So who ACTUALLY are you? [Archive]

8dalejr.fan

10-20-2006, 06:33 PM

Another 'get to know you' thread. Instead of showing yourselves like in that pic thread, just tell us a little about yourself.

In fact, I don't know many of your real names, just a few of you. :oops: So this thread is to fix that.

I'll start...

Hi, I'm Michael Chrobok. But you can call me Mike. I'm from here in Ontario, but my background is Polish, Austrian, and Croatian. I'm 16. :hi:

Feel free to ask questions about the poster infront of you or just reply with your names (last names are not necessary).

cjt3viper

10-20-2006, 06:38 PM

Because I'm lazy I'll copy this from another forum

1. My name's Chris Theriault, I'm 18 and live in Toronto Canada

2. I've been sim racing since N3 but went online for first time in N2002

3. I along with a few others paint many latemodels from around Ontario and are the creators of the CASCAR mods and carsets

4. I crew on a CASCAR team and have travelled all around for races. I also help out with a latemodel at my local track on the weekends I'm not touring with CASCAR.

5. I am a mechanic and I absolutely love the trade and I will own my own shop someday.

WCPainter

10-20-2006, 06:53 PM

My name is Richard Garcia. I have only been into the whole papy games since 2002, but have been into sim racing since 99. I live in sunny San Diego, California and am a sophmore in high school. I am 15.

yeehaw.

8ball

10-20-2006, 06:57 PM

Taken off the same forum as Chris' post.

1. My name is Pete, and I'm 18 and am majoring in Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Hampshire.

2. I started racing quarter midgets at Little T in 98' and just finished my second season in the USAC Northeast Ford Focus series, where I finished 9th in points. I do pretty much everything on my car, except paying for it (I know, I'm a spoiled rich kid), and most of the electrical stuff.

3. Have been sim racing since the Indianapolis 500 sim back in 91' or so. My first league race was in 2003, right after N2003 came out. I won my first online championship this year with the ASRS RPM Latemodels, and would like to think that I am pretty good at sim racing.

4. I love driving at 4:30 AM on highways in the middle of nowhere, coming back from the races while listening to Charlie Daniels, Gin Blossoms, or various classic rock songs.

5. I have an extensive collection of very odd pictures.

speed29

10-20-2006, 07:02 PM

I'm Drew Glover, a 16 year old high school student. I've been in on the NASCAR sim scene since mid-2002, and held onto the NR2003 demo for about 6 months until I could get the full game around late June '03.

Everyone I know (real life) calls me one of the smartest people they know, I think of myself as a sponge, kinda. It only takes one listen to get the information in my head. I try to be modest about it, though, the worst thing I could do is become egotistical.

:hi:

Phathead

10-20-2006, 07:02 PM

I'm Jory, currently a Business major with a chem minor at the Univeristy of Nebraska at Omaha. Worked in a pharmacy for pretty much the last 5 years so I'm pretty well versed in that. Originally from northwestern Wisconsin and I've been bummin around the NR forums for more or less 8 years now

Suppose I should say I'm 21 too lol

Wheelnut

10-20-2006, 07:22 PM

:lol:

I'm Dane, I'm an aussie, I'm 16, a bit over 6'2" tall, I race karts and I spend most of my spare time racing or hanging out with friends.

Mike Henry Jr

10-20-2006, 07:54 PM

im mike, a handsome fella from new jersey. 18. maddly in love with my silverado named moses. ive been told i cant spell.

8dalejr.fan

10-20-2006, 08:24 PM

im mike, a handsome fella from new jersey. 18. maddly in love with my silverado named moses. ive been told i cant spell.

:lol:

Tazz

10-20-2006, 08:26 PM

im mike, a handsome fella from new jersey. 18. maddly in love with my silverado named moses. ive been told i cant spell.Somebody might make a joke about how you misspelled "hideous", but I won't.

NickHanson29

10-20-2006, 08:47 PM

I'm Nick.. I'm 14, and 6'1. I've been racing NR2003 since August 2003, and haven't stopped. I'm a freshman in high school.. I don't actually race in real life :(, but I love going karting.

Tommy Smith

10-20-2006, 08:49 PM

I'm Tommy Smith.... live in Trinity, NC.

