Racing-related things you do on everyday life

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 30 Nov 2010, 22:58

As the title says...Because we're in the off-season. Because we will have no racing for a couple of months. This is just something of a joke topic to commentate on those things we've done, voluntarily or not, related to racing on our day-by-day.
For example, as I like to do a lot, indulge myself drifting around the supermarket with the shopping carts.
Any thoughts?

Post by **Nuppiz** » 30 Nov 2010, 23:03

I sometimes make noises with my mouth that resemble the engine sounds of a race car, just for "fun".

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 30 Nov 2010, 23:12

Phoenix wrote:For example, as I like to do a lot, indulge myself drifting around the supermarket with the shopping carts.

I done that a lot as a kid, good times.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 30 Nov 2010, 23:14

Phoenix wrote:As the title says...Because we're in the off-season. Because we will have no racing for a couple of months. This is just something of a joke topic to commentate on those things we've done, voluntarily or not, related to racing on our day-by-day.
For example, as I like to do a lot, indulge myself drifting around the supermarket with the shopping carts.
Any thoughts?

When do we meet for a Mercadona GP????

P_Friesacher · Post by **P_Friesacher** » 30 Nov 2010, 23:30

Riskily "overtaking" people while walking through Vienna's metro stations!
And when I was in community service (compulsory in Austria if you don't want to do militay service) sometimes when I had to push people in wheelchairs from A to B, in some corners I was sliding very close to the guardrails, . . ., walls, I mean.
Only the ones who weren't seriously ill, of course...

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 30 Nov 2010, 23:32

Aerond wrote:
Phoenix wrote:As the title says...Because we're in the off-season. Because we will have no racing for a couple of months. This is just something of a joke topic to commentate on those things we've done, voluntarily or not, related to racing on our day-by-day.
For example, as I like to do a lot, indulge myself drifting around the supermarket with the shopping carts.
Any thoughts?

When do we meet for a Mercadona GP????

Eroski's (I believe) are more ample to do that :p
Any subscribers to that? It could be an extra championship round of the F1RWRS Championship :lol:

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 01 Dec 2010, 01:08

Spanish Supermarket Racing Season Calendar -each race will feature two heats-:

1. Eroski
2. Mercadona
3. Carrefour
4. Lidl
5. Aldi
6. Alcampo
7. Caprabo
8. Hipercor
9. Maxi Dia

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 01 Dec 2010, 04:47

Aerond wrote:Spanish Supermarket Racing Season Calendar -each race will feature two heats-:

1. Eroski
2. Mercadona
3. Carrefour
4. Lidl
5. Aldi
6. Alcampo
7. Caprabo
8. Hipercor
9. Maxi Dia

If someone could pay for my flights and accomidation then count me in :lol:

Anyways I also pretend to overtake people when walking and the Masked Lapwing and myself have started racing each other during IST. :lol:

I also seem to tilt my head alot everytime dad goes through a corner in the car.

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 01 Dec 2010, 04:52

Wizzie wrote:Anyways I also pretend to overtake people when walking and the Masked Lapwing and myself have started racing each other during IST.
I also seem to tilt my head alot everytime dad goes through a corner in the car.

Hehe, I smashed you! Usuing "lapped traffic" to my advantage...

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 01 Dec 2010, 07:49

I run stop signs on my bicycle on a daily basis.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 01 Dec 2010, 14:15

Wizzie wrote:If someone could pay for my flights and accomidation then count me in

Yeah, same goes for me. I'd even two "home races" despite the series being solely in Spain. :mrgreen:

Oh, I also shift gears and acclerate very agressively while pretending to be a race driver. Shame on me, really.

watka · Post by **watka** » 01 Dec 2010, 19:01

Wizzie wrote:
Aerond wrote:Spanish Supermarket Racing Season Calendar -each race will feature two heats-:

1. Eroski
2. Mercadona
3. Carrefour
4. Lidl
5. Aldi
6. Alcampo
7. Caprabo
8. Hipercor
9. Maxi Dia

If someone could pay for my flights and accomidation then count me in

I don't like these "Trolley of Tomorrow" regulations, I just can't get heat into the tyres.

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 01 Dec 2010, 19:14

watka wrote:
Wizzie wrote:
Aerond wrote:Spanish Supermarket Racing Season Calendar -each race will feature two heats-:

1. Eroski
2. Mercadona
3. Carrefour
4. Lidl
5. Aldi
6. Alcampo
7. Caprabo
8. Hipercor
9. Maxi Dia

If someone could pay for my flights and accomidation then count me in

I don't like these "Trolley of Tomorrow" regulations, I just can't get heat into the tyres.

They need to institute Headcheese and Nectarine Safety devices.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 01 Dec 2010, 19:49

My problem is with the Safety Hand Lift rules: most of them are just silly, I mean, no paying under Safety Hand Lift? This is ridiculous.

