IMA Open Wheel Trophy 2009

[pacesetter]

Hello, I would like to present a new race club, IMA (International Motorsport Association). It is running its first series, the forum is set up, but is under the name 'Open Wheel Challenge' which we didnt realise was already a league, and this will be changed asap. So anyway, back on with introducing the championship,

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Cars: FOX and FO8
Track for test race: AS6
Race Length: 20mins & 35mins
Calender: TBA
Date for test race: 7th February 2009 @ 7pm GMT
Drivers in team: 2
Closing date for entries: 4th Feb 2009
(You MUST be there at 6:40 GMT for drivers briefing)
Teamspeak is nessesary for drivers briefing only
And all the drivers behaviour will be watched, so this will weed out the crashers for the real series
Rules:
1.1) Race cleanly and fairly, we dont ask that you 'stop' after putting a driver off the track to wait for him to rejoin, as it ruins your race too. And if this is classified a racing incident which will be made in an unbiased decision, we have no problems, we understand that accidents do happen in racing.

1.2) If your car is damaged to a certain extent, which may cause you to 'veer' off the road when breaking, or if you have certain damage that will cause an accident in the race you must pull over to the side of the road where you would not obstruct other cars.

1.3) NO chat during the race, if a driver keeps talking during a race while others are concentrating, he may be punished with a DT penalty.

1.4) This event was created to promote teams, and to have fun. If we feel you are unmannerly or rude to others, we may have to take a 4-6 point penalty off your teams end total.

1.5) No unofficial lfs driving aids will be allowed to be used.

1.6) Its nessesary that your team sports a team skin. We ask you have different markings, e.g. mirrors and names on the skins to make out each car,and it will be in used in purpose of event media.

1.7) Results will be published within 48 hours of the race finish, this is for event reviewing for incidents and also for the purpose of trophy making.

1.8) When a safety car is out on track, you will be alerted via a message in the chatbox, this will be noticed as you arent allowed to telepit, block messages or chat during sessions, these will result in penalties if unauthorised by the Race Director

1.9) As soon as you are notified that the SC is out, you DO NOT race to the flag, you slow down immediately in a safe and orderly fashion, taking atleast 4 car lengths from your nearest competitor, until the SC pulls in, and then you may close up the gap, NO contact or passing before the line is allowed and will be punished in a harsh manner.

2.0) We are trying to make this series as real as possible, so if an accident occurs, you may not spectate unless told so, which will happen after the rescue car will clear you of the track

2.1) Incidents must be posted within 2 days of the race day, and may be appealled by the driver in question.

2.2) For streamed events, you may give us sponsors that you would like mentioned, and a high res skin is adivised.

2.3) Your worst score is dropped from your points total as we know that sometimes, joining a championship is demanding, and can be ruined by missed events.

2.4) An official decision by the admins is final, and arguing, being inconvienent, and disruptive to other racers will result in suspension from the series.

2.5) This is a fun event, but also a serious one, don't ruin the racing for others, as it ruins your fun too.

2.6) Each team can sign up 1 backup driver, he may replace one of the official drivers in any event, with a previous advise to the event admins.

2.7) Backup driver will add points to the team points table, but not to the driver he`s replacing.
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Sign Up form

Name:
Country:
Car:



Sign up List

Name Car Country

Jack Ward---------FO8--------GBR
Björn Pasteuning---FOX--------NLD
Dan Barber --------FOX-------GBR
Anton Moroz-------FOX-------FIN
Kev Higgins--------FOX-------DEU
Andrew Turner-----FOX-------ENG
Dan Zanetti--------FOX-------GBR
Tobias Osterhouse-FOX--------AUS
Philipe Martin------FOX--------FRA
Kenneth O'Keefe---FOX--------CAN
Daniel Prebble-----FOX---------ENG
Bayram Orazov----FOX---------USA
Klaidas Gasiunas---FO8---------LTU
Zachary Weiss-----FOX--------USA
Gino V.Herseveld---FOX--------NLD
Chris Wilkinson-----FO8--------GBR
B.Grindle----------FO8---------GBR
Dan Barber--------FOX---------GBR





FOX (0/14) FO8 (0/14)

28 slots are availible, these drivers get priority for the real season.