I am 37 years old. I am married (for 10 years). I have 3 kids.. two boys and one girl. I am a senior design engineer at Thomas Built Buses. I am in charge of the cost reduction department of our company. I am going to go back to school and add a bachelor's degree for business management to my engineering degree.

I build decks, fences and storage buildings on the side and enjoy online games with my buds Gep, Axelred, Vader, Rick and the rest of the crew...

alltel27

10-20-2006, 08:58 PM

jake kaledkah, been racing nascar games since february this year. im in 8th grade and it sucks :lol:

nascarjohn

10-20-2006, 09:07 PM

im John Pengelley. im 18 and work at a local doctor's office here in southern california. will be heading to moorpark college next semester and i hope to work with computers in some form.

i first started playing sim games back with Nascar 50th anniversary edition but didnt start painting till a year ago when i came across nnracing.com. Mainly started at fictional schemes and requests. now i just do whatever i feel like making :lol:

i like to collect all sorts of nascar stuff but mainly any Hi-rez pics i can get my hands on :tup: :D

dannisbet

10-20-2006, 10:43 PM

My name should be pretty easy to figure out :moon:

Other than that, I'm a first year senior in college planning on doing a double-major in graphic design and a minor in illustration. Should keep me an extra year if all goes well. Outside of school, I hold down 3 graphic design jobs (one of which allows me to design a few racecars. Woohoo!)

I've been around the sim community since NASCARnet was still Alex's NASCAR Pit Stop (Wasn't that the name? I still remember the brown menu buttons across the top of the site LMAO), and got to be one of the first crew members there.

Tom_Walker

10-20-2006, 10:57 PM

I'm Tom (don't want to give my lasdt name... lol) I am a 42 year old who just started working for someone else for the forst time in 5 years. I was a self employeed Chef/Caterer. I am married and have 2 kids - 1 in each flavor - they are 5 and 3 years old.

I have been sim racing since Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge and racing PAPY sims since the beginning.

I have lived outside Phoenix, Arizona for the past 18 years, but grew up in Central Mass.

Kellogg is teh Hollaback

10-21-2006, 12:39 AM

I'm Jack Kellogg. I am not "teh hollaback girl!" I go to a community college for right now. I have changed my major like 5 times and am currently under the "General Studies" program. I like to watch NASCAR and drink Coors Original.

KBartelt

10-21-2006, 03:10 AM

Hello!

I am Kevin Bartelt. Many people pronounce my name incorrectly (Most scewups are pronounced "Bartlet").

I am 17 and 6'7"/204 lbs. I have been running Papyrus/Sierra sims since N1 and I have been racing on the computer since Bill Elliott's Nascar Challenge and Indycar 1.

When I race online in league, I'm usually half way decent. Depends heavily if I can find a decent base setup I can work with though.

Oh, and I rarely log in except to participate in threads I find amusing.

:hi:

Chev_350

10-21-2006, 06:05 AM

Hi, my name is Scott Kenny. I am 19, 6'2", brown hair, blue eyes, I am a sagittarius and I like long walks on the beach.....No, not what you were after, ok then, I live on the Gold Coast in Australia, commute an 1 hour an a 1/2 to work in Brisbane as a graphic designer for a health food company, sim racing since N4

pippy

10-21-2006, 09:21 AM

Hi my name is Don Bouquin I am older then dirt (51). I have raced since the first nascar game came out in 1994. I worked on the Aero88 mod that was put out by the uspits. I helped SH71 in giving him pictures of old cars so he had something to go by when he painted. Many years ago put some cars out at nascarnet as the name pip. Also help Skipjack on car sets in the past and did some work with Mark James. You all take care, Don

jeff_langer

10-21-2006, 09:36 AM

enjoy online games with my buds Gep, Axelred, Vader, Rick and the rest of the crew...

I can't believe that I did not make the A list!

Phathead

10-21-2006, 09:40 AM

[quote="Tommy Smith":1ty3eq0c]enjoy online games with my buds Gep, Axelred, Vader, Rick and the rest of the crew...

