RRP LEAGUE & SERIES RULES
LEAGUE RULES
SERIES ELIGIBILITY
ALL RRP SERIES ARE OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HARD CHARGER SERIES WHICH IS A INVITE ONLY SERIES.
CAR NUMBERS
THE SAME CAR NUMBER MUST BE USED IN ALL SERIES. ALL CAR NUMBERS MUST BE NO MORE THAN THREE NUMBERS. NO LETTERS ARE ALLOWED.
DRIVER LOGIN
ALL MEMBERS LOGIN NAMES AND PLAYER NAMES MUST BE THE MEMBERS FIRST INTIAL AND LAST NAME ( EXAMPLE: J SMITH ). SEE THE RRP FORUMS FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
CARFILES
PLEASE HAVE THE CARFILE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO RUN UPLOADED BEFORE THE START OF PRACTICE.
RACELM SERVER
ALL SERIES WILL BE RUN THROUGH RACELM SERVERS.
ONCE YOU ARE LOGGED ON YOU MUST NOT LEAVE THE SERVER FOR ANY REASON UNLESS APPROVED BY THE RACE ADMIN.
TEAMSPEAK
ALL MEMBERS MUST BE LOGGED ONTO TEAMSPEAK AND IN THE RACE ROOM WHEN LOGGED ONTO THE SERVER.
YOUR TEAMSPEAK NAME SHOULD BE YOUR CAR NUMBER AND THEN YOUR FIRST & LAST NAME. EXAMPLE: #14 JOHN DOE
TEAMS MAY HAVE THEIR OWN TEAM ROOM, BUT MUST BE IN THE RACE ROOM WHEN LOGGED ONTO THE SERVER.
BE PREPARED
BE PREPARED TO QUALIFY AT THE SCHEDULED TIME.
QUALIFYING WILL NOT BE HELD FOR ANY REASON.
PLEASE SHOW UP AT THE START OF PRACTICE IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO PRACTICE BEFORE HAND. PLEASE HAVE A SETUP READY TO USE & THE PROPER TRACK DOWNLOADED WHEN YOU SHOW UP. DO NOT COME IN FIVE MINUTES BEFORE QUALIFYING ASKING WHAT TRACK ARE WE RUNNING AND DOES ANYONE HAVE A SETUP.
CONDUCT
PLEASE KEEP THE CHAT DOWN TO A MINIMUM ON TEAMSPEAK, RESPECT OUR MEMBERS THAT ARE TRYING TO HEAR THEIR SPOTTERS.
OVER AGGRESSIVE & RECKLESS DRIVING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
FLAMING AND/OR FIGHTING WITH OTHER MEMBERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
IF YOU HAVE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK OR WHATEVER, PLEASE DO NOT RACE. ALTHOUGH YOU MAY BE HAVING A REAL SWELL TIME, CHANCES ARE NO ONE ELSE IS. PLEASE DON'T MAKE US EJECT YOU FROM THE SERVER.
ACT LIKE AN ADULT, THAT SAYS IT ALL.
SERIES RACE RULES
INITIAL START - ALL SERIES
ONCE THE GREEN FLAG IS WAVED THERE WILL BE NO RESTARTS FOR ANY REASON. IF PROBLEMS OCCUR BEFORE THE GREEN FLAG COMES OUT THERE WILL BE ONE RESTART PER DRIVER UNTIL THE GREEN FLAG IS WAVED.
STARTS & RESTARTS - ALL SERIES
ALL STARTS & RESTARTS WILL BE DOUBLE FILE, WITH LAPPED CARS LINING UP ON THE INSIDE.
ON ALL STARTS, POSITIONS 1 & 2 MUST MAINTAIN STEADY PACE SPEED (THE SPEED OF THE PACE CAR ) UNTIL THE GREEN FLAG IS SHOWN.
WHEN THE GREEN FLAG COMES OUT YOU MAY ONLY PASS TO THE RIGHT BEFORE THE START/FINISH LINE.
