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Sunday, 2 November 2008
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| 2008 - 18 -BRA - Qualifying Brian Lawrence 10:20:11 |
| | Brazilian Grand Prix
Qualifying - Saturday 01 November 2008 - 14:00
Qualifying-1
## Driver Team Time Lps Gap %Gap Km/hr mph
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2 F Massa Ferrari 1'11.830 8 0.000 0.000 215.960 134.191
1 K RДikkЖnen Ferrari 1'12.083 7 0.253 0.352 215.202 133.720
22 L Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1'12.213 3 0.383 0.533 214.815 133.480
5 F Alonso Renault 1'12.214 6 0.384 0.535 214.812 133.478
12 T Glock Toyota 1'12.223 9 0.393 0.547 214.785 133.461
11 J Trulli Toyota 1'12.226 3 0.396 0.551 214.776 133.455
6 N Piquet Renault 1'12.348 7 0.518 0.721 214.414 133.230
23 H Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1'12.366 5 0.536 0.746 214.360 133.197
3 N Heidfeld BMW Sauber-BMW 1'12.371 7 0.541 0.753 214.346 133.188
4 R Kubica BMW Sauber-BMW 1'12.381 7 0.551 0.767 214.316 133.170
15 S Vettel T Rosso-Ferrari 1'12.390 7 0.560 0.780 214.289 133.153
10 M Webber Red Bull-Renault 1'12.409 7 0.579 0.806 214.233 133.118
14 S Bourdais T Rosso-Ferrari 1'12.498 7 0.668 0.930 213.970 132.955
17 R Barrichello Honda 1'12.548 8 0.718 1.000 213.823 132.863
9 D Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1'12.690 10 0.860 1.197 213.405 132.604
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8 K Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1'12.800 9 0.970 1.350 213.082 132.403
16 J Button Honda 1'12.810 9 0.980 1.364 213.053 132.385
7 N Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1'13.002 8 1.172 1.632 212.493 132.037
21 G Fisichella F India-Ferrari 1'13.426 9 1.596 2.222 211.266 131.274
20 A Sutil F India-Ferrari 1'13.508 9 1.678 2.336 211.030 131.128
Qualifying-2
## Driver Team Time Lps Gap %Gap Km/hr mph
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23 H Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1'11.768 6 0.000 0.000 216.146 134.307
15 S Vettel T Rosso-Ferrari 1'11.845 6 0.077 0.107 215.915 134.163
22 L Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1'11.856 5 0.088 0.123 215.882 134.143
2 F Massa Ferrari 1'11.875 3 0.107 0.149 215.825 134.107
12 T Glock Toyota 1'11.909 9 0.141 0.196 215.723 134.044
1 K RДikkЖnen Ferrari 1'11.950 6 0.182 0.254 215.600 133.967
3 N Heidfeld BMW Sauber-BMW 1'12.026 5 0.258 0.359 215.372 133.826
14 S Bourdais T Rosso-Ferrari 1'12.075 6 0.307 0.428 215.226 133.735
5 F Alonso Renault 1'12.090 6 0.322 0.449 215.181 133.707
11 J Trulli Toyota 1'12.107 6 0.339 0.472 215.130 133.676
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6 N Piquet Renault 1'12.137 6 0.369 0.514 215.041 133.620
10 M Webber Red Bull-Renault 1'12.289 6 0.521 0.726 214.589 133.339
4 R Kubica BMW Sauber-BMW 1'12.300 6 0.532 0.741 214.556 133.319
9 D Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1'12.717 6 0.949 1.322 213.326 132.554
17 R Barrichello Honda 1'13.139 6 1.371 1.910 212.095 131.790
Qualifying-3
## Driver Team Time Lps Gap %Gap Km/hr mph
============================================================================
2 F Massa Ferrari 1'12.368 6 0.000 0.000 214.354 133.194
11 J Trulli Toyota 1'12.737 6 0.369 0.510 213.267 132.518
1 K RДikkЖnen Ferrari 1'12.825 6 0.457 0.631 213.009 132.358
22 L Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1'12.830 6 0.462 0.638 212.995 132.349
23 H Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1'12.917 6 0.549 0.759 212.741 132.191
5 F Alonso Renault 1'12.967 6 0.599 0.828 212.595 132.100
15 S Vettel T Rosso-Ferrari 1'13.082 7 0.714 0.987 212.260 131.892
3 N Heidfeld BMW Sauber-BMW 1'13.297 6 0.929 1.284 211.638 131.505
14 S Bourdais T Rosso-Ferrari 1'14.105 3 1.737 2.400 209.330 130.072
12 T Glock Toyota 1'14.230 6 1.862 2.573 208.978 129.853
Final Qualifying Order
Pos # Driver Team Time Lps Changes
=========================================================================
1 2 F Massa Ferrari 1'12.368 17
2 11 J Trulli Toyota 1'12.737 15
3 1 K RДikkЖnen Ferrari 1'12.825 19
4 22 L Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1'12.830 14
5 23 H Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1'12.917 17
6 5 F Alonso Renault 1'12.967 18
7 15 S Vettel T Rosso-Ferrari 1'13.082 20
8 3 N Heidfeld BMW Sauber-BMW 1'13.297 18
9 14 S Bourdais T Rosso-Ferrari 1'14.105 16
10 12 T Glock Toyota 1'14.230 24
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11 6 N Piquet Renault 1'12.137 13
12 10 M Webber Red Bull-Renault 1'12.289 13
13 4 R Kubica BMW Sauber-BMW 1'12.300 13
14 9 D Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1'12.717 16
15 17 R Barrichello Honda 1'13.139 14
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16 8 K Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1'12.800 9
17 16 J Button Honda 1'12.810 9
18 7 N Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1'13.002 8
19 21 G Fisichella F India-Ferrari 1'13.426 9
20 20 A Sutil F India-Ferrari 1'13.508 9
Weather: Air 22, Track 40, Humidity 63%, Wind 4.6 mps, Dry & sunny
--
Brian Lawrence
Brian_W_Lawrence@msn.com
Wantage, Oxon.
