Automation Sunday Cup - Race 4: Laguna Seca

[LS-Vehicles]

Team Super Special - TSS
Fastest bois alive since 1969

• Aki Agregaatti - The most special driver in Finland. Due to unfortunate events involving Aki’s mother and a faulty lawnmower, Aki was born literally with gasoline in his veins. Aki’s hobbies include Sunday driving and complaining about things. Beginner alcoholic.

• Mauri Maanvaiva - Self proclaimed manager of the team. His actual duties include mopping the garage floor and checking the tire pressure. Professional alcoholic.

• Masa Mainio - Master mechanic, he can repair virtually anything, except his broken marriage. Has been able to build a car from a sewing machine, roller skates and a milk jug. Amateur alcoholic.

[Knugcab]

Are you from Finland? Because I live close to the border and all of that sounds realistic and reasonable.

[LS-Vehicles]

Yes am of finlands

[Dorifto_Dorito]

Team “AWNB”

A team of acrobatics pilots and avid petrolheads, Team AWNB are members of the “Acrobatic Wing of North Belfast” hence the team name.

Team Members

• Lawrence Faulkner
  Former Mercernary pilot during the Yugoslav Wars, however was disgusted by the nature of the border conflict and thus left the force shortly after. He would later return to his home in Belfast becoming an acrobatic pilot.

• Patrick J. Crow
  While recently joining “AWNB”, Patrick is one of the more skilled rookies, being able to keep up with Charles and Lawrence. During training and shows, his callsign is DJ due to his love for music.

• Charles Y. Fera
  A former RAF Pilot, Charles flew under the callsign “Cypher” during Desert Storm. There he would become known as the “شيطان” by the Iraq forces. After the conflict, he would retire from the air force to join the “Acrobatic Wing of North Belfast”

[abg7]

Team Sunday Strikers

A group of former test drivers and racing team employees, now working freelance as amateur racers and mechanics.

Walter Thompson - Competed in the 1995 Great Automation Run and now seeks to prove his mettle against other drivers in the legal discipline of endurance racing.

Henry Norwell - Master mechanic from Oxfordshire who went on to found Norwell Performance Systems in 2000 after working in the British GT Championship for several seasons.

Pat Kingston - Team manager who has experience in the WRC but only turned his attention to circuit racing recently. Known to ponder the consequences of each tactical and strategic decision for minutes on end before choosing the one which works best for him… Most of the time.

[Echowaffle8]

Selling two Aeros vehicles:

1. 1989 Aeros Router GT
From the second year after the refresh that got rid of the bizarre pop-up headlights. Engine works reasonably well for what it is, a factory 3.7L DOHC V8 that was issued as a performance option (that, weirdly, got similar fuel economy to the base engine according to some).

2. 1997 Aeros Remex
Made in large part with Aeros’ Japanese partner (I forget the name), apparently to compete with all the other sports cars coming out of Japan these days. Unlike them, Aeros chose to market it on “value” above all else so it lacks many of the same creature comforts as its competitors (which is why I’m getting rid of it). The 3.6L SOHC V6 is a decent motor though.

[strop]

1988 Armada Motors EVO RC Homologation Special - 9827$A

this is your chance to get your hands on the legend that never was. made to fit group b requirements, only never got to race. didn’t stop Armada from selling thousands of these absolute stonkers, bless them.

comes with a little Italian v8 for god knows what reason, updated with EFI for emissions regs. good for 243hp. revs to the moon, goes like stink. this one doesn’t have all the offroad doodads on it, even if the drivetrain is all rally underneath, but definitely potential. or could be turned into a real street machine. would defs blow away those Erin fanboys.

selling because moving back to 'straya and the buggers don’t allow LHD! call on +44 01632 ****** between 9am and 9pm. serious offers only, no trades.

[Dragawn]

Team "The Drunken Dragons"

One poor alcohol-induced decision at the pub later, a group of 3 fellas decided to use some savings to enter in the Automation Sunday Cup

Patrick Williams - the main driver

Nina McPherson - The mechanic / backup driver

Billy Put - The race engineer / manager

[Chickenbiscuit]

Just a heads up, the deadline is under 12 hours away for entering cars and race teams. Don’t worry if you already entered and don’t see you name on the list yet.

[RetroSteve]

ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION

This is your very rare chance to become the third owner of this unique version of the Primo. The 2500 Avant ´88, with 96842 miles on the clock. Its model number 69 of just 250, with the economical and powerful 2.5 V6 engine and the pretty unusual but stylish S bodykit in an elegant forest green. The 5 speed gearbox helps with good fuel economy, high top speed, and also pretty good acceleration from 0 to 60. Its combines sport and family in one and all this is for just 9,737$ fix. So don’t miss your chance! Grab your phone and call me now!

[Dragawn]

[rileybanks]

1995 Hor Katana S - $9975

You know what this car is, crash course in case you don’t: 162 hp 1.6l I4, FWD, revs to the moon.
Been thrashed a little, but only 25k on the clock. Selling due to needing a more comfortable car for long-distance travel.

