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Version-Number: 1.2
Last-modified: 23rd February 1995

		Welcome to rec.autos.sport.info!
		================================

This moderated newsgroup is intended to provide you with timely news,
results and other information related to auto racing.  This brief document
will attempt to explain how this newsgroup functions.


* How do I post to this newsgroup?
  --------------------------------
  You can post as you would post to any other newsgroup.  Your news software
  will then automatically forward the article to the moderator daemon,
  ras-info@motorsport.com, which subsequently sends copies of it to all the
  moderators for approval.

  As an alternative, you may choose to mail your article directly to the
  moderation address, ras-info@motorsport.com; it will be processed in an
  identical fashion.


* How long will my posts be delayed?
  ----------------------------------
  Ideally, not at all.  The idea behind having seven moderators is to
  have one or more moderators on-line as much of the time as possible,
  and available for immediately approving an article.

  Your post will get emailed first to motorsport.com; then to the moderators;
  and finally, after approval, back to motorsport.com.  At this point the
  moderator daemon will post the article to the group.  Internet email
  has a much higher priority than news, and travels much faster, so the
  mail delays are minimal.  And motorsport.com has a very fast news connec-
  tion, with news propagation delays of less than an hour to much of the
  Internet.  As a result, your article may even propagate *faster* than
  if you had posted it to rec.autos.sport.


* How do I follow up to a post?
  -----------------------------
  Again, use your normal news software.  The followups will automatically
  go to the appropriate rec.autos.sport subgroup, depending on the topic.


* Can I crosspost to another rec.autos.sport group?
  -------------------------------------------------
  Until rec.autos.sport.info achives full distribution, crossposting will
  be allowed, but only at the discretion fo the moderators.  Post simply
  to rec.autos.sport.info, and the moderators will add other groups as
  appropriate.

  Once the initial distribution issues go away, crossposting will generally
  be discouraged.


* Who are the moderators?
  -----------------------
  rec.autos.sport.info is collectively moderated by MNI (Motorsport News
  International).  The current list of MNI moderators is shown below:

        Andrew Henry     andrewh@motorsport.com
        Dan Jones           danj@motorsport.com
        Jonathan Kemp   jonathak@motorsport.com
        Mike Holthouse     mikeh@motorsport.com
        Ron O'Dell          rono@motorsport.com
        Steven Wheeler   stevenw@motorsport.com
        Jack Durbin        jackd@motorsport.com
        Tom Haapanen        tomh@motorsport.com

  All posts are automatically forwarded to all the moderators, and any
  moderator may approve any given posting.


* What is appropriate for rec.autos.sport.info?
  ---------------------------------------------
  News, results, qualifying grids, points standings, schedules, press
  releases, FAQs, ticket information, TV schedules -- and attributed
  rumours (not "my brother said").  Moderators will use their judgement
  in marginal cases -- but you only need approval from one of the seven.
  Rejection requires four moderators; your article will be approved if
  it receives one moderator's approval before it receives four rejections.

  If your article is rejected, it will be emailed back to you, and you
  can repost it yourself to another group.  [This may change in the
  future; the moderator daemon may automatically repost rejected
  articles in another rec.autos.sport group.]

  Articles containing opinions and unacceptable commentary may be rejected;
  if you prefer that they be edited rather than rejected, please
  indicate this in [square brackets] in the body of the article.


* What about duplication?
  -----------------------
  If the information in your article has already been posted when we
  receive it, yours may be rejected.  If there is some additional
  information beyond that previously posted, it may either be posted
  as is, or edited (see below) to contain only the new information.


* Will my article be edited?
  --------------------------
  Possibly.  We reserve the right to reformat text and to correct grammar
  or spelling errors where necessary.  Signatures that are excessively
  large or potentially offensive may be removed.

  In some cases, we may edit out information that has been previously
  posted (such as race results), or add in an additional tidbit that may
  not have been available when you posted your article.


* Is this newsgroup archived anywhere?
  ------------------------------------
  Yes.  The archive is available via anonymous ftp at ftp.motorsport.com
  (198.133.164.1) using the following pathname:
      ftp://ftp.motorsport.com/archive/rasi.YYMM
  The filenames are of the format rasi.YYMM where YY is the year and MM
  the month.


* Are past issues available by World Wide Web?
  --------------------------------------------
  Yes.  To connect to the MNI WWW archive, use the following URL:
      http://www.motorsport.com/mni/index.html
  New articles are added to the archive automatically hourly.


