2016 F1 Rejects IndyCar Series season

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 05 Dec 2013, 19:01

The only thing we have to worry about is Bump Day with cars around 30th quick in many races.

Ferrarist · Post by **Ferrarist** » 06 Dec 2013, 13:02

Now I'm going to make you guys happy

I'm posting the skills of your drivers, so you can update them right before the Indianapolis 500:

Michael Bright Racing
Martin van der Meyde (10-10-10)
Ryan McReynolds (10-10-10)
Andrea Bianchi (2,5-7-7)
Phil McCracken (0-0-0) Pay Driver

Aurico Autosport
Rafael Carlos (6-8-7)
Jeremy Macmillan (7-7-7)
Rusty Gannit (9-7-8)

Tassie Racing
Elinor Yurko (7-5-5)

Onyx Racing
Kohei Hirate (10-10-10)
Roy Guidry (10-3-7)
Natacha Gachnang (7-7-7)

EuromotorInternational
Beth Lestrade (8-8-10)
Dean O'Lauchlan (9-10-10)

Mastercard-Lola
Collin Pratchett (10-10-10)
Jack Christopherson (10-10-10)
Michael Robertson (10-10-10)
Jules Vergne (9-9-8)
Darren Older, Jr. (0-0-0) Pay Driver
Calvin Brooks (0-0-0) Pay Driver

Dreadnought Racing
Veronika Asimov (5,5-6,5-5)
David Lee (6,5-5-6,5)

NeoV Competition
Jose Maria Lopez (6-5-3)
Matteo Vasquez (6-5-4)

Rockstar Engineering
Claude Speed (9-9-7)
Lance Vance (9-6,5-7)

Horizon Motorsports
Vidal Reyna-Sanchez (7-9-8)
Antonio Reyna-Sanchez (8-9-10)
Daniel Melrose (8-8-10)
Joao Cavalcanti (8-7-8)

Cassidy Racing
Ashley Cassidy (10-10-10)
Clint Hillman (10-7-8)
Natalie Ryder (10-10-10)
Pedro Luiz Gonzalez (0-0-0) Pay Driver

DSR Racing
Nikola Nikolov (2-2-2)

Restov Racing
Tim Horan (3-3-0)

Hasselhoff Motorsport
Ralf Schumacher (10-10-10)
Herbert Aston (2-2-4)
Mika Häkkinen (8-8-8)
J. J. Davies (10-10-10)
Al Unser III. (0-0-0) Pay Driver

ZimSport
Ryan Zimmer (4-5-7)
Mike Stern (3-1-3)
JP Laurent (1-1-1)

Checkered Flag Motorsport
Damon Cannon (7-6-4,5)
Johannes das Schaf (0-0-0) Pay Driver

If you have a question regarding your prize money, feel free to ask!

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 06 Dec 2013, 13:08

Because IBR are so stupidly rich, they will pay to bump all of Pratchett, Christopherson AND Robertson to 10-10-10

We will also buy 2 accel and 4 cornering for Vergne. Also, given Calvin Brooks' ever changing schedule as he jumps from series to series, we are dropping him from our lineup, and Vergne will drive the races Brooks was initially penciled in for.

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 06 Dec 2013, 14:56

Can we have the actual list of money aviable? Or we can just update our drivers even if we are into debt?

Ferrarist · Post by **Ferrarist** » 06 Dec 2013, 16:51

SeedStriker wrote:Can we have the actual list of money aviable? Or we can just update our drivers even if we are into debt?

You can spend money, even if you are in debt. Although I may actually update your budgets before the Indy 500, so everyone knows how much money they really have.

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 06 Dec 2013, 17:04

NeoV Competicon will buy 4 skill points per driver, with the next new config:

Jose Maria Lopez: 2 points for accel, one to cornering, one to reliability
Matteo Vasquez : 2 points for accel, 2 for reliability

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 06 Dec 2013, 18:07

How many of our 3 drivers can MBR afford to bring up to 10-10-10 WITHOUT going into debt?

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 06 Dec 2013, 18:11

Cassidy Racing will bring Ashley Cassidy to 10-10-10, and Clint Hillman to 10-7-8.

