Twisted Metal Gridiron Division 2017

Happy New Year!  This series will be run with the IROC mod, using the old school Firebirds with the TMT Gridiron 2016 roster.  Here's how it breaks down:

The Draft and the Season

Each participant has been randomly assigned a NFL division (4 NFL teams/4 cars).  The goal: Have the divison with most points (not individual driver points).  There will be two AI "divisions" based only on NCAA teams: one of 5 cars and one of 6.  The series will span 45 races on 15 different tracks.

Race Groups

Every race night will consist of three rounds at the same track with damage typically progressing after each race.

Cautions: Off; Weather: Realistic; Damage: R1-None(Full on some tracks), R2-Moderate(Full on some tracks), R3-Full
All times EST
19:00-19:45 = Practice
19:45-19:50 = Qualifying (where applicable, otherwise extended practice)
19:50-20:00 = Happy Hour
20:00~20:20 = Race 1
20:20-20:25 = Qualifying (where applicable)
20:25~20:40 = Race 2
20:40-20:45 = Qualifying (where applicable)
20:45~21:00 = Race 3

Points

1: 7

2: 6

3: 5

4: 4

5: 3

6-10: 2

11-30: 1

31-43: 0

DNF: 0 (all bonuses are still retained)*

Award Points

Lap Lead: 1
Most Laps Lead: 1
Heart Breaker (most positions lost): 1
Diehard Race (lowest placed car still running): 1*
Hard Charger (most positions gained): 1

Boat Anchor Bonus:  All the members of the last place team at the end of each race group (3 races) will receive 1 bonus point each (up to 4).  This is calculated after all other points are calculated.

Wild Card

Every third track is a Wild Card round.  During the wild card, two divisons are randomly selected to compete head to head.  In the final WildCard, all teams are eligible.  The winning criteria is randomly selected before the first race of the night and can be one of the following results from the Race Group:

• Team with most points
• Team with the most wins
• Team with most top 5s
• Team with most top 10s
• Team with the most surviving members
• Team with the most awards (including boat anchor)

The winning team will receive 3 bonus points for each member while the losing team will lose 3 points for each member (up to 12).  In the case of ties, no points adjustments are made.

Rules

• AI will not be punished for "Cheating" or cutting corners, however, players may be docked points and/or DQed for the race if they are caught purposely cheating
• Regular black flags will apply.  I will attempt to clear if penalties are unclear/out of driver's hands.  Damaged car black flags will not be cleared.
• If DQed, all position points are revoked unless DQ was deamed accidental
• No restarts will be given except for technical problems
• Players may be as destructive as they wish, to whomever they wish once the green flies. However, causing excessive disruption BEFORE the start is not allowed.
• *Drivers must retire as soon as their car is disabled or else all driver points will be removed for that race.
• I may revise these rules or points at any time during the championship in the interest of competition (Jr/France rule)

Missed Races

When a player misses a race, their car will be controlled by an AI.

Team List

Driver	Division	Team1	Team2	Team3	Team4
Darrel Hamilton	AFC South	Texans	Colts	Jaguars	Titans
Ross Smith	NFC East	Redskins	Eagles	Giants	Cowboys
Sandy Smith	AFC North	Ravens	Browns	Steelers	Bengals
Scot Myer	NFC North	Bears	Lions	Green Bay	Vikings
Zack Webster	AFC West	Broncos	Chiefs	Raiders	Chargers
Mark Riggleman Jr	AFC East	Bills	Dolphins	Patriots	Jets
AI	NFC South	Falcons	Panthers	Saints	Buccaneers
Rob Cook	NFC West	49ers	Cardinals	Rams	Seahawks
AI	NCAA 1	VA Tech	West VA	Villanova	Penn St	MI St	WI
AI	NCAA 2	NE	TX A&M	Purdue	Baylor	SC

Track List

Quarter Slammer
Bowl Two
Mr Norms Mayhem
Michigan Volcano
Raleigh
NC Jump
Mission 8 Demo
6 Feet Under
GNC carnival
Bone Crusher
Humpty Dumpty
Indy Wave
Dover Jump
MartyMoVille
Destruction Arena

'87 Winston Cup 2016 Series - 36 Homestead

The sun sets on another fantastic series and we had a cracker of a race (not like with soup but the British cracker as in "great").  The stage was set for a dramatic finish.  Sandy had a chance at taking second in points and it would require beating Zack by a large margin.  Still, it was not as impossible as Darrel and Scot's margin.  Both drivers were ready and despite technical issues, we got it going from start to finish.

