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2022 Rule Book
Track Rules and Regulations
1. Safety is above all: a mandatory driver’s uniform & equipment will
consist of fire-suit 1 or 2 piece (minimum of single layer). Fire
retardant gloves. Leather or fire retardant shoes, approved Snell 2015
OR DOT M85 or higher helmet, neck collar,
Arm restraints recommended for
all drivers & required for open wheel car drivers, window nets required
on all stock cars. A fire bottle & fire
retardant under wear & head sock are all highly recommended for all
drivers. An
aluminum racing seat with right side rib protection (minimum) and
competition type seat belts are required. Full containment racing seats
are highly recommended. Belts must be at least 3 inches in width. Lap
belts, shoulder belts, and anti-submarine belts are required, and must
be mounted to roll cage. Seat must bolt to frame brackets at bottom and
back. (Seat & belts cannot be bolted to floor pan only!). Seats and seat
belt mounts cannot be lower than the bottom of frame! Metal to metal
buckles required on shoulder and seat belts. All belts must be dated no
more than three (3) years old. If not dated, it is assumed the date has
expired and they will not be allowed. The ONLY recognized date will be
the manufactured date as stamped on the seat belt manufacturers tag. No
sales receipt will be recognized. Roll cage padding is MANDATORY
wherever drivers head or extremities can contact roll bars. Note: These
are the minimum requirements allowed by rule for competition.
It is the competitor’s
responsibility to look towards their own safety. The recommended items
in rules remain as written, but any additional and properly installed
safety items. Full containment seat, HANS device, window net, fire
suppression system, etc. will never be rejected. Please make your
personal safety a priority in your racing.
2. Required & non allowed
items: each car is to have fire extinguisher in their pit area. sprints
must have a good unbroken rear bumper & nerf bars to compete in any
race. No mirrors or radios allowed in race cars. No traction control
devices of any type, no tire treating or the possession of tire
treatments or other hazardous chemicals. . Exhaust
see mufflers. substance warning:
this is your first last, & final warning, absolutely no drinking, or use
of drugs by a driver or any member of his pit crew will result in
immediate suspension of that person.
3.
Conduct: we expect you to look &
act like a professional by being a courteous, clean, neatly dressed-
respectable person. we demand professional courteous conduct from
participants at all times, this includes making disparaging comments,
photos, video on social media or any other form towards the track,
officials, other competitors we will not tolerate profanity or obscene
gestures in front of ladies, race fans, officials, or management, the
driver assumes responsibility for the actions of his/her pit crew and
guests and is the sole spokesperson for his/her car owner, pit crew,-in
any and all matters pertaining to the event on or off the track,
Un-sportsman like conduct, verbal abuse, cursing or threatening another
person, will result in ejection and possible arrest of the
violator and possible disqualification and fines to the driver of the
car associated with the violator.
3A.
Fighting: by anyone depending on the severity
will result in fines to the driver who is associated to that person &
probable removal from the grounds and / or. Suspension.
fines for improper conduct 1st time $40.00, 2nd $80.00 3rd 100.00
4th 150 and week suspension, Continuing problems from a person will
result in permanent suspension of that person. The display of any type
of weapon or threat to- do bodily harm with such a device will result in
arrest & permanent suspension of person/s involved. Do not approach the
flag stand or tower to discuss a race. You will be disqualified for the
night & possibly suspended.
4. Spirit or intent: any
participant who defies or violates the spirit or intent of any 35
raceway park rule shall be considered to have engaged in un-sportsman
like conduct and will be dealt with according to the nature of the
infraction with a fine and / or suspension and possible dq from event/s
that infraction occurred in.
5. The scales: you must go
directly to the scales after the heat race all cars transferring to
feature must weigh, top 5 in the feature must weigh. Both times you must
do so immediately when exiting track, do not go to your pits first, or
you will be disqualified
6. The tech area : the top
three or more cars in a feature race or any other race as determined by
the officials, you must go to the tech area immediately when exiting the
track or if you are in a class that weighs go to tech area directly from
scales. ONLY 2 PEOPLE PER CAR ALLOWED IN TECH AREA.
