The 1971 Can Am series simulation for GPL.

The following images are under copywrite and may not be displayed or
reproduced in part or full without the express permission of Mark
Beckman.

The pictures will remain for the immediate present, exclusive to
M4Driving as a "Thank You" for their continued committment to GPL and
other sims.

http://forum.m4driving.it/index.php?showtopic=49771

(Alessandro) wrote in news:5d56556a.0501020738.fcd03b6
@posting.google.com:

> The following images are under copywrite and may not be displayed or
> reproduced in part or full without the express permission of Mark
> Beckman.
>
> The pictures will remain for the immediate present, exclusive to
> M4Driving as a "Thank You" for their continued committment to GPL and
> other sims.
>
> http://forum.m4driving.it/index.php?showtopic=49771
>

Holy Crap Batman! If we can get a Chappy or two and the extended front
wing on the Lola...I'm in heaven. WoW!

dave henrie

Dave Henrie wrote:

> Holy Crap Batman! If we can get a Chappy or two and the extended
front
> wing on the Lola...I'm in heaven. WoW!
>
> dave henrie

Unfortunately there was no Chaparral racing in Can-Am in '71. The FIA
****ed him off by outlawing his 2J after the 1970 season and he left
Can-Am, to everyone's detriment. Chaparral did tune the engines in the
Shadow in '71, and they used Chaparral's crossover induction on them,
but that was about it.

Also unfortunate, it looks like Mr. Beckman's take on history is pretty
shaky, at best.

RC

Who gives a rat's?
So long as he has a selection of Can-Am cars from this first series, I for
one care bugger-all for the accuracy of the timeline.
All the more reason to include one of Jim Hall's creations, IMO.

BK

> wrote in message
oups.com...

> Also unfortunate, it looks like Mr. Beckman's take on history is pretty
> shaky, at best.
>

Kindly accept my appology if I offended.

All I saw was mention of the 1971 season, which had no Chaparrals. I
was not commenting on the mod creator's timeline, just his apparent
lack of grasp on the realities of Can-Am 1971. Not trying to stir
anything up.

RC

"Richard Chiun" > wrote in news:1105086595.629134.96090
@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:

> Kindly accept my appology if I offended.
>
> All I saw was mention of the 1971 season, which had no Chaparrals. I
> was not commenting on the mod creator's timeline, just his apparent
> lack of grasp on the realities of Can-Am 1971. Not trying to stir
> anything up.
>
> RC
>
>

No apologies needed. We tend to WANT things we can't have. Thus, if
someone comes up with a 70's Trans Am mod, I still may lobby for the
Chaparrals.

dave henrie

No offence taken here, Richard.
As Dave so rightly states, a representation of the original Can-am series
deserves the inclusion of a Chaparral......ANY Chaparral!!
(Just my personal desire, of course!)

Bruce.

"Richard Chiun" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Kindly accept my appology if I offended.

Dave Henrie wrote:

> No apologies needed. We tend to WANT things we can't have. Thus, if
> someone comes up with a 70's Trans Am mod, I still may lobby for the
> Chaparrals.

Good on ya. Hall campaigned factory Camaros in T/A amongst the 2J's
development. ;-)

http://www.historictransam.com/Drive...kMountanos.htm

-jde

Dave Henrie wrote:

>>All I saw was mention of the 1971 season, which had no Chaparrals. I
>>was not commenting on the mod creator's timeline, just his apparent
>>lack of grasp on the realities of Can-Am 1971. Not trying to stir
>>anything up.

> No apologies needed. We tend to WANT things we can't have. Thus, if
> someone comes up with a 70's Trans Am mod, I still may lobby for the
> Chaparrals.



Hmmm, I distinctly remember seeing something like that minutes ago for
Nascar Heat.


On that subject, after finding a rare copy of Heat (very rare here in
Europe at least, I think this one was never sold here),

I'd like to say a big "Thanks!" to all who made those nice mods I've
tried for this not-too-bad-actually type of lite sim: (Big Ben, Punko,
Maxx, John Bodin etc.... You know who you are; gracias!)

Spirit of Heat 1937 (GP Titans mod, Silver Arrows era),
Spirit of Heat 1955 (GP 50's mod, Fangio era),
and the Formula Ford 2000 mod.

I'll definitely be trying more of those, it's good for filling the wait
for the similar upcoming mods for GPL... at dozens of mods, seems like
Heat is much more 'moddable' than I thought.


Noticed also some "Classic Can-Am" and Trans-Am type stuff there.

http://teamplayers.hsw.hu/nh_carsets.htm

http://www.texasspeedracing.com/

Regards, Rudy
(GPLRank -24)

Bruce Kennewell wrote:
> No offence taken here, Richard.
> As Dave so rightly states, a representation of the original Can-am
series
> deserves the inclusion of a Chaparral......ANY Chaparral!!
> (Just my personal desire, of course!)
>
> Bruce.


I quite agree! I personally think Jim Hall's marvelous creations
epitomized what Can-Am was supposed to be about, and they provided the
only consistently serious threat to the Orange Elephants over the time
period they raced.

The Petroleum Museum in Midland, Texas has most of the Chaparrals on
display, so if you ever pass through there...

RC