The iRacing Champions League is doubling down on dirt road action with the launch of a brand-new program: the Lucas Oil Speedway Off Road Pro Lite Track Championship. This is the first-ever season for the Track Championship concept at ICL, and it puts the spotlight squarely on one combo – Pro Lite trucks at Lucas Oil Speedway Off Road – across a six-race mini-season that will crown the first Track Champion.
Instead of bouncing from venue to venue, the Track Championship format is all about mastering one place. Every event in the series is run at Lucas Oil Speedway Off Road, and every race uses the Pro Lite division. The structure is simple: six races, one track, one division. When it’s over, the driver who has scored the most points across all events will be crowned the Lucas Oil Speedway Off Road Pro Lite Track Champion for Season 1. With the points paying down the order and a bonus for quick time, every lap in qualifying and every position in the feature will matter.
Where this series stands apart from most ICL calendars is the schedule itself. The Pro Lite Track Championship will not run on a fixed weekly night. Instead, races will be held on random days, and race days will be announced in the ICL Discord. Some nights may even feature multiple races if the turnout and timing line up. Events can be run any day of the week, but qualifying will only roll off between 7:00pm and 11:30pm EST. Because of this flexible approach, the six-race season may take up to two months to complete. At this time, ICL isn’t able to commit to a traditional weekly schedule for this series – and while it’s not ideal, it’s the only way to make this Track Championship possible right now.
On race night, the format is built for open participation and quick turnarounds. The server will be a public lobby with up to 60 possible entries, open to anyone who wants to jump in and run Pro Lites at Lucas Oil. Each event will kick off with a 20–30 minute practice session to let drivers settle in, learn conditions, and dial in their approach. The race format may vary from event to event, allowing ICL to mix things up with different race lengths, combinations of heats and mains, or other tweaks as the season goes on. For full regulations, driving standards, and procedural details, competitors are directed to the official rules and information in the ICL Discord: https://discord.gg/n6PZVpWbjx.
The points system is familiar to anyone who has followed recent ICL off-road championships, and it’s built to reward both outright speed and consistent feature results. Each race will award:
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1 point for QuickTime (fastest qualifier)
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12 points for the feature win
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11 points for 2nd, then -1 point for each position down the finishing order
Over the course of six races, that structure creates a lot of room for storylines. A driver who doesn’t win a single race but finishes inside the top five every night can stay in the championship conversation, while someone who mixes a couple of wins with rough results will need to maximize qualifying and limit the bad nights. With a single point available for quick time at every round, that one-lap pace can make the difference in tie-breakers or tight battles inside the top five.
To go along with the points battle, ICL is also putting real money on the line. Payouts will go to the top five drivers in the final standings, based on total points scored across all six events:
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$25 for 1st
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$20 for 2nd
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$15 for 3rd
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$10 for 4th
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$5 for 5th
There are a couple of important notes attached to those payouts. To receive prize money, a driver must be an ICL Pro Driver, which requires signing up through iRacingChampions.com. All payouts will be distributed via PayPal only, so drivers looking to chase both the Track Championship and the cash will want to make sure they’re registered as Pro Drivers before the season hits its stride.
The Lucas Oil Speedway Off Road Pro Lite Track Championship is designed for drivers who enjoy jumping into competitive races on short notice, grinding out a points campaign, and mastering one place over time. With six rounds, a flexible schedule, a simple but punishing points format, and payouts for the top five, Season 1 is set to establish a new kind of off-road challenge inside ICL – one track, one truck, and one champion at the end of it.
