This is the first race of the new fortnightly Graduates trophy. With 31 entrants this promises to be an exciting season. Registration will be open all season for any new joiners. Please bear in mind there are a mixture of driver abilities and no second chances with PRO.
Race List =
IGORServer = ukgpl.4
(see note below)IP address = 84.64.42.154
Race date = 06-09-2009
Time = 21:00 UK time (20.00 GMT)
Track = Watkins Glen
Variant = 67F1
Damage Model = PRO
Qualifying time = 35 minutes. Don't start until 30 mins left on clock to allow everyone to join.
Race length = 50 minutes (45 laps)
Password:
see aboveDriver lists can be found on the
championship standings pageTrack updates can be found here
http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=573Please be in
IGOR UKGPL chatroom by 8:50 p.m (UK London Time = BST = GMT + 1h).
Reserve drivers should not join the server until there are only 30 minutes of qualifying left. Please restrict chat to pit messages. Moderating will be by reported incidents only, however the moderators reserve the right to review any incident with a particular emphasis on lap one. The aim is to review the race the following weekend so incident reports should be submitted within five days of the race (ie the following Friday).
We're hopeful most incidents can be resolved amicably and recommend a days deep breath with a replay review before posting. A sorry in the forum won't be taken as an automatic admission of guilt by the moderators.
With the new token system chassis strategy will be a factor. A driver must have sufficient tokens for the chassis he drives in the race. Any driver who does not have sufficient tokens will be disqualified from the result and his tokens will be set to zero.
Chassis costs;Lotus 20 / Eagle 17 / Ferrari 15 / Brabham 10 / Cooper 5 / Honda 3 / BRM 0
For this first race ALL drivers will start with 20 plus a further 10 added when crossing the start line.The Championship will be split into two sub-divisions, namely Works and Privateers. The current driver split is;
WORKS driversEvil Clive | Tim FMG | Andrew Hodgson |
Hristo Itchov | James Rye | Michael Turner |
Sam B | Jethro W | Will Tway |
John Roberts | Phil Thornton | Ken Murray (R) |
Fulvio Policardi (R) | Doni Yourth (R) | Mike Beattie (R) |
Lorenzo Galluzzi (R) | Kruger Enge (R) | |
PRIVATEERS driversAl Heller | Bookie W | Graham Poole |
Bartosz Podreckony | Rick Nauman | Ruud Savelkoul |
Steve Bird | Vosblod | Burtoner (R) |
Billy Nobrakes (R) | Viss (R) | Peter Maestro (R) |
Bernie D (R) | Sharkfin (R) | |
NOTE: In the event of more then 19 entrants a second grid will be run for the Privateers on ukgpl.6. (IP 80.5.200.198) Instructions will be provided in the chatroom – please ensure you join the correct server, due to the way we import if you start the race on the wrong server your result will not count. If you can try to make sure you are in the chatroom by 8.50pm this will enable a decision without any delays to the start time.
SERVER UPDATE Please note the Graduates cup will now be run from
IGORWatkins Glen International ("The Glen") is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It was long known around the world as the home of the United States Grand Prix, which it hosted for 20 consecutive years (1961–1980). In the early years races passed through the heart of the town with spectators lining the sidewalks, but after a car left the road in a 1952 race, killing one spectator and injuring several others, the race was moved to a new location on a wooded hilltop southwest of town. Later a permanent race course was constructed on 550 acres, overlapping part of the previous course. Despite improvements, the circuit became unable to safely handle the increasingly faster and stiffer ground effect cars of the late 70s and a few horrendous, sometimes fatal accidents and increasingly rowdy segments of the crowd began to tarnish its image. Finally, in May, 1981, several months after Alan Jones had won the 1980 race for Williams, the International Auto Sports Federation removed the race from its schedule because the track had failed to pay its debts to the teams.