Monthly Archives: July 2008

My skin is peeling… The Cats love it (ew!)

Ever since Sheila and I went to the beach the other week, my skin has been slowly peeling. It’s kind of hard to evade the baking sun here (it’s out …

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Elite IV Technology Almost Finished?

David Braben said today at the Developer Conference that Elite IV should follow the release of The Outsider, next year. Elite IV “had not been forgotten”, is a “really ambitious …

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iRacing 2008 Season 3 Schedule

Next week is when this schedule will start, weeks run from Saturday to Saturday and each track is raced for an entire week. If you want the best for your …

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I’m now Class C in both iRacing licenses…

The promotions for those eligible were done on Saturday: 1585 promotions in the Oval category from Rookie to Class D 368 promotions in the Oval category from Class D to …

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2008S2 Week 12 – Skip Barber Race Series – Infineon

I kept my qualifying time from days ago and enter this race as the second highest iRated. I would be starting third on the grid and decided I’d have a …

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2008S2 Week 12 – Skip Barber Race Series – Infineon

This race was simply, awesome. I qualified with a 1:26.795 the previous day and would be starting in fifth-place on a grid where I was iRated as the ninth fastest …

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Why you have to watch Wipe Out (ABC Tuesday)

Most people in the UK have heard of a Japanese Game Show called Takeshi’s Castle. It features one hundred contestants who are slowly knocked out (sometimes literally), round by round …

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2008S2 Week 12 – Skip Barber Race Series – Infineon

I already knew the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup layout at Infineon Raceway, but hadn’t run on it for a long time, probably since I ran there with NASCAR Racing 2003 Season …

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2008S2 Week 11 – Skip Barber Race Series – VIR

Guess what? I got my first win! It took long enough, eh? I had won before they deleted all the Alpha-testing statistics, but ever since I’ve been in a bit …

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2008S2 Week 11 – Skip Barber Race Series – VIR

This is one of the best races I have ever driven, hands down. The only other races that I can remember coming close were when I raced in Eric Cote’s …

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