Chase for NASCAR Sprint Cup Title - Series Champion: RFLX_Niop

This is a 15-race season, featuring a 10-race regular season and a 5-race Chase for the Championship, using only NASCAR race cars in Gran Turismo 5.

This series does NOT require registration. All you need to do is just show up to race on race day. ALL clean racers are welcome to join and race as much or as little as they wish.

All races will be held on Saturday evenings, starting at 4pm EDT (8pm GMT, 9pm BST) in My Lounge. Send a PSN friend request to "Droptop2001gt" if you wish to race in this series.


4pm EDT (8pm GMT, 9pm BST) - Room opens in My Lounge for a 60 minute Practice/Qualifying session.
5pm EDT (9pm GMT, 10pm BST) - Race begins automatically, with a scheduled start time of 5pm EDT. **You may practice/qualify right up until the race begins.**



NEXT RACE:

SEASON ONE COMPLETE. Stay tuned for season 2 details!



CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR & POINTS SCORING:

The series will comprise of 15 total points-paying events. There will be a 10-race regular season, followed by a 5-race Chase for the top 8 drivers in the points standings after 10 events.
*NC denotes Non-Championship events.

NC - Daytona Superspeedway - GTP Shootout (20 Laps) - RFLX_Niop - FULL RESULTS
01 - GTP Daytona 250 @ Daytona Superspeedway (100 laps) - Droptop2001gt - FULL RESULTS
02 - Indianapolis Superspeedway (40 laps) - RFLX_Niop - FULL RESULTS
03 - Monza - No Chicanes (20 laps) - The_Boyce - FULL RESULTS
04 - Daytona Superspeedway (50 Laps) - JoeOfTheFire - FULL RESULTS
05 - Laguna Seca Raceway (25 Laps) - JoeOfTheFire - FULL RESULTS
06 - Indianapolis Superspeedway (50 Laps) - ONENOSTYCAMARO - FULL RESULTS
07 - Daytona Road Course (25 Laps) - RFLX_Niop - FULL RESULTS
08 - Daytona Superspeedway (60 laps) - Droptop2001gt - FULL RESULTS
09 - Indianapolis Road Course (25 Laps) - hey6541 - FULL RESULTS
10 - Indianapolis Superspeedway (60 Laps) - homeslice47 - FULL RESULTS


-------BEGIN CHASE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP-------

11 - High Speed Ring (40 Laps) - JoeOfTheFire - FULL RESULTS
12 - Daytona Superspeedway (40 laps) - homeslice47 - FULL RESULTS
13 - GTP Brickyard 200 - (80 Laps) - Knelly - FULL RESULTS
14 - Suzuka East (35 laps) - RFLX_Niop - FULL RESULTS
15 - Daytona Superspeedway (75 laps) - ACDCROCKS123 - FULL RESULTS



Points will be awarded as follows:

1st place - 20 points
2nd place - 18 points
3rd place - 16 points
4th place - 14 points
5th place - 12 points
6th place - 11 points
7th place - 10 points
8th place - 9 points
9th place - 8 points
10th place - 7 points
11th place - 6 points
12th place - 5 points
13th place - 4 points
14th place - 3 points
15th place - 2 points
16th place - 1 point

+1 point for leading a lap
+1 point for leading the most laps
+1 point for Pole Position

After 10 races, the top 8 drivers in the points standings will all be reset to 300 points, plus 3 bonus points for each victory notched in the first 10 races.

At the end of the five Chase races, the driver with the highest point total will be crowned our GTP NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion.

The prize payout is as follows:

1st place: Receive any 5 items** from my trading thread
2nd place: Receive any 3 items from my trading thread
3rd place: Receive any 1 item from my trading thread

**1 item is defined as any ONE of the following:
1 ticket
1 car
5 paint chips
1 set of 30 helmets
1 set of 30 racing suits



Final Point Standings for Season 1:






FINAL POINTS STANDINGS FOR THE REGULAR SEASON:





RULES:

*Any NASCAR race car in GT5 is allowed to participate.
*Power is restricted to 502 horsepower for ALL races using the Engine's Power Limiter function.
*Only Racing Hard tires will be permitted.
*No driving aids will be allowed during any events.
*Mechanical Damage is ON, but limited to light damage.
*Fuel Consumption and Tire Wear is ON.
*Grip Reduction is set to low.
*Microphones will be set to ON, unless it is determined that they cause too many connection/stability issues.
*Race Clean - It's OK (and expected) to let off of the gas (or even brake) so you don't run someone over in a turn. This is especially true at Daytona, where drafting can cause lots of issues with people being run over in corners. Dirty drivers will not be permitted to return to later events.
*NO CAUTIONS - use this as an extra motivation to RACE CLEAN.


