MSA TORA TASCAR Season 3 - Meeting 5 - Texas 112 - 24th August 2013

Race Meeting Set-Up

We ask that all competitors are on Xbox live at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the race meeting, and appear online. Where necessary, if each competitor could post "In" in the relevant race meeting thread on the TORA forums. Anyone who wishes to race without posting "In" will need to wait for the race meeting organizers confirmation before being allowed to race. Certain factors may come into account, such as if there are 16 people racing, and one person who hasn't posted in would cause a split lobby of 9 and 8 in each lobby, in decision making for those not posted in before the event.

Qualifying

Qualifying for Meeting 5 will start at 9:30pm BST (4:30pm EDT)
- Lobby set to 4 laps. Out-lap, 2 Flying Laps, In-lap. Clean Laps take priority over Dirty Laps, so Make them count!
- One Driver will qualify at a time. Once the Game countdown lets us go, we will line up next to the inside wall just past the Start/Finish. On Lap 4, Line up on the back straight against the inside wall. Once everyone is finished, times will be gathered.
- Cosmetic Damage, Collisions OFF.

RACE

Meeting 5 @ Benchmark 'C' - "Texas 112" will be 100 laps in length (2 'halves' of 50 laps each)
- Cosmetic Damage, Collisions ON.
- Even though there is Cosmetic Damage set for this event due to the fact there is no Pit Lane for repairs, I ask ALL Drivers to show respect on the track and treat this race is if Damage is still ON

Rolling Start
Competitors will form up behind the Safety Car to start the Formation/Pace Lap in a 2-by-2 fashion. The Pole Sitter will have choice over which side of the Grid to start on. We ask all drivers to listen to the lobby host for the pace speed and grid order. Once everyone is in position, And the Lead driver(s) pass the Pit Entrance, The person on pole for the given lobby can begin the 3-2-1 countdown when he/she desires.

Mandatory Pit Stops
There is 1 mandatory pit stop in each race (or race segment). Taking your pit stop under a Safety Car/Caution period will count as your Mandatory pit. You may not pit within the first 5 laps or last 5 laps of a race or race segment (First 3 or Last 3 laps at Old Mulsanne layout of Le Mans due to lower lap count.)

Race Rules

Safety Car/Caution Rules

When The Safety Car is Used
The Safety Car will be deployed when TWO or more drivers are involved in an incident and severely impairs their progress. Only driver(s) involved in an incident may request the Safety Car to the Lobby Captain. A Safety Car can be called up to the penultimate lap of the race. Once the leader has crossed the line to start the Final Lap, the caution/Safety Car cannot be called.

Forming up for a Safety Car Period
When the Safety Car period is agreed upon, and goes into effect, the Lead Driver at the time of the Safety Car 'Call', will act as the Safety Car and pace around the track at the track's designated 'pace' speed. All will form in single-file. SEEING THE STOCK CARS DO NOT HAVE BRAKE LIGHTS, PLEASE DO NOT SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN. THIS WILL CAUSE CHAOS. PLEASE JUST LET OFF THE THROTTLE AND FORM UP CAREFULLY!!!

Conduct During a Safety Car Period
While under the Safety Car period, Those involved in the incident should line up at the back of the grid. All competitors are free to pit under the Safety Car/Caution period, but must form back up in order when they left pit lane at the back of the grid. Once Everyone has rejoined the field, the field will line up Side-By-Side in the positions they are currently in. Once the Leader has passed the Final Corner, he can call out the restart by counting down "3..2..1..Go/Green."

Lucky Dog Award
The Lucky Dog Award is used under Caution/Safety Car periods only. The first person 1 lap behind will be awarded the 'Lucky Dog' to get back on the Lead lap, and allowed to pass the lead cars under caution and lining back up at the back of the field. The drivers involved in the incident that brought out the current Safety Car/Caution period, are not eligible for the 'Lucky Dog'.