ANYONE VERBALLY OR PHYSICALLY STARTING AN ALTERACTION WILL BE
DISQUALIFIED
7. Pits: no pets allowed,
absolutely no reckless driving or excessive speed in the pits it will
result in immediate removal from the grounds there are no warnings. A
car cannot reenter a race if the car goes to the pits. The space in a
pit area occupied by a driver & crew is theirs for the race. You are not
allowed to enter that space unless you are invited to do so, any person
entering a pit area other than their own where a disturbance of any kind
occurs, will be considered at fault. All 4 wheelers must be registered
with the track forms available at pit office and carry insurance with a
certificate of insurance, naming track as additional insured only 1 4
wheeler per team. One rider only, minimum age on 4 wheelers is 16, no 2
wheelers or bikes.
8. Staging: all cars &
drivers must be in the staging area ready to race and lined up correctly
for their races. If not in line you will be placed on tail or refused
entry to the race, we will not hold up the race for you or change the
line up if you miss your race. Once the green flag drops no alternates
may enter.
9. Two yellow or red:
- If you are involved in any two yellow
or red flag conditions you will be black flagged and sent off race
track.
10. Involved: means making
contact & stop or be only car stopped, while green flag is out, all
involved cars will go to the tail in the order that they crossed start
finish line on the last completed lap, unless an official makes a call &
there is a driver penalized for rough driving etc; then the remainder of
the cars will retain their position, or in the event of a gentleman's
call where the driver causing the mishap lets an official know prior to
being sent to the tail he was the cause of mishap, then that driver will
go to the tail & not be charged with yellow or red and other drivers
involved will retain their position. If you spin/stop or go in the
infield to avoid an accident in progress that you are not involved [do
not make contact] in you will regain your position on the track when
lined back up to restart the race.
11. No one is allowed: on
the race track &/or infield: under green or yellow flag. The only people
allowed on the track or in the infield are officials & race cars every
one else is to stay away at all times unless requested to assist for
some special reason drivers must seek a place of safety following
disablement, when crashed stay in your car, all drivers are to stay with
their cars, & do not get out to examine the damage.
12. Yellow flag: scoring will revert back to
the last lap completed. Absolutely no passing, racing, or working on car
during a yellow flag or you will be black flagged. At the staging area,
while under yellow you may have 1 crewman check your car (look only) if
you were involved in a mishap, track officials may pull parts so that
you may continue. Hot Pit Feature only Modifieds, Sport Mods, Sprint
cars have min 3 caution laps or red flag in hot pit to fix damage or
change tires must restart tail if official tells you not to go and you
go anyway you will be disqualified and scored last
13. Yellow is thrown on the
first lap: a complete restart will ensue with those causing the yellow
sent to the tail, this pertains to heat races, dashes and features.
14. Red flag: if the red
flag is thrown you must stop immediately away from the accident do not
block the exit gate. Do not move until the yellow is displayed. On an
open red the crew may work on a car during a red flag, crew must return
to the pits & you must be ready to race, when the yellow flag comes back
out. You cannot refuel or add oil to the engine, or get out of your car.
15. Black flag: means go to pits or infield for
constellation for a safety or driving infraction it is not always a
disqualification. The black flag may be pointed as a warning, if the
flag is waved at you; You will exit the track as safely as possible. Any
time a car becomes a hazard or potential hazard, whose speed has been
reduced to a point where it has become a safety problem or retards track
activity including blocking and aggressive driving as seen by officials
that car will be black flagged.
16. The green flag: the
pole sitter will bring the field to starting line off corner 4 at a
moderate pace when this point is reached the green flag will wave that
is when the race is started, passing may begin when you cross the start
point. On single file starts no passing may begin till you pass the
cone, if you hit the cone 1st time you will be sent to the tail 2nd time
you will be dq'd. Any driver who leaves an excessive area in front of
his car, & holds back other racers, will be sent to the tail. A driver
who jumps cars before the green flag waves will be placed back in the
final scoring sheet one spot for every car jumped, those who flagrantly
jump cars or who hot lap during line-ups preceding a race drive
unnecessarily rough will be disqualified or scored last in the race.
Same rule applies to those who brake check on starts.
17. The finish: checkers
are best but in the event of a red flag on the last lap, the race will
not be restarted. The order of finish will be the order in which the
white flag was taken. The car or cars involved in the red flag will be
scored last in their order according to the lap prior to the white flag
lap. If there is a mishap on the last lap and the leader takes the
checked flag the race is considered complete the cars involved in the
mishap will be scored last according to the white flag lap.
18. Under a green, red,
yellow flag: if you get out of your car on the track and it is not
safety related to you, you will be disqualified from that race unless an
official instructs you to do so.
19. Go from the track to
the infield: during a yellow : you may in a safe manner re-enter the
race at the tall before the green flag waves.