I can't believe that I did not make the A list![/quote:1ty3eq0c]

thats cause you suck Jeff. at least you're not on the C list with me :(

Leicht90fan

10-21-2006, 12:33 PM

Smoke_20

10-21-2006, 01:33 PM

My name is Jordan Erickson I am 17 years of age and I am a senior at Bismarck High School. I currently work at Warren's Locks & Keys, a locksmith shop here in Bismarck, ND. After I graduate I am planning on going to Bismarck State College for a year then transfer to NDSU and get a degree in some type of design. This past year I was an offical at our local dirt track, and am hoping to start driving a legend car sometime soon. In my spare time I am usually either racing or working on our school magazine which I am the design editor of.

dannisbet

10-21-2006, 02:07 PM

Smoke_20

10-21-2006, 02:09 PM

[quote="Smoke_20":slvola4n]My name is Jordan Erickson I am 17 years of age and I am a senior at Bismarck High School. I currently work at Warren's Locks & Keys, a locksmith shop here in Bismarck, ND. After I graduate I am planning on going to Bismarck State College for a year then transfer to NDSU and get a degree in some type of design. This past year I was an offical at our local dirt track, and am hoping to start driving a legend car sometime soon. In my spare time I am usually either racing or working on our school magazine which I am the design editor of.

NDSU has a great architecture program... that what your looking into? I've got 2 friends in it right now[/quote:slvola4n]

Yeppers. But the only thing I am worried about is wasting a year at BSC, I am not sure if the architecture allows for you to be a transfer. But I'll get that figured out sooner than later.

S_Gibson

10-21-2006, 02:26 PM

I won't give my name because I don't trust any of you. I just hang around here because I've been married for 16 years, have a son and daughter and can't afford to have any real fun :tdown: I'm drafting supervisor at a steel fabricator that will remain nameless because I'm suspicious of all of you.

Oh and I like pizza, Sci Fi Friday and voting for Republicans :roxs:

JasonRSC

10-21-2006, 02:51 PM

My name is Jason & I'm a 23 year old Graphic Designer for a print shop in Greenville. Been a life-long pro wrestling fan (thanks to the good 'ole Sportatorium) and a fan of NASCAR since 1997. Haven't been around the sim community as long as some of you but I've been on the paint crew for nascarnet, NascarZone, The Racing Groove (the original one) & ran RaceSchemeCentral. On the side, I do dirt track photography and I love to study meteorology. Had a brief stint in the US Army a few years ago and looking to join the Air Force sometime next year. 8-)

8dalejr.fan

10-21-2006, 03:01 PM

I won't give my name because I don't trust any of you. I just hang around here because I've been married for 16 years, have a son and daughter and can't afford to have any real fun :tdown:

:lol:

jeff_langer

10-21-2006, 05:18 PM

[quote="Tommy Smith":3ai2zjmg]enjoy online games with my buds Gep, Axelred, Vader, Rick and the rest of the crew...

I can't believe that I did not make the A list!

thats cause you suck Jeff. at least you're not on the C list with me :([/quote:3ai2zjmg]

We will start our own list Phat... Feel free to invite the young ladies featured in another thread! :moon:

RJ Anderson

10-21-2006, 07:21 PM

Rod J Anderson. Single father of a 13 year old daughter (shotgun always on standby). Recruiter for a large transportation company. Sim racing for long.....long time.

VADER

10-21-2006, 10:48 PM

My real name is Ken McKinley, guess i'm the old man around here at age 51. I started sim racing on N-2 and still enjoy it today.

I'm a sales engineer at a commercial heating and air conditioning company here in Portland, Oregon where I sell, design and project manage multi-story office and medical buildings. The days are long and stressful but the money is very good.

My on-line racing is pretty much at Can-Am when I race, but I got talked into getting Counter Strike Source which I added to my server and this is where most of the original RuRa racing crew meets up for some awesome shoot em up games.

To Jeff Langer, you are still one of us, so pick up a copy of CS and join us at the other site and you can get frustrated like the rest of us! :lol:

Phathead

10-21-2006, 11:02 PM

[quote="jeff_langer":1mz9tc17][quote="Tommy Smith":1mz9tc17]enjoy online games with my buds Gep, Axelred, Vader, Rick and the rest of the crew...

I can't believe that I did not make the A list!

thats cause you suck Jeff. at least you're not on the C list with me :([/quote:1mz9tc17]

We will start our own list Phat... Feel free to invite the young ladies featured in another thread! :moon:[/quote:1mz9tc17]

shhhhhh the normal people don't know about those pics! what shall we call the list then? and should we invite Gib... i mean that dude who won't tell us his name?

