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2008 Edition
(New
Rules are highlighted with bold/italicized print are in yellow)
A.
ADMITTANCE PROCEDURES
El Paso County Speedway reserves the
right to refuse admission to any party.
B. GENERAL RULES
1. The General Rules section applies to each and every competitor,
mechanic, and pit personnel. Some items, obviously, do not apply to each
class. If you have questions, please ask an official. Ignorance of the
rules is no excuse for failure to comply.
2. The rules and/or regulations set forth are designed to provide for the
orderly conduct of racing events and to establish minimum acceptable
requirements for each event. All El Paso County Speedway competitors are
deemed to have read and comprehended these rules, and complied with their
content. No expressed or implied warranty of safety shall result from
publication of, or compliance with these rules and regulations. They are
intended as a guide for the conduct of the sport and in no way are a
guarantee against injury or death to participants, spectators, or others.
3. The officials shall be empowered to permit minor deviation from any of
the specifications herein or impose any further restrictions that, in
their opinion, do not alter the minimum acceptable requirements. No
expressed or implied warranty of safety shall result from such alteration
of specifications. Any interpretation of or deviation from these rules is
left to the discretion of the officials. Their decision is final.
4. The officials and management has final word over technical questions or
operations.
5. Management and officials establish the length, frequency, and
administration of all events and programs, and their decision is final.
6. No person may enter the pit/racing area until he/she has signed all
releases, registrations and/or entry forms. All drivers/owners must
complete the membership agreement. A current IRS W-9 form must be on file.
7. Anyone person under the age of 18 attempting to enter the pit area must
provide a release signed by at least one parent and accompanied by that
parent/guardian.
8. Any Driver/Owner/Team that
intentionally creates an oil spill will be subject to a fine (1st
offense - $100) and/or suspension (2nd
offense).
9. Speed limit in the pit area is 5 mph. 1st offense will be a warning, 2nd
offense - $50 fine, 3rd offense - $100 fine, 4th
offense – 1 race suspension.
C.
CONDUCT --
YOU
"THE DRIVER" ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR PIT CREW BEFORE, DURING
AND AFTER RACES!!
1. When in the pit area, make every effort to maintain a constant watch
for your own protection.
2. Any driver who brings alcohol or other controlled substances into the
pit area, or who is under the influence of such substances, will be
disqualified and suspended. There
is NO drinking allowed in the pit area while the races are ongoing.
If
anyone is caught with an open alcoholic beverage container
during the event, they will be asked to leave by the staff
and/or the Police Dept.
3. No driver may get out of their car or stop on the racing surface to
argue or discuss a race situation with the flagman or officials. 1st
violation of this rule will result in $100 fine. 2nd violation
will result in disqualification from that race. 3rd violation
will result in a 1 race suspension. Any subsequent violation will result
in suspension for the remainder of the season.
4. You and/or your crewmembers may not enter the pit area of any other
driver to argue over race situations. Concerns should be brought to race
officials only. 1st
violation of this rule will result in $100 fine. 2nd violation
will result in a 1 race suspension. Any subsequent violation will result
in suspension for the remainder of the season.
5. Every competitor is to participate in every event in which they are
assigned. If a competitor refuses to participate in a race because of a
disagreement with the length, type, pay, or style of the race, they will
be subject to suspension and/or fine.
6. Any fighting in the pit area will subject the offender, and the car
they are associated with a suspension
for an amount of time to be determined by the Competition Director.
The driver/owner of every car is responsible for their pit crew and their
conduct.
7. No one is allowed in the scorer's booth, flag stand, or announcer's
booth other than El Paso County Speedway officials. Violations of this
rule will result in disqualification and/or fine.
8. Any car owner, driver or crew member in any way is discourteous to an
official or addresses any official in a non-professional manner shall
subject the team or car they are affiliated with a $100
fine for the 1st offense, and expulsion for the 2nd
offense, from El Paso County
Speedway.
9. The race director at their discretion may add further fines,
disqualifications, suspensions, point or position deductions or any
combination to any violation.
10. The pit area must be cleared within 90 minutes of the completion of
the race program. This includes every person associated with your racecar.
Failure to do so can result in loss of points for the night or fine. You
may be asked to clear the parking lot as well.
11. Competitors must be in good standing with licensed El Paso County
Speedway vendors and track. Track reserves the right to use purse and/or
point fund checks to compensate vendors or track for expenses.
D. PARTICIPANTS INSURANCE
Available upon request is a certificate of insurance, which covers
everyone signed in at the pit gate. You and your crewmembers are covered
by the best insurance available to any racing facility. If any questions
or problems with insurance come up, contact El Paso County Speedway at
(719) 683-5638.
