# PATCO 2023 Season 2
Do you like FWD touring car action? Do you love the idea of the iRacing TCC but hate the driving standards? THEN WELCOME TO PATCO*! (Penny-Arcade Touring Car Organization)

*Name pending legal battle with NJ/PA Port Authority

## We're back!!! And now with longer seasons!
Now we're going the full iRacing season for more action! Also we're tossing in some exhibition matches with the brand new GR86!
YOU WANTED MORE YOU'RE GETTING MORE!
[BTCC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ysVLu0xZwM)
[Why TCR racing?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg5MKgVFwS0)

## Cars
We're gonna drive those ~~3~~ FOUR shiny ~~new~~ FWD tanks!
[Audi RS3 LMS](https://www.iracing.com/cars/audi-rs-3-lms-tcr/) - [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs1lSFTnlOY)
[Honda Civic Type R](https://www.iracing.com/cars/honda-civic-type-r/) (video in link)
[Hyundai Elantra N TC](https://www.iracing.com/cars/hyundai-elantra-n-tc/) (video in link)
[Hyundai Veloster](https://www.iracing.com/cars/hyundai-veloster/) - [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oToF7ICY7Ic)

## Event Format
Each event will be comprised of
1. 50 min Practice
2. 2x Quali laps (10 min max)
3. Race 1 (15 min)
4. 5 min warm-up
5. Race 2 (15 min)

Unfortunately this means each event may be a bit longer than the usual hour. I'm going to try and keep timing as tight as possible.

### Qualifying
Qualifying will follow standard iRacing solo rules. You get 2 flying laps and the best will be used.

### Races
* Each race will be worth the same number of points.
* Each race will be 15 minutes
* Rolling starts!
* No pit stops
* Open setups! (but drivers must share their setup when asked)

#### Race 1
Grid order will be determined by the fastest qualifying lap time.
#### Race 2
Grid order will be determined by the results of Race 1, with the TOP 6 positions reversed.
eg: If the finishing order for Race 1 is
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
| ----- | ----- | ----- | --- | ----- | ---- | --- | --- |
| Steve | Barry | Jimmy | Ben | Colin | Jake | Tom | Dan |

Then the starting grid for Race 2 will be
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
| ---- | ----- | --- | ----- | ----- | ----- | --- | --- |
| Jake | Colin | Ben | Jimmy | Barry | Steve | Tom | Dan |

#### Points
Here are the points scores awarded for the top 10 positions.

| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

Points will also be awarded for
* One point for fastest qualifying lap
* One point for fastest lap (per race)
* One point for leading A lap (per race)

## Schedule
This is going to be a bit wonky as we're going to be filling the Friday night slot. In the case of a "Special Event" the series will skip that week.
Timeslot: 2:15am GMT/10:15pm ET/9:15pm CT/8:15pm MT/7:15pm PT
3 drop weeks will be granted
| Event | Date | Track | Class |
| ----- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Mar 17th | Oran Park | TCR |
| OFF | Mar 24th | *Sebring 12hr* | --- |
| 3 | Mar 31st | Red Bull Ring | TCR |
| 4 | Apr 7th | Okayama | GR86 |
| OFF | Apr 14th | *Road America 500* | --- |
| 6 | Apr 21st | Knockhill | TCR |
| 7 | Apr 28th | Tsukuba | TCR |
| 8 | May 5th | Nordschleife | TCR |
| OFF | May 12th | *Nurburgring 24hr* | --- |
| 10 | May 19th | Summit Point | TCR |
| 11 | May 26th | Suzuka | GR86 |
| 12 | Jun 2nd | Daytona | TCR |

### Track selection
With so many tracks already a part of league content, PATCO will restrict itself to league owned tracks (and ofc free content). There is one exception to this rule and that is Knockhill because well... Knockhill!

## Racing standards
This is going to be the tricky part. I want to encourage close racing, but I don't want to see people treating this like bumper cars. I'm open to suggestions on how to manage this.

### Incident points
2023 Season 2
* This season we return to the iRacing style incidient point system.
* Drivers will recieve a drive through penalty after incurring 9x. And every 4x after.