On the team channel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUIe5Oar9cg 
Possible double post. :P http://www.livestream.com/tommy24
Come on, use the gears nub! haha!
Nice Phil, very nice.
Nice Phil, very nice.
Kenneth O'Keefe's NiCCS Attack!
ineX Racing driver Kenneth O'Keefe has fared well thus far in the NiCCS. Kenneth, whom only posted countable points in 3 of the 5 weeks, has started 28 races and obtained 22 top-5's, 23 poles, and 11 wins.
Although the championship is not Ken's goal for the season, it is still graspable. More importantly however is the rise in iRating and Kenneth's desire to make next year's Pro Series championship. Throughout this venture inracingnews.com has noticed the strides he has made, and have mentioned him in the following articles:
O’Keefe Surprises at Thunder Valley - http://www.inracingnews.com/iracing-new ... er-valley/
NiCCS Does Chicago - http://www.inracingnews.com/iracing-new ... s-chicago/
We wish Kenneth the best of luck in making his way to a Pro Series license, as well as possibly challenging for the NiCCS championship.
Although the championship is not Ken's goal for the season, it is still graspable. More importantly however is the rise in iRating and Kenneth's desire to make next year's Pro Series championship. Throughout this venture inracingnews.com has noticed the strides he has made, and have mentioned him in the following articles:
O’Keefe Surprises at Thunder Valley - http://www.inracingnews.com/iracing-new ... er-valley/
NiCCS Does Chicago - http://www.inracingnews.com/iracing-new ... s-chicago/
We wish Kenneth the best of luck in making his way to a Pro Series license, as well as possibly challenging for the NiCCS championship.
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Yeah. There towards the end of the season I was just happy not to get crashed out in the opening laps of the feature. Thanks guys.
Apex Cup - The End to an Old Beginning
The Apex Cup, which was one of the most anticipated new Live for Speed leagues of the year, has officially come and past. The championship brought together 50 drivers from all around the world, each of which fought to bring home the 2010 title. Some of these drivers included Kevin Leu, Luis Barbosa, Adam Wisniewski, Jan Wiechowski, Michal Saidl, Elton Chong, as well as Nolan Scott, Dennis Lind, and Rudy van Buren from ineX Racing.
Throughout the season these drivers made it clear that this was truly one of the top leagues in Live for Speed. Two world records were beaten, and one was tied in round four, during official qualifying sessions. This is one of the many ways the Apex Cup proved to have one of the fastest new league driver lineups for all of 2010.
From ineX Racing's standpoint the championship started with concerns. Round one took place at Aston North in the FO8. Nolan Scott would put his ineX Racing #16 single seater on the grid in second position, but unfortunately he did not have a points scoring partner for the round. When it was all said and done Nolan found himself fourth in the championship after several incidents left him in the back of the pack during the feature race. Worst of all was the fact than ineX Racing had to play leap frog on the teams in front due to only having half the required drivers.
Round two was the turning point of the championship for the team, as Nolan Scott and Dennis Lind both took the green flag for ineX Racing. Nolan would win the sprint race after qualifying in fourth. Dennis would later take the checkered flag in the feature, and solidify an ineX Racing sweep of Blackwood in the NGT's. Much like that of round two, round three went equally well at Fern Bay Green Reversed in the FBM, as Nolan Scott would take the pole, sprint, and feature wins, as well as the points lead. However, Dennis Lind would not be able to score any points after some on-track altercations.
Throughout the season these drivers made it clear that this was truly one of the top leagues in Live for Speed. Two world records were beaten, and one was tied in round four, during official qualifying sessions. This is one of the many ways the Apex Cup proved to have one of the fastest new league driver lineups for all of 2010.
From ineX Racing's standpoint the championship started with concerns. Round one took place at Aston North in the FO8. Nolan Scott would put his ineX Racing #16 single seater on the grid in second position, but unfortunately he did not have a points scoring partner for the round. When it was all said and done Nolan found himself fourth in the championship after several incidents left him in the back of the pack during the feature race. Worst of all was the fact than ineX Racing had to play leap frog on the teams in front due to only having half the required drivers.
Round two was the turning point of the championship for the team, as Nolan Scott and Dennis Lind both took the green flag for ineX Racing. Nolan would win the sprint race after qualifying in fourth. Dennis would later take the checkered flag in the feature, and solidify an ineX Racing sweep of Blackwood in the NGT's. Much like that of round two, round three went equally well at Fern Bay Green Reversed in the FBM, as Nolan Scott would take the pole, sprint, and feature wins, as well as the points lead. However, Dennis Lind would not be able to score any points after some on-track altercations.
