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I read this discussion last night. I woke up in the middle of the night with this on my mind. I thought I had something to add, I'll give it a shot.
As pointed out, it takes luck, it also takes skill in quickly "reading" each controller, each car, each lane of the track and who is racing and his/her skills. It takes practice, determination, concentration. As in all racing some are better at it than others. Jimmy Johnson comes to mind! It comes down to: how bad do you want to win, how much time to devote to the cause. And whether you take it as stated or just to be there and do the best you can with friends, it is ALL fun to me. And yes Hammer, I am having a great time even though I may not be belly laughing and slapping my knee!!
Marking a track: I think that depends on what kind of system you have. Here at Rapid the computer keeps track of each racer. The only issue is a tie. If at the end of the race you are tied with another racer in total laps and the computer puts the other racer ahead, you can challenge. This is where the clothes pins come into play. If you both put your clothes pins down where your car stopped, there is your answer. If one of the racers failed to put his clothes pin down, and you did, then you will be placed ahead of him/her.
Rules: Oh boy! Here is the deal, IROC racing, you don't need many rules. The type of racing done at Rapid Raceway, OSCAR and other venues where you bring a car to compete, THE RULES NEED TO BE WRITTEN DOWN! So if there is any conflict, you can pull out the written rules. So as a rule writer, I have to try to determine in advance how to write the rules for the racers who "read between the lines".
Code of conduct: I have that written loosely in the rules also. Here is my take on this issue: if I go to a race at another track for a night of racing, I consider that an invite to a person's home, nobody ( so far ) has even come close to making me angry enough to embarrass myself or my host even though it has been tried. I haven't had to ask anyone to leave from my premises yet, but I am not afraid to. Anybody who has been racing for awhile has witnessed the tantrum, it changes the atmosphere real quick, and that racer will be talked about and pretty much it will be decided that he/she is a real jerk. And like Bill said, they pretty much fade away.
OK, I think I may be able to sleep tonight. Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, where ever you are!!

You all are welcome on the hosting thing, I really enjoyed it also.  Good time and the food! WOW!

I had a good time at the race, coffee and goodies, what more is there? Oh, the racing of course! I like the Odd Thursday's format.
Well hopefuly I will not have to borrow cars any more, (thanks to Bill and Monte who loaned me cars ) as I ordered a sports car and a GT car from Fantasy World yesterday. The GT car is a pre order so I really don't know when they will show up at my door.
I am having a heck of a time finding better tires. I can not get through the sign in process on E-bay, that is where I found some tires. So today I will look at other venders. Fantasy World was out of what I was interested in.
See ya.

Bill; I was just kidding on the glue, I'll share it with anyone. It really is no secret, Gearloose turned me on to it.
On the chassis, they come in a bag full of parts, maybe you know that already. The instructions are in German!!!  I have one in a bag that I'm going to put together soon. I have a couple I can copy if I need to.

Hey dudes and dudets: the schedule for Rapid Raceway is posted on the Rapid Raceway news under GT-1 class.
I'll have a Bloody Mary without the blood.

Fellow racers; I screwed up on the GT-1 date for practice. Aug. 13th. at 5:30.
Bill has been filling my glass tooooo much.

Fellow racers; the final rules for GT-1 will be here tomarrow ( May 4. )
I started to type them in tonight but it is 11:00 pm. I'm winding down!
See ya, Howie.

So Dave, what happened? When my name is used to promote something, I expect some action to see things through, or at least a real good excuse as to why it didn't take place. I agreed to have the race and that was the last I heard. The season is pretty much over.