Ferrarist · Post by **Ferrarist** » 06 Dec 2013, 18:53

I've updated the team budgets, so everyone needs to look at page two, to see their team's budget.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 06 Dec 2013, 19:00

Well, time to charge Schumacher's two not-10-skills right back up to 10 to see if we can salvage something from this season.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 06 Dec 2013, 19:39

MBR will bring van der Meyde's and McReynolds skills back up to 10-10-10

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 06 Dec 2013, 21:15

Ferrarist wrote:ZimSport
Ryan Zimmer (4-5-7)
Mike Stern (3-1-3)
JP Laurent (1-1-1)

That explains why Laurent was so shite. You got his stats mixed up with Stern's :lol:

Also, now that the calendar's almost caught up to everything else, Indy will be ZimSport's last race for the season, as changed plans require Laurent in the GT-R WC.

Ferrarist · Post by **Ferrarist** » 06 Dec 2013, 21:24

While qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 will be tomorrow, I'll already explain the procedures:

- I'll do the 11/11/11 qualifying IndyCar does nowadays, as I feel that this is more exciting than just having pole and bump day.
- There will be 4th qualifying session, which will be bump day anyway. On this session, everyone who couldn't qualify for the Indy 500 so far has one last chance to make the field. Also like in real life, drivers who have already set a time can "waive" their run, if they feel that their time is too slow. But you can only waive your run once, so you should really think before you waive your qualifying time.

Qualifying should begin somewhere in the afternoon (central european time), so you should have some time left to upgrade your drivers.

HawkAussie · Post by **HawkAussie** » 06 Dec 2013, 22:05

We are going to upgrade Elinor Yurko (4-4-4) to 7-5-5
Plus Sam Baromono (BEL) will enter the Indy 500 with 2-2-2

Post by **Ataxia** » 06 Dec 2013, 22:16

www.nbcsports.com wrote:Álvarez Competición to debut at Indy 500?

Former journeyman racer José Álvarez appears to be close to tying up a deal to enter a one-off car at the Indianapolis 500, subject to final approval from the F1RICS commission.

The Spaniard has been longing to run his own racing outlet, and after a poster from motorsports magnate Astro Racing Group appeared advertising that "The Bull Has Risen" it seems that Álvarez has done a deal with the British company to open up a new team ready for 2017. An insider has told us that Álvarez Competición have come into contact regarding an entry for 2017, and the team were offered a chance to dip their toe in the water with an appearance at the Indy 500.

It is unknown who will drive for the nascent outfit, but it is rumoured that Czech driver Jiri Komarek will drive for the team. Komarek has made some appearances in F3RWRS this season, as well as having driven in the Super Touring Cup in the winter.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 07 Dec 2013, 00:40

If it's allowed, Mastercard Lola wants a 5th car at Indy 500.

#29 Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler (FRA)
10/10/10

The Indy 500 does not clash with GTRWC, so he is free to participate

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 07 Dec 2013, 04:24

Despite still in trouble with IRS (and with CZi apparently rage-freezing funding after the team got kicked out of F3RWRS) Aurico will upgrade the stats of Macmillan to 7-7-7 and Carlos to 6-8-7.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 07 Dec 2013, 13:46

Checked twice and Euromotor International isn't on the list for driver updating

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 07 Dec 2013, 15:56

I hope that my two backmarkers will not need to bump their way in or out.

Ferrarist · Post by **Ferrarist** » 07 Dec 2013, 16:26

FantometteBR wrote:Checked twice and Euromotor International isn't on the list for driver updating

I'm sorry. I've included your team now.

You can still do driver upgrade and nominate one-off entries for Indy until 8pm central european time. The first qualifying session will be tonight, while bump day and the Indy 500 itself will be on sunday.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 07 Dec 2013, 16:30

Euromotor International would like to upgrade Lestrade to 8-8-10 and O'Lauchlan to 9-10-10

Post by **Ataxia** » 07 Dec 2013, 17:30

The Álvarez Competición Indy 500 entry, subject to final approval:

Budget: $50,000

Chassis: Panoz DP10 (-$16,000)
Engine: Mazda SkyActive V6T (-$15,000)
Driver: Jiri Komárek
Number: 19
Stats: 7-6-6 (-$19,000)

Which should equal $0...I think.

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 07 Dec 2013, 18:23

Bumping the 7 to a 10 on Hirate and increasing the 4s on Gachnang to 7s. 7-7-7 makes me feel a lucky punk.

