Author Archives: Chris S.

Classic F1

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I have two versions of this game, one that I acquired and printed out in 2015, and an updated version that’s been sitting on my hard drive since late 2020.

I think it’s about time that I sat down and learned this one.

This is a lap-by-lap recreation of F1 races, and the most recent set that I picked up has all the world champions up to 2019, and the 2019 season set.

Other seasons that I have are 1981, 1988, and 2016, and a variety of historical tracks.

I may just take 20 championship drivers and 20 or so tracks and run a season, if I decide not to replay one of the seasons I have.

Stay tuned!

Round 2

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With the passing of George Foreman, I watched the “Rumble in the Jungle” last night, which I’m pretty sure we didn’t watch live back in the day, or at least I don’t recall doing that.  I may have watched it when ESPN was doing a marathon of Ali’s greatest fights a few years ago.

It may have been that marathon that prompted me to start playing tabletop boxing games, and creating the Scott Bullerwell Heavyweight Invitational.

This has been on hold for almost 3 years.

One of my tabletop goals from 2024 was to complete this project.

It’s high time I went back to it.

IT’S TIME FOR ROUND TWO OF THE SCOTT BULLERWELL HEAVYWEIGHT INVITATIONAL!

There’s 7 more fights to determine the winner.  I’d like to get a couple of them done this weekend.

Specifically, these two fights:

Especially that second fight, in memory of Foreman.

Stay tuned!

2013: Stock Car Racing America, Race 21

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So much for trying to finish off the season in one week.

July 28th, 2013: the Colonial 500 @ Eastern Seaboard Speedway.

Race Results:

Wayne Montana wins his 4th race of the season.

Current Standings:

Tom Rossi’s 43rd to 3rd start to finish extends his lead in the points standings, while Wayne Montana moves his way up to 3rd.

Next: the Snooze-Inn 350 @ Sun King Speedway.

Stay tuned!

SCRAM 2013

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I once ran 7 races over a 3 day weekend, to finish out the 2012 SCRAM season.

Let’s see if I can finish 12 races over the next week or so.

  • Snooze-Inn 350 @ Sun King Speedway
  • Signal Health Care 400 @ New England Colonial Speedway
  • Daily Double Duel @ Ocean Pacific International
  • Big Sky 400 @ Rocky Mountain Raceway
  • Good Snips 500 @ Northwest Empire International Raceway
  • Heartland 500 @ Midwest Motor Speedway
  • Pemoco 400 @ Great Lakes International Raceway
  • Yolo Corn Chips 400 @ Gulf Coast Motor Speedway
  • Prospector 400 @ Golden Gate International Speedway
  • A to Z Auto Parts 600 @ Desert Saguaro SuperSpeedway
  • Lone Star Financial 500 @ Texas National Motor Raceway

STAY TUNED!

2013: Stock Car Racing America, Race 20

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July 21st, 2013: the Bitty Beer 400 @ Southern Super Speedway.

The big pre-race news was points leader Parnell Drake failing to qualify for the race, after he had crashed out of last week’s event.

Tom Rossi needed a 6th place finish or better to take to lead in the standings.

Race results:

Chris Wynne is victorious for the first time this season.

Tom Rossi finishes 3rd and takes over the lead in the points standings.

Parnell Drake sits 4 points behind Tom Rossi in the standings with 12 races to go in the season.

Next: the Colonial 500 @ Eastern Seaboard Speedway.

Stay tuned!

2013: Stock Car Racing America, Race 19

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Whoops, didn’t post these results.

July 14, 2013: the CropMaster Tractor 300 @ Midwest Motor Speedway.

Race Results:

Jordy Pettis takes the checkered flag for the first time this season.

Points leader Parnell Drake crashes out of the race for a 41st place finish.

Current standings:

Despite the crash, Drake maintains a solid lead ahead of Tom Rossi in the points standings.

Next: the Bitty Beer 400 @ Southern Super Speedway.

Stay tuned!

Qualifying: 2013 Bitty Beer 400

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BREAKING NEWS:

Points leader Parnell Jones (engine failure) and previous race (CropMaster Tracktor 300) winner Jordy Pettis (suspension problem) have both failed to qualify for this week’s Bitty Beer 400 at the Southern Super Speedway.

This gives Tom Rossi a chance to take the points lead with a 6th place finish or better.  He starts deep in the field in 36th position.

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I conducted the qualifying session for the Bitty Beer 400 before going to bed, and the results surprised me enough that I felt the need to document it immediately.

I don’t believe I’ve ever had both the points leader and previous race winner *not* qualify for the following race.

Stay tuned!

 

Let’s Go Racin’ Boys!

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It’s the start of the NASCAR season this weekend, so my plan is to run at least one SCRAM 2013 race on Sunday, and perhaps a couple more during the week.

I’ve said elsewhere that I want to play something more consistently, and Red White & Blue Racin’ is game that I can run a tabletop race in a reasonable amount of time, probably quicker than an average baseball simulation, and definitely much faster than a non-express soccer/hockey/football game simulation.

I have about 14 races left in the 2013 SCRAM season, which can be finished in a couple of months, if I can manage to run 2 races a week.

As for baseball, I believe I have about 64 games left in the 1971 SF Giants season, and more than that (90) in the 1921 NY Giants season.  If I can finish one of those by the end of the year I’ll call it a big success.

That would require me to play about six 1971 games a month and/or nine 1921 games a month.

So those are my tabletop sports goals for the rest of 2025.  We’ll see how much I can get accomplished.

Stay tuned!