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5. Race Procedures

5.1. Road Course

Note: See Section 13 for multiclass road racing.

5.1.1. Registration

5.1.1.1.: All FIRST Sanctioned races are available for registration 30 Minutes prior to the start of the event.
5.1.1.2.: A timer will be visible in the Member Website Race Panel counting down to the start of the Race Session.
5.1.1.3.: Anytime between the opening of registration and 2 minutes prior to the session start time, drivers may withdraw from the Race Session without a point or iRating penalty.
5.1.1.4.: Withdrawing from a Race Session with 2 minutes or fewer left on the countdown timer may result in a forfeit.
5.1.1.5.: Any driver forfeiting a race will be credited with a last-place finish and earn 0 points for that race. The race will be counted in the driver’s Race Week Average (see RACE WEEK POINTS, section 4.6.1.4 above)
5.1.1.6.: Any Driver forfeiting a race will be credited with a last-place finish and his/her iRating will reflect a negative change equal to a last place finish.

5.1.2. Race Splits

5.1.2.1.: FIRST and iRacing.com seek to have similarly skilled drivers racing together in each event.
5.1.2.2.: Should more drivers register for a race session than the track and/or series allows, the race will be split into fields of as close to equal number of cars as possible.
5.1.2.3.: Drivers are placed in a race based primarily on their iRatings at the time of the race start.
5.1.2.4.: Other factors can be and are taken into account for splitting races, as FIRST and iRacing see fit in order to improve the online competition environment.

5.1.3. Field Sizes and Race Length

5.1.3.1.

Races will have a limited number of drivers as determined by the FIRST Competition Board in order to ensure safe and competitive racing within each License Class. The following table provides guidelines for STANDARD series field sizes by license class. FIRST reserves the right, however, to adjust field sizes as it deems necessary to optimize competition. ( See Table 5.1)

5.1.3.2.

Race lengths are determined by the FIRST Competition board relevant to license class in order to best optimize the competition. FIRST reserves the right to adjust race lengths for all standard series on a seasonal basis.

Table 5.1

License Class	Minimum Drivers	Maximum Drivers
Rookie	6	12
Class “D”	8	16
Class “C”	8	20
Class “B”	8	30
Class “A”	8	30
Pro-Series	12	32

5.1.4. Warm-Up

5.1.4.1.: Once race groups are parsed and the session has begun, each race will have a warm-up period of approximately 5 minutes.
5.1.4.2.: Once warm-up is complete, the checkered flag will be displayed. After 10 seconds, the pre-gridding process will commence.

5.1.5. Gridding

5.1.5.1.: Each driver will have 60 seconds to place his car on the starting grid.
5.1.5.2.: Any driver not gridding his car within the 60 second time limit must start the race from his/her pit box, with a possible hold from Race Control to ensure safe entry onto the track.
5.1.5.3.: The 60-second period for gridding time may be cut short if all drivers have entered their cars. When this occurs, Race Control will proceed directly to starting.

5.1.6. Starting

5.1.6.1.: Standard road race starts will be from a standing start.
5.1.6.2.: The countdown to the start of the race will be signified by the illumination of four (4) red lights. After a short delay, the 4 lights will turn green simultaneously, signifying the start of the race.
5.1.6.3.: Any motion by a car prior to the display of the green flag/lights may be viewed by Race Control as a jumped start and result in a black flag Stop-and-Go penalty.

