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SRCA DRAGSTRIP RULES AND GUIDELINES 2010 Rule Book 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 such events. These rules govern the condition of all events, and by participating in these events, all participants are required to comply with these rules. NO EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANT OF SAFETY WILL RESULT FROM PUBLICATION OF OR COMPLIANCE WITH THESE RULES AND/OR REGULATIONS. They are intended as a guide for the conduct of the sport of Drag Racing and are in no way a guarantee against injury or death to a participant, spectator, or official. NO EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF SAFETY SHALL RESULT FROM SUCH ALTERATION OF SPECIFICATIONS. Any interpretation of deviation of these rules will be left to the discretion of the officials of SRCA. General Rule Statement Vehicles participating in drag racing events will be presentable at all times. Vehicles that are improperly prepared may be rejected by a Tech Official. Any rider, driver, crew member, or person in association with a rider, driver, or crew member who is considered to be under the influence of any drug, alcohol, or any other judgment impairing substance will be expelled from the race and escorted off the premise together with the entire crew and vehicle associated with the offender. Alcoholic beverages of any kind are prohibited from being consumed by any racer or crew member prior to the completion of their racing for the day. SPEED LIMIT IN THE PIT AREA, RETURN ROAD AND OTHER AREAS IS 20 MPH. NO BURNOUTS OR TRANSBRAKE TESTS ARE ALLOWED ANYWHERE EXCEPT IN THE BURNOUT BOX. THIS WILL BE ENFORCED. Violators endangering others with reckless and inconsiderate driving habits (whether it is in/on a race vehicle or pit vehicle) will be expelled from the race facility with the entire crew and race vehicle. Upon entering the race, racers agree to abide by the aforesaid rules and that all interpretation of rules, questions, or protests will be left up to the starter, staging official, or tech personnel. Their decision will be final. PROTESTS TAKEN TO THE TOWER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED! SRCA is an NHRA Member Track.
Paid Parking Stalls Parking stalls are marked with white squares and green numbers. All stalls marked this way have been rented and paid for the entire season. Those with paid parking stalls may have one tow vehicle and race car and one personal vehicle with pit stall # card in window per paid stall. That vehicle must have the parking permit displayed in the windshield at all times. All vehicles in the pit area need to remain in their pit area. They are NOT to be used as general transportation in the pit area. All other vehicles will park on the North side of the Expo buildings. Armory Area Restrictions All of the area (six acres) leased to the Armory, including the grass, is OFF LIMITS TO ALL VEHICLES. You may picnic on the grass, but please do not damage or leave trash on it. The Armory lease actually extends five feet onto the concrete all the way around the perimeters. Technically, they could ask us to move out of our pit stalls. Absolutely NO dumping of oil or any other product on the Armory Grounds!! Used oil barrels are located throughout the facility. Use them, NOT the trash cans!! Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. AutoStart Our starter is in control of the starting line. His or her decisions are FINAL. SRCA utilizes the autostart system. If one competitor is staged and the other is prestaged, autostart takes over. Once autostart is engaged, they are timed-out and disqualified. Tech Our tech personnel have the final say in any technical matters. He or she is specially trained in the area. Dial-ins Dial-ins and car numbers must be on left side of car. Poorly written dial-ins will not be accepted. Tower personnel must be able to read dial-ins at all times. One warning will be given if dials are too small or not legible. The next infraction will be grounds for disqualification. If you do not have a permanent number from NHRA, you will receive a track appointed number the first time you enter a race. Please use this number for the remainder of the season. It will help tower staff as they enter racers into the computer. SRCA contestant may change dial-ins between rounds. Contestants may not dial out of their eliminators. All dial-ins must be on your car and cannot be changed once you are motioned into the water box and past the yellow line in front of staging lanes. The competitors dial-in will be visible on both the dial-in boards and the score-boards. If you feel a dial-in is entered incorrectly, DO NOT PRE-STAGE YOUR CAR until you are sure the dial-in is entered correctly. Once you have PRE-staged your car, there will