Happy Racing!  

To use this car set, create a new directory under the CARS directory
for Indycar Racing II called PPG97.  Copy the unzipped files into 
this directory.  To select this car set, start ICR2 and select 
Driver Info.  Select PPG97 and head to the tracks!

What's new:
	Very minor touch up and detail work on the following cars:
	77, 31, 19, 27, 11, 6, 32, 1, 4, and 16

As the season progresses and more photos are produced the cars will be
updated. Richard and I are currently working with another partner. We
hope to have a big surprising update in the near future. Check
http://www.teleport.com/~mcarver/ppg97.htm for updates. 

All cars are original artwork by Michael E. Carver & Richard C.
Montgomery. Copyright 1997, Michael E. Carver & Richard C. Montgomery 

We took a few artistic liberties with a few cars. We've placed the logo
usually seen from the rear of Paul Tracy's car on the rear wing. We
thought this would help identify who is ahead of you :-) Some of the
teams have different logos on the back and front of the rear wings. For
instance, the #11 has a white background with a red KMart on the front,
but it is red with a white Budweiser on the rear. We have opted for a
red background with a white KMart. Rahal's car is based on the "show"
version and differs slightly from the "race" version.

The Number 70 Smirnoff car is the "signature" car of Richard C.
Montgomery for 1997.  The number 66 Heinekin car is Richard's modem 
partner's car.

Whenever possible real logos and artwork were used for the decals.

The drivers2.txt file is up to date through the 1997 U.S. 500 at
Michigan. Also included is a more agressive (and I believe accurate)
drivers' skill file called X-file.txt To use these skills for the AI
cars, copy X-file.txt to drivers2.txt in the PPG97 directory. 

Check the web site http://www.teleport.com/~mcarver/autosim.htm or 
rec.autos.simulators for regular updates.

The following template courtesy of:
Email address - rtice@paradyne.com

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CARSET Authoring Template ver 1.0

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Title                   : PPG 1997 season
Version                 : Indycar2
Description             : US
Filename                : PPG97.DAT
Last modified           : 01 August 1997
Authors                 : Michael E. Carver
                        : Richard C. Montgomery
Email Addresses         : mcarver@teleport.com
                        : eviljedi@swbell.net
Misc. Author Info       : 
                        : 
Additional Credits to   : Peter Burke for his excellent photographs
                        : http://www.speedcenter.com/index.html
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* Miscellaneous Information *




* Construction *
Base                    : Original ICR2 carset
Editor(s) used          : DeluxePaint II Enhanced / Paintkit 1.02
Known Bugs              : 


* Copyright / Permissions *

Copyright 1997, Michael E. Carver & Richard C. Montgomery 

Authors MAY use this as a base to build additional carsets, provided you
credit this file as a base. 

You MAY distribute this carset, provided you include this file, with
no modifications.  You may distribute this carset in any electronic
format as long as you include this file.