General Conduct

• Misconduct and unsportsmanlike behavior from league members will be unacceptable.
• North American Racing League and the Independent Panel of Stewards reserves the right to remove a league member at any point without notice or refund
• No derogatory statements, name calling, insults, inappropriate language, racism, harassment.
• Driver Voice & Text Chat is NOT allowed during qualifying and race sessions

Driving Standards

• iRacing Sporting Code is always in effect
• There is a zero-tolerance policy for intentional wrecking. Intentional wrecking is an automatic removal from the championship and league.
• Drivers must user their best judgement to safely rejoin the racing line following an incident. Contact made or caused due to an unsafe rejoin is strictly prohibited.

Grass Dipping

• Not allowed during Qualifying or Race sessions
• This includes but is not limited cooling tires from running over grass without trying to correct back onto circuit.
• First Offense: Disqualification from race results
• Second Offense: Exclusion from the season or league

Qualifying Scrutiny

• Qualifying scrutiny has been set to strict for all leagues.
• Drivers may not use any technique that allows tire pressures and temperatures to be raised unnaturally.
• This includes but is not limited to brake dragging, weaving, repetitively accelerating and then braking hard, intentionally spinning tires or use of any sort of brake magic.
• First Offense: Disqualification from race results
• Second Offense: Exclusion from the season

 

Blue Flags

If blue flag is shown and driver lapping is within a second gap. You must insure a safe passage within 2 - 3 turns. Penalties for disregarding rule below.

• Steward will issue black flag drive through,
• Driver will get first warning post race.
• If second offense driver may be excluded from future races.

 

After the protest period has ended, stewards will review all submitted protests and apply penalties as necessary. The steward’s decisions are kept private and between drivers involved.  The following is general guidance over what would be considered Minor or Major Incidents as well as the Penalties they may carry.

Protests must be submitted within 48 Hours following an event’s race start time. It is the protesting driver to retain a replay of the incident should the stewards require it.

First Lap Strict Rules

• Contact – causing another car to lose position
• Contact – causing major damage to another car
• Contact – causing another car to be towed
• Unsafe Rejoin – contacting another car

 

First Lap Penalties

• Live Steward Drive Through Black Flag
• Possible post race penalty of No Qualifying & Pit Lane Start for Next Attended Race
• Possible championship points deduction

 

Minor Incidents

• Light Contact – contacted car did not lose position
• Unsafe Rejoin – not contacting another car
• Unavoidable Contact – another car loses control

 

Minor Penalties

• Warning
• Point Deduction
• No Qualifying & Pit Lane Start for Next Attended Race

 

Major Incidents

• Contact – causing another car to lose position
• Contact – causing major damage to another car
• Contact – causing another car to be towed
• Unsafe Rejoin – contacting another car

Multiple Major Incidents could be grounds for removal of series or league without entry fee refund. Your acknowledgement of this will be on terms of series registration.

Major Penalties

• Warning
• Warning Plus Point Deduction
• Warning Plus No Qualifying & Pit Lane Start for Next Attended Race
• Removed from League Championship

Any driver found to have caused a Major Incident could be subject to forfeit of any Cash Prizes for that race.