Tag Archives: 2014

2014 SCRAM Preview

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One major rule change: no bonus points for leading a lap or leading the most laps.

Driver/team changes:

#1 LordTech Ford: New sponsor, Joey Wilson replaces Billy Brett
#5 Big Belly Burger Toyota: Developmental driver Shannon Reincke added to drive limited races
#7 Hasbro Chevy: Mike Dawson replaces Danny Haack
#10 Lady Speed Stick Chevy: New team with rookie driver Monica Merrick
#16 Amazon Kindle Fire Chevy: Paul Chen returns after ’13 hiatus
#17 Yahoo! Dodge: New sponsor, same driver (Jordy Pettis)
#18 Zesti Cola Ford: Everett Davis replaces Greg Karl
#24 Google Chevy: New sponsor, new driver as Robby Pietrowski replaces Andy Courol
#45 Cooke’s Electronics Chevy: Rookie Trevor Trostel replaces Joey Wilson
#55 Hanso Foundation Dodge: Ryan Mooney replaces Charlie Brake
#60 Torchwood Institute Toyota: Carrol Worthington ‘semi retires’, most races will be driven by Ralph Roach
#63 Shadow Proclamation Toyota: Geoff Daly, Jr. replaces Bobby McKinnon
#66 Capsule Corporation Chevy: Bobby McKinnon replaces Brad Bennefield
#73 Soder Cola Dodge: Rookie Joey Plonka replaces Ralph Roach
#77 The Daily Bugle Ford: New team with rookie driver Austin Bigler
#88 Hikita-Banzai Toyota: Biggest move of the off-season, Billy Brett replaces Derek Vanderwyst

Inactive Teams:
#37 inactive, formerly driven by Everett Davis
#67 withdrew from SCRAM, formerly driven by Mike Dawson
#90 could not secure sponsor, formerly driven by Geoff Daly, Jr.

Inactive drivers:
Derek Vanderwyst: Returned to ‘B’ series
Andy Coursol: Returned to “B” series
Levi Fox: not offered contract
Charlie Brake: moved to TV booth for 2014 season
Danny Haack: dropped out of racing after unproductive rookie season
Ernie Maldonado: Re-retires after handful of ‘encore’ races in 2013
Greg Karl: Returned to “B’ series

I have a personal goal of starting and finishing this SCRAM season in the same calendar year, or at least not stretching it over 2 years.

So the actual goal is to start now and finish by April of 2027.

Stay tuned!

2014 World Football Association

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And then sometimes you come across stuff that looked like a great idea at the time, but 5 years later you still haven’t done anything with that idea.

This was something I tried to pull together using PLAAY’s 2014 World Football Association card sets.

In my Soccer Blast box, I found three used score sheets, one for an MLS match, one for an EPL match, and one using a pair of pieced together teams from this 2014 set.

One of those teams was the Azkals, the Philippine National Soccer Team.

There were a bunch of cards that came with the set with player ratings, but no names.  I asked the game designer if I could create a team with the unnamed cards, he said it was possible, but they would probably be inferior to the pre-made teams.

So I created the Azkals, with names generated from random lists of Filipino first names and last names.

I didn’t note the score of any of the games, but I recall playing the Azkals and they were defeated by whatever team I put against them.

Perhaps someday I’ll do something with these card sets.

Stay tuned!

In Progress

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I have decided that these will be the projects that I will focus on for the time being.

Stay tuned!