Hello there

Entries for this race are now CLOSED

Wide Open Throttle Racing (formerly OcUK Racing) will be hosting a 3hr endurance race at Blackwood GP on the 29th October, and places are first come first serve. There are still 10 places available so if you're interested in racing, please post in this thread.

Here is the FINAL entrant/team list:

Team #1: elkdanger / Bean0 [WOT]
Team #2: Deko / Spunj99 [WOT]
Team #3: Quietus [WOT]
Team #4: XRT (with possible team-mate) [WOT]
Team #5: MetalHead / DjeranDOS [AMT]
Team #6: Casper88 / Misko [Cyber Racing]
Team #7: Nikka / Speedway [Noobs]
Team #8: Mali / marecare [SERT]
Team #9: Frost / Nutrition [WOT]
Team #10: Der_Dude / p.maishaupt [RRT]

Points System
1st: 15
2nd: 12
3rd: 10
4th: 8
5th: 6
6th: 5
7th: 4
8th: 3
9th: 2
10th: 1

The current entrants can be found on our temporary forum at www.bean0.com/forum

Server Information
Server name: WOT.Racing
Server password: iLovemurray
Teamspeak server name/IP : port: WOT.Racing Voice Server (81.19.219.136:8794)

Race Information
Here are the official details for the race to be run on Sunday:

• The first qualifying session will begin promptly at 4pm GMT on Sunday 29th of October 2006. No exceptions.
  
• The track will be open for free practice at 3pm GMT, which is of course an optional session.
  
• There are to be two 15 minute qualifying sessions, one for each team mate. The time that determines your place on the grid is the average of the two sessions. If you are running the race solo, then you can enter one or both of the sessions and your grid time with either be your time from the single session or an average respectively.
  
• There will be a 15 minute break between the end of the second qualifying session and the start of the race. The track will still be open for last minute adjustments should you so wish, but I'd encourage you to take a break from the screen for a bit, as it will be a long race for most.
  
• The grid will be configured manually, and so this will require everyone's cooperation in the lobby whilst we get everyone added to the grid. If someone is away from their machine at this time and doesn't respond when they should add themselves to the grid, they will miss their grid slot.
  
• The race will then commence, and will run for 2 hours (see 'Alternative Format' below)
  
• We are encouraging everyone to race, not in a driver-swap format like we originally planned (again, see the Alternate format. However, you can still swap drivers if you so wish.
  
• The winning team will receive a 1 years 'Silver plan' webhosting kindly donated by Byethost.com

Race regulations

• No resetting or shift+s, if you end up in a state where you can't continue your race is over.
  
• Mid-race join is turned off.
  
• No penalties for chatting, everyone has the option to block messages after all.
  
• Any abuse towards other drivers, either on the track or in chat will be kicked.
  
• Any messing around on track in the race (doughnuts, wrong way driving, intentional wrecking etc will be kicked
  
• After a spin, please be considerate and look around you when coming back onto the track. DO NOT just drive straight on to the circuit without regard for other drivers on the racing line. If I see anyone doing this, they will be kicked.
  
• Similarly, if you drive into a yellow flag zone, be prepared for a stricken car on the track and be prepared to slow down.

Alternative Race Format
Since we have 9 teams and 16 players entering, an alternative race format we are considering is as follows:

• A 2 hour race where everybody races at once
  
• You can still opt to switch team mates if you don't feel up to racing the whole race yourself
  
• The integrity of your team entrance is still intact. ie: you would still run as team mates in the race
  
• The qualifying format remains the same.

This alternative format came about through a desire to have more cars on track during the race, since we didn't get as many entries as we'd hoped, but we have enough for a full field running this format. It's a choice between having a 16 cars on track in a slightly shorter (and more managable) race, or 8 cars on track for 3 hours. Please voice your opinions in this thread, before a vote is cast on race day. Personally I'm in favour of this format, as I'd prefer a busier and more exciting race.

If you have any questions, please feel free to post here or mail me directly. Otherwise, I look forward to seeing you all on Sunday.

We are of course still accepting entries, so if you're interested please post here, or email me at [email protected].

I bet me and some of my team members would join in...as long as we can work out the times since we are in the US

You and your team mates are more than welcome.

If you decide to enter, just let me know how many are entering.

I would have loved to race, but I'm attending the Danish Championship the same night... And that's more important

Best of luck with the race anyway, I'll be there another time!

