 |
The Hunts Kart Racing Club Ltd, PO Box 203, Northampton, NN5 6TZ
|
| |
|
 |
| |
- HKRC will organise Club Meeting dates on the 14th Jan, 11th Feb,11th March,(winter series)13th May, 10th June, 8th July, 9th Sept, 14th Oct, 11th Nov, 9th Dec. April 8th
will be a National A event. This meeting will be held under the Sports association Ltd incorporating the provisions of the International code of the FIA including ABkC and
selected MSA classes will be eligible. Karts entered must comply with MSA and ABkC Kart race yearbook 2007 rules. MSA permit TBA.
2. The events will be open to holders of a) an appropriate current MSA Competition licence and b) racing membership of an ABkC club.
3. The event list will be open on the day after the preceding meeting and close 8 days prior to the meeting. The appropriate entry fee of £43.00 for members and £55.00 for
non-members must be sent with the entry form. No entries may be made by telephone.
4. Should the meeting be cancelled, entry fees will be carried over at the discretion of the club. Any entry cancelled after the closing date will not be eligible for a refund or be
carried over.
5. All entries must be sent to the Competition Secretary, Daphne Freeman, 76 Guntons Close, Soham, Ely, Cambs CB7 5DN. A SAE MUST accompany the entry if an
acknowledgement of entry is required. Late entries will be accepted at the discretion of the organisers but will be subject to an administration charge of £25.00.
6. If the entry in the class is below 15 then the race for that class may be cancelled or amalgamated with another class at the discretion of the organisers. The maximum
number of starters will be 30 for gearbox classes 34 for all other formulae. Everyone competitor is classed as a finisher even if they do not complete race distance.
7. Entrants may bring one vehicle and one trailer or caravan only onto the paddock area. Generators must not be used before 7am or after 11 p.m -offenders risk exclusion
from the meeting.
8. Only the vehicles of entrants and official vehicles may enter the paddock area. Any vehicles or equipment, which in the opinion of the organisers is parked in contravention
of the proper use of the paddock and they shall be moved on by request and the entrant responsible for the vehicle or equipment shall be ineligible to race until the
organiser’s directions have been complied with.
9. Competitors and Traders attending the meeting are asked to bear in mind the following when setting out their pit space: Laterally along the access way ensure that where
tents/canopies are erected that these shall as far as practicable be alternated with any parked vehicle in order that spread of fire from one such canopy to an adjacent
canopy is minimised. Where pit spaces are laid out with vehicles in tandem that a similar arrangement of parked vehicles and canopies is maintained. For the purpose
of these recommendations a caravan shall be treated as a canopy. The intention of these recommendations is the maintenance of a space of approx. 3 metres between
canopies where it is considered there is a risk of a fire hazard.
10. All entrants are responsible for the members of their supporting team, relatives and friends, for the proper positioning of the vehicles and equipment and for their proper
use of all club facilities. Drivers will be excluded from the meeting if they or any members of their team are found damaging crops or any part of the track surroundings,
breaching these rules or in any way conducting themselves contrary to a standard reasonably expected such as abusive or threatening behaviour. The club will refuse for
LIFE the future entry of any offender.
11. Motorised bikes/ scooters are not allowed to be used in the paddock, track, or car park areas around the site over the race weekend. Push bikes, skateboards etc. may not
be used from 8.30a.m until 6.30 p.m. on any day where practice unofficial or official or racing taking place.
12. Animals are strictly forbidden from the site and surrounding areas during the race weekend.
13. The intention of the organisers will be to organise the meeting to the following timetable - signing on 7.30 a.m to 8.40 a.m - scrutineering on 7.30 a.m to 9.00 a.m (queue
closes 8.45 a.m) drivers briefing 9.30 a.m and thereafter practice and races. No competitor will be allowed to join the scrutineering queue after 8.45a.m. These times are
necessarily approximate and subject to variation at the discretion of the organisers. Drivers briefing will be held before practice and all drivers must attend. Drivers aged
under 18 must be accompanied by their parent or guardian.