Ferrarist · Post by **Ferrarist** » 07 Dec 2013, 20:56

It's time for the greatest race in the world, the Indianapolis 500...not yet, as today will only see the first three qualifying session. Tomorrow will see bump day and the race itself, but I'll come to that later. But first, let's take a look at the results from the practice sessions:

1st Practice Session from Indianapolis

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 1 Frederic-Maxime Voeckler (Mastercard Lola)        38.510 (376.079kph/235.049mph)
 2 Ashley Cassidy (Cassidy Racing)                   38.513
 3 Natalie Ryder (Cassidy Racing)                    38.516
 4 Ryan McReynolds (Michael Bright Racing)           38.520
 5 J. J. Davies (Hasselhoff Motorsport)              38.543
 6 Michael Robertson (Mastercard Lola)               38.547
 7 Collin Pratchett (Mastercard Lola)                38.550
 8 Martin van der Meyde (Michael Bright Racing)      38.560
 9 Ralf Schumacher (Hasselhoff Motorsport)           38.572
10 Jules Vergne (Mastercard Lola)                    38.576
11 Clint Hillman (Cassidy Racing)                    38.602
12 Jack Christopherson (Mastercard Lola)             38.621
13 Claude Speed (Rockstar Engineering)               38.625
14 Lance Vance (Rockstar Engineering)                38.657
15 Dean O'Lauchlan (Euromotor International)         38.658
16 Kohei Hirate (Onyx Racing)                        38.668
17 Rusty Gannit (Aurico Autosport)                   38.698
18 Rafael Carlos (Aurico Autosport)                  38.733
19 Jeremy MacMillan (Aurico Autosport)               38.761
20 Beth Lestrade (Euromotor International)           38.786
21 Damon Cannon (Checkered Flag Motorsport)          38.831
22 Antonio Reyna-Sanchez (Horizon Motorsports)       38.843
23 Matteo Vasquez (NeoV Competition)                 38.856
24 Daniel Melrose (Horizon Motorsports)              38.870
25 David Lee (Dreadnought Racing)                    38.895
26 Veronika Asimov (Dreadnought Racing)              38.896
27 Vidal Reyna-Sanchez (Horizon Motorsports)         38.898
28 Joao Cavalcanti (Horizon Motorsports)             38.915
29 Elinor Yurko (Tassie Racing)                      38.973
30 Jose Maria Lopez (NeoV Competition)               38.985
31 Andrea Bianchi (Michael Bright Racing)            38.986
32 Roy Guidry (Onyx Racing)                          39.033
33 Natacha Gachnang (Onyx Racing)                    39.041
34 Jiri Komarek (Alvarez Competicion)                39.097
35 Tim Horan (Restov Racing)                         39.147
36 Jose Pablo Mazzacane (Commonwealth Racing)        39.188
37 Buddy Lazier (Lazier Partners Racing)             39.363
38 Nikola Nikolov (DSR Racing)                       39.377
39 Herbert Aston (Hasselhoff Motorsport)             39.565
40 Sam Baromono (Tassie Racing)                      39.602
41 Ryan Zimmer (ZimSport)                            39.672
42 Pedro Luiz Gonzalez (Cassidy Racing)              39.747
43 Johannes das Schaf (Checkered Flag Motorsport)    39.778
44 Phil McCracken (Michael Bright Racing)            39.837 (363.551kph/227.219mph)

The one-off entry from the Voeckler racing family sets his first mark on the speedway, topping the 1st practice session. Judging by the gap between the fastest and the slowest car, the Indianapolis 500 already promises to be a close affair!

