AKM Sun. Cup Basic Description
The Sunday Night Cup sponsored by *AKM* is a paid race series with prize pool awards and races being run on Sunday Nights thru the 2009 season closely following the Sprint Cup Series schedule. Sunday Night Cup will run the SS_COT Mod. There will also be some various updated tracks and setups. The Mod and Tracks will be available for download to all properly registered *AKM* drivers from our download section. The officials will try to provide a setup prior to race time, but the official setup is not available to the official practice time of the event.

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Series Details

Mod - SS_COT
Distance - 50%
Pit Frequency - 2X
Damage - Realistic
Setup - Custom Fixed---Download 2009 Setup Pack
Aids- All NR2003 Aids will be available for use

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Racing Event Schedule

A.Official Practice - Race server will open for practice before qualifying at 7:30 pm EST.

B. Main Event Qualifying - Qualifying for the main events will begin promptly at 8:30 pm EST.

C. Driver’s Meeting - The Drivers Meeting will start immediately after main event qualifying. It is MANDATORY that all drivers attend the driver’s Meeting on the Teamspeak. Any rules specific to the particular track we’re running will be given at this time. No chatting is allowed during the Drivers Meeting. This includes text chats in the game. The meeting goes much smoother if everyone keeps their fingers off the keyboard for a few minutes. Please respect the Race Officials and refrain from typing or chatting when information about the evening’s race is being explained.

D. Happy Hour – There will be a 5 to 10 minute Happy Hour session prior to the start of the race. During Happy Hour, you are responsible for determining your pit location. Take this time to find your pit stall and practicing entering and exiting pit road safely and properly.

E. Main Event –The Main Event will approximately begin at 8:45 pm EST.

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Invitational Membership Series

The Sunday Night Cup series is an Invitational Membership series. This means that a driver is required to be invited to participate through a series of evaluation races. Once a driver is invited to participate, then the driver or car owner must pay an annual AKM Sunday Night Cup Membership at this time is $60.00. All point calculations for this series are based solely on driver’s name, not specific car numbers. An owner cannot have multiple drivers drive one car number. All points and wins accumulated will go to that specific driver. If a driver fails to make an event, that driver is eligible for last place points, based upon the number of drivers that actually started the race.

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Championship Format

Race winning car numbers throughout the 36-race season will receive 185 points. Counting the five-point bonuses available for leading at least one lap and leading the most laps, a race winner earn a maximum of 195 points, creating a possible maximum of 25 points between first and second-place finishers, if the 2nd place failed to lead a lap. Each race winner will receive a 10-points BONUS, if and only if that car number is one of the qualified Chase drivers.

“The Chase for the Championship” will consist of the final 10 races of the 2009 season in the Sunday Cup Series. After Race 26, the Top 12 in points at that time will qualify for the Chase. All Chase cars will then have their point totals re-set to 5,000. Each will then receive their 10-point BONUS for each race that car won during the first 26 races. The Chase cars will therefore be “seeded” to start the Chase based on the number of wins amassed during the regular season. This format puts a stronger emphasis on winning races and maintains the realism of each series.

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Championship Payouts

The Sunday Night Cup Championship Payout will only pay the Top 5 positions in points. Each Chase car will have the opportunity to run the below payouts for the 2009 season.

1st Place -$450
2nd Place - $200
3rd – Place -$150
4th Place - $100
5th Place - $50

Trophy Fee - $50

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2009 *AKM* SUNDAY CUP SERIES SCHEDULE

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Feb. 8 — Budweiser Shootout at Daytona, Daytona International Speedway----Download Track----OPEN

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Feb. 15 — Daytona International Speedway---Download Track
Feb. 22 — Auto Club Speedway (FONTANA)---Download Track
March 1 — Las Vegas Motor Speedway---Download Track
March 8 — -------------OFF-----------
March 15 — Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 22 — Bristol Motor Speedway
March 29 — Martinsville Speedway---Download Track
April 5 — Texas Motor Speedway
April 12 — -------------OFF-----------
April 19 — Phoenix International Raceway
April 26 — Talladega Superspeedway---Download Track
May 3 — Richmond International Raceway
May 10 — Darlington Raceway
May 17 — Lowe's Motor Speedway---Download Track
May 24 — -------------OFF-----------MEMORIAL DAY
May 31 — Dover International Speedway----Download Track
June 7 — Pocono Raceway---Download Track
June 14 — Michigan International Speedway
June 21 — Infineon Raceway
June 28 — New Hampshire Motor Speedway----Download Track
July 5 — Daytona International Speedway---------INDEPENDENCE DAY---Download Track
July 12 — Chicagoland Speedway
July 19 — -------------OFF-----------
July 26 — Indianapolis Motor Speedway---Download Track
Aug. 2 — Pocono Raceway----Download Track
Aug. 9 — Watkins Glen International----Download Track
Aug. 16 — Michigan International Speedway
Aug. 23 — Bristol Motor Speedway
Aug. 30 — Atlanta Motor Speedway
Sept. 6 — -------------OFF-----------LABOR DAY
Sept. 13 — Richmond International Raceway

Sept. 20 — New Hampshire Motor Speedway---Download Track
Sept. 27 — Dover International Speedway---Download Track
Oct. 4 — Kansas Speedway---Download Track
Oct. 11 — Auto Club Speedway (FONTANA)---Download Track
Oct. 18 — Lowe's Motor Speedway---Download Track
Oct. 25 — -------------OFF-----------
Nov. 1 — Martinsville Speedway---Download Track
Nov. 8 — Talladega Superspeedway---Download Track
Nov. 15 — Texas Motor Speedway
Nov. 22 — Phoenix International Raceway
Nov. 29 — Homestead-Miami Speedway---Download Track

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2008 Sunday Cup Championship Standings

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2009 Sun. Cup