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system: You are Darrell Morrison Jr., a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Auto Racing message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Stewart's New Sponsor".

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assistant: ESPNET SportsZone: Stewart's Formula One team banks on new sponsor
Reuters
Stewart on Tuesday confirmed his new Formula One team's first
major sponsorship deal.
        Stewart has secured 25 million sterling ($38.89 million) five-year
backing from the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC),
confirming the deal at a news conference in London. Stewart said the
agreement was the first of four or five similar deals required to meet the
budget for the team's entry into Grand Prix racing next season. HSBC is one
of the world's leading international banking and financial services
organisations and the biggest of its type based in London. Stewart said he
did not expect HSBC to be the team's title sponsors and gave no details
about his driver line-up. But he said he had been in touch with Britain's
Damon Hill and would be delighted if he could sign him for his team,
although he said he thought the 35-year-old Briton would be considering
other more attractive offers from rival teams first. Stewart said: "It
would be wonderful to have Damon Hill. He would be a dream for us for two
reasons. He would bring to us the No. 1 as world champion, he has knowledge
and experience of being a driver with a top team and top cars and in my
opinion is a very well balanced person. Plus, I knew his mother and father
very well. "Of course he has had other offers from other teams and money to
consider and we may not be able to afford him. If we could it would be a
fairytale." He said he expected the Stewart team's car to be unveiled later
this year in readiness for winter testing and said he hoped the team would
become competitive as soon as possible. But he said he did not expect to be
able to challenge the top teams or win races in his first season. The
chairman of HSBC Sir William Purves said he had agreed to go ahead with the
deal after meeting Stewart, suggesting it was a great opportunity for HSBC
to establish themselves on a world-wide basis.
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user: You are replying to All about "Hornaday".

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assistant: NASCAR Online: Hornaday takes the points lead to Martinsville
MARTINVILLE, Va.
Ron Hornaday and the NAPA United Brakes truck team needs to finish in fifth
 place or better in the six remaining races to secure their first NASCAR
 Craftsman Truck Series championship title.  Their 1996 season average to
 date is 3.38. Last year at Martinsville, Hornaday started the race third
 and ran in the top five until becoming tangled with another truck on lap
 135, ending his hopes for a win.  Hornaday was able to finish in 13th
 place. Hornaday's win at Loudon, N.H., last week marked the third time in
 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series history that an official lead change was
 recorded on the final lap.  "The last lap is the one that counts," said
 Hornaday. Hornaday's first and second-place finishes at Loudon and
 Richmond respectively kept him first in the series points standings.  He
 has a 151 point lead over second, the largest lead in the history of the
 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.  Hornaday gained an average of 100 points
 on each of his closest rivals. The NAPA team and Hornaday have one pole,
 four wins, 15 top-five finishes, and 18 top-10 finishes in 18 races.
 Hornaday has led 568 laps. The Loudon victory also marked another
 milestone for Hornaday, as he joined Mike Skinner as a $300,000 winner in
 '96.  This upped his career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series winnings to
 $803,546, and put him closer to posting $1 million in career winnings
 before the season closes in Las Vegas. Quotes "Last year, we went to
 Martinsville behind in the points and we had to race every lap as hard as
 we could," Hornaday said.  "We don't have to do that this year.  The
 competition is tough, but my job is to keep them in sight -- or in the
 mirror." "With only six races left, we have been able to gain some points
 toward the championship, but no one can rest easy yet," Hornaday said.
 "Our main focus is to continue to have good solid finishes and keep
 concentrating on one race at a time."
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user: You are replying to All about "Milliaken             3/3".

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assistant: (Continued from previous message)
wife, Lord, I shouldn't have went up there. I'm more confused now than I
was.'" Call it a fresh start, or what have you, but it 's certainly good for
Millikan to be back.
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user: You are replying to All about "Wallace               2/2".

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assistant: (Continued from previous message)
smartest race he's ever driven when we won at Bristol last month. It
wouldn't surprise me at all if I have to eat those words Sunday at
Martinsville becasue he could very likely drive an even headier race
there."
Note: Pemberton, who has been with the Penske team since late 1994, signed
a three-year contract extension with the Mooresville, N.C.-based operation.
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user: You are replying to All about "Vegas Drivers".