2nd Practice Session from Indianapolis

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 1 Natalie Ryder (Cassidy Racing)                    38.503 (376.147kph/235.092mph)
 2 Ashley Cassidy (Cassidy Racing)                   38.503
 3 Frederic-Maxime Voeckler (Mastercard Lola)        38.518
 4 Martin van der Meyde (Michael Bright Racing)      38.518
 5 Ralf Schumacher (Hasselhoff Motorsport)           38.545
 6 J. J. Davies (Hasselhoff Motorsport)              38.548
 7 Jack Christopherson (Mastercard Lola)             38.552
 8 Michael Robertson (Mastercard Lola)               38.557
 9 Collin Pratchett (Mastercard Lola)                38.563
10 Claude Speed (Rockstar Engineering)               38.571
11 Ryan McReynolds (Michael Bright Racing)           38.597
12 Jules Vergne (Mastercard Lola)                    38.609
13 Dean O'Lauchlan (Euromotor International)         38.638
14 Rusty Gannit (Aurico Autosport)                   38.647
15 Lance Vance (Rockstar Engineering)                38.672
16 Clint Hillman (Cassidy Racing)                    38.677
17 Kohei Hirate (Onyx Racing)                        38.679
18 Beth Lestrade (Euromotor International)           38.760
19 Jeremy MacMillan (Aurico Autosport)               38.779
20 Antonio Reyna-Sanchez (Horizon Motorsports)       38.818
21 Damon Cannon (Checkered Flag Motorsport)          38.839
22 Rafael Carlos (Aurico Autosport)                  38.841
23 Veronika Asimov (Dreadnought Racing)              38.881
24 Matteo Vasquez (NeoV Competition)                 38.882
25 Vidal Reyna-Sanchez (Horizon Motorsports)         38.891
26 David Lee (Dreadnought Racing)                    38.901
27 Joao Cavalcanti (Horizon Motorsports)             38.910
28 Daniel Melrose (Horizon Motorsports)              38.927
29 Natacha Gachnang (Onyx Racing)                    38.970
30 Jose Maria Lopez (NeoV Competition)               38.981
31 Andrea Bianchi (Michael Bright Racing)            39.018
32 Roy Guidry (Onyx Racing)                          39.044
33 Elinor Yurko (Tassie Racing)                      39.049
34 Jiri Komarek (Alvarez Competicion)                39.068
35 Tim Horan (Restov Racing)                         39.132
36 Jose Pablo Mazzacane (Commonwealth Racing)        39.282
37 Buddy Lazier (Lazier Partners Racing)             39.293
38 Nikola Nikolov (DSR Racing)                       39.368
39 Herbert Aston (Hasselhoff Motorsport)             39.493
40 Sam Baromono (Tassie Racing)                      39.603
41 Ryan Zimmer (ZimSport)                            39.681
42 Pedro Luiz Gonzalez (Cassidy Racing)              39.725
43 Phil McCracken (Michael Bright Racing)            39.762
44 Johannes das Schaf (Checkered Flag Motorsport)    39.785 (364.027kph/227.517mph)

Not only did Cassidy Racing shatter Voeckler's lap time from the 1st practice, the fast ladies of the team shattered that time together. So far, Indy looks to be an affair exclusively between Mastercard Lola and Cassidy Racing, no pun intended. But Michael Bright Racing and Hasselhoff Racing shouldn't be left out, as they also fielded competitive times. But now, it's time for the first qualifying session, which will determine the pole sitter for the 100th Indianapolis 500!

1st Qualifying Session from Indianapolis

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 1 Ryan McReynolds (Michael Bright Racing)           38.579 (375.409kph/234.629mph)
 2 Claude Speed (Rockstar Engineering)               38.693
 3 Jack Christopherson (Mastercard Lola)             38.765
 4 Clint Hillman (Cassidy Racing)                    38.802
 5 Natalie Ryder (Cassidy Racing)                    38.805
 6 Ashley Cassidy (Cassidy Racing)                   38.825
 7 Ralf Schumacher (Hasselhoff Motorsport)           38.947
 8 Vidal Reyna-Sanchez (Horizon Motorsports)         38.962
 9 Matteo Vasquez (NeoV Competition)                 38.991
10 Natacha Gachnang (Onyx Racing)                    39.089
11 Daniel Melrose (Horizon Motorsports)              39.093
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12 Andrea Bianchi (Michael Bright Racing)            39.186
13 Tim Horan (Restov Racing)                         39.240
14 Dean O'Lauchlan (Euromotor International)         39.247
15 Antonio Reyna-Sanchez (Horizon Motorsports)       39.268
16 Jules Vergne (Mastercard Lola)                    39.383
17 Joao Cavalcanti (Horizon Motorsports)             39.410
18 Martin van der Meyde (Michael Bright Racing)      39.489
19 Nikola Nikolov (DSR Racing)                       39.601
20 Rusty Gannit (Aurico Autosport)                   39.744
21 Veronika Asimov (Dreadnought Racing)              39.771
22 Beth Lestrade (Euromotor International)           39.809
23 Roy Guidry (Onyx Racing)                          39.937
24 Frederic-Maxime Voeckler (Mastercard Lola)        40.026
25 Jeremy MacMillan (Aurico Autosport)               40.048
26 Herbert Aston (Hasselhoff Motorsport)             40.058
27 J. J. Davies (Hasselhoff Motorsport)              40.078
28 Jose Pablo Mazzacane (Commonwealth Racing)        40.506
29 Sam Baromono (Tassie Racing)                      40.516
30 Jose Maria Lopez (NeoV Competition)               40.546
31 Collin Pratchett (Mastercard Lola)                38.573
32 Lance Vance (Rockstar Engineering)                40.774
33 Rafael Carlos (Aurico Autosport)                  41.246
34 Jiri Komarek (Alvarez Competicion)                41.328
35 David Lee (Dreadnought Racing)                    41.388
36 Pedro Luiz Gonzalez (Cassidy Racing)              41.421
37 Phil McCracken (Michael Bright Racing)            41.427
38 Elinor Yurko (Tassie Racing)                      41.867
39 Damon Cannon (Checkered Flag Motorsport)          42.591
40 Kohei Hirate (Onyx Racing)                        43.076
41 Michael Robertson (Mastercard Lola)               43.210
42 Ryan Zimmer (ZimSport)                            43.483
43 Buddy Lazier (Lazier Partners Racing)             43.487
44 Johannes das Schaf (Checkered Flag Motorsport)    44.040

Haven't I told you to not count out Micheal Bright Racing? Now they've got the pole position for the 500! Natacha Gachnang's 10th position also deserves mention. If she's not bumped off the grid, she may have a very good starting position for the 500.

