Results of the RARS Races on April 30 The races went off as planned, with a small audience watching them "live". The robots are now on the ftp site, so anyone can race the same cars on the same tracks on their own computers. The overall winner was Randy Saint of Texas, U.S.A., with his latest version of "Ramdu". A close second was Jussi Pajala of Finland with "WappuCar". Third was Mike Inman of Florida, U.S.A., with "Indretti". Safai Ma's "Burns" took fourth and Bill Benedict took fifth with "Rusty". Wappucar was dominant on the tracks with the most curves and least straights. It won on stef2 and zandvort. Ramdu won most of the races on the other tracks, but not all. The point totals after 12 races were: Ramdu Wappucar Indretti Burns Rusty 96 86 45 37 24 The prizes have been spoken for. Randy chose the "C++ Power Paradigms" book by Mark Watson, Jussi chose Mark's other book, "Common LISP Modules: Artificial Intell........), and Mike Inman got what he wanted, the CD-ROM of Street Wizard maps and software. Below are the detailed results as output by the host program for the six races. (i.e., a concatenation of the race.out files) This is also the order in which the races were run. The authors of the various robots are: Randy Saint - Ramdu (Texas) Jussi Pajala - WappuCar (Finland, Wappu = Mayday) Mike Inman - Indretti (Florida) Safai Ma - Burns (Canada) Bill Benedict - Rusty (U.S., at Rose-Hulman Tech) Grant Reeve - Grant1 (New Zeeland) Oscar Gustavsson- OscCar2 (Sweden) Tristrom Cooke - Bingo (Australia) Patrick Tierney - Heath (Australia) All of these new robots are much better drivers than anything we've seen before, with average speed increased by 5 to 15 percent! ---------------------------------------------------------------- 9 cars for 15 laps. The track was STEF2.trk. The drivers were: Bingo, Burns, Grant1, Heath, Indretti, OscCar2, Ramdu, Rusty, and WappuCar. results of race 1: starting positions: Ramdu, Heath, Burns, Indretti, Bingo, Grant1, Rusty, OscCar2, and WappuCar. place 1 WappuCar average speed 54.12 mph 10 points accumulated place 2 Ramdu average speed 52.23 mph 6 points accumulated place 3 Indretti average speed 50.4 mph 4 points accumulated place 4 Burns average speed 49.59 mph 3 points accumulated place 5 Grant1 average speed 48.51 mph 2 points accumulated place 6 Rusty average speed 47.64 mph 1 points accumulated place 7 OscCar2 average speed 46.98 mph 0 points accumulated place 8 Heath average speed 46.22 mph 0 points accumulated place 9 Bingo average speed 46.02 mph 0 points accumulated results of race 2: starting positions: WappuCar, OscCar2, Rusty, Grant1, Bingo, Indretti, Burns, Heath, and Ramdu. place 1 WappuCar average speed 53.38 mph 20 points accumulated place 2 Ramdu average speed 52.69 mph 12 points accumulated place 3 Indretti average speed 50.56 mph 8 points accumulated place 4 Burns average speed 49.84 mph 6 points accumulated place 5 Grant1 average speed 48.41 mph 4 points accumulated place 6 Rusty average speed 47.61 mph 2 points accumulated place 7 OscCar2 average speed 47.04 mph 0 points accumulated place 8 Heath average speed 46.42 mph 0 points accumulated place 9 Bingo average speed 45.78 mph 0 points accumulated ---------------------------------------------------------------- 9 cars for 20 laps. The track was OVAL2.trk. The drivers were: Bingo, Burns, Grant1, Heath, Indretti, OscCar2, Ramdu, Rusty, and WappuCar. results of race 1: starting positions: Bingo, WappuCar, Ramdu, Rusty, Grant1, OscCar2, Burns, Indretti, and Heath. place 1 Ramdu average speed 70.83 mph 10 points accumulated place 