Things started off well for Sandy in the sense that they weren't good for Zack who qualified in the back.  Still, we were about halfway except for Darrel who was top ten but slunk to the back after a misfired mulligan.

The first couple laps were on edge and there was quickly an accident as Benny Parsons swung right down into Sandy.  He thought he had the spot but Sandy clearly had it.

The Bear didn't get damaged but lost a lot of spots as he stuck into the wall.

And despite the attempt, no damage was given to the 023 from the Avast car via rolling debris.

Pretty much everyone pitted except me.

And it wasn't long before I had a bad turn and the field was on me for some dogged racing.

Around lap 11, Sandy and Christman had a meeting.

Unlike Zack (again) Darrel could not avoid Sandy's left overs.

The death was instant but Christman made sure to hit Darrel a good second time before driving by.

This time all were on pit road.

And I was in for the fight of my season.

Nose to tail and side by side for what felt like a million laps as we jockeyed about and barrel avoided calamity.  

Not far down the order, Sandy was starting to lose positions to Zack who was methodically working his way up.

At one point I thought for sure I was going to wreck as our front group caught Christman.  But I managed to squeeze out against the wall.

Then if finally came at lap 30 when Ned Jarrett bumped Sandy in turn three.  What you don't see here is that Sandy had a small blink fit about this time and a slight connection interruption was likely to blame.

In any case he was hurt and down the order as the rest of us came in for our stops.

Zack was still on his way up, sitting in the teens.

Back under green, I was having a blast and some close calls with the legends of the series as Zack continued past some slower traffic in his pursuit for leveraging positions.  He was somewhat worried about my driving.

He should have been worried about Alan Kulwiki's driving because he's an idiot who just throws on his brakes after several laps of no issue previously.

I spun up into the wall in the usual 180 while Zack crunched into Kyle Petty who also threw brakes down.

Zack's race was suddenly (and literally) turning around the other way.

Mine was basically ruined as Michael Waltrip blasted me on my way down the track.

Zack came in hoping for a less-than-grim synopsis.

Sandy came around and pit a whole lap after I had been there and was just getting out.

On the restart, Zack called the ball to pass high and Sandy promptly cut him off.  The rivalry was in the hot zone.

Meanwhile, at the front and around lap 50, I was mostly trying to stay out of the way when these fools ran me over.  I may have also thought Bobby Allison was Alan Kulwicki.

Just before this, Zack blew his pit entrance AND still stopped.

I caused general chaos and died.

Sandy almost escaped unscathed but rammed the hell out of Ulrich.

The restart would be interesting.  Would Zack lose a lap as he was the last car on the lead lap behind the pace car?  Was Sandy badly damaged?

Despite his best efforts, Zack couldn't keep the front runners held up for long and ran wide, watching his hopes be dashed.

Again I was caught (HA! You thought I was dead!).  Again, I was destroyed.  This time, I actually tried to stay out of the way.  Look how far over I was when Harry Gant hit me.

Beirschwale and Sterling Marlin destroyed me for good, right in front of Webster.

Sandy had a bad line on the accident and caught along the wall.  No damage though.

With one lap of racing under green, Sandy held Zack, 20th to 34th.  The gap still wasn't large enough to claim the spot in points.  It would take a major holdup in traffic as lappers got in the mix.

For Sandy, there were no Hail Marrys and Zack watched him disappear in his mirror as he was passed repeatedly for position.

Sandy took out his rage on Jimmy Means.  A fine way to end the series.

In the end Zack held the spot by only about 20-some points.  That's pretty incredible for this series and made it a lot of fun.  Scot beat out Darrel by a good margin thanks to his win at Phoenix.  It was great to race with this car set and relive the good days of NASCAR.  Now we transition to our off season of off colored driving in the Twisted Metal Tour: Gridiron Division.

