Then I guess you won't see this either......sniff, sniff. How can I go on
?

Anyway Chad, after his making an ass of himself after the Pits track
release, and as usual, never admitting he was wrong, any time he posts more
of his " hey everyone look at me " crusade/diatribes, oh well.


Steve Smith > wrote in message
...
> I don't. He's in my killfile.
>
> "Chad Rogers" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Ahh don't listen to them Steve, I love the history lessons. Don't read
it
> > if you don't want it, seems easy enough to me.
> >
> >
> > "JP" > wrote in message
> > news
> > >
> > > Steve Smith > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > >> Dundrod - An Appreciation
> > >>
> > >> Wrong and wrong again! All the great GPL vintage tracks have NOT
been
> > >> released, as I so precipitously proclaimed in my 9/10 Appreciation of
> > > Sergio
> > >> Loro's Mellaha (Tripoli) and was subsequently forced to amend in my
> > >> Appreciation of John Basara's Monza 10K on 9/27.
> > >>
> > >> Jim Pearson, he of the superb recreation of the fabled 198-turn,
> > >> 15.4-mile
> > >> Isle of Man circuit (7/12/03), has proved me wrong again with--what
> > >> else?--an equally superb recreation of the
> only-slightly-less-stupendous
> > >> Dundrod circuit, altho, strictly speaking, this long (7.4-mile) and
> > > winding
> > >> (36-turn) gambol thru Northern Ireland is not contemporaneous with
the
> > >> GPL
> > >> era, having last been used for the 1955 running of the famous "TT"
> > > (Tourist
> > >> Trophy), which was won that year by a trio of Mercedes-Benz 300SLRs
> > >> trouncing a field of Jaguar D-Types and Aston Martin DB3Ss.
> > >>
> > >> In point of fact, no single-seaters (except bikes) ever ran at
Dundrod,
> > > and
> > >> given the "country lane" nature of the layout, a field of 3-liter '67
> F1
> > >> cars would likely all have ended up in the trees, fences, hedges and
> > >> ditches.
> > >>
> > >> It is *very* narrow. As in real life, passing online or AI cars will
> be
> > >> very difficult, but it is nonetheless (at least for the hot-lapper) a
> > >> beautiful romp thru the countryside, which includes homey names like
> > >> Flowbog, Rushyhill, and Tornagrough, and authentic-looking signage
with
> > >> warnings like "Slow! Wet Tar!" and "Delays Possible Until Sept. 9"
(the
> > > '53
> > >> TT, simulated here, was staged on Sept. 5).
> > >>
> > >> Anyone who's driven Mobil 1 Rally Championship will find the scenery
> > > familar
> > >> (and a stone delight with eDimensional 3D glasses), as will anyone
> who's
> > >> seen footage of the historic TT in "A Gentleman's Motorracing Diary"
or
> > > the
> > >> Shell Oil racing films of the day. Pearson's graphics are spot
> on...and
> > >> beautimous.
> > >>
> > >> Three drivers were killed in the '55 race, and the venue was
abandoned
> > >> for
> > >> 4-wheelers as too dangerous (altho bikes continue to race there to
this
> > >> day). Now, thanks to Jim Pearson, it lives again. His installation
> > >> includes a rip-snortin' 3:28.53 lap in a Brabham, and while I'm sure
> some
> > >> Alien can beat that, I can't...and neither could Stirling Moss, who
put
> > > his
> > >> 300SLR on the pole with a lugubrious 4:48 (that's FOUR-forty-eight)
for
> > > its
> > >> last race.
> > >>
> > >> Get Dundrod he
> > >>
> > >> http://www.jrpearson.homestead.com/Dundrod.html
> > >>
> > >> --Steve Smith
> > >
> > >
> > > yawn.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>