Hello everyone from Team GroupJive

It's nice to be writing again and wishing each of you an outstanding Summer. There has been some very good work accomplished in the last 30 days and the time has come to inform the team of our position on the track.

We're happy to report that we're running the lead lap and we're driving a new Car!

Our Chief Mechanic bolted some new "includes" onto the engine... and our car is running great! So much better in fact that we have decided to update her number to GJ 1.6

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Here comes that checkered flag!!!


That's not all... We've been fortunate enough to see some old friend around the track and we are expecting them on race day! The other champions scheduled to run this event are >>

• the 1.1 car from Community Builder (yeah... they've been "Beat"ing everyone with that baby!)
• the 1.0.2 car from FireBoard (I can't "Danialt" it, the news around the track is they could be superfast)
• the 0.8.9 car from EventList (yep, the EL team clocked in just in time to indicate where the race will be held this year. Thanks EL!)

and here's that news... the whole field will be racing at the new Joomla! 1.0.13 Track opened recently in California

Team GroupJive is definitely excited about the race. The word on the street is that the Starters Gun will "sound off" September 15th, 2007.

We expect this to be a great season for all race fans... (but until it starts) ... here is the pre-race schedule for practice laps prior to the race ~>

1. GroupJive 1.6 alpha car (scheduled for "final alpha laps" early this week August 13th-16th)
2. GroupJive 1.6 beta car (expected roll out prior to August 17th)
3. GroupJive 1.6 RC car (expected to run "high speed" time trials starting September 1st)
4. GroupJive 1.6 Stable = RACE DAY! September 15th, 2007

There you have it Race fans.

^ You can get the latest race news at http://groupjive.org.
# You can also visit the pits at http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/groupjive

Oh... and one more thing

Time trials and practice driving are open to all drivers. Even if you've missed out on some of the pre-season, that's OK with us... the GroupJive team continues where it began... and that is "hoping you'll run laps with us". The "time is now" to make the final adjustments that are going to give our team a winner. We’re hoping for as much feedback as possible. And to lay it on the line... we're asking you for exactly that.

Jump in and test your GJ 1.6 car out today!!!

Thanks for joining us here at GroupSports.

We'd like to thank our Producers (Michael Perthel and Anna Tannenberg) without whom, this great race day broadcast would not be possible. If you see Micha or Anna around the track this season, say hi. They've truly made this Race Day a driving passion for all of us.