5.1.7. Flag Signals

5.1.7.1.: Green Flag - Indicates the start of a race, clear track condition, and/or the cancellation of a previous flag condition.
5.1.7.2.: White Flag - When displayed at start/finish line, indicates the start of the last lap and will be displayed to the leader first and then to the remainder of the Competitors.
5.1.7.3.: Checkered Flag - Indicates the end of a session, warm-up period, or end of the race.
5.1.7.4.: Yellow Flag - When displayed motionlessly (Standing Yellow), indicates danger, no passing, be prepared to slow down. When displayed with motion (Waving Yellow), indicates extreme danger, no passing, be prepared to slow down, track may be partially or completely blocked. In either case, Competitors may not pass until the Yellow flag is removed, as indicated by the absence of the Yellow flag and/or presence of the Green flag at the next corner station.
5.1.7.5.: Blue Flag (blue with diagonal yellow stripe) - Indicates faster cars are approaching. This flag is informational only. In all cases, it is the responsibility of the faster car to safely overtake the slower car. It is the responsibility of the slower car to maintain a consistent line. It is strongly recommended that a slower car being lapped makes every reasonable effort to facilitate a safe pass.
5.1.7.6.: Black Flag (furled) - When displayed furled, indicates a warning from Race Control and may require action, such as slowing on course, to avoid an in-session penalty.
5.1.7.7.: Black Flag - When displayed unfurled, indicates an in-session penalty from Race Control, return to your pit box to serve your penalty. When displayed with a white “X,” indicates disqualification from the session.
5.1.7.8.: Failure to comply with any Flag Signal may result in a Black Flag Penalty being assessed by Race Control.

5.1.8. Black Flag Rules

5.1.8.1.

Race Control may assess three types of Black Flag Penalties:

5.1.8.1.1.: Stop-and-Go - requires the penalized driver to return to his/her pit box and come to a complete stop inside the box before rejoining the race.
5.1.8.1.2.: Stop-and-Hold - requires the penalized driver to return to his/her pit box and come to a complete stop inside the box. Race Control will then hold the driver for a specific duration of time before releasing him/her to rejoin the race.
5.1.8.1.3.: Disqualification -- Upon disqualification, a driver will have 30 seconds to pull off of the racing line and exit the session, after which Race Control will automatically remove the disqualified driver. Race Control will immediately remove from the session any driver disqualified for reckless driving.

5.1.8.2.

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f a driver is assessed a black flag penalty by Race Control in any session, he/she must return to pits to serve the penalty. Although the driver’s lap count will continue uninterrupted, official lap times will not be recorded until the driver has served his/her penalty.

5.1.8.3.

The driver may not use the Enter/Exit/Tow Car control (also known as “Reset”) to return to the pits to serve a Black Flag penalty during a Race session. (Using Enter/Exit/Tow Car to clear Black Flags is allowed as a convenience only in Testing, Practice, Qualifying and Time Trials).

5.1.8.4.

Failure to return to the pits and serve a black flag penalty within 4 laps of notification from Race Control will result in disqualification.

5.1.9. Yellow Flag Procedures

5.1.9.1.: On road courses, if a local yellow flag is displayed, passing is prohibited until the flag is no longer displayed or is replaced by a green flag.
5.1.9.2.: Drivers found to have passed under a local yellow may be assessed a black flag Stop-and-Go penalty by Race Control.
5.1.9.3.: In the event of a full-course caution, a yellow flag will be displayed at start/finish and all corner stations. Race Control will freeze the running order and send the pace car out to pick up the race leader. Drivers must comply with instructions from Race Control regarding where to line up behind the pace car. Failure to do so will result in the driver being sent to the end of the longest pace line for the restart.

