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All AMS races are ran through iRacing league sessions. UPDATE 08/20/2019: Congrats to Eddie Kerner on the win at Bristol. His first win at AMS was won in a dominating fashion. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Randy Armes 3rd - Tyler Popp 4th - Jonathan Schwartz 5th - Josh Thaxton Great job guys. Since provisionals aren't able to be added to DanLisa anymore, Kaleb's provisional was added as "bonus points" to a previous race (Kentucky). The good news is that drivers of the Mustangs are now counted in the points and are no longer needed to be added as "bonus points". Updated caution warning list Next up: Monday, Aug 26th: OFF (we will probably have a non-points race - TBD) Then: Monday, Sep 2nd: Darlington Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 08/13/2019: Congrats to Joshua Abney on the win at Michigan. His first win at AMS, and probably not his last. The opening laps saw a full fuel run under green, but after that first caution they seemed to follow rather quickly, with 10 cautions :( Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Randy Armes 3rd - Jameson Miller 4th - Chris Ostrander 5th - Riley Roush Great job guys. Since provisionals aren't able to be added to DanLisa anymore, all provisional were added as "bonus points" to a previous race (Kentucky). Updated caution warning list Next up: Monday, Aug 19th: Bristol -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - BG Products Night Race at Bristol (200 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 08/06/2019: Congrats to Glenn Murphy Jr on the win at Watkins Glen. A good car, driver and strategy almost made it look easy in the closing laps. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Jonathan Schwartz 3rd - Josh Thaxton 4th - Darian May 5th - Tyler Popp Good job guys. Since provisionals aren't able to be added to DanLisa anymore, Chad Engle's provisional was added as "bonus points" to a previous race that he was in (Kentucky). Next up: Monday, Aug 12th: Michigan -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - Michigan 200 (100 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 07/30/2019: Congrats to Randy Armes on the win at Eldora. It was no surprise to see Randy up front leading. Many "non dirt racers" in the field made this an entertaining race to say the least. Since this was a fun, non-points race, hopefully no hard feelings will spill over to the asphalt side. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Brandon Thornhill 3rd - Kennan "no interview" Miller 4th - Hank Allen 5th - Ryan Ferrell Good job guys. With only 5 races before The Chase, the points battle is really tight for several drivers to make the top 15 in points. Next up: Monday, Aug 5th: Watkins Glen -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - Watkins Glen 110 (45 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 07/23/2019: Congrats to Joshua Soucy on the win at New Hampshire. A rough caution filled race that ended with a hard fought battle for the win. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Glenn Murphy Jr 3rd - Tyler Popp 4th - Darian May 5th - Jonathan Schwartz Good job boys. The points battle is really tight for several drivers attempting to make the Chase (top 15 in points). As always, appeals, protests, questions, concerns etc can be submitted at http://www.amsleague.com/protest.html The caution warning list gets updated weekly before this weekly update is posted. http://www.amsleague.com/caution-warning-list.html Next up: Monday, July 29th: Eldora 100 (Trucks) (non-points) -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - Eldora 100 (Trucks) (100 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Gridding immediately after qualifying in the same session. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 07/16/2019: Congrats to Glenn Murphy Jr on the win at Kentucky. Strategy and cautions helped Glenn and his teammate get to the front when it counted. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Randy Armes 3rd - Joshua Soucy 4th - Josh Thaxton 5th - Will Roberts Good job guys. As always, appeals, protests, questions, concerns etc can be submitted at http://www.amsleague.com/protest.html The caution warning list gets updated weekly before this weekly update is posted. Next up: Monday, July 22nd: Loudon, NH -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - Loudon 150 (150 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Gridding immediately after qualifying in the same session. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 07/10/2019: Congrats to Randy Armes on the win at Daytona. Our first G-W-C did not disappoint. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Glenn Murphy Jr 3rd - Kaleb Isenhour 4th - Kennan Miller 5th - Joshua Abney Good job guys. Next up: Monday, July 15th: Kentucky -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - Kentucky 188 (125 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Gridding immediately after qualifying in the same session. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 07/02/2019: Congrats to Matthew Hoyle on the exciting win at Chicagoland. With Soucy running out of fuel a few feet from the line, Hoyle was right there to pounce. Good racing all throughout the field. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Joshua Soucy 3rd - Chris Ostrander 4th - Chad Engle 5th - Tyler Popp Good job boys. Thanks to Matt, Katy and Jacob at ASN for putting on a great broadcast. Next up: Monday, July 8th: Daytona -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - Firecracker 225 (90 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Gridding immediately after qualifying in the same session. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 06/25/2019: Congrats to Randy Armes on the strong win at Sonoma. A very clean caution free race. The top 5 were all very strong. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Brian Long 3rd - Josh Thaxton 4th - Ferrell Ryan 5th - Darian May Good job boys. Next up: Monday, July 1st: Chicagoland -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - Chicagoland 188 (125 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Gridding immediately after qualifying in the same session. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 06/12/2019: Congrats to Glenn Murphy Jr on the dominating win at Iowa. Nothing shows dominance more than getting the pole, leading every lap and winning the race. With only 3 cautions at a short track, (sure, there were a few times that the caution could've come out) it shows how respectful AMS drivers can be.... for the most part ;) Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Joshua Banks 3rd - Jonathan Schwartz 4th - Chris Ostrander 5th - Randy Armes Great job guys. The league scoring system that we and many other leagues use still has some issues. Provisionals still can't be added. Also, any driver using the Mustang are not scored. Since it at least shows the proper finishing positions, I am able to add "bonus" points to those drivers to accurately reflect the proper points for the race. Hopefully they work out the bugs since DanLisa is pretty much the only league scoring system out there right now. iRacing's own league scoring system is not really a viable option right now, but we will be keeping our eyes open for one. Updated caution warning list As always, appeals or protests should be submitted within 7 days. Next up: Monday, June 17th: OFF Then, Monday, June 24th - Sonoma - See you then. UPDATE 06/05/2019: A couple of updates: -Iowa - Since it is scheduled as a night race, the track ToD (time of day setting) will start at 8:00pm x2. -General: The Ford Fusion can no longer be used and the Ford Mustang will replace it. With the new GWC (green-white-checkers) feature, we will have a max of 3. -Caution warning list: This was introduced to help eliminate the extreme amount of cautions we were having earlier in the season. The vast majority of drivers never make it onto the list, at least not past the initial warning. If a driver does make it beyond the first warning (2nd or 3rd) then they probably need to change something. (aggressiveness, more practice at a certain track, or??? ) Einstein once said "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Not calling anyone insane, although outsiders looking in at this hobby of ours might think different lol. Again, to get on the list (1st warning), you would be the cause of a caution in 2 of 3 consecutive races. To clear that warning, you will have to complete the next 2 races without causing a caution. That's not asking a lot. With all of that said, it is a pain in the ass to update every week as nothing about it is automated. With the current group of active drivers at AMS, it is much less needed now than it was earlier in the season. The initial plan was to have a "reset" at the conclusion of the regular season (going into the chase). Whether we do that, or get rid of it altogether or........, we'll make a decision by mid September. -And finally, post-race Pocono: It was brought up that a driver(s) comments to or about another driver(s) should be dealt with. We have always said not to do that over chat during races and to wait until after the race to deal with issues you may have with another driver. Since it was not over the top or vulgar and was post-race, no actions will be taken. Thanks. See you at Iowa. UPDATE 06/04/2019: Congrats to Kaleb Isenhour on the win at Pocono. A few drivers still need to be added to the results, but the scoring system can't sync with iRacing right now (probably because of the new build). It will get done sometime this week. Rounding out the top 4: 2nd - Tyler Meeks 3rd - Josh Thaxton 4th - Randy Armes Good job boys. Updated caution warning list No new drivers were added to the list this week, but a few already on the list will be on there longer :( Next up: Monday, June 10th: Iowa -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - Iowa 150 (150 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Gridding immediately after qualifying in the same session. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 05/28/2019: Congrats to Kaleb Isenhour on a dominant win at the longest race of the year. The first 100 laps went caution free amidst alot of good hard racing. Rounding out the top 4: 2nd - Hank Allen 3rd - Jameson Miller 4th - Chris Ostrander Good job boys. Updated caution warning list Please remember if you are the cause of a caution while active on the list, you must park it immediately as you are no longer being scored. 3 drivers were given "penalty" points for scoring them in the proper position that they would've/should've finished. Next up: Monday, June 3rd: Pocono -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - Pocono 175 (70 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Gridding immediately after qualifying in the same session. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 05/21/2019: Congrats to Josh Thaxton on winning the 2019 ALL-STAR Race. Great racing by everyone throughout the field. A quality race overall. Nothing from Monday night applies towards the caution warning list, but the link will be posted weekly in these updates. http://www.amsleague.com/caution-warning-list.html Next up: Monday, May 27th: Charlotte -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - World 300 (200 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Gridding immediately after qualifying in the same session. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 05/15/2019: Next up: Monday, May 20th: AMS ALL-STAR Race -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - ALL-STAR Race - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured There will be 3 sessions on Monday night: --QUALIFYING for drivers locked-in to the ALL-STAR Race - 7:30 - 9:30pm ET. --SHOWDOWN Race - Any AMS driver (that is not already locked in to the ALL-STAR Race) that has started at least 1 race in 2019 are eligible. Top 3 finishers advance to the ALL-STAR Race. Session opens at 8:00pm ET for practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET and Showdown Race immediately after qualifying. --ALL-STAR Race - Approx. 10pm ET (session will be set up at the conclusion of the Showdown) - 20 minutes of practice then 90 lap race. Locked-In Drivers: Josh Thaxton Jonathan Schwartz Darian May Tyler Meeks Hank Allen Chris Ostrander Randy Armes Joshua Banks Ryan LaFalce Glenn Murphy Jr Ben M Bando Joshua Soucy Kaleb Isenhour Graham A. Bowlin Dalton Baldwin Clay Dildine Kennan Miller Stewart Joyce *plus top 3 Showdown finishers Caution warning (list) will not be in effect / not apply for this night. All other AMS rules including causing 2 cautions during race, still apply. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 05/07/2019: Congrats to Glenn Murphy Jr on the Cup Series win at Dover. With a caution on lap 0, it wasn't looking good, but only 2 more cautions for the entire night made for an exciting race. Thanks to everyone that showed up and put on a great show. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Randy Armes 3rd - Kyle Trudell 4th - Matthew Hoyle 5th - Darian May Great job guys. Updated caution list Next up: Monday, May 13th: OFF Then on Monday, May 20th - 2019 AMS ALL-STAR Race - More info here Have a Great off-week. UPDATE 04/30/2019: Congrats to Joshua Soucy on the Cup Series win at Talladega. A few things went his way to take the checkers in a crazy finish. A great race overall, Thanks everyone. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Ryan LaFalce 3rd - Randy Armes 4th - Tyler Meeks 5th - Josh Thaxton Great job guys. A couple of drivers have been added to the caution warning list while a few have completed their warnings. Updated list here The last few races have been so much better than early in the season. Thank You to everyone for the good clean racing. Next up: Monday, May 6th: Dover -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - Dover 150 (150 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Gridding immediately after qualifying in the same session. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 04/23/2019: Congrats to Kyle Trudell on the Cup Series win at Rockingham. His first win at AMS. The top 3 drivers dominated this exciting fun race, although there were alot of battles throughout the field. Green flag pit stops set up for a possible fuel mileage finish, but a late race caution changed things up. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Josh Thaxton 3rd - Joshua Banks 4th - Randy Armes 5th - Darian May Great job guys. The following drivers are currently under a caution warning, meaning that if they bring out 1 caution in the next race or two (depends on when they received their warning) that they participate in, they will have to park it. Those with an (*) next to their name will also be suspended for 1 race if they bring out a caution in the next one or two races (depends on when they received their warning) that they participate in. Kurt Quist Clay Dildine Ryan LaFalce Jameson Miller Joshua Soucy Damon Goldsboro Kevin Troczynski Chris Walker Jeff Sultze Dylan Prostler* Josh Abney* John Joyce* Ryan Ferrell* Tyler Blanchard* Bruce Ackermann* Since Rockingham was a non-points race, caution warnings were not in effect for that race, nor were any of those cautions applied to warnings. Next up: Monday, April 29th: Talladega -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - JM Graphics Talladega 240 (90 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Gridding immediately after qualifying in the same session. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 04/16/2019: Congrats to Glenn Murphy Jr on the Cup Series win at Richmond. Second win in a row. After an earlier mishap, he made it look easy getting back to the front. Alot of great driving throughout the field made for a very competetive race. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Joshua Banks 3rd - Greg Elliott 4th - Randy Armes 5th - Jonathan Schwartz Good job boys. Richmond showed some really good racing and some really good saves, but many of the cautions/wrecks had some familiar names involved. Some of the wrecks happened as the result of drivers pinching others in the turns, and while that is certainly allowed, giving a little room (especially so early in the race) would've prevented some of those wrecks. Also, if you see some wrecking or cars getting out of shape ahead of you (even if the yellow hasn't come out.... yet), it is almost always a good idea to burp the throttle or check up for obvious reasons. *The list of drivers with caution warnings will be posted in next weeks update. A couple of notes for the upcoming Rockingham race on Monday: -Scheduled non-points event. -All AMS rules in effect. -Since this is a non-points race, drivers under caution warnings aren't affected by this race, nor will any cautions caused by anyone be recorded towards a caution warning. -NO FAST REPAIR (don't read into this). We look forward to everyone joining us for this (hopefully) fun and exciting race. Next up: Monday, April 22nd: Rockingham -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - The Rock 150 (150 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured Track ToD will be set to 2019-04-20 14:50 2x (same day/time as A fixed this week). All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Gridding immediately after qualifying in the same session. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 04/10/2019: 2018 was a really good year for AMS. 2019 has started out rough, but is getting better. There's been alot of talk of how rough it's been, and rightly so, but there are certainly alot of great people and good racing on the track at times. Sure, there were less drivers in the races last year but waaaayyyy less cautions/wrecks. Hopefully everyone will use their pedals more wisely at Richmond and we can have some really good racing and even green flag pitstops. See you guys Monday. Race 2018 2019 Daytona 33 drivers/7 cautions 42 drivers/7 cautions Atlanta 31 drivers/2 cautions 42 drivers/11 cautions Las Vegas 29 drivers/3 cautions 43 drivers/11 cautions Auto Club 25 drivers/2 cautions 39 drivers/7 cautions M-ville 25 drivers/11 cautions 36 drivers/21 cautions Texas 20 drivers/3 cautions 35 drivers/10 cautions Richmond 21 drivers/5 cautions ??? Talladega 23 drivers/3 cautions ??? * last year AMS only had 1 Bristol race (August night race) UPDATE 04/09/2019: Congrats to Glenn Murphy Jr on the Cup Series win at Bristol. His first win of 2019, and most likely not his last. Pole, led almost all of the laps and the only driver with 0 incidents, can't ask for a better finish. Good job to many other drivers throughout the field for good, clean hard racing. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Joshua Banks 3rd - Josh Thaxton 4th - Tyler Meeks 5th - Greg Elliott Great job guys. We had alot of good racing throughout the field, and some not so good racing (sound familiar). Some updates as to how we are at least attempting to clean up some of the racing. Michael R Skinner has been removed from AMS. Bruce Ackermann is suspended for one race for violation of caution warning. The following drivers are currently under a caution warning, meaning that if they bring out 1 caution in the next race or two (depends on when they received their warning) that they participate in, they will have to park it. Those with an (*) next to their name will also be suspended for 1 race if they bring out a caution in the next one or two races (depends on when they received their warning) that they participate in. Dylan Prostler Kurt Quist Clay Dildine Josh Abney Ryan LaFalce Jameson Miller Joshua Soucy John Joyce* Tyler Popp* Chad Engle* Ryan Ferrell* Tyler Blanchard* Bruce Ackermann** We feel this approach has been slowly working. Reducing cautions will of course make for longer green flag runs and less wrecking. Believe it or not, Bristol was better for it and hopefully Richmond will see some green flag pit stops. http://www.amsleague.com/cautions.html Next up: Monday, April 15th: Richmond -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - Battle for Strawberry Hill 160 (160 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Gridding immediately after qualifying in the same session. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 04/02/2019: Congrats to Ben M Bando on the Cup Series win at Texas. His first win at AMS. Starting 29th and leading the most laps, shows that he is a contender this year. Some very good racing throughout the field showed everyone how competitive many of you guys are. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Greg Elliott 3rd - Joshua Soucy 4th - Jonathan Schwartz 5th - Dylan Prostler Great job guys. We've had some really good racing throughout the field, but there are some drivers that have brought out cautions because they are either too aggressive or careless. 12 of those drivers will need to park if they are the cause of a caution in the next couple of races. (they have been given warnings) Of those 12, six of those drivers will also be suspended if they bring out a caution in the next couple of races. We are doing our best to help reduce the amount of cautions we are having and we are clearly noticing a pattern. Basically, those that continue to bring out cautions will be parked so that the rest of us can have some fun, competitive green flag racing. Shit happens. We get that. But it's not fair to those that are regularly racing clean, to have to deal with so many cautions. With Bristol coming up, we ask everyone to drive within their means so we don't have another shitshow like we did at Martinsville. We have so many good drivers (regardless of speed) that we shouldn't be having so many cautions. Next up: Monday, April 8th: Bristol -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - Advance Auto Parts 200 at Bristol (200 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Gridding immediately after qualifying in the same session. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 03/26/2019: The following will hopefully help clear up how we deal with cautions. We have all brought out a caution at some point. Most cautions are a result of a mistake, aggresive driving or good hard racing. Rarely is it ever malicious. Most cautions are attributed to 1 driver being at fault more than the other driver(s). Whether its 99/1 or 60/40. Very rarely is it deemed an even 50/50. On those very rare occasions that it's deemed 50/50 or netcode, no driver is recorded for that caution. The main purpose for us keeping a record of cautions is to establish a pattern, whether it's multiple cautions in one race or multiple cautions over the last few races or even the amount of cautions over the season. We will have cautions from time to time no matter what, but the ultimate goal is to greatly reduce them. At this time we have chosen not to publicly list drivers that cause cautions, but may change that in the future. Some drivers that bring out a caution one week may not bring out another caution for a very long time, while other drivers will show a pattern. As far as short tracks, especially Martinsville and Bristol with these cars, a high percentage of iRacers in general either lack the skill or racecraft or patience or respect or a combination, that's why we see so many cautions at these tracks on iRacing. Larger tracks are generally less technical and often less problematic to most. Still, that is no excuse for last night. Again, our goal is to greatly reduce the amount of cautions and to have long green flag runs (we don't think that's asking too much lol). If we need to remove a certain driver or drivers to help us reach that, then we will do what we have to. It's not fair to most of us that show up to have some fun competive racing. http://www.amsleague.com/cautions.html Thanks, AMS Staff UPDATE 03/26/2019: Congrats to Joshua Banks on the Cup Series win at Martinsville. His first win at AMS and a dominant one at that. Some good racing when it was green, but 109 laps under yellow made it a really rough race. Next week can't come soon enough. Rounding out the top 4: 2nd - Dylan Prostler 3rd - Jonathan Schwartz 4th - Josh Thaxton Good job guys. This week 3 drivers were given penalty points for their adjusted finishing position based on what lap they brought out their second caution. (you are no longer being scored once you bring out a your second caution in a race) Also, this week 7 drivers were given their first caution warning for bringing out cautions in 2 of the 3 previous races, adding to the 3 drivers that received one last week. Of those 3, one driver received the second caution warning, meaning that if he brings out a caution in the next 2 races that he participates in, he will be suspended. We hate to have to do this, but we really need to bring down the caution numbers and bring up the green flag racing laps. ***Starting next week at Texas, we will be going back to our normal (practice, qualify and race) all in 1 session. We would still advise everyone not to wait until the last minute to join.*** Our broadcaster Matt was under the weather and we expect him to be back for Texas. Next up: Monday, April 1st: Texas -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - Don't Squat With Your Spurs On 188 (125 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Gridding immediately after qualifying in the same session. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 03/25/2019: We now have an AMS decal layer for your paint schemes. Check them out or download them here. UPDATE 03/21/2019: New changes to iRacing/Trading Paints (1) Since MOST paint schemes are missing the decal layer now (contingencies etc), it is very easy to add them back. Go to Trading Paints and click on your car that you want to check. For those not familiar with painting etc, an easy way to tell if your contingencies are there or not, is to look on the fender behind the front tires. If your contingencies are there, there is nothing for you to do. If your contingencies are NOT there, click the "CHOOSE PAINT" dropdown on the top right and choose "Add Default Decal Stamp". That's it. (1a) For those a little more advanced, a couple of our members are making a decal layer that will also include the new AMS logo, banner etc. (More info on that at a later time) (2) "Custom Number paints are visible:" -to drivers and spectators in hosted or league sessions where the host selects the option to disable decals and numbers and a Custom Number paint is uploaded to a driver’s Trading Paints account (WE WON'T BE USING THIS METHOD) -to drivers and spectators in ANY iRacing session where that user has checked the “Hide Numbers” option in their iRacing graphics settings (WE WILL BE USING THIS METHOD) (2a) We ask that all drivers check the "Hide Numbers" box in your in-sim graphics settings. This is not mandatory, but it will probably enhance your experience across all iRacing sessions. (For those not familiar with these new changes, ALL cars will have numbers on them, regardless of what you do or don't do.) More info on iRacing's/Trading Paint's new features: https://blog.tradingpaints.com/trading-paints-update-notes-march-19-2019-2bf62948111c http://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3644296.page *To painters using custom numbers: You must have your proper number on the car and all numbers must be visible. tl;dr If you do nothing (since this weeks patch), everything should look as it has in the past except: -contingencies on your car may no longer be there. (1) -you will not see custom numbers/schemes on some cars. (2a) UPDATE 03/19/2019: Congrats to Kaleb Isenhour on the Cup Series win at Auto Club. His first win at AMS. An exciting race without the past drama made for a fun race overall. An early caution at the front of the field and a late race caution setting up a 2 lap shootout both really changed up the dynamics of the race. Thanks to everyone for keeping race chat civil. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Trevor Roppolo 3rd - Jonathan Schwartz 4th - Josh Thaxton 5th - Matthew Hoyle Good job boys. Blinking/lagging cars - We try to give anyone with those type of issues time to straighten out their connection. If after some time goes by and the blinking/lagging is still present, we ask that ride in the back or preferably park it until your connection is stable, otherwise we will have to park you. No post-race penalties at this time, but a few drivers will be receiving their first "friendly" caution warning. As always, if you see an issue that you feel the admins may have missed or not addressed, or if you have any issues at all with another driver or admin decision, please contact us http://www.amsleague.com/protest.html The more feedback, the better it is for everyone. Next up: Monday, March 25th: Martinsville -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - The Hot Doggin' 200 (200 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Then, the actual race session will open at 9:35pm ET for the top 43 qualifiers. That session will have a 10 min warmup to give drivers time to get in, and the race will grid at 9:45pm ET. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 03/14/2019: We would like to give everyone a heads up on how we will be dealing with caution rule 6.4.1. (Continuing to Cause Cautions) Over the last few years we have been lax on this rule, but now with more racers and more cautions, we feel this will help reduce cautions and improve green flag racing. With a full field of drivers of various levels of skill, aggressiveness etc, we will have cautions. We have all brought out a caution at some point, and we will all most likely bring out one again. Even though this rule/procedure applies to everyone, VERY FEW will be affected by it. Following the Auto Club race and moving forward, any driver that is the cause of at least one caution per race in 2 of the 3 previous races, will receive a "friendly warning" to not bring out a caution over the next 2 races. If they DO NOT bring out a caution over those 2 next races, the warning will disappear. If they DO bring out a caution over those 2 races, they will be required to park it immediately. They will then receive another warning informing them that if they bring out a caution in one of the next 2 races, they will have to again park it immediately and they will be suspended 1 race. In the past, this has helped reduce the amount of cautions, especially with those that continuously had brought out cautions. Again, VERY FEW drivers will actually be affected by this rule/procedure as most drivers don't bring out cautions very often, and those that do, will often adjust their driving as to reduce the amount of cautions they do bring out. Rule 6.4. is still in effect (if you are the cause of 2 cautions in a race, you will be required to park your car for the remainder of the race) . tl;dr If you ARE NOT bringing out any/many cautions, business as usual. If you ARE bringing out several cautions, there will be penalties. Thank You for your understanding in this matter. Next up: Monday, March 18th: Auto Club -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - The Hollywood 200 presented by Kleenex (100 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Then, the actual race session will open at 9:35pm ET for the top 43 qualifiers. That session will have a 10 min warmup to give drivers time to get in, and the race will grid at 9:45pm ET. http://www.amsleague.com/race-eligibility.html Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 03/12/2019: Thanks to everyone that showed up to the practice/test race (we learned alot), and we hope to see you all next week at Auto Club. Next up: Monday, March 18th: Auto Club -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - The Hollywood 200 presented by Kleenex (100 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Then, the actual race session will open at 9:35pm ET for the top 43 qualifiers. That session will have a 10 min warmup to give drivers time to get in, and the race will grid at 9:45pm ET. http://www.amsleague.com/race-eligibility.html Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 03/07/2019: .This Monday 3/11 there will be a "practice" league race for Auto Club to help get the hang of the new package. It will be set up under League Sessions at our normal time. There will only be one session, with Practice, Qualifying and the Race, so it will be first come first serve to get in. Even though this is not an official points race all rules will be in affect and this will be treated as an official race. The purpose of this will be so we can learn how to race with this package and be able to have green flag racing the rest of the year. UPDATE 03/05/2019: Congrats to Jonathan Schwartz on the Cup Series win at Las Vegas. A gamble on pit road helped solidify the win. Good Job. 11 cautions again this week (although no one brought out 2 cautions). Please respect your fellow drivers by being prepared for the race. Also, please be aware when a wreck is happening in front of you and be prepared to check up. No penalties this week. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Kaleb Isenhour 3rd - Glenn Murphy Jr 4th - Deiondre Artis 5th - Hank Allen Great job guys. Next up: Monday, March 11th: Off week Then, Monday, March 18th: Auto Club Thanks to everyone that showed up to the race, and we hope to see you in 2 weeks at Auto Club. UPDATE 02/26/2019: Congrats to Graham A. Bowlin on the Cup Series win at Atlanta. Leading 70 laps, he made it look easy as others struggled. Overall, a fun race for many. 11 cautions was a bit rough. Please respect your fellow drivers by being prepared for the race. Also, please be aware when a wreck is happening in front of you and be prepared to check up. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Randy Armes 3rd - Glenn Murphy Jr 4th - Ben M Bando 5th - Darian May Good job guys. Penalties - A few drivers received post-race penalties. Because our scoring program (DanLisa) does not allow for adjusting finishing positions from the official results, most penalties are by points. For example: If 25 cars finish on the lead lap, and the 10th place driver gets a penalty requiring tail end of the lead lap, his penalty will be 15 points. A penalty can be appealed at admin@amsleague.com or http://www.amsleague.com/protest.html A few of the penalties were for: 2nd caused caution, unintentionally spinning/wrecking another car under caution, intentional contact under caution, asking for and receiving a cleared black flag that was not deemed clearable. Next up: Monday, March 4th: Las Vegas -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - ASPCA 188 (125 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Then, the actual race session will open at 9:35pm ET for the top 43 qualifiers. That session will have a 10 min warmup to give drivers time to get in, and the race will grid at 9:45pm ET. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 02/19/2019: Congrats to Hank Allen on the Cup Series win at Daytona. Starting in the back due to technical difficulties, he managed to win the Daytona 250 for the second year in a row. Nice job. Alot of great racing throughout the field and green flag pitstops are good to see. Thanks to everyone for putting on a good show. Please remember to stay behind the person in front of you when under caution, especially when the race ends under caution as that penalty will not be cleared. Now that many of us are glad to be leaving Daytona for awhile, we move on to the slick track of Atlanta. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Tyler Meeks 3rd - Darian May 4th - Tony Ball 5th - Riley Roush Good job boys. We apologize to those that couldn't make the race. We were expecting the race session to fill up early, (within an hour, not in 7 minutes) we hope this new race eligibility procedure will be more fair to all. We are also sorry for the broadcast for the Daytona race. Matt had a personal/family situation that prevented him from being there and we appreciate Jacob being in the booth for us. Matt and company will be back in full force for Atlanta. With those hurdles in our rear view mirror, we look forward to another great season at AMS. Next up: Monday, February 25th: Atlanta -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - Smoky Mountain Motorsports 200 (130 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Then, the actual race session will open at 9:35pm ET for the top 43 qualifiers. That session will have a 10 min warmup to give drivers time to get in, and the race will grid at 9:45pm ET. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 02/19/2019: AMS Cup Series Announcement: Race Eligibility Starting next week at Atlanta Motor Speedway, we will be hosting a qualifying room separate from the race room. This will give everyone an equal chance to qualify their way into the races. The qualifying room will open for practice at our regular time of 7:30 pm ET. Qualifying will be at the normal time of 9:20 pm ET as well. After qualifying is over at 9:25 pm ET, that session will CLOSE and another will open for the race at 9:35 pm ET. The ten minute gap is to account for the time it will take an admin to setup the new session with the grid set from qualifying and any hiccups that might occur. That room will have a 10 min warmup to give drivers time to get in the race room and the race will grid at 9:45 pm ET. We realize that this will push the race start time back 20 mins. We hope this doesn't inconvenience anyone and apologize if it does. We just feel this is the best way to insure everyone gets the best and fair opportunity to race. If we have 2 straight weeks of less than 40 drivers, we will revert back to having everything in one session. This is because, generally speaking, after a few races into the season, the field size tends to shrink. Obviously, we want you all to be here and be able to make it every race. But sadly, that doesn't always happen. Going back would also put us back to our regular race start time. Also, drivers who finished inside the top 10 in the 2018 AMS Cup Series point standings will have locked in positions to each race, given they make a qualifying attempt. TL:DR - Qualifying Rooms - Separate from race room - Practice still from 7:30 pm to 9:20 pm ET. - Qualifying still at 9:20 pm ET. - After qualifying, race room will open at 9:35 pm ET. - 10 min warmup. - Grid at 9:45 pm ET. - Green flag at approx. 