[jwardy]

Name: Jack Ward
Country: Afganistan
Car: F08

[J@tko]

Same day as iTCC R2 :shrug:

[pacesetter]

Same day as iTCC R2 :shrug:


ok, well its now changed to the 7th, i wont be changing it again though for any other clashers

[sebastiaanlooijen]

Name: Sebastiaan Looijen
Country: Netherlands
Car: FOX

[Erazotropa]

Name: Björn Pasteuning
Country: Netherlands
Car: FOX

[dan_b23]

Name: Daniel Barber
Country: GBR
Car: FOX

[EliteAti]

Withdrawing from the league, on same sundays as the DSR

[Mp3 Astra]

I'm interested. I think SRS (www.simracingsociety.com) will be as well.

However, we can't make it to the test race because it clashes with Head 2 Head. But I'm sure we'll be interested in the series, depending, of course, on how this test event appears to go.

[Storm_Cloud]

Shame it's on the same day that Open Wheel Racing League starts its own season.

[pacesetter]

Name: Anton Moroz
Country: Finland
Car: FOX

Btw, on which dates this league is going to be?


They wont coincide with OWRL or iTCC or IGTC, most likely sundays, :thumb: and Sorry @ Storm_Cloud, i will definetly schedule the actual season alongside OWRL

[mkinnov8]

Will inform my team and see if I can get any further interest, is there a particular closing date?

Name: Kev Higgins (dbpStoney)
Country: Germany
Car: FOX

[pacesetter]

Will inform my team and see if I can get any further interest, is there a particular closing date?

Name: Kev Higgins
Country: Germany
Car: FOX


yes actually, sorry, its the 4th February

[blackbird04217]

ok, well its now changed to the 7th, i wont be changing it again though for any other clashers

For future reference please check the calander so you don't clash, or at least try not to clash with others. Same day as Event 3 of the Head-to-Head: Winter Series '09, which means I can't be there and would have enjoyed showing...

[mkinnov8]

yes actually, sorry, its the 4th February

No problem, will update team thread ;)

[pacesetter]

For future reference please check the calander so you don't clash, or at least try not to clash with others. Same day as Event 3 of the Head-to-Head: Winter Series '09, which means I can't be there and would have enjoyed showing...

It will ALWAYS clash on the weekends. However, i will try and schedule the season at different times to other events

[aobrien]

Spread the word ! :thumb:

[Laser171107]

I would like to take part in this event, sounds like a good new championship :)

Name: Tobias Osterhouse
Country: Australia
Car: FOX

[pacesetter]

how many drivers per team, and how many laps will this race be? :smileypul



we want to do 2 drivers per team, but may push towards 3 pending on what the competitors want

EDIT: and theres a 6 lapper and a 9 lapper (sorry for the indecisiveness, not at home, dont have all the facts and figures)

[FL!P]

Philippe Martin
FOX
France

[mkinnov8]

how many drivers per team, and how many laps will this race be? :smileypul

we want to do 2 drivers per team, but may push towards 3 pending on what the competitors want

EDIT: and theres a 6 lapper and a 9 lapper (sorry for the indecisiveness, not at home, dont have all the facts and figures)

Balls, just asked almost the same question via pm ;), dont need to reply now.

One question tho if I may... 6 and 9 laps.. are surely sprint races (they will be over in a flash for FO8 drivers at least), will there be a longer race too? Or are those just the test race - race lengths?

[racer hero]

Name: Kenneth O'Keefe
Country: CAN
Car: FOX
Team: Legends Racing Team

[racer hero]

we want to do 2 drivers per team, but may push towards 3 pending on what the competitors want

EDIT: and theres a 6 lapper and a 9 lapper (sorry for the indecisiveness, not at home, dont have all the facts and figures)

yes actually, sorry, its the 4th February

You might want to add both of these things to the OP, just so people don't have to search through the thread to find this info.

EDIT:
Sorry for double post.

[pacesetter]

Balls, just asked almost the same question via pm ;), dont need to reply now.

One question tho if I may... 6 and 9 laps.. are surely sprint races (they will be over in a flash for FO8 drivers at least), will there be a longer race too? Or are those just the test race - race lengths?


sorry, i am all over the place
got home, checked computer, we are doing a 12 lapper, and a 6 lapper, only for this track, as it may be a tad long for the FOX guys

@ Kenneth: Its in the rules that theyres two in a team, and a reserve driver

[racer hero]

sorry, i am all over the place
got home, checked computer, we are doing a 12 lapper, and a 6 lapper, only for this track, as it may be a tad long for the FOX guys

@ Kenneth: Its in the rules that theyres two in a team, and a reserve driver

I meant the closing date, and the laps. :razz:

[aobrien]

Getting good interest! James have we applied to victor for a sub-forum?
Could be handy to get more views and applications:thumb:

[Dr Dink]

joining my dbp teamies FL!P and mkinnov8 here

Name: Daniel Prebble
Country:England
Car: FOX

[aobrien]

joining my dbp teamies FL!P and mkinnov8 here

Name: DrDink
Country:England
Car: FOX

Could you get them to post?
Makes things easier :thumb:

[mkinnov8]

Have already done so... Read again ;)

[Laser171107]

Our team (iCON Racing) may have 3 members interested, is it ok if they enter as a different team name? thanks

[racer hero]

What are the plans for the days for the real league races? What if you waited till H2H was over, and had it on Saturdays with off weeks when IGTC is on once a month?