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| Waltrip and the WWF Sofa King 02:09:45 |
| | Proves by leaving Mikey on the track that NASCAR has become the new WWF.
"But Dad, it looks so real!"
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| RPG Texas II (Chase VIII) Tom S. Tom S. 02:09:45 |
| | It's a weekend with a full compliment of practices and qualifying.
Smoke managed to shred a tire and is in a backup. Let's see what
other madness we may be seeing.
Winner: David Reutimann gets his first (I think). David has been the
only bright spot for MWR and has a pretty good starting spot. I don't
think he will blow it.
1. DEJr scores a top five. I was waffling between Jr and Reutimann
for the win. I think Jr will be up there in the thick of it.
2. Smoke will fight and claw his way from the rear (starting 43rd in
a backup car) but he will push it too hard and either wreck of fade
and finish outside the top-15.
3. Bad weekend for Petty Enterprises, so far. Bobby Labonte
qualified 35th and McCumbee was a DNQ. It will not get much better as
the 43 finishes outside the top 30.
4. Paul Menard is having a good weekend. It'll continue as he posts
a top 10.
5. Only 5 chasers starting in the top 5. No more than 5 Chasers will
finish in the top 5.
Segment one total - +14
Segment two total - +11
Chase points going in - +10
Race total - +
Chase Points to Date - +
Tom S
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Saturday, 1 November 2008
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| RPG - Texas - McCoy John McCoy 20:01:31 |
| | Kind of a weird set of names at the top of the speed chart in
practice, and no qualifying runs to give any hints of who'll be
fast...
The Win: Denny Hamlin. Keeping the no repeat winners streak
going at Texas.
1: No Hendrick cars in the T5.
2: DE Jr gets a T5
3: Stewart gets a T5
4: Labonte, who practiced well, gets a T15 on his "home" track.
5: Mark Martin finishes behind David Ragan.
bonus: the driver of the second pace car isn't paying attention
during the warmup laps, and all the guys behind him get a wrong
reading on their tachs for pit road speed. NASCAR sends 20 cars
to the tail end of the longest line following the first pit stop.