be no re-run. Once you have PRE-staged your vehicle, you are accepting race conditions “as is”. After this point, no other consideration will be given. If a competitor competes in a category that provides the cross talk option and that competitor does NOT want cross talk they, they MUST place an “N” by the dial-in number and be readable from the tower. It is the competitor’s responsibility to verify a minus sign in front of the flashing dial-in number on the scoreboard. If this is not correct, competitor must notify starting line official before staging occurs. Burnout No burnouts past the starting line unless NHRA rules state otherwise. No burnouts may start until motioned by a SRCA starting line personnel! Staging Lanes Once entering into staging lanes and class begins to run, you must remain in that lane. When staging lanes empty, and one lane remains, the first car up will have lane choice, unless there is a bye car, then that car has lane choice. In final money rounds consisting of 4 cars or less, cars lined up in the same lane will have to agree on lane choice. If this cannot be determined, a coin toss will determine lane choice. Staging will be routed around the armory. Do not come to the staging lanes until your class is called. It is your responsibility to listen to the PA system or radio frequency (93.5 FM) for class call. Lane one - Jr’s. Lane two - Left hand lane. Lane three - Right hand lane. Lane four - Left hand lane. Lane five - Right hand lane. Lane six - Bikes. Time onlys can run during time trials with respective class. NO TIME ONLY’S AFTER ELIMINATIONS START UNTIL COMPLETION OF THIRD ROUND. Deep staging will be allowed only with “DEEP” written on car. Disqualification’s Should a driver receive a red-light foul start and the opposing driver should cross the lane boundary line, the latter infraction would prevail and the driver committing the foul start would be reinstated. In determining lane boundary crossing violations, it is considered a disqualification when any portion of a tire completely crosses the painted center line. In cases where both opponents cross the centerline or cutout guard wall, both drivers will be disqualified. Anytime it has been judged that excessive braking has resulted in loss of control that results in contact with the guardwall and/or light fixtures, or crossing the center boundary lines, the contestant will be disqualified. Contact with barriers, or any other track fixture (rubber cones, when used, are considered visual aids not fixtures) is grounds for disqualification and/or other actions. Intentional crossing of boundary lines to leave the track or avoid depositing debris on the track is not grounds for disqualification. Buybacks Over 125 cars 1st round losers may buy back into competition. 124 cars and under may buy back 1st or 2nd round. If 2nd round buybacks are allowed, only 1st time losers in the 2nd round will be allowed to buy back. Buy backs MUST be purchased prior to the buy back rounds. Any participant that makes a pass (accepts the tree) without having purchased the buyback run, will be disqualified immediately from the event and have 25 points deducted from season points totals. Two incidents of the above action will result in the participant losing racing privileges at SRCA events. Only competitors who compete in the 1st round of competition may exercise the right to buy back into competition. (No shows in first round will not be eligible to buy back to second round.) Track Personnel Time Only Class Rules The following section is intended to outline the class rules and regulations for each class. All Classes Nothing allowed on the door side windows or windshields that would impare drivers vision. Category dial and drivers name are allowed. Warm Up Rules It is mandatory that a driver be seated in the car in the normal driving position anytime the engine is running, unless coupler or driveline is removed from vehicle. The practice of transbrake testing, converter stalls, line-loc testing, and/or transmission warming is prohibited in all classes, in all areas of the event except in starting-line approach areas beyond staging, or unless vehicle is on jackstands. Non-compliance is grounds for disqualification or such other and/or action as deemed appropriate by NHRA. Super Pro ET break - 7.00 to 12.99 seconds 1/4 mile Pro ET break – 9.00 to 13.99 seconds 1/4 mile (NO ELECTRONICS DEVICES ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN CAR.) No towing of vehicles.
Sportsman ET Break - 12.00 to 19.99 seconds 1/4 mile (NO ELECTRONICS DEVICES)
Street Legal Type Drags Stock style suspension, boltons allowed. Mini tubs allowed, so long as stock frame rails are in stock location.
Motorcycles ET Break - 7.50 seconds and slower ¼ mile (ELECTRONICS PERMITTED if running in MC or S/Pro.)
