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Well since hooter is re-capping his 2009 season I want to join in on the fun too…
I’m running the #95 Chevy for JR Motorsports using the COT 1.1 mod with some of the newer paint jobs integrated into the game. I have both Brad Keselowski (#25 GoDaddy.com) and Danica Patrick (#7 Motorola/Boost Mobile) as teammates, and Tony Eury Sr. as crew chief. I’m running this season in full career mode so everyone is locked in for the duration.
As for sponsorship I got lucky enough to have one main sponsor with deep enough pockets for the entire year and beyond if things go well…Pixar Studios with additional backing from the Walt Disney Company. So yeah, I’m driving the Lightning McQueen car as my main paintjob, but there are other Pixar movies that will be on the car as well like The Incredibles, Monsters Inc. and Finding Nemo. I’ll take some screenshots of my cars on the track soon.
Instead of running all of the races at 100% for the AI I’m going a different route – I’m matching AI strength to whatever level is accurately reflected in qualifying times for the actual Sprint Cup. In other words say that I want to match the pole time for the Auto Club 500 which is in California, I test to see what level matches most closely the 39.25 seconds for this year’s pole. In this case the AI strength which matches that qualifying time is 96%. There are some times when I back the AI down a bit so that I can at least match speed because sometimes they just run away. I could just hold the throttle open all the way around the track but then it becomes a safety issue. But at most tracks I can match the actual speeds.
So far I’ve run up through Richmond and I’m about to run the Southern 500. Just a recap on my season so far:
Speedweeks :
Budweiser Shootout – The debut of the #95 Pixar/Disney Chevy had everyone in the garage area talking and was the most popular car on the track – at least for the little kids who were there with their parents. The last couple of laps it was me and Danica trying to help each other stay away from everyone else, and it worked as we were able to put some distance between ourselves and the field. Last lap I made a run at her coming out of turn 4 but I just didn’t have quite enough to catch her. Danica Patrick wins the Budweiser Shootout.
Gatorade Duel – Did pretty mush the same as I did for the Shootout, just stay patient, stay up near the front then make a move at the end. It worked this time as I won my half of the Duel.
Daytona 500 – Most of the race I was a lap down. I was jostling for position with Micheal Waltrip coming out of the first pit stop when I blew the front right tire. So back into the pits I go to get the right side changed and by the time I got back out there I was a lap down. So new strategy, just keep going and try to get the lucky dog as soon as possible. Well by Lap 100 it looked like it wasn’t going to happen and I would finish back in the pack when…what do you know, we got a yellow! I went in to top off the tank and get fresh rubber and I GOT THE LUCKY DOG! Back on the lead lap! When we go green there are 15 laps to go. I worked my up through the field and re-took the lead with 4 to go. I held onto that with David Stremme on my back the entire time and won.
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BigDaddyCool
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Daytona Recap:
Bud Shootout, started 1st, finished second. Winner – Danica Patrick. AI – 92%
Gatorade Duel, started 1st, finished 1st. Winner – Joe Gandolfo (me). AI – 92%
Daytona 500, started 2nd, finished 1st. Winner – Joe Gandolfo. AI – 92%
The target AI for Daytona should be 100% but I haven’t been able to get a setup where I can run at 100%, still have the speed and not overheat the engine. Still working on it though.
OK, now to recap the rest of the schedule…
Auto Club 500 – Home territory since I was born and raised in SoCal. AI is 96% - right on target. I qualified 28th in my homecoming race. Didn’t take me long to get to the front and since Fontana is so wide it’s easier than at other tracks. As usual I can put some distance between myself and the field in turns one and two but usually lose some ground on the straightaways and in turn 3. I’m leading going into the final turn and coming out of turn 4 I get clipped by Paul Menard and get loose. I wind up saving it (even after watching the replay I don’t know how) and beat Jimmy Johnson to the line.
Shelby 427 – AI is 102, but should be 111 to math actual qualifying times.
*During the Auto Club 500 the week before, Wall-E won Best Animated Feature at the Oscars, so I made up a special car just for this race to celebrate.*
I won the pole for this one, but late in the race fuel became an issue. No matter how hard I tried saving it I didn’t have enough to make it to the end. With ten laps to go I’m trying to get past Elliott Sadler when we make contact and I lose my front right, just like at Daytona. I have to get in and out of the pits fast but by the time I get back on the track I’ve lost the lead and there’s no getting it back. I finished 27th and Juan Pablo Montoya wound up winning.
Kobalt Tools 500 – AI is 94, right where it should be.
Pretty uneventful. I got out front and stayed there the whole time.
Food City 500 – AI is where it needs to be at 98.
I was doing well up until lap 223 when I got a penalty for speeding in the pits. I almost had it back when I got bumped and lost a tire on lap 282. I had to serve another penalty for coming into the pits when they were closed – they were open when I entered them!. Finished in 39th.