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assistant: ESPNET SportsZone: Two drivers in Vegas crash released
Two drivers in Vegas crash released
Las Vegas racer dies after crash
LAS VEGAS -- Two of three drivers injured in separate crashes in Sunday's
Las Vegas 500K were released from University Medical Center on Tuesday.
Tony Stewart, the victim of a one-car crash that sent him hurtling into the
wall, suffered a fracture to his left shoulder blade. He left the hospital
Tuesday morning, as did Mark Dismore, who fractured his pelvis in another
one-car accident. Brad Murphy, who fractured his right hip in a collision
involving Eddie Cheever and Stephan Gregoire of France, remained at UMC in
stable condition. The crash-filled race was the inaugural event at the Las
Vegas Motor Speedway.
system: You are Darrell Morrison Jr., a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Auto Racing message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Hakkinen".

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assistant: ESPNET SportsZone: Formula One racer Hakkinen stays with McLaren
Mika Hakkinen of Finland re-signed with McLaren, the Formula One racing
team announced Friday.
McLaren reached its decision to stay with the Fin after discussions with
their engine supplier, Mercedes-Benz, this week in Stuttgart, Germany.
"The firm conclusion of all involved was that the team should continue with
Mika Hakkinen for 1997," said McLaren race manager Ron Dennis.  "I have
always felt that Mika has the talent and the commitment to be a world
champion."
Hakkinen's teammate in 1997 is expected to be David Coulthard. But the team
tested Ralf Schumacher, brother of two-time World Champion Michael, this
summer and is reportedly interested in signing the German.
The signing also limits the job options of Britain's Damon Hill, who
currently leads the Formula One point standings with just two races left.
Hill has been replaced at Williams for the 1997 season by German driver
Heinz-Harald Frentzen.
Hill, who leads Williams teammate Jacques Villeneuve by 13 points, could
end up at Benetton, which uses the same engine, Renault, as does Williams.
The French supplier is reportedly interested in ending their Formula One
association with the No. 1 driver.
Hakkinen, who will turn 28 on Sept. 28, has a trio of third-place finishes
this season.  He returned this year after concluding last season with a
serious accident in Australia.  Hakkinen has been in Formula One six years
after arriving into the Grand Prix ranks after winning the British F3
Championship in 1990.  He spent two seasons with Lotus before coming over
to McLaren in 1993.
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user: You are replying to All about "Mayfield              2/2".

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assistant: (Continued from previous message)
even realize it. That's they type of mistake you really don't want to make,
can't afford to make. I'm planning on being around at the end of the race."
"I'm looking forward  to Martinsville. The short tracks are a lot of fun
and that's where I grew up. Experience on short tracks is just as important
as experience on the superspeedways. My guys have a lot of good short track
experience and I feel I'm bringing some pretty good experience on short
tracks. Yeah, it's a little different with these big ol' Winston Cup cars,
slinging those 3,500-pounders around a slightly banked, half-mile track.
But it's some of the best racing you'll ever see." ---->
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user: You are replying to All about "Penalties".

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assistant: NASCAR Online:
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
NASCAR officials announced Tuesday penalties against three NASCAR Winston
Cup drivers following actions during and after Sunday's MBNA 500 at Dover
Downs International Speedway in Delaware.
Smokin' Joe's driver Jimmy Spencer has been fined $10,000 following an
altercation with another driver on lap 456.
Coors Light driver Kyle Petty has been fined $5,000 and Citgo driver
Michael Waltrip has been fined $2,000 for their part in an altercation with
each other in the closing laps and on pit road following the race.
The drivers were penalized in violation of Section 12, Rule 4, Article A in
the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rule Book: actions detrimental to auto
racing or to NASCAR. ---->
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user: You are replying to Andrew Higgison about "Formal 1".

They wrote:
> Doe's any know the race car drivers and team names for next season in
> FORMuLA 1 racing?
> --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12
>  * Origin: Bits & Bytes  (1:224/110.0)

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assistant: no, just rumours.  The season ain't over yet, so things can change...
system: You are Rick Pali, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Auto Racing message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Nelson Siu about "What about F1!".

They wrote:
NS> Look at all the competition that's in the INDYCAR series right now,
NS> there isn't just one dominating team.
NS> Then there's NASCAR, the boys that only know how to turn the wheel
NS> left (Yes I know there are two road courses).
NS> NASCAR is "exciting" from the fact the cars come so close together,
NS> other then those few moments of excitment it's really just 600 miles
NS> of boredom.
NS> Some might argue NASCAR with the "closed" cockpit is safer, but look
NS> at how many fatalities there are in INDY and F1 in the 90's.
NS> A good ecample of F1 safety is the first race at Melborne.
NS> What I trying to say is that all the three major series have their
NS> strong points
NS> but I steel feel that this a Auto Racing area, and that should
NS> include more INDY and F1.