Brandon Lutz

10-21-2006, 11:04 PM

Phathead

10-21-2006, 11:07 PM

Name: Classified
Occupation: Meat Popsicle
Location: Classified
Interests: Sim Racing, College Football, Auto Racing, Camping, Women, Hunting, and Guns.
Salary: Classified due to security restrictions that the RRRNSIA has imposed.
Current Objective: Find David's Hair.

David's hair is lost man... give it up! Craig has it in the basement and lord knows we'll never find Craig again :(

wait, maybe Andy's brother has it....

Brandon Lutz

10-21-2006, 11:11 PM

Phathead

10-21-2006, 11:12 PM

[quote="Brandon Lutz":8i6vmi6b]Name: Classified
Occupation: Meat Popsicle
Location: Classified
Interests: Sim Racing, College Football, Auto Racing, Camping, Women, Hunting, and Guns.
Salary: Classified due to security restrictions that the RRRNSIA has imposed.
Current Objective: Find David's Hair.

David's hair is lost man... give it up! Craig has it in the basement and lord knows we'll never find Craig again :(

wait, maybe Andy's brother has it....

Well maybe we should find Lightning and beat him up for the information?[/quote:8i6vmi6b]

If you do find him let me know, I'd like to skin him. Bet I could get DFJ to help me lol

Matt Bergeron

10-22-2006, 06:21 AM

Well i may as well do this too....

Im Matt Bergeron Il be taking Administrative law at Mohawk College in Brantford Ont, Its a two year program and il be getting into Canadian Customs. I crew for a CASCAR team i work at wal mart to pay for college and im a huge Robby Gordon fan. Also im a HUGE VAN HALEN Fan! :roxs:

CStokes

10-22-2006, 07:00 AM

I'm Clayton Stokes I'm still in highschool but going for electrian or mechanic apprenticeship. I'm gonna be working at an autobody/mechanic's shop just working a a cleaner. favourite driver would be Jr.

High Groove

10-22-2006, 09:22 AM

My names Joe, i'm 17, from FL. in college studying business and I.C.T. Huge JR and Waltrip fan. I work in Wal-Mart. yep

Ben Althen

10-22-2006, 10:40 AM

Names Ben, I go to Western New England College for Mechinical Engineering, it absolutely sucks. I love the modifieds, I am a crew member on a few cars, racing is my life.

jeff_langer

10-22-2006, 10:45 AM

shhhhhh the normal people don't know about those pics! what shall we call the list then? and should we invite Gib... i mean that dude who won't tell us his name?

We should definately invite Gib... He is one cool cat! As far as our list name? Let's call it the we didn't make the Tommy Smith list list!!

Matito29

10-22-2006, 10:49 AM

Im Brian Fletcher. Im 16. I like Nascar. I like Dr. Pepper. Cheerwine is 32534634x better than Dr. Pepper. Kevin Harvick is cool. Dale Earnhardt was 32534634x better than Kevin Harvick. I wear glasses, because I cant see without them. I drive a 1995 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight. I am a cashier at Publix, a grocery store in the South. Ive been playing NR2003 since July or August 2003, but have played the Papy games since Nascar Racing back when I was 4. I used to get so mad because Dale Earnhardt wasnt in the game so I would paint a new car completely black and scribble a white 3 on it. I still paint ingame, because Im poor and cant afford PSP or PSD, and Im stupic and cant learn them. I have been single my entire life (maybe shouldnt have told you that) In my off time, I browse RuRa, NNRacing, and Myspace. Peter Griffin is my hero. Pandas, cows, and ducks are the coolest animals ever. My favorite color is blue. Pop Tarts taste good. Relient K is the greatest band in the history of ever.

jjkusaf

10-26-2006, 05:13 PM

James Kelley (with a "ey" not just a "y"). 29 from Birmingham Alabama though I'm stationed at Lackland AFB. Active Duty Air Force for 11 years 2 months and 24 days. Nuclear Medicine is my primary job...though secondary is x-ray and CT. Guns is my hobby and I have marksmanship in both M16 and M9. Currently set for deployment to Balad Air Base, Iraq in January.

