'Locked-in' Drivers for Round 2

The following drivers, who are the top 15 drivers in the Driver's Championship after Round 2, are now 'locked-in' for Round 3 of the iTCC. That is to say, they have qualified directly through to the iTCC event itself, and do not have to qualify through the 'Reserve Shootout'.

These drivers are:


16 N.Scott
19 R.de.Jong
26 J. Atkinson
33 B.Keough
38 P.Dolezal
47 D.Lind
57 R.v.Buren
69 H.Marques
86 M.Cherkashyn
88 D.Vuckovic
94 A.Laudens
99 F.Enersen
200 K.A. Gjerde
209 P. Diaz


All other drivers must qualify through to the 3rd round of the iTCC through the Reserve Shootouts.

These drivers are in the Reserve Shootouts:

Reserve List

4 D. Lobb
5 T. Osterhouse
7 M. Boljevic
9 C. Ford
15 L. Malecki
20 N. Grans
23 J.Pickard
24 K. O'Keefe
25 T. D'Souza
27 T.Hynninen
30 B. Grindle
31 C. Wilkinson
35 J. Ward
41 A. Ristic
44 Á. Árnason
66 T. Østgaard
71 K. Gasiunas
73 J. Dimic
74 P. Vladan
77 D. Novak
80 M. Meier
87 J. Lovett
89 J. Matthews
91 J. Miranda
96 E. Kasperniunas
213 P. Goik
217 A. Collett
222 D. Faurie
228 L. Kaczmarek
236 K. Burns
246 G. Alamaras
282 Z. Cagas
285 E. Bitan
288 A. Perrs

No-shows required to confirm interest

The drivers listed below did not appear at Round 2 of the iTCC Touring Car Championship and are requested to confirm their interest in the iTCC for Round 3 by replying to this post in this thread with 'Still Interested'. Upon receipt of their reply they will be moved to the Reserve Shootouts.

6 C. Zörner
12 A. Moor
18 J. Jokela
36 G. Noll
40 D. Nikolin
42 S. A. Skavdal
46 D. Zanetti
81 F. Fredrikkson
98 S. Stankevičius
82 S.Mathei
28 T. Falkenberg
211 T. Oliver
212 K. Johnsen
229 J. Souai
256 L. Baker

New Sign-ups

There are several places in the Reserve List. Sign-ups are invited from drivers not currently in the iTCC Touring Car Championship. These drivers will join the other drivers already in the Reserve List and must qualify themselves through to the iTCC event through the Reserve Shootouts.

300 I. Sindic
301 R. Müller
322 G. Kane
353 J. Kursk

Unable to attend round 3:

8 V. Gruppelaar
13 A. Zadro
55 M.Makalowski
97 S.Moore
207 A. Turner
376 H. Say

No longer interested
92 M. Ruis

Eligibility

To be eligibile to enter the iTCC you must be able to meet a minimum standard of outright pace - the iTCC requires that you can lap within 103% of a recognised benchmark. In this case it is Rudy Van Buren's fastest race lap from the Pre-Season meeting at Aston Grand Touring (AS6) - 2:45.22. So the time you will be required to beat is 2:50.18

When registering your interest in this series please submit a .spr hot lap of your racing at Aston Grand Touring (AS6)

Please submit the .spr as an attachment to your sign-up post.

Joining iTCC

Please signal your intention to join the iTCC by replying to this post with the following information as shown below:

• LFS Username :
  
• Real Name :
  
• Team :
  
• Eligible (Hotlap of AS6 in under 2:50.18) :
  
• Preferred Number :
  

Where new drivers belong to a team already competing in the iTCC, if they have a team currently with only 1 driver, then they may join that driver in the that team.

New team entries are allowed within the guidelines published in this thread.

Race Numbers

Any numbers are available between 300 & 399.

Allocation of race numbers is strictly on a first come first served basis.