Track: HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY

Session: Practice

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	013	T Nadz	31.129
2	021	T Bear	31.395
3	061	D Hamilton	31.427
4	30	M Waltrip	31.451
5	023	Z Webster	31.463
6	3	D Earnhardt	31.477
7	28	D Allison	31.486
8	9	B Elliott	31.489
9	8	B Hillin, Jr.	31.491
10	71	D Marcis	31.499
11	43	R Petty	31.522
12	11	T Labonte	31.527
13	35	B Parsons	31.527
14	17	D Waltrip	31.532
15	75	N Bonnett	31.540
16	88	B Baker	31.541
17	90	K Schrader	31.545
18	26	M Shepherd	31.549
19	15	R Rudd	31.556
20	33	H Gant	31.574
21	27	R Wallace	31.594
22	55	P Parsons	31.607
23	5	G Bodine	31.609
24	44	S Marlin	31.620
25	19	D Cope	31.632
26	64	R Combs	31.634
27	21	K Petty	31.635
28	1	B Bodine	31.635
29	4	R Wilson	31.644
30	7	A Kulwicki	31.665
31	25	T Richmond	31.672
32	22	B Allison	31.674
33	52	J Means	31.676
34	18	D Jarrett	31.679
35	62	S Christman	31.690
36	70	J McDuffie	31.715
37	77	E Bierschwale	31.754
38	29	C Yarborough	31.762
39	83	L Speed	31.810
40	6	D Ulrich	31.816
41	81	M Potter	31.841
42	50	G Sacks	31.944
43	67	B Arrington	32.026

Weather: Clear, 83 °F, South 6 mph

Session: Qualifying

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	3	D Earnhardt	31.367
2	9	B Elliott	31.368
3	33	H Gant	31.373
4	90	K Schrader	31.385
5	26	M Shepherd	31.387
6	28	D Allison	31.429
7	27	R Wallace	31.467
8	21	K Petty	31.531
9	061	D Hamilton	31.541
10	17	D Waltrip	31.545
11	11	T Labonte	31.553
12	15	R Rudd	31.581
13	71	D Marcis	31.603
14	5	G Bodine	31.611
15	43	R Petty	31.627
16	8	B Hillin, Jr.	31.634
17	30	M Waltrip	31.652
18	35	B Parsons	31.656
19	021	T Bear	31.657
20	88	B Baker	31.666
21	013	T Nadz	31.686
22	75	N Bonnett	31.690
23	83	L Speed	31.699
24	7	A Kulwicki	31.701
25	22	B Allison	31.711
26	4	R Wilson	31.744
27	62	S Christman	31.752
28	25	T Richmond	31.753
29	70	J McDuffie	31.762
30	77	E Bierschwale	31.769
31	18	D Jarrett	31.776
32	29	C Yarborough	31.817
33	44	S Marlin	31.921
34	55	P Parsons	31.936
35	1	B Bodine	31.940
36	64	R Combs	31.947
37	19	D Cope	31.948
38	023	Z Webster	31.981
39	67	B Arrington	31.985
40	50	G Sacks	31.999
41	81	M Potter	32.005
42	52	J Means	32.065
43	6	D Ulrich	32.090

Weather: Clear, 83 °F, West 9 mph

Session: Happy Hour

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	5	G Bodine	31.382
2	3	D Earnhardt	31.431
3	013	T Nadz	31.438
4	44	S Marlin	31.463
5	7	A Kulwicki	31.473
6	26	M Shepherd	31.476
7	35	B Parsons	31.494
8	18	D Jarrett	31.512
9	023	Z Webster	31.543
10	27	R Wallace	31.552
11	9	B Elliott	31.581
12	15	R Rudd	31.587
13	21	K Petty	31.620
14	28	D Allison	31.632
15	17	D Waltrip	31.641
16	021	T Bear	31.647
17	19	D Cope	31.654
18	77	E Bierschwale	31.664
19	75	N Bonnett	31.678
20	30	M Waltrip	31.685
21	33	H Gant	31.694
22	52	J Means	31.697
23	22	B Allison	31.707
24	43	R Petty	31.711
25	67	B Arrington	31.720
26	4	R Wilson	31.730
27	1	B Bodine	31.739
28	8	B Hillin, Jr.	31.759
29	88	B Baker	31.760
30	62	S Christman	31.799
31	11	T Labonte	31.865
32	90	K Schrader	31.872
33	25	T Richmond	31.877
34	29	C Yarborough	31.891
35	55	P Parsons	31.896
36	64	R Combs	31.903
37	50	G Sacks	31.910
38	83	L Speed	31.917
39	71	D Marcis	31.931
40	6	D Ulrich	31.942
41	81	M Potter	32.026
42	70	J McDuffie	32.079
43	061	D Hamilton	1:03.552