5.1.10. Pitting Procedures

5.1.10.1: . For Race Control purposes, pit lane shall be defined by a pair of yellow cones, one on each side of the lane, indicating the start of pit lane and a pair of green cones, one on each side of the lane, indicating the end of pit lane.
5.1.10.2: . Where possible, every pit area will include three individual lanes. In order from the inside pit wall, they are - the pit box or pit stall lane (where a driver’s crew stands), the acceleration/deceleration lane and a fast lane.
5.1.10.3.| When leaving his/her pit stall, a driver shall as quickly as is practicable enter the acceleration/deceleration lane in order to avoid incidental contact with cars being automatically placed into nearby pit stalls. Similarly, a driver shall remain in the acceleration/deceleration lane until just prior to entering his/her pit stall in order to avoid incidental contact with cars being automatically placed into nearby pit stalls.
5.1.10.4.: Pit lane speed limits are in place for all series and all official sessions. Drivers must slow to the posted pit lane speed limit prior to passing through the two yellow cones that mark the entrance to pit lane, and drivers may not accelerate above the pit lane speed limit until after passing through the two green cones that mark the exit of pit lane. Failure to obey the posted pit lane speed limit will result in a 15-second black flag Stop-and-Hold penalty.
5.1.10.5.: At tracks with defined pit lane entry and exit, as indicated by existing painted lines, barriers and/or cones, drivers must observe and obey such demarcations. Failure to do so on entry may result in a 15-second black flag Stop-and-Hold penalty. Failure to do so on exit may result in a black flag Stop-and-Go penalty.
5.1.10.6.: A driver’s car must be inside his/her assigned pit box to serve a penalty or receive pit service. All penalties are served after pit service has been completed.
5.1.10.7.: The exit of pit lane may be closed, as indicated by Race Control. This closure may occur at the beginning of a race and continue until after the race has started. Leaving a closed pit lane under green flag conditions will result in a Stop-and-Go penalty.
5.1.10.8.: A driver may call for a tow to the pits at any point during a race by pressing the “Enter/Exit/Tow Car” control, which will move the driver forward around the track to his/her pit, where they will be held for some amount of time that represents a tow vehicle returning the driver's car to the pits. The time the tow takes is based on how far forward around the track the driver's car is being towed, so that the driver is neither gaining nor losing track position to the other competitors, plus a base penalty time for calling for a tow. If the tow takes a driver across the start/finish line to his/her pit stall, the driver will be scored for that lap after the tow completes. Once the tow is complete, the driver's pit crew may complete any requested pit work and attempt to repair the car, and any pending penalties will be served.
5.1.10.9.: The duration of a tow is based on minimizing advantage gained or lost relative to other competitors on track regardless of where on the track a tow is called for. To this end, the duration of the tow is longer while a full course caution is in effect and competitors on track are travelling at pacing speeds than during green flag racing when competitors are at full racing speed. Any tow in progress will lengthen or shorten the remaining time appropriately if a full course caution begins or ends while still towing.
5.1.10.10: . Exiting a car or disconnecting from the server while driving is equivalent to requesting a tow. The tow continues while the driver is out of his/her car or disconnected and trying to rejoin. The driver may re-enter his/her car at any time during or after the tow, but will still have to wait for the tow to complete before performing pit crew actions or continuing the race.
5.1.10.11: . In Rookie and Class D series, the first request for a tow during the race will be of a slightly shorter duration than a regular tow, and the driver's car will be fully repaired and restored by the tow. Any subsequent requests for a tow will be regular tows with a normal tow duration and no repairing or restoration of the car will occur, leaving any repairs to the pit crew to attempt. In Class C, B, A, and Pro there are no faster tows, only regular tows.
5.1.10.12: . A driver may pit under power, without pressing “Enter/Exit/Tow Car,” as often as he/she chooses, for the purposes of changing tires, refueling, repairing, and/or serving penalties.

5.1.11. Reckless Driving

5.1.11.1.: Driving in the opposite direction of race traffic during any official session will be viewed by Race Control as deliberate reckless driving. A furled black flag warning will be displayed immediately. Failure to comply promptly will result in disqualification.
5.1.11.2.: Driving in the opposite direction of race traffic during a post-race cool-down period will result in a one-lap penalty, assessed in the final scoring. At the conclusion of any multi-car session, drivers must either return safely to pit lane or bring their car to a safe stop off the racing surface so as not to create an incident hazard for other competitors still at speed.
5.1.11.3.: Other deliberate reckless driving, including avoidable contact and intentional wrecking, is prohibited. Competitors who believe that they have been victims of such action - and those competitors who believe that they have witnessed such action - are strongly encouraged to file Protests in accordance with Section 8 of the FIRST Sporting Code.