* Is there a FAQ for this group?
  ------------------------------
  The latest version of the rec.autos.sport FAQ, compiled by Andrew Henry,
  is available by both anonymous ftp and World Wide Web.  The latest
  pointers to the FAQ are:
      Hypertext (World Wide Web):
	  http://www.bath.ac.uk/~bspahh/rasfaq.html
	  http://www.erc.msstate.edu/~js1/rasfaq.html


* How can I get rec.autos.sport.info on my site?
  ----------------------------------------------
  rec.autos.sport.info is a real newsgroup and has been voted in using the
  Usenet guidelines.  If you don't receive the newsgroup at your site, ask
  your newsadmin or sysadmin to add it.


* Can I receive rec.autos.sport.info by email?
  --------------------------------------------
  Yes, in digest format (mailed out each day just before midnight).  This
  service is not as timely as standard news -- it is meant as a fallback
  for people with very slow newsfeeds, and for those who can't convince 
  their site to carry the newsgroup.

  To be added to the mailing list, email your request to tomh@motorsport.com.


* Why are there no spoiler warnings?
  ----------------------------------
  There are no spoiler warnings because potentially everything in .info
  could be a spoiler to someone.  The article subject lines, however, will
  never contain any results or spoilers themselves, so you can safely
  scan article titles.  Reading an article on race results, though, will
  probably spoil the race for you -- use your judgement!


* What are these keywords?
  ------------------------
  All postings have a keyword preceding the subject line.  The line
  may indicate a specific racing series, such as:
      F1, INDYCAR, NASCAR, WRC, BGN, GTCC, BTCC, F3000, INDYLITES
  In case of posts concerning multiple series, both keywords will appear,
  separated by a comma.  The following lists the currently used
  keywords:

    ACRL        American City Racing League
    APRC        Asia Pacific Rally Championship
    ARC         Australian Rally Championship
    ARCA        ARCA stock car racing
    ATCC        Australian Touring Car Championship
    ATCC2       Australian Touring Car Championship (2.0L)
    AUSCAR      Australian stock car racing
    BF3         British Formula 3
    BGN         NASCAR Busch Grand National stock cars
    BGNN        NASCAR Busch Grand National stock cars - North
    BNRB        British National Rallies - 'B' status
    BNRS        British Mintex National Rally Series
    BRC         British Rally Championship
    BTCC        British Touring Car Championship
    BTRDA       BTRDA Rally Championship
    CARS        CARS Pro Rally (Canadian Rally Championship)
    ERC         European Rally Championship
    ERCC        European Rallycross Championship
    F1          Formula One World Championship
    F1P6        F1 Pick6 competition
    F1PP        F1 F1PP competition
    F3000       International Formula 3000
    FATL        Formula Atlantic
    FBRA        Formula Brabham
    FF3         French Formula 3
    FIA-GT      FIA GT endurance racing
    FIREHAWK    Firehawk endurance racing
    FRC         Finnish Rally Championship
    FSAAB       Formula SAAB
    GRASSROOTS  Grassroots racing reports and experiences
    GTCC        German Touring Car Championship
    GTCC2       German Touring Car Championship (2.0L)
    HISTORIC    Historic races and rallyes
    ICP12       Indycar Pick12 competition
    IMSA        IMSA GTO/GTU
    INDYCAR     Indycar championship
    INDYLITES   Indy Lights    
    IRL         Indycar Racing League
    IROC        International Race of Champions
    JF3         Japanese Formula 3
    JF3000      Japanese Formula 3000
    JTCC        Japanese Touring Car Championship
    KARTING     Kart Racing
    LEMANS      24 heures du Mans
    LSR         Land Speed Record
    MISC        Miscellaneous information
    NARC        North American Rally Cup
    NASCAR      NASCAR Winston Cup stock cars
    NGD         NASCAR Goody's Dash series
    NHRA        NHRA drag racing
    OFFROAD     Off-road racing
    PRORALLY    SCCA Pro Rally
    PROVEE      Formula ProVee
    RAID        FIA rally raid championship
    RUSSELL     USAC Russell series
    SATCC       South African Touring Car Championship
    SCCA        Sportscar Club of America
    SCORE       SCORE off-road racing
    SOLO2       SCCA Solo 2    
    SPRINT      Sprint car racing
    SRC         Swedish Rally Championship
    STOCK       Other forms of stock car racing
    SUPERCAR    IMSA Supercar series
    SUPERTRUCK  NASCAR SuperTruck
    TRANSAM     SCCA Trans Am
    WOO         World of Outlaws sprint car racing
    WRC         World Rally Championship
    WRS         Winston Racing Series
    WSC         IMSA World Sportscars
    WTCC        World Touring Car Championship

  Also, the following non-racing keywords may appear:
INFO:	 Informational and administrative posts
MISC:	 Miscellaneous information
HISTORY: Historical/career postings
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[ /tom haapanen -- tomh@metrics.com -- software metrics inc -- waterloo, ont ]
[ "there is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance."  -- socrates ]