Great AI Racing

On track was some of the best racing I have had in over two years, I drove the wheels off my car and pushed harder than ever!!!

The lap times were very close, the finishing times were close. WOW!

Race 2 was just awesome, I have never raced that hard. MW was on my bumper for 6 laps and I was doing everything I could to stay in the lead. I lead 8 of the 9 laps, Matt got by be on the straight after the hairpin on the last lap... I went wide right for a fast long left hand sweeper, lost him in the mirrors (should have taken a more defensive line) the next thing I saw was him turning in front of me as he went deep on an inside run... it was awesome... I had a good run and put my front bumber on his rear all thru the esses but could not pull of a return pass, I was hoping to hold him off for my first win of 2006... Next time, I will run more defensive!

R1 - Top Five
1-White
2-George
3-Marvel
4-Donovan
5-Mosty

R2 - Top Five - Finish Diff.
1-White -----
2-Donovan +0.563
3-Marvel +1.759
4-George +1.904
5-Lyons +41.425

R3 - Top Five - 40 min. - Best Lap
1-Marvel - 1:45.723
2-George - 1:45.942
3-Lyons - 1:46.324
4-Donovan - 1:45.889
5-Mosty - 1:48.952

Great Job David D. you really stepped it up!

Anyone have the lap times from R1 and R2?

David,
You and CL are really stepping it up. I obviously had NOTHING for you the entire weekend.

I would say that you and Chris L. probably were the "most improved" from Feb. in terms of lap times.

Great job... I'm still fighting to catch you!

David, I will say this much man.....the chase I had to put on in R2 was some of the best battling I have EVER seen or been a part of right up to the point at which I was going after Lyons in R3! I was glued to the back of Chris' car and was so close, the water and oil temps were 40 degrees higher than normal!!!

You two have stepped it up so much I kept checking to see if I had my ebrake set!!! I am going to be in trouble next month in my first trip to hallet since you guys have been there before. I hope the practice the weekend before is going to be helpful.

I was VERY impressed with all of the AI guys because for the first time, we could all have been covered by a SMALL blanket. Great racing! Congrats to Marvel for consistantly low 45's......what is the track record now?.....the awesome fact of the weekend is that most of us ran well under the previous track record!!! Given the difference in conditions, that is an impressive fact! 8)

I just want to see the points! This is going to be damn close!

One thing I can say for certain is that MSRH has turned out to be a much better race track than I had originally thought.

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R2 - Top Five - Finish Diff.
1-White -----
2-Donovan +0.563
3-Marvel +1.759
4-George +1.904
5-Lyons +41.425

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When was the last time that the top 4 finishing AI cars finished in a 2 second window?!!!!! 8)

Bye the way....David D, and Chris M, if you guys need space to host videos let me know. I want every second you guys have of R2 and even R3! Hell, I want all the video because this was just an awesome weekend and even came home with a slightly bent racecar!

I plan on downloading the videos tonight... I will get in touch about hosting them... I have an FTP server, but the speed is pretty slow at times... downloads are usually around 100-200K, sometimes slower... :(

Look for them late tonight or early tomorrow morning.

David D.

Here you go JG,

R1 - Top Five
1-White - 1:45.935
2-George - 1:44.986
3-Marvel - 1:46.562
4-Donovan - 1:47.494
5-Mosty - 1:49.800

R2 - Top Five
1-White -1:46.063
2-Donovan - 1:46.208
3-Marvel - 1:45.824
4-George - 1:45.040
5-Lyons - 1:47.188

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I want every second you guys have of R2 and even R3!

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I have the first two (technical difficuties on three), and I gave a copy to Varner at the track. I suspect he will have them up somewhere soon. If not I can FTP them to you.

http://www.daviddonovan.com/video/2006MAYMSRHRACE1.wmv

http://www.daviddonovan.com/video/2006MAYMSRHRACE2.wmv

Right Click Save As

The server is not super fast, but they are there!!!

Race 3 should be up tonight or tomorrow morning.
David D.

I will have the Marvel/RichardP racing videos up this evening.

David,

I keep getting a "timed out error" when trying to save either of these two videos. Can you check it out when you get a chance? Thanks.

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David,

I keep getting a "timed out error" when trying to save either of these two videos. Can you check it out when you get a chance? Thanks.

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I am downloading them at work now...will take them home and upload to my site tonight for a back up and post the link to help out on bandwidth...I have like 80GB a month available...

I'm not sure what the time out is... I was able to download on to my office, it was slow at 50K, took about an hour.

You might try to restart the download and see if it picks up where it left off.

Its not the best share server... I am looking for a better option. Matt might be able to help out if he can download them... I think Robert King had some space in the past as well, maybe he will chime in...

David D.

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I'm not sure what the time out is... I was able to download on to my office, it was slow at 50K, took about an hour.

You might try to restart the download and see if it picks up where it left off.

Its not the best share server... I am looking for a better option. Matt might be able to help out if he can download them... I think Robert King had some space in the past as well, maybe he will chime in...

David D.

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Burning to disc now...headed hom in about 4 minutes. It will take a while to upload then i will post the link....


