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Hi Michael,

I had some pretty bad PRO open races last week.  10 starters and only 2
finishers.
Thats why I'm hosting passworded (PRC) races exclusively now.  If there are only
5 PRC drivers there is a 95% chance we will all finish the race -- and have some
great battles to boot.

Jason.

"\"Michael E. Carver\" mcarver"@teleport.com wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 09:43:52 -0500 Joel Willstein <jaw101@sprynet.com> wrote:
> %     I've been racing gpl just about every night on VROC,and multi
> % crashes going into the 1st or 2nd turn at Monza and Watkins Glen is a
> % given with a field of 6 or more cars. After practice someone always
> % reminds the drivers to take it easy for the 1st lap and let the field
> % spread out. Afterall,the race is won by being 1st on the last lap,not
> % the 1st. Everyone agrees,and wishes "gl" to all. Then the flag is
> % thrown,and the accidents are everywhere. At Monza,I've seen them 3 wide
> % heading down towards the 1st turn. Guess what,no one makes it through.
>
> Heck, they usually don't make it to turn 1 at Monza!  Some hotfoot with
> cold tires is slithering from side to side like a snake on a hot tin
> roof, taking out 3/4's of the field before they can get to the braking
> point of turn 1.

> **************************** Michael E. Carver *************************
>      Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town.
>          mcarver@teleport.com   http://www.teleport.com/~mcarver
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Jason Monds
"My other car is a Ferrari"
http://members.home.net/gpl.mondsj/gpl - For my combined gas/brake setups
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