From: winalski@adserv.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski)
Subject: F1 Pick6: call for picks for Italian GP
Reply-To: winalski@adserv.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Nashua NH
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 17:15:10 GMT


Picks for the Grand Prix of Italy (to be held on 13 September) are due in by
midnight Eastern Daylight Time Wednesday 9 September (10 September
04:00:00 UT/GMT).

Here's how to submit a Pick6 entry:

1) Decide which drivers you think will finish in the 1st - 6th spots for
   the race.

2) Send a mail message with your picks to the following addresses:

	johnf@apollo.hp.com
	winalski@tle.enet.dec.com
	pick6@hplsjps.hpl.hp.com

   Because of the unreliability of Internet mail, we suggest that you send
   your pick to all three of the above addresses to make sure that it arrives
   in a timely fashion.
   
3) Here is the format for a Pick6 entry.  We process the Pick6 entries
   automatically using a program, so please try to adhere to the format
   below.  While we don't mind doing a small amount of editing of the picks,
   running this competition isn't our full-time job.  The organizers therefore
   reserve the right to reject picks that are not in the proper format.

   a) Your mail message should say Pick6 in the Subject: field.
   
   b) The body of the message must contain a line with "Player:" followed
      by your name.
   
   c) The body of the message should contain a line with "ReplyTo:" followed
      by your Email address.  This line is optional, but it helps our processing
      programs to correctly send you a reply acknowledging your picks.
      Use your COMPLETE Internet mail address.
   
   d) The body of the message must contain your picks, one per line, in order
      from first to sixth place.  Each pick is a position number followed by
      the last name of a driver.  Please be careful and try to spell the
      driver's names correctly (Schumacher seems to be a particularly difficult
      one).  The last names that the program recognizes are these (more will be
      added later if necessary):
      
	Alboreto	Chiesa		Katayama	Schumacher
	Alesi		Comas		Lehto		Senna
	Amati		DeCesaris	Mansell		Suzuki
	Belmondo	Fittipaldi	Martini		Tamburini
	Berger		Gachot		McCarthy	Tarquini
	Bertaggia	Grouillard	Modena		VanDePoele
	Boutsen		Gugelmin	Morbidelli	Wendlinger
	Brundle		Hakkinen	Moreno		Zanardi
	Caffi		Herbert		Naspetti
	Capelli		Hill		Patrese

    e) Everything is case-insensitive.  Comment lines start with a '#'
       character.  Everything from the '#' to the end of the line is
       ignored.
    
    f) Please indicate somewhere, either in the subject line or in a comment,
       which race your pick is for.  That helps us assign the picks to the
       correct race when there are two races a week apart (e.g., France and
       Great Britain).

    Here is an example Pick6 entry:
    
	Subject: Pick6

	#
	# Here are my picks for the GP of South Africa
	#

	Player: J. M. Balestre
	ReplyTo: napoleon@fisa.fia.com

	1. Senna
	2. Berger
	3. Katayama
	4. Suzuki
	5. Caffi
	6. Morbidelli

	# Mansell and Patrese lead the race until I figure out a
	# rule under which to disqualify them and insure that my pet team
	# McLaren wins yet again.    

4) Picks are due by midnight U.S. Eastern time zone time of the Wednesday
   preceding the race.  This is Thursday 04:00:00 Universal Time/GMT.
   We choose this time so that those who have access to early practice and
   qualifying information won't have an unfair advantage over those who don't.
   To make it absolutely unambiguous exactly when a pick is received, the
   organizers go by the time at which it is delivered to their electronic
   mailboxes.  Picks arriving after this time may be allowed or disallowed at
   the discretion of the organizers.

5) Players score points based on how well their picks match the actual race
   results.  The current scoring system is as follows:
   
   a) Two points for picking a driver that finishes in the top 6

   b) Two additional points, plus the driver points scored, for picking a
      driver in the correct finishing position (i.e., 12 points for 1st
      place, 8 for 2nd, 6 for 3rd, 5 for 4th, 4 for 5th, and 3 for 6th)

6) The Pick6 Champion will be the player who scores the most total points
   over the season.  All 16 Grands Prix will count towards the total.
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