Alternative CART 1998 (Phoenix race up/Hogan available!)

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 24 Jul 2014, 20:21

Will nominate Memo Gidley for his replacement, recieving 1.6m of salary

Renngeist · Post by **Renngeist** » 25 Jul 2014, 16:15

FantometteBR wrote:Will nominate Memo Gidley for his replacement, recieving 1.6m of salary

OK. Next qualifying will hopefully be up tomorrow

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 25 Jul 2014, 17:41

Renngeist wrote:(yes, rain at Long Beach)

Monsoon at Long Beach is better

Renngeist · Post by **Renngeist** » 26 Jul 2014, 11:52

Walt Disney Indy 200

Qualifying

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Final results

1. Alex Zanardi (Newman/Haas Racing) 0.18.324
2. Jimmy Vasser (Chip Ganassi Racing) 0.18.398
3. Scott Goodyear (Newman/Haas Racing) 0.18.412
4. Bobby Rahal (Team Rahal) 0.18.457
5. Mark Webber (Walker Racing) 0.18.485
6. Tony Stewart (Chip Ganassi Racing) 0.18.493
7. Gil de Ferran (Team Penske) 0.18.504
8. Juan Pablo Montoya (Team Green) 0.18.532
9. Helio Castroneves (Newman/Haas Racing) 0.18.535
10. Arnd Meier (Paton/Coyne Racing) 0.18.579
11. Mauricio Gugelmin (Team Rahal) 0.18.632
12. Michael Andretti (All American Racing) 0.18.689
13. Jacques Villeneuve (Team Penske) 0.18.740
14. Memo Gidley (PacWest Racing Group) 0.18.793
15. Davey Hamilton (Tasman Motorsport Group) 0.18.843
16. Jeff Gordon (Forsythe Racing) 0.18.932
17. Mika Häkkinen (Hogan Racing) 0.19.646
18. Vincenzo Sospiri (Patrick Racing) 0.19.871
19. Hiteshi Matsuda (Paton/Coyne Racing) 0.19.878
20. Eddie Cheever (PacWest Racing Group) 0.19.899
21. Michael Schumacher (Team Green) 0.19.923
22. Michele Alboreto (Chip Ganassi Racing) 0.20.043
23. Dennis Vitolo (Arciero-Wells Racing) 0.20.132
24. Roberto Moreno (Team Penske) 0.20.135
25. Patrick Carpentier (Patrick Racing) 0.20.331
26. Robby Gordon (Project CART) 0.20.346

Other drivers did not qualify.

Wallio · Post by **Wallio** » 26 Jul 2014, 15:00

talk about by the skin of our teeth.....

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 26 Jul 2014, 15:36

Uncle Bobby has done a great job there

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 26 Jul 2014, 17:07

Wow, wasn't expecting fifth from Webber.

Renngeist · Post by **Renngeist** » 29 Jul 2014, 09:43

Race abandoned after massive accident

The Walt Disney Indy 200 was abandoned after a terrible crash happened at lap nine. The accident began when Helio Castroneves and Mauricio Gugelmin made contact, sending Gugelmin onto the grass. Whilst Gugelmin returned to the circuit, he didn't see that there was backmarkers coming behind him. Gugelmin was hit by Hiteshi Matsuda, Michele Alboreto, Dennis Vitolo and Robby Gordon.

The injuries:

Gugelmin: 4 races, will not be able to race as fast as before the accident until round 7
Matsuda: Retires from oval racing
Alboreto: None, will not be able to race as fast as before the accident until round 4
Vitolo: None
Gordon: 1 race, retires from racing after season, saying it is too dangerous

=5 cars retired in the space of 1 lap, then I decided to watch an rFactor race, and then epic fail happened

REPLACEMENTS NEEDED!

Also, Penske needs to choose; they have received criticism from the fans that the cars are unsafe.

Option 1: Strenght +1, Speed -1 (strenght also makes the car more reliable)
Option 2: Strenght 0, Speed 0 (some drivers don't want to sign contracts)

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 29 Jul 2014, 13:17

Matsuda ended pretty badly with that oval racing retirement. I feel myself pretty wasted for Gugelmin...