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Nice that you have this series running again. But I think that I can't join you this saturday.

I'll try but not sure

DiegoC1980

I can't join as my Series is launching bur congratulations on getting this back up! I'll pop by for an odd race if I can in #11 Camry! Good luck!

sign me up, psn midnight piper

MrMulsanne

I can't join as my Series is launching bur congratulations on getting this back up! I'll pop by for an odd race if I can in #11 Camry! Good luck!

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If I started an hour later, could your TOCA participants still make it?

mogreen42

sign me up, psn midnight piper

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For those that want to join and race, you must send a PSN friend request to my account, "Droptop2001gt" as soon as possible. The race will be in My Lounge on Saturday.

I've got nothing else going on this Saturday, so sign me up for the Monza race.

After that, though, I'm not sure, as I have commitments to my Integra series, Miata series, and the Cappuccino series.

I'll stick with my JPM Impala.

NASCAR at Monza sounds fun, I should be able to make this one. I'll use the #48 Impala.

I'm going to bump our start time back 30 minutes to give MrMulsanne, Akmuq, The_Boyce, and Diego time to complete their TOCA series races before our racing starts.

The new times are as follows:

4:30pm EDT (8:30pm GMT, 9:30pm BST) - Room opens in My Lounge for Practice/Qualifying
5:30pm EDT ( 9:30pm GMT, 10:30pm BST)- Race begins automatically, with a scheduled start time of 5:30pm EDT. **You may practice/qualify right up until the race begins.**

i"ll send the request today, i'll be in the JR #88

Open practice session for Monza tonight at 9pm EDT in my lounge.

Practice open in My Lounge. Feel free to join.

Will there be practice tonight, about 9 uk time?

I actually left the room open overnight and today while I'm at work. Feel free to drop in and turn some laps as long as the room stays open.

I left another free practice room open for Monza, for as long as the lobby will stay connected while unattended.

Jeff Gordon #24 Impala.

i stopped ny last night but kept getting disconnected. i think my best lap was around 146 or in that range. look foward to the race

I'll try make it tomorrow. Depends if I have to get off the PS3 from to much TOCA.

I'll host a 10-15 lap practice race tonight at 6pm EDT if there is enough interest.

I'm going to have to pull out of this. We made a non-points race for my Integras that'll be taking place at the same time. I like the idea of having Nascar races on Road Courses, but I have t ochoose one.

Sorry guys :/

Will see how my poker goes, so if I'm there I'm also in a bad mood lol

Practice/Qualifying starts in 6 hours!

Monza Practice/Qualifying room open early in My Lounge! The race starts automatically at 5:30pm EDT (9:30pm GMT, 10:30pm BST)!

Damn, I'm late. Sorry guys, I got busy today.

Monza Results:

1st: The_Boyce (led 20 laps) +20 points (+2 bonus points)
2nd: Droptop2001gt (pole position) +18 points (+1 bonus point)
3rd: GTP_Akmuq +16 points


POINTS STANDINGS AFTER 3 RACES:

1. Droptop2001gt 58 points (1 win)
2. RFLX_Niop 41 points (1 win)
3. The Boyce 34 points (1 win)
4. GTP_Akmuq 29 points
4. Furinkazen 29 points
6. DiegoC1980 19 points
6. Jtsharkin9 19 points
8. GTP_BlacqueJack 15 points
8. Dararo23 15 points
10. GTP_MioNouLa 11 points
10. Knelly 11 points
12. Nascarfans0 9 points
12. NitrouStang96 9 points


NEXT RACE:

Daytona Oval - 50 laps - 5/28/11

So how was the race guys?

I think the 2 of us did something like 5 laps then I was handed the win.

Open practice at Daytona Oval will be held on Thursday night, at 6pm EDT.

if there's still an open slot I'll take it. this looks fun!

I'll send a friend request to droptop2001gt

Sorry I didn't make it last week. I'll plan better for it this week.

I should be there mate