Le Mans 24 Hours: Shall we wager..
Written by rax262   
Friday, 12 June 2009 20:02
Ok, for anyone interested here 
are the rules: 

    * 1 beverage ante

    * Choose 3 cars from LMP1, LMP2, GT2.
      Can only have two of the same "make" 
      per class (ie 2 Audi, 1 Peugeot)

    * Points are awarded as such:
          o 5pts - 1st in class
          o 4pts - 2nd
          o 3pts - 3rd
          o 2pts - 4th
          o 1pts - 5th
          o -1pts for Not Classified car 
            (must complete 70% of race 
             and take checkered flag)
          o -2pts for DNF

    * Tie breaker:  Choose one non-Audi, Peugeot, Aston in LMP1.  Highest finisher 
      breaks tie.

    * Supplemental rules:
          o 1 wager per person
          o Attendees may place an additional two bets on the behalf of others provided 
            the person meets one of the following criteria:
                + Human, under the age of 18
                + Alive but not of the homo sapien species
                + A non-homologated vehicle of at least 2.1 liters for which you can 
                  produce the title
                + Anything deemed NOT under protest by Peugeot
          o Points tally will be calculated following the race once the organizer 
            sufficiently recovers from staying up all night.
          o All entries must be submitted by Saturday June 13th by 9am or thereabouts.  
            We accept email, print outs, chicken scratch, smoke signal and stone tablet.
          o Late entries will be assessed a 3 pt penalty for every hour after the start 
            of the race.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans or http://www.lemans.org/ 
or entry list and details.

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Audi Force - 2pts
LMP1:
3 - #1 Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi R15 TDI
-2 - #2 Audi Sport North America - Audi R15 TDI
0 - #7 Peugeot Sport Total - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP

LMP2:
-2 -#5 NAVI Team Goh - Porsche RS Spyder
5 - #31 Team Essex - Porsche RS Spyder
-2 - #40 Quifel ASM Team - Ginetta-Zytek 09S

GT2:
-2 - #80 Flying Lizard Motorsports - Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
-2 - #76 IMSA Performance Matmut - Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
4 - #97 BMS Scuderia Italia - Ferrari F430 GT2

TieBreaker:
#23 Strakka Racing - Ginetta-Zytek 09S

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Bad Boy E Racing - 11pts
LMP1:
3 - #1 Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi R15 TDI
0 - #7 Team Peugeot Total - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
0 - #008 Aston Martin Racing - Lola Aston Martin

LMP2:
-2 - #5 NAVI Team Goh - Porsche RS Spyder
5 - #31 Team Essex - Porsche RS Spyder
4 - #33 Speedy Racing Team Sebah - Lola B08/80-Judd

GT2:
5 - #82 Risi Competizione - Ferrari F430 GT2
-2 - #77 Team Felbermayr-Proton - Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
-2 - #80 Flying Lizard Motorsports - Porsche 997 GT3-RSR

TieBreaker:
#16 Pescarolo Sport - Pescarolo 01-Judd

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Flying E-Lizard - 7
LMP1:
-2 - #2 Audi Sport North America - Audi R15 TDI
0 - #3 Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi R15 TDI
0 - #7 Team Peugeot Total - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP

LMP2:
-2 #30 Racing Box - Lola B08/80-Judd
5 - #31 Team Essex - Porsche RS Spyder
4 - #33 Speedy Racing Team Sebah - Lola B08/80-Judd

GT2:
0 - #78 AF Corse - Ferrari F430 GT2
4 - #97 BMS Scuderia Italia     Ferrari F430 GT2
-2 - #77 Team Felbermayr-Proton     Porsche 997 GT3-RSR

TieBreaker:
#10 Team Oreca Matmut AIM - Oreca 01-AIM

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Tweetie's Revenge - 8pts
LMP 1:  
3 - #1 Audi, 
4 - #8 Peugeot, 
-2 - #009 Aston Martin

LMP2:  
5 - #31 Spyder, 
2 - #32 Zytec, 
-2 - #25 Mazda

GT2:  
0 - #87 Drayson, 
-2 - #80 Flying lizards, 
0 - #81 Ferrari

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Beaver Snapper - 5pts
LMP 1:  
3 - #1 Audi, 
0 - #3 Audi, 
0 - #008 Aston Martin

LMP2:  
-2 - #5 Spyder, 
5 - #31 Spyder, 
-2 - #25 Mazda

GT2:  
3 - #83 Ferrari, 
0 - #96 Ferrari, 
-2 - #80 Lizards

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Crown Royal Rippers - 4
LMP1:
3 - #1, 
4 - #8, 
-2 - #17

