Our first race in the Continental Endurance Sports Car Series is Saturday. 2.4 Hours of Daytona with the MX5 Cup and Mustang FR500S. Will be broadcast on
www.GlacierTV.com and I believe the race start should be around 7pm eastern time.
Rules have changed a little to make use of some new iRacing features. For our inaugural season, all cars had a mandatory pit stop within the first third of the race. The lap number was determined before the race, and you had to come in for some kind of service, being stopped in your pitbox for at least 10 seconds. The MX5 can run the whole 90 minute race on about 10 gallons, so all we were doing was stopping whenever happened to be a good time to put 1.1 gallons of gas in, wait for the pit service timer to roll past 10, and get back on our way. Mustangs had a little different strategy, some would make a very late pitstop after the mandatory one for new tires.
Now we're using fuel capacity restrictions. MX5s are down to a 50% (6.4 gallon) fuel load, and I think Mustangs have about 60%. Both limits produce a 55-65 minute stint, so for the normal 90 minute races we have a lot of flexibility in deciding when to pit.
We had a practice session tonight where I ran my first laps with the fuel restriction. From leaving the pits to coming down pit road, I was able to complete 22 laps while the fuel pressure was plummeting. A 144 minute race has the potential for 64-65 laps at race pace, but there will be cautions. I'll be planning on a 2-stop strategy, taking full fuel and new tires each time. The tricky part will be deciding whether or not to come in early for service when the safety car comes out.
If you get a chance, tune in on GlacierTV. They do a great job.
but that was when I was a rookie, I might give that a try this weekend, is that D class?
today its not.. Tomorrow it's start early day, but my guess is that you wont find anyone there until 21:00 CEST.. or 19:00 GMT. 
Now to wait a week for that to arrive and finally be able to use my computer....... 