Rules are here, bear in mind these are in the process of being revised, it would be wise to re-check the rules before Round 3 begins.

Skins must be to the guidlines published here

Best of luck to the new entrants, and to everybody, thankyou for supporting the series, let's give a good show at Round 3!

Cheers

Joe Keaveney - iTCC Admin

Last edited by Joe_Keaveney, Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:23.

Should have thought about that before you cheated, eh.

I try to do some some practice even though obviously I never race - I can't even get close to that

I think we've managed to create a series that only serves to make me feel more hopeless at driving than I already felt.

Still, sounds like you'll be right at the front with pace like that

Brilliant

Makes up for no Race 2 server.

Thanks NDR I'll be on soon

Hi Victor,

Can you please add LFS Usernames Pantera70 and snoring_snoopy as moderators to the ICON Racing Events sub-section?

Cheers,

Joe Keaveney - iCON Racing Events Admin

The following drivers are ballasted by the amounts shown for Round 3 of the iTCC Touring car Championship:

16 N.Scott - 34 Kgs
57 R.van Buren - 38 Kgs
99 F.Enersen - 44 Kgs
94 A.Laudens - 36 Kgs
47 D.Lind - 20 Kgs
69 H.Marques - 7 Kgs
19 R.de Jong - 6 Kgs
33 B.Keough - 5 Kgs
209 P.Diaz - 9 Kgs
55 M.Makalowski - 3 Kgs
200 K.A.Gjerde - 3 Kgs
86 M.Cherkashyn - 2 Kgs
88 D.Vuckovic - 2 Kgs
38 P.Dolezal - 2 Kgs
26 J.Atkinson - 1 Kg
222 D.Faurie - 1 Kg
285 E.Bitan - 1 Kg
82 S.Mathei - 1 Kg

All drivers in the list above are to ensure they are correctly ballasted.

Failure to use the correct ballast will incur heavy penalties.

Cheers

Joe Keaveney

The stewards, having inspected the races, have identified several drivers who did not follow the correct league procedure regarding spectating.

The procedure is that if you are in a position from which you cannot continue the race, you notify the admins by using chat (the only time that chatting is permitted)

Drivers should NOT telepit or telespectate, period.

The following drivers receive warnings about their behaviour.

213 P. Goik
9 M. Meier
19 R.de Jong
31 C. Wilkinson
74 V. Pavlovic
9 C. Ford
86 M. Cherkashyn

Additionally, two drivers receive penalties due to repeated failure to follow this procedure.

89 J. Matthews
7 M. Boljevic

Hello racers,

This thread lists those drivers who have been given warnings or penalties following incidents occuring in the iTCC Touring Car Championship. The penalties awarded are according to the Penalty System in the iTCC Rules.

Where penalties would have no effect (for example, a 5 point deduction against a driver with no points), a penalty will be imposed by means of a qualifying 'grid-drop' equivalent to the number of points. So for a 5-point deduction, the driver would be panlised by being dropped 5 places down from his qualifying position at the next round.

All drivers should note that receiving two warnings in a season will deemed to be displaying unsporting behaviour and will be penalised as such.


Round 1

Warnings

82 S. Mathei
33 B. Keough
57 R. van Buren


Round 2


Warnings

213 P. Goik
80 M. Meier
19 R.de Jong
31 C. Wilkinson
74 V. Pavlovic
9 C. Ford
86 M. Cherkashyn

Penalties

89 J. Matthews - 5-position 'grid drop' at Round 3
7 M. Boljevic - 5-position 'grid-drop' at Round 3


Round 3

Penalties - (Chatting)

23 J.Pickard - 9 points
285 E.Bitan - 4 points
353 J.Kursk - 2 points
222 D.Faurie - 1 point
38 P.Dolezal - 1 point


Round 4

33 B.Keough - Warning & 5 point deduction
57 R. Van Buren - Warning & 5 point deduction

Round 5

Warnings

16 N. Scott
44. A. Arnason
209 P. Diaz
353 J. Kursk
77 D. Novak
405 Y. Laprevotte
555 R. Goncalves

Round 6

Warnings

66 T. Ostgaard
71. K. Gasiunas

Penalties

33 B. Keough - 1 point deduction for chatting


Cheers,

Joe Keaveney - iTCC Admin

Last edited by Joe_Keaveney, Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:04.

