Rules, Settings, Points & Classifications

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All Official PRL Championship’s shall adhere to the site wide PRL Rules & iRacing Sporting Code. All rules mentioned in this topic surpass PRL & iRacing Sporting Code rules.

Season Settings
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[li]Server: US-MA[/li]
[li]Race Day / Time: Wednesday. Session starts @ 6 PM EDT. 140 minutes practice, 5 minutes / 2 laps qualifying, up to 95 minutes race.[/li]
[li]Cars: NASCAR Camping World Chevrolet Silverado & NASCAR Camping World Toyota Tundra[/li]
[li]Setups: Fixed[/li]
[li]Weather: Dynamic Weather[/li]
[li]Track State / Marbles: 0% @ Start of practice, and then qualifying set to 30% and carried over into race session.[/li]
[li]Starting Type: Rolling Start per Qualification order.[/li]
[li]*NEW* - Start / Restarts: iRacing Sporting Code restart applied (Article 6.8.2).[/li]
[li]Fast Repairs: 0[/li]
[li]Assists: No Assists, Clutch only[/li]
[li]Fuel Load: 100%[/li]
[li]Incident Limits: 13 for more than 1.5 mile tracks, 17 for short tracks and superspeedway / 30 for roads[/li]
[li]Schedule / Season Make-Up: 8 weeks that will follow iRacing NASCAR C Class Fixed schedule.[/li]
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Entry Requirements
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[li]All participants are required to use PRL's Discord server, and must be logged in at the start of the race. (1 point penalty may be applied).[/li]
[li]Set your Discord nickname to your name and car number. (ex. Chris Perez #41). (1 point penalty may be applied)[/li]
[li]Must enter with the car number you signed up for the season with. (1 point penalty may be applied).[/li]
[li]You must use a wheel and pedals. Using any other type of input method is not allowed. (Mouse, Controller, etc.).[/li]
[li]iRating: no limit[/li]
[li]Licence: D class[/li]
[li]Must be a member of Precision Racing League on iRacing.[/li]
[li]Must have signup first.[/li]
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Voice Chat Rules for iRacing and Discord
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[li]Refrain from speaking to the general lobby during Qualifying.[/li]
[li]Utilize Whisper on iRacing private channels to communicate to teammates/friends.[/li]
[li]All are to be in one of the rooms under iRacing Channel.[/li]
[li]Follow instructions given by Organizers, Management, and/or Race Control.[/li]
[li]Team room can be created, please ask your organiser.[/li]
[li]Be respectful to other participants. Cursing out, yelling, calling names, etc. Will Not Be Tolerated.[/li]
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Series Rules
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[li]Drop Week - Over 10 weeks, each driver is allowed to drop their lowest scoring race. This also includes any events you may have missed. Drop week is automatically applied after the final race of the season. There is no drop week for team championship, but drivers drop week is taking into account.[/li]
[li]*NEW* - Race Starts and Restarts: iRacing Sporting Code (Article 6.8.2). No 3-Wide into T1/T2. Only exception is if trying to avoid piling up the field.[/li]
[li]Wrecks / Towing: If your car cannot maintain speed following an accident, be respectful enough to Tow your car back to the pits.[/li]
[li]*NEW* - Intentional Wrecking: You are not allowed to intentionally wreck yourself or another driver during the official PRL session. This include Practice, Qualifying and Race.[/li]
[li]Internet Connection / Blinking Car(s): Drivers that are experiencing connection issues, will be instructed by an Admin that there is a Ping issue. At that time, the driver(s) are to safely fall to the back of the pack that they are currently in. Driver must see if the problem corrects itself. If the problem persists, the driver(s) will then be asked to pull down onto pit road and see if they can then resolve their problem. Admin will give everyone a reasonable amount of time before further action is taken.[/li]
[li]Entering / Exiting Racing Surface: Always enter and exit the racing surface in the appropriate locations. Avoid stopping on the racing surface. (ie: Exiting pit lane on the backstretch.)[/li]
[li]Racing Etiquette: Follow All iRacing Sporting Code. Lap down car(s) are to give way to Lead Lap car(s).[/li]
[li]Yellow Line: There will be No-One allowed to use the apron to make passes. (Daytona / Talladega specific)[/li]
[li]Pit Road: All car(s) are to stay to the Right while going down Pit Road.[/li]
[li]Pulling Over on Pit Lane: You are allowed to Qualify, and then pull to the side on Pit Lane starts. If you do decide to fall to the back of the pack at the start of the race, and are the cause of an accident. You could possible receive an In-Race Penalty.[/li]
[li]Black Flag(s): Black Flag(s) can be cleared, if Admin deems appropriate and is not currently racing.
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[li]Reasons To Clear A Black Flag:
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[li]Using Pit Lane to avoid an accident on the front stretch.[/li]
[li]Clipping Pit Lane while trying to avoid an accident.[/li]
[li]Receiving a Black Flag for passing a car under yellow, when the car causing the issue should have Towed.[/li]
[li]Note that there is no race director and the organiser is racing as well. Therefore, your black flag may not be cleared.[/li]
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Championship scoring system
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[li]Drivers must start the race to score points which will be determined by where they finish.[/li]
[li]All drivers will have 1 drop week.
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[li]1st - 40 points[/li]
[li]2nd - 39 points[/li]
[li]3rd - 38 points[/li]
[li]4th - 37 points[/li]
[li]5th - 36 points[/li]
[li]6th - 35 points[/li]
[li]7th - 34 points[/li]
[li]8th - 33 points[/li]
[li]9th - 32 points[/li]
[li]10th - 31 points[/li]
[li]11th - 30 points[/li]
[li]12th - 29 points[/li]
[li]13th - 28 points[/li]
[li]14th - 27 points[/li]
[li]15th - 26 points[/li]
[li]16th - 25 points[/li]
[li]17th - 24 points[/li]
[li]18th - 23 points[/li]
[li]19th - 22 points[/li]
[li]20th - 21 points[/li]
[li]21st - 20 points[/li]
[li]22nd - 19 points[/li]
[li]23rd - 18 points[/li]
[li]24th - 17 points[/li]
[li]25th - 16 points[/li]
[li]26th - 15 points[/li]
[li]27th - 14 points[/li]
[li]28th - 13 points[/li]
[li]29th - 12 points[/li]
[li]30th - 11 points[/li]
[li]31st - 10 points[/li]
[li]32nd - 9 points[/li]
[li]33rd - 8 points[/li]
[li]34th - 7 points[/li]
[li]35th - 6 points[/li]
[li]36th - 5 points[/li]
[li]37th - 4 points[/li]
[li]38th - 3 points[/li]
[li]39th - 2 points[/li]
[li]40th - 1 point[/li]
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[li]Bonus points:
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[li]Qualify on the Pole = 2 Points[/li]
[li]Leading most laps = 2 Points[/li]
[li]Leading a lap = 1 Point[/li]
[li]Fastest Lap during race = 1 Point[/li]
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[li]Incidents Bonus points:
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[li]3 incidents and less = 1 Point (must complete 10 Laps minimum)[/li]
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Protesting On-Track Incidents
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[li]On track incidents should be avoided at all costs.[/li]
[li]PRL's Racing Rules and iRacing's Sporting Code are in effect for all official races through the season.[/li]
[li]On track incidents should be reported to the PRL Stewards.[/li]
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