Weather: Clear, 78 °F, South 16 mph

Session: Race

F	S	#	DRIVER	INTERVAL	LAPS	LED	POINTS	STATUS
1	7	27	R Wallace	121.681	67	11	180	Running
2	10	17	D Waltrip	-0.02	67	5	175	Running
3	20	88	B Baker	-0.32	67	0	165	Running
4	25	22	B Allison	-0.44	67	1	165	Running
5	15	43	R Petty	-0.61	67	6	160	Running
6	6	28	D Allison	-0.68	67	7	155	Running
7	39	67	B Arrington	-0.85	67	0	146	Running
8	36	64	R Combs	-1.06	67	0	142	Running
9	8	21	K Petty	-1.16	67	0	138	Running
10	32	29	C Yarborough	-1.34	67	0	134	Running
11	14	5	G Bodine	-1.55	67	0	130	Running
12	31	18	D Jarrett	-1.77	67	0	127	Running
13	4	90	K Schrader	-1.88	67	1	129	Running
14	11	11	T Labonte	-1.90	67	0	121	Running
15	37	19	D Cope	-2.63	67	0	118	Running
16	29	70	J McDuffie	-2.72	67	0	115	Running
17	41	81	M Potter	-3.04	67	0	112	Running
18	43	6	D Ulrich	-3.13	67	0	109	Running
19	5	26	M Shepherd	-3.56	67	0	106	Running
20	22	75	N Bonnett	-3.67	67	2	108	Running
21	34	55	P Parsons	-3.74	67	2	105	Running
22	33	44	S Marlin	-3.77	67	0	97	Running
23	24	7	A Kulwicki	-3.89	67	2	99	Running
24	19	021	T Bear	-4.41	67	1	96	Running
25	3	33	H Gant	-4.53	67	0	88	Running
26	42	52	J Means	-4.70	67	0	85	Running
27	26	4	R Wilson	-5.21	67	0	82	Running
28	12	15	R Rudd	-5.76	67	2	84	Running
29	1	3	D Earnhardt	-20.74	67	7	81	Running
30	13	71	D Marcis	-1L	66	0	73	Running
31	23	83	L Speed	-1L	66	0	70	Running
32	40	50	G Sacks	-1L	66	0	67	Running
33	38	023	Z Webster	-1L	66	0	64	Running
34	35	1	B Bodine	-1L	66	0	61	Running
35	2	9	B Elliott	-3L	64	12*	68	Retired
36	30	77	E Bierschwale	-5L	62	0	55	Accident
37	21	013	T Nadz	-5L	62	8	57	Accident
38	27	62	S Christman	-17L	50	0	49	Retired
39	16	8	B Hillin, Jr.	-28L	39	0	46	Retired
40	17	30	M Waltrip	-29L	38	0	43	Retired
41	9	061	D Hamilton	-56L	11	0	40	Accident
42	18	35	B Parsons	-64L	3	0	37	Accident
43	28	25	T Richmond	-65L	2	0	34	Valve

Caution Flags: 0 (0 laps)

Lead Changes: 21 (14 drivers)