The reason I wrote this guide is that having received several messages regarding broadcasting games, I thought it was necessary.

The reason I don't use XFire, but Mogulus instead, is one of how useful Mogulus is to someone who organises and broadcasts a league.

Mogulus not only offers us a way of broadcasting to many users, but also automatically records the races we run so that they can be made available on-demand for later viewing. Added to that, we can embed the Mogulus Player into our website. As well as using the software inside the 'Studio' to add titles, scrolling messages, and all sorts of fancy stuff.

Xfire by comparison is great for what it is but for my purposes, and for those like me who run leagues and want to broadcast them, it is limited in its use.

Read the first post again - the userbars now use a script with the kind help of SamH from CTRA.

Please update your userbar in your signatures, drivers

Cheers

Joe

Hi Victor,

I know you're busy but if you could let me know whether my request regarding the userbars is acceptable to you or not I would appeciate it.

Thanks again! Great work on LFS

Joe Keaveney - iTCC Admin

Quote from BigTime :

Regardless of who did or didn't spectate after rolling, that's something admins need to keep a little closer eye on. IMO, if a car rolls and spectates there should still be an SC irregardless, or those drivers should be penalized in the future.

Yeah actually I held off sending a SC once in the race session. This was not in accordance with the procedure I wrote. It should have been called but it was my call not to send it out. I realized immediately I was in the wrong, but it was already too late - if I'd sent it out a long time after the car had spectated I would have had a lot of puzzled drivers wondering why.

Like I said earlier in the thread, I made some mistakes in this round. I don't think it spoiled the racing on track (I hope), but mistakes were made, and I need to recognize them and move forward. I won't make them again.

I'm going through the replays and my own list of observations from Sunday at the moment. In particular we're looking at failure to observe league procedures regarding spectating and pitting, as well as racing incidents.

OK to draw a line under this:

Every decision made last night was made by me. Maybe suggested to me, but I had the final say so the buck stops with me. Any mistakes that were made were made on my behalf, so please direct any criticisms at me via PM please. I am very keen that we run the best series in LFS, so I value good criticism and would welcome advice on running things smoother. But please understand that mkinnov8 stepped in at the last minute to do a hard job, and for that he should rightly deserve praise.

Again criticism and advice to me via PM please.

Cheers

Joe

Quote from dekojester :

I've noticed, in my experience, that grid ordering apps tend to fail when the reorder is transmitted to LFS when not everyone is on-track at the time...people even being in garage can seem to mess with it, I've seen.

There is that to consider, as well as the possibility that we made a mistake when re-ordering - we were trying to order people by LFS Username when what we saw on LFS was the Driver name.

Just my input anyway. The ordering app works as intended but we need to tighten our procedures, I'll make sure that we're ready for the next round.

Cheers

Joe

Quote from Jadran :

Why Wilko868 (31 C.Wilkinson) run in second shootout ?
OK,he had a better time but..... wrong group.
sorry for bad english

Actually, I told him to be there

It was so there would be even numbers in both shootouts. As it happens, there were a few no-shows......so that may not have turned out to be the case.

FYI.

Cheers!

And hope you all had an enjoyable evening

joe

These are the declared results for Round 2 of the 2009 iTCC Touring Car Championship held at Fern Bay (Gold Reversed) on 8th February 2009.

Having completed protest procedures, these are the results of the 2nd Round of the iTCC Touring Car Championship.

