2025 Operation Motorsport Benefit

Introduction

Welcome to the 2025 Operation Motorsport benefit event! PCA Region co-sponsors, with support from PCA Sim Racing, have provided benefit donations near $50,000 USD for this wonderful organization.

Our goal for 2025 is $25,000. To achieve this goal, we will add new features, including an auction and some additional prizes for participants and broadcast viewers.

About Operation Motorsport

Established in 2017, Operation Motorsport is a non-profit foundation serving American and Canadian Service Members and Veterans. Its Diversionary Therapy and Motorsport Immersion programs are built on three core values: Team, Identity, and Purpose.

By using motorsport, the foundation serves medically released service members, medically retired service members, and veterans with a service-connected disability as recognized by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs or Veterans Affairs Canada.

The Event

This year, the Operation Motorsport benefit event will be a 6-hour race, on Sunday, May 4th at iRacing’s Spa-Francorchamps track. We will be racing in 2 different cars, and each car will consist of a Pro and Am(ateur) class.

Eligibility

Any team is eligible to enter, but the following schedule will be followed:

• Registration is now open.
• Entries received after the grid has been filled with 55 cars will be placed on a waitlist in the order they were received.
• Late registration is open for all teams until Wednesday, April 30th.

PCA Sim Racing drivers:

Registration

This is the procedure for all teams to register.

• Each Team Manager should complete this entry form. If all driver positions are not determined when registering, add them later.
• IMPORTANT! The Team Manager should retain the email confirmation they receive and use the link on the email to make additional edits and additions to the team information!
• A minimum of 1 driver and up to 8 drivers can be on a team.
• Each Team Manager and Team Drivers should join the dedicated Discord server for this event. Use this invite link to join the Discord server.
• Once you join the OpMo 2025 Discord Server Discord, please: accept the rules; then come into the General Discussion channel and say hello to introduce yourself.

Custom Livery

• The event will have Trading Paints active, but we would prefer to get the car files so RaceSpot can upload to their server. That helps to ensure a better quality production.
• All cars are required to use the Decal Template for their class. Download the zip file here.
• If the car does not have the correct class template, it will be modified to accept the Decal Template.
• All cars are required to comply with the iRacing Custom Paint Policy. Cars that do not comply will be rejected and a substitute provided.
• Naming of each car livery file is available in this iRacing reference page.

Qualifying

The lone qualifying session has been changed to May 4th before the warmup session.

Race Day Format

• Elective 45-minute practice session at 11 AM Eastern / 8 AM Pacific / 4 PM GMT.
• Remember, no race-day qualifying!   Qualifying has been changed to 15 minutes before warmup on race day.  11:45 AM Eastern / 8:45 AM Pacific / 4:45 PM GMT.
• Drivers Meeting during the 15-minute warm-up at 12 PM Eastern / 9 AM Pacific / 4 PM GMT.
• Cars roll off the grid at 12:05 PM Eastern / 9:05 AM Pacific / 4:05 PM GMT for the 6-hour race.
• Cars will be grouped on the grid with other cars in their class from fastest to slowest in the following order: Pro 963, Am 963, Pro GT3R, and Am GT3R.
• Each class’s fastest qualifier is responsible for starting their group.
• Each class’s fastest qualifier is responsible for keeping at minimum an 8-car separation from the class in front of them.
• A full-pace lap will be used.

Start

• Classes go green when their fastest qualifier crosses the start/finish line.
• There are no restrictions on passing once the race has started.
• There will be no Full Course Yellows (FCYs), so no race restarts.
• If a car is involved in an incident that is determined to be their fault from when it starts rolling off the grid to 10 minutes into the race, the car will receive a 30-second stop and hold penalty.

Overlap

• When any two cars are beside each other such that if either car moves in the direction of the other car they would end up occupying the same space.

Passing

• The overtaking driver is responsible for completing a clean, safe pass.
• To establish position and be considered alongside the trailing car’s front axle must be ahead of the rear axle of the leading car.
• An overtaking driver who does not have the position to make the pass will be deemed responsible for an incident if any arises out of the move.

Illegal Blocking

• Drivers are allowed one defensive move before the braking zone, provided there is no overlap and that sufficient space or time exists for the chasing car to react.
• Illegal blocking is subject to a penalty.

Incident Points

• 50 points = drive-through
• each additional 100 points = 30-second stop and hold

Race Control

• Live Race Control will be active for the entire race.
• No iRacing AI penalty will be cleared unless a car receives a DQ.
• Drivers should call over iRacing Comms if they want an incident reviewed. Please provide your car number and event time. Race Control will acknowledge “Car #, under review”. If Race Control does not acknowledge after 5 minutes, repeat the request.
• Race Control has the authority after Admin Review to disqualify any team if 1) a driver is determined to maliciously try to damage another car, and/or 2) a driver verbally insults or abuses another driver. Retaliatory incidents may lead to the team being disqualified by the Race Admin.

Race Communication

• Other than the example above requesting a live Race Control review, please remain quiet during the race.
• For team communications, you’re welcome to use any resource you prefer (Discord, Teamspeak, etc.), but Race Control will use only iRacing’s in-game voice chat/radio system.
• Your team may request a team comms channel in the OpMo Discord by contacting an Admin.
• No team member should join another team’s channel without being invited. If a non-team member joins another team’s channel, the offending team may receive a penalty of a 30-second stop and hold.
• The winning podium in each class should join the OpMo2025 Discord > Broadcasts > Interview Waiting Room immediately after the race conclusion. IMPORTANT! Please have push-to-talk configured for the interview.

Potential Technical Issues

• Use only Ethernet-cabled connections to join PCA Sim Racing events.
• Do not use WiFi to connect to a PCA Sim Racing event.
• Drivers with a poor internet connection may be removed from the race after the following steps:

1. 1. Any driver who has a bad connection will be alerted with a warning by Race Control.
   2. A second warning will be sent to the driver by Race Control after 3 minutes.
   3. If the connection doesn’t stabilize after 5 minutes, RC will instruct the driver to pit, and have another driver on the team take over.

• Connection issues can many times be resolved by rebooting the computer, or router, or reducing the home Internet connection load.
• If there is an additional problem and the driver’s connection remains unstable, they will, unfortunately, need to leave the server for the race so it does not affect the race quality for other competitors.
• Drivers are welcome to rejoin the race after resolving their internet problems.

Broadcast

Racespot TV is our broadcasting partner for the 6 Hours of Spa benefit race.

To provide the best broadcast possible, we need the following from each team:

• Please fill out this info. It is optional, so if you want to answer one or all questions, that’s cool.
• We need driver cams! Don’t be shy – show off!
• If you would like to be interviewed during the race, join the OpMo2025 Discord > Broadcast > Interview Waiting Room.
• Please make sure your Trading Paints livery works with the event template and that there are no conflicts.

Useful Links

Each link will open a new window.

PCA Sim Racing event webpage
https://pcasimracing.com/opmo6hours/

Team Registration
https://tinyurl.com/OpMo2025

Decal Templates
Required for all entries

Operation Motorsport event webpage
https://operationmotorsport.org/special-events/

Secured Donation webpage
https://fundraiser.support/opmo6hours/

Operation Motorsport FAQs
https://operationmotorsport.org/2887-2/

Event Discord Server
https://discord.gg/NmxjFGtsCY

Racespot Zoom Driver Cam
We need lots of driver cams!

Tell Us About Yourself
Please fill out whatever you’re comfortable with for the RaceSpot announcers to use during the broadcast

Race Broadcast
Live on PCA Sim Racing & RaceSpotTV