On to the next round, an unfortunate ineX Racing would find themselves in the same situation they did earlier in the season. Nolan would be able to make the race, but no other ineX driver would be there to score points for the team. Despite winning the sprint race by leaps and bounds, the team was still hindered greatly as a wreck involving the top three points contenders would force Nolan Scott and Jan Wiechowski to spectate their MRT's. This would close the gap substantial between Nolan and post race second place in points, Luis Barbosa.
Round five and six would contain misfortunes that would greatly diminish ineX Racing's chance of a team and individual championship. The points gap between Luis Barbosa and Nolan Scott had already greatly closed due to round four, and the two would nearly break even at the round five Westhill race as an early race incident lead to a terrible feature finish for Nolan. To add fuel to the fire, ineX only had one driver participate in this race. To make up for this ineX Racing would put Nolan and Dennis on the grid for round six, as well as Live for Speed veteran Rudy van Buren. Despite this the event was dismal for ineX, as their best finish of the round would be Dennis's podium in the feature race. However, Barbosa and his team would have a poor showing and ineX's driver and team championships looked to be more possible than ever.
Round five and six would contain misfortunes that would greatly diminish ineX Racing's chance of a team and individual championship. The points gap between Luis Barbosa and Nolan Scott had already greatly closed due to round four, and the two would nearly break even at the round five Westhill race as an early race incident lead to a terrible feature finish for Nolan. To add fuel to the fire, ineX only had one driver participate in this race. To make up for this ineX Racing would put Nolan and Dennis on the grid for round six, as well as Live for Speed veteran Rudy van Buren. Despite this the event was dismal for ineX, as their best finish of the round would be Dennis's podium in the feature race. However, Barbosa and his team would have a poor showing and ineX's driver and team championships looked to be more possible than ever.
The last round of the season would take Apex Cup drivers to Kyoto Ring GP Long in the GTR cars, a combo that all the drivers knew well as it is possibly the most famous and well known endurance racing combos in Live for Speed history. Barbosa did not compete in this event for unknown reasons regarding incidents from round six. Despite this the championship was still up for grabs as street car master Kevin Leu was still within reach of Nolan's points lead.
Qualifying would end with Nolan Scott taking the pole on his last possible lap. Kevin Leu found himself starting with several cars separating himself from Nolan, as he would have to settle for sixth on the grid. The sprint race started and Kevin would be able to make up several positions in the early stages of the race. None of this would matter however as Nolan would win the seven lap sprint by over five seconds. Kevin's fourth place finish would mean he would start several places on the grid in front of Nolan for the feature race. Once again the green flag dropped and the battle was on. Nolan was able to pass two cars coming out of the first corner, and it appeared that he would be in a great position to take the championship regardless of Kevin's finishing position. The battle for the championship would be heated up spectacularly in turn two as Wiesniewski out braked himself and hit both Scott and Leu, forcing them to spin. Kevin would be able to get away from the spin first but they both pitted on lap two. The one second gap between the two would not change for the remainder of the race, and somehow the two came back to take first and second in the feature. Nolan's second place finish would be enough to take the championship however, and despite not having a secondary driver in the last round ineX Racing would take both the team and individual championships.
In the end Nolan Scott managed to win five races, and sat on the pole for two of the seven events. This allowed him to score 146 championship points. Keven Leu would take a strong second place in the standings with 125 points. In terms of the team, ineX Racing won the championship by 29 points over Conquest Racing thanks to Dennis Lind's win in round two, as well as the points scored in rounds three and six.
"I really enjoyed the challenge of coming back to LFS and competing in a top of the line series. This is the first Live for Speed championship I've fully and seriously competed in for 2010, and as you might imagine I'm very happy with the outcome.