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assistant: 16 Sep 96 14:55, Nelson Siu wrote to Dave Henrie:
Just like in the Winston cup. The lead's changed a few times in the last
little while.
So either you're making your statement intentionally self-contradictory, or
you think that they only turn left even on the road courses...
For you perhaps. I'm sure you realise that different people like different
facets of racing so what you say is really representative of your own tastes.
Besides, others would not appreciate your presumption to speak for them.
That's absolutely true, but it's true of all racing lately. Look at the
1970s. I saw a documentary that stated is wasn't unusual to have 1 in 10
racers die every years. I don't know how other racing of that period
compares...but they've all gotten very much safer. But surely you can't be
arguing that you prefer F1 because it's safer.
How about we narrow down the fatalities in the top eschelon of stock car and
open wheel racing for this season alone. Were there *any* fatalities in the
Winston cup this year?
But this is silly. You're trying to prove something that's nothing more than
preference. Safety will not change that. Did fans stop becoming IndyCar fans
with the accident in Toronto?
I remember that. Terrifying accident. Very much a testament to the safety
built into those cars. But let me be devil's advocate...that accident
wouldn't have even happened with stock cars because your tires can't climb up
and be launched off of someone else's, right? :-)
I absolutely agree. I watch NASCAR, IndyCar, and F1 and enjoy them all.
Well Nelson, Indy and F1 talk isn't going to spring up out of nowhere. If you
want it, you've got the power to get it. Post some messages yourself about
those leagues and you just might get what you want!
Saying that NASCAR isn't as good and telling us that we should be talking
about something else isn't going to help!
Rick.
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user: You are replying to Nelson Siu about "What about F1!".

They wrote:
> the 90's.  A good ecample of F1 safety is the first race at Melborne.  The
> corner, Brundle's car touches wheels with Coulthard.  He flips over
> by the roll over bar), then the car breaks apart to absorb the energy of
> crash, and all this time his head was cushioned by the extra paddling
> the cockpit.  In the end he walks away with only a bruised ankle (I
> What I trying to say is that all the three major series have their strong
> points, but I steel feel that this a Auto Racing area, and that should
> more INDY and F1.  (F1 Rules) Congraulations Jimmy Vasser on winning the
> Championchip!!!! :=)
> --- Maximus 3.01
>  * Origin: The BandMaster, Vancouver, B.C., Canada (1:153/7715)

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assistant: Re: What about F1!
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Unfortunately Jeff Krosnoff was not as lucky here in Toronto, although a
study of the crash site shows that absolutely everything that could go wrong
DID!  A couple of feet either way and the cockpit wouldn't have stuck the
light pole & tree on the corner of Lakeshore Blvd (Turn 3)...had that been
the case, Jeff may have survived....
I disagree with your assessment of NASCAR, that is concerning it being
boring....I think in many ways an oval track gives a much better perspective
for on-site spectators than a road course.  I'll tell you I've stood on a
corner at Mosport when about 7 Can-Am style cars were on track and you could
have a small picnic on the track waiting for them to make their way back to
your position.
Another example, when we were at the Molson Indy we had seats in Thunder
Alley along Lakeshore Blvd just after turn 1 and when the course went to
red/checkered flag we knew absolutely nothing about what had happened at the
end of the straight, and of course the P.A. system said only that there had
been and incident on turn 3...Now I would imagine there weren't many at
Michigan that didn't see what happened to E. Fitipalti...
It's just a different aspect to racing...both road courses and ovals have
their good points...
TIE
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system: You are Ralf M. Dickhut, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Auto Racing message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Nelson Siu about "Re: What about F1!".

They wrote:
NS> I might only have been on this great board for a few weeks, but it seems
NS> like the only thing the autoracing area talks about is NASCAR.  Frankly I
NS> can't see the appeal of a fully enclosed 4000 lb lunk of "racing
NS> I was wondering if there's anyone out there that wants to talk F1 or  the
NS> just over INDYCAR season with me.   (F1 RULES!!!)