"Green-White-Checkered"
The "Green-White-Checkered" rule takes effect when a Safety Car/Caution is called on the penultimate lap. the Final Lap will end under caution in present order each driver is in at the time of caution. Once all drivers are back to the main lobby, the race settings will change to 3 laps, for the Green-White-Checkered attempt. One the 1st lap, will be to form up in order drivers finished the 'Scheduled Distance.' Lap 2 & 3 are green flag laps. If there is an incident on the first green flag lap, the safety car/caution Can be called, and the 3rd lap in this 'attempt' will end under caution, and once everyone gets back to the main lobby, We will have another "Green-White-Checkered" attempt. 3 Attempts are the maximum. As stated above, Once the Leader crosses the Start/Finish line to start the Final Lap, The Safety Car cannot be called.

Race Restarts
The race lobby is subject to One restart attempt if more than 50% of the lobby is involved in a major incident within the first lap. Everyone will head back to the race lobby, and try again, forming up the same as the grid formation before. if another major incident occurs, standard Safety Car rules take effect.


-----Safety Car Speed for Benchmark 'C' is: 55mph-----


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***Thread will close one hour before Race Meeting start time for organization & preparations***

Brilliant track this one.
Multiple lines and plenty of braking and throttle work involved.

This is the type of oval racing i love

If I connect, I'm in. If I don't connect, I'm out,. So, I'm a maybe.

hate this track with a fiery passion would rather sedona again, then again everyone else wouldn't lol

I'd rather Sedona again, just so I could try not to hit turn 2 wall again

let's see what T10 and FM5 give us for tracks, then we'll see what the schedule brings.

Well, If you guys run a Forza 5 TASCAR series, I'll be running a Project Cars NASCAR series as I'm not getting the Xbox ONE for a while. So we'll have Martinsville, Bristol, Daytona, Indianapolis, Watkins Glen and probably more :3

hnnnngg.

jgroves1996 wrote:Well, If you guys run a Forza 5 TASCAR series, I'll be running a Project Cars NASCAR series as I'm not getting the Xbox ONE for a while. So we'll have Martinsville, Bristol, Daytona, Indianapolis, Watkins Glen and probably more :3

I'm in for that!

CRA Erebus wrote:

jgroves1996 wrote:Well, If you guys run a Forza 5 TASCAR series, I'll be running a Project Cars NASCAR series as I'm not getting the Xbox ONE for a while. So we'll have Martinsville, Bristol, Daytona, Indianapolis, Watkins Glen and probably more :3

I'm in for that!

Game isn't even released yet and I've got my first entrant!

jgroves1996 wrote:

CRA Erebus wrote:

jgroves1996 wrote:Well, If you guys run a Forza 5 TASCAR series, I'll be running a Project Cars NASCAR series as I'm not getting the Xbox ONE for a while. So we'll have Martinsville, Bristol, Daytona, Indianapolis, Watkins Glen and probably more :3

I'm in for that!

Game isn't even released yet and I've got my first entrant!

first in best dressed right
so keen for CARS!

Just remembered...I won this race on my birthday last year...August 25.

No I won this race last year sadly im OUT 

VAMR Wilson wrote:No I won this race last year :Dsadly im OUT 

Well...whatever race was last year on Aug. 25...I won...I think.

last year at this point, it was either Indy or Motegi SS. lemme double check on that Cain.

edit: August 25th was Indianapolis. 'The Brickyard 250'.

LMR DarthMario wrote:last year at this point, it was either Indy or Motegi SS. lemme double check on that Cain.

edit: August 25th was Indianapolis. 'The Brickyard 250'.

AHHHH yes...my favorite oval. Thanks for the research.

XPR moontower is subbing for me.

Sadly, I have to retire from this series. Good luck all.

So yeah, I completely forgot about this race until this morning--had to think "what do I normally do on Saturdays?" Too long of a break between races.

not to worry Hailfire. there is only 2 more 'off weeks' during the TASCAR schedule. the TEC Silverstone race and the ALMS Petit Le Mans. i made the update to the 'Schedule' thread to show when those 'off weeks' will take place.

It's cool and I've heard your reasoning for it (completely in-favor of it, by the way--real racing > fake racing). I'm just saying, I'm a bit rusty and unpracticed

Sadly I will now be OUT. Have fun, everyone!

results updated, points updated, 'Winners' table updated.

Congrats Eggy

the way i'm looking at it, the top 6 right now are only separeated by 13 points after tonight's race. my replays are on my SF

Very tight championship right now! Really enjoyed tonight's race! Congrats Eggy!

Good racing guys, Me and Silentraven sneaking up to 4th in the teams!

Happy with that