6.1 – Protest Submission
6.1.1 – Stewards will investigate incidents post-race and distribute penalties which are appealed by drivers via the penalty submission form available in Discord
6.1.2 – Protests must be submitted by 23:59 GMT on the Monday after the race. Protests submitted after this will not be investigated
6.1.3 – Drivers must indicate their lap of the incident, not the other driver’s
6.1.4 – Drivers may only protest incidents that they were directly affected by
6.1.5 – Any driver involved in the reported incident (including the protester) can be given a penalty
6.2 – Penalty System
6.2.1 – Incidents will be judged to be a level 1, 2 or 3 offence
6.2.2 – As this is a fun race in cars where contact is common, the stewards will be more lenient on contact compared to other ARL series. However, we still want every position to be earned fairly, so will apply penalties if we feel necessary
6.2.3 – Accidental heavy contact or clumsy driving yields a level 1 penalty
6.2.4 – Bump-and-passes earn a level 2 penalty
6.2.5 – A level 1 offence earns a 10 second penalty for that race (or the final race the driver participates in if using the A format)
6.2.6 – A level 2 offence earns a 20 second penalty for that race (or the final race the driver participates in if using the A format)
6.2.7 – Apex Racing League reserve the right to remove drivers with poor driving standards from the event. They may also not be invited back to any future ARL seasons or events
6.3 – Driver Conduct
6.3.1 – Drivers will be susceptible to penalties, including exclusion from the event, 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
6.3.2 – Apex Racing League reserves the right not to allow drivers into the series who could have a negative impact on the event
6.3.3 – The iRacing sporting code applies to anything not mentioned in this document