LFS NC races, Round 3: Aston 12 Hours, ZIMSPORTWINSLOL

Post by **Nuppiz** » 14 Jun 2013, 13:03

Now that IFRC is ready to start and waiting for the RWRS season to start, I've got other ideas to spend some time with present-day series. A bit over a month ago I downloaded LFS-Tweak, which allows me to customise various aspects on Live For Speed vehicles. That gave me some ideas on new LFS races, although for obvious reasons they're not going to be full-blown series. Instead, there'll be three non-championship races in 2016:

F1 Rejects Masters with a customized MRT5. Run in association with the Tropican Government and Melrose Racing Team Engine Workshop. Takes place early in the season (January 31st), with a single 20-car 100 mile race on the Fern Bay circuit.

F1 Rejects Drag Festival with a heavily-customized Formula BMW. Four quarterfinals with eight cars each (32 in total) with the top four of each QF advancing to the semifinals. Two semifinals with eight cars each, again the top four of each SF advancing to the final. The final will then feature the eight best cars, and the winner is crowned the F1 Rejects Dragster King/Queen. Takes place mid-season (June 25th-26th).

Aston 24 Hours - yes, it's back! Takes place late in the season (November 11-13).

Every race will be broadcast live on my UStream channel, and the results will be posted on the forum as well as the wiki.

So, without further ado, here's the list of drivers I'm looking at for F1 Rejects Masters. The list is in order of preference, so once one of the first 20 drivers refuses to take part, the 21st driver gets the chance to join and so on. The selection will end after 20 drivers have confirmed their entry, and I'll add more drivers if needed.

1. Mark Dagnall (three-time F1RWRS champion)
2. Pippa Mann (2012 F1RWRS Champion) CONFIRMED #7
3. Nathanael Spencer (2011 F1RWRS champion)
4. Gary Cameron (2010 F1RWRS champion)
5. Tomo Kazama (2015 F2RWRS & 2014 F3RWRS champion) CONFIRMED
6. Mitchell Macklin (2014 F2RWRS champion) REFUSED
7. Dan Greenlaw (2015 F3RWRS champion)
8. Marcel Agyemang-Badu (2015 RoLFS champion) CONFIRMED #14
9. Cave Johnson (2014 RoLFS champion)
10. Shinobu Katayama (2011 F1RLFS champion) CONFIRMED
11. Paul Jenkins (2015 RTCC champion) CONFIRMED #17
12. Salvatore Miccoli (2015 F1RICS champion) CONFIRMED #13
13. Hwok Kwol-Cho (2015 F1RDS champion) CONFIRMED
14. Daniel Melrose (five-time F1 champion) CONFIRMED #73
15. Nathan McKane (F1 champion, 2015 RoLFS runner-up) CONFIRMED #01
16. Rhys Davies (2015 F1RWRS runner-up) CONFIRMED #51
17. Daniel Moreno (1996 and 1997 F1RGP2C champion)
18. John Zimmer (1995 F1RGP2C champion) CONFIRMED #31
19. Jack Christopherson (1994 F1RGP2C champion)
20. Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler (2001 Prost GP champion) CONFIRMED #27
21. Dave Wilson (1991 LGPS champion)
22. Rosco Vantini (3rd in F1RWRS 2015) CONFIRMED (RESERVE)
23. Phillippe Nicolas (2014 F1RWRS runner-up) CONFIRMED (RESERVE) #88
24. Hagane Shizuka (2012 Bud 500 winner)
25. Aurélien Moll (2013 F1RWRS runner-up) CONFIRMED (RESERVE) #25
26. Chris Dagnall (F1 champion, 2013 F1RWRS 3rd)
27. Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen (2015 F2RWRS runner-up) CONFIRMED (RESERVE) #10
28. Daniel Melville (2015 F3RWRS runner-up) CONFIRMED (RESERVE)
29. Jack Maddock (2015 RTCC runner-up) CONFIRMED (RESERVE)
30. Martyn Rietacher (3rd in RoLFS 2015) CONFIRMED (RESERVE) #3, if already used then #0
31. Pieter Kickert (LifeGP/F1RGP2C) CONFIRMED (RESERVE)
32. James Davies (LifeGP/F1RGP2C) CONFIRMED (RESERVE) #11
33. Edward Kevin (1979 Formula 1 runner-up)
34. Björn Ekdal (2015 F1RDS Winter Cup winner)
35. Douglas Mann (1998 F1CC champion, non-canon)
36. Niko Bellic (2011 REECCS champion, non-canon)

There'll be no injuries from this event (unless you explicitly want so). Because the cars are so small, custom liveries are optional. But if you want to make one you can download the template from here: http://www.barkingpig.org/msz/kits/mrt/MRT_Pro-Kit.rar

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 14 Jun 2013, 13:23

No mention of Douglas Mann's championship success? Why does everybody forget Douglas's title?!

