AnE Racing new colours

AnE and Chequered Flags very own Chris File has been hard at work respraying AnE's entry's for the new STC season.Here are a few Shots of some fantastic work by Chris aka Morbib Monk.

Gardner snatches late win

After a tough fought race between the leagues top 2, it came down to drama on the last lap to decide the winner.Pole sitter Ettles lead the majority of the race only losing the lead briefly when pitting.There was a long battle between Holman and Martin for 3rd and 4th positions which Holman would eventually win and take 3rd position at the flag.So disaster was to strike for Keith Ettles after not putting a foot wrong all race, on the last lap Ettles and Gardner closed in on a battle between Andy Docherty and Gerhard Hirschle,on braking into the tight right hand er Docherty was collected by Hirschle.This ending with Docherty in the sand trap and Hirschle stranded mid track just as the 2 lead cars approached,Daz Gardner having slightly more time to react managed to guide his Lambo through the wreckage but Keith Ettles Ferrari clipped the rear of the stranded Aston Martin and there losing the lead, and the race.So with the 2 Italian car giants dominating the series again its of to Brno for rd 5.

OP	QP	Driver/Team	C/C	L/LL	Racetime/FL	Diff/Reason	V		Car/Class	P/PD
1.	(7) +6	darren gardner Lambo Dambo		27 4	46m09.250 1m39.436	-			Lamborghini Mur... -	20 0/20/0
2.	(1) -1	Keith Ettles PJ Racing		27 23	46m29.376 1m39.627	+20.126			Ferrari 550 Mar... -	17 0/17/0
3.	(3) -	Martin Holman Lambo Dambo		26 0	1 lap down 1m43.899	-			Lamborghini Mur... -	15 0/15/0
4.	(6) +2	Tim Martin TM Racing		26 0	1 lap down 1m43.303	-			Corvette C6R -	13 0/13/0
5.	(4) -1	Paul Gray The Race is a Lie		26 0	1 lap down 1m44.245	-			Audi R8 GT1 Con... -	11 0/11/0
6.	(5) -1	Ian Beech PJ Racing		25 0	2 laps down 1m44.852	-			Ferrari 550 Mar... -	10 0/10/0
7.	(9) +2	Simon Butler Fly Racing		24 0	3 laps down 1m47.291	-			Audi R8 GT1 Con... -	9 0/9/0
8.	(10) +2	Gerhard Hirschle Evolution Race Team		24 0	3 laps down 1m48.671	-			Aston Martin DB9R -	8 0/8/0
9.	(8) -1	Andy Docherty Fly Racing		22 0	5 laps down 1m48.578	-			Audi R8 GT1 Con... -	7 0/7/0

Kyle Busch Goes For Triple Win

FONTANA, Calif. -- Hours after winning a Camping World Truck Series race in a runaway,Kyle Busch staged a repeat performance in Saturday night's Stater Bros. 300 Nationwide Series event at Auto Club Speedway.

"It's awesome," Busch said after climbing out of his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. "This is just a blast. It's pretty special to beat guys like Carl [Edwards] and Kevin [Harvick]. To win here twice in one day is even more special."

In claiming the 22nd Nationwide Series victory of his career, Busch became the first driver ever to win two races in any of NASCAR's top three series on the same day. Busch had come close once before, finishing second to Jamie Mcmurry by .005 seconds in a July 2007 Cup race at Daytona after winning a rain-delayed Nationwide race earlier in the day.

On Sunday, he'll try for another record -- a weekend sweep of NASCAR's top three series at the same race track.

All we can hope for is it was as good as last weeks Daytona 500, below is the biggest talking point of the race as Dale Jr takes out most of the field.Also ending Busch's race which he was dominating.

Skysports 2 23:00 GMT

Branson may rescue Formula One team

Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson has signalled that he might be prepared to step in to rescue the Honda Formula One motor racing team.

The British-based team was put up for sale in December after the parent company in Japan announced it was quitting the sport as both a constructor and engine supplier.

Sir Richard refused to confirm reports that he was already in negotiations with Honda over the purchase of the team.

However, in an interview with BBC Radio 4'S Today programme, he emphasised his enthusiasm for the sport while making clear that it would have to change if Virgin was to become involved.

"I love Formula One. I think that there are faults there that would need to be rectified before we moved into Formula One," he said.

"We would need to be sure that Bernie Ecclestone is running it so that the teams can make ends meet and we would need to be sure that he is on a path to try to turn Formula One a sport that is championing green technology.

"It would be great fun and subject to those two provisos maybe something might be able to get sorted out.

"With the Virgin brand expanding on a global basis, it is certainly something that is attractive."

Source P.A

AnE GT-Pro League Rd 4

This weekend See's the return of GT racing with the boys from AnE Racing Leagues.The tour stops at Hockenheim which will see some demanding driving conditions, also with the return of the flying Scotsman Keith Ettles the battle is set to continue with Daz Gardner.Chequered Flags team challenge is set to continue with Chris File holding the fort as CF's Nick Carnell is on the injured list following a knee op.So with Gardner & Holman for Lambo Dambo and Ettles & Beech for PJ Racing the team championship and driver championship is still wide open.This brings us onto the constructors dominating the championship, its the 2 Italian giants of motor sport Ferrari and Lamborghini who are set to take the fight right to the end of the season.With that in mind i'll leave you with a nice video tribute of pure classic car building.

