Official 944-Spec Website updated!

[944-Spec#94]

Yes you heard that right. The official 944-spec home page has been updated.

http://www.nasa-arizona.com/944/default.htm\

 

You should notice a new look right away. If not use "refresh" your browser.

 

 

It is not complete yet as I still need to do a little background formating and have some of the more complex pages linked my rennlist site. That will change in the future, but wanted to get something up now.

 

enjoy....

 

 

PS.. feel free to laugh at my noivce webskills...

[Spec-944#70]

Looks good Joe!! You've been busy.

[uberklasse]

looks pretty Damn Good to me!

 

thanks Joe!

 

let's keep directing people to the site and getting more guys(or girls) to convert over. Now is the time when everyone is deciding what to do for '05

[Tim Comeau]

Joe,.........ya just keep outdoing yerself..........

Really nice work, Buddy.

Let's keep building it.

[pixrken]

Hi Joe,

 

The site looks great!

 

A couple things not related to the website content.

 

1. What is the official name of this class?

i.e.- 944-spec or 944spec (without the hyphen)

2. My guess it's 944-spec (with the hyphen) since that's the name of this forum

 

3. What should be the official name of the 944-spec website?

On the top picture title next to the NASA icon, it say 944-spec.com

 

4. The domain 944-spec.com seems to be owned/registered to a Alexander Lerman in Berkeley, CA. Anyone know this person to see if we can use this domain name as the basename of the 944-spec.com website?

Joe Vaccaro registered 944spec.com and 944spec.net (without the hyphens).

I registered 944-spec.org just in case we can't get the 944-spec.com name and will donate it to Joe Paluch and Tim Comeau (if you guys want to use it).

 

Summary: 944-spec.com is not equal to 944spec.com

[uberklasse]

Ken,

that is very cool of you. Hope to see you running with us soon.

 

You should check with Tony Heyer up there in Mtn. View. He knows the cars well as he just helped me pick up a semi-prepared 944 from a buyer there.

 

His shop is heyer performance...he is a good guy with a ton of knowledge on all porsches and ran a 944 sts car with another shop owner nearby (I forgot his name, but it was David something)

[Tim Comeau]

Ken,

Several years back 2 guys, Dan and Joe, started this 944 class in Arizona and it was called 944-spec and run under the NASA sanctioning body. They had an unfortunate falling out. Dan kept the 944-spec name and stayed with NASA. Joe called his group spec-944 and started running with SCCA.

We now have 2 slightly different sets of rules. Much of my effort has been towards making it so that our 2 groups can race together.

So your answer is that we are NASA 944-spec.

[pixrken]

Jason,

 

Thanks for the pointer to Tony Heyer.

I'll look him up if I need any work done for my 944.

 

Hope to run with you guys next year.

I'll be the one in the back of pack as the new rookie

[pixrken]

Ken,

Several years back 2 guys, Dan and Joe, started this 944 class in Arizona and it was called 944-spec and run under the NASA sanctioning body. They had an unfortunate falling out. Dan kept the 944-spec name and stayed with NASA. Joe called his group spec-944 and started running with SCCA.

We now have 2 slightly different sets of rules. Much of my effort has been towards making it so that our 2 groups can race together.

So your answer is that we are NASA 944-spec.

 

Tim,

 

I'm referring to something more fundamental.

If you look at the side of your 944-spec car above the car number, it says "944-spec.com".

If someone see you and other 944-spec cars running and is interested in joining or to get more info, where would they go to?

 

Your cars are advertising them to goto http://944-spec.com but that goes to stub webpage. What you really want is for them to goto the 944-spec web contents created by Joe Paluch but how do you do that if you don't own the "944-spec.com" domain name?

 

I hope Alexander Lerman (the owner of the 944-spec.com domain name) is a friend of 944-spec racing and allow us to use the domain name to point to Joe's web contents. I hope he didn't squat on the "944-spec.com" domain name just to extort money to resell the domain name.

 

I registered the "944-spec.org" domain name just in case and donating it to you and Joe Paluch.

 

I can demostrate what you can do if you have control of the domain name.

1. I first change the IP address of "944-spec.org" and "www.944-spec.org" to a server that would respond to these names. In this case I just change it to one of my webservers I have control over.

2. I make configuration changes on my webserver to respond to "944-spec.org" and also to whatever name aliases (in this case it would also respond to "www.944-spec.org").

3. I use a utility to mirror the contents on http://www.nasa-arizona.com/944/

 

and presto!

in the few minutes I typed in this reply I brought up a complete website

http://944-spec.org

that is a mirror of Joe Paluch's 944 web contents.

[Tim Comeau]

Got it. You're over my head with that one.

Obviously, it's best to have people interested in the class go straight to the correct website. The one posted on the side plates of our cars. That's why the number plates are that size.

[944-Spec#94]

Ken,

That is great. I have a IP number for the site. It is a xxx.xx etc type number. The 944-spec.com domain name expired.

 

Before I believe the actual server is being moved right now to improve uptime. Joe Vaccaro is the guy that I believe "owns 944-spec" so he is the guy to contact about the domain name and usage.

 

[pixrken]

Got it. You're over my head with that one.

Obviously, it's best to have people interested in the class go straight to the correct website. The one posted on the side plates of our cars. That's why the number plates are that size.

 

Correct. You want people interested in the class to goto the website posted on the side plates of your cars.

 

I'm trying to say the "944-spec.com" on your side number plates are currently WRONG unless you have control of the "944-spec.com" domain name.

 

Try it yourself.

 

http://944-spec.com <--- This don't do the right thing and can never do the right thing unless you can control it.

 

http://944-spec.org <--- This is what I just setup and does the right thing and displays Joe's 944-spec website contents.

[pixrken]

Ken,

That is great. I have a IP number for the site. It is a xxx.xx etc type number. The 944-spec.com domain name expired.

 

Before I believe the actual server is being moved right now to improve uptime. Joe Vaccaro is the guy that I believe "owns 944-spec" so he is the guy to contact about the domain name and usage.

 

 

Hi Joe,

 

The "944-spec.COM" domain is currently owned by Alexander Lerman and expires "Domain Expires on 2006-06-12 14:31:00.0" according to the online records.

 

Joe Vaccaro registered "944spec.COM" and "944spec.NET" without the hyphen between "944" and "spec"

 

If "944-spec.COM" (with the hyphen) cannot be secured then choices for the side plates are:

944-spec.ORG

944spec.COM

944spec.NET

 

which is a shame because the side number plates with "944-spec.COM" are already in use by Tim and other veteran 944-spec racers.

 

Is Joe Vaccaro's 944spec web contents going to be same contents as what you have developed for http://www.nasa-arizona.com/944/ ?

 

If it is and that is going to be the reference website, I can point "944-spec.ORG" to Joe Vaccaro's webserver.

 

Conversely, since "944spec.COM" and "944spec.NET" is not up yet. Joe Vaccaro can point the names to the IP address of 192.153.219.138 (the IP address of "944-spec.ORG") until his webserver is up. I can configure my webserver to respond to these names.

[944-Spec#94]

Ken,

Joe V's website is the official one that the 944-spec website you linked to with 944-spec.org is the official one.

 

Yes our number plates and windshield banners (az cars) are wrong.

 

 

 

My guess is 944spec.com is best since its very close to 944-spec.com

 

And we can probably "rework" the number boards and windshield banners to remove the hyphen. Best to run this through Steve, Tim and Joe V. to see what the "944 brain trust" wants. I am flexible and anything would be fine with me.