1971 Canadian-American Challenge Cup - Rules

For this championship we will use the HSO Can-Am 1971 Mod V1.1 for rFactor with this rFm and this cams file





1) They only post selections for themselves and a maximum of one other driver 
2) The other driver doesn't post later with a contradicting selection





Points System

Points are awarded to the top ten drivers in each race according to the following chart.

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

   
At the end of the first half of the 10-race schedule, drivers are permitted to count only their four best results out of five races. 
The same rule will apply to the second half of the schedule, leaving eight results counting towards the championship total. 


Qualifying

A one-hour qualifying session will determine the race grid.


Event Schedule 

All meetings will be held on Sunday nights (all times given as CET)
 
20:00 – Qualifying Session (60 minutes)
21:00 – Drivers' briefing and warm-up
21:10 – Race start

Server Name : Historic Simracing CA71
Server IP : 91.121.135.76:34600
Server Password : hso71


Race Start Procedure

Each race will feature a rolling start.
Once everybody is on the grid and green has been given by the game, drivers will start a formation lap at low speed. Do not overtake, stay packed, no more than 2 or 3 car lengths between each car.
After the last turn, cars will keep rolling at reduced speed in the starting grid formation, so remember your side of the grid.
When the leading car will be in sight of the start/finish line, an admin will give the real start of the race by typing "GREEN FLAG" in chat.

Overtaking before crossing the start/finish line is not allowed.
Zigzaging to warm up your tires is not allowed.

Before the green flag, drivers should maintain a staggered formation, and not stay along side each others.






Training Server

A training server running the next scheduled track will be online for one week prior to each race.

  
Behaviour on track

A few behaviour rules :

- as for all HSO races, it is required you use your real name both in-game and on the forum. Thank you.

- Chatting is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN in race session. It is allowed in qualifying sessions for technical issues only.

- Drive Through : If a driver has to do a drive through, even if there is no pit lane speed limit, he has to drive through the pitlane at 100km/h max (60mph). If he doesn't respect this, he will get a 30s penalty at the end of the race.

- If you have a spin on the course, it is YOUR responsibility to make sure the track is sufficiently clear before you rejoin the race.

- Respect the red condition at the end of the pitlane.

 
Application and Interpretation of the Regulations

The admins alone are qualified to solve any problems raised by the application and the interpretation of the present regulations.

It's not really clear to me where and when you can apply for a full time ride or a one off race. A 24hour period? When does this period start and where would I go to apply for it? Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question.

The 24 hour period started at the end of round 2.  After that, any new cars vacated will go through the same process.

Joe Miller wrote:

It's not really clear to me where and when you can apply for a full time ride or a one off race. A 24hour period? When does this period start and where would I go to apply for it? Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question.

Hey Joe, as far as one off drives, when the next Round announcement thread is posted (which includes track DL), everyone confirms whether or not they will be present for the race. Almost always a car will become vacant, or just extra cars for given round... First come first serve. About a week before race date, so check back often.  
BTW, historically recreated, not a league mod, cars far from equal. Free to test them all. See you on track in your Rhino, Cow, or donkey

I apologize for not realizing this sooner, but according to the rules, Yves has already won the championship 

The reason the championship is already sewn up is the dreaded dropped score rule. 

Quote :

Points System

Points are awarded to the top ten drivers in each race according to the following chart.

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

   
At the end of the first half of the 10-race schedule, drivers are permitted to count only their four best results out of five races. 
The same rule will apply to the second half of the schedule, leaving eight results counting towards the championship total. 

Looking at the current points situation, even if David wins the Riverside race and Yves DNFs, David would still need to drop his 12 points from round 7.  This would make the final points total 115 to 106, with Yves as champion.

Again, I apologize for not realizing this sooner.  I hate these dropped score point schemes, they are confusing as all hell.  

Well congrats Yves then, well deserved champion    

And special mention to David Jundt, who did a hell of a job catching up in the 2nd half, plus the extraordinary drives we have seen from Grant Riddall, David Jaques and so many others

Good news !

David has had an extraordinary second half of the season , and I will do my best at Riverside to win the championship without taking into account the rules for awarding points!

Congratulations Yves.
It been an interesting year in these cars.

Grats Yves well deserved

Well done Yves

Well done Yves!!

A bit anti-climatic before the final event, but well done Yves!

Also, it's kinda on me anyway, first half of the season was rather lackluster.

Lost third at Mosport due to a misunderstanding with Juha, had to retire a flipped car after contact with a bacmarker at RA and then finally decided not to race for once with lack of practice.

Once I got into the mood & groove, I was doing fine.

But as said, congrats on the title Yves!

Congratulations to both of you!!

Merci les gars , c'est sympa !

J'espère que l'on va tous faire une belle dernière course à Riverside !

Congrats Yves, rising above the sea of Mclarens. Well done

Merci Brian !