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4. Competition

4.1. Membership

4.1.1. Membership Status

4.1.1.1.

An iRacing.com member is not an agent, servant or employee of iRacing.com or FIRST by virtue of such membership. With respect to any iRacing.com or FIRST related activities in which a Member engages, unless the Member is also an employee of FIRST or iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, the Member shall act as and be deemed to be either an independent contractor or an employee of a person or entity other than iRacing.com or FIRST, and not an agent, servant or employee of iRacing.com or FIRST.

4.1.1.2.

Each such Member assumes all responsibility, either by himself or his or her employer, for any charges, record keeping, premiums and taxes, if any, payable on any funds the Member may receive as a result of any activities as an iRacing.com Member and FIRST participant, including but not limited to, social security taxes, unemployment insurance taxes, workers compensation insurance, income taxes and withholding taxes.

4.1.1.3.

Unless an exception is specifically granted by the FIRST Competition Board in writing in the form of supplementary series or event regulations, employees of iRacing.com or FIRST are ineligible for all competition awards and prizes.

4.1.2. Suspension

4.1.2.1.

iRacing.com or FIRST may suspend a Member for a definite or indefinite period of time in the interest of internet racing, iRacing.com, FIRST or the membership. The affected Member may appeal such a suspension to the FIRST Competition Board.

4.1.3. Involuntary Termination

4.1.3.1.

iRacing.com or FIRST may terminate a membership at any time in the interest of internet racing, iRacing.com, FIRST or the membership. Such Member shall have no right to receive, and neither iRacing.com nor FIRST shall be obligated to refund any part or all of the fees previously paid by the Member to iRacing.com. The affected Member may appeal such a termination to the FIRST Competition Board according to the procedure and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 9 of this document (Appeals).

4.1.4. Membership Required

4.1.4.1.

Every person or entity who desires to participate in an Event as a driver must possess a current iRacing.com Membership authorizing participation in that capacity.

4.1.5. Membership Non-Transferable

4.1.5.1.

An iRacing.com membership is non-transferable and non-assignable. It may be used only by the person or entity to which it is issued.

4.1.5.2.

Running official sessions under another member’s account is forbidden, as is supplying another member with personal account information (Username/Password) to enable him/her to run official sessions on an account other than his/her own. Either action will result in the account suspension of both the account holder and the person competing on his/her behalf. Neither driver will be eligible for premier series, such as the Pro-Series or Drivers World Championship Series, for a period of no less than one year.

4.1.6. Removal from an event

4.1.6.1.

A FIRST Official may remove a member from an event to promote the orderly conduct of the Event. Sanctions issued during an event are not appealable.

4.2. Sanctioning

4.2.1. Event Sanctioning

4.2.1.1.

A FIRST-sanctioned Event is an Event which awards championship points for Individual or Club Championships.

4.2.1.2.

Individuals holding a current, valid FIRST Competition License for a Class of Vehicle are authorized to participate in Events within that Competition Class.

4.2.1.3.

FIRST shall sanction two types of championships: INDIVIDUAL and CLUB.

4.2.2. Competition Calendar

4.2.2.1.

FIRST shall publish an annual Competition Calendar on or before January 1st of each calendar year, dividing the year into four 12-week seasons.

4.2.2.2.

Each season shall be subdivided into 12 individual race weeks.

4.2.3. Categories

4.2.3.1.

FIRST-sanctioned competition is currently divided into two categories, based on the nature of the racing venue: ROAD and OVAL.

4.2.3.2.

Although all elements of competition, including licenses, series, sessions, points and championships, are generally unique to a particular category, FIRST reserves the right to introduce competitions that include both ROAD and OVAL courses.

4.2.4. Series

4.2.4.1.

Within each category, FIRST sanctions various racing series. Each series is defined by its season schedule (ordered list of host venues, including track configurations), vehicle and license eligibility requirements. FIRST reserves the right to modify any series schedule at any time. Any series schedule modifications will be published as official notifications on http://members.iracing.com.

4.2.4.2.

FIRST sanctions two varieties of series: STANDARD and NON‐STANDARD.

4.2.4.3.

Standard series feature 12 weeks of competition at a defined list of venues for a defined range of license holders in a particular class of vehicles.

4.2.4.4.

