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Dec 1996 to Mar 1997 - Team is formed and name
LightSpeed! MotorSports is decided upon. Logos are
designed and web page is posted. Jim Gear joins the
team. |
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Apr 1997 to Sep
1997 - Team LightSpeed! sponsors Matt Merciez in
league racing. LightSpeed! is one of the first teams to
be registered on Cyber Racing Sports Center. Team
acquires its own domain and posts over 100 tested setups
on website. |
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Oct 1997 to Mar
1998 - Team is selected as closed beta testers
for NROS and to run in OSCAR top division. Setup page is
awarded "best collection of set-ups any racer can find"
by Cyber Racing Sport Center. Matt Merciez gains team
membership. |
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Mar 1998 to Sep
1999 - LightSpeed! obtains sponsorship from
Thomas Enterprises (TSW) and website is selected as
Daytona News site of the week (Jun 7, 1998). All four
members enter sanctioned NROS tournament and Matt
Merciez makes the finals in the Pro division. Scott
Stutsman and Bob James join as new members. |
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Oct 1999 to Jan
2000 - Curt Lohr, Tannice Hunter, Steve
Zaker, Dan Soltys, and Brian Simpson join the team. Team
hosts the LightSpeed! Invitational Series. Bob Stanley
and Matt Merciez beta test NASCAR Racing 3, Expansion
Pack, and NASCAR Legends. Bob Stanley continues to
develop and post setups on the team's webpage. Site gets
an update by co-webmasters Matt Merciez and Curt Lohr.
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Feb 2000 to Dec
2001 - Team LightSpeed! closes the Invitational
Series after hosting sessions to introduce 43 drivers to
online racing. Curt Lohr opens a painters competition,
the LightSpeed Showcase, and awards eleven rounds of
winners. 50 painters enter submissions in round eleven.
Bob Stanley, Matt Merciez, and Brian Simpson beta test
NASCAR Racing 4 and Team LightSpeed! is recognized in
the game's manual. Doug Arnao and Nim Cross join the
team. A setup exchange is added to the website, allowing
visitors to upload and download setups. Bob Stanley
publishes additional setups for NASCAR Racing 4. Brian
Simpson opens the N4 gallery, showing off his talents
and publishing his templates for download. |
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Jan 2001 to Mar
2002 - NASCAR Racing 2002 Season ships and Team
LightSpeed! members Brian Simpson (2D art & beta
tester), Bob Stanley (beta tester), Matt Merciez (beta
tester), and Nim Cross (beta tester) are recognized in
the manual for their efforts. Link to Team LightSpeed!
is published as well. Bob Stanley continues to publish
setups to the website. Brian Simpson opens the NR2002
Car Gallery and publishes updated templates. Team
LightSpeed! is accepted as an affiliate of the GameSpy
network and becomes a SportPlanet member. Domain name
changes and the sites gets a new facelift. The
LightSpeed Showcase closes its doors after 16 rounds of
competition. |
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Apr 2002 to present
- Team welcomes new members Jon Nelson, Craig Williams,
Jay Pappas, Terry Wagoner, and Jim Eglund. NASCAR Racing
2003 Season is released, with members Bob Stanley, Nim
Cross, Jon Nelson, and Brian Simpson contributing to the
effort. Brian Simpson opens the NR2003 Paintshop and
again releases his templates. Project Wildfire draws the
interest on several Team LightSpeed! members and they
contribute to all aspects of the project. The website
gets another facelift. |