2nd Qualifying Session from Indianapolis

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 1 Michael Robertson (Mastercard Lola)               38.675
 2 Rusty Gannit (Aurico Autosport)                   38.694
 3 Kohei Hirate (Onyx Racing)                        38.713
 4 Frederic-Maxime Voeckler (Mastercard Lola)        38.749
 5 Beth Lestrade (Euromotor International)           38.779
 6 J. J. Davies (Hasselhoff Motorsport)              38.840
 7 Dean O'Lauchlan (Euromotor International)         38.844
 8 Andrea Bianchi (Michael Bright Racing)            39.211
 9 Joao Cavalcanti (Horizon Motorsports)             39.262
10 Roy Guidry (Onyx Racing)                          39.263
11 Jose Pablo Mazzacane (Commonwealth Racing)        39.297
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12 Jeremy MacMillan (Aurico Autosport)               39.300
13 Collin Pratchett (Mastercard Lola)                39.416
14 Antonio Reyna-Sanchez (Horizon Motorsports)       39.478
15 Jiri Komarek (Alvarez Competicion)                39.532
16 Elinor Yurko (Tassie Racing)                      39.575
17 Damon Cannon (Checkered Flag Motorsport)          39.679
18 Jose Maria Lopez (NeoV Competition)               39.733
19 Veronika Asimov (Dreadnought Racing)              39.761
20 Sam Baromono (Tassie Racing)                      39.763
21 Pedro Luiz Gonzalez (Cassidy Racing)              39.958
22 David Lee (Dreadnought Racing)                    40.082
23 Buddy Lazier (Lazier Partners Racing)             40.308
24 Herbert Aston (Hasselhoff Motorsport)             40.337
25 Ryan Zimmer (ZimSport)                            40.415
26 Martin van der Meyde (Michael Bright Racing)      40.737
27 Nikola Nikolov (DSR Racing)                       40.777
28 Jules Vergne (Mastercard Lola)                    40.807
29 Johannes das Schaf (Checkered Flag Motorsport)    41.308
30 Tim Horan (Restov Racing)                         41.313
31 Rafael Carlos (Aurico Autosport)                  41.509
32 Phil McCracken (Michael Bright Racing)            41.645
33 Lance Vance (Rockstar Engineering)                42.107

3rd Qualifying Session from Indianapolis

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 1 Rafael Carlos (Aurico Autosport)                  39.114
 2 Elinor Yurko (Tassie Racing)                      39.122
 3 Jules Vergne (Mastercard Lola)                    39.134
 4 Jeremy MacMillan (Aurico Autosport)               39.205
 5 Damon Cannon (Checkered Flag Motorsport)          39.249
 6 Nikola Nikolov (DSR Racing)                       39.381
 7 Collin Pratchett (Mastercard Lola)                39.404
 8 Sam Baromono (Tassie Racing)                      39.608
 9 Jiri Komarek (Alvarez Competicion)                39.611
10 David Lee (Dreadnought Racing)                    39.651
11 Martin van der Meyde (Michael Bright Racing)      39.878
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12 Buddy Lazier (Lazier Partners Racing)             39.940
13 Ryan Zimmer (ZimSport)                            40.020
14 Pedro Luiz Gonzalez (Cassidy Racing)              40.047
15 Herbert Aston (Hasselhoff Motorsport)             40.158
16 Johannes das Schaf (Checkered Flag Motorsport)    40.269
17 Jose Maria Lopez (NeoV Competition)               40.355
18 Veronika Asimov (Dreadnought Racing)              40.398
19 Phil McCracken (Michael Bright Racing)            40.720
20 Tim Horan (Restov Racing)                         41.134
21 Lance Vance (Rockstar Engineering)                41.843
22 Antonio Reyna-Sanchez (Horizon Motorsports)       42.224

Now there will be a bump day session tomorrow. You can now either withdraw your time, if you fear that your time is not enough. Those, who did not qualify yet have another attempt at qualifying on bump day. As in real life, the slowest overall car is on the bubble, which is Martin van der Meyde at the moment, unless Pasta withdraws his time and does one final qualifying attempt. If other teams want to withdraw their driver's lap times, say so in this thread. I'll see everyone else tomorrow.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 07 Dec 2013, 21:25

MBR will take a gamble and withdraw Martin van der Meyde's time.