Ok, if david's don't work for you, try these as a back up....right click, save as.

www.aggie97.com/06HRACE1.wmv

www.aggie97.com/06HRACE2.wmv

Anyone happen to get any photos from this past weekend?

holly was preveiwing some she had taken sat. night on a laptop

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Anyone happen to get any photos from this past weekend?

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I should be uploading them today... I have narrowed it down to about 700 photos... yup... 700...

David D.

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Originally Posted by chicane23

Anyone happen to get any photos from this past weekend?

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I should be uploading them today... I have narrowed it down to about 700 photos... yup... 700...

David D.

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Sweet!!!! :D

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Anyone happen to get any photos from this past weekend?

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There is a nice three or four shot sequence of you going off into the weeds. :shock:

Leah took some also, including JBs hood repair episode...

And Marshall, I noticed that there is a nice three or four shot sequence of YOU going off into the weeds also! ;)

I'll post them when I get a minute to sort through them.

I notice she got some excellent pictures of my not-so-excellent driving in Sugar and Spice.

Really good shooting (as usual)!

I posted about 300 photos from Saturday AM in the Gallery...

more to come later tonight...

David D.

http://www.daviddonovan.com/video/2006MayMSRHRace3.wmv

Okay, this one is big... 540 megs 40 min race.

[quote="oz98cobra"]And Marshall, I noticed that there is a nice three or four shot sequence of YOU going off into the weeds also! ;)
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Yeah, Yeah, I can take what I dish. :D

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http://www.daviddonovan.com/video/2006MayMSRHRace3.wmv

Okay, this one is big... 540 megs 40 min race.

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David, this is shutting down immediately on clicking it.

I will try and setup an FTP access for you on mine for you tonight. I REALLY want to see R3 from your vantage point! I am thinking there may have been some air under the rear in my attempt to Impersonate Spinny McGinny!

its fixed and working again!!!

David D

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http://www.daviddonovan.com/video/2006MayMSRHRace3.wmv

Okay, this one is big... 540 megs 40 min race.

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Ok, points of interest....

At 9:40, you get to see a text book manuever of blocking going into turn 3.....

At 20:32, you get to see just how strong Stock ford axles are as they only bend, and not break off with the wheel!!! Those freaking curbs suck!


Great Video David, I figured you had a pretty good show of me all over the back of Lyons for several laps....too bad I screwed the pooch... :cry:

Perhaps Matt can convert this one to broadband quality and repost it so we can see you off? Even via cable, that's an aweful big d/l

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Perhaps Matt can convert this one to broadband quality and repost it so we can see you off? Even via cable, that's an aweful big d/l

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I will see what I can do....it only took 4 hours to download at work! I have it on CD at the house now.....

Its already compressed into a WMV, the resolution posted is good for DVD, I can knock it down to a computer grade... I generally do all my stuff DVD quality.

I will see about making it smaller.

http://www.daviddonovan.com/video/20...ace3-small.wmv

98 megs... Enjoy!

David D.

Great video David, thanks for posting it up. I was wondering, besides the loose condition did it feel like your car changed any after the double-yellow caution laps? I ask because my CMC car felt like it changed dramatically and I wasn't expecting that, handling was very different in once we went back to green for me and it took me a few laps to "adjust" my driving lol. I expected the car to "come back" a bit after cooling the tires/brakes/driver and what I got was quite different from what I thought I was going to have.

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Great video David, thanks for posting it up. I was wondering, besides the loose condition did it feel like your car changed any after the double-yellow caution laps? I ask because my CMC car felt like it changed dramatically and I wasn't expecting that, handling was very different in once we went back to green for me and it took me a few laps to "adjust" my driving lol. I expected the car to "come back" a bit after cooling the tires/brakes/driver and what I got was quite different from what I thought I was going to have.

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Mine went from loose back to how I like it then went loose again quickly....the first 2 laps of the race the car handled like crap....I dropped air pressures like I did at Cresson in anticipation of higher temps and pressures after 10 laps and it did not work like it did at Cresson....then the mid race air pressure adjustment put me out for good! :oops:

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.....then the mid race air pressure adjustment put me out for good! :oops:

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Well, that, and your off. ;)

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Great video David, thanks for posting it up. I was wondering, besides the loose condition did it feel like your car changed any after the double-yellow caution laps? I ask because my CMC car felt like it changed dramatically and I wasn't expecting that, handling was very different in once we went back to green for me and it took me a few laps to "adjust" my driving lol. I expected the car to "come back" a bit after cooling the tires/brakes/driver and what I got was quite different from what I thought I was going to have.

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I was a little looser than normal... the engine was getting hot as well and was a little down on power for the last half. The first couple of laps after the yellow were nice, but then it went away fairly quick.

David D.

There was a couple of good demonstrations of your car control skills in that vid David - especially that big slide over the launch - yeehaw! :shock:

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There was a couple of good demonstrations of your car control skills in that vid David - especially that big slide over the launch - yeehaw! :shock:

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That was alot of fun... Jeff B. had a front row seat for that one at the corner station. The car was a little on the loose side and made for some exciting laps the last twenty minutes.