ON THE START IF YOU DROP OUT OF LINE TO THE LEFT YOU MAY NOT ADVANCE YOUR POSTION. THIS MEANS YOU MUST STAY BEHIND THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU UNTIL THE START/FINISH LINE.
PASSING ON THE FIRST LAP IS ALLOWED, BUT OVER AGGRESSIVE MOVES WILL NOT BE TOLERATED
RESTARTS WITH TEN OR LESS LAPS TO GO, ALL LAPPED CARS MUST DRIVE THROUGH THE PITS ON THE THIRD PACE LAP, AND LINE UP SINGLE FILE AT THE END OF THE LEAD LAP CARS.
BRAKE CHECKING - ALL SERIES
IF THE LEADER SLOWS BELOW 3 MPH UNDER PACE SPEED AFTER THE PACE CARS HAS LEFT THE TRACK, THIS WILL BE DEEMED BRAKE CHECKING.
FLYING STARTS - ALL SERIES
IF THE LEADER SPEEDS UP ABOVE 3 MPH OVER PACE SPEED AFTER THE PACE CARS HAS LEFT THE TRACK, THIS WILL BE DEEMED A FLYING START.
PITTING UNDER GREEN - ALL SERIES
DRIVERS MUST SIGNAL BY VOICE OR AUTO CHAT INTENTIONS TO PIT ONE HALF LAP BEFORE PITTING. IF A DRIVER SIGNALS TO PIT AND FAILS TO DO SO, THIS WILL BE DEEMED FAKE PITTING UNDER GREEN.
IF BY ACCIDENT A DRIVERS SIGNALS TO PIT, THEY MUST THEN SIGNAL "EXITING PITS" IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU SIGNAL BY VOICE PLEASE SPEAK SLOW & CLEAR SO OTHER DRIVERS HEAR & UNDERSTAND YOUR INTENTIONS.
IN THE CUP SERIES ONLY, SIGNALING TO PIT OR EXIT PITS UNDER GREEN OR CAUTION IN NOT MANDATORY, BUT DRIVERS MAY DO SO IF THEY WANT TO.
RACING BACK TO CAUTION IN NO LUCKY DOG SERIES
RACING BACK TO THE YELLOW FLAG WHEN A CAUTION COMES OUT IS PERMITTED, BUT ONLY IN A SAFE MANNER.
LUCKY DOG RULE
WHEN A CAUTION COMES OUT, PLEASE HOLD YOUR POSTIONS, DO NOT RACE BACK TO THE YELLOW UNLESS THERE ARE FIVE OR LESS LAPS TO GO, THEN RACING BACK IS PERMITTED IN A SAFE MANNER.
IF YOU ARE THE LUCKY DOG, YOU MAY PIT FOR NORMAL SERVICE ON THE SECOND CAUTION LAP. ON THE THIRD CAUTION LAP YOU MUST SPEED THROUGH THE PITS AND GET THE EOLL PENALTY THEN START AT THE REAR OF THE FIELD. THERE ARE NO LUCKY DOGS GIVEN IF THE CAUTION COMES OUT WITH TEN OR LESS LAPS TO GO. IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN BRINGING OUT THE CAUTION YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE THE LUCKY DOG, IT WILL GO TO NEXT CAR A LAP OR MORE DOWN.
UNDER CAUTION - ALL SERIES
IF YOU ARE THE LEADER WHEN THE CAUTION COMES OUT, PLEASE ANNOUNCE OVER TEAMSPEAK WHEN YOU CROSS THE START/FINISH LINE AND TAKE THE CAUTION. PLEASE BE SLOWED DOWN TO PACE SPEED BY THE MIDDLE OF TURNS 1 & 2 TO PICK UP THE PACE CAR, GOING TOO FAR CAN MESS THINGS UP FOR SOME WHEN TRYING TO PIT.
