New rules and formats for 2023 Gridlife Touring Cup and TrackBattle Time Attack series

Gridlife today announced rules changes and new formats for the 2023 Gridlife Touring Cup (GLTC) and TrackBattle Time Attack series.

We’ll include the full text below, but the most significant changes include the following:

• GLTC weight modifier tables for engine size and tune will be adjusted to better eliminate a “potentially subjective area of scrutineering.”
• TrackBattle Time Attack gets a …

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Just so people don't freak out.... this part:

The popular Sundae Cup class, focused on front-wheel drive economy cars with a spec Falken RT660 tire, features some changes focused around parity. The class officially becomes a power-to-weight class (25 pounds per horsepower) with percentage modifiers for weight like the Touring Cup series. Percentage modifiers range from 1% to 3% extra weight for engine displacements beyond 1.5 liters. 

is incorrect. There is a new height limit and modifier going in there:

VEHICLE OVERALL HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT Due to disparity in vehicle design and frontal area/drag, the following measures are enacted in 2023 for SC

● Vehicles 57.5” tall off the ground, with driver, and higher can run at their minimum weight for 25:1 ratio.

● Vehicles between 57.5” and 56.01” tall off the ground, with driver, must run 1% weight above their minimum for 25:1 ratio

● Vehicles between 56” and 54.51” tall off the ground, with driver, must run 2% weight above their minimum for 25:1 ratio

● Vehicles between 54.5” and 53” tall off the ground, with driver, must run 2% weight above their minimum for 25:1 ratio

● Vehicles below 53” tall off the ground, with driver, must run 4% weight above their minimum weight for 25:1 ratio.

● Vehicle height used for the above assessment is measured at maximum height of vehicle roof, ignoring antennas, but including spoilers and / or factory aero (if applicable)

● - Height shall be measured with driver and full fuel, by placing a level long enough to reach to at least the midpoint of the vehicle roof at its highest point above the ground, held level to the ground (using level indicators). A straight edge or rigid measuring tape held vertically immediately adjacent to the side of the vehicle, measuring from the ground to the bottom of the level.

Just FYI.