John
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| 2008 - 18 -BRA - Practice 3 Brian Lawrence 17:25:06 |
| | Brazilian Grand Prix
Third Practice - Saturday 01 November 2008 - 11:00-12:00
## Driver Team Time Lps Gap %Gap Km/hr mph
============================================================================
5 F Alonso Renault 1'12.141 19 0.000 0.000 215.029 133.613
22 L Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1'12.212 18 0.071 0.098 214.817 133.481
23 H Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1'12.225 18 0.084 0.116 214.779 133.457
2 F Massa Ferrari 1'12.312 17 0.171 0.237 214.520 133.297
15 S Vettel T Rosso-Ferrari 1'12.389 19 0.248 0.344 214.292 133.155
3 N Heidfeld BMW Sauber-BMW 1'12.402 19 0.261 0.362 214.254 133.131
14 S Bourdais T Rosso-Ferrari 1'12.426 18 0.285 0.395 214.183 133.087
10 M Webber Red Bull-Renault 1'12.453 18 0.312 0.432 214.103 133.037
6 N Piquet Renault 1'12.457 24 0.316 0.438 214.091 133.030
11 J Trulli Toyota 1'12.457 19 0.316 0.438 214.091 133.030
7 N Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1'12.625 16 0.484 0.671 213.596 132.722
1 K RДikkЖnen Ferrari 1'12.698 18 0.557 0.772 213.381 132.589
12 T Glock Toyota 1'12.712 22 0.571 0.792 213.340 132.563
4 R Kubica BMW Sauber-BMW 1'12.971 22 0.830 1.151 212.583 132.093
8 K Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1'13.054 19 0.913 1.266 212.342 131.943
9 D Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1'13.058 22 0.917 1.271 212.330 131.936
17 R Barrichello Honda 1'13.135 24 0.994 1.378 212.106 131.797
16 J Button Honda 1'13.278 23 1.137 1.576 211.692 131.540
21 G Fisichella F India-Ferrari 1'13.460 22 1.319 1.828 211.168 131.214
20 A Sutil F India-Ferrari 1'13.680 22 1.539 2.133 210.537 130.822
Weather: Air 20, Track 30, Humidity 76%, Wind 5.5 mps, Dry (shower)
Notes: Lewis Hamilton was at the top for much of the session, and then when
the final qualifying simulations began hos team-mate, Heikki Kovalainen,
briefly eclipsed him, but once again Fernando Alonso rocketed from the
lower reaches right to the top. Kimi RДikkЖnen failed to improve on his
final, low-fuel softer-tyres, run, ending up in twelfth place.
--
Brian Lawrence
Brian_W_Lawrence@msn.com
Wantage, Oxon.
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| Rookies Tom S. 16:42:03 |
| | On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:45:46 CST, John McCoy <igopogo@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
<snip>
Hey, got another one. Next year's rookie battle might be quite interesting - Ambrose, Speed, and Logano look to be fairly equal.
I agree. But, will Marcos be an "official" rookie next year?? I
think the cut-off is 6 Cup starts before they lose their "rookie"
status and they have Marcos slated for the final three races on the
47. That will be at least 4 plus any others he has run in the past
couple of years.
Tom S.
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| New F1 test track Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro 16:15:07 |
| | As you might know there is a new F1 test track near Portim o, in Algarve,
Portugal. The first test will be in December 15-17 with McLaren, Honda
and maybe others. It is not yet known if it will be included in the
list of allowed test tracks for 2009.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aut%C3%B3dromo_Internacional_do_Algarve
The strongs points of this track are:
- the weather (for instance, today it is sunny, although cold, there)
- Tilke was _NOT_ involved;
- the architects adjusted the track layout to the relief and it shows.
You can find a number of videos of the track in youtube (search for
Aut dromo Portim o or Aut modromo Algarve). On those videos you can
see the large altitude differences, which will cause some difficulties
to the drivers (IIRC in the middle of the parabolica there is a sudden
drop and in another place the braking zone for a corner starts before
you can actually see the corner).
Also, today and tomorrow there is a superbike race there. So if you have
Eurosport you can see the track there (I think it is live in the British
Eurosport at this moment).
--
http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/
.pt is Portugal| `Whom the gods love die young'-Menander (342-292 BC)
Europe | Villeneuve 50-82, Toivonen 56-86, Senna 60-94
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| 2008 - 18 -BRA - Practice 2 Brian Lawrence 11:30:18 |
| | Brazilian Grand Prix
Second Practice - Friday 31 October 2008 - 14:00-15:30
## Driver Team Time Lps Gap %Gap Km/hr mph
==============================================================================
5 F Alonso Renault 1'12.296 43 0.000 0.000 214.568 133.326
2 F Massa Ferrari 1'12.353 41 0.057 0.079 214.399 133.221
11 J Trulli Toyota 1'12.435 44 0.139 0.192 214.156 133.070
1 K RДikkЖnen Ferrari 1'12.600 32 0.304 0.420 213.669 132.768
10 M Webber Red Bull-Renault 1'12.650 45 0.354 0.490 213.522 132.677
15 S Vettel T Rosso-Ferrari 1'12.687 47 0.391 0.541 213.414 132.609
6 N Piquet Renault 1'12.703 44 0.407 0.563 213.367 132.580
7 N Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1'12.761 42 0.465 0.643 213.197 132.474
22 L Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1'12.827 33 0.531 0.734 213.003 132.354
8 K Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1'12.886 42 0.590 0.816 212.831 132.247
9 D Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1'12.896 38 0.600 0.830 212.802 132.229
4 R Kubica BMW Sauber-BMW 1'12.971 48 0.675 0.934 212.583 132.093
3 N Heidfeld BMW Sauber-BMW 1'13.038 49 0.742 1.026 212.388 131.972
12 T Glock Toyota 1'13.041 39 0.745 1.030 212.379 131.966
23 H Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1'13.213 37 0.917 1.268 211.880 131.656
17 R Barrichello Honda 1'13.221 39 0.925 1.279 211.857 131.642
14 S Bourdais T Rosso-Ferrari 1'13.273 41 0.977 1.351 211.707 131.549
16 J Button Honda 1'13.341 49 1.045 1.445 211.511 131.427
20 A Sutil F India-Ferrari 1'13.428 32 1.132 1.566 211.260 131.271
21 G Fisichella F India-Ferrari 1'13.691 33 1.395 1.930 210.506 130.802
Weather: Air 17, Track 21, Humidity 86%, Wind 3.0 mps, Dry then wet
Notes: Felipe Massa spent most of the session at the top of the times, while
Lewis Hamilton lapped more slowly. Hamilton (and Kovalainen) seemed to have
a few problems locking brakes. They were also more affected by the rain
showers than some of the others. Fernando Alonso shot to the top on his
final run - on the softer, option, tyres.
