Central Shaneville Supercars Championship

The Central Shaneville Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in the country of Central Shaneville, running as an national Series under Shaneville Sports Association regulations, it is also part of a government funded programme to encourage more sports in Central Shaneville.

All events take place in and around Central Shaneville and its two main islands (with some events on smaller islands around the nation.) Race formats vary between each event, with sprint races between 100 and 200 km in length, street races between 125 and 250 km in length, and two-driver endurance races held in the city of Bayside, the extremely fast Sandown Raceway for the Sandown 600, and high in the mountains at Macedonia Peak Raceway. The series is broadcast in Central Shaneville and offers a streaming service to people who want to watch the series outside of Central Shaneville with added benefits to international viewers, the championship has an average event attendance of over 100,000, with over 250,000 people attending major events such as the Sandown Triple Crown as Central Shaneville has always been a passionate racing nation despite not many races taking place.

Background

Central Shaneville has always been a sporting nation at heart however recently it has struggled to fit in really anywhere in any sport and whilst the people behind the scenes scratch their heads continuously trying to figure out what should be the national sport, someone had a great idea.

Tony Bennett, the Shanevillean Sports Association's chief operating officer literally told the conference room to "shut up and listen" as he put a slideshow on the projector screen of Central Shaneville's domestic racing series, from the days of open wheels going up and down public roads in open wheelers and stock cars to the construction of the Central Shaneville Raceway for NSSCRA 7 to the small amount of Central Shaneville drivers going into NSSCRA 7 and other international series and with all this being shown as a presentation, Bennett was convinced that racing is Central Shaneville's national sport.

"But Central Shaneville hasn't had any races in years." A member of the SSA said, Bennett looked on and simply smiled "Yet we have all these tracks round here, all these great cars and a very passionate fanbase all waiting for something to happen, so here's what I suggest...." the conversation went on for a few hours until the President of Central Shaneville (John Poseidon) hosted a national broadcast at a rejuvenated Central Shaneville Raceway, he announced the creation of a racing series that was backed by the SSA and a group of investors and here is the information on that series.

Cars

Vehicles used in the series are based on road-going cars that are sold in Central Shaneville - in the case of the first season, the championship has two cars that are sold in Central Shaneville that teams can use to participate (more will likely be added as seasons go on) these being the popular Ford Mustang and the Holden Commodore.

If a manufacturer stops selling or making an active championship car in Central Shaneville, SSA rules state that car must leave the series after that year of competition.

For a road car to participate in the Central Shaneville Supercars Championship, the car must first be modified for racing using a specification given to teams by the Shaneville Sports Association, the current "Season 1" specifications allow the use of two-door or four-door coupé body styles and turbocharged four- or six-cylinder engines, it is also a semi-spec series with the Ford Mustang and Holden Commodore chosen as the first two cars to participate due to their experience in racing elsewhere.

The regulations control many aspects of the car to ensure parity and competitiveness between the manufacturers, allowing for minor differences in the engines and body shapes so that the cars bear some resemblance to their production counterparts. The regulations were also designed to lower the costs of building and repairing a car with most of the parts of the cars (brakes, suspension, wheels etc...) all being to specification.

Series Structure

Teams consist of one to four cars, with most one-car teams forming a technical alliance with a larger team in the championship, due to the series being a semi-spec series research and development isn't really focused on meaning strategy and close racing is the focal point of the series.

In terms of race formats there are 4 types of racing: SuperSprint, SuperStreet, International Super Sprint and Endurance Cup.

• SuperSprint: The most common racetype, it has two one-hour practice sessions on the Friday with a fifteen-minute practice session on Saturday. The SuperSprint format features a fifteen-minute qualifying session held on Saturday to decide the grid for the race on the same day. A single twenty-minute session is held on Sunday morning to decide the grid for the Sunday race. A single 120-150 km race is held on Saturday with a single 250-300 km race held on Sunday (this 2nd race can be split into two 125-150 km races if the organizers of a SuperSprint weekend see fit.) Usually SuperSprints see the closest racing.

• SuperStreet: Used for Street circuits, the format for SuperStreet is two forty-minute practice sessions take place on the Friday at each SuperStreet event, a twenty-minute qualifying session on Saturday. All street events feature a twenty-minute session on Sunday to decide the grid for Race 2. SuperStreet races must run at a distance between 200-250km on both Saturday and Sunday.

• International: For events not held in Central Shaneville, International SuperSprints see three thirty-minute practice sessions are held on Friday, while Saturday and Sunday both consist of two ten-minute qualifying sessions which set the grid for the pair of 100-200 km races held on each day.

• Endurance: There are three endurance events held during the year: the Bayside 500, the Altiplano 500 and the International Triple Crown. These events require two drivers per car and together they form the Endurance Cup, a prize awarded to the driver or drivers who score the most points across the three events, all feature three thirty-minute practice sessions held on Friday whilst there is a 3 stage qualifying on Saturday for Bayside and Altiplano (eg: 26 drivers-15 drivers-10 drivers) whilst for the International Triple Crown: Practice is held on Thursday, Qualifying is held on Friday morning in a traditional three-stage format (the onlty time this format of qualifying is used is for Endurance Cup rounds) then the race occurs on Saturday.

Teams are required to employ a co-driver for each car during the three endurance races due to the increased race distance and the need for driver substitutions during the race, teams are required each full-time driver to remain in his/her own car and be joined by a co-driver not competing full-time in the series.

The Drivers Championship title is awarded to the driver who accumulates the most points over the course of the season. If there is a points tie for the series win, the champion will be decided based on the number of races won by each driver (if there is still a tie, it is based on second-place finishes and so on). Teams also compete for the Teams Championship, with the champion team being decided in the same manner as the Drivers Championship. A Manufacturers Cup is also raced for in the same manner as both Drivers and Teams championships.

Championship Points are awarded as follows at all championship events. Various different points scales are applied to events having one, two, three or four races, ensuring that a driver will be awarded 300 points for winning all races at any event.

Points format	Position
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th
2 race events	150	138	129	120	111	102	96	90	84	78	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33
3 race events	100	92	86	80	74	68	64	60	56	52	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22
Bayside/Altiplano	300	276	258	240	222	204	192	180	168	156	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66
Sandown	300	276	258	240	222	204	192	180	168	156	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66

Series Sponsors

Season	Name	Sponsor
1	Central Shaneville Supercars Championship	ShaneEyoho Airlines

Tyre suppliers

Firestone signed a four year deal before Season 1 to become the tyre supplier for the series, during Season 1: Firestone were praised by the SSA for making a solid tyre as it worked well with the hot and sometimes wet climate of Central Shaneville.

Season	Tyre supplier
1	Firestone
2	Firestone
3	Firestone
4	Firestone

Records

Driver championships				Driver race wins				Driver race starts				Team race wins				Manufacturer race wins
Pos.	Driver	Titles		Pos.	Driver	Wins		Pos.	Driver	Starts		Pos.	Team	Wins		Pos.	Manufacturer	Wins

Driver pole positions
Pos.	Driver	Pole positions

Season List/Other Pages

List of Central Shaneville Supercars Championship Champions

Central Shaneville Supercars Championship - Season 1