14. Practice will be for 3 laps. Grid positions for the heats will be determined by ballot to be carried out at the complete discretion of the organisers. Grid positions for the final
will be determined by the combined heat results. Should there be a tie for final grid position the driver with the highest placed finish in the first heat will be awarded the
higher position. If there is a tie for Championship points the winner will be determined by the highest number of finishes. Non-attendance at a round does not prevent that
round being dropped, but if a diver is excluded from a meeting that cannot be classed as a dropped round.
15. Two engines and one chassis may be submitted for scrutineering for use by each driver for each race. Prior to the start of the first race of the meeting a driver may with the
permission of the clerk of the course substitute a chassis or engine provided that such engine or chassis has been scrutineered. During the meeting the clerk of the course
may, subject to scrutineering, permit the substitution of the chassis where the original chassis has been damaged beyond repair during practising or racing. On practice day,
once scruitineering has been completed, no further practice is permitted for that day... All kart must be race prepared before being taken for scrutineering.If Race numbers
are required to change for a competitor, written instruction must be given and numbers changed before next race and confirmed by a scrutineer.
All karts and engines must conform to the information appearing on scrutineering cards, which must be signed by the driver (unless the driver is under 18, then the
scrutineering card must be signed by the parent or guardian responsible for the driver) and by the scrutineer.
16. Drivers must provide and are responsible for the maintenance of a transponder for their own use. The transponder must be fixed to the kart in accordance with the rules laid
down in the 2007 MSA yearbook. The use of transponders for lap scoring purposes is mandatory.
17. Only one set of slick tyres per official practice and Race Day. The organisers may mark tyres at any time. You may only change two tyres one front and one rear) if either
damaged or punctured after having them checked by a scrutineer. If the clerk of the course or chief scrutineer decides that kart tyre performance has been enhanced, then
the club has the authority to ask for another set of tyres to be used. Under no circumstances may tyres be left at the circuit.
18. Other than the drivers the issued Passes for the Parc Ferme area must be worn when collecting the kart, failure to do so will result in no entry.
19. Drivers must place their karts on the dummy grid one full race before their next event and remain with their kart until their race starts. The dummy grid will be closed after
the preceding race has left the grid and competitors not in position at this time will be placed on the back of the grid.
20. Driving karts anywhere in the pits is PROHIBITED. No kart engines may be run in the pits except in the designated areas, engines are not to be started before 10am or
after 6pm. Drivers must be seated in the kart before their engine is started on the dummy grid. Offenders may be excluded from the meeting and refused entry to future
meetings.
21. Junior pushers will be allowed on the circuit provided they have signed on and are wearing an easily visible allocated coloured vest supplied by the club. They shall position
themselves around all parts of the circuit and in accordance with the directions of the race officials and shall use their best endeavours at all times to assist all stationary
karts to rejoin the track safely and quickly.
No pusher may carry timing equipment of any kind and must not make any signal or communication of any kind to competitors. If pushers fail to follow this rule the driver
responsible for the offending pusher may be excluded and all pushers stopped from entering onto the circuit and attending briefing and signing on.
22. In the event of a red flag or major incident the HKRC Ltd Major Incident Plan will come into operation as per the displayed copy that is posted in the clubhouse.
23. In the event that the race is stopped by the use of a red flag, at the discretion of the clerk of the course no competitor involved in the incident which gives rise to the
showing of the red flag shall race thereafter until he has been cleared by the medical staff and his kart re-scrutineered.
24. Karts must not be lifted over the safety fence surrounding the track.
25. In the situation when officials are only able to run three heats because of poor conditions or lack of time, a tie on points will be resolved by the result from the first heat.
26. Any competitor or associated team member found disposing of any fluid or litter into the ground drainage system will result in being banned from HKRC.
27. Parents /guardians who do not desire the photographer to photograph their children should make their wishes known to the photographer.
28. No repairs to karts on track- competitor to remain with kart in a safe location, recover kart to parc ferme when safe to do so. anyone found repairing their kart will be
excluded from that heat.
29. Anyone found tampering with the clubs fire extinguishers, they will be given a lifetime ban from HKRC.
|
|
HOME
