01 rec.autos.sport
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This article is from the Motorsport FAQ, by A H Henry bspahh@midge.bath.ac.uk with numerous contributions by others.
01 rec.autos.sport
This unmoderated group is for discussion of legal, organised
competition involving automobiles. Discussion from either of two
viewpoints, spectator and participant, is encouraged. Technical
discussions are generally more appropriately carried on in
rec.autos.sport.tech, and NASCAR (and other professional stock car
racing) is discussed in rec.autos.sport.nascar. Arguments about sports
cars are largely inappropriate, as are most other discussions. For Sale
ads are inappropriate unless they are for competition vehicles and/or
equipment. Discussions of illegal events are marginal; one should
probably avoid advocating breaking the law. (remember, the FBI reads
Usenet!)
The rec.autos.sport newsgroup will be officially removed on November
28th 1994. If the new groups have not appeared at the site where you
read Usenet, contact your system administrator.
You may find that articles continue to appear in rec.autos.sport for
some time after November 28th. This is because some Usenet sites are
set up to ignore the control messages. However, it is a good idea to
post to the new newsgroups whenever possible, as these are likely to be
distributed more widely and read by more people.
For more information on the removal of rec.autos.sport, refer to the
"Bogus USENET Groups" article that is posted to news.announce.newgroups
and news.groups.
^ 3.2 rec.autos.sport.info
This is a moderated group which contains announcements, results,
standings, news items, press releases, schedules, `reliable' rumours,
and other information about automotive racing. No discussion is
permitted; followups should be directed to the appropriate newsgroup in
the rec.autos.sport hierarchy.
^ 3.3 rec.autos.sport.f1
Anything to do with Formula 1 motor racing, including but not limited
to race results, times from testing, practice, and qualifying, silly
season predictions, rumours, and news. Discussion of teams, drivers,
cars, engines, rules, safety are also in the charter.
^ 3.4 rec.autos.sport.indy
All Indy Car racing related discussion, including but not limited to
race results, times from testing, practice, and qualifying, silly
season predictions, rumours, and news. Discussion of teams, drivers,
cars, engines, rules, safety are also in the charter.
^ 3.5 rec.autos.sport.nascar
This unmoderated group is for discussions about all aspects of
professional stock car racing, especially the NASCAR (Winston Cup and
Grand National) but also series such as CASCAR and AUSCAR.
^ 3.6 rec.autos.sport.misc
Replaces rec.autos.sport as the group in which discussion of organised,
legal motor racing that does not fall within the category of one of the
sub-groups takes places. Now that rec.autos.sport.misc has passed,
rec.autos.sport will be removed in three months, allowing time for
traffic to move to the new groups.
^ 3.7 rec.autos.sport.tech
An unmoderated group for discussions about the technical aspects of
racing cars. Discussions that are appropriate for this group include
F1/Indy engines, restrictor plates, aerodynamics, semi-automatic
transmissions, exotic fuels, carbon vs steel brakes, active suspension,
chassis construction etc.
^ 3.8 rec.autos.simulators
An unmoderated newsgroup for discussions of realistic computer
simulations of automotive vehicles, irrespective of the platforms on
which the simulations are supported. This includes simulations which
have a competitive component (racing simulations) and those which do
not. Arcade racing simulators, which give an overhead perspective and
which do not attempt to provide realism of handling of the vehicle,
would not be appropriate in this newsgroup, whilst discussion of
Microprose's Formula 1 Grand Prix and Papyrus's IndyCar Racing would be
appropriate.
^ 3.9 Others related newsgroups (autos.sport)
Motorbike racing is more appropriate in rec.motorcycles.racing and
rec.motorcycles.dirt. You may also find alt.hotrod and
alt.autos.karting, on your Usenet feed.
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