MSA TORA TASCAR Season 3 - Meeting 8 - 244k Du Mans - 21st September 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 8 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!
- 4 second roll off delay per driver for 'Road Course' races
- Limited Damage, Collisions OFF. After completing your 2 flying laps, on lap 4, we will meet at 'Dunlop Chicane' to gather times.

RACE

Meeting 8 @ Le Mans (Old Mulsanne) "244k Du Mans" will be 18 laps in length. +1 for the Pace Lap. Look in the "Mandatory Pit Stops" section below for the pit window for this race.
- Limited Damage, Collisions 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 MUST 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 Le Mans (Old Mulsanne) is: 100mph*Where applicable*-----

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

OP updated

Congratulations Chris! That makes it twice this season a driver who made his first start won in his first outing.

Truely gutted for you though Chaddy. that's twice now that you've had "mechanical failures" at Le Mans in the TASCAR series.


Points updated. top 3 within 9 points with 4 rounds to go!! Next week is "The Brickyard 250" than back to back Road courses of Silverstone National then the First TASCAR race at Road Atlanta.

Well done Chris! I think you've joined an exclusive club!

Bad Luck Chaddy :/ That really sucks!

And true to my word, this is my livery for the next round: The #10 Greenpeace Ford Fusion

jgroves1996 wrote:Well done Chris! I think you've joined an exclusive club!

Bad Luck Chaddy :/ That really sucks!

And true to my word, this is my livery for the next round: The #10 Greenpeace Ford Fusion

Make me a Toyota Prius livery like I wanted for the next round.  

...if only we had the Toyota Camry 'Stock Car' Bandit..... if only......

Sorry Bandit, a Toyota would be possible had they not plastered teh nose and tail of the Ford and Chevy with headlight, tailight and manufacturer decals.

It would be quite interesting to have a Ford sponsoring a Prius.