5.1.12. Other Penalties

5.1.12.1.: Cutting the Course - Drivers gaining an advantage by following a course configuration other than the one specified for the event will be assessed a black flag Stop-and-Hold penalty by Race Control, with the duration of the hold being equal to the illegally gained time advantage plus 15 seconds. Any other cutting the course infractions will result in a furled black flag warning and the driver will have 15 seconds to slow down and comply before being assessed a black flag Stop-and-Hold penalty by Race Control, with the duration of the hold being equal to the illegally gained time advantage plus 15 seconds.
5.1.12.2.: Blocking - Any deviation by a driver from his or her racing line, which impedes the forward progress of a following car, will be considered blocking and may be grounds for Protest in accordance with Section 8 of the FIRST Sporting Code.
5.1.12.3.: Intentional actions to cause a caution period - drivers intentionally stopping on or off the racing surface to intentionally bring out a caution period for their benefit or the benefit of another driver - are forbidden and subject to adverse administrative and /or punitive actions.
5.1.12.4.: Drivers may not use the enter/exit/tow car to gain positions during a race. This includes driving your damaged vehicle to your pit box then exiting the pit box and subsequentially using the enter/exit/tow car function to move forward around the track to complete laps and pass competitors who've since retired or disconnected from the race session. Affected drivers may submit a protest in accordance with Section 8.
5.1.12.5.: Drivers may not drive damaged vehicles on the apron at reduced speeds with the intent of gaining positions from drivers that have retired or disconnected due to damaged race cars. The intent of this action is contradictory to the spirit of competition and creates an unsafe environment for the remaining drivers not damaged and still racing. This may be protested in accordance with Section 8.

5.1.13. Official Completion

5.1.13.1.: Unless otherwise stated in the Supplementary Regulations, all races will be run until the leader has completed the advertised distance. If unforeseen circumstances prevent the completion of the advertised distance and/or it is impractical to continue the race within a reasonable time after it has been stopped, the race will be considered officially complete if the halfway mark has been reached by the leader.
5.1.13.2.: In the event that a competitor disconnects from the service for any reason (e.g., interruption of Internet service or PC failure), the competitor may rejoin the race from his/her pit stall if he/she has not already been towed to the pits (by pressing “Enter/Exit/Tow Car”) during the race. Rejoining the race after disconnection will be considered by Race Control as a tow to the pits (see Pitting Procedures, section 5.1.10.7). The competitor will rejoin with a lap count equal to that scored at the time of disconnection. If the competitor fails to rejoin prior to the end of the race, he/she will be scored as a DNF with a lap total equal to the number of laps completed at the time of disconnection.
5.1.13.3.: In the event of race server failure or an interruption to the entire iRacing.com service, whether through loss of power, equipment failure, natural disaster or any other cause, official race results, including overall session and driver-specific performance data (including but not limited to points, iRating changes, incidents and lap times), will stand, unless FIRST publishes an official notification to the contrary to http://members.iracing.com.

5.2. Ovals

5.2.1. Registration

5.2.1.1.: All FIRST-sanctioned races are available for registration 30 Minutes prior to the start of the event.
5.2.1.2.: A timer will be visible in the Member Website Race Panel counting down to the start of the Race Session.
5.2.1.3.: Anytime between the opening of registration and 2 minutes prior to the session start time, drivers may withdraw from the Race Session without a point or iRating penalty.
5.2.1.4.: Withdrawing from a Race Session with 2 minutes or fewer left on the countdown timer may result in a forfeit.
5.2.1.5.: Any driver forfeiting a race will be credited with a last-place finish and earn 0 points for that race. The race will be counted in the driver’s Race Week Average (see RACE WEEK POINTS, section 4.1.6.4 above)
5.2.1.6.: Any Driver forfeiting a race will be credited with a last-place finish and his/her iRating will reflect a negative change equal to a last place finish.

5.2.2. Field Sizes and Race Length

5.2.2.1.

5.2.2.2.

License Class	Minimum Drivers	Maximum Drivers
Rookie	6	12
Class “D”	8	16
Class “C”	8	20
Class “B”	8	30
Class “A”	8	30
Pro-Series	12	32

5.2.3. Race Splits

5.2.3.1.: FIRST and iRacing.com seek to have similarly skilled drivers racing together in each event.
5.2.3.2.: Should more drivers register for a race session than the track and/or series allows, the race will be split into fields of as close to equal number of cars as possible.
5.2.3.3.: Drivers are placed in a race based primarily on their iRatings at the time of the race start.
5.2.3.4.: Other factors can be and are taken into account for splitting races, as FIRST and iRacing see fit in order to improve the online competition environment.