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 01 Dec 2010, 21:09

I get stuck behind

thehemogoblin wrote:I run stop signs on my bicycle on a daily basis.

I make banzai passing moves on my bicycle.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 01 Dec 2010, 21:34

-slipstreaming to overtake cars when actually driving to slow to have any noteworthy benefit of it

-using racing lines in streets when there's no traffic in the opposite direction (hey, i have to brake less and don't have to go on the gas that much, so it saves me the fuel i lose by accelerating slightly too fast )

-driving a renault :roll:

Yannick · Post by **Yannick** » 01 Dec 2010, 22:18

Off-season is off-season for a reason. I feel lucky to get this break to do more important stuff ;-)

Anyway, as a kid, I used to paint circuits for my bike to ride on, with chalk onto a tarmac surface. Usually, the place was the tarmac space in front of the garage in the backyard, so all of these tracks were a bit alike. They all were about 1 1/2 bicycles in width and rather limited in overtaking, but you (or rather I) could race against the clock.

Later, me and a friend did some oval racing of sorts on our bikes there and then, until he ran over a windfallen plum, fell and sprained his ankle in the process, whereupon he retired from "the sport". The only remaining competitor, I had to retire as well and took up road racing, as they say. Well, it was not exactly road racing, but since then, I take my bicycle on tours several times every summer that lead through the backwoods in the rural area where my parents live, accompanied by a varying number of friends. We have adopted the 10-6-4-3-2-1 points system.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 01 Dec 2010, 23:49

Well, just today, as I was returning from university to my residence, I tried to hit the apexes of the corners. I believe I've managed to knock a few seconds off my travel. And it was on a rainy day, so I felt like an Ayrton Senna of some sort :lol:

Anyway, with the I F1 Rejects Supermarket Championship (F1RSC) calendar decided, let's discuss the rules:
-This thing will be run with shopping carts. In a supermarket.
-The carts can be modified with roll and bull bars, but nothing else.
-Drivers may use any kind of products they find around the supermarkets to make life for their rivals miserable.
-Any driver has to have Godwin's Law, as well as Hughes's Law, present at all times.
-HWNSNBM is our Savior.
-Teams will only enter one driver, with a single shopping cart, plus a spare shopping cart. That way there'll be no team orders involved.
-Qualifying will consist of getting the allotted list of items from all around the supermarket as fast as possible, then prepare a tasty meal with them. Both the time spent in picking up the items and the tastiness of the meal will be taken into consideration to decide the starting grid.
-There'll be a punishment in the form of a drive-through cash penalty if someone decides not to use any item from the shelves for a full lap.
-Neither Bernie Ecclestone, Luca di Montezemolo nor Max Mosley are involved in this.
-There'll be ROTRs, IIDOTRs and a Predicament Predictions round for each race.
-The allotted fine to be admitted is $1. It'll be deposited before each race.
-In case of accident, the Safety Cart will be deployed. There'll be a 10% discount in his/her next shopping for the driver who manages to take it down.
I'll add more rules tomorrow or if someone wants to suggest something else.

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 02 Dec 2010, 05:08

Phoenix wrote:Well, just today, as I was returning from university to my residence, I tried to hit the apexes of the corners. I believe I've managed to knock a few seconds off my travel. And it was on a rainy day, so I felt like an Ayrton Senna of some sort
Anyway, with the I F1 Rejects Supermarket Championship (F1RSC) calendar decided, let's discuss the rules:
-This thing will be run with shopping carts. In a supermarket.
-The carts can be modified with roll and bull bars, but nothing else.
-Drivers may use any kind of products they find around the supermarkets to make life for their rivals miserable.
-Any driver has to have Godwin's Law, as well as Hughes's Law, present at all times.
-HWNSNBM is our Savior.
-Teams will only enter one driver, with a single shopping cart, plus a spare shopping cart. That way there'll be no team orders involved.
-Qualifying will consist of getting the allotted list of items from all around the supermarket as fast as possible, then prepare a tasty meal with them. Both the time spent in picking up the items and the tastiness of the meal will be taken into consideration to decide the starting grid.
-There'll be a punishment in the form of a drive-through cash penalty if someone decides not to use any item from the shelves for a full lap.
-Neither Bernie Ecclestone, Luca di Montezemolo nor Max Mosley are involved in this.
-There'll be ROTRs, IIDOTRs and a Predicament Predictions round for each race.
-The allotted fine to be admitted is $1. It'll be deposited before each race.
-In case of accident, the Safety Cart will be deployed. There'll be a 10% discount in his/her next shopping for the driver who manages to take it down.
I'll add more rules tomorrow or if someone wants to suggest something else.