--
Brian Lawrence
Brian_W_Lawrence@msn.com
Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK
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| RPG Pig Tejas (Chase VIII) Megan Zurawicz 01:55:35 |
| | One last try on this pick-by-number thing.....
1 3 18 27 9 22
Winner Truex
Top 10 Montoya
Top 15 Kenseth
DNF Jeff Burton
Top 10 dominant manufacturer (most in top 10) Chevy
Bottom 15 Vickers
Bonus: some idjit gets busted for mistaking Jarrett's car for a deer and
trying to shoot it before the race.
--pig
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Friday, 31 October 2008
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| 2008 - 18 -BRA - Practice 1 Brian Lawrence 17:40:14 |
| | Apologies - Something has changed the way Outlook Express is setup and the
default font is no longer fixed pitch.
Brazilian Grand Prix
First Practice - Friday 31 October 2008 - 10.00-11.30
## Driver Team Time Lps Gap %Gap Km/hr mph
=============================================================================
2 F Massa Ferrari 1'12.305 24 0.000 0.000 214.541 133.310
22 L Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1'12.495 23 0.190 0.263 213.979 132.960
1 K RДikkЖnen Ferrari 1'12.507 18 0.202 0.279 213.943 132.938
4 R Kubica BMW Sauber-BMW 1'12.874 24 0.569 0.787 212.866 132.269
23 H Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1'12.925 20 0.620 0.857 212.717 132.176
5 F Alonso Renault 1'13.061 25 0.756 1.046 212.321 131.930
10 M Webber Red Bull-Renault 1'13.298 24 0.993 1.373 211.635 131.504
6 N Piquet Renault 1'13.378 39 1.073 1.484 211.404 131.360
3 N Heidfeld BMW Sauber-BMW 1'13.426 28 1.121 1.550 211.266 131.274
12 T Glock Toyota 1'13.466 33 1.161 1.606 211.151 131.203
11 J Trulli Toyota 1'13.600 24 1.295 1.791 210.766 130.964
7 N Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1'13.621 23 1.316 1.820 210.706 130.927
14 S Bourdais T Rosso-Ferrari 1'13.649 30 1.344 1.859 210.626 130.877
17 R Barrichello Honda 1'13.676 28 1.371 1.896 210.549 130.829
16 J Button Honda 1'13.766 13 1.461 2.021 210.292 130.669
8 K Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1'13.806 24 1.501 2.076 210.178 130.599
15 S Vettel T Rosso-Ferrari 1'13.836 30 1.531 2.117 210.093 130.545
9 D Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1'13.861 19 1.556 2.152 210.022 130.501
20 A Sutil F India-Ferrari 1'14.704 21 2.399 3.318 207.652 129.029
21 G Fisichella F India-Ferrari 1'14.821 21 2.516 3.480 207.327 128.827
Weather: Air 17, Track 22, Humidity 86%, Wind 3.5 mps, Mainly dry (overcast, some drizzle)
Notes: Occasional drizzle made the track greasy at times. Hamilton was quickest
for most of the session, but Massa went slightly faster on his final run.
RДikkЖnen spun off at the Senna S during one of the brief spells of rain, but
continued without damage. Button and Coulthard (in a new one-off livery) did
not do much running.
