2025 Season Registration Guide

Introduction

In 2025 the VSCA SportsCar Championship enters its fourth season, starting with the fourth annual 24 Hours of Daytona in January and concluding with Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in October. In total there are twelve (12) races, consisting of eleven (11) championship rounds plus the non-points event "The Roar Before The 24" in early January.

The series consists of four different categories (classes): Grand Touring Prototypes (GTP), Le Mans Prototypes 2 (LMP2), Grand Touring Pro (GT PRO) and Grand Touring Amateur (GT AM).

Each class competes in 10 races total (9 championship rounds + "The Roar Before The 24").

The series puts premium importance on clean racing by having clean racing bonus points and very low iRacing incident limits in place for all its races and relatively high iRacing Safety Rating license requirements. Details on the exact requirements are part of the 2025 SportsCar Championship Regulations.

The series has no live race control (aside from handling FCY) and no live broadcast (as of October 2024).

Races take place on Saturdays with green flag usually at 1400 GMT or 1600 GMT. There are several free practice sessions available on the days before the race.

Registration for New Teams & New Entries opens on November 23rd, 2024 at 16:00 GMT. Some Teams who competed in the series last season have Entries eligible for Early Registration that opens on November 16, 2024 16:00 GMT (Returning Entries) and November 21, 2024 16:00 GMT (Changing Entries) respectively.

Registration during the 2025 Season is of course always possible, as well! With every championship round that has passed, the entry fee for new Entry Registrations becomes lower as per the Series Regulations. Entries that sit on the Reserve List are eligible for a partial refund for all races they missed on the Reserve List, until their promotion to the Series Grid or withdrawal.

Stay Up-To-Date via VSCA Discord

Update October 29, 2024: VSCA has published all documents relevant to the 2025 Season

Additionally, please make sure you join the VSCA Discord Server (using your full real name) and follow the #announcements channel, for all important announcements as they published by the Organizers.

The Series Grid can be monitored in the VSCA Paddock, which is the members area website that is accessible to all approved VSCA members.

If you are completely new to VSCA and you don't yet have a VSCA membership, the steps below outline what you need to do, to get yourself (and your Team, if you are a Team Manager) ready today, for when registration opens for the 2025 season.

Step 1: Become an official Member of VSCA

Before you can compete in or register for the VSCA SportsCar Championship, you must become an officially approved member of VSCA. You can register to apply for a VSCA membership here.

In order to become an official member of VSCA, you must meet the following requirements.

You must have an active iRacing subscription with a valid iRacing ID
You must have & maintain an active membership on the VSCA Discord Server using your full real name
You must at least be 16 years old (previously the minimum age was 18 years)
Drivers only: Your iRacing Sports Sports Car iRating must be between 1500 and 4250
Drivers only: Your iRacing Safety Rating (SR) license must be C4.0 or higher
You must have proficient English language skills, verbally and in writing
You must read, accept & confirm the VSCA Sporting Code

Step 2: Join a Team or Register your Team

After you have completed your VSCA membership registration, you can immediately login into the VSCA Paddock with your new account.

Once your VSCA membership application has been reviewed by the Organizers (usually within 1-3 days), your membership status in the VSCA Paddock will change from "Pending Approval" to "Free Agent". At that point, you can join a Team or in if you are owner/manager of your Team, you can register your Team inside the VSCA Paddock.

Being part of a Team one way or another is required in order to be licensed for the SportsCar Championship. A Team is also required to be registered, before the Team Manager or Assistant Manager can register an Entry for the 2025 season (see step 3). The sooner the Team Manager registers the Team with VSCA, the better. At minimum, please give VSCA 48 hours to process the Team registration.

Important: Inside VSCA the word "Team" means the organization you're part of. This is different from "Team" as iRacing defines it. What iRacing calls "Teams" in the iRacing UI, VSCA calls "Entries". Each VSCA SportsCar Championship Entry must have its unique iRacing Team ID which must stay the same throughout the entire season.

If you want to register your own team as Team Manager, you must meet the following additional requirements listed below.

Requirements for Team Managers/Assistant Managers

You must be at least 21 years old
You must be owner the Team or you must be authorized to represent the Team you are about to register
You must actively manage the Team inside VSCA and serve as point of contact between VSCA and your Team
You must register your Team with VSCA, via the option "Register Team" in the VSCA Paddock
You must ensure that all your Drivers, Crew Chiefs & Spotters register for a VSCA membership
After they registered and were approved by VSCA, you must add all your Drivers, Crew Chiefs & Spotters to your Team in the VSCA Paddock
After you added all your Drivers, Crew Chiefs & Spotters to your Team in the VSCA Paddock, you must ensure they all complete the 2025 SportsCar Championship Licensing Process (see step 4).

Step 3: Register your Entry/Entries for the 2025 Season (Team Managers only)

Registering an Entry for a Team is done by the Team Manager or Assistant Manager after Entry registration opens for the 2025 season.

Grid spots are awarded to Entries that meet the following requirements first:

Entry must be approved
Entry Fee must be paid in full
Car Design (and spec map) of Entry must be approved
The Team must have a positive account balance in the VMS

Any Entries that meet these requirements after all grid spots in the Entry's respective class were taken already, will be added to the Reserve List and will be eligible for a full Entry Fee refund. Alternatively, the Team can decide to keep the Entry on the Reserve List until it is promoted to the Series Grid. Every Entry on the Reserve List gets a chance to race, sooner or later. In that scenario, the Team is eligible for partial refund for every race that the Entry missed while being on the Reserve List until its promotion to the Series Grid.

Entry Registration for the 2025 season will open at three separate dates depending on specific criteria.

Returning Entries, Early Registration will open on November 16, 2024 at 1600 GMT. An Entry must meet the following requirements to be eligible for early registration:

Must have competed in a minimum of 7 races during the 2024 season or
Must have competed in each remaining race in 2024 from the moment of Registration.
Must compete in the same class as 2024 and use the same car number. However, may change iRacing Team ID and car manufacturer/model.

Changing Entries, Early Registration will open on November 20, 2024 at 1600 GMT. An Entry must meet the following requirements to be eligible for early registration:

Must have competed in a minimum of 7 races during the 2024 season or
Must have competed in each remaining race in 2024 from the moment of Registration.
Is not competing in the same class as 2024 and/or changing car number. Similar to Same Class Early Registration, these Entries may change iRacing Team ID and car manufacturer/model.

New Entries, Public Registration is for any Team and/or Entry that does not meet either of the above requirements and will open on November 23, 2024 at 1600 GMT.

Step 4: Get your 2025 SportsCar Championship License

You and all your Drivers, Crew Chiefs & Spotters will be required to complete the steps below via the VSCA Paddock (menu "SportsCar Championship" => "Get/Check License"), in order to obtain a license for the 2025 SportsCar Championship.

Read, Accept & Confirm the latest version of the VSCA Sporting Code
Read, Accept & Confirm the 2025 Series Regulations
Must join & stay member of the iRacing League of the 2025 VSCA SportsCar Championship (League ID 11677) using your iRacing ID
Must be member of a Team in VSCA Paddock
Must join & stay member of the VSCA Discord Server with full real name
Must not currently be serving a VSCA suspension (LPP, License Penalty Points)

Contact to the Organizers

In case of any additional questions please contact [email protected]