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assistant: Hello Nelson,
achine".
Agree!
Being back from may holidays, I'll keep posting my F1 results and comments,
even as they are slighly old when they reach you across the atlantic.
For now:
 Stuttgart  (dpa).
McLaren-Mercedes broke up nagotiations with youngster Ralf Schumacher (21)
and have contracted Mika Haekkinen for another year.
It's believed that "Schumacher II" will now drive for Jordan, the team where
his brother Michael started his career five years ago.
His Manager Willi Weber said: "We will annouce where Ralf drives on Monday or
Tuesday" He did't want to confirm the roumour of a two year contract with
Jordan signed this week.
Mercedes and McLaren emphazised on Friday Hakkinen beeing thier best
opportunity.
The 27 - year old Finn drives for Mc Laren since 1993, starting as their
testing pilot. Mecedes Sports Director Norbert Haug called Hakkinen a synonym
of speed and reliability, especially mentioning his last races at Spa und
Monza.
At last some triva: Did you know Michael Schumacher - or better his wife -is
getting a baby?
Enjoy the races,
Ralf
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user: You are replying to Joe Norris about "Re: Zanardi".

They wrote:
ML>> IMHO Zinardi got REAL lucky with a low percentage move.
ML>> How he kept from losing it when he got into the dirt
ML>> afterwards is beyond me.
ML>> Herta made some comment about "he couldn't do it twice in
ML>> his life", I agree.
JN>
JN> Me too!!! <g>

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assistant: Hello Joe,
Zanadi became unforetable when he kept on driving with an burning F1 (it was
a Lotus) in 1994!
He's really a stunt racer!
Enjoy the races,
Ralf
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user: You are replying to Deforest Sparks about "Re: Oh Lord".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Deforest Sparks to All <=-
DS> Oh Lord
DS> Oh Lord on this
DS> we here on earth pray.......

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assistant: Although your poems are nicely done, I venture a guess that they would be
more appropriate on the Poets Echo rather than here in Autoracing.
     "May you always encounter Fair Winds and Following Seas...."
       "God Can't be everywhere, That's why he made Sailors!!"
         Mike Niebauer, Vancouver USA, In the Great Northwet!
                    MIKE_NIEBAUER.parti@ecunet.org
... 6UP: Missing link in evolutionary chain from 1UP to 7UP.
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user: You are replying to All about "Racing".

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assistant: What do you guys think about a 16 year old girl starting to race? I am 16 and
a girl and I want to start racing. What do you guys think?
                              CJ
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user: You are replying to Bob Tanner about "Jargon".

They wrote:
BT>Poor elocutionary habits (dangling participles, improper verb tense,
>every other sentence with "y'know," or "man," and neglecting to put
>"i-n-g's" on the end of words; i.e.; goin', seein', drivin') by high
>profile sports figures has always been a sore point with me.   IRT NASCAR,
>the poor grammar used by a frightening high percentage of the drivers is a
>definite sign inattention to education, and sets them as less than perfect
>role models for the younger fans.
BT>It's a shame too.  Professional race drivers have probably the best track
>record for role modeling than the majority of the major stick & ball
>gamesters.
BT>However, I'll drop it at this.  I've gotten messages from some in the past
>who took it as a personal affront that someone would feel that grammar and
>diction might be of general importance. Often the criticism comes from
>those same folk who feel that trying to effect some semblance of correct
>punctuation and capitalization is just too much of a bother to wade
>through.  <sigh>

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assistant: nding
Butcha gots to member Bobby, lots of them ole boys was country bred and
raised, and ats the way they was fetched up to talk.  Ole habits be hard
to break (or is that brake?) and fer many of them, the firstest indoor
plumbing they ever did see was in their first car hauler.
I kinna lak the way Wahd Buhtun speachifies. And his brudder too.
Betcha whens they ain't a racin they be out to the still a brewin up
their own fuel, but as it tain't quite legal at the track, they's be
drinkin' it stead.
However, I do agree with you.... to a point.  I showed ya my point, an
ya done showed me yourn.  Which one be the sharpest?
Sorry Robert.... I'm in a wicked, spiteful mood tonight and hope you
have the visual faculties to deduce exactly where my tongue is placed.
 * OLX 5.0 * [Reg] 30-3277  ... Sarge Sez So Aus Dem Heiligtum
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user: You are replying to Bob Tanner about "Pick-3 contest".

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assistant: BT|O|Damn!  This is kind of neat; _sending in_ my picks!
BT|O|15 September, 1996
  |O|Bob Tanner
  |O|bobtanner@aol.com
Like you were never away? (grin )
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user: You are replying to Martin Vincent about "Kyle Petty".

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assistant: MV|O|        Has Kyle ever been in a Pepsi car?... I can't recall it.
MV|O|        Martin
Wasn't he under the Mountain Dew label a few years ago?.....
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