LMP2:
5 - #31,
-2 - #35, 
-2 - #26

GT2:
-2 - #80, 
0 - #87, 
0 - #81

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Four Legged Bandits - -8pts
LMP1:
-2 - #2, 
0 - #3, 
0 - #16

LMP2:
-2 - #25, 
-2 - #41, 
-2 - #39

GT2:
0 - #81, 
2 - #92, 
-2 - #76

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diamonddave7676 - 11pts
LMP1:
4 - #8 Team Peugeot Total
3 - #1 Audi Sport Team Joest
-2 - #17 Pescarolo Sport

LMP2:
5 - #31 Team Essex
-2 - #25 RML
2 - #32 Team Barazi Epsilon

LMGT2:
-2 - #80 Flying Lizard Motorsport
5 - #82 RISI COMPETIZIONE
-2 - #76 IMSA Performance Matmut

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Tractor Don - 6pts

LMP1
2 - #007 AMR Eastern Europe - Lola-Aston Martin B09/60
3 - #1 Audi Sport Team Joest -Audi R15 TDI
0 - #3 Audi Sport Team Joest -Audi R15 TDI

LMP2

-2 - #25 Ray Mallock Ltd. - Lola B08/86-Mazda
-2 - #26 Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team - Radical SR9-AER
4 - #33 Speedy Racing Team Sebah - Lola B08/80-Judd

GT2
-2 - #77 Team Felbermayr-Proton- Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
-2 - #80 Flying Lizard Motorsports- Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
5 - #82 Risi Competizione - Ferrari F430 GT2

Tie
#11 Team Oreca Matmut AIM- Oreca 01-AIM

 
Salvation from the Terminator
Written by rax262   
Friday, 05 June 2009 22:27

I have returned from the future, 2018, and bring a message from John Connor: "Send more helicopters."

As an angry fan of the now canceled Sarah Connor Chronicles I'd like to point to the many plot holes and inconsistencies of the latest Terminator film. However there are none, as this film is completely lacking of anything in the story department and serves less as a movie and more as an advertisement for the surplus military goods sector.

Sure it's a great action movie, sure a lot of stuff blows up, sure the gals will love Christian Bale and Mr. Fancypants McDownunder who keeps slipping into his Australian accent throughout the entire movie. While I greatly enjoyed watching a sub full of pricks lead by Michael Ironside, aka Jester, getting the "shit" blown out of 'em when they turn on their idiotic homing beacon, I greatly lament the fact that no one recognizes the "Governator" when he turns up as a freshly minted T-800 near the end of the film. Sure it may have been a well conceived play by Skynet to send robots into the past to infiltrate the government but I strongly suspect it was more the result of it's love of Arnie's 'roid fueled 70s classic "Pumping Iron".

However the worst thing about this movie is that things weren't bad enough. Sure we are treated to a 30 minute desert car chase sequence ala Mad Max but does the resistance really have enough assets to afford wrecking half a dozen helicopters, several A-10s and one dubiously constructed submarine? Hell no. In the real future John Connor and friends are living in the sewers like a bunch of rats or Ninja Turtles. If Skynet was truly smart it would have nuked every last weapons depot on Judgment Day. Besides if anything were left behind where do you expect to find a bunch of stick and rudder jockeys in 2018 who can manhandle a UH-1 or A-10?

Regardless I'm still willing to give the movie a B+ rating for action as it does fulfill my inner child's desire to "blow shit up". However I do so on one condition which is that John D. Brancato or Michael Ferris never again be allowed to write the script of any Terminator franchise movies. These are the two chuckle heads who've brought you both the forgettable Terminator 3 and the latest irreverent bitch slap of entertainment and practical time travel I've ever seen.

We are the resistance, the resistance against stupid Hollywood turds like this one. I'm a pissed off fan, and that is all.

 
2009 ADAC 24-Stunden Rennen am Nürburgring
Written by rax262   
Friday, 22 May 2009 21:13
2009 ADAC 24h Nürburgring

As always I'll be following the 24 Hours of Nürburgring this year in a lead up to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a few weeks. For a third year Radio Le Mans returns with English language coverage however thus far I've been unable to find a suitable video feed. The following are links to Nürburgring related pages which will be updated throughout the event:

Official & participants:

Official Site of the ADAC Zurich 24h-Race
Official Live Video Feed
Fast & Smooth Video Feed
Live Car Tracker (Powered by Google)
Radio Le Mans 2009 'Ring page
Audi's Live Feed
Live Timing & scoring

Other Items:

Potential video feed
2009 Nurburgring 24 Hours TV AudiR8 Practice Highlights

Special thanks to twitter oneighturbo for many of the links. Also check out the nurburgring

topic on Twitter. You can also montior my twitter acccount at http://twitter.com/rax262
 
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