Multi-class series featuring Vintage Le Mans Cars!

7 Retro tracks, 7 vintage cars, multi-class racing, DRAMA, ACTION!
This is the RETRO CUP 2025, join the challenge!

Sun 17 Aug 2025, 07:45, by thegamer23

RETRO CUP is back on Race Green Events for its third season!!

Introduced in the summer of 2023, this championship offers intense multi-class endurance racing, featuring some of the most iconic cars of the 70's!

You'll find yourself racing in traffic, trying to survive the dangers of the tracks, modified for the occasion with Retro bales, sponsors and stuff to make it feel more authentic!

4 classes of cars will challenge for the respective titles:

- Prototype
- Prototype 2
- Group 5
- Road Class

Pick one class, and fight for the title!!

Are you ready to face the ultimate Live for Speed challenge?






Prototype 1

Mclarry
Ferrenzi +50 kg Ballast


Prototype 2

Wessex74sp


Group 5

Porshell
Fend Musting Pro


Road

Cammera 730 Turbo +2% engine restriction
Piran Firefly 200


Cars restrictions may vary during the season, based on results



3 new Retro cars in the RETRO CUP this season!

First of all, here comes a new Prototype, the Ferrenzi 62-12.
A beast of a car, that's ready to directly challenge the Mclarry for the top of the championship!

This year, RETRO CUP also introduces a brand new class, the infamous GROUP 5 race cars.
These race cars from the 70's Le Mans are fierce, powerful, scary beasts to handle, and will offer a brand new level of challenge for the drivers who'll pick that class!

The Porshell and the Fend Musting Pro will fight head to head for the class win!

The Wessex74SP will get its stand-alone Prototype 2 class, expecting it to be a fan favourite, and the Road class is confirmed with two classic Retro Cup cars, the Porsche Cammera 730 Turbo and the Piran Firefly 200, always delivering great close races!






The 2025 Race Calendar is composed of 7 races: starting to mid September and finishing in December, this Race Green Championship will carry you through the Autumn and into the Winter in glorious vintage fashion!

From Westhill North RGE Retro, a classic challenge of the Retro Cup, to the streets of the Old Berlin, and finishing it off in a modified version of the Westhill de La Sarthe Retro layout!

All the championship races will be 90 minutes long, while the Season Finale will be a 2 Hours Endurance Race!

Racing on Mondays, be sure to mark the dates on your calendar!




EXPERIENCE THE THRILL OF VINTAGE ENDURANCE RACING

This championship is unique and will throw all kind of challenges to the drivers!

The Classic Le Mans Start of the races will provide hectic first laps, with the cars aligned in line next to the S/F straight, ready to go full gas at the Green Light!

The tracks will be unforgiving and spectacular, with custom sponsors all along the courses reflecting the real life Endurance races of the past.

If you're driving one of the top cars, you'll find yourself in the traffic of the slower classes, and you'll need to make your way cleanly through 90 minutes of racing!

If you're driving a slower veichle, you'll need to be alert all the time to avoid dangerous contacts and airplane crashes with the faster Prototypes!

As we've seen in the past, this will create drama all around, and only the consistent, smart drivers will emerge out of the Retro Races in one piece!

Are you up for the challenge?

















SPECIFIC RULES


NO SIGN-UP needed, the events are open!

Server will be PASSWORD PROTECTED 15 minutes before the qualifying ends, to avoid late inexperienced entrants.

Racing rules

• PitStops are not mandatory
  
  The Races are 90 minutes long. Finale is 2 h long
  
  Classic Le Mans start of the race: the grid is set lined and oblique on the S/F.
  
  Rejoin after timing out is allowed, all the race laps actually completed will be added back in result
  
  Rejoin after crashing out the car is allowed, but you have to wait at least 30 seconds before rejoining after you spectated.
  If not respected, 30 seconds penalty
  
  Mid race join from people who didn't qualified, is not allowed
  
  Car change between Quali & Race not allowed. If happens, DSQ from results
  
  
  * YOU CAN change class from one race to another, but obviously it's not ideal if you want to compete for a good position in the standings.
  
  ** You MUST race with the car which you qualified. If not,then it's illegal equippment and driver earns serious penalties.
  1 minute penalty in the race results for the first offence, disqualification from the event at the second attempt, ban at third.
  
