These rules will be added or amended at SimRacerHQ shortly
This will replace the current penalty for deliberately taking out another car
Deliberately taking out another car:
Automatic removal from the New Zealand NASCAR League. This action may be the result of a protest or a unilateral decision by the organisers.
This is the full Passing clause with amendments for yellow line and passing infringements
edited ammendment so it read amendment12. Passing
All passing manoeuvres are the responsibility of the overtaking car. No one is expected to move off the racing line for anyone, including the race leader. "This is not road racing". It is easier and safer for a group of fast cars to overtake a slower car if the slow car maintains a steady line, even if that line is the race groove.
However it is common courtesy to move over carefully (and early) and allow the faster cars, especially the leader, safe passage and it also makes good race sense to do so and then latch on behind those fast cars and use their draft to go faster as well yourself. You will only slow the faster cars by trying to stay in front of them and will learn much by following faster cars as well as increasing your own speed in their draft. Do not attempt to join the overtaking fast group in the middle of the pack, join at the back. Manoeuvres like that may be protested and penalised.
Protests will be accepted for "late race" intentional blocking of cars you are not racing for position. (I.e. blocking to aid team members or racing against cars which are not for effective position) Race and situational awareness are a vital part of racing and this is especially important in the closing stages of a race. You are expected to be aware (especially in the latter part of the race) of the cars around you and how to behave in these situations. For example, it is good race etiquette to get out of the way of cars racing each other for position even when they are a lap or two down on you, but if you are racing someone and other cars are between you (but a lap down) and also racing each other, do not expect right of passage.
Any car punting another in an attempt to pass or force a pass will be penalized.
Any car brake checking another in an attempt to cause an incident will be penalized.
A driver MUST not pass another car below the yellow painted line on the inner edge of Superspeedway tracks. Protests can be submitted if a car moves below (i.e. 2 wheels) the yellow line while passing another car.
The only exception to the yellow line rule is if the passing car has no option but to go below the yellow line to avoid an accident that is ahead of them on the track which results in an inadvertent pass on another car.
Defending your racing line is acceptable when racing for position, but a penalty can be applied to a car that forces a passing car below the yellow line or causes an accident by coming down on the passing car if this car is positioned inside the car being passed. Similarly the passing car can be penalised if they do not maintain a low line while passing (thus causing an accident).
[Definition - "positioned inside" is defined as the front of the passing car must be at least up to the rear wheel of the car being passed]
Remember that as the overtaking car you have the responsibilty to effect a clean pass. If you see a gap up the inside and suddenly jam your car into it (even if you have made the other cars back wheel) this would not be termed a responsible overtaking manouvere and having viewed your sudden actions the protest committee might penalize you rather than the car being overtaken.
As a rule we are saying that if you leave room on the inside and a car moves into that gap and manages to get through enough that he has got his front bumper up to your rear wheel, then you must maintain a steady, straight line and let him hold his line as well. You do not have to back off, he must still effect the pass on you, but you must not move to block or push him below the yellow line, you must maintain a steady line (i.e. drive as if you are in a marked lane).
Always keep in mind the result to yourself and other drivers when you make sudden, erratic moves in this type of door to door racing. No amount of rules will protect you if you do stupid things. The protest committee are drivers as well and whilst they fully understand the meaning of the rules they also have the freedom to judge your intentions and attitude so please drive accordingly.
