iRacing.com Rolex 2.4 hours at Daytona

[davidan]

Anyone planning to enter this one -- I am going to give it a shot I think.

DA

The first iRacing.com World Tour event will be the Rolex 2.4 hour at Daytona. This one-time event is to take place during the actual Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona going on the same day. For this one event, we had to significantly shorten the race compared to the real-world counterpart.

• Title: iRacing.com Rolex 2.4 hours at Daytona

• Event Date: January 30th, 2010, 12 noon (17:00 GMT)

• Qualifying: Qualifying will begin at 11:30am EST (16:30 GMT), Jan. 30th. There will be a 20 minute open group qualifying session before the race.

• Race Start: The race will begin at 12 noon EST (17:00 GMT), Jan. 30th.

• Series: iRacing World Tour/Special Events. Members will use the Series tab and select iRacing World Tour/Special Events.

• Car: Daytona Prototype

• Track: Daytona, using the road course configuration. The road course will also be available for use for practice sessions and hosted sessions through the month of January.

• Eligibility: Open to all iRacing members, regardless of license level. Drivers will qualify and be gridded into race sessions based on qualifying time and iRating.

• Safety Rating: S.R. will be in effect to discourage car to car contact.

• Tows, Resets, Pitstops, Yellow Flags: Each driver will be allowed one reset (a tow back to pit lane). Typical pit stop rules will be in effect. Local yellow flags will be used.

• Race Start & Car Count: Rolling start will be used. Car count will be 40 cars per split.

• Race Length: Approximately 2.4 Hours (144 minutes). The race will be set to 90 laps. 90 laps is the closest approximation to a 2.4 hour (or 144 min.) race.

• Cost: Free, no entry fee to all iRacing members.

• Content Required: Daytona racetrack and the Riley MKXX Daytona Prototype

• Prizes: 24 drivers will win $24 in the form of iRacing credits. Participating drivers will be chosen randomly by iRacing.com. To be eligible to win the prize, a driver must take the green flag or start the race. They do not have to finish the race to be eligible.

• Race Reporting: The top 3 drivers in each split (race group) will be announced by iRacing after the completion of the event.

Message was edited by: Kevin Bobbitt Adjusted start time to noon EST. We posted the incorrect start time by mistake. null

[O_Danny_Boy]

I may give it a go as well.

[Troy Dalton]

Sweet!

[davidan]

looks really fun. would be great if some of us can get in the same race split.

[neilfro]

i plan on racing if not working.... i think my road skills are a little lacking though.

[Scott Bennett]

I will be on this! yeah!

[davidan]

cool sounding like CMS is going to be well represented!!!!

[O_Danny_Boy]

Whats the ideal tire temp for the DP?

[Troy Dalton]

What kind of times is everyone doing? After about 15 minutes of seat time my PB is 1:44.880.

[davidan]

What kind of times is everyone doing? After about 15 minutes of seat time my PB is 1:44.880.

I think that's what I ran last season were 1:44's , I think that would be competitive for the most part ...