Well, the checkered flag has dropped on the first season of the GranMachina Millenium Hybrid Championship. The competition was absolutely fierce, with a collection of some of the greatest hybrid builders and drivers in the world battling it out over four regular season races. In those four races, four different winners emerged, a testament to the way the rules and regulations of the series are created to use participant input to create a series in which everyone has a shot, and you just never know until it's all over...
After the dust had settled in Monterey, CA, KAB had come away with the victory in the grueling Monterey 24. A 24 lap endurance race in the heat of the desert at the fabled Laguna Seca Racetrack. The victory could have put him one point ahead of his very own teammate, pitviper, in the Driver Championship. Pitviper had turned in the fastest lap of the race, however, setting a blistering 49.375 on lap 13. That lap would give him the point that brought the totals even. So, just as KAB and Pitviper's Coast2Coast Racing team won the Team Championship, they would together hoist the Driver's Title trophy as well. The win was not without some luck, however, because Konaloa 720 had warped his way around the desert road in a blinding display. He made the 24 lap journey in just over 20 minutes and 30 seconds, far more than enough for the win. But he had won the previous race by a tremendous 45 seconds, and with that penalty added to this week's race, he fell just short of the total time set by KAB. But that's how it goes in the hyper-competitive world of GranMachina GT Racing. There were many other storylines as well this season, such as the back and forth battle that raged all season long between the family blood trio of Bronco Racing and the swift power of the Chop Shop Racing team. This first season was filled to the perverbial brim with mass excitement and mega horsepower fury melting the asphalt, and it was only FOUR RACES LONG!!! Next season will grow to 10 races, in tracks that will span the globe, testing once again the strength and mettle of this magnificant collection of drivers and builders.
Rules: (note: rules below are for season 1, the rules for season II will differ slightly)
GENERAL RULES
2001 HP maximum
2001 LBS. minimum
Any part off any car is legal
Car bodies are determined by individual race rules.
EITHER DF OR TC may be sharked in to max setting. the other must be changed at the settings screen.
All other settings must be cahanged at the settings screen.
All Drivetrains are legal.
Spring rates must be kept above 5.0
TIME PENALTY will ba added to the top three finishers of each race. The penalty will only be enforced for that racer's next race. The penalty will be the difference between the racer's time and the time of the 4th place finisher's time.
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:
Team times will be the averaged time between all of it's members. the Teams will then recieve points for how their averages match up against the other Teams'.
TIME SUBMISSIONS
"Race week" will begin on Sunday.
Qualifying times due before the Wednesday at midnight (EST). qualifying is just posting your times mid-week to give everybody a look at where everybody else is. post qualifying times in this forum.
Race times will be due on the Saturday before midnight (EST) Race times are to be submitted via instructions on the "Time Submission" page at the GranMachina website.
CONDUCT
I'm not going to be too finicky about the whole "corner cutting/wall riding" issue. Especially when we are running this kind of power. just get from startto finish.
Be honest. i know i probably don't haveto say this. Anybody who is lying about their times to recieve the glory of a video game racing series championship is a pathetic low-self esteemed wuss. (so much for being professional there!) We are here to have fun. winning is a by product.
RACES
Thickneck 500/GMMHC TestRace (April 29-May 5)
Midfield Raceway
Fastest Lap in Time Trial
All Bodies legal
Race1: Midnight Sprint (May 6-12)
SSR5
Fastest Lap in Time Trial
All bodies legal
Race2: Grindelwald Grand Prix (May 13-19)
Grindelwald (forward AND reverse)
Total time of fastest lap forward AND fast lap reverse in Time Trial
All Bodies legal
Race3: 12 Laps at the Hill/Viper Days Enduro
(May 20-26)
Apricot Hill
Total Time AND Fastest lap
Run in Road Race mode (difficult setting)
set Laps to 12 and turn car damage ON
Only Viper bodies Legal
LEGAL BODIES:
1998 GTS
1998 RT/10
1996 GTS-R (Red w/ white)
1996 GTS-R (Blue w/ white)
1996 GTS-R Team ORECA '96 LeMans
(White w/ blue)
1996 GTS-R Team Canaska '96 LeMans
(White w/ green)
1994 RT-10 LM (RT-10 Race Mod. run in '94 LM)
1999 GTS-R Team ORECA
('98,'99 LeMans GTS Winner)
Race4: The Monterey 24/ GT1/GTP Enduro
(May 27-June 2)
Laguna Seca
Total Time AND Fastest lap
Run in Road Race mode (difficult setting)
set Laps to 24 and turn car damage ON
ONLY GT1/GTP Styled Bodies are legal
LEGAL BODIES (still adding to the list...):
Toyota GT-One (Road Car)
Toyota GT-One (LM 1998)
Toyota GT-One (LM 1999)
Nissan R390 (1997 Road Car)
Nissan R390 (LM 1997)
Nissan R390 (1998 Road Car)
Nissan R390 (LM 1998)
Lotus Elise GT1 (Road Car)
Lotus Elise GT1 (LM 1997 Race Modified)
Lotus Esprit GT1
NISMO GT-R LM (Road Car)
NISMO GT-R LM (1996 LM Race Modified)
Lister Storm (Road Car)
Lister Storm (British GT GT1 Race Mod.)
Dodge/Chrysler Viper GTS-R *White w/ Green
(1996 LM Team Canaska)
Dodge/Chrysler Viper GTS-R *White w/ Blue
(1996 LM Team ORECA)
FINAL STANDINGS:
DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP
1st: KAB-----------------97
TIE: pitviper------------97
3rd: Pothole-------------84
4th: Konaloa720----------81
5th: Heydu---------------76
6th: too cold------------63
7th: Feral---------------59
8th: Sacman--------------47
9th: Bigdog--------------43
10th: Miller-------------39
11th: Cobra-R------------30
12th: Hotdog-------------29
13th: Midges5.0----------26
14th: Nissan Man---------18
Races Run
Thickneck 500 (Test Race):
POLE: pitviper
Race Winner: pitviper
Midnight Sprint:
POLE: KAB
Race Winner: pitviper
Grindelwald Gran Prix:
POLE: Konaloa720/Miller
Race Winner: Miller
12 Laps At The Hill:
POLE: Heydu
Race Winner: Konaloa720
The Monterey 24:
POLE: pitviper
Race Winner: KAB
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
1st: Coast2Coast Racing---96
2nd: Chop Shop Racing-----88
3rd: Bronco Racing--------76
Congratulations to all on an absolutely remarkable season!!!
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