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Brian Lawrence
Brian_W_Lawrence@msn.com
Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK
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Thursday, 30 October 2008
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| Tony poised to win another championship Sg 02:07:51 |
| | INDIANAPOLIS (TSR) – A champion will tell you that capturing that first
title is the most difficult, and once you have it in your hands, you’ll
never want to let it go. Since winning his first Advance Auto Parts
World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series championship in October 2006,
Donny Schatz has done everything he can to not leave Sprint Car racing’s
top spot. Following last year’s WoO title, he joined Tony Stewart Racing
(TSR), and by simply taking the green flag behind the wheel of the TSR
No. 15 Armor All/Chevy/ParkerStore J&J in both feature events during
this weekend’s VAULT World Finals at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor
Speedway, he’ll clinch his third straight WoO championship.
http://tsrfan.com/schatz-eyes-third-outlaws-title-as-season-concludes-in-charlotte/2008/10/29/
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Tuesday, 28 October 2008
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| Re: ATF disrupts plot by McCain supporters to assassinate Obama Guest 12:44:28 |
| | On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:51:31 -0400, Paul Wheeler <pwheeler@excite.com>
wrote:
<Alkampfer@anon.com> wrote: The Democrats must have many noglobal playing the role of skinheads nowadays, uh? Another hallucinating rightard.
isn't it interesting how conservatives simply inject their own reality
into anything they want?
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| Down to the wire (yet again) Brian Lawrence 10:40:27 |
| | For the 26th season in the 59 years of the WDC the title will be decided
at the final race. These were the standings before each of the previous
25:
YEAR Champion Date GP Points before final race lead
==============================================================================
1950 G Farina Sep 03 ITA Fangio 26, Fagioli 24, Farina 22 2/4
1951 JM Fangio Oct 28 ESP Fangio 27, Ascari 25, Gonzalez 21 2
1956 JM Fangio Sep 02 ITA Fangio 30, Collins 22, Behra 22 8
1958 M Hawthorn Oct 19 MAR Hawthorn 40, Moss 32 8
1959 J Brabham Dec 12 USA Brabham 31, Moss 25.5, Brooks 23 5.5
1960 J Brabham Nov 20 USA Brabham 40, McLaren 33 7
1962 G Hill Dec 29 RSA Hill 39, Clark 30 9
1964 J Surtees Oct 25 MEX Hill 39, Surtees 34, Clark 30 5
1967 D Hulme Oct 22 MEX Hulme 47, Brabham 42 5
1968 G Hill Nov 03 MEX Hill 39, Stewart 36, Hulme 33 3
1974 E Fittipaldi Oct 06 USA Fittipaldi 52, Regazzoni 52, Scheckter 45 0
1976 J Hunt Oct 24 JPN Lauda 68, Hunt 65 3
1981 N Piquet Oct 17 LV Reutemann 49, Piquet 48, Laffite 43 1
1982 K Rosberg Sep 25 LV Rosberg 42, [Pironi 39], Watson 33 9
1983 N Piquet Oct 15 RSA Prost 57, Piquet 55, Arnoux 49 2
1984 N Lauda Oct 21 POR Lauda 66, Prost 62.5 3.5
1986 A Prost Oct 26 AUS Mansell 70, Prost 64, Piquet 63 6
1994 M Schumacher Nov 13 AUS Schumacher 92, Hill 91 1
1996 D Hill Oct 13 JPN Hill 87, Villeneuve 78 9
1997 J Villeneuve Oct 26 Eur Schumacher 78, Villeneuve 77 1
1998 M HДkkinen Nov 01 JPN HДkkinen 90, Schumacher 86 4
1999 M HДkkinen Oct 31 JPN Irvine 70, HДkkinen 66 4
2003 M Schumacher Oct 12 JPN Schumacher 92, HДkkinen 83 9
2006 F Alonso Oct 22 BRA Alonso 126, Schumacher 116 10
2007 K RДikkЖnen Oct 21 BRA Hamilton 107, Alonso 103, RДikkЖnen 100 4/7
Notes
LV - in 1981 & 1982 the title was decided at the Caesars Palace GP in Las
Vegas
In 1982 Didier Pironi was in second place, but had been badly injured and was
not able to take part in the final race
2008 Nov 02 BRA Hamilton 94, Massa 87 7
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Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawrence@msn.com
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| Re: RPG - Atlanta - McCoy <2><11> John McCoy 02:06:10 |
| | John McCoy <igopogo@ix.netcom.com> wrote in
news:Xns9B42AEBA1D9C8pogosupernews@216.168.3.30:
The Win: Edwards is fast in practice (you wonder why, if they have time for not one but two practice sessions, they can't get qualifying in), but I think he'll slow as the race wears on. I'll go with Kevin Harvick for the win, since he's run this track fairly well over the years.
Nope - kinda hung around 10th, never contended,
Best Ford: I'll pick Biffle over Edwards, and probably regret it.
See comment above (and hand me a couple of MVM points for correctly
predicting my regret).
Best Toyota: Reutimann seems to have been fastest (by quite a bit in practice), but I doubt he'll maintain that in the race (altho I'd be mighty happy if he did). I'll take Hamlin for best Toyota.
