Re: Random Discussion Thread

by conrail1990 Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:46 am

O_O............I don't even want to know......

by Metro 6r4 Sun Mar 31, 2013 9:08 am

What's happened to the grid sizes in the BTCC support races! And don't get me started on the formula farce series.

by RetrogradeRenegade Sun Mar 31, 2013 1:04 pm

Metro 6r4 wrote:What's happened to the grid sizes in the BTCC support races! And don't get me started on the formula farce series.

Eh, there's still plenty of good racing and good talent in them. I'm not too worried yet.

by BWard Sun Mar 31, 2013 1:15 pm

RetrogradeRenegade wrote:
Metro 6r4 wrote:What's happened to the grid sizes in the BTCC support races! And don't get me started on the formula farce series.

Eh, there's still plenty of good racing and good talent in them. I'm not too worried yet.

Today was a great day of racing for the BTCC, many more to COME!

by RealRacingRoots Sun Mar 31, 2013 5:36 pm

Wrathall did some great work in race 1, not so great work in race 2. He's got a great package and great talent, just needs to keep his brain in check.

by BWard Sun Mar 31, 2013 5:58 pm

RealRacingRoots wrote:Wrathall did some great work in race 1, not so great work in race 2. He's got a great package and great talent, just needs to keep his brain in check.

Overall though, BTCC is off to a pretty good start this year. Wink

by Metro 6r4 Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:02 pm

Shame see Rob Austins weekend go from good to bad especially with that crash.

by RetrogradeRenegade Mon Apr 01, 2013 8:49 am

by Vincent Giacalone Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:36 am

Mello Yello trolling with their April Fools jokes:

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by f1fan12 Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:00 pm

Got my wisdom teeth pulled. The pain sucks.

by SpeedDemon37 Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:03 pm

f1fan12 wrote:Got my wisdom teeth pulled. The pain sucks.

I remember getting mine pulled last July. My face was swollen for about 3 days.

by Alta Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:27 pm

f1fan12 wrote:Got my wisdom teeth pulled. The pain sucks.

Pulled last November. It sucks when you got to deal with the pain while 2 of your favorites pull off big feats in that respective weekend.

You'll be up and around in about 4-6 days. Make use of the drugs and ice cream as well.

by vbooy57 Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:31 pm

f1fan12 wrote:Got my wisdom teeth pulled. The pain sucks.

Am I the only person in the world that only had to deal with slight swelling and that's it?

by Lucstar88 Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:32 pm

f1fan12 wrote:Got my wisdom teeth pulled. The pain sucks.

That sucks, getting my bottom 2 pulled this month Sad

by RealRacingRoots Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:58 pm

f1fan12 wrote:Got my wisdom teeth pulled. The pain sucks.

I got mine pulled nearly a week ago. (last Tuesady) If you can get past the first 2 days it's not so bad. I presume you took the relaxant?

by navycook75 Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:40 pm

f1fan12 wrote:Got my wisdom teeth pulled. The pain sucks.

I guess you can't handle the tooth.

by f1fan12 Mon Apr 01, 2013 5:01 pm

RealRacingRoots wrote:
f1fan12 wrote:Got my wisdom teeth pulled. The pain sucks.

I got mine pulled nearly a week ago. (last Tuesady) If you can get past the first 2 days it's not so bad. I presume you took the relaxant?

They put me under, damn is anesthesia nice.

by conrail1990 Mon Apr 01, 2013 5:45 pm

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONRAIL!!!!! Random Discussion Thread - Page 6 215644238

Not me, the actual Railroad.

by Spannerhead29 (Nelson) Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:34 pm

f1fan12 wrote:Got my wisdom teeth pulled. The pain sucks.

Got my bottom ones pulled in November of 2011, had no problems pain-wise. Most important thing is take pain killers before the pain starts.

by day500champ1 Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:15 pm

20 years ago, NASCAR lost its only true underdog or should I say underbird.

Added this as well, RIP Alan Kulwicki.

by Lucstar88 Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:29 pm

day500champ1 wrote:20 years ago, NASCAR lost its only true underdog or should I say underbird.

Added this as well, RIP Alan Kulwicki.

