West Point 84 checking in

Had a blast racing with WarEagle Sr. and War Eagle Jr. tonight and they suggested I join. He was even nice enough to help me out with a few tips for the VM Time Attack League.

WARNING! I am slower than molasses in the winter, but I love clean, competitive racing (by competitive, I mean you have to give me a head start or drive at 3/4 throttle).

If you have any spaces for old slow guys, I'd love to join your team.

Thanks!

shotgun (GT: West Point 84)

EDIT: Guess I should have read the application rules first (sorry).

Are you willing to change your gamertag to add the EZT tag? Yes
Real First Name: Charlie
Nationality: American
Age: 49
Wheel Or Controller User: Wheel
Have you sent a Friend Request to EZT TomCat7? Not yet (will do tomorrow - kids are playing the Xbox)
Have you beaten the EZT Time Attack? Not yet (need to read the rules again)
Have you read and understand the Team Rules and the above requirements: Yes
Your official race number: Not sure what this is (read the rules again, probably)

Hobbies & Interests: Fishing, woodworking, photography

A bit about you: Father of two boys (15 and 13) and married for 27 years. Professional electrical engineer working for a multi-national consulting engineering firm in the water and wastewater area.

Welcome!! The only bad thing here is that those slow guys who hang around here usually end up getting faster! It's the nature of the beast!! LOL!!

Glad to have you!

Welcome Charlie, glad to have friendly "Old" people come to our site.
You'll find that we have some of those "Old" people here already.

You will find me mostly on the Speedways.

Great to see ya made it. We had a fun time with racing with u. hope to do it somemore. anytime you see me wareagle jr or and body from EZT just drop on in you are always welcome.

EZT TomCat7 wrote:

Welcome Charlie, glad to have friendly "Old" people come to our site.
You'll find that we have some of those "Old" people here already.

You will find me mostly on the Speedways.

Welcome! I guess I am one of the old slow guys, but I don't believe it!

hi Shotgun,Welcome hope to race with you soon, I'm Not to old and not to fast but improving thaks to those EZT guys

Thanks for the warm welcome guys.

WarEagle, did you get those 03 Focus tunes?

Been working on meeting the time attack challenge. Results so far:

Track: Maple Valley
Car: C 354 Ford Focus '09
Time to beat: 1:45:00
My time: 1:44:694 (squeeking in just under the bar)

Track: Mugello
Car: R3 789 Ferrari FXX
Time to beat: 1:46:00
My time: 1:47.302 (this one is tough - my throttle control sucks)

Track: Catalunya
Car: B 471 SEAT Leon SC
Time to beat: 2:02:00
My time: 2:02:879 (need to find a better line and convince myself to use it)

Next is

Track: Iberian
Car: A 548 Mercedes SL65
Time to beat: 55:500
My time: xx:xx:xx (i'm predicting my best will be 57.xxx)

I know I'm not on the team yet, but could one of you guys confirm the target (after warm up) air pressure for FM3? I've heard everything from 32 PSI to 40 PSI. If it's a EZT secret, I understand.

shotgun wrote:

Thanks for the warm welcome guys.

WarEagle, did you get those 03 Focus tunes?

Been working on meeting the time attack challenge. Results so far:

Track: Maple Valley
Car: C 354 Ford Focus '09
Time to beat: 1:45:00
My time: 1:44:694 (squeeking in just under the bar)

Track: Mugello
Car: R3 789 Ferrari FXX
Time to beat: 1:46:00
My time: 1:47.302 (this one is tough - my throttle control sucks)

Track: Catalunya
Car: B 471 SEAT Leon SC
Time to beat: 2:02:00
My time: 2:02:879 (need to find a better line and convince myself to use it)

Next is

Track: Iberian
Car: A 548 Mercedes SL65
Time to beat: 55:500
My time: xx:xx:xx (i'm predicting my best will be 57.xxx)

I know I'm not on the team yet, but could one of you guys confirm the target (after warm up) air pressure for FM3? I've heard everything from 32 PSI to 40 PSI. If it's a EZT secret, I understand.

i havent checked to see if i got the tunes. thanks for sending it to me. Now the tire pressures should be some where around 32 when they heat up. i will be on later today and i can help u with the tests if u want.

