Backfire Simsport Caterham 7Cup Season 1
Rules

This is a championship for people who want to experience club-style Caterham racing, during European friendly time slots, in a controlled and friendly league.

The league format is generally based on the Caterham Seven UK Championship.

Our races take place on Monday evenings, timings for the sessions are listed below.

The car used is the Caterham 420R.

This is an open setup series where faster drivers are encouraged to assist slower drivers with driving and setup help and advice.

There are no minimum requirements for iRacing of Safety Rating.

We endeavour to broadcast all the races on our YouTube channel - Backfire Simsport TV - but this is subject to broadcaster availability.

The league is limited to 60 drivers on a first-come first-serve basis.

As a league driver, please let us know if your circumstances change and you can no longer race with us. We can then offer your place to another driver.

A prize (TBD) will be awarded to the overall winner.

Certificates will be awarded to the winners of other accolades.

The fee for each 6 week season is £12 this covers the broadcast cost, administration cost, broadcasting tools, music royalties and session hosting fees amongst other items like iRacing content.

Fees are payable to https://paypal.me/financebstv via PayPal and need to be in GBP. Please select 'Friends and Family' rather than 'Business' - BSTV does not operate as a business and makes no profit.

Your place is not guaranteed until we have received your payment in full.

Drivers joining after Week 3 will get a 50% reduction in the entry fee.

Entry fees are non-refundable.

If the league is fully populated and you do not race for 4 consecutive events of the season without notifying the BSTV administration team then you may be replaced by another racer and your entry fee will be forfeit - not refunded.

Two 'trial' weeks can be participated in for free for those races are new to the league, after which payment will be required or racers will be excluded from participating further. This must be pre-arranged with the BSTV administration team.

Paint packs are used for the series.

Once you have registered on our website, we encourage you to upload your own paints to the website and download the latest paint pack before each race meeting.

A decal layer will be added to each paint by the admins. This will cover the front windshield banner and custom number blocks so please leave these area’s blank.

Cars will be provided with class appropriate and colour-coded banners.

Any driver that does not submit a paint will be given our league default paint.

We have several BSTV logos that we can share if you want to help to advertise the broadcaster on your car.

We do ask that you have permission to use any logos on your car from the owner of the logos.

We have our own Discord server for race nights and general chit chat.

We know most teams and drivers run their own voice comms, so it is not mandatory to use our Discord. However, the broadcast and post-race interviews will be done using the BSTV Discord server. Most drivers enter the channel “Interview Waiting Room” after the race for a chat – you may be pulled into the broadcast should you do so.

A link to join our Discord server is on our website, or use the QR code below

Drivers are allowed 1 drop week(s) to allow for any unforeseen circumstances, so your total points in the championship will be calculated from your best 5 race weeks. These drop races will start to be accounted for from week 3 of the season.

Driver classes

Drivers will participate in a single class. Future seasons may utilise a Pro/Am type structure if demand is evident.

Team Championship

Teams can be made up of three drivers. The two highest scoring drivers of a team in a race will count towards the Team championship

Driver of the season

Each week, the commentators will vote individually for a Driver of the Meeting. These votes are tallied up so that a Driver of the Season can be crowned at the end of the season.

Safe Driver Award

The safe driver award is earned by the driver with the lowest calculated incident points per corner for the season. A driver must complete 5 races to be considered for this award.

Our servers start at 6:30pm UK time on race days.

There is one type of race week in this series.

1. Super Sprint Week Rules

Practice start time is 6:00pm UK on race days.

Practice = 60 mins

Qualifying = 15 mins

Sprint Race = 20 mins - Sprint Race = 20 mins –  Sprint Race = 20 mins – All are standing starts

The second super sprint race will grid as per the finishing order of the first super sprint race.

The third super sprint race will grid as a reverse of the top 8 (subject to change and depending on numbers) from race 2 and then the finishing order from race 2 for positions 9+.

Race fuel is not limited.

League sessions will be set to start at a similar in-sim time of day to the corresponding configuration of the iRacing Official 420R series.

If there are less than 10 drivers for any given race, the admins reserve the right to cancel the race and the broadcast and remove it from the schedule.

In the event of a significant crash incident a caution may be issued by the BSTV administrators. Cautions are issued at the discretion of BSTV administration.

There are no bonus or penalty points in this series as it is based upon the real world scoring system.

From time-to-time things can get heated and/or mistakes may happen.

If you feel aggrieved by a situation, we ask that you do the following:

1. Allow a 24-hour cooling off period before protesting - protests received prior to the 24-hour cool off will not be considered
2. View the incident from different angles and different cars
3. Discuss with your fellow racers
4. Post it in the Discord channel “[Revelvant Series]-incident-review” and see what the community thinks
5. Speak with the other racer involved calmly – it is highly unlikely they did whatever it was purposefully

DO NOT abuse any other drivers involved via voice or text.

If after reviewing the incident, you feel that you need to protest it, please use the protest form stating which race, which lap, and which cars were involved.

The race control admin team will review the incident, give you an honest view on the incident, and apply penalties where required.

All decisions are final.

Drivers gaining a position using unfair means are expected to give places back.

Any driver found to be abusive towards another driver, on any of our media platforms, Facebook, Discord or iRacing, via chat or text will face a pitlane start for the next race they attend. A second offence will be penalised with a race meeting ban, and a third offence will result in the driver being excluded from the league.

No matter who you initially think is at fault for an incident you're involved in, always watch the replay to find something you could have done differently to avoid the outcome before filing a protest.  BSTV administration will penalise the driver at fault, that may just be you. 

Black flags will only be cleared during practice sessions.

In the event of a caution you must be aware that pitlane may be closed as you approach or if you reset the car - black flags will not be cleared in the event of a pitlane infringement and penalty.

We use iRacing dynamic weather so bear in mind that the weather conditions will change from session to session.  Weather conditions for each race will be generated the day before to further challenge your racing. 

You will get 1 free repair per race. Please note that any slight damage, even from taking a curb too vigorously can result in your free repair being used. You can turn this off and decide when you want to use your free repair.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact one of the admins or email one of us from the contact list below.

Pete Bingham (Membership, Administration, race control, commentator, liveries, cameras, stewarding)

Jamie Wilson (Race Control)

Sam Blease (Race Control)

Wiebe Nijkamp (Race Control)

Sam Buzin (Commentator, technical expert, cameras)

Jay Caullay (Commentator, race control, social media, cameras, stewarding, legend)

Stewards (Jay Caullay plus other racers and non-racers from multiple leagues)