Post by **Ataxia** » 07 Dec 2013, 21:32

Just to increase some sponsor time, Alvarez Competicion will withdraw the time of Jiri Komarek. Seeing as he's close to the bottom, we might as well.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 07 Dec 2013, 21:34

I guess Lestrade and O'Lauchlan are kind of 'safe' now?

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 07 Dec 2013, 22:04

Ryan McReynolds wrote:I'd like to dedicate this qualifying session to all those doubters out there who don't think I can hack it at the top level. There are 16 races left in this season, and I can still win the title, and I'm gonna prove it by winning the Indy 500.

Brendon Cassidy Jr wrote:We locked out row 2, which we can't really complain about. Natalie and Ash have been flying so far this month, so I'm looking for a win out of one of them on race day. Natalie might be a rookie, but she's leading the championship for a reason, Of course, we can't count out Jack Christopherson, he's a bit of a specialist around here. Clint should be able to mix it at the front as well, he's been flying under the rader in the practice sessions, but qualifying 4th shows he's not to be counted out.

HawkAussie · Post by **HawkAussie** » 07 Dec 2013, 22:53

We would like to withdraw Sam Baromono time in hope he will perform better on bump day

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 07 Dec 2013, 23:55

Collin Pratchett will also rescind his time and participate in Bump Day, considering how three of the four drivers behind him have already done so, putting his place on the grid at risk. Given his practise times, he should never really have been in this position to start with, but we'll hope he'll put things right tomorrow.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 08 Dec 2013, 03:08

I was going to replace the sheep with another driver for indy only, I assume it is too late now

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 08 Dec 2013, 05:18

Gachnang and Hirate are very safe, but I give Guidry a 90% chance of staying in the field as it is. The problem is that in practice that he has been less competitive and thus withdrawing would be risky and possibly end up like Jigger Sirois back in 1969. Gachnang is much safer with an incredible 15 slower entries in the 33 that would have to withdraw or be bumped for her to be on the bubble including Roy Guidry himself who would have to be bumped. Starters in on the insides of rows 4 and 5 look good.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 08 Dec 2013, 15:40

I call bump on Jeremy Macmillan.

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 08 Dec 2013, 15:46

Matti made the lap of his life! I couldn't ask for anything better for the young rookie! On the other hand, JM Lopez had yet more troubles with the setup and couldn't manage a clean lap. Hopefully, he can recover in bump day as he have the speed to get into the show

Ferrarist · Post by **Ferrarist** » 08 Dec 2013, 21:00

It's time for bump day, the last attempt for some teams to make the Indianapolis 500. Some drivers, who already qualified for the Indy 500 take the gamble and withdraw the times they've already set, in order to improve their time. Here's a list of those drivers:

Drivers who withdrew their initial qualifying time:

- Martin van der Meyde
- Jiri Komarek
- Sam Baromono
- Collin Pratchett
- Jeremy MacMillian

That would put David Lee on the bubble, but since these five drivers withdrew their qualifying times, there are now only 28 cars qualified for the race. Which means that these five grid spots need to be refilled. Once we have reached 33 cars, bumping will commence, though. This is the order in which the cars will attempt qualifying:

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Jose Maria Lopez
Ryan Zimmer
Johannes das Schaf
Antonio Reyna-Sanchez
Buddy Lazier
Tim Horan
Martin van der Meyde
Phil McCracken
Jiri Komarek
Herbert Aston
Lance Vance
Sam Baromono
Collin Pratchett
Veronika Asimov
Jeremy MacMillan
Pedro Luiz Gonzalez

Jose Maria Lopez hits the track first. But his 4-lap average of 40.935 is really disappointing. He especially failed to take enough speed into the corners. But for now, he is qualified for the race, as the grid now composes 29 cars.

Ryan Zimmer hits the track next and his time is better than Lopez's...but still not good. His 4-lap average is only 40.139.

Next is Johannes das Schaf. If you bet on him making the field and if he'll actually make the field to the 500, you might leave Indy as a rich man. His lap time isn't even that bad, scoring a 4-lap average of 39.783!

Antonio Reyna-Sanchez is up next, scoring a very good average of 39.418, which should probably put him onto the grid.

