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8. Protests

8.1. Who may Protest [#Who may Protest]

8.1.1.

The right to protest shall rest with any iRacing member who officially takes part in the competition in question or feels any part of the Sporting Code or official rules of iRacing or FIRST have been violated. Each, alone, may protest any decision, act, or omission of iRacing, FIRST, an official, driver, or other person connected to the competition which the protestor believes is unfair or in violation of the Sporting Code or other official regulations or rules of iRacing or FIRST.

8.2. Lodging a Protest

8.2.1.

A Protest must be made in writing, specifying which sections of Sporting Code, racing rules, club rules, series rules or any official iRacing or FIRST rules have been violated. Protests should include the exact infraction and why it is believed a violation has occurred. The event needs to be clearly identified including time and date it occurred. Written protests must be addressed to “FIRST Chief Steward” and submitted to Protest@iRacing.com. This is the only place to formally lodge a protest. Protests need to be made within 7 days of the decision, infraction or violation that is being protested. Any evidence, data, recordings or third party accounts are welcome and encouraged to be submitted with protests.

8.2.2.

Protest submitted regarding on track incidents should be accompanied by a replay of the on track incident in question.

8.2.3.

Below is an example of a properly formatted Protest:



Session ID: 1247836/54220
Date: 2008‐05‐08 11:00 pm
Sporting Code Section: 5.5.11
Driver: Joe Smith
Description/Explanation of Protest:
On lap 9 of the race, Joe Smith typed in text chat ............................
Accompanying Attachments:
chat_text.jpg
Incident.rpy

8.3. Review of Protest

8.3.1.

iRacing shall review the protest as soon as practical after the protest is lodged. Affected parties may be notified about the protest and judgment of the protest. iRacing shall review all evidence and be entitled to discuss the incident with other witnesses or parties involved or to gather additional evidence.

8.4. Judgment

8.4.1.

All parties concerned shall be bound by the decision given, subject only to appeal as provided in section 9.

8.5. Reasonableness

8.5.1.

It is expected that protests shall be reasonable, logical, and based on sound evidence, thus well-founded. Nevertheless, a well founded protest may still be defined as one upon which reasonable people may differ.

8.5.2.

Regardless of the outcome of any adjudication, FIRST may deem a protest to be frivolous if it is found by the FIRST Competition Board not to be reasonable, logical and based on sound evidence. FIRST reserves the right to assess a penalty to any member filing a frivolous protest.

8.6. Steward's Review

8.6.1.

The FIRST Chief Steward may investigate any competitor against whom one or more protests have been filed, regardless of the outcome of any protests against or appeals by that competitor.

8.6.2.

Investigations that are inconclusive will be logged as “Noted Incidents” in the driver’s official record. Noted Incidents are administrative records, not infractions or penalties, and may not be appealed,

8.6.3.

Accumulation by a competitor of multiple “Noted Incidents” will result in a Steward’s Review of that competitor’s driving record.