1. Performance adjustments may be made until the start of Warm-Up 1 ahead of the event.

Pre-Qualifying Sessions

Main Event Sessions

1. The team manager registered on file will be the sole official point of contact for the event organisation.

1. Preferred entries are required to use the same car model used by that entry in the above mentioned series in order to be able to exercise this option.
2. Additionally, it is also required to retain one or both of the drivers (excluding reserve drivers) from the driver line-up of the entry running in the above mentioned series for any preferred entry claims to be valid.
3. Any 2021 VRS SCO Sprint Masters teams who choose to not retain either of their drivers or wish to not use the car they’re competing with in that series can not enter the event as a preferred entry.

1. Each entry’s car choice is determined by the pre-qualifying results.
2. Each entry that advances through pre-qualifying, will be able to pick their preferred car number, ranging from 2 to 99.
3. Any car number used by an entry from the 2021 VRS SCO Sprint Masters will be reserved for them and not available to other entries.
4. The event administration reserves itself the right to pick car numbers for teams which did not pick one themselves.

1. All drivers listed must have a minimum Road iRacing of 3000 at the point of entry.

1. Decisions like these will be made based on a team's, team manager's or driver's conduct in other leagues as well as official iRacing series in the weeks and months leading up to the entry request, though other reasons may also factor into the decision.
2. The decision to reject the entry of a team, team manager or driver will be made on a case-by-case basis for each season, meaning that teams, team managers and drivers who are prevented from entering may attempt to enter the Sports Car Open leagues and events again in future.
3. The event administration's decision to reject the entry of any team, team manager or driver into the current season is final and cannot be appealed.

1. All wildcard teams will automatically be qualified for the event and will not be required to take part in pre-qualifying in order to participate.
2. All wildcard teams also have a free choice of car model.

1. Preferred entries may also make changes to their driver line-ups until the deadline mentioned in Article 5.4, but at least one driver and the car model which were carried over from said entry running in the 2021 VRS SCO Sprint Masters to fulfil the requirements for a valid preferred entry (see Articles 4.2.1 and 4.2.2) must remain unchanged.

1. All entries who took up the preferred entry option will automatically qualify for the event. The number of preferred entries will be subtracted from the total number of slots available for each car and the grid in total.

1. Pre-qualified teams will be contacted regarding payment. All payment details will be provided.
2. Any qualified teams that fail to pay the entry fee by this point in time will lose their spot in the event to the next best team in the respective car model from the pre-qualifying results, who will then be given 24 hours to pay the entry fee and claim the vacant spot.
3. Once the next best team in the pre-qualifying results has claimed the vacant spot, the team that failed to pay the entry fee will be moved to the end of their car model’s waiting list. All other teams that didn’t advance through pre-qualifying will remain on the waiting list in the order they were in before the procedure described in 5.6.2 began.

1. Every new entry will automatically be given the ‘Pending’ status.
2. Once a filed entry has been reviewed by the event administration, a team’s status will be set to ‘Reviewed’.
3. Following pre-qualifying, the status of all teams that have advanced through to the main event will be set to ‘Qualified’ while the status of all reserve list teams will be set to ‘Reserve’.
4. Once a team with the ‘Qualified’ status has paid the entry fee, the team status will be changed to ‘Confirmed’.

1. Any team that doesn’t submit a car paint, as well as any team that has their car paint rejected by the event administration, will be assigned a generic livery by the event administration.

1. Teams must provide written permission from the companies involved, to be allowed to run sponsors' logos on their car.
2. Logos of products that compete with iRacing (such as the Gran Turismo and Forza franchises for example) will not be permitted. The same is the case for logos of automotive brands that compete with the brand of car that they're displayed on.
3. It will be strictly forbidden for paint schemes to directly or indirectly promote tobacco or any products that are restricted to minors by law (e.g.: alcohol, knives, etc.). They must not include any kind of political message.
4. No team liveries will be allowed to run 'parodies' of logos or other intellectual property.

1. These mandatory elements will be available on the event website (24.sportscaropen.com/downloads).
2. They must also not be edited and must be placed in the exact pixel position they’re in on the website.

1. Teams, who also wish to make use of custom spec maps, must ensure that none of the paint elements mandated by the event administration are made overly reflective or have their appearance changed in other ways.