High School ET Break - 12.00 - Slower (NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES) Jr. Dragster Classes 8-9 and 10-18 years of age Age 8 - 9 ET restricted to 12.90 seconds or slower based on either an ET dial-your-own or heads up basis, breakout rules apply
Age 10-12 ET restricted to 8.90 seconds or slower based on either an ET dial-your-own or heads up, breakout rules apply. Age 13-18 ET restricted to 7.90 seconds or slower based on either an ET, dial-your-own or heads up, breakout rules apply. All Jr. Dragsters Jr’s will run two classes 8-9 and 10-18 adhering to NHRA time breaks. There must be at least two 8-9 yr. old drivers or everyone will run one class, however they will all still adhere to NHRA timebreaks Bye Run Determinations Bye runs are determined by the closest to dial in. In the event of a tie, reaction times will decide the bye run. Once you have received a bye, you are not eligible for another until all remaining competitors have also had a bye. A bye will be pulled every round in all classes. Tech Cards Every driver must fill out a tech card for each class he or she participates in. All tech cards must be completely filled out, or it will not be accepted by the tech official. All tech cards must be signed by the driver. Re-Runs From time to time problems may occur that require a re-run in eliminations. It is the sole discretion of the starter to allow re-runs for situations that may occur on the starting line. It is the policy of SRCA Dragstrip to re-run pairs in the event of a computer malfunction or other uncontrollable circumstances whenever possible. These re-runs will be determined by the tower personnel. Each situation is different, and will be dealt with in the most fair and expeditious manner possible. You can not change your dial, it must remain the same for the re-run. Driver Requirements Each driver of a vehicle entered in any event conducted at SRCA with the exception of JR’s must have a valid state or government-issued driver’s license beyond a learner’s-permit level and will be subject to inspection by officials at any time. Juniors must have a valid Junior Dragster license. If you do not have a VALID state or government-issued driver’s license, you may NOT drive, NO EXCEPTIONS!! Time Trials Every effort will be made to provide a fair amount of time trials for each racer before eliminations. There is no guarantee on the number of sessions offered. No new round of time trials will start after 5:00 pm. Eliminations will start at 6:00 pm, no earlier, unless impending weather is in the area and constitutes an earlier starting time. SRCA will have NO scheduled rain dates. Time Between Rounds When only two classes remain in competition the following rule will come into effect. Upon last pair of cars leaving starting line, next class will start approximately 15 minutes later. This should give ample time for cars that are double entered or cars that require a little more attention to return to the staging lanes. ATV’s, Scooters, and Tow Vehicles No one under the age of 16 is allowed to operate these vehicles at any time. These vehicles must also display the car number of the vehicle it is supporting and it is only to be operated on the dragstrip grounds. If no car number is displayed, the support vehicle will have to be parked immediately. ATV’s and scooters are not to be used as recreational vehicles in the facility. Anyone doing so will be asked to park the vehicle or leave the facility. Anyone under the age of 14 must be in the tow vehicle (in cab) in the staging lanes or at any point beyond. Rain-Out Policy If rain or other inclement weather begins after an event has started. We will not cancel the event until there is not enough time to complete the event. If 1st round is complete, the purse will be split between remaining participants and the race will be deemed complete. If you lost first round and bought back into competition, your buyback money will be refunded and you will not be part of the splitting of the pot. A rain-out will also be called if other circumstances exist that bar completion of the race; I.E. computer failure, etc. There will be NO cash refunds, only rainchecks. Test and tunes will have no refunds or rainchecks. No spectator refunds will be given! If forecast is calling for inclement weather: Friday race will be called by 6:00 pm and Saturday race will be called by 11:00 am. There will be NO scheduled rain dates. Refund Policy If a competitor breaks on or before their first time trial they will receive a rain check worth the amount of their tech card. Prorated refunds are NOT allowed. On days with excessive strong winds the management has the option to switch 1/4 to 1/8 mile racing for the safety of participants. If the weather continues to deteriorate once the 1/8 mile call has been made the event may be cancelled due to safety issues. Spectators In the event of any uncontrollable cancellation prior to or during any attraction, no cash refunds will be made. Rainchecks will be honored for the next scheduled points race. If the event is stopped by weather, etc. at the end of the first round of competition, the even will be considered complete. Any participant found to be under the influence of any controlled substance is in violation of NHRA’s substance abuse policy and will be referred to NHRA for disciplinary action. Participant Conduct These rules apply to all racers, pit crew, and spectators alike. Please conduct yourself in a professional manner. There will be NO ALCOHOL allowed in the staging lanes or at any point beyond there. Absolutely NO glass bottles allowed in the staging lanes. No firearms or weapons are allowed on the grounds. If it comes to our attention that these items exist, you will be turned over to local authorities. Any person who does not abide by these rules will be asked to leave the facility and face further suspension from future events. Electrical Hookups These hookups (outlets) are here for your convenience at the graciousness of the City of Great Bend. They are NOT to be tampered with for any reason!! Any tampering will result in the loss of electrical power to that outlet and possibly all hookups. If there is a problem with an outlet, contact a track official and we will try to get it repaired as soon as possible. After unhooking from outlets please CLOSE ALL DOORS OVER OUTLETS and tie up any cables. Again, these rules exist for your safety as well as the safety of your crew and the fans who support the sport of drag racing. Please follow these rules to prevent any problems. We hope you enjoy your season of racing at SRCA Dragstrip |