At the end of the day this was all for ineX Racing and the guys that gave me the motivation to come back and run Live for Speed again. I wasn't quite as strong as I've been in the past, but that's to be expected with such a long hiatus. As mentioned in the final broadcast, this is my 26th Championship including team based series, and I can't think of a better administered, and driver based series to say I achieved this on. I don't plan on defending the title next season. From here on out I plan on focusing on iRacing and MoE, as well as possibly IGTC. None the less, this has been a huge confidence builder, I enjoyed every second of it, and none of that would be possible without the guys that put this together." - Nolan Scott
Qualifying would end with Nolan Scott taking the pole on his last possible lap. Kevin Leu found himself starting with several cars separating himself from Nolan, as he would have to settle for sixth on the grid. The sprint race started and Kevin would be able to make up several positions in the early stages of the race. None of this would matter however as Nolan would win the seven lap sprint by over five seconds. Kevin's fourth place finish would mean he would start several places on the grid in front of Nolan for the feature race. Once again the green flag dropped and the battle was on. Nolan was able to pass two cars coming out of the first corner, and it appeared that he would be in a great position to take the championship regardless of Kevin's finishing position. The battle for the championship would be heated up spectacularly in turn two as Wiesniewski out braked himself and hit both Scott and Leu, forcing them to spin. Kevin would be able to get away from the spin first but they both pitted on lap two. The one second gap between the two would not change for the remainder of the race, and somehow the two came back to take first and second in the feature. Nolan's second place finish would be enough to take the championship however, and despite not having a secondary driver in the last round ineX Racing would take both the team and individual championships.
In the end Nolan Scott managed to win five races, and sat on the pole for two of the seven events. This allowed him to score 146 championship points. Keven Leu would take a strong second place in the standings with 125 points. In terms of the team, ineX Racing won the championship by 29 points over Conquest Racing thanks to Dennis Lind's win in round two, as well as the points scored in rounds three and six.
"I really enjoyed the challenge of coming back to LFS and competing in a top of the line series. This is the first Live for Speed championship I've fully and seriously competed in for 2010, and as you might imagine I'm very happy with the outcome.
At the end of the day this was all for ineX Racing and the guys that gave me the motivation to come back and run Live for Speed again. I wasn't quite as strong as I've been in the past, but that's to be expected with such a long hiatus. As mentioned in the final broadcast, this is my 26th Championship including team based series, and I can't think of a better administered, and driver based series to say I achieved this on. I don't plan on defending the title next season. From here on out I plan on focusing on iRacing and MoE, as well as possibly IGTC. None the less, this has been a huge confidence builder, I enjoyed every second of it, and none of that would be possible without the guys that put this together." - Nolan Scott
Final round article from Apex Cup officials: http://www.apexcup.net/compone ... eason-1-results-standings
Just gave you a shout out via ineX Racing Facebook. Hope it helps...
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We are up to nineteen onboard videos, as well as four team/league racing videos. Don't forget to check the ineX Racing YouTube page, as well as BigTime Productions for past and up coming ineX Racing based video productions.
http://www.youtube.com/inexracing
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Looking good Mike.
If I were you I would drop the warning at the front and use a general copyright.
The one on my website says the following:
All non-orginal content copyright the original owners.
All original content Copyright © 2010 BigTime Productions. All rights reserved.
By law that protects you work. There are variations to this which you can find on google. You can put these at the end of your videos like I used to do, but TBH I stopped using them for individual work, because your also suppose to put the name of the publishing company for whosoever song you use.
If I were you I would drop the warning at the front and use a general copyright.
The one on my website says the following:
All non-orginal content copyright the original owners.
All original content Copyright © 2010 BigTime Productions. All rights reserved.
By law that protects you work. There are variations to this which you can find on google. You can put these at the end of your videos like I used to do, but TBH I stopped using them for individual work, because your also suppose to put the name of the publishing company for whosoever song you use.
ineX Racing Runs First and Second At Daytona
Round five of the Oval Pro Series would take place at Daytona International Speedway. Phil Diaz and Nolan Scott have proved to be competitive throughout the season, despite some upsetting finishes. Although they have both finished in the top five, with a best season finish of third, there is still room for improvement lurking around every corner.
Daytona has never been a consistent place to score points, and it has never been the most forgiving track for ineX Racing drivers. "We had a great set thanks to the data supplied to us from Tanner Stoops of Wheelmen Inc. Thanks to them we were more confident than we've ever been entering the infield of Daytona," Nolan said.
This race particularly would take place on Saturday. Phil and Nolan would find themselves in the same split. Nolan would take the pole by the narrowest of margins, whereas Phil would have to take to the rear of the grid after not having posted a qualifying time.
The race started cleanly, and Nolan would lead the field into turn one. However, Mason Baker would make an inside move going down the back straight and take the lead. "I couldn't believe he made that move. We had pulled the outside line enough that we could have run a Q line and pulled away. Instead we now had to run side by side for the rest of the run."
Afterwords Jim Christopherson let Nolan back to the bottom of the track and they both ran behind Mason. Mason showed some lagging issues, and therefore both Jim and Nolan moved to the top of the track. In the meantime Ryan Carwile pushed Mason on the bottom despite the connection issues. After ten laps disaster finally struck, as Mason would be shot up the track into Nolan and Jim. Lucky the lag would still be in effect, and it did not ruin anyone's race.
