Season 18 - Graduates Cup

The Graduates Cup replaces the two 67 divisions we ran last season, namely Division 1 and the Clubmans Cup.   The 67 cars are widely regarded as the most challenging to drive, so this division will be regarded as the premier division in UKGPL.  Consequently the rules have been tailored to provide a challenge to our most accomplished drivers.  Members of the Amateurs and Novice Divisions, who have aspirations to drive the 1967 brutes, would be most welcome but they would not enjoy the chassis advantage afforded by the lower divisions.  The handicapping system for Division 1 (previously considered the premier division in UKGPL) used pit stops to equalize the chassis and provide a level playing field for the drivers.  The intention being that the fastest driver will usually win the race and should always win the championship regardless of his choice of chassis.  The pit stop system has served UKGPL well for many seasons but there are other handicapping systems that could achieve the same objective.  With this in mind we will be using a new handicapping system for the Graduates Cup based on tokens.  It is hoped that this will provide a new and exciting challenge that will rekindle interest in the 67 cars.  The token system will allow drivers to “purchase” a chassis for a race; the faster chassis will cost more tokens.   Each driver will be entitled to the same number of tokens, so over an entire season no one driver will have a net chassis advantage and consequently the fastest driver should win the championship.

Please check the Season 18 pages for details regarding rules and the Graduates Cup pages in particular.

The races will be run as follows:

Car set: 67 F1 only
Date: Every second Sunday from 6th September 2009
Time: 9:00pm London UK Time (30 mins practice, race starts at 9:30pm)
Race Length: 50 minutes
Damage Model:  PRO
Server: 4.UKGPL
Race List: IGOR

Provisional Calendar as follows:

Date	Day	Time	Track
06/09/2009	Sunday	9:00pm	Watkins Glen
20/09/2009	Sunday	9:00pm	Laguna Seca
04/10/2009	Sunday	9:00pm	Kyalami
18/10/2009	Sunday	9:00pm	Oulton Park
01/11/2009	Sunday	9:00pm	Spa
15/11/2009	Sunday	9:00pm	Bremgarten
29/11/2009	Sunday	9:00pm	Zandvoort
13/12/2009	Sunday	9:00pm	Adelaide
10/01/2010	Sunday	9:00pm	Silverstone
24/01/2010	Sunday	9:00pm	Monza

The provisional calendar may be changed at the discretion of the Divisional Moderator.

If you would like to enter this series please submit an entry in the poll.  

I need to have a read of the rules, but I'm back for this naturally 

Well that depends on what chassis you want. The Brabham only costs 10 tokens per race so you could use it all season and still have 20 tokens in hand. If you want the Lotus, Eagle or Ferrari then some strategy is required.

Fair enough re mishaps but, provided you have the wherewithall to let the faster drivers by safely, I can't see a problem. I would encourage you to join; if we don't get the numbers back up we can't justify a second league.

No.

john

what pitstops ?

john

yes it would be nice if we could get that many drivers to sign up and we could run two grids or divisions .

john

Glad to have another go at 67.  Will miss the first race though.

BookieW

Okay - I have signed up for less than 75%. Will run at Watkins - if  I'm more hindrance than help I will reconsider. Don't want to cause problems for the more accomplished drivers but I am presuming the intent is to maximise the amount of drivers in the league. If enough sign up the we will get a second division league. Competing at a higher level is a great incentive to improve. My issue is that, at my stage, I am likely to have some sort of incident which will require a Shift R. Clubmans gave this safety-net.