[racer hero]

Good point Dan, I would like to see the races be a little longer as well.

PS: Do you want to do some testing, since you posted 4 minutes after me?

[aobrien]

Ok ken, go to chatroom in LFS lobby?

And this brings me to another question....

Is there a dedicated server up running this combo?

God im hard work me... :p


It will more than likely in our team server( ERTlExperion Racing Team )..
I will make it public and alsi will make it avalable for public to change track if no admin is on .. If there is anybody messing/crashing/ruining please just inform us about it and we will deal with it !
Andy

[racer hero]

Legends Racing Team is currently set up to this combo as well for anyone who wishes to practice.

[aobrien]

Legends Racing Team is currently set up to this combo as well for anyone who wishes to practice.

:thumb:

[pacesetter]

Our team (iCON Racing) may have 3 members interested, is it ok if they enter as a different team name? thanks

Yes it is

What are the plans for the days for the real league races? What if you waited till H2H was over, and had it on Saturdays with off weeks when IGTC is on once a month?

We may think of this, thanks for the suggestion

Ok, so 12 laps, and 9 lap race. Think i agree with Stoney, the races will be very short for the Formula V8s, but seeing as im driving a FOX its not my problem :)

Personally I would have liked to see the races being rather long though, so that tactics play a role, pit stops, tyre wear etc, rather than an all out sprint to the finish. I think the only benefit of running sprint events is if you guys were broadcasting it, so that the event becomes fun to watch, or if the cars suite sprint races, which IMO formula cars don't.

Anyways, good luck with the series, ill see you on ze grid :)

Yeah Dan. We would like all racers to now state what they would like as the amount of laps. Just we picked 12 laps and 6 laps cos its a rather long track, and if you like we'll push it to 20 laps? Or is that too much?

And I am considering letting the FO8 driver(s) to switch car as it may be a tad boring for them

[pacesetter]

joining my dbp teamies FL!P and mkinnov8 here

Name: DrDink
Country:England
Car: FOX


Would it be too much trouble to post your real name please? And if you have issues with this, pm me and i will help you sort it out :thumb: and will add you to sign ups now, but please get back asap

[pacesetter]

Well 12 laps in FOX is around the 30min mark, F08 about, 25mins?

But you are doing two races, sprint and feature, so that's 50min worth of racing there in the FOX. Maybe that would be sufficient, it just seemed short due to the track length. Could always throw in the mandatory pit stop in the feature race, with tyre change to spice it up a little. :scratchch



Yeah ok. and keep them at 12 laps, and do a 9 lapper instead of 6? Cos the laps will vary per track, this track is 5.5 mls long so..... :shrug:

[racer hero]

Yeah ok. and keep them at 12 laps, and do a 9 lapper instead of 6? Cos the laps will vary per track, this track is 5.5 mls long so..... :shrug:

I'd personally prefer to not see a mandatory pitstop, but I am not the only driver in this event/series. Also 9 laps might be a bit long for a sprint race. Might be better to add those 3 laps onto the final race instead of the sprint. To make it 6 laps for sprint, and 15 for final.

[Dr Dink]

Would it be too much trouble to post your real name please?

Changed my original post matey :)

[aobrien]

+1 Ken !

[mkinnov8]

6/15 sounds good to me too. :)

Remember it's your league, but the fact that you are open to change and willing to listen to those signed up is a positive sign :)

[Speedy Pro]

This sounds interesting, I'd like to do it

Name: Bayram Orazov
Country: USA
Car: FOX

Weekend races are fine with me, however, due to TZ difference, I most likely won't be able to make a weekday event, should the schedule change.
And lastly, I don't have a team, if that's fine with you. Perhaps, I could partner up with another teamless driver or if more than 2 people join from one team?

[pacesetter]

This sounds interesting, I'd like to do it

Name: Bayram Orazov
Country: USA
Car: FOX

Weekend races are fine with me, however, due to TZ difference, I most likely won't be able to make a weekday event, should the schedule change.
And lastly, I don't have a team, if that's fine with you. Perhaps, I could partner up with another teamless driver or if more than 2 people join from one team?


