MSA TORA TASCAR Season 4 - Round 7 - Pepsi Max 200 - July 5th, 2014

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.

RACE

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

Bump Drafting
- Bump Drafting may only be allowed at the Sunset Oval rounds. Make sure the driver(s) you are in a group with know of your intentions to bump draft, be it the lead car or the 'pusher'. Also, "SLAM" Drafting will be deemed illegal and could be penalized. by Definition, SLAM Drafting is where the following car gets such a large run on the car ahead and gives a forceful push to the car ahead. With the Forza 4 physics, these types of hits will easily damage both drivers' vehicles, so it's in each drivers' best interest to know when and when not to draft one another.

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 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 COULD 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.

QUALIFYING

Qualifying will be held at 9:30pm BST (4:30pm EDT), apart from any driver who is experiencing connection issues. Qualifying will start no later than 10 minutes after the 'bottom of the hour'.

Settings
Qualifying will be set to 4 laps. One Out-Lap, 2 "Flying laps", and one IN-lap. Once You have started Lap 4, please stop at a designated spot on the track so lobby host(s) can take down lap times. "Clean" laps take Priority of Dirty laps. So Make them Count!
-Oval Races
Everyone will line up on the apron of the track (or in front of Pit-exit), and TWO Drivers will go at a time, but in a staggered roll-off style. Meaning, 'Driver A' will go first, then 'Driver B' will go after a certain number of seconds have elapsed on the Race Timer. Once both drivers have completed their qualifying runs, the next two drivers can start, following the same process.
(i.e.: if 'Driver A' starts at x:35.000, then Driver B will start at x:50.000)
- ABS, STM, and TCS and locked off. Manual Transmission (Clutch is optional), Steering and Driving Line are up to the individual.


RACE

Meeting 7 @ Sunset Speedway - "Pepsi Max 200" race length is 82 laps. Which will be split into 2-41 lap segments.
- ABS, STM, and TCS and locked off. Manual Transmission (Clutch is optional), Steering and Driving Line are up to the individual.

-----Safety Car Speed for Sunset Oval is: 90mph-----

***Sign-In Form closes 1hr prior to the start of the Race Meeting***

Remember Boys and Girls, we're back at Sunset Speedway. So, the Sunset build needs to be used this weekend. Check the Car Build page if you're unsure

  July 4th weekend?

I have heard that I may be needed as a sub this round. Will post "IN" if confirmed.

for Sunset with it being a race "sponsored" by a thirsty beverage, i'm going to run my alternate livery this weekend!

Remember Mario I'm racing on Saturday on the 'slithnin' gamertag, same car and number and everything, same driver, different name !

PM me w/ the GT jordan so i can have the info for when lobby organization gets underway

I'm subbing for Hailfire97x in the #9 Chevrolet.

Gillard will sub for ChicaiN.

Rob beat me to it.....

got it. once the sign-in form closes, i'll make the adjustments in the Live Timing doc for the Sub-Drivers.

What are the sub rules? If anyone needs a last minute sub, I can.

Otherwise, I'll run my AAR car.

ABEnstein... PM sent!

Update: I'm working on setting up an arrangement where I can sub in an Allied Forces Chevrolet team car. If there's a second open spot, my AAR teammate, AAR WolfPack, will register. If there isn't a second spot, he'll drive the AAR Privateer car. If a sub arrangement isn't made with for Allied Forces Chevy, WolfPack and I will both drive as an AAR team.

Unfortunately, i cannot allow Wolfpack to race tonight. I do not have any Driver info registered for the series. And under normal circumstances, the Registration thread closes 24hrs before the Race Meeting, and opens after the meeting ends, to avoid the "last-minute Driver entries" that tend to take place. With that said, i hope there are no hard feelings, and this comment isn't seen as singling anyone out.

There is always next week's event at Le Mans (Old Mulsanne)

10 4

Brilliant race!

Trundled round by myself in part 1, push Jordan for 19/20 laps without incident, get caught in lapped traffic again, got spun round and then that same person left or lagged out really upset, but oh well it happens

I left. I can't continue racing once I have taken out two cars.

That was a great race in the 2nd half between myself, Rob & Jordan!! I'm checking the replay now, but the finish was decided by just 0.012 seconds!!

Enjoyed the damaged battle with chaddy and mikey shame about the damage though

Im not angry with you bandit its just some disappointment with my race, maybe i moved down ill need to re check it tomorrow, You did great getting 2nd on the grid.  

It's okay bandit, I feel a bit silly for getting angry. It was annoying yes but that's Motorsport, let's draw a line under this and move on? No hard feelings?

Great driving by everyone tonight, and special mention to James who is the only reason I was in the lead fight. I'm sorry you didn't get the finish you wanted!

No hard feelings. Just absolutely pissed with myself.

Chaddy - I wouldn't be surprised if that was my fault because I was looking at my rear quarter panel and not paying attention to my steering to see where you were and once we touched, we couldn't get disconnected.

jgroves1996 wrote:Great driving by everyone tonight, and special mention to James who is the only reason I was in the lead fight. I'm sorry you didn't get the finish you wanted!

No worrys, it was my pleasure to experience a NASCAR... Sorry Tascar race with that much action and tension, tbh in the cold light of day I'm not mad, I'm upset at myself becuase I over reacted in the lobby and made myself look like a silly twit! But hey ho that is the emotion roller coaster called Motorsport!