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.