ENDURANCE RUNNERS RULES, REGULATIONS, AND SANCTIONING
This is a detailed document explains the rules, regulations and procedures that are ran and enforced when racing an “Endurance Runners” series. Drivers who choose to sign up for any Endurance Runner Championship must read the Regulation document before proceeding on with the series.
The Following Championships will abide by this document. Please check below to see if you are participating in the following series
- GT WorldWide Tour
- FIA GT Championship Series
- BPR Global GT Series
- Driver Conduct
1.A - Drivers are to not divebomb other drivers racing line to jump in front of them.
1.B - Drivers are to keep two wheels on the road at all times. (On certain tracks the rumble strip will count as the track)
1.C - Drivers are to not ram or block faster opponents.
1.D - Drivers are to refrain from bad mouthing, down talking or insulting any other driver in the series. (I don’t care what the situation is, talking down and insulting WILL NOT be tolerated)
If me or a race steward catch you doing any of the following, you will be warned. If you proceed to do it, you will get a penalty, and if you still continue to ignore our warnings, you will be DQ’d from the series and booted from the club.
2. Rotating BoP
2.A - Every car is susceptible to HP, PP, or weight changes throughout the series. (There won’t be any big changes but there could be a -10 BHP drop or a +15kg. Most of the time, the BoP is already pretty well balanced)
2.B - If a driver disagrees with a BoP change and feels it is impairing them or not fair, shoot me a PM and explain.
2.C - Once a car’s BoP is adjusted, it will remain at that regulation unless I feel it needs to be changed again.
3. Drivers/Teams and Registration
3.A - A driver must fill out an registration form, Provided by the Series Host, if they wish to participate in a series.
3.B - A driver can either register as a Full-Time Driver or a Reserve/Wildcard Driver
3.a - DO NOT register as a Full-Time driver if you cannot do one of the following, keep adequate communication with the series or the series host, attend 65% of races, Attend AT LEAST 50% of the qualifying sessions.
3.b - If you miss more than 2 races in a row as a Full-Time driver, you will be moved to a Reserve Driver/Wildcard until you can confirm your attendance.
3.C - A Driver is able to register only 1 team.
3.D - There will be one registration per team. meaning, One cannot have 2 Team B’s racing in the same series.
3.E - If Drivers do not have a team to drive with upon registration, They will either have to create their own team or talk to a team leader and ask to join their team.
4. Qualifying Sessions
4.A - 2 separate Qualifying Sessions will be held days before the actual race. The time of these qualifying sessions will vary on track. There will be a Day 1 and Day 2 of qualifying.
4.B - Qualifying Sessions are to be ran with RM tire compound. Anything of lower compund is your choice.
4.C - It is mandatory that a driver makes at least 1 qualifying session.
4.a - These qualifying sessions not only give you a chance to grab pole, it also reserves your spot
4.b - If we have filled all our Full-Time driver spots, we have a rule called “No Practice, No Play” that comes into play.
4.c - The “No Practice, No Play” Rule is simple. If you don’t come to any qualifying sessions but a reserve driver in your class does, he/she will be eligible to take your spot come race day if they are able to attend.
4.D - The qualifying room will be open 5-10 minutes before we start.
5. Race Procedures
5.A - Room will be open 25-35 minutes before race start. This is when briefing, race order and regulation check will take place.
5.B - The race will start ON THE DOT! No Exceptions. (i.e. If I say the race is at 3:00 P.M. EST THE RACE WILL START AT 3:00 P.M. EST)
5.C - Before the race starts, we will line up in the order of qualifying results.
5.D - After the race starts, we will do a Parade Lap behind the pace car. If there is no pace car, We will do a parade lap behind the pole leader. Speed should not be any faster than 75-85 MPH/121-136 KM/H.
5.a - During Parade Laps drivers should be at least one car length away from the car in front of them. Drivers are allowed to tire warm. However, do not overtake or hit the car in front of you or you will be penalized.