Round 2 Results

Shootout 1

Shootout 2

Qualifying


Race 1

Race 2

Race 3


Round 2 Replays

Reserve Shootout 1

Reserve Shootout 2

Qualifying


Race 1

Race 2

Race 3


Thanks to all who raced, it was a great race meeting to watch!

Cheers

Joe

Last edited by Joe_Keaveney, Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:43. Reason : Edited with correct Race 3 results

Quote from Hypothraxer :

Can anyone upload the replay of Race 1? It seems like it didn't save it for me.

I'll upload the replays very shortly They'll be in their own thread as per Round 1.

Cheers

Joe

Please make your protests for Round 2 of the 2009 iTCC Touring Car Championship in this thread. You can make your protest by using the template below

iTCC Protest

Your Name:

Your LFS Username:

Protest Against: (LFS Username)

Type of Protest - Unfair Overtake or whatever)

Description - Your opinion of what happened)

Which Event / Session: (Quali or Race 1/2/3)

Attached Evidence - Attach your pictures, or other evidence

You have until 0000 GMT Monday Night/Tuesday Morning to make your protest.

I don't want any arguments in this thread, I will PM the drivers in question to get their comments before any decisions are made.

Decisions/Penalties will be posted in a seperate thread.

Cheers

Joe Keaveney

Quote from audimasta :

When do the locked drivers have to be on the server?

17:30 GMT onwards



joe keaveney

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

Just want to point out that I'm missing from the championship leaderboard on the iTCC site.

Thanks!

OOps! I'll go sort it out.

Quote from racer hero :

So if I competed in the reserve shootout for round 1, I still have to carry new entrant ballast? Even though I am proved to be slower because I didn't make it into race 1?

Correct, Kenneth. The ballast system is designed so new entrants to the races (i.e. qualifying & races) are not running at an advantage to others. I agree that in the early rounds the system may be weighted heavily against new entrants, but it favours them towards the end of the championship.

We'll be looking at how to improve this for next season. (Please don't use this thread to discuss said improvements, I'll make a seperate thread soon)

Good luck in the Shootout by the way, mate! You were in a class of your own yesterday in the FOXs, if you drive like that today 30 Kgs won't be too much of a problem to you anyway.

Cheers

Joe

TO clarify a point under discussion recently,

Drivers who have not competed in QUALIFYING OR THE RACES of a previous round of the iTCC

• will carry 'new-entrant' ballast (30Kgs) in qualifying and the races of the Round in which they are competing if they make it through the Reserve Shootout of that round.
  

I believe this clarifies the issue. This position is in keeping with the spirit of the ballast rules.

Cheers

Joe Keaveney

Have posted this in the sign-ups thread also:

'Just to re-iterate this point in the rules to new drivers for Round 2 of the iTCC.

At the second and each subsequent round of the championship, any driver entering the championship for the first time that season will have a 'new-entrant' ballast of 30 Kgs for that round.

You are not required to carry ballast for your Shooutout Session, but you ARE required to carry the 30 Kgs of ballast if you are new to the iTCC for Round 2 and have qualified from the Shootouts to the Main Event. There IS a software checker on the server that WILL auto-spec/auto-pit you if you try to break this rule.

Cheers

Joe Keaveney'

Just to re-iterate this point in the rules to new drivers for Round 2 of the iTCC.

At the second and each subsequent round of the championship, any driver entering the championship for the first time that season will have a 'new-entrant' ballast of 30 Kgs for that round.

You are not required to carry ballast for your Shooutout Session, but you ARE required to carry the 30 Kgs of ballast if you are new to the iTCC for Round 2 and have qualified from the Shootouts to the Main Event. There IS a software checker on the server that WILL auto-spec/auto-pit you if you try to break this rule.

Cheers

Joe Keaveney

Hi all!

As promised, I thought I'd share my set. I'm not the fastest guy out there but I'm OK in single seaters for a human being (i.e. not alien)

Have fun!

Cheers

Joe