Goody’s Cool Orange 500 – AI is on the money at 99 (based off of last years times as this year’s qualifying was rained out.)
I start 12th and take my time making my way to the front. I’m running up front for most of the day, and that’s where I finish for my first ever Martinsville win.
Samsung 500 – AI should be at 93 but I run at 92 for safety reasons.
Texas is always fun. I love running at the D-ovals. Now my teammate loves running at them too. Danica Patrick gets her first win of the year. I tried holding off Montoya and Stremme over the last 10 laps, but on the last lap Juan got past me and made a run at Dani. He didn’t catch her though. I was able to watch her win from a third place finish.
Subway fresh Fit 500 – AI is at 96 – perfect.
I still can’t believe what happened at Phoenix. I’m near the front with about 10 laps left in the race. I’m biding my time, just stalking the leaders and waiting to make my…wait…what…why am I sliding? DAMN YOU KVAPIL!!!!!!! I get back in line and I can only manage a 25th place finish.
Aaron’s 499[b] – AI is right on the money at 94.
I help Richard Childress celebrate the anniversary of RCR’s first win as an organization by driving for him in the Nationwide race. I’m a little hesitant getting into that Black and Silver Van Halen striped #3 Coca-Cola car. I don’t care who you are, only one man should ever drive that number, but since Richard, Theresa [b]and Junior all asked me to do it I pilot the car to a 4th place finish. In the 499 I wasn’t as lucky. We got a yellow late in the race and we had quick yellows twice in a row. There were cars spinning out behind me as we were getting ready to go green again so I figured we would get another quickie yellow, right? Wrong! We stayed at yellow and I lose the lead pack and come in 27th.
Crown Royal 400 – AI is good at 91.
Until tonight I have never won Richmond. Well I had some good luck, some good pit stops and a great crew behind me.
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| Posted: Tue May 12, 04:22 |
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So my finishes for the year:
Budweiser Shootout – 2nd
Gatorade Duel – 1st
Daytona 500 – 1st
Auto Club 500 – 1st
Shelby 427 – 27th
Kobalt Tools 500 – 1st
Food City 500 – 39th
Goody’s Cool Orange 500 – 1st
Samsung 500 – 3rd
Subway Fresh Fit 500 – 25th
Aaron’s 499 – 27th
Crown Royal 400 – 1st
Paint schemes I’ve used this year:
Budweiser Shootout – Lightning McQueen
Gatorade Duel – Lightning McQueen
Daytona 500 – Lightning McQueen
Auto Club 500 – Lightning McQueen
Shelby 427 – Wall-E (special car to celebrate the Oscar win the week before)
Kobalt Tools 500 – Lightning McQueen
Food City 500 – Lightning McQueen
Goody’s Cool Orange 500 – The Incredibles
Samsung 500 – Lightning McQueen
Subway Fresh Fit 500 – The Incredibles
Aaron’s 499 – Lightning McQueen
Crown Royal 400 – Monsters Inc.
Race winners for the year:
Budweiser Shootout – Danica Patrick
Gatorade Duel 1 – Joe Gandolfo
Gatorade Duel 2 – Jimmy Johnson
Daytona 500 – Joe Gandolfo
Auto Club 500 – Joe Gandolfo
Shelby 427 – Juan Pablo Montoya
Kobalt Tools 500 – Joe Gandolfo
Food City 500 – Denny Hamlin
Goody’s Cool Orange 500 – Joe Gandolfo
Samsung 500 – Danica Patrick
Subway Fresh Fit 500 – Mark Martin (go figure)
Aaron’s 499 – Reed Sorensen
Crown Royal 400 – Joe Gandolfo
AI Strength:
Budweiser Shootout – 92% (should be 100%)
Gatorade Duel – 92% (100%)
Daytona 500 – 92% (100%)
Auto Club 500 – 96%
Shelby 427 – 102% (111%)
Kobalt Tools 500 – 94%
Food City 500 – 98%
Goody’s Cool Orange 500 – 99% (???)
Samsung 500 – 92% (93%)
Subway Fresh Fit 500 – 96%
Aaron’s 499 – 94%
Crown Royal 400 – 91%
Point Standings going into Darlington:
1) Joe Gandolfo 1478
2) Kyle Busch -35
3) Clint Bowyer -125
4) Jeff Gordon -159
5) Bobby LaBonte -182
6) Danica Patrick -184
7) David Stremme -215
 Juan Pablo Montoya -229
9) Denny Hamlin -244
10) Kurt Busch -274
11) Joey Logano -313
12) Sam Hornish Jr. -315
Points behind 12th place:
13) Jamie McMurray -26
14) Ryan Newman -53
15) Bill Elliott -61
16) Jimmy Johnson -62
17) Dale Earnhardt Jr. -85
1 Tony Stewart -103
19) Brad Keselowski -104
20) Jeff Burton -152
Now it’s on to the track “that’s too tough to tame…”
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| Posted: Tue May 12, 18:50 |
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I was able to tame Darlington. Although i hit the turn 3 wall about 30 times lol.