UNDER CAUTION THE MAXIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN CARS DURING PACE LAPS IS .3
ALL CARS MUST STAGGER LOW / HIGH UNTIL ONE LAP TO GO GREEN
PLEASE KEEP THE CHAT DOWN FOR THE FIRST TWO CAUTION LAPS SO EVERYONE CAN HEAR THEIR SPOTTERS. DISCUSS WHAT HAPPENED LATER.
PITTING UNDER CAUTION - ALL SERIES
DRIVERS DO NOT NEED TO SIGNAL THAT THEY ARE PITTING UNDER CAUTION. FAKE PITTING UNDER CAUTION IS PERMITTED, BUT ONLY IN A SAFE MANNER.
TOW TRUCK - ALL SERIES
IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN A WRECK AND YOUR CAR IS SO DAMAGED YOU HAVE TROUBLE GETTING TO THE PITS IN A TIMELY MANNER, PLEASE CALL FOR A TOW TRUCK. THIS SHOULD BE DONE OUT OF RESPECT FOR ALL THE OTHER DRIVERS.
EXITING THE PITS - ALL SERIES
ALL DRIVERS MUST SIGNAL "EXITING PITS" WHEN GOING BACK ONTO THE TRACK, UNDER GREEN & UNDER YELLOW.
BLACK FLAGS - ALL SERIES
BLACK FLAGS WILL NOT BE CLEARED FOR ANY REASON. IF YOU GET A BLACK FLAG BECAUSE OF A GAME GLITCH, CONSIDER IT A MECHANICAL FAILURE, AND SERVE IT.
BLOCKING - ALL SERIES
BLOCKING IS ALLOWED WITH 1 LAP TO GO, BUT ONLY IN A SAFE MANNER.
Blocking is defined as:
Suddenly changing the racing line in an attempt to cut off and prevent an obviously faster car from making a pass. The act of blocking is considered unacceptable, unsportsmanlike.
* The responsibility for being patient and waiting for an opportunity to make a clean pass rests on the driver attempting to make the pass. No one is obligated to simply move aside to allow another car to pass. Every driver on the lead lap has the right to continue to race his/her established racing line. If they do so, that DOES NOT constitute blocking.
RRP PROTEST PENALTY POINTS - ALL SERIES
A DRIVER MAY PROTEST ANOTHER DRIVER(S) THAT HE FEELS HAS COMMITED ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING INFRACTIONS.
IF MORE THAN ONE DRIVER IS PROTESTED OR MORE THAN ONE INFRACTION IS PROTESTED, EACH ONE MUST BE PROTESTED SEPERATLY.
IF THE PROTEST IS LOST, THE PROTESTING DRIVER WILL RECEIVE 15 PENALTY POINTS
25 PENALTY PONITS FOR EXCEEDING PIT ROAD SPEED FROM THE FIRST LINE ENTERING THE PITS FOR A DURATION OF TWO PIT STALLS.
25 PENALTY POINTS IF THE LEADER IS TOO FAST OR SLOW ON ANY START OR RESTART.
25 PENALTY POINTS FOR A FLYING START.
25 PENALTY POINTS FOR BRAKE CHECKING.
75 PENALTY POINTS FOR FLAMING OR FIGHTING BY OPEN CHAT, PRIVATE CHAT OR TEAMSPEAK.
25 PENALTY POINTS FOR ADVANCING YOUR POSITION TO THE LEFT ON A START OR RESTART.
25 PENALTY POINTS FOR ADVANCING YOUR POSITION UNDER CAUTION.
25 PENALTY POINTS FOR BLOCKING.
50 PENALTY POINTS FOR OVERLY AGGRESSIVE, RECKLESS DRIVING WITH NO RESPECT FOR OTHER DRIVERS.
TO PROTEST, SEND THE SERIES ADMIN A EMAIL WITH THE DRIVERS NAME YOU ARE PROTESTING, THE INFRACTION & THE LAP OF THE INFRACTION.
ALL DECSIONS ARE FINAL.
