FG: Nascar IX: Pit Stop

[Tuberski]

Sent.

ACK!

[rah]

Originally posted by Spaced Cowboy
Damn it, I screwed up and miscounted, I don't suppose you'd let me add a B to the end of the last command?

Sorry, just a bit late. But you can use a couple of WCs and still stay on the track so I'm sure it will be just a minor inconvience. You usually don't make mistakes, I'm surprised.

[vovan]

Wow, from third to last in the sand alley.

Sent

[rah]

But only 4 squares from 3rd again, and lots of opp to slip.

[vovan]

Originally posted by rah
But only 4 squares from 3rd again, and lots of opp to slip.

Haha, but rah, third is not an option. Before sand alley it was a couple squares from first. That's okay though, certainly not all is lost.

Vovan

[gjramsey]

Cool, it worked! I was sweating that turn.

Orders sent!

[rah]

True Vovan, but it's still a long race.

Yep GJ, I had that same feeling when I made my move the last race. When I opened your orders, my thoughts were, "gutsy". It feels good when it works. When it doesn't, you can ask Vovan since that's how his turn went.

[Jonny]

Sent.

[RGBVideo]

Has Kassiopeia been owned yet?

[Kassiopeia]

Pretty much yes.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Okay I'm in. I see my mistake now. When I originally counted it I used AA(7M)L for my first turn, which would have allowed me to BB going into this turn and not burn another WC.

I hope this stupid mistake does not cost me the race.

Oh and I will surely be pit stopping at a very slow speed to recharge the WCs. I doubt that I be able to use the top speed since I'll really have to slow down for the turns.

[rah]

TURN 13

                          *******
                         ******6**
                         ****   *** 
                          ***    ***
                         ***     ***
                        ***      **4
                       ***       ***
                      *1*        **3 
                     ***         **B--5,2
                    ***          7**
                    ***          *** 
                    ***          *** 
                    ***          ****
                    ***           ****
                    ***            **** 
                    ***             ****
                    ***              ==== end alley
                    ***               *xx* 16 
                    ***                *Sx* 15
                  *******               *SxS 14
                  *******                *SSx 13
                  *******                 *xSx 12 
                  *******                  SSxS 11 
                  *******                   xSSx 10
                  *******                    SSxS 9 
                  ********                    SxSx 8 
                  *********                    xS2S 7  
                  **********                    SxSS 6  
                  ******* ***                    *SxS 5
                  *******  **                     *SSx 4 
                  *******  ##-speed limit          *SxS 3   
                  *******  **     6                 *SS* 2 
                  *******  **                        *SS* 1 )
                  *******  **                         ====  start
                  *******  **                     ***O****   sandtrap
                  *******  PP-pit stop           ********     alley
                  *******  **  marker           ********  
      finish line =======  **                  ***
                  *******  **                 ***  
                  *******  **                *** 
                  *******  **               *** 
                  *******  ##-end limit    **O 
                  ******* ***             ***    
                  **********        *********  
                  *********        ********* 
                  ********        *********   
                  *******        *** 
                  ******        *** 
                  *****        ***
                  ****        *O*
                  ****       *** 
                  ****      ***
                   ***     *** 
                    ***     ***
                     ***     ***
                      ***     **O
                       O**     ***
                        ***     ***
                         ***    ***
                          **** ****
                           *******
                            *****


MAX=Max speed
Cust=Sway(S) or Turbo(T) or Performance (P)

CAR   DRIVER           DIRECTION  SPEED  WC    MAX  CUST  ORDERS
***   *************       ***      ***   **     **  ****  **********
 1.   Spaced Cowboy        SW      10     2     11  turb  AA(2M)LM(L+1)(5M)
 2.   Kassiopeia            N       9     2     11  turb  SAA(4M)R(4M)
 3.   Sparrowhawk           N       6     9      7  perf  AMR(M4)
 4.   gjramsey              N       8     3      9  turb  AA(M2)R(M6)B
 5.   Tuberski              N       7     4      8  sway  SAMMMRMMM
 6.   Jonny                NW       9     4     10  sway  A(A+1)(m6)L(m2)
 7.   Vovan                 N       7     2      8  sway  SA(6M)R

Spaced burns a WC but cruises around the turn setting up for the pits.
Jonny also burns a WC to get his speed up and stays only one turn behind spaced.

Then everyone else except for VOVAN choses the outside line and Kassi hits Sparrow.
Sparrow wins the toss. Kassi ends on the same space as Tuber, so tuber gets no penalty.

BUT THERE IS NO AN OILSPILL UNDER SPARROW(car 3)
Sparrow is definately going to need to pit. Probably very slowly to regain as much max speed as possible.

I'm anticpating almost all to pit this lap, but the question will be who can arrange not to pit on the next lap.

Can Spaced continue to open his lead? Tune in for the next lap.


Now accepting orders for turn 14.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Sent,

Spaced looks ahead at the track....Hey! What are all those freakin' O's?

[gjramsey]

oh yeah, no doubt about me entering the pits.

sent

[Kassiopeia]

Sent.