Requirements for Membership:
1) Follow the (Luke 6:31) Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do to you”
2) Avoid all public displays of anger or foul language in Forums and Chat
3) Strict adherence to iRacing Sporting Code and the Important Requirements for Successful Auto Racing in the previous section.
Team Rules:
A) In the event of an on-track collision, other than being hit from behind by another driver, Members agree to send a PM (Private Message) to the other driver/s saying he/she is “Sorry for their part in the incident”. This applies no matter who is more “at fault”. We believe that almost all collisions with cars that are beside or in front of us are “avoidable”.
B) Discussions regarding religion are prohibited in iRacing forums and Chat.
C) We encourage (but do not require) all Team Members to proudly display the Team RFC logo on their Personal Statistics Profile page and in the Signature section of their Forum Profile. Logo and HTML code is available by contacting Donald Strout via iRacing PM.
D) Members who win a race agree to make a $5-15.00 contribution to a charitable organization that “Does Good”. Members are encouraged to record the wins and contributions thru Sion Alford's irace4life organization's site http://www.irace4life.org/
Note: Exception/s for this rule will be made for those who lack the necessary financial means.
Members will be racing in all iRacing Series. Generally, our goal is to have groups of four racers that race together in various Series. We expect the most popular Series will be Mx5, Skip Barber, Star Mazda, GT1 and GT3 Sprint for Road Racing; Street Stock, Nationals, IndyCar, NASCAR Truck, and NASCAR A and B for Ovals.
In 2015 S4, the Team RFC Logo will be available for display as a Sponsor in the iRacing Paint Shop. Click on Racers for Christ. This Sponsorship and financial support of Team RFC @ iRacing is funded by Supporters of our program-specifically, Donald Wayne Strout through WS Wealth Managers Inc. as well as others. Logo is under License from Christian Motorsports International- http://teamrfc.org/
We are not a “religious” group, but rather a group of enthusiastic sim racers who meet the three (3) requirements and follow the rules listed above. Membership is based on behavior--setting a good example and helping others---and is not based on an individual's Faith or beliefs. Be aware that the Administrator/Sponsor and many Members are devout Christians and see being a "Christian" as not just a "belief system" but a "way of life" and personal communications might contain references to the Bible, God and Jesus Christ. (Strout maintains a separate weblog where opinion regarding Christian beliefs and racing is presented. http://followson.blogspot.com/ See next post for more about this "We are not a 'religious' group" statement.) Mocking or making fun at others' expense is considered a violation of Membership Requirement 1) above. Sponsor logos or other team affiliations that promote or infer anti-Christian, occult, or satanic images are also a violation of Membership Requirement 1) above.
Members of all skill levels are welcome. Members agree to help others improve and advance their skills and performance. We will host regular practice sessions for that purpose. Each Season, Members who display the Team RFC logo on their cars in official races will have a chance to win a Contest, with the prize being a private one hour on-line coaching session with Wyatt Gooden. http://www.wyattgooden.com/
Team Members are expected to do their best, to be competitive, displaying skill and mastery, while respecting others, and adhering to the spirit of good sportsmanship.
The goal is to help people to reach their full potential in iRacing and in Life.
A) In the event of an on-track collision, other than being hit from behind by another driver, Members agree to send a PM (Private Message) to the other driver/s saying he/she is “Sorry for their part in the incident”. This applies no matter who is more “at fault”. We believe that all collisions with cars that are beside or in front of us are “avoidable”.
ReplyDeleteI had my race ruined my a 'team member' in the IndyCar winter series yesterday. Not so much as a hint of an apology.
We take our rules seriously. Since you did not identify yourself or the specific race on 9/24 at Michigan, we investigated Team members' activities and found one instance where there was considerable contact and assumed that is what you refer to as "I had my race ruined ". Generally Team members save replays and in this case we have carefully reviewed the replay from several perspectives and find no justification for an apology.
DeleteWe have added the word "almost" to our comment: "We believe that almost all collisions with cars that are beside or in front of us are 'avoidable'."
There are some instances where a car beside or ahead of us loses control and that loss of control results in "unavoidable" contact. There are also instances where the car beside actually drives into us--this is again considered "unavoidable". (Unavoidable at least by us.)
We are aware that our "message" as conveyed by our Sponsor's logo subjects us to a special scrutiny in regards to being accused of hypocrisy and we are quite vigilant in guarding against any hint of that. We do our best but remind that Christianity is not a museum for perfectly righteous people, but rather a hospital for those who often fall short of the ideal. Christians are seldom perfect people, even though they try their best to be.
We regret that you became involved in this incident as a premature ending of anyone's race because of car contact is always disappointing. But, we find your accusations that a Team RFC member "ruined" your race, and/or that a Team Member failed to follow our rules, to be without merit.