Hey, got one.
Best Dodge: I think I'll go with JPM this week, even tho he wasn't too far up the practice charts.
Looked likely for a good bit of the race.
Best Rookie: 5 to pick from this week: Smith, Hornish, Ambrose, Speed, and McCumbee. It looks like the DEI cars are running well, so I'll go with Smith.
Nope.
Battle of next year's rookies: Ambrose finishes ahead of Speed finishes ahead of McCumbee (and they all finish ahead of Sliced Bread, who isn't in the show thanks to the rain).
Hey, got another one. Next year's rookie battle might be quite
interesting - Ambrose, Speed, and Logano look to be fairly equal.
race: +2
chase: +11
John
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| Re: RPG Pig Atlanta (Chase VII) +5 +18 Megan Zurawicz 02:06:10 |
| |
On 10/25/08 17:01, in article C528F345.63CEA%listpig@sbcglobal.net, "Megan
Zurawicz" <listpig@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Dammity dammity dammity rainity rainity rainity.... Top Ford: Cousin Carl Yeah! One point
Top Dodge: the numbers say KuBu, with Kahne close behind. They've both been snakebit enough to make me flinch, but I'm going to go with the numbers. KuBu as top. Yeah twice! Two point
Top Toy: KyBu No point---Hamlin
Top Chevy: Harvick....not my favorite driver, and I hate picking him, but the numbers really like him. No point---Johnson
Misc pick: more than five cars end up 10+ laps down from the leaders. No point---only four
And the winner? The numbers *really* like Cousin Carl.....so I'm going to agree with Mike, it's gonna be Mr. Edwards. And that makes five point! Woohoo!
--pig
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| And then there were 17. . . . Mark Jackson 02:06:10 |
| | "For reasons related to the financial situation, the Federation
Francaise du Sport Automobile (FFSA) has decided to cancel the Grand
Prix of France."
--
Mark Jackson - http://www.wrc.xerox.com/~mjackson/
I’ve always believed that America’s government was a
unique political system — one designed by geniuses so
that it could be run by idiots. I was wrong.
- Thomas Friedman
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Monday, 27 October 2008
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| Leading the WDC Brian Lawrence 16:00:19 |
| | After the end of last season I compiled a list which showed
how many events and how many days various drivers had led the
WDC table.
The number of events and durations do not include the final
event of the season or the off season - they only include
time and events while the season is 'active'. However, both
events and time include any where the WDC was confirmed
before the final race.
Lewis Hamilton goes into next week's Brazilian GP in the lead,
and both the number of events and time will cease on November
2 regardless of the result.
Hamilton has added another 12 events and 155 days to his tally;
RДikkЖnen has added 4 events/63 days; Massa (2 events/28 days)
and Kubica (one event/14 days) are new entries.
Number of GPs spent leading the WDC
* never won WDC
Days GPs
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1 M Schumacher 1624 122
2 A Prost 1176 81
3 A Senna 717 49
4 N Lauda 665 42
5 F Alonso 483 39
6 JM Fangio 987 34
7 J Stewart 595 33
8 G Hill 545 28
9 E Fittipaldi 517 28
10 M HДkkinen 378 27
11 L Hamilton * 343 26
12 N Mansell 399 25
13 J Brabham 553 24
14 J Clark 672 22
15 N Piquet 301 21
16 J Scheckter 281 17
17 D Hill 231 17
18 M Andretti 295 16
19 A Ascari 315 15
20 C Reutemann 278 15
21 D Hulme 267 14
22 K RДikkЖnen 196 13
23 A Jones 160 11
24 S Moss * 236 8
25 J Rindt 112 8
26 B McLaren * 174 7
27 G Regazzoni * 168 7
28 M Alboreto * 84 7
29 G Farina 64 7
30 E Irvine * 112 6
31 M Hawthorn 105 6
32 J Villeneuve 77 6
33 P Hill 69 5
34 J Laffite * 91 4
35 D Coulthard * 63 4
36 D Pironi * 42 4
37 J Behra * 133 3
38 W von Trips * 84 3
39 R Arnoux * 78 3
40 P Collins * 63 3
41 P Taruffi * 49 3
42 J Watson * 42 3
43 K Rosberg 27 3
44 E de Angelis * 42 2
45 G Villeneuve * 35 2
46 B Vukovich * 28 2 [Indy 500 winner]
P Depailler * 28 2
F Massa * 28 2
49 M Trintignant * 14 2
50 P Rodriguez * 125 1
51 L Bandini * 21 1
52 L Wallard * 18 1 [Indy 500 winner]
53 G Fisichella * 14 1
R Kubica * 14 1
55 L Musso * 8 1
56 J Parsons * 5 1 [Indy 500 winner]
57 J Surtees 0 1
J Hunt 0 1
Neither Surtees nor Hunt led the WDC until the final event of their
winning season, and neither ever led again.
