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Week 13 is upon us
By: Chad Brown Date: June 8, 2015, 2:16 pm
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For those of you who are in iracing you will undoubtedly know
that week 13 is coming (Starting later today in fact). This is
the second week 13 I have been involved in. I didnt understand
the significance of week 13 the first time around and didnt try
harder to get my irating up in time for the beginning of the
next season.
For those of you who dont know what week 13 is, here it is in a
nutshell:
weeks 1-12 of a season compose the main races. It is not unlike
any of our regular rF2 seasons, except it is 12 weeks and races
long. During those weeks you earn or lose irating and safety
rating. The more irating you get the better chance of earning
the next license (Rookie, D, C, B, A, Pro). Week 13 is a "free
week" that is not scheduled for many of the regular series.
iracing hosts races for the lower licensed classes so racers can
get that final push to their next license. At the end of the
season those who have earned enough irating will earn their next
license. Those who dont have to wait for the end of next season
or get a fast track with a ton of irating.
I have some minor work to do on my oval license to get my C
license. I have enough irating to get my b license in road
courses.
Some of the included Races are a figure 8, Mall derby, and other
themed race series.
Here is the writeup from iracing.
[quote]Week 13 happens. So even as the multi-season series
including the NASCAR iRacing Series (Open and Fixed) and Road
Warriors (Canadian Ruf Cup) continue without missing a beat,
iRacers can take advantage of a plethora of week-long official
and unofficial series.
The official series offer a final chance for iRacers from Rookie
to Class B to climb to the next rung on the license ladder in
time for Season 3; not to mention an opportunity for iRacers of
all stripes and license levels to have enjoy some iRating- and
Safety Rating-free sim racing.
iRacers can advance to the next license level in several
official road and oval series. The Street Stock Oval Series
features 30 lap races at Charlotte (Legends), Lanier, Oxford
Plains, South Boston and Thompson International Speedway. The
SRF Challenge consists of 20 lap races in the SpecRacer Ford at
Charlotte (road), Lime Rock, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Okayama
(short and long) and Summit Point Raceway (full course and
Jefferson reverse), while the Week 13 Gymkana has the Ruf RWD
doing single lap qualifying runs every 5 minutes at Oran Park
(North A)
Safety Ratings and iRatings are in effect in both of these
official series, offering competitors the opportunity to boost
their license ratings before promotions for Season 2 are
finalized at week’s end. Likewise, rookies who have yet to
complete the category-specific minimum participation
requirements for graduation to a D license (two official races
or four time trials in each category) can do so.
The week’s unofficial competition features the Carburetor Cup at
Talladega Superspeedway with the Gen6 Chevy SS, Ford Fusion and
Toyota Camry, along with four more oval and three additional
road course series.
In honor of the soon-to-be demolished Irwindale Speedway, the
Outlet Mall Derby will feature Super Late Model, Late Model, SK,
Street Stock, and Legends at Irwindale, while the SK Mods will
also use the track’s Figure 8 layout for the Figure Great
series.
Fortunately, Charlotte Motor Speedway is here to stay, and will
be the site of our Identity Crisis series – 35 lap night races
featuring NASCAR Camping World Trucks and NASCAR Sprint Cup
cars, the latter carrying a weight and fuel penalties which will
require pit stops to ensure a fight to the finish between the
cars and trucks.
And once the new build is released, the Super Late Models will
christen Five Flags Speedway with the Blizzard Series. So what
if it’s June?
On the road side – and just down the virtual road from Irwindale
– the Deutsche Drifters will see the Ruf RWD and AWD in action
on Auto Club Speedway’s Interior course, while the Tube Frame
Twister Series features the Super Late Model and Late Model at
Donington, Charlotte road and Watkins Glen Cup.
And yet there’s more! Once the new build is released, the GT1
World Challenge will pit the Corvette against the brand
spanking-new Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 at Spa, the Auto Club
Speedway and Homestead R-Ovals, Interlagos, Mosport, Okayama and
Monza.[/quote]
This should be a fun week. I'm looking forward to it.
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