9:46 ET. - 2 straight weeks of less than 40 drivers, we will go back to old way of practice, qualifying and race all in one session. - Top 10 in 2018 AMS Cup Series Points Standings have locked in positions to each race as long as they make a qualifying attempt. The race session filled up within 10 minutes tonight. We anticipated that the race session would fill up within an hour, but not in 7 minutes. We apologize to those that did not make the race and we hope the above procedures will help make for a more fair way for everyone. UPDATE 02/12/2019: Congrats to Graham A. Bowlin on the win in The Clash. His first race, his first win and his first lap led. If you're only going to lead one lap, it might as well be the last one :) A big shoutout to everyone in the race. 3 cautions with a full field at Daytona with many drivers new to each other. Sorry to those that couldn't make the race. Rounding out the top 5: 2nd - Glenn Murphy Jr 3rd - Randy Armes 4th - Ed Adams 5th - Kevin Troczynski Great job guys. Next up: Monday, February 18th: Daytona -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - Daytona 250 presented by Children's Dream Racer (100 laps) - Broadcasted by ASN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjr2WRM-6qZkDHb9wyk0Sw/featured We expect a full field for this race, so please sign in early to secure your spot. Typically after the first few weeks of a season, the car count drops a bit and there shouldn't be any problems getting in. All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 02/05/2019: Next up: Monday, February 11th: Daytona Clash -Monday- Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series - Daytona Clash (50 laps) Track ToD setting will be 7pm. *After the Daytona Clash, all track time-of-day (ToD) settings for races will be set to the actual race start time. We would like to welcome our newest drivers to AMS and welcome back all existing drivers. Feel free to post on the Facebook group and join us in TeamSpeak. TeamSpeak use is not mandatory, but any interviews on the broadcasts will be conducted on TS. For those that need the TeamSpeak password, just message an admin(s) and we'll get it to you. If you still need to pick your car # (or change it), please contact Chris Ostrander. ALL AMS Cup Series races are run on Monday nights (league sessions). They will also be broadcasted. Thanks to Matt Eagan and everyone at American Sim Network for putting on quality broadcasts. All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Thank You to Dalton Baldwin for sponsoring the Cup Series this season with Children's Dream Racer. Also, Thanks to those that have or will donate to having the AMS Cup Series sessions broadcasted. To sponsor any races for broadcasting, please contact Dalton Baldwin. Most info for this season can be found at http://www.amsleague.com/2019-season-info.html and http://www.amsleague.com/rules.html A couple of highlights: -(NEW) To submit a protest, question or concern regarding an AMS race or driver, please do so at http://www.amsleague.com/protest.html (tab on top of website) -If you are the cause of 2 cautions in a race, you will be required to park your car for the remainder of the race. -If you continue to cause a decent amount of cautions race after race, you will be given a warning and further action may be taken. (in the past we have been lenient on this rule, that is no longer the case) -NO INTENTIONALLY WRECKING YOUR FELLOW COMPETITORS. Doing so under caution will be an immediate suspension. -Black Flags: All iRacing given black flags will be upheld unless a Main Staff member says otherwise. Main Staff gets final call on all black flags given. -Clearing Black Flags: If you feel you were wrongly given a black flag, or according to any of our rules, you should not have received one, then tell an admin your situation and we may clear it. -Cleared Black Flags: Any black flags cleared by a Main Staff member during a race will be subject to a mandatory post race review. -Black Flags for Avoiding a Wreck: If you're attempting to avoid a wreck, or you spin down pit road, and you are NOT the cause of the accident/incident, any black flags given to you from this will be cleared. Just ask an admin to clear them. (single car pit road violations will not be cleared) -15 Drivers will make the chase based on regular season points. (No stages, no elimination rounds, no win and you're in) -After the Daytona Clash, all track time-of-day (ToD) settings for races will be set to the actual race start time. -Provisionals: You are granted 5 provisionals for the Cup Series. If you can't make one of the races, you could use one of your provisionals that night. You may request it as early as you'd like, but MUST be called for BY 9:25pm ET on race night. The first couple of races, everyone is getting used to each other. Our goal is to have clean, fun yet competitive races, and that goal is most often met. Looking forward to seeing everyone on the track. Good Luck and Have Fun. UPDATE 01/29/2019: Congrats to Randy Armes on the win in the Off-Season Series race at Five Flags. Congrats to Chris Ostrander on the series championship. Alot of different names running up front throughout the season. Looking forward to next year of this very fun and competitive series. Rounding out the top 5 in standings: 2nd - Hank Allen 3rd - Randy Armes 4th - Michael Tant 5th - Joshua Soucy Great job guys. Next up: Monday, February 4th: OFF Then: Monday, February 11th: 2019 Children's Dream Racer AMS Cup Series season opening Daytona Clash. Most rules, procedures etc. will be carried over from previous Cup seasons. 2019 Season info 2 exceptions are: - The track time-of-day (ToD) settings will be what the actual time of day the real race is. ***The Daytona Clash will be run at night. After that non-points race, all races will follow the new ToD procedures. - More races on this years schedule including a couple of non-points races. (less off weeks) All AMS race sessions OPEN at 7:30pm ET for open practice, with qualifying at 9:20pm ET. Hope to see you there. Good Luck and Have Fun. |
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