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2014 2CV Racing Club 24 Hour Handicap

Started by Nick Roads, August 21, 2014, 08:20:12

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Nick Roads

As agreed at last years AGM the 24 Hour race will have individual results for each class.
These will be the official results and therefore no one car/class can claim to have won the 2CV Racing Club 24 Hour Race overall as there will be no combined results sheet.

TSL may still have one lap timing screen for their live timing event to show all cars but published results will be separate.
Next year they can separate the screens as well they tell us.

We welcome other classes while we cannot fill the grid with UK class 2CV's. This year they are paying over 1/3 of the Race Income for the club and we need to work with these classes. Spectators also like high grid numbers.

As we have a spare cup from last year we are proposing to use this as a new cup for the 24 Hour RAce - 2CV Racing Club 24 Hour Handicap

This will be a perpetual cup awarded after all the other cups at the end of the event.

The proposal is as follows:

HANDICAP - how does it work

The Handicap applies to each series and then to each class in a series.

Each class must have a minimum of 3 cars entered.

The Handicap is worked out as follows:

- take the fastest lap of the fastest car in each series during an agreed Handicap Timing Period
- work out the expected number of laps for a Racing Club Standard 2CV car and then deduct 11 Laps to allow for refuelling
- work out the difference between fastest laps of the other series to our cars and then round to a lap number
- then apply this as a handicap as a number of Laps to be added to the Final results

For 2014 event let's assume:

The Handicap Timing Period is the Combined Qualifying

These are the Fastest Laps for each series:

UK - 96 seconds
Mini Grand - 94 seconds
Euro : Hybrid - 92 seconds
Euro: Prototype - 93 seconds

2014   2CV Racing Club Handicap - draft proposal                  
Seconds in a 24 Hour race      86400                     
Fuel Pit Stops in laps      11                     
                                 
         Lap (secs)   Laps       -Pit Stop   Round      Handicap
   2cv      96      900.0      889.0      889.0      0
   Mini Grand   95      909.5      898.5      898.0      9
   Proto      93      929.0      918.0      918.0      29
   Hybrid   92      939.1      928.1      928.0      39

If anyone has any comments on the Handicap system then let me know either (politely) on the forum or email me. We need to agree this by the end of the weekend and it then needs to be approved by BARC.

Will update here the agreed proposal.

Paul

Nick,the pit stop part is irrelevant as you are applying the same to all the classes. The Birkett reassess the handicap during the race ,why not  set the handicap after say 4hrs,that way you reduce the chances of anyone sandbagging.

Alec Graham

Are Pit stops the same for all? Are the hybrids refuelling with tuff jugs?

gadget

Sounds like this will be awarded at the next years race.
it might take that long to work out who has actually won!!

Nick Roads

Paul is right in that we can take out the pit stop deduction.

Alec, Euros use a faster filling system and have larger tanks so in theory they should have a penalty for that. They use a lot more fuel however so stop more often. It is something we should/could look at in future.

Also happy to go with the 4 Hour bulletin - it will be the fastest lap of each car in each class. Then work out the handicap for each class.