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I don't care what car he's in, Varacins will be really tough to beat at Road America.

If you are looking for tracks to learn and different chassis to drive, including a FV mod, rFactor is still the best option in SIM racing. More tracks, more cars, no fees—and still good, quality online racing, too. We did a SRF sim league last winter with ApexSpeed/Trackpedia, and we had spectacular...

I know Mike Beaumia was running new GYs at the Cat Nationals in late July—yellow lettered sidewalls... http://www.apexspeed.com/doug/photography/roadamerica_gallery/saturday_fv/images/saturday_fv_001.jpg http://www.apexspeed.com/doug/photography/roadamerica_gallery/saturday_fv/images/saturday_fv_003...

I think some of the shortcomings of phpBB are being exposed, unfortunately. Part of the problem may also be that the forums have been multiple locations with different addresses, and it may not be holding a setting for your account. I don't think it's a browser issue (which would be a local user set...

Tip: User Control Panel --> Board Preferences (tab) --> Then click YES for both --> Notify me on new private messages: and Pop up window on new private message: That way, any new PMs you get will let you know to your registered e-mail address, and give you a little pop-up when you come back to the f...

Frankly, I think a AdHoc committee with proper representation (vendors, builders, National and Regional Drivers (low and high budget) with dictatorship powers should be running the class as far as future rules. We might not like all the decisions, but we would probably get valid decisions with the ...

As a side, I don't believe there are efforts to change rules drastically at this point, only to sew up loopholes that may already exist allowing some gray area maneuvering that seems to be costing some racers a lot of extra cash. At some point, though, a class that has had 45 years of relative rules...

The total Nationals participation over the last 5 years from FV has ranged from 500 to 700 cars over the course of the season nation-wide. Obviously not all from different entrants, but even 50 cars in one location is only 10% of the class overall—and that's just from National events. My only origin...

I did, but we both know that most SCCA racers are reactive and not proactive. It's tough to ask for input on discussions that haven't happened yet. Or maybe, most racers don't care about $1200 manifolds. Input on "control tires" may generate more feedback, or maybe there is just more apath...

Please do realize, though, that the SCCA members attending the RunOffs is a very small percentage of any class overall, and a terrible cross section of the racers or opinions in that class. They are merely the racers who made an effort to qualify for the National Championships. You are excluding all...

Schnikies!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9S8AYa8Jh0

Fair enough—you're the first person who has actually intelligently stated why they don't want a spec hard tire for any class either here or on the discussions ongoing on ApexSpeed at the moment. I appreciate it.

Steve, why exactly would you not want a longer-life, spec tire of any kind? I'm watching both this and the other FF spec tire discussion on ApexSpeed closely, and I still have yet to see anyone really put out a reason why they argue against it. And you get THREE double weekends from a single set of ...

MDURKEE wrote:Good to know, this I sent a PM to the site admin regarding this over a month ago. It's still sitting in my OUTBOX. I guess Keith has not checked the site in awhile.

Jun 11, 2009, as a matter of fact.

In all honesty, I'm wondering why anyone would NOT want to increase the longevity of their tires and reduce overall racing costs. If everyone else is using the same tires in your class, what's the problem? Considering that FV already uses hard R55s from Hoosier and most of the spec compounds in othe...

I think there are far more people who don't want to put new tires on every weekend than do. It's not a matter of being competitive on old tires—it's a matter of a club racer's yearly racing budget being more than 60-70% consumed by tires, just to remain competitive. That's a big reason why so many n...

Excellent... PM sent!

When I get my hands on it, I'll see if I can find some server space on ApexSpeed for people to download.

Anyone still have this mod available online somewhere? I can't seem to find it at any of the usual rFactor haunts...

In this forum software (phpBB), the message sits in your Outbox until the recipient actually opens and reads the message on his end. Not a problem, just a quirky way for PMs to work. But yes, the person you sent the PM to never got it if it's still in your Outbox. I don't believe this forum defaults...

They have a provider there for a standard wireless service. You pay for the speed you want, usually for a weekend package (more money for faster speeds), then receive a password to log-in once you have paid. Ask for the information on the wireless provider when you arrive at the gate, or when you re...

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Bruce, did you sell the Lazer you bought from Kevin Willmorth? I saw it on eBay this weekend...

Someone buy my DB1... there are a few of those FVs I'm interested in!

Boy, I did not use anyones name and I'm still insulting someone. It's a finely-honed talent, Brian. :wink: :) IMO, Vees and SRFs don't belong in the same race group. As I said on ApexSpeed, you don't see those race groups combined here in CenDiv, and if they were, I'd never consider stepping foot i...

Listen to last weekends F1 broadcast. One of the drivers was interviewed and he said (I am paraphrasing) The problem with having only one tire manufacturer is that no matter what kind of tire they bring, they're going to win. That sums it up right there. If all cars in the race are Formula Vees, a ...