2 Indretti average speed 70.31 mph 6 points accumulated place 3 Burns average speed 69.65 mph 4 points accumulated place 4 WappuCar average speed 69.39 mph 3 points accumulated place 5 Heath average speed 69.05 mph 2 points accumulated place 6 OscCar2 average speed 68.64 mph 1 points accumulated place 7 Grant1 average speed 67.45 mph 0 points accumulated place 8 Rusty average speed 67.31 mph 0 points accumulated place 9 Bingo average speed 66.61 mph 0 points accumulated results of race 2: starting positions: Heath, Indretti, Burns, OscCar2, Grant1, Rusty, Ramdu, WappuCar, and Bingo. place 1 Indretti average speed 70.86 mph 16 points accumulated place 2 Ramdu average speed 70.62 mph 16 points accumulated place 3 Burns average speed 69.24 mph 8 points accumulated place 4 WappuCar average speed 69.03 mph 6 points accumulated place 5 OscCar2 average speed 68.35 mph 3 points accumulated place 6 Grant1 average speed 67.36 mph 1 points accumulated place 7 Heath average speed 66.77 mph 2 points accumulated place 8 Bingo average speed 66.62 mph 0 points accumulated place 9 Rusty average speed 66.77 mph 0 points accumulated ---------------------------------------------------------------- 9 cars for 15 laps. The track was V03.trk. The drivers were: Bingo, Burns, Grant1, Heath, Indretti, OscCar2, Ramdu, Rusty, and WappuCar. results of race 1: starting positions: Heath, Rusty, Indretti, WappuCar, Burns, Bingo, OscCar2, Ramdu, and Grant1. place 1 Ramdu average speed 71.29 mph 10 points accumulated place 2 WappuCar average speed 68.41 mph 6 points accumulated place 3 Burns average speed 67.3 mph 4 points accumulated place 4 Indretti average speed 67.26 mph 3 points accumulated place 5 Grant1 average speed 63.58 mph 2 points accumulated place 6 OscCar2 average speed 62.28 mph 1 points accumulated place 7 Rusty average speed 61.98 mph 0 points accumulated place 8 Bingo average speed 61.4 mph 0 points accumulated place 9 Heath average speed 61.28 mph 0 points accumulated results of race 2: starting positions: Grant1, Ramdu, OscCar2, Bingo, Burns, WappuCar, Indretti, Rusty, and Heath. place 1 Ramdu average speed 72.06 mph 20 points accumulated place 2 WappuCar average speed 68.16 mph 12 points accumulated place 3 Indretti average speed 67.22 mph 7 points accumulated place 4 Burns average speed 67.42 mph 7 points accumulated place 5 Grant1 average speed 63.63 mph 4 points accumulated place 6 Rusty average speed 63 mph 1 points accumulated place 7 Heath average speed 62.58 mph 0 points accumulated place 8 OscCar2 average speed 62.21 mph 1 points accumulated place 9 Bingo average speed 61.72 mph 0 points accumulated ---------------------------------------------------------------- 9 cars for 8 laps. The track was anew.trk. The drivers were: Bingo, Burns, Grant1, Heath, Indretti, OscCar2, Ramdu, Rusty, and WappuCar. results of race 1: starting positions: Rusty, OscCar2, Bingo, Heath, WappuCar, Indretti, Ramdu, Burns, and Grant1. place 1 Ramdu average speed 85.32 mph 10 points accumulated place 2 WappuCar average speed 82.94 mph 6 points accumulated place 3 Burns average speed 81.68 mph 4 points accumulated place 4 Indretti average speed 79.93 mph 3 points accumulated place 5 Rusty average speed 79.83 mph 2 points accumulated place 6 Grant1 average speed 78.31 mph 1 points accumulated place 7 OscCar2 average speed 78.17 mph 0 points accumulated place 8 Heath average speed 77.65 mph 0 points accumulated place 9 Bingo average speed 76.45 mph 0 points accumulated results of race 2: starting positions: Grant1, Burns, Ramdu, Indretti, WappuCar, Heath, Bingo, OscCar2, and