Number of days spent leading the WDC
Days GPs years/weeks
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1 M Schumacher 1624 122 4.44 yrs
2 A Prost 1176 81 3.22 yrs
3 JM Fangio 987 34 2.70 yrs
4 A Senna 717 49 1.96 yrs
5 J Clark 672 22 1.84 yrs
6 N Lauda 665 42 1.82 yrs
7 J Stewart 595 33 1.63 yrs
8 J Brabham 553 24 1.52 yrs
9 G Hill 545 28 1.49 yrs
10 E Fittipaldi 517 28 1.42 yrs
11 F Alonso 483 39 1.32 yrs
12 N Mansell 399 25 1.09 yrs
13 M HДkkinen 378 27 1.04 yrs
14 L Hamilton * 343 26 49 wks
15 A Ascari 315 15 45 wks
16 N Piquet 301 21 ~ 43 wks
17 M Andretti 295 16 ~ 42 wks
18 J Scheckter 281 17 ~ 40 wks
19 C Reutemann 278 15 ~ 40 wks
20 D Hulme 267 14 ~ 38 wks
21 S Moss * 236 8 ~ 34 wks
22 D Hill 231 17 33 wks
23 K RДikkЖnen 196 13 28 wks
24 B McLaren * 174 7 ~ 25 wks
25 G Regazzoni * 168 7 24 wks
26 A Jones 160 11 ~ 23 wks
27 J Behra * 133 3 19 wks
28 P Rodriguez * 125 1 ~ 18 wks
29 J Rindt 112 8 16 wks
30 E Irvine * 112 6 16 wks
31 M Hawthorn 105 6 15 wks
32 J Laffite * 91 4 13 wks
33 M Alboreto * 84 7 12 wks
34 W von Trips * 84 3 12 wks
35 R Arnoux * 78 3 ~ 11 wks
36 J Villeneuve 77 6 11 wks
37 P Hill 69 5 ~ 10 wks
38 G Farina 64 7 ~ 9 wks
39 D Coulthard * 63 4 9 wks
40 P Collins * 63 3 9 wks
41 P Taruffi * 49 3 7 wks
42 D Pironi * 42 4 6 wks
43 J Watson * 42 3 6 wks
44 E de Angelis * 42 2 6 wks
45 G Villeneuve * 35 2 5 wks
46 B Vukovich * 28 2 4 wks
P Depailler * 28 2 4 wks
F Massa * 28 2 4 wks
49 K Rosberg 27 3 ~ 4 wks
50 L Bandini * 21 1 3 wks
51 L Wallard * 18 1 ~ 3 wks
52 M Trintignant * 14 2 2 wks
53 G Fisichella * 14 1 2 wks
R Kubica * 14 1 2 wks
55 L Musso * 8 1 ~ 1 wk
56 J Parsons * 5 1
57 J Surtees 0 1
J Hunt 0 1
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Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawrence@msn.com
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| Simmons - RPG - Atlanta II - 6/23 Mike Simmons 02:06:18 |
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So without further adieu, here is my picks for the top five and some random
RPG's.
In no order
Edwards -1
Kenseth -1
Johnson -1
Biffle -0
Gordon, J. - 0
and the winner? Cuzzin Carl +3 Yippee!
It looks as if it could be a Roushketeer romp as Ragan could squeeze into
the top five. My system uses past history at the track and Ragan hasn't
always fared so well at Atlanta since he came to Cup, but I think my system
may be skewing him downward in spite of a strong closing season.
The UNIVAC kept putting Smoke and Bowyer in the top five, but I allowed my
gut to overrule it this week and instead picked the Biffster and Jeffro to
prevail, we shall see......
Both the UNIVAC and my gut wuz wrong
Mike
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| Re: RPG Atlanta II (Chase VII) Tom S +1/+10 Tom S. 02:06:18 |
| | On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:32:56 CST, "Tom S." <tscalfjr@cox.net> wrote:
Another qual-less race. I'm so happy....... ))^: At least they got to practice. Let's see what we can do with the Happy Hour speeds
It's time to calculate the damages form this week., but I don't think
there is much chance that I will be moving up in the standings this
week.. (((^:
Winner: Ryan Newman. He won his first ever truck start today It should have given his a taste of blood.
+0 Nope. Moved up close to the top 10 early on and then something
must have happened as he ended up laps down.
1. Marcos Ambrose is going to finish out the season in the #47, formerly the #00, with a mission to move it into the top 35 in points. He will finish in the top 20.