So I will replace him with Greg Moore for those 4 races.
Also, I guess with his price of 4.75m and using his for 4 races (1/5th of a season) I gotta get him for 950k?

If so, I will bid 1m exactly for him for the next 4 races.

Wallio · Post by **Wallio** » 29 Jul 2014, 14:26

Project CART will sign Stefan Johansson. And since Mr. Gordon feels racing is too dangerous, rather than have a lame duck driver whose heart isn't isn't in it, he is released immediately, and Stefan will be our driver for the full year.

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 29 Jul 2014, 15:38

It seems that vitolo is fine, therefore he will stay in the car.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 29 Jul 2014, 17:01

Wallio wrote:And since Mr. Gordon feels racing is too dangerous, rather than have a lame duck driver whose heart isn't isn't in it, he is released immediately, and Stefan will be our driver for the full year.

Exactly, in real life it's the other way round - Gordon is too dangerous for racing

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 30 Jul 2014, 03:22

Penske will go for option 2.i have send my laptop to fixing so i will be a little slower to respond

Renngeist · Post by **Renngeist** » 25 Aug 2014, 20:25

This is not dead - I've just been incredibly busy with school lately. I'll post the next qualifying tomorrow.

I've also been thinking about allowing fictional drivers in this series. You can now vote:

Option 1. Allow fictional drivers and teams. Let the rejectfulness begin :lol:

Option 2. Allow fictional drivers only.

Option 3. Real drivers and teams only.

W12 · Post by **W12** » 25 Aug 2014, 20:35

Newman-Haas would like to have a fictional drivers and teams-only series. It would be awesome, and, you know, some famous fictional drivers have raced in early 90s and 2000s but have done nothing inbetween them, so the series would also help making the careers more realistic. So like AltCART, but starting at a different year and (hopefully) lasting more than one season.

Wallio · Post by **Wallio** » 25 Aug 2014, 20:46

I would say keep it real since you would have to reboot the series otherwise.

W12 · Post by **W12** » 25 Aug 2014, 20:56

Wallio wrote:I would say keep it real since you would have to reboot the series otherwise.

What about allowing fictional drivers and teams next season, and allowing current team owners to rename the teams?

This could be the last season before some incredibly quick rookies appear and dominate the field, and all the other drivers decide to go home

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 25 Aug 2014, 20:57

W12 wrote:...some famous fictional drivers have raced in early 90s and 2000s but have done nothing inbetween them, so the series would also help making the careers more realistic.

This series is non-canon, so that's not possible.

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 25 Aug 2014, 21:07

Salamander wrote:
W12 wrote:...some famous fictional drivers have raced in early 90s and 2000s but have done nothing inbetween them, so the series would also help making the careers more realistic.

This series is non-canon, so that's not possible.

Agreed, I vote option c.

W12 · Post by **W12** » 25 Aug 2014, 21:13

Salamander wrote:
W12 wrote:...some famous fictional drivers have raced in early 90s and 2000s but have done nothing inbetween them, so the series would also help making the careers more realistic.

This series is non-canon, so that's not possible.

Yes, but what about running this season as non-canon, and making this canon for 1999?

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 25 Aug 2014, 21:27

W12 wrote:
Salamander wrote:
W12 wrote:...some famous fictional drivers have raced in early 90s and 2000s but have done nothing inbetween them, so the series would also help making the careers more realistic.

This series is non-canon, so that's not possible.
Yes, but what about running this season as non-canon, and making this canon for 1999?

I'm not really big on turning series canon/non-canon after they've already started. Besides, this is a series which allows Michael Schumacher to be signed away from Formula 1 - no offense, but that's not exactly inspiring much confidence in me.

mrfakeboullier · Post by **mrfakeboullier** » 26 Aug 2014, 06:27

Keep it real on both counts

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 26 Aug 2014, 11:25

I'd like to have a series with only real teams and drivers for a change, so I vote option C.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 26 Aug 2014, 12:10

Keep it real and continue with this series

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 26 Aug 2014, 15:52

Go for real until the end

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 26 Aug 2014, 16:22

Real-life drivers is the best option.

