VSRL Monday Night Truck Series Rules

A) "Getting into it" with other drivers is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, the Discord server chat channel(s), the iRacing lobby and Discord voice chats. The penalties can be as severe as removal from the league. We will not tolerate division of this kind. 

B) Series Admins (Garrett, Kyle, Ryan D., Brian H, Justin R, Sean L., Thad) have the right to remove driver(s) from a session, race, channel or the league for any reason outlined in, or related to the league rules. Removed drivers will have the reason for their removal explained to them for the sake of transparency. 

C) All incidents and penalties are reviewed and finalized by the series admins (see section B) for admin list. Non-Admin drivers can call for official reviews post race. These reviews must be submitted within 18 hours of race end and include: the truck #s involved, lap number, and why the review was submitted. These reviews will be analyzed by a sample of drivers from various teams who were not involved in the incident for the sake of unbiased transparency. 

D) All drivers must be present in the Discord channel for the pre-race brief. Failure to attend the pre-race meeting will result in an EOL to begin the race. 

E) Offensive, political, 'rage-bait', demeaning, racial or otherwise sensitive text or voice messages can result in removal from the league. 

F) Rules are subject to change at any time. 

A) The restart zone is in effect at all applicable tracks - these iRacing rules must be followed. Black flags for incidents relating to the restart zone will not be cleared under normal circumstances. 

B) On all starts and restarts there will be no changing lanes before the start finish line*. The penalty for this (caught in race) is a loss of 1 'strike' see section 3 subsection A for details on cautions/incidents. The penalty for this (caught after race) is loss of qualifying privilege in the next race. 

• Accident avoidance is the only exception but, is not an automatic invitation to change lanes.

C) All race starts are on the green flag. All restarts are on the leader with restart zone rules in effect. 

D) The leader on the 'two to green' pace lap has the option to choose the top or bottom lane. Only the leader can choose. This choose must be blatant (both virtually and verbally) and before the 'one to green' pace lap begins. 

E) Scrubbing tires (swerving) under pace laps is strictly prohibited. The first offence is a verbal warning (from any driver in the session) the second offence is an EOL. If incident points are the result of a driver scrubbing tires that driver will receive an EOL and a pass through under green. 

F) Causing an incident by forcing 3 (or more) wide on the lap after a restart could result in a 1 or 2 strike penalty. This will be admin discretion and based upon factors such as (but not limited to): position the incident occurred in, which lap in the race the incident occurred, 'strikes' received in the race up to that point and incident severity. 

G) A Stop-and-Go (Jackrabbit) or early (jumped) start will result in a iRacing black flag or an admin black flag. 

H) Trailing the car ahead by more than 2 truck lengths in the attempt to get a run on the driver ahead will be punishable by stop and go penalty. Keep the pacing tight without running into other drivers. 

A) Incidents will be scored on a 3 strike system:     

• strike 1 - EOL
  • strike 2 - Pass though under green
    • strike 3 - Parked for remainder of event
• Only the race event counts toward the strike system (not practice, qualifying or warmup)
• A failure to adhere to strike 3 results in a DQ from the event and possible removal from the league.
• Each driver's strikes will be reset to 0 at the beginning of a race event unless a penalty from a previous race states otherwise.
• Obvious netcode will be deemed a 'racing incident' at admin discretion.
• Drivers involved in incident must attempt to deem fault (while adhering to VSRL policy on messages in section 1 subsection A and E. This makes it easier for the admins.

A2) Dirt races follow the the 3 strike system outlined in section 3 subsection A but both strikes 1 and 2 will be EOLs 

B) Only 'passing under yellow' black flags will be cleared by admins under normal circumstances. Own up to your black flags (speeding in the pits, improper pit entry or exit, etc.) 

C) No wave around will be given by admins under normal circumstances.  

D) If a driver disconnects mid session and reconnects they can receive as many as 3 laps back. These will be handed out on the soonest caution. 

E) Blocking penalties will be distributed by admin discretion based upon but not limited to the following factors: position the incident occurred in, which lap in the race the incident occurred and incident severity. No blocking penalties for dirt races. 

F) Intentional wrecking or other actions outside of normal racing procedures are strictly prohibited and punishable by admin discretion. These penalties will be to the effect of suspensions,  removal from race(s), season, or league. 

A) All races will have limited tires and 75% fuel capacity. Pavement tracks will have 2 extra tire sets (3 total), dirt tracks will have 1 extra tire set (2 total).

B) Drivers who miss a race will receive a provisional equal to last place points for the first event they miss. Only 1 provisional will be granted per season. A driver must specify if they want a provisional for a specific race before they are granted a provisional.

C) When entering pit road all drivers must form a single line to the outside (track side) of pit road. Drivers can drive toward their pit boxes within 5 stalls. Once a driver has received their pit service, they must make a reasonable effort to blend to the outside (trackside) of pit road for pit exit.

D) The pit rules is Section 4 C are subject to the following penalties:

a verbal warning from any driver

a stop and go penalty (under green) or an EOL (under caution)

a 1 lap penalty for every subsequent infraction

E) Not sufficiently slowing to avoid an accident ("ARCA Braking") will be subject to additional penalty. The goal of this rule is to limit the unnecessary carnage that occurs after an accident has taken place. These penalties will be handed out via admin discretion. They can range from a '2 strike' penalty to parked for the session.

F) Rejoins that cause incidents or would be protestable in official sessions will be subject to penalty. These penalties will be handed out via admin discretion. The penalty will be: the offending driver held 1 lap for each car impacted by the poor rejoin. Ex. a driver rejoins and impacts another driver, a third driver crashes trying to avoid this new incident. The offending driver will be held for 2 laps (1 for contact, 1 for the third driver's crash

A) Playoff format is a 5 race mini schedule (similar to the NASCAR "Chase" from 2004-13)

B) Number of drivers making the Playoffs will be determined by week 5 of the regular season. This number will be between 12 and 16.

C) A regular season win qualifies a driver for the playoffs so long as that driver reaches eligibility. 

D) A Driver is playoff eligible if they pay the entry fee and have completed in at least 7 of the 10 regular season races

E) Bonus points will be distributed as follows:

Each win = 4 points

Each pole = 1 point

Incident free race = 3 points

Regular Season Champ = 8 points

3 lowest drivers in incident points/laps completed (regular season) = 3,2,1

5 lowest drivers in incident points/laps completed (post season) = 5,4,3,2,1

3 highest drivers in laps led (both seasons individually) = 3,2,1 ; 3,2,1

Top 3 in start -> finish position differential based off of qualifying (regular season only) = 3,2,1

F) After the regular season race winners (section 5 C) the playoff field will be set by the next drivers in points + bonus points until the playoff roster is filled.

G) Driver seeding will be based on bonus points (for eligible drivers) outlined in section 5 E

A) A $20 USD entry fee is required to race in this league. The fee is due 10 days before the season opener. 

B) The Prize fund details can be found in the #admin-announcments channel 

C) If a driver is removed from the league by admins there will be no refund of the entry fee.