Non-standard series include four-week Rookie series and any other series that do not follow the normal 12-week season as set forth in the FIRST Competition Calendar.

4.2.4.5.

FIRST may publish series-specific Supplemental Regulations for all non-standard series.

4.2.4.6.

|Within each standard series are two different driving competitions: RACE and TIME TRIAL. Members may compete in one or both.

4.2.5. Rookie Series

4.2.5.1.

Rookie Series are non-standard series in both categories (Oval and Road) reserved for new iRacing.com members holding Rookie competition licenses. Rookie series are intended to be educational, allowing new members the opportunity to build skills, acclimate to the iRacing simulation software and community and the sport of internet racing.

4.2.5.2.

Rookie series shall typically include four race weeks.

4.3. Competitior Releases

4.3.1. Advertising and Promotion Releases

4.3.1.1.

Each member, by participating in any FIRST-sanctioned event, grants to iRacing.com, its authorized agents and assigns, an exclusive license to use and sublicense his or her name, likeness and performance, including photographs, images and sounds of such competitor and/or any vehicle that competitor drives in the event, in any way, medium or material (including but not limited to broadcasts by and through television, cable television, radio, pay-per-view, closed circuit television, satellite signal, digital signal, film productions, audiotape productions, transmissions over the Internet, public or private online services authorized by iRacing.com, sales and other commercial projects, and the like) for promoting, advertising and broadcasting, recording or reporting any FIRST-sanctioned event before, during and after such event, and each competitor hereby relinquishes to iRacing.com exclusively and in perpetuity all rights thereto for such purposes.

4.3.2. Broadcast and Other Rights

4.3.2.1.

Each member, by participating in any FIRST-sanctioned event, acknowledges that iRacing.com, and its licenses and assigns, exclusively and in perpetuity owns any and all rights to broadcast, transmit, film, tape, capture, overhear, photograph, collect or record by any means, process, medium or device (including but not limited to broadcasts by and through television, cable television, radio, pay-per-view, closed circuit television, satellite signal, digital signal, film productions, audiotape productions, transmissions over the Internet, public or private online services authorized by iRacing.com, sales and other commercial projects, and the like), whether or not currently in existence, all images, sounds and data (including but not limited to in-car audio, in-car video, in-car radio, voice chat, text chat, other electronic transmissions between cars and crews, and timing and scoring information) arising from or during any FIRST-sanctioned event or the competitor’s performance in the event, and that iRacing.com is and shall be the sole owner of any and all copyrights, intellectual property rights, and proprietary rights worldwide in and to these works and in and to any other works, copyrightable or otherwise, created from the images, sounds and data arising from or during any FIRST-sanctioned event and the competitor’s performance in the event. Each competitor agrees to take all steps reasonably necessary, and all steps requested by iRacing.com, to protect, perfect or effectuate iRacing.com’s ownership of other interest in these rights. Each competitor agrees not to take any action, nor cause others to take any action, nor enter into any third-party agreement which would contravene, diminish, encroach or infringe upon these iRacing.com rights.

4.4. Divisions

4.4.1. Racing

4.4.1.1.

Each standard Race series will be divided into 10 competition divisions, grouping drivers of similar skill level in competition for the remainder of the season. Any standard series open to holders of rookie competition licenses shall include an eleventh division for any rookie license holders participating in that series.

4.4.1.2.

At the beginning of each season, the iRacing.com system will automatically partition each series into 10 (or 11 when appropriate) competition divisions based on the previous season ending iRatings across iRacing.com.

4.4.1.3.

Drivers will be assigned to divisions based on their current iRating.

4.4.1.4.

Non-standard series (e.g., four-week rookie series) will not be segmented into divisions, unless otherwise stated in series-specific supplemental regulations.

4.4.2. Time Trial

4.4.2.1.

Each standard Time Trial series will be divided into 10 competition divisions, grouping drivers of similar skill level in competition for the remainder of the season. Any standard series open to holders of rookie competition licenses shall include an eleventh division for any rookie license holders participating in that series.

4.4.2.2.

At the beginning of the third race week of each season, the iRacing.com system will automatically partition each series into 10 (or 11 when appropriate) competition divisions based on the number of drivers who have competed in that series during the first two race weeks and the range of their current ttRatings.

