About The Series

 

This is a championship for people who want to experience touring car racing, during European friendly time slots, in a controlled friendly league.

Our races take place on Wednesday evenings.

The cars we use are the Audi RS 3 LMS, Honda Civic Type R, Hyundai Veloster N TC and the Hyundai Elantra N TC. If further cars are added, we will add them to the league.

Drivers are not allowed to change cars during the season, unless we are within the car change amnesty window between rounds 12 & 13.  If you feel the need to change cars outside of this window, you will be penalised 200 points.

This is an open setup series where faster drivers are encouraged to help slower drivers with help, advice and hopefully the sharing of setups.

There are no minimum requirements for iRating or Safety Rating.

All of our races are shown live by Backfire Simsport TV.

The league is limited to 50 drivers, on a first come first served basis.

As a league driver, please let us know if your circumstances change and you can no longer race with us. We can then offer your place to another driver.

Fee

 

The fee for each 12 week (24 race) season is £15.00 GBP, this covers the broadcast cost and also the hosting fees.

Fees are payable to backfiresimsporttv@gmail.com via PayPal and need to be in GBP.

Your place is not guaranteed until we have received your payment in full.

All drivers joining from the start of the season, up to and including week 6, pay full price.

Drivers joining after week 6 will get a 50% reduction.

 

Liveries

 

Paint packs are used for the series.

Once you have registered on our website you can upload your own paints and also download the latest paint pack before each race meeting.

A decal layer will be added to each paint by the admins. This will cover the front windshield banner and custom number blocks so please leave these area’s blank. Cars will have neon green windshield banners and number blocks.

Any driver that does not submit a paint will be given our league default paint.

We have a number of BSTV logos that we can share if you want to help to advertise the broadcaster on your car.

We do ask that you have permission to use any logos on your car from the owner.

 

Communication

 

We have our own Discord server for race nights and general chit chat.

We know most teams and drivers run their own voice comms so it is not mandatory to use our Discord. However, the broadcast and post race interviews will be done using the BSTV Discord server. Most drivers enter the channel “Interview Waiting Room” after the race for a chat – you may be pulled into the broadcast should you do so.

A link to join our Discord server is on our website.

 

Championships

 

Drivers Championship

 

Drivers are allowed 2 drop races to allow for any unforeseen circumstances, so your total points in the championship will be calculated from your best 22 races out of 24 races. These drop races will start to be accounted for from week 12 of the season.

Teams Championship

 

Teams are made up of two drivers and both scores will count towards the championship.

Driver of the season

 

Each week the commentators will vote individually for a Driver of the Meeting. These votes are tallied up so that a Driver of the Season can be crowned at the end of the season.

 

Race Sessions

 

Our servers start at 6.30pm UK on race days.

Practice = 55 mins

Qualifying = 15 mins

Sprint Race = 20 mins - Feature Race = 40 mins – Both are standing starts

Feature Race starting grid will have the top 8 finishers from the Sprint Race reversed.

Race fuel is limited to 30% of a full tank.

All league sessions will be very close to the race in-sim time of day of the official races for the TCR cars within iracing.

There will be one change to the schedule each season as the previous series champion gets to have a “Champions Choice Track” where they will also choose time of day for the in-sim conditions.

We strongly suggest that you join any session through the LEAGUE > LEAGUE SESSIONS tab on iRacing as some drivers have had issues in joining sessions through the HOSTED tab.

If there are less than 10 drivers for any given race, the admins reserve the right to cancel the race and the broadcast and remove it from the schedule.

Point Scoring

 

Position          Points             Position          Points

1st                   75                   14th                 32

2nd                 70                   15th                 30

3rd                  65                   16th                 28

4th                   61                   17th                 26

5th                   57                   18th                 24

6th                   53                   19th                 22

7th                   50                   20th                 20

8th                   47                   21st                 18

9th                   44                   22nd               16

10th                 41                   23rd                14

11th                 38                   24th                 12

12th                 36                   25th                 10

13th                 34                                

 

  

Bonus & Penalty Points

 

Pole Position - The driver gaining pole position from the qualifying session will receive 3 bonus points.

Fastest Lap - The driver with the fastest lap in each race will receive 1 bonus points.

Incident Points - Each driver will receive 1 penalty point for every incident point they collect.

Drive Through Penalty - On reaching 15 incident points in any race, a driver will receive a black flag drive through penalty.

Race points, bonus points & penalty points are the same for both Sprint & Feature races.

 

 

Steward Reviews

 

From time to time things can get heated and/or mistakes may happen.

If you feel aggrieved by a situation, we ask that you do the following.

Allow a 12 hour cooling off period before protesting

View the incident from different angles and different cars

DO NOT abuse any other drivers involved via voice or text

If after reviewing the incident, you feel that you need to protest it, please use the protest form stating which race, which lap, and which cars were involved.

The race control admin team will review the incident, give you an honest view on the incident, and apply penalties where required.

All decisions are final.

Drivers gaining a position using unfair means are expected to give places back.

Any driver found to be abusive towards another driver, on any of our media platforms, Facebook, Discord or iRacing, via chat or text will face a pitlane start for the next race they attend. A second offence will be penalised with a race meeting ban, and a third offence will result in the driver being excluded from the league. No arguments.

 

"No matter who you think is at fault for an incident you're involved in, always watch the replay to find something you could have done differently to avoid the outcome. This was the biggest shift in my mindset that helped me throughout my career."

 

General

 

Black flags will only be cleared during practice sessions.

We use iRacing dynamic weather so bear in mind that the weather conditions will change from session to session.

You will get 1 free repair per race. Please note that any slight damage, even from taking a curb too vigorously can result in your free repair being used. You can turn this off and decide when you want to use your free repair.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact one of the admins or email one of us from the contact list below.

 

Admins

 

Clyde Whiting (membership, commentator)

Pete Bingham (race control, commentator, liveries, cameras)

Russell Cowell (race control, development)

Bill Switzer (race control)

 

By entering any race you are agreeing to have read and understood the above rules.