BSTV 992 Challenge

Season 1

Rules Package

 

Content

About The Series

This championship encompasses all that is great about the Porsche racing heritage

This is an open setup series where our quicker drivers share setups, hints and tips and give advice and help to anyone who asks.

You will be racing the Porsche 911 GT3 (992).

We encourage drivers of all abilities to join the championship, race, learn and have fun.

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 and these places will first be offered to existing league members and we will offer any remaining places to the general iRacing public.

 

Fee

There is a £15.00 fee for the 20 race season which is payable to backfiresimsporttv@gmail.com via PayPal and needs to be in GBP. 

Drivers joining the league upto and including race 10 will pay the full fee.

Drivers joining the league from race 11 onwards will pay £7.50 for the rest of the season.

 

Liveries

Our paints are placed in a paint pack each week and are available to download from our website. We strongly advise that if you use Trading Paints, you turn this off completely to avoid league paint being overwritten. A decal layer will be added to each car. This will cover the front windshield banner and also the rear wing end plates All liveries must be at paints992challenge@virginmedia.com no later than 8pm on the Friday before a race weekend. If your livery has not changed since the last race then you do not need to re-send it. Liveries received after this time may not be visible in the broadcast. Your livery file must be in .tga format and compressed when saved. You also must name your file car_xxxxx with xxxxx being your iRacing ID. We ask that you have permission from the owner(s), to display all logos on your livery.

 

Communication

We have our own Discord server which is free to use for race nights and general chit chat.

Our broadcast comms is done via this server, including driver interviews, therefore you will need to be on the Discord server.

Voice comms on Discord is not compulsory but it will help you to learn different aspects of our league and enable you to interact with your fellow drivers.

There will be a separate team room created for you and your team mates only as well as our public rooms.

To join Discord, please visit www.backfire-simsport-tv.com

Please note, you may be involved in the interviews after the racing. To help our broadcasters, please ensure your Discord name is in the format of #car number > name eg. #111 John Smith. This is mandatory in our Discord server.

 

 

Championships

992 Challenge - Every driver in the series takes part in and scores points in this championship. This championship is also known as the Overall Drivers Championship 

Team Challenge - Teams are made up of a maximum of 2 drivers and the points gained in the 992 Challenge are added together to give the team score.

Driver of the Season - At the end of each broadcast, the commentators will vote on their “driver of the evening”. The points are added together throughout the season.

Drop Week's - Drivers can drop one race weekend.

A drop week consists of all races in one race night.

 

Race Sessions

Each race meeting consists of 2 races.

 

Sprint Races – These are the first races of our double header race nights. There are no pit stops and races are 30 minutes in duration.

Sprint races are held after the practice and qualifying sessions and are held in morning conditions.

Standard 15 minute qualifying.

 

Feature Races – These are the second races of our double header race nights. Fuel is limited and races are 60 minutes.

Top 10 reverse grid.

 

Races are held in late afternoon conditions.

Our servers start at 6pm UK on race days.

Race fuel is limited to 60% of a full tank.

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

Drivers will score the following points for each race

Drivers must complete at least 1 race lap to score points.

 

Drivers not completing lap 1, will still collect penalty points.

 

 
 

Bonus & Penalty Points

Pole Position - The driver gaining pole position from a qualifying session will receive 5 bonus points.

Fastest Lap - The driver with the fastest lap in each race will receive 3 bonus points

Lead A Lap - Any driver scored in the official results as leading a lap will receive 1 bonus point for each lap led, up to a maximum of 3 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.

 

Schedule

 

Date

Rounds

Track

Layout

20th Nov

Media Day

Watkins Glen

Classic Boot

4th Dec

1 & 2

Red Bull Ring

GP

18th Dec

3 & 4

Hockenheim

GP

15th Jan

5 & 6

Interlagos

GP

29th Jan

7 & 8

Chicago

Street Circuit

12th Feb

9 & 10

Silverstone

GP

26th Feb

11 & 12

Road Atlanta

Full

12th Mar

13 & 14

Hungaroring

GP

26th Mar

15 & 16

Daytona

Road

9th Apr

17 & 18

Long Beach

Street Circuit

23rd Apr

19 & 20

Bathurst

N/A

 

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 (and protests received during the cooling off period will be deleted)
  • 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.

We pride ourselves on sportsmanship and clean racing so if you recognise that you have unfairly gained a position, then please allow a position reversal to take place at your earliest opportunity.

 

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.

 

 

General

All races are “open setup” and our faster drivers will share setups with you, you just need to ask. Normally you will also find a race setup in the race post for each round.

Black flags will only be cleared during practice sessions. Our admins also race and therefore if iRacing deems you are worthy of a black flag for any reason, so do we.

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 & Scoring

Pete Bingham = Finance

Sam Buzin = Broadcasting, Website

Marco Loewert = Liveries

 

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