Clean, no obvious noises or problems, but it hasn’t been serviced in a while.

The Muses:
This is a ‘team’ made up of James Nurse, an 18-year-old who’s just got his license, and is trying various different forms of motorsport to see what he’s good at.

[Echowaffle8]

Team Sky Screamers

Multinational amateur team based in the Cayman Islands ^{(for tax reasons)}.

Driver: Jimmy Barnes

No relation.

Codriver: Jan Larsson

Young Swedish driver seeking to make a name for himself and hopefully get picked up by a professional rally team.

Crew chief: Tarou Kishida

Hired as the crew chief for a JGTC team that folded before it competed in any races, is also participating in the ASC to make name for himself.

[Chipskate]

Team Falukorv

A ragtag bunch of misfits from nothern Sweden, united by their need to go fast. How they managed to get the money and time to travel around the world for several weeks I don’t know, but just roll with it, OK?

The Driver

Jimmy Beijer, a factory worker from Härnösand. Has no formal racing experience, but can pull some mad skids in the ICA Maxi parking lot with his Volvo 740.

The Co-driver

Johan Stolt, an IT technician from Sundsvall. Earned his spot as co-driver thanks to having the high score in the Daytona USA cabinet at the local burger joint (might’ve also had something to do with the fact that he’s the only person of the crew that has an internet connection and that can buy cars online)

The Mechanic

Sune Bengtsson, a mechanic student from Lockeby. If there’s something he can’t fix, noone can (if he’s had a go first, that is).

[Chickenbiscuit]

Deadline has passed.

Ok, that’s it for car submissions. Unless I missed something, everything I have passes regs and I will update the car list shortly. As for racing teams, if anyone missed the deadline there’s still a bit of time to join before I get too far in setting up the challenge. Y’all contributed a ton of cars . I will post a “master list” of all the cars and their multiples tomorrow morning most likely and a list of the dealerships you can sign up for.

Edit: My bad, around say 12-14 hours from now.

[Knightophonix]

Define “tomorrow morning” as the forum must spread on literally all the existing timelines.

[stm316]

Ya rolls the dice, ya takes ya chances.

Team name: “Bananas in someone else’s pyjamas”

For now, nicknames will do.
B1, B2, and… B12

[Urbanliner]

Thank you for opening the team entry for a bit longer. I am an idiot and just ignored the deadline when I wanted to enter a racing team too.

Matsunaga M.R. Team

A racing team of the car modding firm Matsunaga. Further lore may or may not appear later.

Driver: Alfred Hunter - A driver Matsunaga sometimes hires to have their performance-modded cars test driven.

Co-Driver: Ryuto Matsunaga - Matsunaga’s founder and current leader.

Mechanic: Kou Akagi - A dedicated mechanic with his own shop located pretty close to Matsunaga’s “factory”.

[thecarlover]

Mosport Tuning Garage

Two techs from a Vancouver garage that specialises in tuning Mosport cars and engines.

Driver: Alex Young, 38, garage owner

Co-driver: Tim Macdonald, 35, head technician

Both want to add their expertise to something different and put their weekend track day skills to the test.

[strop]

Ah shit, I need to make a team!

Herrington Driver Development Program

After finishing runner-up in the Great Automation Run of 1995, Annabel Herrington, grand-daughter of the founder of Armada Motors, achieved somewhat of a cult notoriety alongside the modified Group B museum piece she drove. As a consequence, she was summarily ejected from the Executive Board of Armada Motors, and barred from affiliating with the company for five years, including using Armada products in a public capacity, until, you know, the whole thing blew over. At least, that was kind of the way that the Chairman of the Board, Graham put it.

What he really meant, and what he deliberately left open to interpretation, was that he wasn’t disallowing Anna from pursuing what was clearly her real passion, which was racing when she wasn’t trying to box his ears in for keeping the company solvent. She’d made her own capital and attracted her own interest as a result of the GAR. She just wasn’t allowed to attach the Armada name to anything she did officially because, well, that’d make it look a little too much like he actually endorsed her highly illegal jaunt, which quite assuredly, he had not.

So it was that Anna found herself, alongside her newly revitalised mother, Christine, with the task of building a new legacy. With more than a little spunk between them, they decided the focus of their efforts would be to turn the tide of the racing scene from being one giant sausage party, first by attracting a broader range of people (in particular women) to the sport. Thus while Anna honed her race-craft and tuning knowledge, her mother recruited the team.

For this particular weekend, one rookie driver is taking the helm, backed up by a more experienced veteran. Elaine is looking to navigate the challenge of driving in traffic that will mostly be faster than them. Anna’s challenge will be tuning the slowest car on the grid to something that may possibly have some competitiveness.

Driver: Elaine Braithewaite, 21, rookie driver
Co-driver: Timothy Blundell, 38, veteran driver and instructor
Mechanic: Annabel Herrington, 24