Devon Peters Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 (edited) Happy New Year and welcome to the (almost) all-new 2023 Champcar iRacing Series. After another fun year of racing in 2022, we’ve decided to listen to the membership, and bring some excitement and change to the existing formula (big thanks to everyone who filled out our community survey!). Read on to see what’s new! Click Here to Join the League Join the Discord Summary of Changes New Cars - This year’s lineup includes 2 returning and 3(!) new cars New Tracks - We’re visiting more North American tracks than ever New Scheduling - We’ve moved races earlier to avoid conflicting with trailer loading daysNew Enduro Championship - A new format for team racing with its own prizesNew Prizes - We’ve made changes to offer more prizes to more participants, and lower the barrier to entry throughout the year Seasons and Points This year’s Champcar iRacing Series will include 2 different championships. The familiar 1hr Sprint format will return with 12 races over the course of the year. Tracks are selected to mirror the real-world Champcar schedule as much as possible (iRacing, please scan NCM, AMP, Gingerman, etc). The points system will mirror previous years - 50,46,42,39,36,34,32,31,30,29… etc. This means, the top 38 drivers (who complete 50% race distance) will have the opportunity to score points. There will be 3 drop weeks on offer (life happens). The highest points total, after drop weeks, is crowned champion and wins the prizes below. New for 2023 is the Enduro series. This championship will comprise 4 races and drivers can compete with a team of up to 3 drivers. In this series consistency is king, so points will be calculated like the real-world Champcar Series. 1st place = 1 point, 2nd = 2 points and so on. Teams must complete at least 50% of race distance to receive points. All incomplete races are assessed 99pts. When all is said and done, the average of all points collected by a team is taken. Lowest points total will win. Teams split any prizes equally. All points ties are decided by: rounds completed, then average of qualifying positions, then lowest cumulative incident total Tracks and Cars To continue to mirror the variety and excitement on track in the real Champcar Series, we’ve built a schedule that incorporates FWD and RWD cars racing on a ton of different North American tracks. This year, we’re happy to add the Toyota GR86, the TCR and the ND Miata to our existing roster of the NC Miata and the Ford FR500s. We’ve also added some new tracks including Barber and the (in)famous Charlotte Roval. To keep things even, all races are run with fixed setups (we’ve met you cheaty types in impound before ). All sprint races will receive one fast repair. Enduros will vary. Sprint sessions open at 6:30PM ET. Qualifying runs from 8:30PM ET to race start. All races start at 9:30PM ET. Enduros will vary - see race posts for details. Full schedule here (for whatever reason, it appears to be all in bold as well) Dates Track On 2023 CCES Schedule Car Enduro Championship Jan 18 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta ✓ Toyota GR86 Feb 15 Barber Motorsports Park NC Miata Mar 1 Sonoma Raceway TCR** Mar 22 Daytona International Speedway (Road) ✓ Mustang FR500s Apr 15* Summit Point Motorsports Park Toyota GR86 Round 1 May 17 Watkins Glen International (Boot) ✓ ND Miata May 31 Circuit of The Americas TCR** June 21* Sebring International Raceway ✓ Toyota GR86 July 8 Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval) Mustang FR500s Round 2 Aug 2 VIRginia International Raceway (Full) ✓ NC Miata Aug 19* Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ✓ TCR** Round 3 Sep 13 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (MOSPORT) Toyota GR86 Oct 11 Road America (Bend) ✓ Mustang FR500s Nov 4* WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca ND Miata Round 4 Nov 22 VIRginia International Raceway (North) ✓ TCR** Dec 13 Sebring International Raceway ✓ Mustang FR500s * Note that all Enduro rounds take place on Saturdays (regular rounds on Wednesday evenings) ** All TCRs are acceptable. Apparently the Elantra is the fast one right now. We won't be doing any extra BOP. Prizes In response to community feedback, and to promote better racing throughout the year, we’re lowering the barrier to entry and offering more prizes than ever. Notably, the participation “door prize” will continue, however, we’re only asking drivers to participate in >50% of 4 consecutive races to secure their spot in the $250 Champbuck draw. We’re also happy to offer 5 prizes of $150 Champbucks for our Enduro events ($150 to each event’s winners and another $150 to the overall champion). Our prize schedule for the year will look like this: Schedule Prize (in $Champbucks) Overall Points Champion (Sprint Rounds) Full Season $1500 Champbucks Random Draw (Announced on CCES Broadcast) 3 equal “mini-seasons”. Complete 50% race distance in Regular Rounds 1-4, 5-8, 9-12 3x $250 Champbucks Enduros (split equally, 1-3 teammates) 2hr+ Enduro Rounds 1-4 4x$150 - Race Winner(s) 1x$150 - Champion(s) A note to potential competitors - Champbucks can be put towards entry in any real-world race in the Champcar Endurance Series and are credited to Member’s Champcar Credits on the Champcar site (Membership is required if you win a prize). Don’t own a car? No problem - the ChampCar Endurance Series has tons of teams that rent seat time to potential racers and gear rentals are cheap. Many sim racers (including all 3 members of your broadcasting crew) have gotten their real-world start in the ChampCar Endurance Series. Protests & Driving Standards Racing in the ChampCar iRacing Series has been great over the past few years with relatively few major incidents. This is a fun series, with cool prizes; please don’t be the driver/team to ruin it for others. Incident limits (including off-tracks) are not enforced, however, flagrantly unsportsmanlike and/or dangerous behaviour will be penalized. Please note that unsportsmanlike includes "unpleasant to others". Penalties are at the complete discretion of HJBC and the ChampCar Endurance Series but can include black flags, post-race time penalties, DQ’s and exclusion from the series and/or points championship. Check out our Protest Form if you have any issues. Broadcast We’re happy to announce that all races will continue to be broadcast on HJBC from green flag to chequers. Edited January 10 by Devon Peters 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcsi99 Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 I’m going to miss the Solstice……said no one ever! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachMK21 Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 I like the adjustments. Curious about the additional details on the enduro events, start time, duration, etc. I'm sure you'll update us when appropriate. Thanks for doing all the work on this Team HJ. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostmint Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 Thanks for getting this out early in 2023. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGrinnell Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 Thanks for the 2023 schedule. It looks great. New cars too!! Just to confirm- are there ‘unofficial’ races the week prior to the official races above, similar to previous seasons? I don’t see this mentioned so I don’t think so, but wanted to confirm. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabneyd Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 9 minutes ago, SGrinnell said: Thanks for the 2023 schedule. It looks great. New cars too!! Just to confirm- are there ‘unofficial’ races the week prior to the official races above, similar to previous seasons? I don’t see this mentioned so I don’t think so, but wanted to confirm. Thanks! Do you find value in a session that's exactly the same as the race session, or would you be ok with some changes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGrinnell Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 The unofficial races were very fun, and a great prep for the official races. Changes are always good. Also - definitely not trying to dictate any changes. I’m very appreciative of the work it takes to run a series. I’m only confirming the schedule to plan for all of the races. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obscene Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 Apologies if I missed it. What's the process for signing up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabneyd Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 1 hour ago, obscene said: Apologies if I missed it. What's the process for signing up? Just join the iRacing league! Here's the link. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwilding Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 (edited) Wow, you all did a lot of work, these are great updates, thank you again for the efforts in making this league so fantastic. Was the participation award ever announced? I remember someone saying it may be announced during the NYE broadcast on Champcar Live, but I was participating in the race in our ill handling Miata and must have missed it. We still finished the day with no mechanical issues and a 7th overall in a very stacked field. The highlight of the day was having a seizure while driving (like I said, it was quite the day - thankfully it happened during a Code 35), but just weren’t on pace due to random snap oversteer, which we think we know the reason for…but it was too late, thankfully we think we know what to address to fix the random snap oversteer issue. We just need a test day before next race to confirm our thoughts. Looking forward to the start of the season in a few weeks. Cheers! Edited January 6 by johnwilding Brain fog issues from discovering I have a brain tumor. Seriously. LOL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachMK21 Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 11 hours ago, johnwilding said: Wow, you all did a lot of work, these are great updates, thank you again for the efforts in making this league so fantastic. Was the participation award ever announced? I remember someone saying it may be announced during the NYE broadcast on Champcar Live, but I was participating in the race in our ill handling Miata and must have missed it. We still finished the day with no mechanical issues and a 7th overall in a very stacked field. The highlight of the day was having a seizure while driving (like I said, it was quite the day - thankfully it happened during a Code 35), but just weren’t on pace due to random snap oversteer, which we think we know the reason for…but it was too late, thankfully we think we know what to address to fix the random snap oversteer issue. We just need a test day before next race to confirm our thoughts. Looking forward to the start of the season in a few weeks. Cheers! Wow John. Good to hear you're okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostmint Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 18 hours ago, dabneyd said: Do you find value in a session that's exactly the same as the race session, or would you be ok with some changes? When I'm doing a practice race I like to collect data to prep for the race so the same parameters is preferred. However, if CCiS want to try something new the practice races are a good place to do it. In those instances the more notice you can give the better. For that matter same with the races. I do not enjoy finding out the night before that we're changing fuel capacity and having to alter my pit strategy. Also, what is the opinion/plan of the current CCiS admin team as far as AI in the practices and/or the races? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboys647 Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 2 hours ago, mostmint said: Also, what is the opinion/plan of the current CCiS admin team as far as AI in the practices and/or the races? I think it would be awesome to add AI to the practice races just to fill them out and add a bit more practice. I find that often during practice races the field gets spread and you just kind of drive alone for most of it. Love the new direction and pumped to get back into sim racing this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabneyd Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 7 hours ago, mostmint said: When I'm doing a practice race I like to collect data to prep for the race so the same parameters is preferred. However, if CCiS want to try something new the practice races are a good place to do it. In those instances the more notice you can give the better. For that matter same with the races. I do not enjoy finding out the night before that we're changing fuel capacity and having to alter my pit strategy. Also, what is the opinion/plan of the current CCiS admin team as far as AI in the practices and/or the races? I have no problem with AI, as long as it's available for the combo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetterhund Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 Hopefully this year I can make a few races on the sim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwilding Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 On 1/6/2023 at 8:09 AM, CoachMK21 said: Wow John. Good to hear you're okay. Thank you Mark, I'm glad I was able to have full control of the right side of my body and mental state, so I could pull over by a corner station and hit the kill switch till the seizure subsided. I guess all the years of racing finally paid off that these were almost involuntary actions when I needed them to be. Thanks for the kind words and hope to see you on the track soon. I can't drive or race IRL for 6 months, so sim racing will be good therapy to keep me from going completely stir crazy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtybird222 Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 On 1/8/2023 at 7:58 AM, johnwilding said: Thank you Mark, I'm glad I was able to have full control of the right side of my body and mental state, so I could pull over by a corner station and hit the kill switch till the seizure subsided. I guess all the years of racing finally paid off that these were almost involuntary actions when I needed them to be. Thanks for the kind words and hope to see you on the track soon. I can't drive or race IRL for 6 months, so sim racing will be good therapy to keep me from going completely stir crazy. Glad to hear everything is okay John! Also very cool to see what some of the rewards are. Can we protest for the ND Miata? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabneyd Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 3 hours ago, dirtybird222 said: Can we protest for the ND Miata? What do you mean, more ND rounds or something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtybird222 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 1 hour ago, dabneyd said: What do you mean, more ND rounds or something else? Sorry for my incomplete though....just axing the boat that is an NC Miata altogether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappy Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Which setups will be used for the races? Standard Iracing fixed? Or a setup you guys make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGrinnell Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Does the Road Atlanta race have a night finish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Peters Posted January 11 Author Report Share Posted January 11 21 hours ago, Chappy said: Which setups will be used for the races? Standard Iracing fixed? Or a setup you guys make? Will vary, but generally the baseline setup. The race thread will mention this. 10 hours ago, SGrinnell said: Does the Road Atlanta race have a night finish? See the race thread when it gets posted for details like that. On 1/9/2023 at 6:21 PM, dirtybird222 said: Sorry for my incomplete though....just axing the boat that is an NC Miata altogether. I'm a NC lover, so you can blame me for including it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwilding Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 On 1/9/2023 at 2:16 PM, dirtybird222 said: Glad to hear everything is okay John! Also very cool to see what some of the rewards are. Can we protest for the ND Miata? Thanks man, I'm glad to be okay too. I'm considering making an interview style video about my early symptoms and other things I should have taken more seriously before hopping in the car on NYE, but also to preach how it's important to really emphasize safety. If we do film something, the in car footage of the seizure will make the video. It's interesting to see from the build up to when it stops, like turning a faucet off. If I can help one person avoid thinking they are bigger and more powerful than some of the signs I had, I may be able to save a life and that's what matters. If I do make the video I'll post it here to include you all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 Really happy to see endurance races on the schedule and will try to do all 4 of those. I will not be able to make it to many or any weekly races due to the early starts on the west coast. But I completely understand not catering to the 3 or 4 of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obscene Posted Tuesday at 12:12 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 12:12 AM On 1/5/2023 at 5:37 PM, dabneyd said: Just join the iRacing league! Here's the link. I'm super late, but thanks for the link. Application submitted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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