1998 CART Championship - Season over

[Salamander]

Team: Tasman
User: You Don't Win Friends With Salad-mander
Chassis Upgrade: N
Engine Upgrade: Y
Tyre Upgrade: Y

[TomWazzleshaw]

Team: Team Menard
User: Wazzle
Chassis Upgrade: Y
Engine Upgrade: Y
Tyre Upgrade: Y

[Gertrand Bachot]

Round 6 - 1998 Motorola 300 - Gateway International Raceway - Results

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Driver of the race: Roberto Moreno - In his 1st race as injury replacement for Dario Franchitti takes an emotional victory.
Reject of the race: Marlboro Team Penske - Unser was drunk and Tracy's engine blew after just 1 lap.

Penalties
P.J. Jones recieves 3 penalty points and a $25,000 fine for dangerous driving.

[Ciaran]

Team: Arciero-Wells Racing
User: Regenmeister94
Chassis Upgrade: N
Engine Upgrade: Y
Tyre Upgrade: Y

[Bandon23]

Team: Payton/Coyne Racing
User: Bandon23
Chassis Upgrade: Y
Engine Upgrade: Y
Tyre Upgrade: N

[Gertrand Bachot]

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Also, if you wish to change any of your drivers, please post on the thread (there's no further cost).

Drivers Standings

[dr-baker]

Great result!

[Gertrand Bachot]

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Damages
Al Unser Jr's chassis was damaged and thus has a repair bill of $185,000. Marlboro Team Penske will have to pay this bill.

DOTR: Kenny Brack - Was having a great comeback drive until the now standard transmission failure...
ROTR: Juan Pablo Montoya - You don't finish 14th from pole position...

Drivers Standings

[Gonzalez]

Penske will pay for the damages.

[Gertrand Bachot]

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DOTR: Alex Zanardi - Alex is back in business and he wants you to know this
ROTR: Adrian Fernandez - Don't drink kids...

Drivers Standings

[Gertrand Bachot]

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DOTR: Scott Goodyear - He's going back to his glory days...
ROTR: Michel Jourdain Jr - What is it with the Mexicans now? :p

Drivers Standings

[Gertrand Bachot]

I've decided that there will be 1 more upgrade period, but there isn't a specified time; it's up to you, the company owner, to choose when to upgrade the parts, and team owners can buy them whenever they want. Here's the rules:

- Chassis manufacturers can introduce a 'B-spec' chassis for teams to purchase; the RNG range for each area will be increased to 1000 instead of the standard 500

- Engine manufacturers can introduce a new specification of engine, with either a road course spec, an oval spec, or both (but with both spec costs mashed together). The power ranges are up to 70 for ovals, and 30 for road courses, and the Rel ranges are up to 1000

- Tyre manufacturer upgrades are the same as before, with the expanded 1000 RNG ranges

- Users representing the manufacturers can choose exactly when to use their upgrade slot, but once you've used it, you can't use it again, so choose wisely!

- Penske and AAR will have the chassis upgrades automatically added on and costs automatically deducted from their budgets due to them producing their chassis in-house

The list of company representatives has been modified, with it looking like this:
Reynard: Reject_Dom
Swift: Regenmeister94
Honda: TomDilain
Ford: Dexter249
Mercedes: Gonzalez
Firestone: First-come first-serve
Goodyear: CarloSpace

Formats:

Code: Select all

Chassis constructor:
User:
B-Spec: Y/N
D upgrade: Y/N
H upgrade: Y/N
G upgrade: Y/N
Rel upgrade: Y/N
RGR upgrade: Y/N

Code: Select all

Engine manufacturer:
User:
New spec: Y/N
QP upgrade: Y/N
RP upgrade: Y/N
Rel upgrade: Y/N

Code: Select all

Tyre manufacturer:
User:
QGrip upgrade: Y/N
RGrip upgrade: Y/N
D upgrade: Y/N
RGR upgrade: Y/N

[Gertrand Bachot]

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DOTR: Bobby Rahal - Crushingly dominant victory sets doubt aside after return from injury
ROTR: Michel Jourdain Jr - 2nd DNQ in a row...

