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Richard Welty: Why I pass SRFs through tech

nospam@example.com (Richard Welty) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:01:30 -0400

I think that if an SRF went straight in without deaccelerating it could be pretty bad.
This is what happened in the fatality at LRP two years ago; a Radical DSR with 10" spacing impacted at full chat at the top of the uphill and the harnesses came loose; the driver was wearing a HANs. His carotid artery tore and he bled out in the car. I can't say that this was the whole cause; it was a tough accident, but I believe it was a contributing factor. An SRF could easily be going as fast at a fast track.

Jnny: Why I pass SRFs through tech

nospam@example.com (Jnny) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:57:37 -0400

Are the HANs requirements as critical on the SRFs? Their terminal velocity is much lower than the top SRs and formula cars. Valuable caution or much ado about nothing?

Richard Welty: What's going on in NYC?

nospam@example.com (Richard Welty) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:39:08 -0400

I should add that if web site stats went up 880% nationwide, I'd be quitting my lovely and talented day job as a Java/DB consultant at BofA to work on the website full time, and there's some cool stuff I'd do if I only had the time, so get to it.

Richard Welty: Racing at Bergstrom AFB, Brooks AFB

nospam@example.com (Richard Welty) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:01:10 -0400

Any info at all about Texas races is appreciated. I have a big list of historic venues that Wayne Hill gave me, but chasing it all down is proving to be an interesting challenge.

Jay Chehal: Racing at Bergstrom AFB, Brooks AFB

nospam@example.com (Jay Chehal) — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:50:12 -0400

I stumbled across this page when I was trying to find info on Brooks AFB and their supposed track. I live in San Antonio now, and my mechanic here recently told me about some of the "car rallies" (his term) that they had there. I should be in contact with him this week, I can ask him about it and post up whatever I find if you'd like... If anyone knows anything about it, or other driver's events in San Antonio please drop me a line at my email: jchehal@gmail.com

Thanks!!!

-Jay

Richard Welty: Mexican Race Tracks

nospam@example.com (Richard Welty) — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:38:15 -0400

They do not seem to have a mechanism for publishing their schedule online. Given that they have generally been "special events only", this is certainly annoying, but I don't have a good way to find out outside of calling them on the phone. there are two numbers listed for them in last year's National Speedway Directory, 208-756-3817 and 207-756-8780 (fax).

Terry Cook: Mexican Race Tracks

nospam@example.com (Terry Cook) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:38:29 -0400

Do you know where I would find a schedule of races at Salmon, Idaho Speedway?

Thanks.

Richard Welty: Latitude & Longitude

nospam@example.com (Richard Welty) — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:24:07 -0400

I've pretty much decided that it's a trivial use of bandwidth and page space, so i'm going to display both, something like

Latitude: xx.xxxxx
Longitude: -yy.yyyyy
GPS: N xx uu.vvv W yy rr.ttt

Brian: Comments enabled

nospam@example.com (Brian) — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:08:13 -0400

Congrats - Akismet should help considerably. I use Postgres for MotorsportReg.com and love it; I've been using it now for 5 years.

Brian: Latitude & Longitude

nospam@example.com (Brian) — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:01:29 -0400

It's only relevant for people who want to enter them into a nav system or something similar I would think; what's the most common format there? Maybe whatever is shorter?

Richard Welty: Comments enabled

nospam@example.com (Richard Welty) — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:56:32 -0400

Akismet support was just sitting there, so i grabbed a wordpress API key and turned it on. now to come up with something for the phpbb2 installation, that's already being hit since i straightened out its issues. sigh.

Richard Welty: Comments enabled

nospam@example.com (Richard Welty) — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:14:29 -0400

I've seen the recommendation before, and will look into it. The blog package, by the way, is serendipity, which seems pretty good and as an added bonus backends on PostgreSQL, my preferred database.

Brian: Comments enabled

nospam@example.com (Brian) — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:02:40 -0400

Richard, depending on your blog software (package or custom written), you should take a peek at the Akismet libraries out there: http://akismet.com/development/ It's free to use and provides external spam decision making based on thousands of authors and other factors. It's really quite impressive... unfortunately there is nothing quite as good for trackback spam which my MSR blog has been getting hit with ~4000 pings per day.

Tim Nobis: track info wanted -- especially sand drags

nospam@example.com (Tim Nobis) — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:10:21 -0400

In response to your request for information on sand drags, the newly formed Four Corners Sand Slingers association has been holding monthly sand drags for about four months and the attendance has increased with each event. Everyone is invited in the "run what you brung" style races. No cxost to enter and the only prizes at this point are bragging rights. However as this event grows and the association gathers more members, classes will evolve and prizes will be awarded to top runners with a championship to be held in the cinders in Flagstaff,AZ each spring. Any one in the area or otherwise intersted can e-mail me at timxlr8r@msn.com or just show up at the next event Oct. 7 @ 10:00 am in Aztec, NM 819 S. Main Ave. It's a great time.

Steven Cole: fool cells 101

nospam@example.com (Steven Cole) — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 05:20:15 -0400

Your site is very useful