Sorry Phoenix, but I only participate in secular imaginary championships.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 03 Dec 2010, 00:09

thehemogoblin wrote:
Phoenix wrote:Well, just today, as I was returning from university to my residence, I tried to hit the apexes of the corners. I believe I've managed to knock a few seconds off my travel. And it was on a rainy day, so I felt like an Ayrton Senna of some sort
Anyway, with the I F1 Rejects Supermarket Championship (F1RSC) calendar decided, let's discuss the rules:
-This thing will be run with shopping carts. In a supermarket.
-The carts can be modified with roll and bull bars, but nothing else.
-Drivers may use any kind of products they find around the supermarkets to make life for their rivals miserable.
-Any driver has to have Godwin's Law, as well as Hughes's Law, present at all times.
-You don't have to believe in HWNSNBM.
-Teams will only enter one driver, with a single shopping cart, plus a spare shopping cart. That way there'll be no team orders involved.
-Qualifying will consist of getting the allotted list of items from all around the supermarket as fast as possible, then prepare a tasty meal with them. Both the time spent in picking up the items and the tastiness of the meal will be taken into consideration to decide the starting grid.
-There'll be a punishment in the form of a drive-through cash penalty if someone decides not to use any item from the shelves for a full lap.
-Neither Bernie Ecclestone, Luca di Montezemolo nor Max Mosley are involved in this.
-There'll be ROTRs, IIDOTRs and a Predicament Predictions round for each race.
-The allotted fine to be admitted is $1. It'll be deposited before each race.
-In case of accident, the Safety Cart will be deployed. There'll be a 10% discount in his/her next shopping for the driver who manages to take it down.
I'll add more rules tomorrow or if someone wants to suggest something else.

Sorry Phoenix, but I only participate in secular imaginary championships.

Fixed

Post by **tommykl** » 04 Dec 2010, 10:32

I use the "racing line" when I'm walking at school.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 04 Dec 2010, 23:48

Have you guys ever tried to slipstream people ahead of you? :lol:

whatisdeletrazdoing · Post by **whatisdeletrazdoing** » 05 Dec 2010, 01:41

The desks at my school have metal basket-type things under them, so I put my feet on the basket. This transforms my desk into an F1 cockpit and I then imagine that I am driving on a track (not one of Tilke's... of course) and move my feet like I'm controlling the throttle and brake

JohnMLTX · Post by **JohnMLTX** » 05 Dec 2010, 04:21

all of the roads near my house are empty most of the time, so i actually will go run racing lines on them in my little civic.
as long as i'm not out there during police shifts, i'll hit 70 in some turns :lol:

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 07 Dec 2010, 21:59

whatisdeletrazdoing wrote:The desks at my school have metal basket-type things under them, so I put my feet on the basket. This transforms my desk into an F1 cockpit and I then imagine that I am driving on a track (not one of Tilke's... of course) and move my feet like I'm controlling the throttle and brake

Try holding a notebook to make the experience more epic :lol:

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 07 Dec 2010, 22:46

This wrote:-slipstreaming to overtake cars when actually driving to slow to have any noteworthy benefit of it

-using racing lines in streets when there's no traffic in the opposite direction (hey, i have to brake less and don't have to go on the gas that much, so it saves me the fuel i lose by accelerating slightly too fast )

-driving a renault

i deliberatly crashed a renault once.......

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 07 Dec 2010, 22:50

WeirdKerr wrote:
This wrote:-slipstreaming to overtake cars when actually driving to slow to have any noteworthy benefit of it

-using racing lines in streets when there's no traffic in the opposite direction (hey, i have to brake less and don't have to go on the gas that much, so it saves me the fuel i lose by accelerating slightly too fast )

-driving a renault

i deliberatly crashed a renault once.......

Well, I deliberately burned a Toyota GT-One once :roll:

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 07 Dec 2010, 22:59

whatisdeletrazdoing wrote:The desks at my school have metal basket-type things under them, so I put my feet on the basket. This transforms my desk into an F1 cockpit and I then imagine that I am driving on a track (not one of Tilke's... of course) and move my feet like I'm controlling the throttle and brake

I did that once and people were thinking I was a spaz :oops:

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 07 Dec 2010, 23:03

Me and Wizzie just had a race at "Monza" using hats as steering wheels. I won before he even got to the Ascari chicane.

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 07 Dec 2010, 23:51

I want to join the supermarket championship

No need to book a fly, as I'm already in Spain.

I've done that one, as well as hitting the apexes of the corners in the streets :lol:

This morning I was driving under the rain, and was trying to keep a higher gear to reduce the risk of aquaplanning under acceleration...

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 08 Dec 2010, 09:01

Ferrim wrote: No need to book a fly, as I'm already in Spain.

No need to book a flight I think you mean.

Although this fly might be worth booking:

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 08 Dec 2010, 09:06

dr-baker wrote:
Ferrim wrote: No need to book a fly, as I'm already in Spain.

No need to book a flight I think you mean.