STC Tribute Video

With the new STC League coming up I thought I'd post a great video showing some of the first seasons action. AnE Racing have gained a new licence and will be racing again this year in the Blue Cup.

AnE GT pro Rd 3 Results

Daz Gardner keeps up the pressure with another good race win, round 4 See's the racing moving to the forests of Germany.

OP	QP	Driver/Team	C/C	L/LL	Racetime/FL	Diff/Reason	V		Car/Class	P/PD
1.	(1) -	darren gardner Lambo Dambo		27 26	45m08.066 1m37.417	-			Lamborghini Mur... -	20 0/20/0
2.	(2) -	Chris File Chequered Flag Racing		27 1	45m55.662 1m38.074	+47.596			Lamborghini Mur... -	17 0/17/0
3.	(5) +2	Ian Beech PJ Racing		26 0	1 lap down 1m40.629	-			Ferrari 550 Mar... -	15 0/15/0
4.	(4) -	Martin Holman Lambo Dambo		26 0	1 lap down 1m42.995	-			Lamborghini Mur... -	13 0/13/0
5.	(3) -2	Paul Gray The Race is a Lie		25 0	2 laps down 1m40.382	-			Audi R8 GT1 Con... -	11 0/11/0
6.	(6) -	Tim Martin		25 0	2 laps down 1m43.111	-			Corvette C6R -	10 0/10/0
7.	(8) +1	Andy Docherty Fly Racing		24 0	3 laps down 1m45.771	-			Audi R8 GT1 Con... -	9 0/9/0
8.	(7) -1	Harold Tuinstra Fly Racing		11 0	16 laps down 1m41.546	-			Audi R8 GT1 Con... -	0 0/0/0

MMG SimRDisp7X - G25 Edition

As promised, MMG has been working on the G25 edition of their recently unveiled MMG SimRDisp7X data display. Plenty of people have already pre-ordered the desktop edition of the display while others are still waiting to get the Logitech G25 compatible version.

Below are first photos of the G25 edition which supports the full 900-degree steering of the wheel. VirtualR will be having a review on the desktop of the MMG SimRDisp7X shortly so stay tuned for more on MMG’s display.

The MMG SimRDisp7X Desktop unit sells for €100 while the G25 unit is available for €120. Both can be bought visiting the MMG website.

Best of rFactor 2008

Great video showing rfactor still is one of the best racing sims on the market.

Sebastien Loeb leads from the front

Rally leader Sebastien Loeb set the fastest time though Saturday’s opening stage and reckoned that running as first car on the road was no worse than going second.

With two metre snow banks either side of the twisty, ice-covered road, the Mountain stage resembles a 24.36km bobsleigh track. It’s one of the fastest and most extreme challenges of the World Rally Championship - and a firm favourite with drivers.

Loeb will tackle all of Saturday’s stages first, after he was gifted a slim rally lead last night by Mikko Hirvonen, so the Finn had a swept racing line to follow on each stage. Loeb, however, felt there was little to be gained by running second.

“I was flat out all the time, and the split times with Mikko were the same,” he said. “The conditions are very, very nice and I made no mistakes. It’s great fun to drive like that. On this stage the surface is completely ice. There is no difference for Mikko, I think.”

Hirvonen completed the stage in the second fastest time, seven-tenths of a second slower than Loeb but more concerned about the pace of his own team-mate behind. “With Sebastien it’s a close fight, but somehow I have a feeling Jari-Matti will be fast,” he said. “It’s enjoyable to drive this stage, and the car worked well, but I didn’t get the perfect lines and sometimes I was braking when I didn’t need to. Perhaps I wasn’t quite awake.”

Fortunately for Hirvonen, Latvala was also struggling to get into the groove. Jari-Matti set the third fastest time but was 14 seconds slower than Mikko. “I just really didn’t find the right feeling,” he explained. “The grip was amazingly good and the stage was absolutely fabulous, but I was braking too much. I only need to look in the mirror to see who is to blame. It’s okay though.”

Dani Sordo said his C4 WRC was moving about a lot on the fast section but he did enough to stay fourth in the overall standings. However Petter Solberg, who was fifth overnight, dropped down to seventh after a slow stage in his Xsara. “I tried my best but the time wasn’t so good,” he said. “Maybe the car has some more to give, I don’t know, but on the very fast stages this is the best we can do for the time being.”

Skoda driver P-G Andersson moved up to fifth and felt there was more to come from his Fabia WRC. “I’m not happy with that,” he said at the finish. “We can do much better than this.” Stobart Ford driver Henning Solberg set the fourth fastest time and moved up a place to sixth. “It’s not much, but it’s okay,” he said.