Buddy Lazier is now attempting to be 33rd car to qualify for the race. But his average lap time isn't good, as it's only 40.139!

With 33 cars now qualified, bumping begins. Jose Maria Lopez is on the bubble, with his 40.935.

Tim Horan is next on the track, trying to bump Lopez off the grid. He succeeds, after burning a 39.686 to the tarmac!

Buddy Lazier is now on the bubble, as Martin van der Meyde attempts to qualify. But he's really struggling with his ill-handling Reynard-Chevy. He loses too much speed in the corners, thus only putting a 40.390 average on the track! Buddy Lazier's safe for now!

Lazier is still on the bubble, as Phil McCracken makes his attempt to qualifying. But his lap time is only slightly better than van der Meyde's: A 40.365!

Jiri Komarek is next and he proceeds to comfortably make it to the grid. His 39.342 is more than enough to bump off Lazier.

Herbert Aston's next qualifying attempt doesn't deserve many words. A 40.908 is nowhere near enough to make it to the grid.

Lance Vance is up next. Can he avoid the embarressment of not qualifying? Ryan Zimmer is on the bubble by now...but not for too long, as Vance sets a 38.696!

Sam Baromono is next. Can he put Johannes das Schaf off the bubble? Just barely, as his 39.740 is enough to bump off the man his peers call "the sheep".

Collin Pratchett is next. Will Mastercard Lola have all cars on the grid, or will Pratchett be the black sheep? The former is the case, as Pratchett runs a 38.746!

Tim Horan is now on the bubble, as the last three cars make their attempt at qualifying. Veronika Asimov is first! But her attempt isn't successful, as she only scores a 39.782.

Two drivers left, as Jeremy MacMillan attempts to qualify his car...and he succeeds with a 38.748. Tim Horan is bumped off!

This puts David Lee on the bubble, a driver who took the gamble to not withdraw his car. But can Pedro Luiz Gonzalez cross his plans? Nope! His 40.747 simply ain't enough to bump off Lee.

Bump Day Results from Indianapolis

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 1 Lance Vance (Rockstar Engineering)                38.696
 2 Collin Pratchett (Mastercard Lola)                38.746
 3 Jeremy MacMillan (Aurico Autosport)               38.748
 4 Jiri Komarek (Alvarez Competicion)                39.342
 5 Antonio Reyna-Sanchez (Horizon Motorsports)       39.418
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 6 Tim Horan (Restov Racing)                         39.686
 7 Sam Baromono (Tassie Racing)                      39.740
 8 Veronika Asimov (Dreadnought Racing)              39.782
 9 Johannes das Schaf (Checkered Flag Motorsport)    39.783
10 Ryan Zimmer (ZimSport)                            40.139
11 Buddy Lazier (Lazier Partners Racing)             40.198
12 Phil McCracken (Michael Bright Racing)            40.365
13 Martin van der Meyde (Michael Bright Racing)      40.390
14 Pedro Luiz Gonzalez (Cassidy Racing)              40.747
15 Herbert Aston (Hasselhoff Motorsport)             40.908
16 Jose Maria Lopez (NeoV Competition)               40.935

And now, here's the grid of the 33 cars that will attempt the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500:

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 1 Ryan McReynolds (Michael Bright Racing)           38.579 (375.409kph/234.629mph)
 2 Claude Speed (Rockstar Engineering)               38.693
 3 Jack Christopherson (Mastercard Lola)             38.765
 4 Clint Hillman (Cassidy Racing)                    38.802
 5 Natalie Ryder (Cassidy Racing)                    38.805
 6 Ashley Cassidy (Cassidy Racing)                   38.825
 7 Ralf Schumacher (Hasselhoff Motorsport)           38.947
 8 Vidal Reyna-Sanchez (Horizon Motorsports)         38.962
 9 Matteo Vasquez (NeoV Competition)                 38.991
10 Natacha Gachnang (Onyx Racing)                    39.089
11 Daniel Melrose (Horizon Motorsports)              39.093
12 Michael Robertson (Mastercard Lola)               38.675
13 Rusty Gannit (Aurico Autosport)                   38.694
14 Kohei Hirate (Onyx Racing)                        38.713
15 Frederic-Maxime Voeckler (Mastercard Lola)        38.749
16 Beth Lestrade (Euromotor International)           38.779
17 J. J. Davies (Hasselhoff Motorsport)              38.840
18 Dean O'Lauchlan (Euromotor International)         38.844
19 Andrea Bianchi (Michael Bright Racing)            39.211
20 Joao Cavalcanti (Horizon Motorsports)             39.262
21 Roy Guidry (Onyx Racing)                          39.263
22 Jose Pablo Mazzacane (Commonwealth Racing)        39.297
23 Rafael Carlos (Aurico Autosport)                  39.114
24 Elinor Yurko (Tassie Racing)                      39.122
25 Jules Vergne (Mastercard Lola)                    39.134
26 Damon Cannon (Checkered Flag Motorsport)          39.249
27 Nikola Nikolov (DSR Racing)                       39.381
28 David Lee (Dreadnought Racing)                    39.651
29 Lance Vance (Rockstar Engineering)                38.696
30 Collin Pratchett (Mastercard Lola)                38.746
31 Jeremy MacMillan (Aurico Autosport)               38.748
32 Jiri Komarek (Alvarez Competicion)                39.342
33 Antonio Reyna-Sanchez (Horizon Motorsports)       39.418