[CarloSpace]

The list of company representatives has been modified, with it looking like this:
Reynard: Reject_Dom
Swift: Regenmeister94
Honda: TomDilain
Ford: Dexter249
Mercedes: Gonzalez
Firestone: First-come first-serve
Goodyear: First-come first-serve

Could you elaborate why? I feel a little insulted to be removed from my position at Goodyear without prior notice.

[Gertrand Bachot]

The list of company representatives has been modified, with it looking like this:
Reynard: Reject_Dom
Swift: Regenmeister94
Honda: TomDilain
Ford: Dexter249
Mercedes: Gonzalez
Firestone: First-come first-serve
Goodyear: First-come first-serve

Could you elaborate why? I feel a little insulted to be removed from my position at Goodyear without prior notice.

I wanted to give everyone a chance to upgrade; but you’re right, it was unfair of me to do that.

[Bandon23]

Payton/Coyne will sack Michel Jourdain Jr. after failing to qualify shockingly in last two races. Christian Fittipaldi will replace him for the rest of the season with Payton/Coyne.

[Gertrand Bachot]

CART for Rubens?
After Dario Franchitti's crash at the Jacarepaguá circuit back in May which sidelined him for the rest of 1998, most people were expecting him to come back to Newman-Haas for 1999. Well, Jackie Stewart has today pressed a story that Dario will not be coming back to CART in 1999, instead going to the Stewart F1 Team as one of their drivers. Stewart has also confirmed that existing driver Rubens Barrichello's services are not required for 1999, meaning that Rubens has decided to look over here in the USA for a drive. The Brazilian thinks that it would be better for him to achieve success at the front in CART rather than languish in the F1 midfield or at the back of the pack. He has also said that he is keen to try his hand at oval racing.

To summarise: Rubens Barrichello will be an available driver for CART teams to hire in 1999.

[Gertrand Bachot]

U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota

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Miller Lite 200

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The Chicago Tribune Presents Texaco/Havoline 200

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Drivers Standings

[Gertrand Bachot]

Molson Indy Vancouver

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Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring the Texaco/Havoline 300

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Drivers Standings

[Gertrand Bachot]

Texaco Grand Prix of Houston

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Honda Indy Carnival Australia

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Yes, the carset is screwed; which is conversely why I'm burning through this season very quickly so I can nuke it and do it over in 1999.

Drivers Standings

[Gertrand Bachot]

Marlboro 500 presented by Toyota

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So, the 1998 season is done! Greg Moore and Forsythe will be partying hard over the winter at their success, and I'll give people a cool down before getting into a completely new and hopefully improved 1999 (unless you want me to start now).

I will accept any votes for ROTY (apart from the carset obviously) and then we can go from there.

Final Drivers Standings

[Dexter249]

ROTY -
#1 Vincenzo Sospiri
OI
FOCK U M8
#2 P.T. (Loser)
Paul Tracy, the opposite of how a Canadian should act and drive for that matter
at least he isn't Alex Tagliani in the Pinty's Series
#3 Penske and AAR
Sh**boxes, no doubt about that.

[This Could Be You]

RoTY:
DHM:
Alessandro Zanardi: If this was judged on the first half of the year, he'd definitely be RoTY, but his dominant win in Portland redeemed him somewhat
Ford: Gutless on ovals, and with far too many blow-ups
3. Vincenzo Sospiri: Managed to repeat his F1 1997 misadventure, only this time in a decent team
2. JJ Lehto: Being outscored by Guallter Salles (and only narrowly outscoring King Hiro) is hardly a ringing endorsement for the ex-F1 pilot
1. Penske: Started with the highest budget, and yet ended up with the lowest championship positions of all the chassis manufacturers, including Eagle. A disappointing year definitely for the Captain's team