E. LIABILITY INSURANCE
1. Every driver is expected to inspect the racing surface to learn of any
defects, obstructions, or anything else, which, in his or her opinion, is
unsafe for racing. He or she should immediately report any conditions, if
discovered, to officials and/or management. Any driver entering an event
is considered to have inspected the track and found all conditions
satisfactory to them. Drivers understand the risks of auto racing when
they enter an event.
2. El Paso County Speedway assumes no responsibility for damage to or loss
of your equipment, vehicles, or any parts whatsoever.
F. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
1. A driver must be 16 years of age to participate in all classes, except
the “Hornets” and the Hobby Trucks age will be 14. Any driver under
the age of 18 must provide copy of their birth certificate. In addition
both parents must sign a parental release and it must be notarized. See registration
guidelines below.
2. Classes running under sanctioning bodies are required a license from
that body before being allowed to compete. You need to show your license
from the sanctioning body before entering the pit area.
G. CAR NUMBERING
1. Numbers should be a minimum of 18" high.
2. Numbers must be placed on both sides of the car or wing, along with a
number on the roof/top of wing.
3. Car numbers cannot contain 3 digit numbers. The size, color and style
of numbers must allow prompt identification by officials at all times.
Number must be kept clean. If your number is unreadable you need to make
necessary changes or not be scored.
4. Information on number availability is available at the El Paso County
Speedway office. If two drivers want same number, priority is given to
driver competing in the most events in the prior year if they register
on/before the first point race. Registration
fee: Owner; $ 75 for the 2008 season; Owner/driver - $90 for the 2008
season; Driver only - $25 for the 2008 season (every driver must be
registered with El Paso County Speedway, if not owner will receive NO
points and NO money for that race event).
All driver changes must notify the Pit Steward/Comp. Director
before the event begins.
H. CONTINGENCY AWARDS
Each year El Paso County Speedway will provide a list of contingency
sponsors that must have decals placed properly and unaltered on the
racecar to be eligible for year-end awards. Owner or driver must attend a
minimum of 80% of the season's races and register for the awards banquet
to be eligible for year end awards. Drivers must receive weekly awards in
person, or risk forfeiting the award.
I. TRACK PROCEDURE
1. The pit gate opens at 3:00 p.m. (unless otherwise stated). Check-in /
draw closes 1/2 hour before scheduled start of races (unless otherwise
stated). Any driver signed in after that starts at the rear of their heat.
2. ATVs and other utility vehicles: ATVs will not be allowed on the
racetrack at any time. ATV use is restricted to the pit area or payout
area only. All ATVs will be loaded on/into the trailers as soon as
reasonably possible following the conclusion of the races. No joyriding.
One person per seat. All ATV drivers must have a valid driver's license
and pit pass. Speed limit is 10MPH. Violations will result in driver
disqualification or fine of the offending team.
3. All cars must start hot laps or a heat to run a feature race. You must
run in your assigned hot lap session or forfeit your right to hot lap.
4. All cars must pack the track when requested or may be disqualified or
fined. 1st
offense is a warning, 2nd offense is a $ 25 fine, and the car
will start at the back of the field in both the heat race and feature.
5. Ties will be determined by highest feature finishes.
6. Management and officials determine all finishing positions and their
decisions will be final. El Paso County Speedway will not use any video
replays for scoring purposes.
J. LINE-UP PROCEDURE
1. The following line-up procedures are not absolute. They may be changed
for special events or at the discretion of the officials and/or the
sanctioning bodies.
2. All heat race line-ups will be determined by pill draw on the night in
question. Low pill will be on
pole in heat #1, second low pill on pole in heat # 2, etc. After the first completed event, new drivers start at the
rear of their heat. Drivers missing 2 consecutive regular race nights, for
any reason, are treated as a new driver for line-up purposes. All non-experienced, “Rookie” drivers must start at the
rear of the field for the first 3 races.
3. The winner of the first heat in each division will draw a pill for any
possible inversions. A
4, 5 or 6 row inversion is possible, depending on the pill drawn.
The remainder of the cars, after the
inversion, will line-up “heads up”.
On occasion, a race fan out of
the grandstands may be asked to participate in the pill draw, with the
addition of the pill ALL, meaning the whole field (with the “Rookie”
exception) will be inverted.
4. If a trophy dash is utilized,
the first two cars from each heat race will be placed into the trophy
dash, lined up inverted according to the heat race finish.
5.