And here are the results for the Indianapolis 500. Quite an exciting race, even though the race winner could finish with a relatively sizable gap:

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 1 Jack Christopherson (Mastercard Lola)          3:16:52.613
 2 Ashley Cassidy (Cassidy Racing)                3:17:00.467
 3 Claude Speed (Rockstar Engineering)            3:17:06.655
 4 Ralf Schumacher (Hasselhoff Motorsport)        3:17:10.444
 5 Vidal Reyna-Sanchez (Horizon Motorsports)      3:17:18.294
 6 J. J. Davies (Hasselhoff Motorsport)           3:17:20.388
 7 Daniel Melrose (Horizon Motorsports)           3:17:25.851
 8 Jules Vergne (Mastercard Lola)                 3:17:28.422
 9 Michael Robertson (Mastercard Lola)            3:17:33.671
10 Collin Pratchett (Mastercard Lola)             3:17:42.773
11 Andrea Bianchi (Michael Bright Racing)         3:17:43.407
12 Jose Pablo Mazzacane (Commonwealth Racing)     3:17:47.237
13 Rusty Gannit (Aurico Autosport)                3:17:49.223
14 Damon Cannon (Checkered Flag Motorsport)            1 lap
15 David Lee (Dreadnought Racing)                      1 lap
Jeremy MacMillan (Aurico Autosport)            DNF lap 185
Natalie Ryder (Cassidy Racing)                 DNF lap 143
Matteo Vasquez (NeoV Competition)              DNF lap 139
Dean O'Lauchlan (Euromotor International)      DNF lap 115
Beth Lestrade (Euromotor International)         DNF lap 96
Nikola Nikolov (DSR Racing)                     DNF lap 93
Antonio Reyna-Sanchez (Horizon Motorsports)     DNF lap 90
Frederic-Maxime Voeckler (Mastercard Lola)      DNF lap 89
Rafael Carlos (Aurico Autosport)                DNF lap 87
Kohei Hirate (Onyx Racing)                      DNF lap 84
Jiri Komarek (Alvarez Competicion)              DNF lap 79
Clint Hillman (Cassidy Racing)                  DNF lap 57
Ryan McReynolds (Michael Bright Racing)         DNF lap 50
Elinor Yurko (Tassie Racing)                    DNF lap 47
Roy Guidry (Onyx Racing)                        DNF lap 40
Natacha Gachnang (Onyx Racing)                  DNF lap 39
Joao Cavalcanti (Horizon Motorsports)           DNF lap 34
Lance Vance (Rockstar Engineering)              DNF lap 29

HawkAussie · Post by **HawkAussie** » 08 Dec 2013, 21:36

Nervous state now

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 08 Dec 2013, 22:09

Goddamn, that was a close-run thing for Antonio.

I think that's a sign Horizon Motorsport should upgrade their stats to 10-10-10 for all four of their drivers.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 08 Dec 2013, 22:25

Wizzie wrote:Goddamn, that was a close-run thing for Antonio.

I think that's a sign Horizon Motorsport should upgrade their stats to 10-10-10 for all four of their drivers.

Since when do you have money?

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 08 Dec 2013, 22:28

Salamander wrote:
Wizzie wrote:Goddamn, that was a close-run thing for Antonio.

I think that's a sign Horizon Motorsport should upgrade their stats to 10-10-10 for all four of their drivers.

Since when do you have money?

I think we all know by now the Mad Uncle is under the impression he can do whatever the hell he damn well pleases

Gerudo Dragon · Post by **Gerudo Dragon** » 08 Dec 2013, 22:28

Despite the dissapointment of failing to qualify for Indy, Lazier will enter Michigan, Pocono and California