  *** Police configuration is forbidden in the Cammera Porsche.
  
  *YOU CAN race if you did not set a lap in quali only if you did some laps on the tracks earlier on and you don't cause any trouble.
  
  

GENERAL RULES

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Rules:
We will not make a mile long rule book that noone will read completely anyway,so we will rely on common sence of competitors to behave and follow the basic Rules of Clean Racing. There will not be an admin in server who will specifically observe drivers' behaviour during the race,so any action will be made only after protest while all retirements will be investigated automatically. If any incidents reported/protested,we will take individual approach to each of them to decide best fair resolution or punishment if needed.

Basic guidelines as a reminder:
> Blue flag - you may not deny/block a passing manouvre of laping car and try a repass right after it. In qualification it means - stay off racing line and don't disturb drivers on hotlap.
> Shortcuts - 2 wheels on track at all times. Track is mostly marked by white lines,while also curbs count towards track. Overtaking outside track limits counts as illegal and will be penalized in case of a protest.
> Contacts - have to be avoided at all costs as always when racing open wheel cars,that includes also bumpdrafting.
> Pit exit - pit exit lines will have to be respected - drivers may not cross the pit exit line with more than 2 wheels and have to make way for cars racing at full speed. Failing to comply with this rule will award them with 10s penalty,while causing incidents will result in bigger penalty. Pit entry lines will not be monitored,they serve just as guidelines.
> Chatting - it's not completely outruled,but still drivers are expected to concentrate on racing. In case of too much chatting while ignoring messages asking to cease chatting,a penalty may be given. In case of any abusive/offensive language a penalty will be given! Any in server present observers/spectators are not allowed to chat at all during race session!
> Lags - if there are any connection issues,driver will be asked to improve (close internet using programs). If driver will be considered as dangerous due to unstable connection and high ping,he will not be allowed to participate at the current round.
> Hacks/cheats - if used,you will not race with us. Ever. As simple as that.

Possible penalties:
> WARNING - any minor infraction that needs to be noted without penalty. Warned driver might receive bigger penalty for other infractions.
> 10s added to finish time - minor infractions,like illegal passing,pit exit line violation,too much chatting.
> 30s added to finish time - medium infractions,like causing avoidable incident[s] without serious consequences,illegal passing.
> 60s added to finish time (1 lap penalty in rounds 2 and 3) - medium infractions,like causing avoidable incident[s] with consequences to other drivers (like damage,multiple position loss) or unsportsmanlike behaviour.
> Disqualification for 1 or more rounds - heavy infractions,multiple incidents,unsportsmanlike behaviour. After serving disqualification,driver will automatically carry a "warning" for the rest of season.
> Series exclusion (including ban for any other events run under Race Green Events control) - serious infractions like intentional/revenge wrecking,event sabotage and any other malicious act.

EVENT FORMAT


Event itself consists of a 60 minute qualifying session followed by a 90 minutes long race, so that the dynamics of endurance with the traffic, the strategies can come out in play!


Timetable

Racing on Mondays

Qualifying (60 min) || 18:00 UTC / 19:00 CET
Race (90 min) || 19:10 UTC / 20:10 CET

Season finale race is 2 hours long.




POINTS SYSTEM


1st: 25 points
2nd: 18 points
3rd: 14 points
4th: 12 points
5th: 11 points
6th: 10 points
7th: 9 points
8th: 8 points
9th: 7 points
10th: 6 points
11th: 5 points
12th: 4 points
13:th: 3 points
14th: 2 points
15th: 1 points

Pole: 1 additional point
Fastest Race Lap: 1 additional point
Attendance in all rounds: 2 additional points

Double points for the final round.





CLASSIFICATIONS & WINNERS

There will be 4 different & separate standings for the championship, one for each category!


PROTOTYPE 1 TROPHY || Classifications for Prototype Drivers
PROTOTYPE 2 TROPHY || Classifications for Prototype 2 Drivers
GROUP 5 TROPHY || Classification for Group 5 Drivers
ROAD TROPHY || Classification for Road Drivers










BROADCASTING

Broadcasting for the serie is not expected at the moment.
Are you interested in broadcasting/sponsoring the Championship?


Feel free to reach out, we're open for discussions!







THAT'S IT RETRO DRIVERS!

See you on track from September 15th for another, incredible season of vintage racing!

Stay tuned in the coming days & weeks for details regaring the first race and the opening up of the server for practice!