Citroen Junior Team drivers Sebastien Ogier and Evgeny Novikov both experienced problems. Ogier reported a mysterious lack of power in his C4 WRC, while Novikov collected a 1min time penalty for leaving service late.

SRT - Episode 37 Released

Jessica, Darin & Shaun have released a new episode of InsideSimRacing.tv. The newest episode includes a look at iRacing.com’s new COT, Virtual Grand Prix 3, a Buttkicker review, the mod squad news and more.

Furthermore, the episode includes a new segment called “Project Sim Racing”, featuring sim racer in training Andrea Lopez.

Source Virtualr.net

Gardner Grounds the flying Scotsman

With Keith Ettles taking pole by 0.009 Darren Gardner was moved to 2nd on the grid closely followed by Nick Carnell and Gerhard Hirschle filling the final position the 2nd row.
Valencia renowned for being tough on car and driver was soon to show its teeth as Tim Martin lost control and was collected by Ian Beech in his 550,Martin was forced to retire.
Carnell had a uneventful race in 3rd from which he started and finished in the same position,Ettles was to make one mistake on the approach to the final corner letting Gardner through and from there he continued to the finish.On to France for rd 3 and more great racing.

Rallyesim in action

Preview video of Richard Burns and Rallyesim.Enjoy

3D Motors Richard Burns Rally Mod RS-RBR 2009
Uploaded by MotorsTV

Rallyesim.com

SRT's the mod squad have done a nice review on Richard Burns Rally,although the game is old the people over at Rallyesim.com have come up with a great mod that brings it right up to date.There are a couple of links on this site with all the info needed to get you power sliding through the forests and snow trails.I have installed my old copy of RB and downloaded and put on the mod and must say what a great setup it is.So for a couple of pounds for RB you could be going up against the boys at rallyesim and SRT .

Race Connect F1 Rd 2 Albert Park

Tonight See's the second race in Race Connects F1 series.The drivers will be taking to the mean streets around Albert Park for what will be a tough full race length event.With all the boy from AnE racing hoping to get on the points table.

The RaceConnect Formula 1 Championship uses the recently released CDTP 2006 1.0 Mod.

This series runs Fortnightly on Thursday evenings.

Practice:- 19:45 UK Time
Qualifying:- 20:10 UK Time
Warm-Up:- 20:25 UK Time
Race Start:- 20:30 UK Time

Formation Lap With Standing Start.

Driving Aids Allowed :- Low ABS & Medium Traction Control

F1 1991 LE 1.3 - Released

Slimjim, TMF & EViL Group keep on improving the leage edition of their Formula One 1991 mod for rFactor by releasing a new patch that brings the mod to version 1.3.

The patch includes new collision models for all cars, new mip maps, a fixed problem with alt-tabbing out of the simulation and more.

Important: This is just a patch, make sure to have the latest full version installed.

Kicking The Ass out of racing

After reading a forum post on pit building I started to see what I could do to improve my cockpit and racing experience.Reading the post about motion pads and sound sensors it soon came apparent we were in the realms of fantasy with the costs these can occur it then hit me "Buttkicker"
Coming from a flightsim back ground I had a buttkicker for my flightsim rig.Now all I had to do was adapt it for my Evo Playseat,Back to the forums for some inspiration and bingo it had already been done.A slight modification to fit the Buttkicker clamp to the base of the seat and onto the track for a test.What can I say as a race friend of mine would say "Its the Bollocks" every small bump you can feel and running the rumble strips at the corners really does hurt.This has taken my cockpit setup to another level and improved the racing experience even more.
So if your looking to improve your racing experience its the way to go.Stay tuned for my next addon, you know there's bound to be one.

Flying Scotsman Takes Monza

Keith Ettles drove a commanding race from start to finish to take top spot at Monza for Rd 1 of the AnE gt pro league.The fireman from Edinburgh was just to hot for the rest of the field,although early on in the race Chris File from our very own Chequered flag Race Team was in the no.1 seat until he caught the curb exiting the parabolica.Ettles passed him and never looked back taking maximum points for PJ Racing.Chris recovered from his slight mishap and took second closely followed by Lambo Dambo's Darren Gardener.Paul Gray made a impressive League debut with a 5 place after Chequered flags no.2 driver Nick Carnell had to make a stop and go from fourth place throwing away a 38 second lead over gray.Some great racing from nearly a full field and very little in the way of race incidents capped a great start to the gt league which now moves to sunny Spain and Valencia for what will be a taxing twisty and very bumpy track.

DIY

With alot of controls in any race game and only so many buttons on a G25 its a fact that you need to use your keyboard.Not a problem you would think, but when your travelling at high speeds in the middle of a tough race its not always easy to find that right button.This were with a bit of technical info and a few spare hours you could make your racing experience alot easier.I found a old wingman controller on ebay for 1 pound and some push to make buttons + wire from Maplins for 8 pounds and I was all set to go.Taking the circuit board out of the contoller, all was needed to do was to redirect the contol inputs of the control buttons to my buttons.Armed with my trusty soldering iron and steady hand this is a task most people can achieve.