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| Posted: Tue May 12, 22:56 |
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Yeah I hear ya. I'm going to so my best to stay off of the wall since I hit it a few times in practice. Everytime I did it ruined mt steering.
Here's something though...I have both Mayfield and Kvapil in my career yet neither one is actually racing right now. I know I can change drivers names without a problem but is there a way I can have a new driver start with zero points and not screw everything up? I can replace Mayfield with J.J. Yealey, but I don't want to give him Mayfield's points if I can avoid it. I'm also wondering if I can do the same with Kvapil and replace him with Kenny Wallace, and have Wallace start from scratch.
Or should I just leave everything as is and wait 'till after Miami to make changes?
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| Posted: Tue May 12, 23:34 |
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There is a way in F1 Challenge, so there has to be a way in NSR...Something about the CCH file before you start your season.
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Yeah I think in NSR's case it has something to do with the Career.ini file, but I don't want to run the risk of messing up the season and having to start over again. Think I'll wait until after Darlington, copy the files and experiment.
Anyway, some pictures of the year so far...
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| Posted: Wed May 13, 06:47 |
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And still more pictures...
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Good lord man, how many pictures are you going to take?!?
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Is it me or is this turning into a "slide show from hell?"
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Most of these cars I did in 1024 x 1024. I'm redoing them in 2048 x 2048.
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My weekend at Darlington - (AI at 97, should be 105)
Nationwide - I did another favor for Richard Childress and got in that Coca-Cola #3 car again. I had a lot of fun actually going around Darlington in this car - well winning probably had something to do with it. Good practice for the Southern 500.
Southern 500 - Well at least I didn't come in last!
I did everything I could to keep the car off of the wall early, well #$@! happens. As the race went along the handling got a little more difficult until I could get to the pits, we made some repairs and it would get better - until someone would plow into me! I swear I had never been as beaten up in a car as I was at Darlington. That thing had so many dents in it at the end I thought all we would have to do was crumple it into a ball and start over again! I got of easier than Bowyer and Brad though - Clint had some engine troubles and Brad's engine blew up near the end of the race.
I started 23rd and made my way up to the front. The car seemed to do a lot better when it wasn't in traffic and we were trying to stretch the field. After the first pit stop things started to go south. I was back in 10th trying to get ahead of the lead pack when I got rammed into and lost a tire on lap 53. Yup, had to pit and went down a lap. It wasn't until lap 189 that I was able to get the Lucky Dog and get back on the lead lap. I was just setting myself up for a top 20 finish when Ryan Newman sends me spinning.
That's when things got crazy...
NASCAR was telling me to get behind Bowyer who was back on the track. Problem was, I was behind him. Apparently NASCAR wanted me to let Bowyer go around and let him pass me which would have put me a lap down anyway. There was no point in letting that happen so I went ahead and pitted and took the penalty. I finished the race in 41st, 3 laps down.
Results:
1 - David Stremme
2 - Reed Sorenson
3 - Marcos Ambrose
4 - Juan Pablo Montoya
5 - Jeff Gordon
6 - Kyle Busch
7 - Dale Earnhardt Jr.
8 - Aric Almirola
9 - Jeff Burton
10 - Jeremy Mayfield (last race before his suspension)
Point standings going into the All-Star Weekend:
1 - Kyle Busch 1598
2 - Joe Gandolfo -70
3 - Jeff Gordon -119
4 - David Stremme -145
5 - Juan Pablo Montoya -184
6 - Danica Patrick -193
7 - Clint Bowyer -206
8 - Denny Hamlin -235
9 - Bobby laBonte -245
10 - Kurt Busch -289
11 - Sam hornish Jr. -300
12 - Joey Logano -316
Points behind 12th:
13 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. -53
14 - Jamie McMurray -69
15 - Ryan Newman -75
16 - Jimmie Johnson -88
17 - Bill Elliott -98
18 - Reed Sorensen -101
19 - Tony Stewart -123
20 - Jeff Burton -128
Now, it's on to the Yellow walls of Lowe's Motor Speedway. My All-Star lineup so far:
1 - Martin Truex Jr.
2 - Kurt Busch
5 - Mark Martin
7 - Danica Patrick
11 - Denny Hamlin
12 - David Stremme
14 - Tony Stewart
17 - Matt Kenseth
18 - Kyle Busch
24 - Jeff Gordon
29 - Kevin Harvick
33 - Clint Bowyer
39 - Ryan Newman
42 - Juan Pablo Montoya
43 - Reed Sorenson
48 - Jimmie Johnson
83 - Brian Vickers
88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr.
95 - Joe Gandolfo
96 - Bobby LaBonte
I'll add three more after the All-Star Showdown and then we'll have some fun!!!!
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