Still working on it...Once again, thanks to WarEagle and ReDeYe2807 for helping me practice.

Challenge 1
Track: Mugello
Car: R3 789 Ferrari FXX
Time to beat: 1:46.00
My time: 1:47.302

Challenge 2
Track: Tsukuba Circuit
Car: S 675 HKS Lancer Evo
Time to beat: 55.00
My time: 55.101

Challenge 3
Track: Iberian
Car: A 548 Mercedes SL65
Time to beat: 55.500
My time: 55.423 (blind squirrel found a nut)

Challenge 4
Track: Catalunya
Car: B 471 SEAT Leon SC
Time to beat: 2:02.00
My time: 2:02.879

Challenge 5
Track: Maple Valley
Car: C 354 Ford Focus '09
Time to beat: 1:45.00
My time: 1:44.694

WP 84, thanks for the interest and huge effort on the time trials.

Guys,
Thanks for the support. I never realized how hard this was going to be. I know I'm slow, but between learning Forza and the Fanatec wheel, it's been a real struggle.

I have top 500 (I'm exactly 500th) time on one track (Motegi Speedway) that I did on August 12, 2011.

If I combine this with my two completed time attacks, would this qualify?

Track: Maple Valley
Car: C 354 Ford Focus '09
Time to beat: 1:45.00
My time: 1:44.694

Challenge 3
Track: Iberian
Car: A 548 Mercedes SL65
Time to beat: 55.500
My time: 55.423

Thanks!

You have completed 2 of the 3 required , with challenge six you have to complete 3 top 500 or 1 top 100. Or just finish another time trial. I would suggest the seat sc on cat for your 3rd time trial.

Yo WP, if you are struggling, might i suggest for the top 500 you should try to do a sidewinder track?

Thanks for the advice guys.

With a LOT of help from WarEagle (again, thank you Sir), I have finally completed the challenges. I tired really hard to get Catalunya, but kept screwing up the last two turns (couldn't get the turn in correct on the first, which screwed up the second). Anyway here are my results.

Track: Iberian
Car: A 548 Mercedes SL65
Time to beat: 55.500
My time: 55.423

Track: Maple Valley
Car: C 354 Ford Focus '09
Time to beat: 1:45.00
My time: 1:44.694

Top 500 times
Sedona Speedway, R1 class, #407, 22.291
Sedona Speedway-R, R1 class, #184, 22.189
Sunset Speedway, R1, class, #394, 34.107
Sunset Speedway-R, R1, class, #203, 34.170

I've postd these in a separate thread in "Becoming a member of EZT Motorsport".

Wonderful persistence that paid off!! Way to go!!

EZT Rezin wrote:

+1

Way 2 Go bro!!! Congrats

Thanks guys!

Tried to hook up with you last night, but timing didn't work.

I'll keep trying.

You will get up with us. Try to send as many FRs to the EZT guys and run with as any as u want

Well sons of us will be on for some spec race practice for the vm race Thursday

Hey Shotgun, go register at: http://www.virtual-motorsports.com/forums/index.php

Then check out the EZT StockHatch Series. I will send you a prebuilt and tuned car for the next race if you would like to race with us in a fun Tournament. http://www.virtual-motorsports.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=61

My best lap on Tsukuba with the tune is 1:01.5.
I also use a racing wheel. the MS racing wheel.

Tom,
I sincerely appreciate the suggestion. In fact, I'm already participating in the Time Attack series at VM (even better - last week I managed to NOT come in last; I beat WarEagle, hehe).

But unfortunately the rest of the current VM series/events (I looked at all of them) conflict with other personal and business obligations.

There's always the truck series on Sunday nights.