Any car unable to start its heat race may be added to the rear of the
lowest consolation feature. Depending on car counts the officials may run
2 (or more) "B" features and cars will be lined heads-up by heat
race finishes.
6. Points stay with the driver, if you have a driver change from week to
week or during a race night, you are required to contact the Pit Steward
and inform him of the change before the close of sign-in. Any driver
electing to start at the rear of their race must alert the Pit Steward
prior to the close of check-in.
7. Driver change is permitted during a race program. An eligible driver
may drive any qualified car in any event. The new driver starts at the
rear of the lowest feature or heat race that he or she has qualified for.
All points go to the new driver. Drivers who do not qualify for the next
higher feature will not be allowed to compete in that higher feature
event.
8. Any driver changes made without notifying an official will result in
disqualification for the entire night and that car will start last in all
events entered on the next race date.
K. RACE PROCEDURE
1. Flags: El Paso County
Speedway uses standard race flags (green, yellow, red, checkered etc.)
BLACK: Driver must go to the work area. The driver will not be scored once
the black flag has been displayed. Once a Green Flag is given you cannot
return to the track.
Interpretation of the above flag rules is left to the discretion of the
flagman and officials. Their decision is final.
2. At the discretion of the flagman, any driver jumping positions at the
start of a race or restart, will be moved back or possibly black flagged,
without prior warning. You must maintain a reasonable speed until the
start of the race or restart.
3. If the officials feel a car's speed, smoke, loose parts, etc. are
causing or may cause a safety problem, it can be black flagged.
4. Red / Yellow Flag Procedures
Yellow Flag Procedure:
a. Once the green flag is
displayed, cars spinning out and/or causing a restart, stopping, or
"involved in" the mishap, will go to the rear. The restart is
two-abreast line-up in case of a first lap incident or
single file if one or more laps are completed.
b. If the red flag is displayed during a
race, all cars shall come to a complete and immediate stop. Cars should
not block track entrances/exits, emergency vehicles, push trucks and
wreckers. No
crew will be allowed on the racing surface.
Violations will result in disqualification.
c. If the red or yellow flag
is displayed as a result of your car or driver's actions, even if it is
still moving on the track, you will restart at the rear of the lineup.
Example: debris on the track that causes a yellow flag to be displayed
will cause the car leaving the debris to go to the rear of the field.
d. If the race is stopped on any lap due to a yellow or red flag before
all contestants have crossed the start/finish line, only those cars not
crossing the finish line prior to the yellow/red will be lined up
according to the previous lap (but not placed ahead of cars who did cross
the line.) Those involved in the yellow or red will be moved to the back
of the lineup.
e. If a yellow or red flag
occurs on the white flag lap of a race and the leader has not taken the
checkered flag, the race will be restarted with two laps: Green, White,
Checkered. This procedure will be continued until the race is finished.
f. "Involved in" is defined as: disabled and/or momentarily or
temporarily detained at the scene of an accident and unable to race. If a
car stops on the yellow and was not part of the incident, the officials'
deem the driver stopped for safety reasons, or was directed to stop by an
official - that car may return to the line-up in the position before the
yellow flag was displayed.
g. In the feature, any car that causes 2 yellow flags, red flags, or
combination in the same race, will be black flagged and not allowed to
return. In the heat race, any
car that causes 1 yellow flag or red flag, will be black flagged and not
allowed to return.
h. After
the yellow flag is thrown, drivers must get into single file line one lap
after the pace vehicle has entered, if safe to do so. Any driver not
lining up may be sent to the rear. Fellow competitors must allow cars into
place in the single file line or violators will be sent to the rear.
i. Unless
mandated by track officials that the “hot pit” is functional,
any car entering the pits will not be allowed to re-enter the race
j. In
the event of two red flag starts or three yellow flag starts, lineups will
be single file based or your original lineup position. Cars involved in
the mishap go to the rear
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5.
If after a yellow or red, and a two-abreast start is needed, and starting
positions are vacant, cars behind the vacant spots will move forward to
the next row if a green has been taken. If a green hasn't been taken, or a
car will move ahead more than one row, the remaining positions will "criss-cross"
to the next higher starting spot.
6. There shall be no electronic communication between the driver and pit
crew members during any race event.
7. Time or lap limits will be imposed on all heats, dashes and features if
deemed appropriate by officials.
8. Once the line up has been set for a feature or heat race and you are
not on the track, you will tag the back of the field. For features only,
if the race goes yellow or red and a lap has not been completed, you may
enter the race at the back of the field.