Has that series been discredited or forgotten or something? Anyway, Pippa Mann will compete as long as Douglas is added to the waiting list somewhere. If he isn't, then she won't.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 14 Jun 2013, 13:27

dr-baker wrote:No mention of Douglas Mann's championship success? Why does everybody forget Douglas's title?! Has that series been discredited or forgotten or something? Anyway, Pippa Mann will compete as long as Douglas is added to the waiting list somewhere. If he isn't, then she won't.

The F1CC series got discredited ages ago.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 14 Jun 2013, 13:28

dr-baker wrote:No mention of Douglas Mann's championship success? Why does everybody forget Douglas's title?! Has that series been discredited or forgotten or something? Anyway, Pippa Mann will compete as long as Douglas is added to the waiting list somewhere. If he isn't, then she won't.

Yup, it's been decided that the series was merely a competition on a game or something and it doesn't really count!

And Pippa would refuse a place in the Masters because her brother isn't there? Maybe he isn't there because he's not good enough, and I'm sure he'd want Pippa to compete anyway....

Post by **Nuppiz** » 14 Jun 2013, 13:29

dr-baker wrote:No mention of Douglas Mann's championship success? Why does everybody forget Douglas's title?! Has that series been discredited or forgotten or something? Anyway, Pippa Mann will compete as long as Douglas is added to the waiting list somewhere. If he isn't, then she won't.

Extra reserve list wrote:34. Douglas Mann (1998 F1CC champion)

Happy now?

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 14 Jun 2013, 13:32

Anyway, the Mad Uncle will take up the challenge of driving the go-kart from hell

Unlike Melrose however, Macklin's braincells have not been killed off by chronic alcoholism, so he'll be skipping the Masters.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 14 Jun 2013, 13:35

To be honest, Pippa will compete anyway, partially dus to the fact that she has been put so far up the list...

pasta_maldonado wrote:
dr-baker wrote:No mention of Douglas Mann's championship success? Why does everybody forget Douglas's title?! Has that series been discredited or forgotten or something? Anyway, Pippa Mann will compete as long as Douglas is added to the waiting list somewhere. If he isn't, then she won't.

Yup, it's been decided that the series was merely a competition on a game or something and it doesn't really count!

And Pippa would refuse a place in the Masters because her brother isn't there? Maybe he isn't there because he's not good enough, and I'm sure he'd want Pippa to compete anyway....

Well Pippa knows that her brother is easy competition - one less driver to get in her way...

And the fact that F1CC was a competition within a game means that it doesn't count? But then it still existed, right? And Douglas still won it, right?

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 14 Jun 2013, 13:45

dr-baker wrote:And the fact that F1CC was a competition within a game means that it doesn't count? But then it still existed, right? And Douglas still won it, right?

Yes, but it doesn't count for anything.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 14 Jun 2013, 13:49

For all enthusiastic Wiki editors: please do not make a season page for this. There's only three unrelated races so it'd make little sense. Instead, the links to each race's own article will be included on the main RWRS calendar.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 14 Jun 2013, 15:31

Agyemang-Badu, van Nieuwenhuijzen, Miccoli and Voeckler will all participate.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 14 Jun 2013, 15:33

As the driver who should have won the 2012 F1RWRS season if it had sportive legitimacy Kay Lon calls bullshit on the fact that he was not invited. Tomo Kazama, on the other hand, accepts the invitation. Renaldo Jimenez is neither invited nor does he wish to race anymore but the new Presidente still forces him to do so despite having released his family from prison.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 14 Jun 2013, 16:27

Jack Maddock will be more than pleased to compete at the F1 Rejects Masters.

P.S.: Where's Niko Bellic on the invitation list? Might I remind you he was the first ever REECCS champion?

Post by **Nuppiz** » 14 Jun 2013, 16:39

Phoenix wrote:P.S.: Where's Niko Bellic on the invitation list? Might I remind you he was the first ever REECCS champion?

Yes he was, but REECCS is no longer considered canon, and his best finish in a canon series is 16th in the 2014 F2RWRS season. Added him anyway to the bottom of the list.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 14 Jun 2013, 16:41

Martyn Rietacher would love to take part, even though it appears unlikely he'll be lucky enough to be selected.

RealRacingRoots · Post by **RealRacingRoots** » 14 Jun 2013, 17:39

McKane would like to partake at the F1R Masters Race. I also request that we use the Fern Bay Green circuit, as it produced the best race in RoLFS last year.

Post by **tommykl** » 14 Jun 2013, 17:45

Should he be eventually invited, Aurélien Moll will gladly compete.

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 14 Jun 2013, 18:00

Shinobu Katayama wrote:I would be honoured to accept the invitation.

Rosco Vantini wrote:What? I am 22nd on the list? The organisers can [censor] the invitation where the sun does not shine [gets told that Mitchell Macklin has refused the invitation] which of course is in a postbox.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 14 Jun 2013, 20:24

Paul Jenkins would certainly accept the invitation.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 14 Jun 2013, 21:18

Sadly, none of my drivers have ever won a title in anything, so I will be watching this from the sidelines.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 14 Jun 2013, 21:31

tristan1117 wrote:Sadly, none of my drivers have ever won a title in anything, so I will be watching this from the sidelines.