The green flag dropped and the race was back underway. This time they would be in for a long run. By this time Phil had worked his way up into the top eight. The race went green all the way up until pit stops which took place on lap 45 to 49. A few drivers pitted early, something which proved to be a mistake. Phil and Nolan would stretch their fuel to the limit and pitted together. After their pit stops they lined up nose to tail and sailed into the lead. Third and fourth place drivers Brad Bubel and Justin Lowery would come out close enough to catch the draft, and it became a four way battle for the lead.
Brad and Justin were very content running a Q line behind Nolan and Phil being that the group of cars behind was much larger. Despite this, the four lined up were easily outrunning the larger group of cars by half a tenth a lap. All looked good, and each of the top four looked content on running this line until the end of the race. Unfortunately for them, a caution would come out with fifteenth laps to go.
This restart would go according to plan, as Nolan would get a great jump on the field which allowed Phil to pull to the bottom of the track. The group of four would line up yet again and with their pace the outside line had no chance of getting around. However, another caution would come out nearing the end of the race.
The final restart took place with only five laps to go. Nolan got another good start, but this time Phil would fall back into the 6th position. Several cars bunched up on the outside and were almost able to get past Nolan for the lead, but were unable to get the overlap they need. Phil would work his way down to the bottom of the track and once bunched up, the bottom line proved to be too fast for those on the outside.
On the final lap, Phil found himself running third on the bottom line, with first on the outside line right beside him. Coming out of the finial corner Phil forced a spectacular move down the front stretch by pushing his way between the inside and outside lanes. Over the start finish line, Phil took the second place position by just six thousands of a second over third place finisher Ian D Smythe. This claimed ineX Racing's first one-two Pro Series race ever, as well as it's first Pro Series win for the 2010 season.
It was a great week for the two, as they received their first pole, win, and runner-up of the year. This earned the two a substantial amount of points, and both are slowly creeping their way into the top 25 in points despite missing several rounds.
Round six of the iRacing Oval Pro Series will take the drivers to Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With a little luck and a good setup, we hope to see Phil and Nolan in the same position come two weeks time.
International XF GTi Championship - Tommy Østgaard Remains Champion
After six rounds and twelve races the International XF GTi Championship's second season has concluded. As is always the case, the XFG proved to offer exciting racing. For the 2010 season the defending champion and ineX Racing driver, Tommy Østgaard, would try to conquer his second International XF GTi Championship.
Tommy "Tomcat" Østgaard would show just how seriously he wanted to retain the title by claiming almost every race win in which he participated. The exception came during race two of round four in which he took a still satisfying second place. So with five poles, nine wins, and ten podiums, it's easy to see that ineX Racing's Norwegian successfully defended his title and thus remains champion.
"I am very happy with my overall performance this season and managing to defend the title! The season has just went perfect for me, obtaining a podium in every race I attended! I have had some nice fights throughout the season, as this league provides some extremely close racing. Thanks to the admins, and to all attending drivers! Congratulations to the podium," says Østgaard fully satisfied with his performance during the 2010 International XF GTi Championship.
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Where's a burning banana when you need it?
Westfield Cup Hockenheim 18th - 20th June
"After the good result in spa, I got an offer from a different Westfield team to drive their car for them in Hockenheim Germany. Wijnhold Wijnholds, from the company Abus Kranensystemen, offered me the seat. The car was prepared by Hans Wellink Race Experience. Hans is a 40 year who has been preparing race cars all his life. Apart from the Westfield he runs the Dacia Logan cup cars from Holland as well."
Once again Rudy and his father agreed they would do it, despite the fact that Rudy had never driven the car before and it lacked overall performance.
"We arrived on Thursday afternoon, and together we prepared the Westfield tent on the track were all the cars would eventually meet."
Although the car Rudy was driving for the weekend would arrive Friday afternoon, there was a option to drive in the morning session. Rudy's father Gino owns the Westfield company and had one car at the track which served as a show car. They agreed it would be good for them to take the car out for the morning session. All went fine, though the session was very complex and at times dangerous with many GT cars on track.