5.b - On straightaways odd grid drivers will be on the Left and even grid drivers will be on the Right
Example below.
Car Car Car
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Car Car
5.c - Drivers may start the race once the pace car goes into the pit area or once you cross the finish line. (If there is no pace car)
5.E - Drivers will be prohibited from using the text box during the race except for yellow flags and other race control calls.
6. Race Control
6.A - The Race Monitors will give certain instructions during the race at any given period if deemed necessary.
6.B - Drivers are responsible for calling out that they have damage.
6.b - Drivers are to type “Dmge” In the text box, ONLY if they have sustained engine damage or damage to two or more wheel points. The race monitor will check your car to check and see if the driver’s damage claim is valid.
6.bc - If a driver’s damage claim IS NOT a valid claim, the Race Monitor will type in the chat box “FalseC” and the driver will have to drive back to the pit as best as they can.
6.bd - If a driver’s damage claim IS a valid claim, The race monitor will type in the chat box, “FCY”
6.C - FCY (Full Course Yellow)
6.c - Full Course Yellow or “FCY” flags are flags that are called during race incidents are increasingly changing weather conditions.
6.D - During a Full Course yellow (FCY) Drivers are to IMMEDIATELY reduce speed to around 75 MPH/121 KM/H. Speeds cannot exceed 85 MPH/136 KM/H during “FCY” Flags. Drivers can resume race when the flag is green.
6.d - Drivers are to not overtake, tailgate or bump/ram surrounding cars.
6.de - Tire Warming is permitted within reason during FCY flags.
6.E - “FCY” flags will not exceed 10 minutes. (Meaning a single yellow flag cannot exceed 10 minutes, but there can be 2 separate 10 minute FCY flags in one race)
6.F - There are two situations that would call for a “FCY” flag. The two situations are listed below.
6.fg - When a driver/drivers sustain heavy damage to the engine or more than one wheel well.
6.fh - If surface water % is increasing rapidly at an unsafe rate (10%-30% in a matter of seconds) the race monitor must call a "FCY" in the chat box. Race monitor will type "Green" when they feel that it is safe to drive. (that would be if surface water % starts decreasing or when every driver gets the appropriate tires equipped)
7. Pit-Stops/Tires
7.A - The Pit-Area will open up after a certain amount of time has passed in the race. A driver may not pit-in prior to the time cap unless they sustain bad damage. This will fluctuate per race.
7.a - The First Time Pit window is Tire Change ONLY. Any driver who fails to wait the duration ASIDE from damage, will obtain a penalty.
7.ab - The second Time pit window is Tire Change AND Fuel Replenishing Any driver who is found refueling before this pit window will obtain a penalty.
7.C - A driver will be given a new set of tyres every race. (This means your tire sets will reset every race)
7.D - Drivers will be given 3 sets of Racing Hards, 1 set of Racing Mediums, 1 set of Racing Softs, 3 sets of Intermediates, and 3 sets of Racing Wets unless the series host says otherwise.
7.E - Your Race tyres and Race tyres are separate.
8. Disconnections
8.A - If a driver disconnects anytime during a race, they will receive a DNF.
8.B - If a driver completes at under 50% of the race he/she will receive no points
8.C - If a driver completes over 50% of the race, he/she will receive last place points of that race.
8.D - If Driver A disconnects and has completed more laps than Driver B and Driver C by the end of the race, then Driver A will be given points for the spot above Driver B and C.
i.e. Driver A disconnects after completing 27 laps. Driver B and C only got to complete 26 Laps. Driver A still gets the win since he completed more of the laps.
8.E - If 40% of the field disconnect during a race, the race will be red flagged and rescheduled. i.e. Race start we have 14 drivers. 6 Drivers disconnect, Race will be red flagged and rescheduled.
Written by Manasseh257NSX
Make sure you thoroughly read this document. Once you sign up for a series you are also saying that you have read and will abide to the regulations and sanctions given.
Happy Racing All!