iRacing Releases 2014 Season 1 Schedule

iRacing released their 2014 season 1 racing schedule today, and there are a few changes and some things worth mentioning about it.

There will no longer be three four-week rookie seasons during the regular twelve week iRacing season. Rookies will have a twelve week season just like everyone else. With this, iRacing has also done away with the manual promotions that they were doing at the end of each four-week rookie season. Now rookies will be able to fast-track to Class D by simply reaching a safety rating of 3.0 and meeting the minimum participation requirements. All I can say is, look out D class racers, here they come.

The Legends Road Racing Series (sorry, didn’t even know there was such a thing) will replace the old Advanced Rookie Road Series. I guess I just don’t know anything about road racing.

When the new build finally goes out, iRacing will launch the Super Late Model Series. You’ll need a Class D 4.0 minimum to race in the series, which means it’s a C Class series with cautions. Looking at the schedule, it’s all short tracks with the deplorable Richmond International Raceway thrown in to screw things up, but it looks pretty good.

There are a few more new things going on, but that’s the interesting stuff. Here are some more interesting parts of the schedule.

The iRacing Advanced Legends Series will continue to rotate the same six or seven tracks, just like they do every season. There is nothing new to report for the Legends cars.

The iRacing Late Model Series will continue in a similar way to the past few seasons, short tracks, and of course Class D has no cautions. All of the races are either 50, 60, or 70 laps. Look for the following venues in this order:

1. New Smyrna Speedway night
2. Lanier National Speedway night
3. Richmond International Raceway night (boo! lol)
4. South Boston Speedway
5. Langley Speedway night
6. Stafford Motor Speedway
7. Irwindale Speedway – Outer
8. Thompson International Speedway
9. Bristol Motor Speedway night
10. Concord Speedway
11. USA International Speedway
12. Martinsville Speedway

I really hate to keep harping on iRacing about this, but they ask for it every single season. They prove to the world each and every racing season that they know absolutely nothing about short track racing, and Street Stock racing in particular. Fifty mile races just don’t happen in Street Stocks. Oh well, it doesn’t do any good. I’m not even going to put the tracks here for Street Stock Class C. I might run some of the short tracks if I have time, but this is still ridiculous. You can guess the tracks and the long, long races, they’re about the same as always. Look for this series to die with the birth of the Super Late Model.

Speaking of the Super Late Model Series, you can expect a schedule similar to the Late Model Series, just add about 20 laps to each race. All of the races in the series are either 70, 80, or 90 laps, and, of course there will be cautions since it is Class C.

1. New Smyrna Speedway night
2. Irwindale Speedway – Outer
3. Bristol Motor Speedway night
4. Lanier National Speedway night
5. South Boston Speedway
6. USA International Speedway
7. Martinsville Speedway
8. Stafford Motor Speedway
9. Langley Speedway night
10. Richmond International Speedway night
11. Thompson International Speedway
12. Concord Speedway

That sums it up for all the good classes. The full schedule is available somewhere on the iRacing service.