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“ARROW EXPRESS - CANADIAN SPRINT
CAR NATIONALS”
September
17/18, 2010 (
Rain Date – Next
Dry Day)
PROCEDURAL
RULES
DISCLAIMER:
“The rules and/or regulations set forth herein are designed to provide
for the orderly conduct of racing events and to establish minimum acceptable
requirements for the orderly conduct of racing events within the 360 Sprint Car
Division at Ohsweken Speedway. These rules shall govern the condition of all
events, and by participating in these events, all participants are deemed to
have complied with these rules. NO
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTY
OF SAFETY SHALL RESULT FROM PUBLICATION OF OR THE COMPLIANCE WITH THESE RULES
AND/OR REGULATIONS. They are intended as a guide for the conduct of the sport and are in no
way a guarantee against injury or death to a participant, spectator, or official.
The Race Director or Director of Racing Operations (Event Coordinator) shall be empowered to permit reasonable and
appropriate deviation from any of these specifications herein or impose any
further restrictions that in his / her opinion do not alter the minimum
acceptable requirements. NO EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED WARRANTY OF SAFETY SHALL RESULT FROM SUCH ALTERATION OF SPECIFICATIONS. Any
interpretation or deviation of these rules is left to the discretion of the
officials. There decision is final.”
1.
General : Rough driving, verbal
abuse or inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated.
No warning will be given.
If violated, the team may be disqualified.
Any driver stopping on the
track to protest will be disqualified
for the remainder of the evening, scored last in that event, “AND
FORFEIT ALL MONIES EARNED FOR THE EVENING”.
2. Alternates : Alternates may be taken to fill vacancies that occur in the “A” Main (as time permits). The second place finisher (and so on) in the non-qualifiers “Little Feature” will be given the position. In the event that the non-qualifiers “Little Feature” is not required to be run, the highest time trialed, nonqualified car that completes a “B” Main will be selected to fill the vacancy. If an alternate is taken, the original qualified car will receive the alternate’s pay. No alternate will be taken after the original green flag is displayed.
3.
Driver Changes :
Car
and driver qualify as a team. Each driver may time-trial only one car. No driver
will be permitted to change cars after taking the green flag of his/her
qualifying heat race. Drivers
may attempt to qualify a “back-up” car (one lap at the end of qualifying) if
their primary car is damaged beyond repair during qualifications (including motor termination). If a
qualifying attempt is not possible due to time constraints they may start their
assigned heat race in the scratch position.
4.
Pill
Draw & Line Ups :
Ø
The starting positions for heat races for the “Night Before
The Nationals” will be aligned through a blind draw with the registrar on the
day of the event.
Ø
Qualifying positions for the “Canadian Sprint Car
Nationals” will be determined by a separate blind draw with the registrar on
the day of the event.
Ø
As an extra bonus, ALL PRE-ENTRANTS will be able to draw a second time for a starting
position on either day if he or she does not like their first draw.
However, the entrant must take the second pill number (if taken) regardless of
whether or not it is a better starting position.
Ø
All
line ups will be posted by the registrar in the tech garage.
5. Racing
:
You are
allowed only one push off per race. If you
require a second push off, you will
go to the tail. After drivers have been called to line
up for a race, all drivers must be staged and ready for push off with
the group or will start at the tail. If
belts come loose, driver must stop by an official to buckle up and will not be
penalized. Rows
will move straight up to fill voids in the scheduled line up caused by cars
scratching or failing to show.
Ø
Yellow
flag:
ü
All cars that
stop on the race track or spin bringing out a yellow will go to the tail.
ü
During yellow, no working on the car is allowed
on the track or the car will be disqualified.
ü
Any car that stops twice on the track or is
involved in two yellow or red flags will be
disqualified from that race.
ü
First lap restarts; inside or outside row will
move straight up to fill a void for a missing car.
ü
Any car that does a 360 spin and does not bring
out a yellow flag will continue to race where it falls in line. If the yellow
does come out, the car will be placed
at the tail of the field and be charged with a yellow.