Obviously we encourage this and im sure you can find someone :thumb:

@ laps : 6 for sprint and 15 laps for feature

[pacesetter]

Changed my original post matey :)


ty :)

[TexasLTU]

Name: Klaidas Gasiunas
Country: Lithuania
Car: FO8

[pacesetter]

Name: Klaidas Gasiunas
Country: Lithuania
Car: FO8


nice to see ya here mate!

[jwardy]

Name: Klaidas Gasiunas
Country: Lithuania
Car: FO8
i have competicion :schwitz:

[TexasLTU]

Hehe, lets have a fight there :razz:

[Gonchi.lfs]

this is starting to look good!!! im almost sure i´ll miss the test race, but im looking forward to see a great season, this´ll only get better :nod:

[Speedy Pro]

Was wondering if the F08 and FOX will be driven in the same race, multiclass style, or if the 2 classes have separate races. Also, I'm not entirely sure what rule 1.2 tries to say. Is it w/ regard to spectating or what? Please clarify :)

[pacesetter]

Was wondering if the F08 and FOX will be driven in the same race, multiclass style, or if the 2 classes have separate races. Also, I'm not entirely sure what rule 1.2 tries to say. Is it w/ regard to spectating or what? Please clarify :)

multi class racing :)

And it states that you must pull over if you're car is too damaged, or else you'll be black flagged

[Speedy Pro]

:thumb: gotta love multi class!

Don't take this the wrong way, but perhaps you should reword 1.2, to include the "pull over" part, as that's currently missing, e.g.

"1.2) If your car is damaged to a certain extent, which may cause you to 'veer' off the road when breaking, or if you have certain damage that will cause an accident in the race you must pull over to the side of the road where you would not obstruct other cars."

[pacesetter]

:thumb: gotta love multi class!

Don't take this the wrong way, but perhaps you should reword 1.2, to include the "pull over" part, as that's currently missing, e.g.

"1.2) If your car is damaged to a certain extent, which may cause you to 'veer' off the road when breaking, or if you have certain damage that will cause an accident in the race you must pull over to the side of the road where you would not obstruct other cars."


done. and good idea,

[bozo]

Name: Andrew Turner
Country: England
Car: FOX

[mkinnov8]

Yay! :)

[aobrien]

Everybody who has signed up here already please re-do it in Sign-ups thread, thanks

[pacesetter]

Name: Chris Wilkinson
Country: GBR
Car: FO8

[G!NhO]

Name: Gino van Verseveld
Country: NLD
Car: FOX

[WackoZacco]

Name: Zachary Weiss
Country: USA
Car: FOX

[joshdifabio]

I don't plan to compete in this test race, or the league itself, but having read through the first page of this thread I think that you may all have missed something...

The race will end when the first car crosses the line after 6 laps (for example). If the Formula XRs have been lapped once by the leading FO8, for example, then they will only complete 5 laps. In terms of time, both classes will always have races of a similar length when they are competing in the same session.

So you can all stop trying to cater for both classes with the lap counts! If you want 20 minute races, aim for 20 minutes using the expected FO8 lap times and the FOXs won't race for much more than 20 minutes!

The GFC used to race mixed-class with FOX and FO8, check out some of their race results (http://www.spdoracing.com/eventdb/session/864/results) to understand how LFS deals with it.

[aobrien]

I don't plan to compete in this test race, or the league itself, but having read through the first page of this thread I think that you may all have missed something...

The race will end when the first car crosses the line after 6 laps (for example). If the Formula XRs have been lapped once by the leading FO8, for example, then they will only complete 5 laps. In terms of time, both classes will always have races of a similar length when they are competing in the same session.

So you can all stop trying to cater for both classes with the lap counts! If you want 20 minute races, aim for 20 minutes using the expected FO8 lap times and the FOXs won't race for much more than 20 minutes!

The GFC used to race mixed-class with FOX and FO8, check out some of their race results (http://www.spdoracing.com/eventdb/session/864/results) to understand how LFS deals with it.
Yes we have taken this into consideration , we will have verdict in the upcoming days. Thanks

[Niall Murray]

im thinkin of doing it but not sure what car so put me on a waitin list or sumin

[racer hero]

im thinkin of doing it but not sure what car so put me on a waitin list or sumin

Stop talkin like dis :shy:

[pacesetter]

*******pw sent*******

[mcintyrej]

I've just found out I really can't race in this tonight, Sorry to Wardy who I'm letting down. :(

[jwardy]

lol dw i couldent race either