1973 Indianapolis 500 [May 31st]

Awesome job by Hadrien! great respect for you mate!
Nice to see the black label on tv but man that first pitstop looked so stupid  
feel sad for Jason his voice sound gutted after he fell out

Again congrats Richard! ,this event was such a great succes , last weekend indy taste was very special  and so briliant prepared by hso would  love to see more Marathon events with oldies at 60s daytona and nurburgring, admins they almost ready....

@ Jp

is it possible to crank up that  cam view which is below the surface , a  pity by such a brilliant track

I think JP did make some corrections, but somehow they weren't used in the race itself

Results are up. Some things still need some massaging, but as far as I can tell, Mike has credit for his pole position and Richard has credit for the win

Good Job

Richard Coxon wrote:

Good Job

Meh.  It still says 202 lap race.  Not sure how to reduce it to 200 without jacking the whole thing

EDIT: Figured it out, it now shows as a 200 lap race.  Now we just need to fix the question marks and the missing side views

EDIT: "???" and side views are fixed now

Oof, looking at fastest lap times and in race trim I was quite off Grats Richard, Mike and Peter on the podium

Bravo Richard,et a tous les participants qui ont passer le
Merçi a l'équipe,plus particulièrement Jason,pour cette magnifique organisation.

It is really gratifying to hear that so many of you enjoyed the race and the events leading up to it.
Thank you for all the kind words

You did a great job organising and running it Jason, I'd buy you a scotch if I was in the area

More than a month ago I received a call from my friend Arturo Pereira: "You know the HSO are organizing the Indy 500. Cars73 the Champs mode for May 31 We signed???" Are you crazy? "I said," these cars are difficult to handle even on the straights !!! "" Racing 200 laps with 32 other cars ... impossible !!! "... Two days later we were signed ...
As Arthur had chosen Eagle72 in their  3 options, I did the same to exchange setups. That way throughout the month we were working as a team (Arturo has great experience on ovals) and thanks to him I found a qualifying and a  race setup very easy to drive (in how easy it can be these cars).
But it came a little detail, while the Arturo´s Eagle had a Offy engine mine had a Ford, therefore according Carstat had almost 150hp difference in the configuration of classification and the same difference in race configuration. Therefore I had to change my strategy, and to pretend a place on the podium was impossible, I began to think about the race as if it were a test of endurance and aim to be among the top 10. . So I chose to run with less powerful engine (80in.HG), rather closed radiator (a careful eye to the oil temperature), gear box a little long to take advantage of traffic and strategy 3 stops.
At the start I was further delayed because a car was stopped, and both Lee (another expert on ovals) as I went past by the rows behind us. The start was clean and began the task of passing cars that were old chassis (Eagles68 / 70) powerful engines (Offy) and were very well driven (Alessio and David). That work took me 14 laps and finally in the 29 could go to Dave. From there, free way, watch the mirrors and the scheduled stop at  50 laps.
Everything was working wonderfully, he was on track behind Lee (although several seconds behind him) and before Dave (Miller), but feeling very comfortable in the car. Also note that when the car they had chosen a strategy of 4 stops returned to track I go at your own pace (I was in those 10 laps before stopping full in everywhere) so my final position in the race was to be among the top 10.
But on lap 72 began setbacks. At T2 a misunderstanding with Mike made me do a full spin. I did not lose my position and the CarStatus everything seemed OK. But in my stop scheduled at lap 100 my mechanics began to fix something and instead 25 seconds it took 65. . I lost my position with Dave, but I thought it could recover at the end of the race. But on Lap 114 an Eagle hits from behind at  T3 and made severe damage. For a moment I thought about quitting, but all the effort a month deserved better, and especially the work of the organizers. So as I could get to the pits (after 3 laps) and my mechanics there took more than 80 seconds to patch the Eagle. When I returned to track the only thing I could hope for it was to finish, so I just started lapping. I did my last scheduled stop, again took more than 60 seconds (it seems that the tape had been taken off by the wind). And again on track and finish.
Thank you all for this wonderful race, HSO, to all participants and congratulations to the winner.

Excellent Claudio. We had a few drafting runs in practice as your car was faster in the turns and I had a higher top speed. I was hoping to hang to you in the race but I got understeer in the draft and then you were gone.

Claudio wrote:

But on Lap 114 an Eagle hits from behind at T3 and made severe damage.

Mon dépassement c'est mal dérouler.Sorry Claudio.

Gérard Ryon wrote:

Claudio wrote:

But on Lap 114 an Eagle hits from behind at  T3 and made severe damage.

Mon dépassement c'est mal dérouler.Sorry Claudio.

No problem

You ran great Claudio, I almost was able to avoid when we both moved for the same spot. Glad I did not damage you or myself badly.

Mike Becnel wrote:

You ran great Claudio, I almost was able to avoid when we both moved for the same spot. Glad I did not damage you or myself badly.

Full size version here.

Epic Jason, Brilliant again

Thats great Jason

Had missed this one, great job again

Thanks guys 

Bravo Jason for the newspaper.

nice newspaper Jason

Newspaper memories of GPL.

After deliberation by the admins, here are the additional award winners for this race:



Jigger Award recipient:  Sven Selbmann


Sven was very enthusiastic throughout the month and logged many competitive practice laps in preparation for the 500. His qualifying run was among the most consistent. Then, right before race time, a technical issue caused him to leave the server, and he could not get back in. This unfortunate circumstance is definitely in the spirit of the Jigger Award, and so it goes to him. We hope he has better luck in next year's 500.



Rookie of the Year:  Tyler Greene


Tyler was completely new to the HSO scene and the 73 mod, but he was instantly fast and put together an amazing performance on race day.  He would have qualified higher on the grid had his fourth lap been cleaner, and he likely would have won the race if not for an off-course incident late in the day.  Still, his HSO arrival hit like a thunderclap, and Rookie of the Year honors are very much deserved.