6.1 – Protests
6.1.1 – Stewards investigate incidents post-race and distribute penalties which are submitted by drivers via the penalty submission form available in Discord
6.1.2 – Protests must be submitted before 23:59 GMT on the Tuesday after the race. Protests submitted after this will not be investigated
6.1.3 – Drivers must indicate their lap of the reported incident, not the other driver’s
6.1.4 – Anyone involved in a protested incident can receive a penalty
6.1.5 – The stewards reserve the right to review any incident, regardless if it was protested or not
6.1.6 – Drivers may only protest incidents that they were directly affected by
6.1.7 – Drivers may have their number of available appeals for the season reduced or receive a penalty at the discretion of the stewards for submitting frivolous protests
6.2 – Driver Etiquette
6.2.1 – Drivers should maintain their normal racing line when there are drivers who are approaching to lap them
6.2.2 – Drivers deemed to have defended their position when being lapped are at risk of receiving a penalty
6.2.3 – Drivers should not use track cutting exploits such as using the pitlane exit on the final lap of the race to gain an advantage. The stewards will grant a suitable penalty for the amount of time gained by the exploit
6.2.4 – Drivers should not go under the yellow line during races unless they are forced under by another driver
6.3 – Stewarding
6.3.1 – Every incident is unique, therefore the stewards reserve the right to apply any penalty they deem necessary for a specific incident regardless of the guidelines laid out below
6.3.2 – Stewards award post-race time penalties. These post-race penalties consider the impact made to the victim(s) of the guilty driver
6.3.3 – Due to the series using stock cars, greater leniency may be given in incidents. However gain positions by causing contact, especially in the closing laps of a race is still forbidden
6.4 – Appeals System
6.4.1 – An appeal allows a driver to submit their rpy file, giving stewards information on their pedal and steering inputs (not mandatory) and send a worded account of the incident from their perspective (not mandatory). Stewards who did not initially review the incident, will review whether the correct penalty was given
6.4.2 – Appeals can be submitted by drivers who submitted a protest or who received a penalty
6.4.3 – An appealed penalty can be removed, reduced, maintained or increased
6.4.4 – A driver can request an appeal of an incident within 24 hours of the announcement in discord that all incidents have been reviewed
6.4.5 – Drivers have 1 appeal at their disposal. If they appeal an incident that is overturned in favour of the driver who appealed the decision, they will have their 1 appeal returned
6.4.6 – Drivers should appeal decisions by putting in the championship’s relevant contact-an-admin channel – “I appeal” followed by whatever information they wish to include from 6.5.1
6.5 – Intentional Wrecking
6.5.1 – Intentional wrecking during the race will result in a driver being banned from the season (with no refund). They may be banned indefinitely from all future ARL events
6.5.2 – Intentional wrecking after the race will result in a driver being banned from the next race (with no refund), gaining 6 license points and potentially an additional penalty applied to the race the incident took place in. This includes crashes between teammates. Intentional wrecking does not include light contact, however the stewards may deem this to be worthy of a smaller penalty
6.6 – Driver Conduct
6.6.1 – Drivers are susceptible to penalties should they direct abuse to other drivers on the iRacing voice or text channels or on discord. Abuse could be in the form of racism, harassment, personal insults, inappropriate language and/or anything else the admin team deems to be unacceptable
6.6.2 – ARL reserve the right not to allow drivers into the series who could have a negative impact on the league
6.6.3 – ARL reserve the right to remove drivers from the series. These drivers will not receive a refund and may be banned from future ARL seasons or events
6.6.4 – The iRacing sporting code applies to anything not mentioned in this document