In the afternoon the actual race car arrived, and Rudy was finally able to see how the car was set up. "It was completely different than the way I wanted it, or at least typically the way I run them, but the owner from the team said that the setup would work well. Therefore I jumped in the car for free practice and hoped for the best. After the session I knew my gut feeling was correct... The handling was completely rubbish, but worst of all was that the we were was missing loads of top speed compared to other cars." Rudy's analysis proved to be correct after they reviewed the data. They could see that their corner exit speed was 5 to 6 kph faster than their team mates, but by the end of the straight Rudy's car was 5 kph slower. This clearly explained why Rudy was 0.8 sec off pace in the free practice.
"Through the night we spoke a lot about the car's handling and speed issues. We decided to change the fuel filter and air filter hoping that would help fix the problem. Handling wise we changed toe, as well as the bump and rebound of the dampers."
First thing Saturday morning was qualifying. As soon as Rudy went out on track he could sense that the set up changes were working, but the speed still wasn't there. Despite this Rudy pushed as hard as he could and somehow amazingly grabbed the pole by the narrowest of margins, 0.061. Bearing this in mind, the data showed a lose of over half a second on the straights in comparison to his team mates, and even more time was lost to the second place qualifier.
"Despite the frustration, a pole is a pole. I felt that if we had some luck on our side we would be able to fight for the podium."
The first race began with a rolling start. Rudy managed to hold the lead through the first lap after some slip streaming and out braking. "After trying to drive away while in the lead, I could easily see that second place was getting close everywhere on just pure top speed. I couldn't grab the gap I wanted so I decided to drop into second place, staying in his slipstream to hopefully fight it out in the last few laps. The final two laps were super close with loads of position changes, but in the last three corners before the start/finish line I managed a killer move by overtaking him on the outside of the motordrome hairpin and won the race." Rudy was extremely satisfied with the win because the fight was as intense as it gets, not to that he had a performance handicap.
Watch the final laps of this epic battle in the attached video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc1qPpQHtOA
Sunday morning would contain the second race, which Rudy would once again start from pole. "I grabbed the lead and again tried to gap the field, but I simply couldn't get away. Once again I dropped into second place and stayed there. From there on it looked incredible similar to the first race. This time during the final lap I grabbed the lead three corners earlier. This allowed second place to perform an overtake on me into the motordrome." It was then too late for Rudy to attempt to take back the lead, and he was forced to settle for second position.
This race was quite disheartening for Rudy, as he needed to push 110% all the time to stay with the other driver who had a car that suited him perfectly handling wise and had a huge top speed advantage. "After some harsh words with the car owner we decided to change the computer, check a few things in the engine and hope for a final shot."
Rudy would start the last race of the weekend from second position. Once again this race played out almost the same as the first two races. Rudy would stay in the leaders slipstream the entire race. "Four laps before the end of the race I was still cruising in his slipstream. Suddenly my gearbox begins to malfunction and will not cleanly shift into third gear. The leader managed to pull away away but during the final 3 laps I pushed as hard as possible. I managed to close the gap, and in the final lap I used his slipstream down the back straight and even passed him under braking. I blocked him perfectly mid corner so he couldn't cross over but then at same point as before, I could not get into third gear." Rudy would have to settle for another second place finish on what proved to be a very up and down weekend.
"If you look at it on a positive note, I was happy grab pole, win a race, and get 2nd twice due the problems. From a driver perspective it really hurts to know that with even equal performance we could have possibly taken home the whole event."
Quotes and original story by Rudy van Buren / Edited by Demetrius Adelin and Nolan Scott.
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Are you referring to the fact that it's drifting?
No seriously, we have had a short break in drifting videos that is nice, but it's a "decent" video in the least.
More real racing videos for the win. Lets get to work boys... We want to see some close racing videos that put us on the edge of our seats. Do work!
You were my pick to win Saidl... Tough break.
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-1 for tweak... More like +1. That was sweet.
Vimeo is used a lot, but not just for LFS.
I was the guy that made Bieber's style cool to who ever the f*** listens to him, which you two obviously do.
SSL Mid-Season Report
On the 11th of April, the SSL debuted on the twisty streets of South City. The championship promised XRG vs XFG action-packed racing, over a duration of 8 rounds, each consisting of a sprint and feature.
During the first half of the season, the SSL has accomplished its goal. With 4 rounds completed, ineX's racers have managed to take the win in every race so far. M. Bjorndal is currently leading the championship with 5 wins and a total of 130 points. Phil Diaz and Kenneth O'Keefe follow him closely in 3rd and 5th. Phil trails Magnus with 51 points after only competing in two of the four events. Kenneth sits in 5th after managing to grab 46 points in only one round.
The championship is long from over, so there is still plenty of time before a champion is crowned. Expect a follow-up report in the weeks to come.
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