 Toyota Prius (R.I.P 2011, 182,000 km)
1990 Beretta GTZ (R.I.P 2009, 396,000 km)
2000 Grand Cherokee (Sold 2006, 105,000 km)
1990 Laser RS (R.I.P 1989 Halloween day, 2,500 km)

varga is using gamegenie

***ANNOUNCEMENT***
OPEN ROAD RACE FUN EVENT

Everyone in the series should check their emails for info on the last minute "Open Road Race" fun event this weekend.

Quick Details:
We

Road cars only!*
600pp Max OR 600hp / 1200kg (We'll vote on which one)

*Race cars, cars with numbers, prototypes, concepts, chrome line and show cars (IE cars that can not be painted) NOT PERMITTED.

Penalties will be set to Strong
Damage will be set to High (You will need to pit to repair your car!)

Tracks:
Laguna Seca - 30 Laps
Nürburgring GP/F - 20 Laps
(Tire changes maybe needed)

No points in these races, only bragging rights!

Haven't scheduled the time yet, so please email me if you're interested and your availability. I'll schedule whatever works for the majority of people.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Looks like we're aiming for 6pm tonight for at least one race.

Also I currently have more votes for PP than HP/KG.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

We had a 21 lap race last night. After 21 laps (32mins) Varga beat me by 0.92 seconds.

Aiming for a 30 lap race tonight starting at 7pm.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

The AWD Arch Rival Championship is over.

Varga defends his title!
Joel in second. Myself in third, but only because Paul missed the first two races this evening.

Alek has a strong 5th place finish with Ming only 1pt behind him.
Trevor in 7th with Jay 2pts behind him and McIntyre (despite missing the first evening) picks up 9th only a handful of points away from 7th & 8th.

Too lazy/tired to update the points table above... so here they are in raw format:

1 vincentq4 256
2 joelnelson 240
3 MerlinRPM 222
4 turbined 204
5 AMomcilo 152
6 Azrielx 151
7 nd4speed1 133
8 FormulaFunRacing 131
9 Mr_4G63T 125
10 stevedp 109
11 TMac_71 86
12 Viich 45
13 S_AND_S 25
14 s3th10u5 24

Thanks again to everyone that came out.
Varga will be organizing the first two "March Madness" events as I will be away (Cayman Islands). However I believe you'll still be using my lounge (MerlinRPM), unless Varga says otherwise.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

In-race personal bests in finishing order from Last night:

LAGUNA SECA (8 LAPS) Tire wear seemed fairly even with everyone
Varga 1:25.357 STI
Jason 1:27.563 STI
Joel 1:27.374 STI
Scott H 1:29.481 EVO
Aleksander 1:30.746 EVO
Scott M 1:31.241 EVO
Trevor G 1:31.474 STI
Ming 1:33.082 EVO
Jay 1:30.802 EVO

SUZUKA EAST CIRCUIT (14 LAPS)
Varga 49.779 STI
Joel 51.178 STI
Trevor G 51.748 STI
Jason 51.969 STI
Taylor 52.255 EVO
Scott M 52.719 EVO
Scott H 51.869 EVO
Aleksander 52.946 EVO
Ming 53.055 EVO
Jay 52.924 EVO (Jay had issue with wheel-controller with his PS3)

CHAMONIX EAST (SNOWHERE Temperature was a warm 13 C)
Paul 1:11.462 EVO
Varga 1:13.665 STI
Scott M 1:15.659 EVO
Taylor 1:14.886 EVO
Joel 1:14.602 STI
Ming 1:17.084 EVO
Trevor G 1:15.320 STI
Jason 1:16.273 STI
Jay 1:20.115 EVO
ALeksander 1:20.253 EVO

NURBURGRING 24H (3LAPS)
TacticalRacer 8:32.370 EVO (Using Racing Soft Tires)
Varga 8:34.022 STI
Paul 8:46.149 EVO
Aleksander 9:06.399 EVO
Jason 9:05.423 STI
Joel 9:04.868 STI
Scott M 9:31.568 EVO
Taylor 9:35.015 EVO
Trevor G 9:33.191 STI
Ming 9:37.315 EVO

Note:My conclusion reached after the review of the AWD challenge replay's, is that tire wear is usually faster on cars with front and rear facia damage.

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2008 Toyota Prius (Currently 180,000km)
2002 BMW M3 (Currently 197,000km, was 96,300km Jan of 2009)
2006 Toyota Prius (R.I.P 2011, 182,000 km)
1990 Beretta GTZ (R.I.P 2009, 396,000 km)
2000 Grand Cherokee (Sold 2006, 105,000 km)
1990 Laser RS (R.I.P 1989 Halloween day, 2,500 km)

Some long over due photos from the AARC....

First the liveries....

Varga in Lime Green / Silver


Harrod in Blue / Orange


Joel in Silver / Grey (1st livery)


Joel in SubLime Green / Red (2nd livery)


Trevor G. in Black / Yellow (1st liver)


Trevor G. in Red / Yellow (2nd livery)


Paul in his trademark White / Blue


Steve P in Orange / Blue


Myself in Orange / Black


Trevor P. in White / White


Ming in Blue / Black


Alek in Green? / Blue


Craig in Chrome / Black


McIntyre in Red / Gold


Taylor in Blue / Yellow


Jay B. in Grey / Orange


Starting Grid


Airborne pumpkins...


This car could really use a dixie horn...


I don't think Ming's bumper is going to last the race...


Wrong side of the tracks... (take note of the cars in the background)


Air McIntyre


Equally banged up...


Passing for the lead...


Snow Hill Climb


Downhill skiing


View from the front


View from anything other than the front


Final race at the Nürburgring


Turn 1


Green Monsters at the Green Hell


Varga tries to pass on the grass...


Jay B. using all the road... and then some extra...


I don't think you use that side view mirror anyways Trevor.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Another championship victory for Varga!

Enjoy your WRC STi!

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Moved to BF now that this series is complete.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental