We're waiting on a few more people to confirm participation but so far we have 32 confirmed drivers.
Listed here -
Aderrrm,
Adventuruss,
Biffy,
CSLACR,
DA6righthand,
Denilson,
Dr_Watson,
Ealirendur,
FakeGangstaDIE*,
GV27,
Highlandor,
Joshua1994,
Josh_F,
Litchi,
maxking39,
Michouw,
MÜLE_9242,
Outlaw4rc
OwensRacing,
Paginas1,
paulmac2k9,
PureGT_Kevin,
R1600Turbo,
RIP_Welsh_Don,
Sail IC,
SG15,
SkengD*,
snowgt,
twistedfirework,
WiiFreak,
Wardez,
Petros,
tony1311
*new drivers that passed auditions
There is currently a maximum number of 33 drivers (teams of 3 in ten cars + an additional team of 3 in the second HSV team), but we have the contingency of adding one more car to the line up to make 36 seats available, so there'd be 4 spots left and 7 drivers looking to audition for their seats anywhere between now and the pre-season race, which they're free to enter.
We may end up having 12 teams cars for a total of 36 slots for the first race. Now obviously there's only a maximum or 32 slots available (two rooms of 16) on raceday so the first race will have to act as almost a qualifier in that, if there do end up being 36 drivers, 4 drivers won't be able to race that day. Now if they'd like, they can continue on and try again for the next week, so there's that.
But here's the updated list -
HenryT
SubaruWRC555
EliteDreamer
RayRoocroft
Theace37
gtpanoz
TDZdave
There are 15 drivers in the HSV lottery!
Wardez
Denilson
MÜLE_9242
maxking39
Biffy
CSLACR
snowgt
SG15
Ealirendur
paulmac2k9
Owensracing
Aderrrm
SkengD
tony1311
Michouw
The HSV will be streaming live in two hours. I'll post a link in the OP and in the thread so you guys can come watch me pull some virtual names out of hats.
This is the plan for the weekend: we will send every confirmed driver PM's late on Sunday asking to fill out a form for their car choices (3 most desired). That's so people can get their impressions of the cars they used in the race to make final decisions. Then Dennis and I will meet to make sure the output of Tim's algorithm makes up sufficient teams. Also, drivers for the two weider teams (Otōto and Shimai) will be assigned by hand by Tim (since he's not in the lottery, he'll have to even out the teams subjectively).
Teams and car assignments should be confirmed on Monday. Then qualifying will be open.
If anyone has any questions about the ins and outs of our qualifying, race format, or anything at all, now's the time to bring it up!