20. Points and money:
awarded to driver not car to be eligible for points the driver who raced
a car in the heat race must race the same car in the feature a driver
can substitute for another driver who's car made the feature he must
start the tail, if the substitute driver raced the heat race he will not
be awarded heat points. Neither will the driver who raced the car in the
heat if a driver substitutes for a driver without notifying the pit
office in advance a loss of points will result for both drivers. A
rookie is defined as a driver who has never driven in a class in which
he is competing in three or more feature races in any previous year at
35 RP. Rookies are required to display a "rookie flag" on their car for
a probationary period until officials determine the driver is proficient
enough to remove it. Officials reserve the right to place any rookie at
tail of any race during this probationary period. The highest finishing
rookie in the points in a class is considered rookie of the year in that
class, A car may only race in one class per night.
21. Tire Treating:
No tire softeners, no conditioners, no altering of tires with any
natural or unnatural, no hazardous or non-hazardous components or
chemicals which alter the factory set baseline settings of a given tire.
If caught chemically altering ANY tires the following will apply.
1st
offense: Any driver with ANY treated tires will be DQ for
the night and lose all points, You will also be on a 6 month probation.
2nd offense: You
will be suspended from all Events for 6 months and fined $1,000.00.
(Fine will have to be paid in order to participate in any event.
3rd offense: Barred
for TBD with no possible way to run at any event.
Note months / years will be measured from the date of
infraction regardless of season point or events.
Driver/Car Owner or Track
Official that wants to protest a tire: Tire protest fee is $175 per
tire. Anyone wishing to dispute a tire can (a) provide 35 RP with $175
CASH (lab fees). The samples will then be sent to the lab. If the lab
determines that the tire has been altered from its original composition,
the racer forfeits the event purse and points. Should the tire be
determined to be conforming to the rules (within original factory
composition) the driver in question will be awarded his purse and points
from event in question. Lab results are final. Driver/ Car owners’ car
must be on the same lead lap.
22. Awards: event &
presentations participants must personally attend the awards event to
receive any bonuses, awards, or trophies.
23. Do not leave: discarded
tires or dump oil or other contaminates on the ground anyone caught
doing so will be fined & lose all points, please help us maintain a
quality facility by putting your trash in a can.
24. Protest rule: car
owners/drivers you can protest any car in your class in writing of the
specific Non-Conforming part or parts more than 1 may be covered & by
putting up $200.00 $50.00 goes to the track, $150.00, which goes back to
the protester if the engine or car is Conforming. The protested car will
get the money if the engine or car is conforming. The protest can be
made anytime during the course of the race night up to 10 minutes after
completion of the feature for that class of car. A tear down will only
be after the feature, the protest covers the rules for that class of
car. In the event inspection uncovers any Non-Conforming part weather or
not described in writing the protester will retain the money &
Non-Conforming car will be disqualified, 1st time infraction driver
loses points & money for that date, the 2nd time driver loses all points
year to date & may be suspended from racing this pertains to heats and
features . It is the owners &/or drivers responsibility to dismantle any
part of their car for inspection & to have a book on their particular
engine and prove it conforming to the rules.
25. Officials: reserve
right to check without cost any and all cars at all times for any rule
that may be in question including but not limited to engine disassembly.
All non- conforming components may be confiscated by track officials &
become track property failure to surrender non- conforming components
shall result in a penalty as determined by officials.
26. All minors must have an
annual minor release and waiver of liability and indemnity agreement
completed before entering the pit gate. The form must be signed by both
legal parents/guardians and notarized. All minor driver participants
must also provide a copy of their birth certificate.
27. Scoring transponders:
track supplied or your own are required to be used on all cars, anytime
a transponder has been purposely moved from its required position to
gain an advantage the transponder will be confiscated and driver
disqualified & suspended for up to 1 year from the infraction.
28. Courtesy rule: as a
courtesy any car from another track or organization with minor rule
differences may at race officials discretion race on that night but will
be notified of the rule modifications in order to compete conforming to
the rules on the next visit to the track. The exceptions would be safety
specifications and special events which have no grace period. This rule
is for those who have not competed at 35 RP in the prior year
29. Tech waived by
officials: in the event that the car / s that are subject to post race
tech cannot run, crank, weigh, pass a measurement etc
due to a known on track incident wreak, crash, etc, tech maybe
waived for that night but only if car / s has previously passed either
preseason or during racing season tech or engine has track seal.
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