2012 8 HOURS OF THE AMERICAS EVENT SCHEDULING
HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE EVENT SCHEDULING FOR THE RACE WEEK, INCLUDING QUALIFYING DEADLINES, ALONG WITH LOBBY TIMES FOR THE SATURDAY PRACTICES AND SUNDAY RACE STINTS. PLEASE BE PREPARED TO SHOW UP TO EACH LOBBY 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE START OF EACH LOBBY. BECAUSE WE NEED TO STAY ON SCHEDULE, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WAIT FOR DRIVERS WHO SHOW UP LATE. BELOW IS A LIST OF OUR WEEKLY SCHEDULE ALONG WITH DETAILS.
QUALIFYING
STARTING TIME: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19th AT 12:00 AM EST
DEADLINE TIME: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd AT 11:59 PM EST
DESCRIPTION: FOR QUALIFYING, EACH TEAM WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT ONE QUALIFYING REPLAY. IF MORE THAN ONE VIDEOS ARE RECEIVED, WE WILL STAY WITH THE FASTEST CLEAN LAP FROM THE FIRST REPLAY SUBMITTED. ONLY CLEAN LAPS WILL BE COUNTED. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE DRIVER WHO DOES QUALIFYING DUTIES FOR HIS TEAM WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO DRIVE IN THE OPENING STINT OF THE RACE. THE STARTING GRID WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23th AT 10:00 AM EST. PLEASE NOTE: ALL QUALIFYING VIDEOS ARE TO BE SENT TO clementelithe OR NickTy1996.
WARM-UP
WARM-UP: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24th AT 10:00 PM EST
DESCRIPTION: SATURDAY'S RACE WARM-UP WILL BE 30 MINUTES LONG. THIS WILL BE A LAST MINUTE CHANCE TO SEE HOW PREPARED YOUR TEAM IS BEFORE THE START OF THE RACE, AS THIS WILL BE THE ONLY PRACTICE SESSION WE WILL HOST FOR THE RACE. MORE THAN ONE DRIVER FROM A GIVEN TEAM WILL BE ALLOWED TO SHOW UP TO WARM-UPS.
RACE
RACE STINT 1: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24th AT 12:00 PM EST
RACE STINT 2: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24th AT 2:00 PM EST
RACE STINT 3: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24th AT 4:00 PM EST
RACE STINT 4: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24th AT 6:00 PM EST
DESCRIPTION: EACH RACE LOBBY WILL BE SET FOR 2 HOURS. EACH LOBBY WILL START PROMPTLY AT THE SCHEDULED START TIME, SO WE WILL NOT WAIT ON DRIVERS WHO SHOW UP LATE. THE DRIVER WHO IS SCHEDULED TO DRIVE IN A PARTICULAR STINT WILL BE INVITED TO JOIN THE GAME 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE START TIME, AND AGAIN WITH 10 MINUTES TO START. EACH LOBBY WILL HAVE A SCHEDULED SAFETY CAR DRIVER, WHICH WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE ADMIN. FOR STINT 1, THE STARTING GRID WILL BE CALLED PRIOR TO LAUNCHING THE SESSION. ONCE THE SESSION IS LAUNCHED, CARS WILL PROCEED TO COMPLETE THE WARM-UP LAP AND THEN DOUBLE UP AFTER EXITING TURN 14. THE RACE WILL BEGIN UPON THE LEAD CARS CROSSING THE START-FINISH LINE. STINTS 1-3 WILL BE 1 HOUR AND 45 MINUTES LONG IN DURATION. FOR EACH STINT, EACH CAR SHOULD COMPLETE 1 MANDATORY PIT STOP. THE DRIVER SHOULD CALL OUT WHEN HE ENTERS AND EXITS PIT LANE. UPON COMPLETION OF THE FIRST 3 STINTS, A FULL COURSE CAUTION WILL BE CALLED IN ORDER TO REGROUP THE FIELD. CARS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PIT UNDER THE FULL COURSE CAUTION PERIODS THAT CONCLUDE THE SESSIONS, BUT WILL BE ALLOWED TO PIT ON OTHER FULL COURSE CAUTIONS THAT MAY OCCUR. THE SAFETY CAR DRIVER WILL MAKE AWARE IF A FULL COURSE CAUTION HAS BEEN ORDERED, AS WELL AS MAKE AWARE TO THE DRIVERS OF WHICH CAR WILL PICK UP BEHIND THE SAFETY CAR. AT THE END OF STINT 1'S CAUTION PERIOD, THE FIELD WILL HALT ON THE START/FINISH LINE SO THAT THE SAFETY TEAM CAN RECORD ALL OF THE ENTRIES' DISTANCES, AS WELL AS DETERMINE THE ORDER FOR THE FOLLOWING LOBBY. THIS INFORMATION WILL BE USED SO THAT WE CAN UPDATE THE TIMING AND SCORING ON OUR WEBSITE AFTER EACH STINT. FOR RACE STINTS 2-4, THE RACES WILL START IN SINGLE FILE ORDER IN THE FINAL FULL COURSE CAUTION ORDER FROM THE PREVIOUS LOBBY. FOR STINT 4, THE LOBBY WILL RUN FOR 2 HOURS AND CARS WILL COMPLETE THEIR FINAL LAP ONCE THE FINAL LAP IS CALLED BY THE SAFETY TEAM. ONCE THE CARS CROSS THE START/FINISH FOR THE FINAL TIME, CARS SHOULD GO PARK IN TURN 1 AND BE PREPARED TO GIVE THEIR MILES TO THE SAFETY RWAM AS WELL AS WHAT THE RACE CLOCK SAID AS THEY CROSSED THE START/FINISH LINE. WE WILL THEN BE PREPARED TO ORDER THE RACE RESULTS AND SEE WHO GETS IT DONE IN THE 8 HOURS OF THE AMERICAS PRESENTED BY THE FORZA FIA WEC AND LLBM MOTORSPORTS.