You have two drivers listed in the Top 10, Spencer and Greenlaw

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 14 Jun 2013, 22:36

Zimmer and Davies will happily compete, and so will Kickert and Melville in the unlikely event they get to :lol:

Post by **Nuppiz** » 16 Jun 2013, 14:00

So we now have 19 confirmations, 12 of which are from the original top 20. The race will be run on June 24th 17:00 UTC as a live video broadcast which will also be recorded and posted on YouTube for those who can't make it to the live event. You have until that date to confirm your entries.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 16 Jun 2013, 14:57

tristan1117 wrote:Sadly, none of my drivers have ever won a title in anything, so I will be watching this from the sidelines.

Ditto.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 16 Jun 2013, 18:21

I've decided that every driver can pick their own favorite racing number, so you can start posting about them now.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 16 Jun 2013, 18:23

Paul Jenkins would like number 17.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 16 Jun 2013, 19:42

#10 Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen
#13 Salvatore Miccoli
#14 Marcel Agyemang-Badu
#27 Frederic-Maxime Voeckler

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 16 Jun 2013, 21:22

#31 - John Zimmer
#51 - Rhys Davies

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 16 Jun 2013, 21:25

Pippa Mann will take number 7.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 16 Jun 2013, 21:34

dr-baker wrote:Pippa Mann will take number 7.

That's not all she'll take

Martyn Rietacher, should he compete, will take the number 3 - if that's already gone then he'll take the number 0

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 16 Jun 2013, 21:38

Melrose will run with #73.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 16 Jun 2013, 22:05

pasta_maldonado wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Pippa Mann will take number 7.

That's not all she'll take

No, that's right. She'll take Ben Fleet with her as well!

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 16 Jun 2013, 23:11

dr-baker wrote:Pippa Mann will take number 7.

Surely 69 would be a more appropriate number for her?

Post by **tommykl** » 17 Jun 2013, 10:32

If chosen, Aurélien Moll prefers number 25

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 17 Jun 2013, 16:51

Stramala wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Pippa Mann will take number 7.

Surely 69 would be a more appropriate number for her?

Only in your depraved, dirty, sinful mind... :roll:

Post by **Nuppiz** » 23 Jun 2013, 20:34

Come on people, confirm your drivers! I want to run this in the next couple of weeks before I'll be away for a longer period of time.

Vepe · Post by **Vepe** » 24 Jun 2013, 12:23

Nuppiz wrote:Come on people, confirm your drivers! I want to run this in the next couple of weeks before I'll be away for a longer period of time.

I counted 20 confirmed drivers total, so you have enough drivers already, why not announce a deadline by which you have to confirm the drivers and after that lock the entries?

Post by **Nuppiz** » 24 Jun 2013, 14:02

Vepe wrote:
Nuppiz wrote:Come on people, confirm your drivers! I want to run this in the next couple of weeks before I'll be away for a longer period of time.
I counted 20 confirmed drivers total, so you have enough drivers already, why not announce a deadline by which you have to confirm the drivers and after that lock the entries?

Well I only counted 19 confirmed drivers, plus one refusal. Anyway, I'll lock down the entry process on Sunday 30th June 21:00 UTC. If by then I still don't have enough drivers, Phil McCracken gets the nod because of his runner-up position in the 2011 F1RLFS Cup because then I have one of my own drivers here as well.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 24 Jun 2013, 14:05

... just realised I forgot to confirm James Davies. He'll run car 11.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 25 Jun 2013, 06:15

Bah, stuff it. Phillippe Nicolas will enter the event with car #88 if the option is available.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 01 Jul 2013, 23:01

Well then, signups are over. Here's the final entry list:

Pippa Mann (2012 F1RWRS Champion) #7
Tomo Kazama (2015 F2RWRS & 2014 F3RWRS champion)
Marcel Agyemang-Badu (2015 RoLFS champion) #14
Shinobu Katayama (2011 F1RLFS champion)
Paul Jenkins (2015 RTCC champion) #17
Salvatore Miccoli (2015 F1RICS champion) #13
Hwok Kwol-Cho (2015 F1RDS champion)
Daniel Melrose (five-time F1 champion) #73
Nathan McKane (F1 champion, 2015 RoLFS runner-up) #01
Rhys Davies (2015 F1RWRS runner-up) #51
John Zimmer (1995 F1RGP2C champion) #31
Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler (2001 Prost GP champion) #27
Rosco Vantini (3rd in F1RWRS 2015)
Phillippe Nicolas (2014 F1RWRS runner-up) #88
Aurélien Moll (2013 F1RWRS runner-up) #25
Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen (2015 F2RWRS runner-up) #10
Daniel Melville (2015 F3RWRS runner-up) #5
Jack Maddock (2015 RTCC runner-up)
Martyn Rietacher (3rd in RoLFS 2015) #3
Pieter Kickert (3rd in 1997 F1RGP2C) #16

Drivers still missing a number may start confirming them now, as well as post their liveries if they want any (although due to the small size of the cars they are optional).