4.4.2.3.

Drivers will be assigned to divisions based on their current ttRating.

4.4.2.4.

Drivers who have not participated in any official sessions during the first two weeks of the season will not be assigned to a division until they have participated in an official session

4.4.2.5.

Non-standard series (e.g., four-week rookie series) will not be segmented into divisions, unless otherwise stated in series-specific supplemental regulations.

4.5. Sessions

4.5.1. Principle

4.5.1.1.

Standard FIRST-sanctioned series include four types of official sessions: PRACTICE, QUALIFY, RACE and TIME TRIAL. Each session is subject to the same category, schedule, license and vehicle eligibility requirements, as well as all series- and event-specific supplemental regulations, as the series with which they are associated. EVENT points are scored in Official Series Races.

4.5.2. Testing

4.5.2.1.

TESTING is unofficial and not associated with any particular series, season or category.

4.5.3. Practice

4.5.3.1.

Practice sessions are unstructured practice time. Official lap times and incidents are recorded, but practice incidents are not factored into a driver’s official safety rating calculation (see Licenses, sections 2.5 - 2.7 above)

4.5.3.2.

Practice sessions are generally 30 minutes in length.

4.5.4. Qualifying

4.5.4.1.

Qualifying sessions determine the overall weekly qualifying order, which is used to grid cars in race sessions. The order is updated throughout the week, and race sessions are gridded according to the qualifying order as it exists at the session start time.

4.5.4.2.

Official lap times and incidents are recorded and factored into a driver’s official safety rating calculation (see Licenses, sections 2.5 - 2.7 above).

4.5.4.

3. Drivers who have not participated in at least one qualifying session during a given race week will start race sessions from the back of the grid. If there are multiple drivers without qualifying times in a given race session, they will be gridded behind all drivers who have posted times, from highest iRating to lowest.

4.5.4.4.

Road racing qualifying sessions are generally 30 minutes in length and can include multiple cars on track at once.

4.5.4.5.

Oval-category series feature single-car qualifying, with a driver’s qualifying time being the best of four laps.

4.5.5. Time Trial

4.5.5.1.

Time Trials are single-car sessions in which a driver must complete a prescribed number of consecutive laps as quickly as possible and without incident. The best average lap time through a completed sequence is recorded as the driver’s Time Trial time. Any incident invalidates the current sequence.

4.5.5.2.

The number of laps in a full sequence will vary from track to track and configuration to configuration and will be indicated in the Series-specific supplemental regulations.

4.5.5.

3. If a driver completes more than the prescribed number of consecutive, incident-free laps, the system will automatically record the average lap time through best sequence of consecutive laps.

4.5.5.4.

Official lap times and incidents are recorded and factored into a driver’s official safety rating calculation (see Licenses, sections 2.5 - 2.7 above).

4.5.6. Race

4.5.6.1.

Race sessions are real-time competition with multiple cars on track at the same time.

4.5.6.2.

Official lap times and incidents are recorded and factored into a driver’s official safety rating calculation (see Licenses, sections 2.5 - 2.7 above).

4.5.6.

3. All Official Race sessions are recorded and factored into a driver’s official iRating calculation (see iRatings, section 3.1 above).

4.6. Individual Championship

4.6.1. Race Points

4.6.1.1.

RACE EVENT points are scored in Official Series Races.

4.6.1.2.

Races are valued by the Strength of Field (SOF), which is based on the iRatings of the drivers in the field. The higher the average strength of field, the more points are available for each finishing position.

4.6.1.3.

Race event points are adjusted for field size. The larger the field the smaller the difference in points awarded for each finishing position.

4.6.1.4.

RACE WEEK POINTS: Drivers may compete in as many Official Series Races as they choose in a given race week.

4.6.1.5.

The best 50% of a driver’s race performances (based on points scored) in a given Race Week will be averaged at the conclusion of each Official Series Race during the week. The final average at the conclusion of the Race Week will be the driver’s Race Week Point Total and count towards the season championships in that series.

Example: If a driver competes in five official races in the Skip Barber Series in a given week, the driver’s best three race-point totals are averaged and those points go towards the driver’s season championship points total.

4.6.1.6.

SEASON RACE POINTS are calculated by totaling the race week points earned by a driver in a given series in a single season. A driver’s best 8 weeks of the 12 Race weeks will count towards Individual and Club Championships.