Although this fly might be worth booking:

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 08 Dec 2010, 17:02

dr-baker wrote:
Ferrim wrote: No need to book a fly, as I'm already in Spain.

No need to book a flight I think you mean.

Geez...

The number of phoenglish speakers is increasing :lol:

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 09 Dec 2010, 23:52

For anyone not in Spain, there will be a UK Supermarket Championship, as follows;

R1 Superquinn [Dublin]
R2 Asda
R3 Tesco Extra
R4 Lidl
R5 Aldi
R6 Waitrose (the Monaco of the series)
R7 Morrisons
R8 Booths
R9 Iceland
R10 Farmfoods
R11 Spar
R12 Sainsburys
NC Carrefour [Calais]
RoC Costco [Chicago]

Wanzl Racing driver Alex Katajamaki takes us through the inaugural UK Supermarket Championship calendar;

SUPERQUINN Irish Grand Prix
The problem here is the store is located about 1km from the Guinness Brewery, and route from the drivers' hotel to the racetrack goes right past it...so I expect most of us will be all over the place in the opening round. Maybe one of the slower guys will win because the rest of us are too drunk and crash into the tinned goods aisle.

ASDA Glasgow Grand Prix
This is as close to my home round as I'll get, and this will be a tough one for sure. There are plenty of neds and their heavily pregnant teenage girlfriends to avoid hitting, which will cost you valuable time and likely cause some serious damage to your trolley. There's also the highest puncture rate of any round all season here - thanks to the many gun wielding drug dealers at the Robroyston store where the race is held. And finally, the checkouts are so unbelieveably narrow that there's often a bottleneck near the end of the lap, so if anyone heads into this section side by side there could be a massive accident.

TESCO Extra Race of York
The so called 'travelators' make parts of this course quite tricky - the trolleys are fitted with wheel compounds that just don't suit part of the surface, and they get bogged down at the side of the track really easily in said sections. Otherwise it's quite a straightforward race.

LIDL Croydon Grand Prix
This and the following round at Aldi are very similar - there are plenty of Chavs to dodge and it has a boring layout akin to the F1 Phoenix Grand Prix. On the upside, the Bratwurst is excellent.

ALDI Birmingham Superprix
Quite similar to the last one, except the bratwurst is crap.

Waitrose Grand Prix du London
The jewel in the crown of the series - this round has some unique challeneges. The wine section is tricky due to a large volume of slow moving traffic, which often doesn't move for several hours at a time. There are plenty of middle-class prats to watch for - scratching the paintwork of the civilians' gold-plated supertrolleys may result in a huge lawsuit.

Tune in later for Katajamaki's analysis of the second half of the season, including the all-important Race Of Champions at Lincoln Park Costco in Chigago, featuring racers from series around the globe vying to become the ultimate trolley jockey.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 10 Dec 2010, 00:24

I'll submit entries for both the Spanish and UK rounds. Our new Japanese sponsors allow me, Phoenix McAllister, and Barii Mori, if he so wished, to enter trolleys for the Supermarket Championships.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 10 Dec 2010, 12:02

kostas22 wrote:For anyone not in Spain, there will be a UK Supermarket Championship, as follows;

R1 Superquinn [Dublin]
R2 Asda
R3 Tesco Extra
R4 Lidl
R5 Aldi
R6 Waitrose (the Monaco of the series)
R7 Morrisons
R8 Booths
R9 Iceland
R10 Farmfoods
R11 Spar
R12 Sainsburys
NC Carrefour [Calais]
RoC Costco [Chicago]

Where is the Shoprite round, to be held in Douglas, Isle of Man? And the Co-Op round?

P_Friesacher · Post by **P_Friesacher** » 10 Dec 2010, 12:21

We could have two European "Masters" rounds at Aldi and Lidl as everyone seems to have them! (Although Aldi has a different name here in Austria) Also, I'm afraid the prize money is going to be rather low at these two races. And the trophies will be made of cheap plastic. But who cares, they are going back to the McTrolley factory in Woking anyway.
And, really, Lidl's bratwurst: not excellent at all.

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 10 Dec 2010, 17:57

kostas22 wrote:LIDL Croydon Grand Prix
This and the following round at Aldi are very similar - there are plenty of Chavs to dodge and it has a boring layout akin to the F1 Phoenix Grand Prix. On the upside, the Bratwurst is excellent.

ALDI Birmingham Superprix
Quite similar to the last one, except the bratwurst is crap.

I would like to state that unlike many people from Birmingham, I am not a chav.

JohnMLTX · Post by **JohnMLTX** » 10 Dec 2010, 18:33

What about an american series, that goes through various wal-marts throughout the southern US featuring counter-clockwise races around the edge of the stores?

watka · Post by **watka** » 10 Dec 2010, 22:36

In the shape of a praying Marge Simpson?