Late Models car set and car shape
Tim Farley @1999

History and background....

I have been thinking about painting this car set for quite awhile. Some years ago, 
I painted a Modified car set in NASCAR 1, and wanted to do the same in NASCAR 2. 
However, not being able to find a body shape that I was satisfied with, I changed 
my focus to the Latemodel body style.

Andrew Hickman, Webmaster of the Salvation Racing site, has developed a cars.dat 
file that reconfigures the body shape, to what has to be the best looking Latemodel 
I've seen to date. Using Andrews' dat file, I painted this fictitious car set, but 
used the names of some of the East Coast modified drivers that were the racing heroes 
of my youth. Most of these "Kings of the Short Tracks" have since retired, and a few 
are running laps on that track in the sky. I guess you could say, this is my humble 
tribute to the guys I rooted for on many a Friday and Saturday night, long ago.

For those who remember some or all of the drivers listed, my apologies for not matching 
paint schemes and in many cases car numbers with the driver. These changes will occur in 
future revisions of the set. For this version, I wanted to concentrate on graphic balance 
and not authenticity. In my minds eye, a latemodel body style looks something like a 
Chevy, Ford or Pontiac, but not exactly. Using Andrews dat file and a bit of shading on 
my part, IMHO I feel the latemodel "look" has been achieved.

IMPORTANT: Your car body shape will change after installing this new carset. Make sure 
that you backup your cars.dat file before installing this carset. The cars.dat file is 
located in the directory below. When you want your original body shape back, simply copy 
your backup cars.dat file back into the directory listed below. To install the carset, 
unzip all files contained in this archive to the following directory-

NASCAR 2 users: ..\sierra\nascar2\cars
NASCAR 1999 users:  ..\sierra\nr1999\cars

After you have unzipped this file into its proper folder, you will see a file named 
cars.tmp file. This cars file contains gray wheels instead of the red ones in the active 
dat file. Just swap the file extensions if you're not fond of red racing wheels.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Andrew Hickman of Salvation Racing 
<www.nova.edu/~andrew/>, for giving me permission to use his cars.dat file in my car set. 
I recommend you visit his web site. He has two very good looking latemodel car sets posted, 
along with some other neat items.

A lot of time went into painting these cars, and I hope you enjoy them. I fully support 
the NO PIRACY campaign.  This carset is not to be modified and distributed or posted 
anywhere else without prior written consent from Iwcccars and The US Pits. Iwcccars and 
The US Pits are not responsible for any problems arising with your computer when using 
this carset.

I am always open for comments, questions and suggestions, so you can e-mail me at 
farleys@wf.net.

Enjoy the car set.

Tim Farley