Kevin

The F1 admin team are still discussing the full fixture list for the 2009 rFactor F1 league and are awaiting the real-life fixture list to be released before deciding where to hold some of the minor championships. Where these are held will also have an impact on the remaining fixtures since as even a split as possible between shale and tarmac will be made for each grading period. However we can release where and when the major championships will be held during the 2009 season as follows: UK Open - Skegness - 15th & 16th April Scottish - Cowdenbeath - 4th June World Semi-Finals - Coventry & Birmingham - 16th July & 13th August respectively European - Northampton - 5th & 6th August World Final - Kings Lynn - 10th September British - Coventry - 15th October Obviously a full fixture list will be released as soon as possible in the new year. Hope this helps some of you plan your holidays etc. lol

His account has been unlocked now.

Below are the grade changes at the end of the 2008 season and take effect from the start of the 2009 season. Up to Superstar None Up to Red 8, 3 Down to Red None Up to Blue None Down to Blue 233, 318 Up to Yellow None Down to Yellow None Down to White 221, 525 Congratulations to those moving up the grades and comiserations to those moving in the opposite direction.

Its unlocked now.

Congratulations Hutch, well deserved.

That's a bit of a short sighted view. He won the Championship over the whole season not just this race. I'm sure Massa had some luck along the way also (Spa!).

I've had a text from Johno to say he won't be racing tonight.

Earlier this season we changed the fixtures to include a shale version of Skegness, scheduled for 30th October and running the Grand National Championship. Unfortunately it has become apparent that the track will not be finished in time for this event so the F1 admin team have decided to switch the venue to the recently released Sheffield (still running the Grand National Championship).

After careful consideration, and with the fact that there is likely to be a heat league next season, the F1 admin team have decided to make the last meetings of the season solus meetings. This means moving the final heat meeting to a week later. First of all, both meetings will include the Champion of Champions races. This means in both meetings there is an extra race to be run, which will mean that the meetings need to be slightly quicker. Secondly, it looks like there is a chance that both leagues will have a points battle, especially in the case of Heat. It would be a shame to have to rush the meeting for this, as this normally makes the final meeting of the season extra special. This would also mean both final meetings for each league would start at 20:30. The fixtures will now be: rFactor - 6th November - Northampton - Start 20:30 - No heat meeting Heat - 11th November - Arena Essex (OS) - Start 20:30 - No rFactor meeting

Congratulations to those moving up the grades and commiserations to those moving downwards. THESE CHANGES COME INTO EFFECT AFTER THIS THURSDAY'S MEETING AT SEXBERIUM (THE EXCEPTION IS 188 WHO'S UPGRADE IS IMMEDIATE) Up to Superstar 41 Up to Red 188 - due to winning the British Championship Down to Red None Up to Blue 300, 531 Down to Blue 8 Up to Yellow None Down to Yellow None Down to White None

The NZ forum hasn't been deleted its just invisible as its not being used at the moment. It could easily be made useable again if required.

23 cars raced this evening for the British Championship at Belle Vue. The results were: HEAT 1: 315, 531, 288, 233, 286, 74, 137, 500, 300, 136, 18, 236, 41 (dnf 380, 39, 112, 290) HEAT 2: 531, 136, 331, 315, 137, 188, 18, 286, 500, 290, 3, 291, 74, 8, 112, 380 (dnf 233) HEAT 3: 500, 291, 286, 531, 331, 300, 288, 8, 136, 137, 236, 18, 3, 41 (dnf 39, 221) HEAT 4: 531, 331, 188, 41, 233, 300, 39, 315, 236, 288, 291, 290, 74, 380, 112 HEAT 5: 74, 3, 188, 286, 8, 233, 331, 136, 137, 41, 112, 18, 300, 380 (dnf 315, 500) HEAT 6: 188, 286, 315, 331, 39, 8, 291, 137, 233, 288, 3, 236, 74, 500 HEAT 7: 531, 39, 300, 3, 41, 136, 288, 188, 18, 8, 291, 236 (dnf 380) BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP: 188, 3, 137, 315, 41, 18, 531, 286, 288, 300, 331, 112, 136, 291, 74, 380, 500 (dnf 233, 8, 39, 236) And the points scored were: Number .. Points 188 .. 49 531 .. 46 315 .. 36 3 .. 32 286 .. 31 137 .. 27 41 .. 24 331 .. 24 288 .. 18 300 .. 17 18 .. 15 39 .. 13 136 .. 13 233 .. 13 74 .. 11 500 .. 10 8 .. 9 291 .. 9 236 .. 1 290 .. 1 Zero: 112, 221, 380 No Show: 550 Congratulations to Aub (188) on becoming the British Champion, earning the right to wear the black and white chequered roof and an immediate upgrade to red for the duration of holding the championship. No rFactor meeting next week so I'll hopefully see you all in 2 weeks time at Sexberium for the first 2009 World Championship Qualifying round.