Having it mixed between real-life and fictional is easily the worst.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 27 Aug 2014, 06:49

Keep it real

Renngeist · Post by **Renngeist** » 27 Aug 2014, 13:15

I'm having trouble posting results, so the qualifying will be delayed.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 30 Aug 2014, 22:43

Can't wait for Race 3. I hope we (Rahal) can do great yet again like we did the first two races (more like the first one).

Renngeist · Post by **Renngeist** » 31 Aug 2014, 09:52

I finally managed to fix the problem!

Qualifying for Adelaide:

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Final results

1. Greg Moore (Team Rahal) 1.18.649
2. Roberto Moreno (Team Penske) 1.18.662
3. Bobby Rahal (Team Rahal) 1.18.670
4. Alex Zanardi (Newman/Haas Racing) 1.18.734
5. Michael Andretti (All American Racing) 1.18.739
6. Jimmy Vasser (Chip Ganassi Racing) 1.18.795
7. Michael Schumacher (Team Green) 1.18.894
8. Stefan Johansson (Project CART) 1.18.934
9. Memo Gidley (PacWest Racing Group) 1.19.003
10. Michele Alboreto (Chip Ganassi Racing) 1.19.017
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11. Mika Häkkinen (Hogan Racing) 1.19.000
12. Rubens Barrichello (Forsythe Racing) 1.19.006
13. Scott Goodyear (Newman/Haas Racing) 1.19.010
14. Eddie Cheever (PacWest Racing Group) 1.19.231
15. Pierluigi Martini (Arciero-Wells Racing) 1.19.325
16. Patrick Carpentier (Patrick Racing) 1.19.468
17. Helio Castroneves (Newman/Haas Racing) 1.19.869*
18. Tony Stewart (Chip Ganassi Racing) No Time*
19. Jacques Villeneuve (Team Penske) No Time*
20. Max Papis (Walker Racing) No Time*
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21. Gil de Ferran (Team Penske) 1.20.045*
22. Vincenzo Sospiri (Patrick Racing) 1.20.048
23. Christian Danner (Bettenhausen Racing) 1.20.234
24. Arnd Meier (Payton/Coyne Racing) 1.20.246
25. Alex Wurz (Della Penna Motorsport) 1.20.358*
26. Olivier Panis (Davis Racing) 1.20.644*
27. Mark Webber (Walker Racing) 1.20.754
28. Davey Hamilton (Tasman Motorsport Group) 1.20.976*
29. Jeff Gordon (Forsythe Racing) 1.21.053
30. Juan Pablo Montoya (Team Green) 1.21.432*

Other drivers did not qualify.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 31 Aug 2014, 09:58

Team Rahal is delighted with the results, especially with Greg Moore's pole position. Meanwhile in the team garage, Maurício Gugelmin is also seen pumping his fist.

Moore's such a superb driver...

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 31 Aug 2014, 11:46

Would Franck Freon be available for the oval races, I would like to sign him?

Renngeist · Post by **Renngeist** » 31 Aug 2014, 11:54

RonDenisDeletraz wrote:Would Franck Freon be available for the oval races, I would like to sign him?

He isn't on my list of available drivers, so no.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 31 Aug 2014, 12:13

There is a list on post #4

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 31 Aug 2014, 12:16

Renngeist wrote:
RonDenisDeletraz wrote:Would Franck Freon be available for the oval races, I would like to sign him?
He isn't on my list of available drivers, so no.

David Empringham then

Renngeist · Post by **Renngeist** » 04 Sep 2014, 17:23

RonDenisDeletraz wrote:
Renngeist wrote:
RonDenisDeletraz wrote:Would Franck Freon be available for the oval races, I would like to sign him?
He isn't on my list of available drivers, so no.

David Empringham then

OK. The race will be simulated tomorrow.

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 04 Sep 2014, 17:37

Right, Vitolo is fired with immediate effect, Alboreto will take his place on a $1,500,000 wage

Wallio · Post by **Wallio** » 04 Sep 2014, 18:53

Stefan really took the ball and ran with it.....

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 05 Sep 2014, 10:23

Alboreto is signed for Ganassi

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 05 Sep 2014, 10:29

Reject_Dom wrote:Alboreto is signed for Ganassi

Fine then, Herbert to replace Vitolo