Well I know that I will want to do it for sure and if i can't find a team member for myself mabye someone would join with me?

I didn't plan to join the league yet, but I would suppose you will increase your chances of finding a teammate if you post the average laptimes you are doing.

Vain

Any other takers for this? We're still after quite a few entrants; without a decent crowd I'm afraid to say the event won't go ahead at all

Yes yes, we will.

Team: Cyber Racing
Drivers: casper88 / Misko

It's the MoE weekend, so for many people it's not so convenient, but it's doable.

Ah righto

Thanks anyway, I've added you to the entrant list. Server details / passwords will be sent at the appropriate time.

We want to race too!

team: AMT
drivers: MetalHead (S2 name: dragonmen) / DjeranDOS (S2 name: djerandos)

Do we need to repost this in your forum?

No that's fine, i'll take care of that.

Could you please email me you and your other drivers email addresses so I can hand out server passwords nearer the time.

@Misko - could you please do the same?

I can be reached at [email protected]

Thanks guys.

Done, team mail sent...

I've updated the original post with the entrant list so far. Still looking for more people :-)

Edit: Thanks Dragonmen and Misko :-)

Done too.

Quote from mostflyskaterboy :

Well I know that I will want to do it for sure and if i can't find a team member for myself mabye someone would join with me?

There's a couple of racers from our team who may be looking for a partner, their still unsure whether or not they want to do it solo but i'll forward your name anyway.

is there any entries left ?

Quote from 11SuLLy11 :

is there any entries left ?

Certainly are

No problem, i've added you to the entrant list.

Could you provide an email address for one or both of you, so I can get the server password to you? My address is [email protected]

Great idea!

Team: SERT
Drivers: Mali / marecare
LFS names: Mali / marecare

Cya on tracks!

So is there a problem if my teammate doesn't show up... Can I race all 3h by myself in that case (have never tried before but could be interesting)?

P.S. I sent an email with our contact emails.

Quote from marecare :

Great idea!

Team: SERT
Drivers: Mali / marecare
LFS names: Mali / marecare

Cya on tracks!

So is there a problem if my teammate doesn't show up... Can I race all 3h by myself in that case (have never tried before but could be interesting)?

P.S. I sent an email with our contact emails.

Thanks for your entry, I replied to your mail.

Yes you can race the entire three hours yourself. Also, it's entirely up to you and your team mate how you divide up the racing time (2/3 stints each, etc).

Hello,

This is another post just to encourage more people who are thinking about entering, to do so; especially if you are racing with another team mate.

It's all good fun and there's a decent prize to be won!

GO GO GO!

Hello,

I've updated the original post with server information, race times, formats and regulations. If all the entrants could read over the entire post to make sure they know exactly what is going to happen.

In particular I'm after some opinions on the alternative race format, which favours many more cars on track for a slightly shorter time.

See you all Sunday.

Hi, my teammate (p.maishaupt) an me (Der_Dude) are thinking about joining your race. Therefore we have a question: You say the qualifying starts at 4pm GMT. My LFS shows me UTC, which might not be the same right now. To make things more complicated the State of the USA i live in (Nem Mexico) starts Daylight-savings time this weekend. Anyways, please confirm a scheduled qualifying time in reference to the UTC time of LFS. Then we can make a decision whether to enter the race or not. Thanx in advance!

We would prefer the three hour race with driver change, just becaus we haven't done that yet. If you decide to race only two hours we probably would run seperatly.

Quote from Der_Dude :

Hi, my teammate (p.maishaupt) an me (Der_Dude) are thinking about joining your race. Therefore we have a question: You say the qualifying starts at 4pm GMT. My LFS shows me UTC, which might not be the same right now. To make things more complicated the State of the USA i live in (Nem Mexico) starts Daylight-savings time this weekend. Anyways, please confirm a scheduled qualifying time in reference to the UTC time of LFS. Then we can make a decision whether to enter the race or not. Thanx in advance!

We would prefer the three hour race with driver change, just becaus we haven't done that yet. If you decide to race only two hours we probably would run seperatly.

As far as I'm aware, UTC is GMT (ie: UTC is formerly known as GMT). However, I believe the correct notation for the start of our qualifying notation is 1600 hours, ie: 4pm :-)

Our daylight savings stops this weekend, and I've taken that into account when deciding the times, and 4pm GMT (1600 UTC) is when it's at

Anyways, you're welcome to join. Please let me know what you decide today, so that I can draw up the entrant list and get passwords emailed out.