Weather: Clear, 78 °F, Southwest 11 mph

Pitstop Frequency: 3x

AI Strength: 92%

STANDINGS

Point Standings after Race #36 Pos +/- Driver ST W T5 T10 AvFP P AvSP PTS BF/BN 1 -- T Nadz 36 16 19 20 14.25 16 6.97 4878 0/0 2 +1 T Labonte 36 0 9 17 15.78 3 9.97 4321 557/557 3 -1 M Shepherd 36 0 8 16 15.44 1 17.39 4309 569/12 4 +1 B Allison 36 0 6 13 16.78 0 14.97 4176 702/133 5 -1 D Earnhardt 36 0 8 14 17.61 2 7.86 4145 733/31 6 -- K Petty 36 3 8 15 17.97 0 16.81 4070 808/75 7 -- A Kulwicki 36 1 7 15 18.44 0 20.11 4001 877/69 8 +1 H Gant 36 0 2 12 18.83 1 18.86 3893 985/108 9 +14 Z Webster 33 2 7 8 20.79 5 16.94 3887 991/6 10 +2 R Petty 36 0 6 12 19.33 0 17.06 3885 993/2 11 -3 B Elliott 36 0 5 9 19.56 2 10.11 3873 1005/12 12 -2 T Bear 36 0 4 7 19.92 1 22.33 3861 1017/12 13 -2 P Parsons 36 1 7 10 19.61 0 22.06 3858 1020/3 14 -1 D Waltrip 36 1 10 12 19.94 0 11.83 3857 1021/1 15 -1 N Bonnett 36 3 6 11 20.78 0 16.28 3768 1110/89 16 -- B Baker 36 0 3 10 20.28 0 21.25 3757 1121/11 17 +2 D Allison 36 0 5 9 20.36 1 15.53 3741 1137/16 18 -1 S Marlin 36 0 6 11 21.11 0 16.53 3686 1192/55 19 -1 R Rudd 36 0 7 9 21.39 0 15.72 3673 1205/13 20 -5 B Parsons 36 0 3 11 20.89 0 20.89 3672 1206/1 21 -- R Wallace 36 3 7 10 21.92 0 11.11 3627 1251/45 22 -2 B Hillin, Jr. 36 0 2 9 21.61 0 21.53 3591 1287/36 23 -1 K Schrader 36 1 3 8 22.31 1 14.97 3563 1315/28 24 +2 G Bodine 36 0 1 8 22.42 0 15.56 3490 1388/73 25 -- J Means 36 1 4 6 22.86 0 27.03 3457 1421/33 26 +1 D Marcis 36 0 2 6 22.89 0 19.83 3428 1450/29 27 -3 M Waltrip 36 1 2 5 23.06 0 22.06 3423 1455/5 28 +2 D Jarrett 36 0 3 4 24.50 0 29.44 3285 1593/138 29 -1 R Wilson 36 0 1 1 24.22 0 26.61 3264 1614/21 30 +2 R Combs 36 0 2 5 24.94 0 31.75 3216 1662/48 31 +3 B Arrington 36 0 2 5 24.92 0 29.06 3204 1674/12 32 -1 L Speed 36 0 1 5 24.97 0 29.25 3195 1683/9 33 -4 M Max 29 1 2 5 25.00 1 39.28 3167 1711/28 34 -1 G Sacks 34 1 3 7 24.15 0 29.71 3141 1737/26 35 +2 D Cope 35 0 1 3 24.60 0 34.63 3141 1737/0 36 -- E Bierschwale 35 0 1 4 25.17 0 31.57 3079 1799/62 37 -2 T Richmond 36 0 2 6 26.28 0 25.83 3062 1816/17 38 -- B Bodine 35 0 1 3 25.37 0 32.03 3058 1820/4 39 +3 D Hamilton 31 0 1 3 26.87 1 16.74 3014 1864/44 40 -1 J McDuffie 35 0 0 4 26.37 0 31.49 2950 1928/64 41 -- C Yarborough 31 0 0 5 23.90 0 32.94 2844 2034/106 42 -2 S Christman 36 0 0 2 27.78 0 32.81 2838 2040/6 43 -- M Potter 25 0 1 1 28.40 0 37.48 1911 2967/927 44 -- D Ulrich 12 0 1 2 24.33 0 36.00 1092 3786/819 45 -- C Ferguson 9 0 0 0 34.44 0 38.44 544 4334/548 46 -- J Sauter 6 0 0 0 24.50 0 30.83 537 4341/7 47 -- M Stahl 4 0 0 1 26.00 0 39.00 343 4535/194 48 -- M Riggleman Jr 2 1 1 1 22.00 1 16.00 185 4693/158 49 -- A Foyt 2 0 0 0 32.50 0 39.50 131 4747/54 50 -- B Wawak 1 0 0 0 36.00 0 41.00 55 4823/76 ST Starts W Wins T5 Top 5 Finishes T10 Top 10 Finishes AvFP Average Finish Position P Poles AvSP Average Start Position PTS Points BF Points Behind First Place BN Points Behind Next Position Scoring provided by Score4.