The 8 Hours of Westhill International
Track Specifications
Circuit Length: 5.750 km (3.573 mi) | Track Map
Safety Car In-Race Position: End of Pitlane
1st Safety Car Line: Start of Pit Entry
2nd Safety Car Line: End of Pit Exit
Safety Car Maximum Speed: 130 kph / 80 mph
Red Flag line: 52 metres before start of pit wall
Event Timetable
Qualifying: 19:00 (GT1) and 19:40 GT2 3 May and 8 May 2020 (30 minutes per class)
Race: 8 Hours; Double-file Rolling start
13:41 UTC: Race to Lobby Screen / Grid Stacking
13:50 UTC: Verbal Driver Briefing
14:00 UTC: Race Start - 1 formation lap
Event Specifiics
Qualifying: You are allowed to rejoin after using Shift+P/Shift+S. Drafting is permitted, bumpdrafting is NOT. The results of the two sessions are aggregated to form the grid. Driver credited with the team's fastest lap must drive at least one race lap (not counting inlap and outlap)
Race:
1. Alerting the Administration: Use @sc to alert administration to look at your car or the section of track you were in when you use the @sc command. The Race Control App will tell us what sector you're in (see sectors on track map above). We will then respond to your situation - stay there until we tell you to do something else.
2. Start and Safety Cars: Safety Car will lead the field through 1 formation lap. It will lead the field all the way to the pit entry. After Turns 11-12 (Chicane), the field needs to form into double file, the leader maintaining pitlane speed (with a 10 kph / 6 mph variance allowed). This speed MUST be maintained from that point until the GREEN FLAG - called by the starter.
On Restarts, the Safety Car will pull away from the field after Split 2. It may not be overtaken before it crosses the 1st Safety Car line.
3. Virtual Safety Car: If race control elects, the Virtual Safety Car may be employed. You will receive a standby for VSC message, which is your warning that the procedure will be enacted shortly. You will then see "VSC STARTING IN 5 SECONDS" - after five seconds, the circuit will go VSC, and you must be at or below 100 kph / 62 mph. You WILL get spammed by the race control app if you go over, the stewards will receive a log of these speedings, and will review them following each VSC. We will respond to the VSC-causing incident as necessary, pitlane remains open (unless it is obstructed). We will give notice that the VSC is ending, when you see "GREEN FLAG", the race is back on.
4. Communications: The stewards will be available in the TRR Discord throughout the race, and will have a presence in the New Dimension Racing TeamSpeak (teamspeak.newdimensionracing.com). Please tag @Endurance Pros Admins in the endurance-pros channel if you need us; or come into the Race Control waiting room and wait for one of us.
We strongly reccomend your current drivers be in the NDR TeamSpeak, in the Pit Wall area. We can create team channels if all members want to be in TS together. We will broadcast messages pertinent to the operations of the race to all channels in the Pit Wall. We have a channel where talk power is quite high, only Race Controllers can talk there. You'll not be bothered.
5. Driver Naming: Be sure to be in your proper name format. Car number is to be in your class colour (GT1 = Green, GT3 = light blue), followed by a space, then F. Last - space is preferred after your first initial, but you can omit it if you need that character for your surname.
Example: 00 J. Palmer
6. Race Control App: The race control app will be running, giving track, pit entry, and pit exit status. There are also lights around the circuit that blink appropriately based on track status.
There are lights on driver's left at the same plane as the first safety car line that indicate pit entry open/close status.
There are lights at pit out indicating the status of the exit. Please respect these signals.
7. Miscellany: Do NOT under any circumstances Shift+P or Shift+S during the race without authorization from Race Control.
After finishing the race, please slow WELL BELOW racing speeds after turn 1 and proceed around into pit lane. Select any open garage stall and pull in. The top 3 overall shall report back to Start / Finish Line for podium pose.
Please post any procedural questions in this thread.
Good luck!
Track Specifications
Circuit Length: 5.750 km (3.573 mi) | Track Map
Safety Car In-Race Position: End of Pitlane
1st Safety Car Line: Start of Pit Entry
2nd Safety Car Line: End of Pit Exit
Safety Car Maximum Speed: 130 kph / 80 mph
Red Flag line: 52 metres before start of pit wall
Event Timetable
Qualifying: 19:00 (GT1) and 19:40 GT2 3 May and 8 May 2020 (30 minutes per class)
Race: 8 Hours; Double-file Rolling start
13:41 UTC: Race to Lobby Screen / Grid Stacking
13:50 UTC: Verbal Driver Briefing
14:00 UTC: Race Start - 1 formation lap
Event Specifiics
Qualifying: You are allowed to rejoin after using Shift+P/Shift+S. Drafting is permitted, bumpdrafting is NOT. The results of the two sessions are aggregated to form the grid. Driver credited with the team's fastest lap must drive at least one race lap (not counting inlap and outlap)
Race:
1. Alerting the Administration: Use @sc to alert administration to look at your car or the section of track you were in when you use the @sc command. The Race Control App will tell us what sector you're in (see sectors on track map above). We will then respond to your situation - stay there until we tell you to do something else.
2. Start and Safety Cars: Safety Car will lead the field through 1 formation lap. It will lead the field all the way to the pit entry. After Turns 11-12 (Chicane), the field needs to form into double file, the leader maintaining pitlane speed (with a 10 kph / 6 mph variance allowed). This speed MUST be maintained from that point until the GREEN FLAG - called by the starter.
On Restarts, the Safety Car will pull away from the field after Split 2. It may not be overtaken before it crosses the 1st Safety Car line.
3. Virtual Safety Car: If race control elects, the Virtual Safety Car may be employed. You will receive a standby for VSC message, which is your warning that the procedure will be enacted shortly. You will then see "VSC STARTING IN 5 SECONDS" - after five seconds, the circuit will go VSC, and you must be at or below 100 kph / 62 mph. You WILL get spammed by the race control app if you go over, the stewards will receive a log of these speedings, and will review them following each VSC. We will respond to the VSC-causing incident as necessary, pitlane remains open (unless it is obstructed). We will give notice that the VSC is ending, when you see "GREEN FLAG", the race is back on.
4. Communications: The stewards will be available in the TRR Discord throughout the race, and will have a presence in the New Dimension Racing TeamSpeak (teamspeak.newdimensionracing.com). Please tag @Endurance Pros Admins in the endurance-pros channel if you need us; or come into the Race Control waiting room and wait for one of us.
We strongly reccomend your current drivers be in the NDR TeamSpeak, in the Pit Wall area. We can create team channels if all members want to be in TS together. We will broadcast messages pertinent to the operations of the race to all channels in the Pit Wall. We have a channel where talk power is quite high, only Race Controllers can talk there. You'll not be bothered.
5. Driver Naming: Be sure to be in your proper name format. Car number is to be in your class colour (GT1 = Green, GT3 = light blue), followed by a space, then F. Last - space is preferred after your first initial, but you can omit it if you need that character for your surname.
Example: 00 J. Palmer
6. Race Control App: The race control app will be running, giving track, pit entry, and pit exit status. There are also lights around the circuit that blink appropriately based on track status.
There are lights on driver's left at the same plane as the first safety car line that indicate pit entry open/close status.
There are lights at pit out indicating the status of the exit. Please respect these signals.
7. Miscellany: Do NOT under any circumstances Shift+P or Shift+S during the race without authorization from Race Control.
After finishing the race, please slow WELL BELOW racing speeds after turn 1 and proceed around into pit lane. Select any open garage stall and pull in. The top 3 overall shall report back to Start / Finish Line for podium pose.
Please post any procedural questions in this thread.
Good luck!