Evening guys, 25 cars booked tonight. Each driver will race in 5 heats. The final will be formed based on points scored in the heats, highest at the front. It will be a closed grid rolling start over 25 laps for the British Championship. There will be no Grand National races tonight. Grids: HEAT 1: 11, 380, 74, 300, 500, 531, 18, 39, 112, 236, 286, 315, 41, 137, 233, 288, 136, 290 (STEWARD 149) SERVER .91 HEAT 2: 380, 550, 74, 500, 531, 3, 18, 112, 188, 286, 315, 8, 137, 233, 291, 136, 290, 331 (STEWARD 149) SERVER .91 HEAT 3: 11, 550, 221, 300, 500, 531, 3, 18, 39, 236, 286, 8, 41, 137, 288, 291, 136, 331 (STEWARD 149) SERVER .91 HEAT 4: 11, 380, 74, 221, 300, 531, 39, 112, 188, 236, 315, 41, 233, 288, 291, 290, 331 (STEWARD 149) SERVER .91 HEAT 5: 380, 550, 74, 221, 300, 500, 3, 18, 112, 188, 286, 315, 8, 41, 137, 233, 136, 331 (STEWARD 149) SERVER .91 HEAT 6: 11, 550, 74, 221, 500, 3, 39, 188, 236, 286, 315, 8, 137, 233, 288, 291, 290, 331 (STEWARD 149) SERVER .91 HEAT 7: 11, 380, 550, 221, 300, 531, 3, 18, 39, 112, 188, 236, 8, 41, 288, 291, 136, 290 (STEWARD 149) SERVER .91 Please be in chat by 20.25 for a 20.30 prompt start.

137 added. Bookings now closed.

Bookings have now closed on the UKDirt site. Anyone requiring a late booking please post below. Likewise if you need to cancel. Bookings close 19:30

Of course Spike np.

20:30 UK Time

kev149.com (use IE) and click on Belle Vue at the bottom and then scroll down the page to see lap times. Each driver will race 5 heats on the night. The final will be based on the heat points, highest at the front with a closed grid over 25 laps.

25 cars raced this evening. The results were: HEAT 1 (WORLD FINAL): 331, 290, 137, 136, 233, 8, 413, 202, 288, 286, 39, 300, 123, 74, 315, 3 (dnf 112, 236) HEAT 2: 136, 413, 11, 137, 39, 8, 286, 188, 496, 525, 164, 488, 74 (dnf 248, 236) HEAT 3: 315, 11, 202, 300, 3, 290, 496, 288, 233, 525, 188, 112 (dnf 164, 248, 488) GRAND FINAL: 233, 8, 136, 288, 137, 413, 290, 39, 123, 202, 11, 286, 525, 3, 300, 496, 112 (dnf 315, 236, 488, 74, 248, 188) GN: 3, 300, 236, 39, 290, 315, 136, 11, 202, 286, 413, 496, 233, 123, 525, 288 (dnf 188, 8, 112, 74, 488) and the points scored from the meeting were: Number .. Points 331 .. 100 136 .. 49 290 .. 45 233 .. 42 137 .. 39 8 .. 37 413 .. 31 288 .. 25 39 .. 24 202 .. 23 11 .. 17 3 .. 16 300 .. 15 315 .. 14 286 .. 10 236 .. 9 123 .. 6 496 .. 3 525 .. 2 188 .. 1 Zero: 74, 112, 164, 248, 488 Obvious congratulations go to Hutch (331) on becoming the first UKDirt F1 rFactor World Champion. The next rFactor meeting is in two weeks and is for the British Championship so we'll have to wait until then for the debut of the Gold roof (no doubt some pictures will be on the forum well before then). Can anyone stop Hutch making a clean sweep of the four major titles now? Also congratulations to Kruiz (136) on top scoring over the meeting (Hutch's points ignored lol).

Evening guys, 27 cars booked tonight so we go 2/3 heat format. Grids: HEAT 1 (WF): 290, 331, 137, 286, 39, 112, 202, 531, 288, 318, 233, 3, 74, 136, 8, 300, 236, 413, 315 (STEWARD 149) SERVER (.91) HEAT 2: 11, 50, 248, 496, 74, 164, 488, 525, 531, 39, 188, 202, 286, 8, 137, 413, 136, 331 (STEWARD 149) SERVER (.91) HEAT 3: 11, 50, 248, 496, 164, 300, 488, 525, 3, 112, 188, 236, 315, 233, 288, 318, 290 (STEWARD 149) SERVER (.91) The WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL grid: INSIDE .. OUTSIDE (NUMBERS ONLY) ROW 1 - 290 .. 331 ROW 2 - GAP .. GAP ROW 3 - 137 .. 286 ROW 4 - GAP .. 39 ROW 5 - 112 .. 202 ROW 6 - 531 .. 288 ROW 7 - GAP .. 318 ROW 8 - 233 .. GAP ROW 9 - GAP .. 3 ROW10 - GAP .. 74 ROW11 - 136 .. 8 ROW12 - 300 .. 236 ROW13 - 413 .. 315 (STEWARD 149) THE RACE WILL BE A CLOSED GRID NORMAL ROLLING START OVER 25 LAPS. THE WINNER OF THE WORLD FINAL RACE WILL RETIRE FROM THE MEETING. THIS RACE WILL BE SCORED 100, 25, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4 HOT ROD RACES WILL FOLLOW THE F1 WORLD FINAL, F1 HEAT3 AND F1 FINAL. Your race steward for the evening will be me and your meeting steward for complaints etc will be Johno. Please be in chat by 20.25 for a 20.30 prompt start.

531 added. Bookings closed.

20:30 - First race of the meeting.

Bookings have closed on the UKDirt site. Post below for a late booking or if you have to cancel. Bookings close 19:30

You will definately be on the grid for WF.

Drivers booked for this evening so far are: 3, 11, 300, 290, 286, 112, 8 Bookings will be open until 19:30