+0 He finished in 29th which is higher than he started, but not high
enough for my guess.
2. Casey Mears is a new Daddy and baby needs new shoes already. A top 10 for Casey.
+0 12th place. Guess baby will have to settle for J-Mart specials
this time.
3. Bobby Labonte is being picked by some on NASCAR.com as the dark horse to win, but he isn't showing it in practice. As much as it pains me to say it, Bobby Labonte will finish outside the top 20.
+1 It pains me to take this point, but a points a point.
4. Juan Pablo Montoya will finish in the top 15.
+0 Shucks darn!!! JPM was inside the top 10 and looking good until
Clint sideswiped him on pit road.... Then he got caught up in someone
else's wreck.
5. Standard loser when there the chasers are all starting at the front, but I'm committed. No more than 5 chasers in the top 12.
+0 7 chasers made it.
Segment one total - +14
Segment two total - +11
Chase points going in - +9
Race total - + 1
Chase Points to Date - + 10
Tom S
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Sunday, 26 October 2008
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| RPG - Atlanta - McCoy John McCoy 01:07:19 |
| | The Win: Kasey Kahne. He's been fast on this track before, and after
having some bad luck with fast cars the past couple of weeks, I think
he's due for some good luck.
1 - despite a very strong qualifying run, Mike Bliss and the BAM
car finish at least 2 laps down.
2 - precisely 2 Hendrick cars are in the T10, and one of them is
Johnson.
3 - JPM finishes on the lead lap.
4 - the Toyotas finish Blaney, Vickers, Reutimann, Jarrett.
5 - the Rousch cars finish Kenseth, Edwards, Biffle, McMurray, Ragan.
bonus - the top 5 consists of Menard, JPM, Reutimann, Ragan, and
almost rookie Gilliland.
non-points-scoring-extra-bonus-RPG - Mikey will extend his negative
driver points record to 8 races, but will finally manage to qualify
for the 9th race.
John
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| RPG Atlanta II (Chase VII) Tom S Tom S. 00:32:56 |
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Another qual-less race. I'm so happy....... ))^:
At least they got to practice. Let's see what we can do with the
Happy Hour speeds
Winner: Ryan Newman. He won his first ever truck start today It
should have given his a taste of blood.
1. Marcos Ambrose is going to finish out the season in the #47,
formerly the #00, with a mission to move it into the top 35 in points.
He will finish in the top 20.
2. Casey Mears is a new Daddy and baby needs new shoes already. A
top 10 for Casey.
3. Bobby Labonte is being picked by some on NASCAR.com as the dark
horse to win, but he isn't showing it in practice. As much as it
pains me to say it, Bobby Labonte will finish outside the top 20.
4. Juan Pablo Montoya will finish in the top 15.
5. Standard loser when there the chasers are all starting at the
front, but I'm committed. No more than 5 chasers in the top 12.
Segment one total - +14
Segment two total - +11
Chase points going in - +9
Race total - +
Chase Points to Date - +
Tom S
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| RPG Pig Atlanta (Chase VII) Megan Zurawicz 00:01:38 |
| | Dammity dammity dammity rainity rainity rainity....
Top Ford: Cousin Carl
Top Dodge: the numbers say KuBu, with Kahne close behind. They've both been
snakebit enough to make me flinch, but I'm going to go with the numbers.
KuBu as top.
Top Toy: KyBu
Top Chevy: Harvick....not my favorite driver, and I hate picking him, but
the numbers really like him.
Misc pick: more than five cars end up 10+ laps down from the leaders.
And the winner?
The numbers *really* like Cousin Carl.....so I'm going to agree with Mike,
it's gonna be Mr. Edwards.
--pig
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Saturday, 25 October 2008
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| Simmons - RPG - Hotlanta II Mike Simmons 22:07:11 |
| | I guess I should have titled it Rainylanta or Coolanta as the rain gods have
chosen to give us another race with no quals... as pig would say... damnity,
damnity damnity....
So without further adieu, here is my picks for the top five and some random
RPG's.
In no order
Edwards
Kenseth
Johnson
Biffle
Gordon, J.
and the winner? Cuzzin Carl
It looks as if it could be a Roushketeer romp as Ragan could squeeze into
the top five. My system uses past history at the track and Ragan hasn't
always fared so well at Atlanta since he came to Cup, but I think my system
may be skewing him downward in spite of a strong closing season.
The UNIVAC kept putting Smoke and Bowyer in the top five, but I allowed my
gut to overrule it this week and instead picked the Biffster and Jeffro to
prevail, we shall see......
Keep watch on Harvick and Edwards to see if they behave themselves on the
track. I sense something "could" happen between them.
Let the games begin!
Mike
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