Wow... 20 years already, and he had a promising career ahead of him Sad

by f1fan12 Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:57 pm

Man, today gets better! I have found out I am allergic to the antibiotic. On account of me barfing my entire day's worth of food.

by navycook75 Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:58 pm

day500champ1 wrote:20 years ago, NASCAR lost its only true underdog or should I say underbird.

Added this as well, RIP Alan Kulwicki.

It still amazes me every time I watch the 1992 Hooters 500, that's a race that never gets old watching.

by RealRacer4 Mon Apr 01, 2013 8:12 pm

f1fan12 wrote:Man, today gets better! I have found out I am allergic to the antibiotic. On account of me barfing my entire day's worth of food.

A Bad Luck Brian meme is perfectly relevant for situations like this.

by RealRacingRoots Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:16 pm

f1fan12 wrote:Man, today gets better! I have found out I am allergic to the antibiotic. On account of me barfing my entire day's worth of food.

As long as there are no complications from the actual surgery, it's going to be worth it in the end not having to deal with persistent pain and not being able to do much about it. Fight on. Cool

by Chives2112 Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:16 pm

navycook75 wrote:
day500champ1 wrote:20 years ago, NASCAR lost its only true underdog or should I say underbird.

Added this as well, RIP Alan Kulwicki.

It still amazes me every time I watch the 1992 Hooters 500, that's a race that never gets old watching.

Kulwicki was the man. I always thought of him as the "people's racer".

by flyingturns89 Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:20 pm

So in the last two days, I've spent about 14 hours in the hospital after my grandfather had a massive stroke. Today I sat with him about seven hours to find out that the neurologist that was supposed to see him was never notified, and won't see him until tomorrow.

by BigDaddy24 Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:23 am

New month, new question and quote on the signature.

by Spannerhead29 (Nelson) Tue Apr 02, 2013 7:35 am

BigDaddy24 wrote:New month, new question and quote on the signature.

Cynon changed his avatar to a random picture of Katherine Legge, and this for some reason started the fad of users having female drivers as their avatars.

by Milan655 Wed Apr 03, 2013 8:48 am

Metro 6r4 wrote:What's happened to the grid sizes in the BTCC support races! And don't get me started on the formula farce series.

Formula Ford: 12 entrants with the most horrendous cars
Ginetta Juniors: 14 entrants
Ginetta Supercup: 17 entrants
PCC: 12 entrants
Clio: 24 entrants
Formula Renault: 10 entrants(!?)

Decent numbers for the Ginetta's and the Clio's but Formula Ford has gone to shit and Formula Renault 2.0 continues to die out in the UK...

On the bright side the new Formua 4 championship has 24 entrants.

Also, I'm in Thailand now. This is my average journey to my apartment from the airport-a 3 lane road becoming 5 lanes.

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by Metro 6r4 Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:06 am

Milan655 wrote:
Metro 6r4 wrote:What's happened to the grid sizes in the BTCC support races! And don't get me started on the formula farce series.

Formula Ford: 12 entrants with the most horrendous cars
Ginetta Juniors: 14 entrants
Ginetta Supercup: 17 entrants
PCC: 12 entrants
Clio: 24 entrants
Formula Renault: 10 entrants(!?)

Decent numbers for the Ginetta's and the Clio's but Formula Ford has gone to shit and Formula Renault 2.0 continues to die out in the UK...

On the bright side the new Formua 4 championship has 24 entrants.

Also, I'm in Thailand now. This is my average journey to my apartment from the airport-a 3 lane road becoming 5 lanes.

I think the Ginetta Juniors and Supercup should have stuck with the original car they used and the Porsche numbers are understandable because of finance problems. Clio's weren't that bad, and tbh all single seater series have suffered a lot in the UK. All except Formula Vee, whatever the 750mc are doing they are doing it well. Personally I think that F4 should replace Formula Ford on the BTCC calendar, Formula Ford need to rip the wings and ecoboost engine out of those things and stick to one engine and stop changing them. Another solution would be to revert back to the nineties when we Formula First which was very cheap.

by Milan655 Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:39 am

Formula Ford have made things too expensive. The Duratec engine + the old Mygale/Van Dieman combination was so inexpensive that it allowed for a large amount of people to become involved. Championships like the Avon Tyres Formula Ford 1600 and the Castle Combe championship have huge numbers, more than the national championship, and they're only club championships, purely due to the use of the old 90's Kent 1600 engines. Formula Vee is the same, in that it uses a cheap and easy to maintain VW engine. If the MSA decide to think of the masses and employ a cheaper engine, I'm sure things would go along a lot nicer.

