iRacing Daytona 500 being Rescheduled for Feb 20th

[davidan]

They have announced at iRacing that the Daytona 500 event will be rescheduled for next Saturday Feb 20th due to a technical issue that caused a lot of disconnects for participants last night. When the details come out on the reschedule I will post them here --- it looks like everyone that is interested will get the opportunity to run the race again.

David

[Mark G]

the following is an e-mail I received regarding the Daytona problems.


Dear Mark Golemboski,

Thank you for your participation in the iRacing Daytona 500 this past Saturday, February 13. A number of our members experienced some technical issues when trying to join the race. We apologize for this issue and value you as a member of iRacing. Along with our apologies, please find a code below good for $15 of iRacing credit. Each code is uniquely linked to your account and is therefore non-transferable. Simple instructions are listed below on how to enter the code and load the credit into your account.

Good Racing!


I think this is a nice gesture on there behalf. They must have gotten quite a few complaints

[davidan]

That is very good they always strive to make it right at iRacing and you have to be able to respect and appreciate that. They definitely value and respect their members and provide great service.

[davidan]

Here are the details on the Daytona 500 rescheduled for this coming Saturday
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anyone going to race, I think I may give it a shot if I am home and it sounds like I may be ...

• Title: iRacing Daytona 500

• Event Date: Saturday, Feb. 20th, 2010, 7 pm EST or (00:00 GMT, Sunday Feb. 21st)

• Qualifying: Qualifying will commence at 00:00 GMT, February 17th. Beginning at 45 minutes past the hour, every hour until race start on February 20th

• Race Start: The race will begin at 7pm EST on February 20th or (00:00 GMT, Sunday Feb. 21th)

• Series: Members will select the Series tab and choose the iRacing Daytona 500

• Car: Impala SS (Sprint Cup Car/COT)

• Track: Daytona Oval

• Practice Sessions: Open practice sessions will remain open until the event commences

• 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. Splits will NOT be separated by iRacing license

• Safety Rating & iRating: This event is an official session and official session rules apply.

• Warm Up: Warm up has been extended 30 minutes to allow extra time to join into the event.

• 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. Full course yellow flags and double file restarts will be used.

• Race Length: 200 laps

• Field Size: 43 racecars per split

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

• Content Required: Daytona racetrack and Impala SS COT

•Prizes:
o The winner of each split on February 13th & February 20th will be given $10 of iRacing credit
o 10 Marcos Ambrose diecast cars will be given to 10 participants chosen at random from all the entries in both the Feb 13th and Feb 20th Daytona 500 races
o Five NASCAR $100 gift certificates will be given to 5 randomly selected race participants from both the Feb 13th and Feb 20th Daytona 500 races
o If members run both Daytona 500 events, they will only be counted once into the random prize drawings

• Race Reporting: The top 3 drivers in each split will be reported on the iRacing members page