Rules and Regulations

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 Here are our general rules, procedures and expectations heading into season 3.
1.We follow the iracing rules of personal conduct.  We expect every driver to be civil with each other and save the bickering and related talk until after the race event has concluded.  This includes discussion within Discord and Race Comm.  Remember, this is meant to be a fun evening and there's nothing fun about two or three drivers arguing during a race event.  It's not good for anyone.
2. Every race video will be saved.  If you have a problem with a competitor we ask that you fill out the Incident Review Request form where you describe what you believe occurred.  Each competitor is limited to three (3) submissions per season.  The competition committee and race director will review the incident on the Wednesday night after the race and get back to you with what we saw.  If the other driver needs to be consulted/counseled we will do so.  That means, we might agree with you , or we might see it differently.  Under no circumstances will we alter the race event scoring.  Everyone please remember that with 40+ competitors each of you are likely to be on one end or the other of a situation more than once during the course of a 30 race season.  Each of us is going to do a few dumb things out there!  There will never be a beat down.  We will have a civil discussion, coaching and encouragement in every case.  There may or may not be penalties assessed at the next race event for protests and reviews that occurred at the previous event.  These penalties include but are not limited to an eol, a drive thru black flag penalty, multiple black flag drive thru penalties, disqualification from the race, and removal from the league.
3.  Revenge driving will not be tolerated.  Accidents happen.  If you retaliate and we confirm it you will get a week off.  Do it a second time and you'll get suspended for multiple weeks,  Do it a third time and you'll get the boot.
4.  For season 4 we will use a combination of a live race official (Kevin Ford) utilizing XTREME Race Control as well as controls built into Iracing to manage all race night on track officiating.  This includes yellow flags, black flags, wave arounds, lucky dogs and both on track and pit road penalties.  Is it always fair?  Not always.  Is it consistent?  Yes. Is it biased?  Never. In general, we will not override a black flag penalty. The exception will be if the race director determines that some were unfairly penalized.  Note that admin will sometimes attempt to speed up the end of a yellow flag from 2 to go to 1 to go if everyone is off pit road.  Also, we will occasionally announce, pre-race, that a competition caution will occur at an announced lap, likely at a stage break.  Also, we may override to a single file restart if there is an obvious problem recurring on restarts at a particular track. 
5.  Drivers will be permitted to request an e.o.l if they prefer to start a race or during a race caution.
6.  Each driver is expected to announce when they are pitting by car number in race comm.  This must also occur via a hot keyed text message in comms (assign a hot key to proclaim "truck # pitting" .      Every driver is required to exit the pits and stay in the bottom race groove from the pit exit thru the next corner.  DO NOT pull out of the pits and drive across the track into the middle or high race groove.  Drivers on the track need to move to the second or third groove if they see someone attempting to merge into the bottom groove.  DO NOT set a pick and run someone into the back of a truck rejoining the race from the pits while on the straightaway.
7.  Admin will only communicate thru race comm during the event.
8.  Lapped traffic is encouraged (but not required) to stay in the low groove when being overtaken.  In the very least, we ask that lapped traffic be consistent in their race line.  Note that lappers are not required to lay over at any time.  It is encouraged that the lead truck communicate with lapped traffic via race comm (not discord)
9.  Drivers are not permitted to race three wide in, thru and out of turns 1 and 2 for the first full lap at the start of the race.
10. Driver are NOT permitted to go below the bottom line to pass during a race event. If they were forced down there to avoid contact  they must yield any gained positions to the trucks they have passed..  Any question and the truck on the race surface has the right of way.   
11.  The league season is 30 races long, with your best 25 finishes counting toward the points championship.  We expect/require that each member commit to and race in at least 15 of the events.  We are hoping that the league fee will also encourage more participation.
12.  We ask that each league member visit this website before each Monday night race event to get the latest information prior to race night.  You will find it by selecting the "more" tab, then select "event information".  There will be some valuable stuff there like scheduled laps, weather, tires, timing, etc..
13. No open mics on race night and no mics tuned to both discord and race comm at the same time (keyed to the same button).  It creates a back echo, repeats itself and is damn annoying.
14.  When entering pit road under yellow flag conditions, stay to the right until you are 5 stalls from your pit and then work your way to the left.  DO NOT drive thru more than 4 pit boxes If the race director deems you have done so under yellow, you will receive an eol to be served immediately before returning to green.   When immediately exiting your pit, go only one width from the pits stalls for two stalls, then you may/may not go further right. Don't go immediately right trying to block.  It will cause contact/damage. and, the race director will give you an immediate eol.
15.  Do not intentionally make contact with other racers under caution.  This includes trying to put heat into your tires. That is intentionally dumb. Don't do it.   Also, any attempt to mess with another driver will be treated as revenge driving regardless of intent.
16.  Be aware.  If your truck is so damaged in an accident that you cannot efficiently get to the pits without stacking up the guys behind you and potentially causing them a black flag you should stop your truck, use "escape" and get towed in.  Also, limping around with a meatball at a ridiculously slow speed and causing distress to your competitors is not good.  Please avoid it if you are that slow. Get towed.  If you are sure you can make it to the pits but you aren't at a great speed we ask that you call in on race comm and ask for an eol, which will keep fellow competitors from getting a passing under yellow penalty. If you do so, you will receive a bonus point post-race for doing so.  (note: only eligible for 1 per race).

17.  On starts/restarts every competitor is expected to begin with a distance of no more than one truck length from the truck in front of them and no one is permitted to pass any trucks in front of them prior to crossing the start/finish line.  If you are deemed by the race official to have "layed back" or jumped the start you will receive a drive thru penalty.  Do it again during the same race event and you will get a black flag 30 second hold in pit penalty. 

18.  There is now an incident penalty count.  In a race, if you accumulate 9 incident points racing (12 on a track less than 1 mile or a road course) XTREME will administer a drive thru penalty that must be served under green flag conditions.  You'll also lose 5 points.  Get 5 more (14x or 17x on small tracks) and you will receive another BF drive thru penalty,  Get to 19x(or22x) you lose another 4 points and  receive a two lap BF penalty  The exception to this will be on our three road course races where the incident penalties will be suspended.

19.  The newest version of iracing's software has measures built in to remove a driver participating who experiences internet connection issues.  However, it isn't perfect.  If multiple drivers report to you that you are "disappearing" for an extended period of time please consider hitting pit road to solve your connection issue.

20.  To pay for our weekly live race director, the xtreme scoring and race control software, the website and iracings weekly race and practice race fees we have instituted a fee of $45 for the entire year October 20th 2025 to October 19th 2026.  However, if you cannot afford this please reach out to us and we will find a way to cover your fee.  We do not want to lose any of our current league members for this reason.  If you are wondering how to pay your dues, its on this website.

UPDATED 10/17/2025