Have you seen the situation with British Formula 3 as well? 5 entries! Of course, that's due to SRO hitting a rather difficult time. They can barely keep GT1World and the Blancpain Endurance Series running-they've gotten rid of the hospitality restaurant at these events.

by Metro 6r4 Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:04 pm

Milan655 wrote:Formula Ford have made things too expensive. The Duratec engine + the old Mygale/Van Dieman combination was so inexpensive that it allowed for a large amount of people to become involved. Championships like the Avon Tyres Formula Ford 1600 and the Castle Combe championship have huge numbers, more than the national championship, and they're only club championships, purely due to the use of the old 90's Kent 1600 engines. Formula Vee is the same, in that it uses a cheap and easy to maintain VW engine. If the MSA decide to think of the masses and employ a cheaper engine, I'm sure things would go along a lot nicer.

Have you seen the situation with British Formula 3 as well? 5 entries! Of course, that's due to SRO hitting a rather difficult time. They can barely keep GT1World and the Blancpain Endurance Series running-they've gotten rid of the hospitality restaurant at these events.

Yep, Formula 3 and Formula Ford need to have a major rethink if they are to survive and GT1 and the Blancpain series are kinda pointless anyway. The GT's might as well be combined with the Euro Le mans series. One thing I don't understand about the new Formula Ford is the wings they have. The series was designed to give young drivers a cheap step up from karting therefore they didn't put wings on the car so it felt like a kart but with the looks and power of a proper formula machine, this is what made the series unique, and they decide to scrap that! I'd go as far as saying that the Castle Combe series and Formula Vee are easily the best Single Seater championships in the UK because they have been smart enough to leave the rules alone and not fiddle with anything. They are also unchallenged by other clubs with similar championships which has been another big problem. BARC MX5 series - Pointless because the BRSCC championship is ran better and they turn up to each event with about 120 cars entering the races. Bentley drivers club - Pointless, might as well merge with the VSCC. Aston Martin Owners Club and Morgan Sports Car Club have almost been killed of by other clubs offering similar championships because the amount of organizing clubs has doubled over the past few years. What annoys me even more is the stubbornness of the BARC and BRSCC to work together and create a better grid levels and race days, It's the BARC's fault that Mallory is suffering because they won't allow the BRSCC to go there.

Rant over. The way British Motorsport is run is bloody annoying.

by Alta Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:47 pm

[quote="Milan655"]

Metro 6r4 wrote:

Formula Ford: 12 entrants with the most horrendous cars

From the picture i saw on Facebook, When did F3 take over Formula Ford?

by Jason Hamilton Wed Apr 03, 2013 8:10 pm

I blame GP3 for almost killing off F3. Never saw the need or really liked that category. I am quite happy that Australian motorsport is going quite well atm

by Chives2112 Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:11 pm

Well, the latest episode of The Americans was pretty crazy...

by Milan655 Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:47 am

The new Formula Ford "wings" came about as a concept a few years ago. Their reason behind it was that they had the belief "kids" felt like they had to progress to Formula One as quickly as they could and that they wouldn't choose Formula Ford as they don't have wings and therefore look nothing like a Formula One car. From last weeks Autosport season preview the Ford Motorsport chief, Mike Norton, said "The reason we've changed comes down to drivers like Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton. Dads and managers in their 30s and 40s don't necessarily remember Formula Ford, and kids now think they need to get to F1 before they're out of nappise-'you want me to do a year in a car that doesn't have wings? I'm wasting my time.' They want a small F1 car." Pretty dreadful reason to be honest.