ü
A yellow
flag will be displayed for any debris deemed to be in the racing groove and a
danger to the competitors. Any car that can be identified
as causing a yellow flag for depositing the debris will be charged with
the yellow and placed at the tail of the field.
ü
The
track flag person in
conjunction with the On Track Race Coordinator
will determine if a yellow flag is needed and will have final say to what any
yellow flag was displayed for. If
the one-way radio communication is provided by approved track personnel other
than the On Track Race Coordinator, they should not initiate the call for yellow
(or red) until directed.
Ø
Red
flag: “CLOSED”
red
flags only. On a closed red, crews will not be
allowed on racing surface to work on cars. Violation
of red flag procedures will result in disqualification for the evening and FORFEITURE
OF ANY MONIES EARNED. No
red flag will be displayed for a fuel stop.
Ø
Starts:
Starts will be at the white line in turn
four for all
cars. Pole
sitter sets a moderate steady pace.
Race starts when the front row reaches the white line.
ALL
cars
must be in
a tight
nose to tail formation
when crossing the white line and in their original starting line up position.
A
yellow flag will be displayed for
EITHER
CAR
on
the front row
passing before the start of the race. (Passing
is defined as being clear of the car beside you).
BOTH
cars will be charged with the yellow and
will be moved back one row in their line for the double file restart.
All
other cars in rows two and beyond will be charged with a jump start if they are
out of line,
leave an excessive amount of room between themselves and the car directly
ahead of them, or pass before the start of the race. No yellow
flag will be displayed for these violations and two positions per car passes
penalty will be assessed at the first caution (or red flag period) or if
neither instance occurs the penalty will be assessed at the conclusion of the
race.
“FALSE
STARTS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED”
Ø
Restarts:
ALL restarting line-ups will be single file after one complete lap with lapped
cars being placed in
their running order
in the line-up (NO
EXCEPTIONS). ALL restarts will be at the
cone at the start finish line. Cars must pass between cone and outside barrier
of track. Leader
of race has option to increase speed anywhere once in turn four.
No passing before the cone, driving below or hitting the cone.
Any
car in violation will be charged with two positions per car passed, or two
positions for hitting or driving under cone. These penalties will be assessed at
the next yellow or red or at the end of the race if further slowdown does not
occur. If yellow must come out for a cone
incident, the car hitting cone will be charged with a yellow and must start at
the tail. Lapped cars will hold their positions in all restarts and
move to the bottom of the track once past the cone.
Ø
Work
Area: Designated work
area will be announced at drivers meeting.
You may change a tire or complete other work under yellow flag only in
designated work area. A two
minute allowance will be given once the
car reaches the designated work
area. When the one lap signal is displayed,
car will not be allowed to return to track. Any car performing work
including changing or removing a tire for any reason will start at the tail. ANY
WORK COMPLETED OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGNATED WORK AREA WILL RESULT IN
DISQUALIFICATION FROM THAT EVENT AND THE CAR WILL BE SCORED LAST.
Ø
A race is not considered complete until the checkered flag
appears. If a yellow or red flag must be thrown after the checkered flag
appears, the race is officially over and the posted pay-off will be made in the
same manner as a yellow or red flag realignment.
Ø
One lap over half-way through the “A” Main shall
constitute a complete race in the event that a stoppage is required. If the race
is stopped and ruled complete, the finishing positions will be paid according to
the last officially scored lap by the leader previous to the red flag. Any cars
causing the stoppage will be put to the rear of the line-up of official finish
as appears for a restart.
NOTE:
CANADIAN SPRINT CAR NATIONALS
is
an open-competition event. All sprint car teams which abide by the
administrative, technical and procedural rules as set forth by Ohsweken
Speedway are welcome. Ohsweken
Speedway reserves the right to reject any pre-entry / entry for any
reason. Entry
fee applies to car and is not transferable to other teams. Driver
changes are allowed as per event rules. All
decisions by Nationals Managing Officials are final.