R/CTerminator

10-27-2006, 09:48 AM

Chris Hofmann. One F two N's. I hate when people try to tell me how to spell my last name. 19 years old, currently residing just north of Charlotte, NC. I've worked on raccccce cars my entire life. Back home in PA, a friend had a NHRA Drag car, worked on that till I was 14 when the team closed up due to lack of fuunding ( sponsor left us to goto the #2 CTS truck) Went to vo tech in high school and graduated with my machinist papers, and am also certified in CNC programming, operation, and EDM operation. I engraved a set of Chevy SBII Valve covers for my senior project. (I'll have to find that photo) Spent all of high school working on Bobby Gerhart's ARCA team. Did alot of travelling to races and tests, cause my vo tech called it " career learning days" (great loop hole, right?) Was planning on going to college after I graduated high school in 2005, but JGR called and I moved to Charlotte a year ago to be a CNC Machinist. Won races and a NASCCAR Championship with JGR, then it fell apart in Feb. Woorked For Randy MacDonald's #72 BGN car this year, learned alot. Helped out Kertus Davis as well. Walked away from the #72 in August, did a one off with Viision racing, and since then, helped out my buddy ChaLew, and am employed by Charles Lewendowski Racing as well as Pit Studs Ink - a group that gets rented out on weekends to just crew cars. (headed to Memphis this weekend to crew the #01 BGN car)

Raced since NR1999, painted since N3.

Still looking for full time work, as either a machinist or a mechanic. I love going over the wall, I'm a tire carrier- I do fronts and rears- and its the biggest rush you can ever have.

I also do Graphic work with by buddy Tyler under the name Midnight Race Designs, clients include Bobby Gerhart Racing, Jones Group Racing, ChaLew, and this past year MacDonald Motorsports.

anything else just ask ( no i will not get you pit passes or autographs)

oh and I am still on a quest to find the key so we ccccan let Craig out of the basement... maybe hhe can help us find Lighhtninng or DFG

crane17

12-16-2006, 04:25 PM

I'm Anthony Crane go by AC (anthony is actually my middle name but no knew that till now). I'm 24 born and raised in Galveston TX. Started out as an Mechanical Engineer to get into a racing career but half way through, explosives sound like a more interesting career so I've changed my goals and no longer look into getting into the racing business. Received my bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in May 06' and now I'm working on my master's and my Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering working in the thermal fluids field as my concentration and energetic materials as my research here at Texas Tech University (Go Red Raiders). Been racing online since 2000 and have been paying the sierra games since the N3 days. Currently admin a racing league and do all the webmastering for it (had to learn on the go as a last ditch alternative to save our league). I love painting, I'm ok at it but dont get to do it as much anymore as school and the league take up alot of my time and my girlfriend takes up whats left. Big Roush Racing fan and funny enough I've only been to one race and it wasn't even in my own state.

Phathead

12-16-2006, 04:48 PM

way to dig up an old thread crane :tup:

crane17

12-16-2006, 05:27 PM

Thats why they call me the undertaker of the forums, i know how to dig old stuff up. :P

Now if i can find a thread that congratulated Bill Elliot on his Cup title...

RJ Anderson

12-16-2006, 05:49 PM

Thats why they call me the undertaker of the forums, i know how to dig old stuff up. :P

Now if i can find a thread that congratulated Bill Elliot on his Cup title...

LOL...I like your attitude crane!

j_smith34

12-16-2006, 08:26 PM

I'm Josh, I'm 19, I live & go to college here in the wonderful southeastern Ohio, home of... uhh... umm... anyways, I haven't quite decided what to major in yet. I love music. Whether it's George Strait or Breaking Benjamin or Ok Go or Anberlin or Third Day or Tim McGraw or Rob Thomas or Nickelback or John Anderson or Black Eyed Peas or... Yeah, you get it. :) Oh, and I work at the local Dairy Queen, and have played NR since NR2002 came out.

GoMatt17

12-16-2006, 08:28 PM

Bringing up old threads rock!

I'm Jon to my older friends, JD to some. I'm the Tech Admin at the local CompUSA (repair facilitations, part orders, the fun stuff). I'm 21 years old and an Accounting major at NC State University (currently on course for graduation in 2010, yes 3 years late). Been sim racing since NR2, didn't start online racing until March of 2004 when I finally got a high speed connection and a wheel (over 250 races and 27 career wins). I race over at LNR and occasionally can be found on track with the NSW guys. Everyonce and awhile you'll catch me playing CS which I was addicted to for the first two years of college (hence why 3 years late). Originally from Canada, I've lived in Ottawa, Raleigh, Lynchburg, and Chicago. NC State makes my 12th different school in 16 years of education.