1. All submitted car paint should be named as shown below:

   car_team_XXXXXX.tga (XXXXXX should be your team's ID)

2. Please make sure to include your team’s car number and team name in the email’s subject line when sending paint files. An example for an acceptable subject line format can be seen below:

   Subject Line: SCOSM Paints (#00 / Exampleton Esports / Ferrari)

3. You may also send multiple paint files in a single mail, but please make it clear which files are for which car in the mail itself.

1. If there are issues with a submitted paint file, the event administration will contact the team in question to explain what must be changed for the paint to be in compliance with all rules.

1. Each preferred entry using a particular car model will reduce the number of teams who can qualify with that car model by one (e.g.: 4 preferred entries enter with car model A => Number of teams who can qualify with that car is reduced from 9 to 5).

1. Any entry, for which only one driver has completed a valid 5 lap run, will be disqualified. The same applies to any entry using a driver who was not part of a team’s line-up before the entry deadline or unlisted drivers during pre-qualifying.

1. After leaving the garage, drivers must also leave the pit lane to start their out-lap as quickly as possible.

1. Should a driver’s replay be requested by the event administration, this replay must be made available to the event administration no later than Monday, July 26th, 2021 at 23:59 UTC.

1. Should a team reach the same ranking position with more than one car model, they’ll be locked into using the car model they set the fastest pre-qualifying time with.
2. Should the times be identical, the fastest individual driver average will decide the car model.
3. Should this also be identical, the second fastest individual driver average will be used.
4. Should all times be identical, the event administration reserves itself the right to select the car model for the team in question.

1. In the pit lane, drivers must maintain the track-specific pit lane speed limit at all times. Dropping below the pit lane speed limit is allowed only for the immediate approach of a team’s assigned pit stall. Once a driver leaves their pit stall, they must accelerate up to the pit lane speed limit as quickly as possible.

1. The general driving conduct rules, especially Articles 12.3.1, 12.3.2, 12.5 and 12.6 are in full effect. Infringing these rules may lead to penalties in accordance with Articles 9.8 as well as Section 16 of this document.

1. Teams will be called up in reverse order to how they were classified in the qualifying result, with the 20th place team being called up first and the 1st place team being called up last.
2. ‘Lining up at the pit exit’ is defined as stopping just in front of the green cones that demarcate the end of the speed-limited area.

1. This signal will be given roughly 30 seconds after the previous driver has started their timed lap.
2. No driver’s out-lap will be allowed to take longer than 160 seconds (2 minutes and 40 seconds), measured from the point-in-time the signal to leave the pit lane is given to the point-in-time the same driver starts their timed lap.

1. In the pit lane, drivers must maintain the track-specific pit lane speed limit at all times. Dropping below the pit lane speed limit is allowed only for the immediate approach of a team’s assigned pit stall. Once a driver leaves their pit stall, they must accelerate up to the pit lane speed limit as quickly as possible.

1. This lone qualifying session will be 20 minutes long with a maximum of 4 timed laps for each team.
2. Every team must achieve a target time that is within a predetermined window to ensure that they line up in the grid position that they achieved in either qualifying or the top 20 shootout.
3. A list with the target time and time windows for all teams who are taking part in the race will be published prior to the first warm-up session on the day of the race.
4. Should a team set a time that is outside this predetermined window or fail to set a time, resulting in them being out of position on the starting grid, they’ll be given a drive-through penalty after the start of the race.

1. All cars must remain in grid formation while also keeping to the circuit’s pace car speed until the end of the pace lap. Frequent accelerating and braking as well as deviating too far from the pace car speed may be penalised.
2. At the end of the pace lap, all cars must slow down to 60 km/h. The point on the track at which this needs to occur will be communicated via the event briefing. All cars must remain at that speed and continue to remain grid formation until the start of the race.
3. The signal for the start of the race will be the green flag as displayed by iRacing. Once this signal has been given, all cars will be free to race.
4. An event briefing detailing the location described in Article 11.2.2 as well as other items will be published before the first free practice session.
5. Teams that start from the pit lane must line up at pit exit in a queue. They will not be allowed to leave the lane until the series administration declares the pit exit open. Leaving the pit lane early will result in a drive-through penalty.
6. Any team that is given a black flag by iRacing despite complying with Articles 11.2.1 to 11.2.3 may request to have that black flag cleared by the series administration.

1. Fractional amounts of laps will always be rounded to the closest full number.
2. All completed laps beyond the limit described in Article 11.3 will be deducted from the affected driver’s and team’s total number of laps.

1. Any team that reaches the incident limit described in Article 11.5 will be given an automatic drive-through penalty.
2. Following the first penalty, teams will be given further automatic drive-through penalties for every 20th incident point beyond the number of incident points they were given their first penalty for.
3. Should a team receive a drive-through penalty close to the end of the race, their penalty will automatically be converted to a post-race time penalty.

1. Lapping cars must be aware of the fact that they are the ones who have to make the passes since they're the faster cars. They can't expect to always have the racing line when doing so and will have to be more cautious on occasion to make sure they don't jeopardise their own or another team’s race.
2. All lapped drivers must make sure to always behave in a predictable manner. They should stick to the racing line where needed, though that doesn’t mean that they can't cooperate should they find themselves in a situation where they are able to help a lapping car get by more quickly.

1. Drivers who suffer from connection issues or are already aware of any issues before the respective events must reach out to the event administrators in an attempt to resolve said issues immediately. Unavailability of the video stream or any kind of connection issues in either the in-game or the video stream connection may lead to a penalty up to the disqualification from the event or event.
2. During the entire top 20 shootout and race session, drivers must be connected to the Zoom call. The driver currently in the car must have his video stream camera enabled and be clearly visible at all times. Clear visibility is defined as at least a visibility of the driver’s head / face and arms up to the point where it is clearly visible he is controlling the steering wheel.
3. Any driver who’s not currently piloting the car may disable their camera or disconnect from the call, but they’re required to reconnect and comply with Article 13.1.2 once more before they take over their team’s car.
4. Should a driver be using a virtual reality headset, then they must contact the event administration to inform them about this ahead of their first event.
5. The connection details of the conference call will be communicated by the event administration via the event briefing ahead of each event.

1. Should a team / driver stream their respective race from a point of view perspective, they must give clear information about the event and race in question and feature the official event / race title, event partners and sponsors, as well as a clearly visible link to the official event broadcast.
2. Any kind of professional broadcasts by anyone but the event’s broadcast partner must be explicitly allowed in written form by the event administration and otherwise are not permitted. This includes but is not limited to the use of external cameras, professional audio tracks, professional directing or producing and / or external commentary.

1. Any driver not currently in or about to be in the car may disconnect from the server, but they’ll be required to reconnect to comply with Article 13.3 before they take over their team’s car. Team managers and others may also disconnect from the server temporarily during times they’re not present.
2. Drivers and team managers must ensure availability for the request of interviews by the official broadcast crew, commentators, directors or other event personnel.
3. At least the top 3 finishers from each qualifying or race session may be contacted immediately after the session has concluded for statements.

1. If a race has run for at least 50% of its advertised duration, the event administration may call the race with results being taken from the end of the third last lap completed by the race leader before the problems leading to the stoppage arose.
2. If less than 50% of the advertised duration has passed before the race was stopped via the red flag, the race will be abandoned without an official result.

1. Incidents will be investigated at the earliest opportunity and will be judged by at least two different event administration members or stewards.
2. The parties investigating an incident will attempt to reach a verdict as quickly as possible, to ensure that as many of the protests as possible will result in the guilty parties being penalised during the race.
3. Should it not be possible to reach a verdict during the race because there is too little time left in the race or for any other reason, the penalty (if applicable) will be converted to a post-race penalty.
4. All verdicts that could not be reached during the race and potential penalties resulting from them will be published as soon as possible following the protest deadline (see Article 15.1).
5. Once the outcomes of all investigations have been published, the respective session results will be declared official.

• Warning
• Time Penalty (minimum of 5 seconds; severity down to event administration)
• Drive-Through Penalty
• Stop & Hold Penalty (severity down to the event administration)
• Grid Penalty (severity down to event administration) - Given for bad driving conduct in qualifying sessions)
• Disqualifications - Teams may be disqualified if they repeatedly incur severe penalties or for intentionally causing an incident
• Exclusions from the event - Any team or driver may find themselves excluded from one or multiple events should they continuously display poor driving conduct or if they show a lack of respect for event administration members or their competitors.