5.2.4. Warm-Up

5.2.4.1.: Once race groups are parsed and the session has begun, each race will have a warm-up period of approximately 5 minutes.
5.2.4.2.: Once warm-up is complete, the checkered flag will be displayed. After 10 seconds, the pre-gridding process will commence.

5.2.5. Gridding

5.2.5.1.: Each driver will have 60 seconds to place his car on the starting grid.
5.2.5.2.: Any driver not gridding his car within the 60 second time limit must start the race from his/her pit box, with a possible hold from Race Control to ensure safe entry onto the track.

5.2.6. Starting

5.2.6.1.: Standard oval race starts will be in the form of a rolling start.
5.2.6.2.: Once all drivers are on the grid, the pace car will lead the field around the track and exit the course as late as possible to enter pit lane.
5.2.6.: 3. As the front row of cars approach the start/finish line, the green flag will be shown, signifying the start of the race.
5.2.6.4.: Drivers shall not pass cars in their own pacing line on the left hand side before the start/finish line. Drivers attempting to improve their position by passing on the left-hand side before the start/finish line will be assessed a black flag Stop-and-Go penalty by Race Control.
5.2.6.5.: The leader of the second pace line may not pass the leader of the first pace line (pole position) before the start/finish line. Doing so will result in a black flag Stop-and-Go penalty.

5.2.7. Flag Signals

5.2.7.1.: Green Flag - Indicates the start of a race, clear track condition, and/or the cancellation of a previous flag condition.
5.2.7.2.: White Flag - When displayed at start/finish line, indicates the start of the last lap and will be displayed to the leader first and then to the remainder of the Competitors.
5.2.7.3.: Checkered Flag - Indicates the end of a session warm-up period, or end of the race
5.2.7.4.: Yellow Flag - When displayed, indicates caution, danger, no passing, be prepared to slow down. Line up behind the pace car as instructed by Race Control. Competitors may not pass until the Yellow flag is removed and the green flag is displayed, signifying a restart.
5.2.7.5.: Blue Flag (blue with diagonal yellow stripe) - Indicates lead-lap cars are approaching, give way. This flag is informational only. In all cases, it is the responsibility of the faster car to safely overtake the slower car. It is the responsibility of the slower car to maintain a consistent line. It is strongly recommended that a slower car being lapped makes every reasonable effort to facilitate a safe pass.
5.2.7.6.: Black Flag (furled) - When displayed furled, indicates a warning from Race Control and may require action, such as slowing on course, to avoid an in-session penalty.
5.2.7.7.: Black Flag - When displayed unfurled, indicates an in-session penalty from Race Control, return to your pit box to serve your penalty. When displayed with a white “X,” indicates disqualification from the session.

5.2.8. Black Flag Rules

5.2.8.1.

Race Control may assess three types of Black Flag Penalties:

5.2.8.1.1.: Stop-and-Go - requires the penalized driver to return to his/her pit box and come to a complete stop inside the box before rejoining the race.
5.2.8.1.2.: Stop-and-Hold - requires the penalized driver to return to his/her pit box and come to a complete stop inside the box. Race Control will then hold the driver for a specific duration of time before releasing him/her to rejoin the race.
5.2.8.1.3.: Disqualification -- Upon disqualification, a driver will have 30 seconds to pull off of the racing line and exit the session, after which Race Control will automatically remove the disqualified driver. Race Control will immediately remove from the session any driver disqualified for reckless driving.

5.2.8.2.

If a driver is assessed a black flag penalty by Race Control in any session, he/she must return to pit lane to serve the penalty. Although the driver’s lap count will continue uninterrupted, official lap times will not be recorded until the driver has served his/her penalty.

5.2.8.3.

5.2.8.4.