Tonight's B2O Blancpain Sprint Series race takes us to Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin! Don't confuse this track with 'Road Atlanta' in Brasselton, Georgia! Elkhart Lake had been the host of SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) races, starting in 1950, using public roads through, and around, the city. However, these races only lasted three years. In 1952, the U.S. government banned any organized race events from being held on public roads, after an accident, at Watkins Glen's street circuit, killed a 7-year-old spectator. Clif Tufte, a highway engineer, bought 525 acres of farmland in an attempt to create a track that kept racing in Ekhart. Contruction was completed in 1955, and that same year it hosted it's first SCCA national event. Starting in 1956, the track has hosted an SCCA Regional race every year in June, and, for a long time, hosted the SCCA National Run-off's at the end of the year. It has also played host to Can-Am, Trans-Am, and CART. Today, it remains a yearly stop for big series such as Indycar, MotoAmerica Championship Series, IMSA's Weather Tech Sports Car Championship, Pirelli World Challenge, and NASCAR's Nationwide series. This 14-turn 4.05 mile (6.12 km) track, located between Eklhart Lake and Plymouth, WI, utilizes the 'Kettle Moraine's natural terrain and boasts long straights and some fast, but not all flat out, corners.
League Format
Open Qualify Session: Full Fuel - 7:30 PM EST (60 minutes). Drivers must record a clean lap within 103% of the fastest recorded lap time. Those who cannot do so are placed at the tail end of the field for the Qualify Race.
Qualify Race: Full Fuel - 8:30 PM EST (30 minutes - 10 minute Warm Up + 20 minute Sprint Race). "Opt In" Inverse Grid based off results from Open Qualifier. Drivers outside of the 103% rule are automatically placed at the tail end of the field.
Main Race: Full Fuel - 9:10 PM EST (60 minutes - 10 minute Warm Up + 50 minute Race). Grid is set by results from Qualify Race. One Pit Stop is required for tires only at the 25 minute mark.
Pit Window is only 5 minutes in duration.
Open Setups:
If you have a good setup please post it here.
If you are unwilling or unable to share your setup with other League Drivers then you are not permitted to use it during League events.
Some things to keep in mind for the new season:
League Format
Open Qualify Session: Full Fuel - 7:30 PM EST (60 minutes). Drivers must record a clean lap within 103% of the fastest recorded lap time. Those who cannot do so are placed at the tail end of the field for the Qualify Race.
Qualify Race: Full Fuel - 8:30 PM EST (30 minutes - 10 minute Warm Up + 20 minute Sprint Race). "Opt In" Inverse Grid based off results from Open Qualifier. Drivers outside of the 103% rule are automatically placed at the tail end of the field.
Main Race: Full Fuel - 9:10 PM EST (60 minutes - 10 minute Warm Up + 50 minute Race). Grid is set by results from Qualify Race. One Pit Stop is required for tires only at the 25 minute mark.
Pit Window is only 5 minutes in duration.
Open Setups:
If you have a good setup please post it here.
If you are unwilling or unable to share your setup with other League Drivers then you are not permitted to use it during League events.
Some things to keep in mind for the new season:
- Car Selection: You have from Week 1 to Week 4 to run different cars, and see which car you plan to run for the season! Starting Week 5; you must commit to one car, and you will only score points in THAT car for the rest of the season. After Week 5, you are allowed to change your car at any time in the season, but you will forfeit any points scored in a race not completed in your Week 5 car.
- Track Selection: B2O Blancpain Sprint Series attempts to follow the official iRacing Blancpain Sprint Series for its seasonal schedule. However, we may hold a poll offering to change the layout/track pending the following conditions:
- We want to encourage close and competitive racing, so we may offer a shorter version of a race track to keep the cars closer together. ie, if the official series is at "Suzuka - Grand Prix" Layout, we may offer the choice to run the "Suzuka - East" or "Suzuka - West" layouts to keep the cars closer together.
- Some tracks bomb with a large portion of the community, so we may fall back on a community favorite if no one wants to run the track that the Official iRacing BSS is running
- IMPORTANT: The Official iRacing BSS track of that week will ALWAYS be the Default track for the B2O Blancpain Sprint Series, it will ALWAYS be included as Choice #1 in the poll.
