AIRL



The AIRL returns for 2023, featuring a Saturday night OPEN SETUP Late Model league with a short 5 week schedule, and a brand new exciting format. All races will be streamed live via PitStop TV

Schedule (All Times Eastern)

Feb 4th | 8:00 PM | Nashville Fairgrounds | 75 laps

Feb 11th | 8:00 PM | Hickory | 75 laps

Feb 18th | 8:00 PM | Langley | 75 laps

Feb 25th | 8:00 PM | Five Flags | 75 laps

Mar 4th | 8:00 PM | South Boston | 200 laps

  

POINTS PAYOUTS

1st: $100

2nd: $80

3rd: $60

4th: $40

5th: $20

 

RACE FORMAT

All Sessions will open 10 mins prior to the time stated on the schedule. We will hold a 15 minute practice session, followed by a 5 minute, 2 lap lone Qualifying Session with scrutiny set to max. Upon completion of Q, all drivers will be broken up into 2 Heat Races, with an 8 car invert in each  IE- Pole sitter will start P8 in H1, 2nd place in Q will start P8 in H2, 3rd place in Q will start P7 in H1, etc. Heat 1 will determine the inside starting row for the feature, Heat 2 will determine the outside starting row for the feature. 

POINTS CALCULATOR

• Qualifying & Heat Race points

P1: 10 points

P2: 9 points

P3: 8 points

P4: 7 points

P5: 6 points

P6: 5 points

P7: 4 points

P8: 3 points

P9: 2 points

P10: 1 point

• Feature points

P1: 20 points

P2: 19 points

P3: 18 points

P4: 17 points

P5: 16 points

P6: 15 points

P7: 14 points

P8: 13 points

P9: 12 points

P10: 11 points

 

LEAGUE RULES

$20 covers your initial entry. No race admin will be present, instead we are resorting to a “Pay Per Incident” format this season. For example, each incident point is worth $1. When you reach 20 incident points, you must contribute another $20 to continue to race in the following event. This extra donation will be added to the end of Season points payouts. If you run out of incident money during the last race of the Season, your incident money will be taken out of your total points payout. This format is used to implement a real life racing cost feel, and (hopefully) make drivers use their heads.

THERE WILL BE 0 DROP WEEKS

• Heat Race Sessions

10 laps per heat

15 min time limit

3 GWC attempt

Yellow laps WILL NOT count

All restarts will be double file

ALL STARTS/RESTARTS are on the GREEN FLAG

Leader does not have lane choice

0 fast repairs, 0 additional sets of tires

Lane Switching before the line will result in an end of race EOL (Drivers call it out)

Intent wreck = Disqualification from current season 

Lucky dogs/wave arounds ON

20X=DQ

• Feature Sessions

Yellow laps WILL count

All restarts will be double file

ALL STARTS/RESTARTS are on the GREEN FLAG

Leader does not have lane choice

0 fast repairs, 0 additional sets of tires

Lane Switching before the line will result in an end of race EOL (Drivers call it out)

20X=DQ

No time limit

Intent wrecks = disqualification from current AIRL season

3 GWC attempts

Lucky Dogs/Wave Arounds on

SIM TIME/DATE FOR QUALIFYING 

Generated weather & track state. Dynamic sky on, sessions will carry over from each session prior.

Nashville: 5-6-2023 at 1400

Hickory: 5-13-2023 at 1830

Langley: 5-20-2023 at 1000

Five Flags: 5-27-2023 at 2100

South Boston: 6-3-2023 at 1200

 

The end of Season event at South Boston will be OPEN TO THE PUBLIC with a $10 entry (AIRL drivers do not have to pay) & will also feature a race payout. All AIRL drivers will receive a provisional to start a Heat Race. Only 25 drivers will start each heat race, anyone qualifying outside of the Top 50 will be removed from the event (excluding AIRL drivers). The only change to the Feature race rule system will be the addition of 1 set of tires.