L. GENERAL TECHNICAL
1. Mufflers are required on all cars. Loss of muffler will result in
disqualification. No modifications will be allowed to the muffler.
2. There shall be no electronic communication between the driver and pit
crewmembers during any race event.
3. No tarps, false panels, covers, etc. may be used at any time during the
night whose purpose is to conceal, disguise, or divert attention from
components of a car. Officials must have an unassisted view of items
within the scope of the bodywork regulations set by the appropriate
sanctioning body.
4. We will test fuel from any participant any time during the night. If
the fuel tested is illegal, all points/monies are held and a sample will
be sent to a lab. All other finishing positions in the race will be
"as run" and positions will not change until a decision is
rendered. If the results are verified by the laboratory that the fuel was
illegal, the car, driver or both will be disqualified for that event and
receive no points or money. In addition, they will be required to pay for
the lab test and will not be allowed to participate in the next two events
for their class.
5. No traction control devices allowed. Penalty is a one-year suspension
and $10,000 fine. El Paso County Speedway reserves the right to impound
suspected parts to have them checked by the manufacturer or lab for
alterations.
6. Top 4 cars must also stop for inspection before entering the pit area.
Cars outside the top 4 may also be inspected. Points and money will be
forfeited if a car fails to stop for weighing and/or inspection. Any car
found to be underweight will lose all points and money for the night and
all other finishers move up accordingly in the final results. If a
technical violation is found, the car loses all points and money for the
night and starts at the rear of their next heat races. If the violation -
in the opinion of the officials - is a major infraction the car will start
at the rear of all races on the following night.
PROTESTS
If you refuse protest you get a 5-race suspension. If you protest another
car, your car will be inspected for the same infraction.
ALL PROTESTS WILL BE accompanied by $50.00 (fifty-dollars) and WILL
BE IN WRITING WITHIN 15 minutes of the final checkered flag of the
night. Protest will be presented to the Competition Director - "NO
ONE ELSE." If the Protest is found to be valid the $50.00
(fifty-dollars) will be returned. If the Protest is found to be invalid
the $50.00 (fifty-dollars) will be given to the person being protested. If
the Protest is presented in an argumentative or uncivil manner, Track may
refuse Protest. Engine protests where engine disassembly is necessary will
be $150.
If
the Protest is valid and a rules violation is found, the reassembly of the
Part or Parts will become the responsibility of the person found in
violation. That person in violation will loose all Championship Points
accumulated at El Paso County Speedway and will not be allowed to race
until the illegal parts are changed to legal parts.
M.
POINTS
1. All points described herein are dependent upon each car displaying
stickers of the contingency sponsors at all times. Decals must be visible
to the grandstands and placed in an appropriate manner. Failure to do so
will result in forfeiture of all contingency awards from such sponsors.
2. The Colorado 1200 Outlaws Points System will be used in all classes:
Car Sign In -- 5 points
Heat
Race 1st – 15, 2nd – 13, 3rd – 11,
4th – 10, 5th – 9, 6th – 8 , 7th
– 7 , 8th – 6, 9th – 5 , 10th – 4
Trophy
Dash – No points
"A"
Feature: 1st - 40,
2nd - 36, 3rd
- 32, 4th -
28, 5th - 24, 6th
- 23, 7th -
22, 8th - 21, 9th
- 20, 10th -
19, 11th - 18, 12th
- 17, 13th -
16, 14th - 15, 15th
- 14,16th -
13, 17th - 12, 18th
- 11, 19th -
10, 20th - 9, 21st
- 8, 22nd -
7, 23rd - 6, 24th
through all other "A" Feature starters - 5. "B"
Feature (non “A” qualifiers) – 4. All others not qualifying for A or
B feature - 0
3. In order to qualify for a feature event, a driver must be running on
the track or take the green flag in their heat. If you do not run in a
heat, you may run the lowest consolation feature.
4. Should two or more drivers have the same point totals, the number of
weekly feature wins will be the tie-breaker, then second place finishes,
etc. until the tie is broken.
5. We will not run provisional or alternate positions during a weekly
show. Any driver who has qualified for a feature event, but is unable to
run will be scored in last place in that feature. During a special event a
driver may or may not be added to a feature depending on the rules for
that event.
6. Any driver who qualifies to the next highest feature event forfeits all
points and money from the previous race and remaining cars move up in
points accordingly.
7.
It is the driver/owner's responsibility to notify an official of any point
discrepancies prior to close of check-in.
N.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 719-683-5638
Fax: 719-683-5638
Fairgrounds: 719-520-7880
Email: pginc@pcisys.net
Revised Dec. 15, 2007
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