Start time:
- Signups close by 1:30 pm.
- Drivers meeting at 1:45 pm and mandatory for all racers.
- First race is on the track to start by 2:00 pm.
Classes offered:
- 1/8th Buggy Nitro
- 1/8th Buggy Electric
- 1/8th Truggy Nitro
- 1/8th Truggy Electric
- 1/10th 4wd Truggy
- 1/10th 2wd Truck (electric or nitro)
- 1/10th 2wd Buggy
- 1/10th 4wd buggy
- 1/10th 2wd Short Course
- 1/10th 4wd Short Course
- Novice (electric only)
Format:
- 2 Qualifiers for each class, 5 minutes in length
- Double A mains for electric, 8 minutes in length
- Single B mains for electric, 8 minutes in length
- Single A main for Nitro, 15 minutes in length
- Single B main for Nitro, 7 minutes in length
Club Race Fees:
Member -
1st class - $10.00
2nd class - $5.00
3rd class - $5.00
Non-Member -
1st class - $15.00
2nd class - $10.00
3rd class - $10.00
Novice:
$5.00
Additional Details:
- Personal transponders are mandatory for all non-novice racers (no charge for Novice)
- House transponder use, for non-novice, will incur a $10.00 fee for the evening (The fees collected will be used for a pizza feed one of the last races)
- Drivers meeting attendance is mandatory
- If you cannot make it to sign up before sign ups close, contact a friend or associate to help you get signed up.
- Novice racers can only run Novice, no second class
- Two class maximum
- We will do our best to make sure everyone that shows up, races, which means mixing some classes if needed.
- No alcohol or greens at club hosted activities or events.
- Safety is paramount – unsafe behavior or driving will not be tolerated.
- There will be no tolerance for verbal or physical altercations.
- Unsafe, erratic, and inappropriate driving, that makes an unsafe environment for the turn marshals will result in a stop and go the first time, and the second time you will be asked to pull your vehicle off.
- Zero launching into pit lane will be tolerated, before, during or following club race. First offense will be removal from that race. Second offense will be removal from the next schedule club race. Additional offenses could result in barring from any club hosted activities or offenses.
Club Racing Briefly Explained:
How to know what race you are in?
- For the qualifiers, there will be several sheets posted. These are called the heat sheets. These will identify what race number you race in and what fellow racers you race with. This list will be the same for the first and the second qualifier. Following the qualifiers, there will be a new set of sheets printed. These are called the mains. These will again, identify what race you race and what fellow racers your race with. Pay special attention to the order of names in your race. This will be the order in which you line up on the front straight to start your race.
Electric Qualifiers:
- From the time the clock stops, which is as soon as the last car crosses the line from the prior race, there will be just 2 minutes on the clock until the next race starts.
- This is enough time to get situated on the drivers stand, and take just 1 lap around the track.
- During your 1 lap, make sure you cross the loop so that you are checked in.
- Do not take another lap and do not go backwards down the straight
- After you have successfully checked in, immediately turn around and stage at the start of the front stretch in front of, not on, the loop.
- Please listen to the RD to make sure you are checked in properly.
- The RD will direct you on how and when to start your race.
- Electric classes use heads-up qualifying.
- When a faster car comes up on you, it’s best to take a wider line and let them past to avoid slowing eachother down.
- Race your qualifier and do not pull into the pits until the RD calls you by name and says you are done.
- Pull into the pits safely after your race to avoid impacting another driver who may not be done yet.
Nitro Qualifiers:
- From the time the clock stops from the prior race, there will be 3 minutes only on the clock.
- This is enough time to get situated on the drivers stand, and take a couple warm up laps to warm up the motors. If your motor requires more pre-heat, please pre-warm up the motors outside the main gate. Your pit guy can walk the running car into pit lane as soon as the last car has crossed the line from the last race.
- During qualifiers, the starting clock will be on live loop format. You will be on your own to make sure you are fueled up and well positioned to make sure you cross the loop before the first guy crosses the loop for the second time.
- Please listen to the RD to make sure you are checked in properly
- You are racing the clock, not each other
- When a faster car comes up on you, take a wider line and let them past, you are racing the clock, not them.
- Race your qualifier and do not pull into the pits until the RD calls you by name and says you are done.
- Pull into the pits safely after your race to avoid impacting another driver who may not be done yet.
Electric Mains:
- From the time the clock stops, which is as soon as the last car crosses the line from the prior race, there will be just 2 minutes on the clock until the next race starts.
- This is enough time to get situated on the drivers stand, and take just 1 lap around the track.
- During your 1 lap, make sure you cross the loop so that you are checked in.
- Please listen to the RD to make sure you are checked in properly.
- At the end of your first lap, do not full throttle down the front stretch, there will likely be other cars who have completed their lap and are lining up on the front stretch.
- After you have successfully checked in, begin staging in your starting box, which will be painted on the front stretch.
- You will line up in the order noted on your main sheet.
- The start for the mains is different in that as soon as the buzzer sounds, everyone goes at the same time.
- You are racing each other now.
- When a faster car comes up on you and is putting you a lap down, take a wider line and let them past.
- Race your main and do not pull into the pits until the RD calls you by name and says you are done.
- Pull into the pits safely after your race to avoid impacting another driver who may not be done yet.
Nitro Mains:
- From the time the clock stops from the prior race, there will be 3 minutes only on the clock.
- This is enough time to get situated on the drivers stand, and take a couple warm up laps to warm up the motors. If your motor requires more pre-heat, please pre-warm up the motors outside the main gate. Your pit guy can walk the running car into pit lane as soon as the last car has crossed the line from the last race.
- Please listen to the RD to make sure you are checked in properly
- After about 2 minutes, come into the pit for fuel and so that your Pit guy can carry you and your fuel out to the starting grid painted on the front stretch.
- You will line up in the order noted on your main sheet.
- Once all the pit guys are ready, the RD will call for final fuel.
- Once all the pit guys have final fueled, the RD will call for clean them out for a quick second. This is where you throttle up to clear out the engine.
- The RD will then call for down and quiet. Hit the brakes and let the pit guy put your vehicle in your starting box.
- The start for the mains is different in that as soon as the buzzer sounds, everyone goes at the same time.
- You are racing each other now.
- When a faster car comes up on you and is putting you a lap down, take a wider line and let them past.
- Race your main and do not pull into the pits until the RD calls you by name and says you are done.
- Pull into the pits safely after your race to avoid impacting another driver who may not be done yet.