1. Any team serving a penalty in the penalty box must come to a complete stop for the duration of the penalty, before driving away again and resuming their race.
2. After a penalty in the penalty box has been served, the team in question must contact the event administration, informing them about which lap of the race the penalty was served on, so that the event administration is able to verify that the penalty was served correctly.
3. Time penalties must be served within 90 minutes of being issued. Should there be fewer than 90 minutes to go in the race, teams can elect to not serve the penalty and instead have the penalty time added to their race time after the race.
4. Should a team have incurred multiple time penalties, they will be allowed to serve the combined penalty time during a single stop, as long as all penalties were served within 90 minutes of being issued, were served in the correct location and the car was completely stopped for the combined duration of all penalties.
5. Should a time penalty not have been served as outlined in Article 16.2.1, with either the stationary time being too short, the penalty being served in the wrong location or the penalty being served too late, the team in question will have a further penalty awarded to them, consisting of the initial penalty time plus 15 seconds violating the previously mentioned regulations.
6. The penalty outlined in Article 16.2.5 also applies in cases where multiple penalties were served incorrectly, meaning a team will be awarded a further time penalty consisting of the initial combined penalty time plus 15 seconds for violating Articles 16.2.1

1. Following the entry deadline, all drivers will be sent an invite to this iRacing league.
2. Drivers must accept the league invites before they’re able to participate in any session.
3. Drivers of teams who have been removed from the event will be removed from the event’s league.

All in-game session settings that have not been brought up at an earlier point in this document are listed below.
1. All sessions will be hosted on the DE-Frankfurt server farm.
2. Dynamic sky and generated weather will be used in all sessions unless otherwise specified.
3. The track state will always be set to “automatically” generated unless otherwise specified. Dust and marbles will be removed at the start of each session.
4. Full course cautions as well as fast repairs will be disabled.
5. All driving aids with the exceptions of clutch assists will be disallowed.
6. The Sun Acceleration Multiplier will be set to '1x' at all times.
7. The Qualifying Conduct Scrutiny will be set to "Off" unless otherwise specified.
8. All cars will run without tyre limits.

Contact Email Address: mail@sportscaropen.com

Discord Invite Link: https://discord.gg/KtEJcsdUnK

1. The event administration advises all team managers or other team members who are in contact with drivers on-track to be online on the SCO Discord during events.

1. All cars left out on-track must slowly return to the pit lane and park in their pit stalls. Overtaking is not permitted during this in-lap and teams will be allowed to service their cars once they reach their pit stall.
2. Teams will be given a few minutes of time to make sure their drivers can reconnect to the server and to complete any pit work they may wish to do. After this period, the restart procedure begins.
3. The event administration will instruct the overall leader to leave the pit lane, to complete a lap and stop just shy of the timing line to not start a new lap.
4. One by one, all cars will be called out in order of their race position. They must also go around the track and park their car behind the car in front of them in the queue that’s been started by the overall race leader.
5. Cars that have lost laps due to their driver disconnecting from the session will be instructed to do an extra lap before parking up at the end of the queue.
6. Once all cars are back out on-track and have formed up in the queue, drivers will be instructed to slowly drive away from their parked positions and must stick to the pace car speed as closely as possible. When driving away, all cars must remain in single file formation and stay in-line with the cars ahead of them.
7. Once all queued up cars are back rolling, the event administration will give a ‘10 seconds to green’ signal via the in-game text chat.
8. Once those 10 seconds have elapsed, the event administration will give the green flag signal via the in-game text chat. Once the green flag signal has been given, all cars will be free to race once more.

1. The event administration will put up a new session made up of a 15 minute practice and the race time the race originally had, minus the already elapsed time, the time it took to set up the new session and a further 30 minutes to account for the restart procedure.
2. All teams will be instructed to join the new session once it’s available.
3. Once the new session has switched over to qualifying, nobody will be allowed to set a time. When qualifying switches to the race session, only the overall leader of the race will be allowed to grid their car.
4. Once the race starts, the event administration will instruct the overall leader to complete the first lap and stop just shy of the timing line to not start a new lap.
5. One by one, all cars will be called out from the pit lane in order of their race position. They must also go around the track and park their car behind the car in front of them in the queue that’s been started by the overall race leader.
6. Once all cars are back out on-track and have formed up in the queue, drivers will be instructed to slowly drive away from their parked positions and must stick to the pace car speed as closely as possible. When driving away, all cars must remain in single file formation and stay in-line with the cars ahead of them.
7. Once all queued up cars are back rolling, the event administration will give a ‘10 seconds to green’ signal via the in-game text chat.
8. Once those 10 seconds have elapsed, the event administration will give the green flag signal via the in-game text chat. Once the green flag signal has been given, all cars will be free to race once more.