4.6.2. Time Trial Points

4.6.2.1.

Time Trial points are scored in Time Trial Sessions. A driver’s best average lap time over the prescribed sequence of laps is recorded and points awarded.

4.6.2.2.

Time Trial points are awarded linearly. There is no strength of field calculated. The driver with the fastest average lap time over the prescribed sequence of laps is awarded 100 points. All drivers below are awarded points linearly with a precision of 1/1000th of a point between positions.

4.6.2.

3. Time Trial points are kept in real time until the end of a Race Week, when they are frozen and finalized.

4.6.2.4.

SEASON TIME TRIAL POINTS are calculated by totaling a driver’s weekly Time Trial points, as finalized at the conclusion of each race week. A driver’s best 8 weeks of the 12-race-week season will count towards the Overall and Divisional Time Trial Championships.

4.7. Club Points

4.7.1.

Points are calculated such that a driver earns 1 point for every competitor who finishes behind him and loses 1 Club point for every driver who finishes ahead of him in an officially-sanctioned race. (See Annex A)

4.7.2.

A driver with a Club Score for the race of less than zero receives zero Club Points. Club Standings will be based on total Club Points.

4.7.3.

A multiplier is used to balance the size of clubs. Such multiplier is based on the number of paid subscribers a club has at the beginning of each racing year. The multiplier will be reset at the end of each racing year at a minimum or more often as determined by iRacing.

4.7.4.

The multiplier shall be a proportion of the club with the most current paid subscribers. Example:

4.7.5.

Example: If the largest current paid subscriber club is California with 500 subscribers, then: Club Subscribers Multiplier California 500 1.000 Ohio 250 2.000 Georgia 300 1.666 Atlantic 120 4.166

4.7.6.

All License classes including Rookie can score Club Points. Every series is active for Club Scoring except Rookie , Pro, and Drivers World Championship Series, however Advanced Rookies Series is eligible for Club points.

4.7.7.

Club points are updated in real time throughout the season and fluctuate until the end of the season.

4.7.8.

Divisions are no longer a factor in club scoring.

4.8. Individual Championships

4.8.1. iRacing.com World Championships

4.8.1.1.

The individual race championships shall be known as the iRacing.com World Championships and will be decided by a driver’s accumulation of points in official RACE sessions in a given season.

4.8.1.2.

Individual championship competition involves a single driver competing for a season title by accumulating race week points in official sessions.

4.8.1.3.

Drivers may participate in as many official sessions as they like during a given race week. Points will be finalized at the end of the race week and recorded as the driver’s official points for that week. These finalized race week points count towards a driver’s season-ending point total.

4.8.1.4.

Each standard series shall crown an overall season race champion and divisional race champions for each of 10 competition divisions.

4.8.1.5.

Standard series open to rookie competition license holders will crown champions for 11 competition divisions, including the 10 regular divisions and the eleventh rookie-only division. (See Divisions, section 4.4.1 above).

4.8.1.6.

Although Race Points, Race Week Points and Season Race Points are calculated, non-standard, four-week Rookie Series do not include seasonal championships.

4.8.2. Time Trial World Championships

4.8.2.1.

The individual Time Trial championships shall be known as the iRacing.com World Championship Time Trials and will be decided by a driver’s accumulation of points in TIME TRIAL sessions in a given season.

4.8.2.2.

Each standard series shall crown an overall season Time Trial champion and divisional Time Trial champions for each of 10 competition divisions (see Divisions, section 4.4.2 above).

4.8.2.

3. Standard series open to rookie competition license holders will crown champions for 11 competition divisions, including the 10 regular divisions and the eleventh rookie-only division. (See Divisions, section 4.4.2 above).

4.8.2.4.

Although Time Trial Points, Race Week Time Trial Points and Season Time Trial Points are calculated, non-standard, four-week Rookie series do not include seasonal championships.

4.9. Club Championships

4.9.1.

Club championships shall be known as the World Cup of iRacing. (See Annex A)

4.9.2.

Club championships are contests between geographically-based clubs competing for season titles and shall be decided by aggregating the Individual Championship point totals from eligible drivers (See Club Points, section 4.7 above) within the club across all series and divisions.