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title: PATCO 2024 Season 1

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# PATCO 2024 Season 1
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)


### Qualifying
Qualifying will follow standard iRacing solo rules. You get 3 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     | Dec 15th     | Road Atlanta       | TCR	|
| 2     | Dec 22nd     | Laguna    			| TCR	|
| 3     | Dec 29th     | VIR                | GR86	|
| 4     | Jan 5th      | Daytona            | TCR	|
| OFF   | Jan 12th     | *Roar before 24*   | ---	|
| OFF   | Jan 19th     | *Daytona 24hr*		| ---	|
| 7     | Jan 26th     | Knockhill	        | TCR	|
| 8     | Feb 2nd      | Nordschleife       | GR86  |
| 9     | Feb 9th      | Interlagos    		| TCR	|
| 10    | Feb 16th     | Summit Point       | TCR	|
| OFF   | Feb 23rd     | *Bathurst 12hr*	| ---	|
| 12    | Mar 1st      | Suzuka             | 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 4
* 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.