Rusty. place 1 Ramdu average speed 85.08 mph 20 points accumulated place 2 WappuCar average speed 81.55 mph 12 points accumulated place 3 Burns average speed 81.25 mph 8 points accumulated place 4 Rusty average speed 79.67 mph 5 points accumulated place 5 Indretti average speed 78.94 mph 5 points accumulated place 6 OscCar2 average speed 78.12 mph 1 points accumulated place 7 Grant1 average speed 78 mph 1 points accumulated place 8 Heath average speed 77.11 mph 0 points accumulated place 9 Bingo average speed 75.91 mph 0 points accumulated ---------------------------------------------------------------- 9 cars for 10 laps. The track was speed2.trk. The drivers were: Bingo, Burns, Grant1, Heath, Indretti, OscCar2, Ramdu, Rusty, and WappuCar. results of race 1: starting positions: OscCar2, Indretti, Burns, Bingo, Heath, Ramdu, WappuCar, Rusty, and Grant1. place 1 Ramdu average speed 107.1 mph 10 points accumulated place 2 WappuCar average speed 102.73 mph 6 points accumulated place 3 Rusty average speed 98.62 mph 4 points accumulated place 4 Grant1 average speed 95.92 mph 3 points accumulated place 5 Indretti average speed 96.19 mph 2 points accumulated place 6 Burns average speed 94.47 mph 1 points accumulated place 7 OscCar2 average speed 93.8 mph 0 points accumulated place 8 Bingo average speed 89.45 mph 0 points accumulated place 9 Heath average speed 89.08 mph 0 points accumulated results of race 2: starting positions: Grant1, Rusty, WappuCar, Ramdu, Heath, Bingo, Burns, Indretti, and OscCar2. place 1 WappuCar average speed 105.62 mph 16 points accumulated place 2 Ramdu average speed 103.56 mph 16 points accumulated place 3 Rusty average speed 99.09 mph 8 points accumulated place 4 Indretti average speed 97.38 mph 5 points accumulated place 5 Grant1 average speed 95.23 mph 5 points accumulated place 6 Burns average speed 94.64 mph 2 points accumulated place 7 OscCar2 average speed 94.16 mph 0 points accumulated place 8 Bingo average speed 89.46 mph 0 points accumulated place 9 Heath average speed 89.3 mph 0 points accumulated ---------------------------------------------------------------- 9 cars for 10 laps. The track was zandvort.trk. The drivers were: Bingo, Burns, Grant1, Heath, Indretti, OscCar2, Ramdu, Rusty, and WappuCar. results of race 1: starting positions: Grant1, Rusty, Bingo, OscCar2, Indretti, Burns, Heath, WappuCar, and Ramdu. place 1 WappuCar average speed 86.92 mph 10 points accumulated place 2 Ramdu average speed 85.13 mph 6 points accumulated place 3 Rusty average speed 81.31 mph 4 points accumulated place 4 Burns average speed 81.28 mph 3 points accumulated place 5 Indretti average speed 80.14 mph 2 points accumulated place 6 Grant1 average speed 78.43 mph 1 points accumulated place 7 OscCar2 average speed 78.21 mph 0 points accumulated place 8 Bingo average speed 76.24 mph 0 points accumulated place 9 Heath average speed 75.99 mph 0 points accumulated results of race 2: starting positions: Ramdu, WappuCar, Heath, Burns, Indretti, OscCar2, Bingo, Rusty, and Grant1. place 1 WappuCar average speed 85.92 mph 20 points accumulated place 2 Ramdu average speed 84.54 mph 12 points accumulated place 3 Rusty average speed 81.07 mph 8 points accumulated place 4 Burns average speed 81.12 mph 6 points accumulated place 5 Indretti average speed 79.79 mph 4 points accumulated place 6 OscCar2 average speed 78.3 mph 1 points accumulated place 7 Grant1 average speed 77.93 mph 1 points accumulated place 8 Heath average speed 76.12 mph 0 points accumulated place 9 Bingo average speed 75.93 mph 0 points accumulated