GP3 though has done well, and continues with a large field of some quite talented guys. Additionally, the F3 Euroseries and the F3 European Open series are really good this year. There were 30 drivers at Monza last weekend in the Euroseries and there are also some massive names in Ferrari's Raffaele Marciello, Gerhard Berger's nephew Lucas Aueur, Damon Hill's son Josh, and Chanoch Nissany's son Roy (lol). F3 Open has 25 entrants this year, albeit only 7 or 8 of them really have a decent future.

by RealRacingRoots Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:59 am

Mind you F2 also went away at the end of last season as well, so there is some changes happening on the lower formula front. There is still plenty of confusion, but since Superleague, A1 and F2 has gone away it's getting less confusion and grids are getting a bit more stable.

by Milan655 Fri Apr 05, 2013 11:05 am

RealRacingRoots wrote:Mind you F2 also went away at the end of last season as well, so there is some changes happening on the lower formula front. There is still plenty of confusion, but since Superleague, A1 and F2 has gone away it's getting less confusion and grids are getting a bit more stable.

The problem with F2 and Superleague was no one gave a toss about them. Do miss A1GP though..

by Mother of Invention Fri Apr 05, 2013 2:35 pm

Milan655 wrote:
RealRacingRoots wrote:Mind you F2 also went away at the end of last season as well, so there is some changes happening on the lower formula front. There is still plenty of confusion, but since Superleague, A1 and F2 has gone away it's getting less confusion and grids are getting a bit more stable.

The problem with F2 and Superleague was no one gave a toss about them. Do miss A1GP though..

Not to mention F2 managed to kill off it's only good driver...

Also I managed to find out that the advertising posters I got from a Storage Unit that had been abandoned , contained a poster that had been signed by Alex Tagliani! Cool

by BWard Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:20 pm

Happy 28th birthday PackerMan71! Wink

by Lucstar88 Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:25 pm

Happy Birthday PACKER!!

by SpeedDemon37 Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:53 pm

Went to the Henry Ford Museum today. Got to see Trevor Bayne's Daytona 500 car, Bill Elliot's 1987 Talladega speed record-setting car, and a ton of other things! It was awesome!

by Nascarfan13 Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:33 pm

"Hello Everybody" I worked from 10pm last night to 6am this morning...oh my gosh.

I slept until 12pm yesterday with the help of some controversial sleep aid, but it didn't really help much at all. I rushed home from work and instantly fell asleep.

by Rykia Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:55 pm

The right side of my laptop fell off its hinge. Yay...hoping to get it fixed tomorrow or sometime in the near future. No money for a new one right now.

by Pyrozooka0 Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:39 am

Sometimes I think I am the only one who likes the EA sports NASCAR games (08 and 09 suck, though). Not saying I'd pick Thunder 2003 over NR2003 (which is untouchable), just saying that up until 07 or 08, they where great console racers.

by gone-sovereign Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:36 pm

I'm finally on Spring Break over here, but I had to start it by having the flu. As anyone can imagine, it sucks. Neutral

by vbooy57 Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:42 pm

Pyrozooka0 wrote:Sometimes I think I am the only one who likes the EA sports NASCAR games (08 and 09 suck, though). Not saying I'd pick Thunder 2003 over NR2003 (which is untouchable), just saying that up until 07 or 08, they where great console racers.

NT03 and NT05 were great to me. I really didn't like NT04 for some reason.

by Rykia Sat Apr 06, 2013 3:51 pm

vbooy57 wrote:
Pyrozooka0 wrote:Sometimes I think I am the only one who likes the EA sports NASCAR games (08 and 09 suck, though). Not saying I'd pick Thunder 2003 over NR2003 (which is untouchable), just saying that up until 07 or 08, they where great console racers.
NT03 and NT05 were great to me. I really didn't like NT04 for some reason.

NT04 and 05 were my two favorite EA games. 09 was fun to race online at Superspeedways, but pretty much sucked otherwise with the exception of being able to import cars from your pc.

by SpeedDemon37 Sat Apr 06, 2013 5:10 pm

Rykia_RKXK wrote:
vbooy57 wrote:
Pyrozooka0 wrote:Sometimes I think I am the only one who likes the EA sports NASCAR games (08 and 09 suck, though). Not saying I'd pick Thunder 2003 over NR2003 (which is untouchable), just saying that up until 07 or 08, they where great console racers.
NT03 and NT05 were great to me. I really didn't like NT04 for some reason.

NT04 and 05 were my two favorite EA games. 09 was fun to race online at Superspeedways, but pretty much sucked otherwise with the exception of being able to import cars from your pc.

NT04 was the first video game I ever got, and is still my favorite EA Sports game! I really liked 05 and 06 too.

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