2007 NWR Solo Supplemental Rules

 

1.         RULES. Regional Series events will use the current SCCA Solo trials and Solo Rules (SIIR) and the PCS, GTCS, and GCR as they apply.

2.         DRIVER QUALIFICATIONS. All competitors (except Formula Junior) must possess a current valid driver’s license and must be at least 16 years old on the day of the event. (Exception: A driver with a valid WA learner permit may drive with a parent/guardian.) Drivers under age 18 must have written parental permission to compete, AND a parent or guardian must sign the appropriate minor waiver.

3.         DOUBLE ENTRIES. At the discretion of the Double Entry Committee (Event Chair, Chief of Registration, and Chief of Timing), double entries may be allowed. The second entry at an event will be entered as “Time Only” (TO), is not be eligible for event trophies or series points, and must run during the second half of the day. Double entrants must work two work assignments, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Chief of Workers assigns double entrants to any afternoon run group to balance out worker needs.

4.         PASSENGERS. If allowed by the SCCA SIIR, a passenger is permitted on any run during the event provided:

(1)      The driver is an event entrant and the car has passed Tech Inspection;

(2)      If the driver is inexperienced, the passenger is a novice instructor approved by the Novice Chair or the Event Chair;

(3)      The passenger is at least 12 years old (NOTE: A minor passenger may only ride with a parent or legal guardian);

(4)      All necessary waivers have been completed for the passenger;

(5)      The required safety equipment (see SIIR, Section 4.3) is in place for the passenger and fits properly; and

(6)      The car has an adequate passenger seat.

5.         SPEED LIMITS. The off-course speed limit is 15 MPH. This applies to all pit areas and to any on-site entry/exit roads. VIOLATORS MAY BE SUBJECT TO IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION AND REQUIRED TO LEAVE THE EVENT SITE.

6.         INTOXICANTS. Absolutely no alcoholic beverages or drugs are permitted at the event site during the event. Any additional site requirements must be obeyed as well. Drivers are not allowed to compete under the influence of such substances. VIOLATORS WILL BE SUBJECT TO IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION AND REQUIRED TO LEAVE THE EVENT SITE.

7.         CHILDREN AND PETS. The grid and course areas are OFF LIMITS to children and animals during competition. All pets MUST be leashed or otherwise restrained. Children are not permitted to use bicycles; no one may use skateboards or roller skates/blades on the event site. Bicycles are prohibited in the grid area.

8.         TIMING VEHICLE. The timing vehicle is ABSOLUTELY OFF LIMITS to all persons except event administrators.

9.         SITE FACILITIES. Fuel, air, and helmets may not be readily available at the event site. Competitors are advised to be prepared for such unavailabilities.

10.     CARS PREPARED TO WWSCC RULES. Cars prepared to the WWSCC Improved category rules (only) may compete legally in their appropriate SCCA Solo Street Prepared class at Regional events. Similarly, cars prepared to the WWSCC Prepared category rules may compete in their appropriate Solo Prepared class and cars prepared to the WWSCC Open Street class rules may compete in their appropriate Solo Street Modified or Street Modified 2 class at Regional events.

11.     WORK REQUIREMENT. Competitors must complete a work assignment to qualify for event awards and Regional Series points.  Failure to complete a work assignment may result in restriction from future events at the discretion of the Event chair or Solo chair. 

12.     RUN/WORK SCHEDULE. Competitors will be assigned a work group during the same half of the day as their run group. Day halves will swap times at alternating events. Thus, a class that runs and works during the morning at one Regional event will run and work during the afternoon at the next Regional event. NWR/SCCA reserves the right to revise class/day half assignments to adapt to participation patterns, event administration, and scheduling.

13.     OUT-OF-GROUP RUNS. Competitors needing to run outside of their assigned group run time MUST request to do so in writing, to the Event Chair, prior to the close of registration. The required form is available at Registration. Adequate justification (e.g., work conflict) is required. Out-of-group run requests shall be posted at the scoreboard. If a weather change influences class results in favor of an out-of-group competitor, an ad hoc committee composed of the Event Chair, Chief of Tech, and Chief of Timing will determine an appropriate time penalty, such as assigning a time 0.001 sec. slower than the slowest time in the class. No more than three out-of-group requests will be honored for an individual during a single season.

14.     OUT-OF-GROUP WORKING. Out-of-group work requests must be submitted in writing to the Chief of Workers prior to the first affected work time.

15.     SCCA CLASSES. Cars will be classed according to the current SCCA Solo Rules (SIIR). To provide better competition for lightly-subscribed classes, certain classes are grouped together based on class similarity and SIIR Appendix B (Bumping Order) to form the following Regional classes (each having an Open and a Ladies class):

Stock 1 (S1/S1L):    SS, AS, FS

Stock 2 (S2/S2L):    BS, CS, ES

Stock 3 (S3/S3L):    DS, GS, HS

Non-Stock 1 (NS1/NS1L):    ASP, BSP, ESP

Non-Stock 2 (NS2/NS2L):    CSP, DSP, FSP

Non-Stock 3 (NS3/NS3L):    All Prepared, Modified and Kart classes, and FSAE

Non-Stock 4 (NS4/NS4L):    STS STS2, STX, STU

 

Finishing position within each of these Regional classes will be determined using the National PAX/RTP Index method, as described in Rule 16. Cars entered in these Regional consolidated classes will display their appropriate SIIR class designation (AS, CSPL, etc.), not the Regional class designation.

The following classes (Open and Ladies) will run as standalone classes, not in one of the Regional combined classes: SM, SM2, Stock PAX and Non-Stock PAX (Rule 16), Street Tire (Rule 17), and Novice (Rule 18).

16.     PAX CLASSES. Four PAX Index-based classes will be offered: Open Pax, Open Pax Ladies, Non-Stock Pax, and Non-Stock Pax Ladies. All cars are eligible to compete in Open Pax and Open Pax Ladies.  Non-Stock Pax and Non-Stock Pax Ladies are limited to cars in the Street Prepared, Prepared, Modified and Street Modified classes.  Class designation is an “X” following the normal class letters (e.g., ASX, CSPLX). The current National PAX/RTP Index values will be used to compute times for scoring. Street Touring cars run with the Stock classes. PAX-Indexed times are computed as follows: 

Time = (scratch time x PAX Index) + penalties

17.     STREET TIRE CLASSES. Two Street Tire classes will be provided: one Open and one Ladies. Class designation is a “T” following the normal class letters (e.g., AST, CSPLT). The class is for cars using non-autocross DOT-approved tires. Purpose-built autocross or road racing ('R'-compound) tires are not allowed. See SIIR section 17.3 for tire eligibility specifics. The current National PAX/RTP Index values will be used to compute times for scoring (See Rule 16 for formula.)  Street Touring classes are not eligible.

 

18.     NOVICE CLASSES. Two Novice classes will be provided: one Open and one Ladies. Class designation will be NOV (or NOVL). The classes are intended to be transitional classes for new Solo drivers. Event trophies will be awarded per the Solo Rules (limit 5), but year-end class trophies will not be awarded. However, a Novice Driver of the Year will be selected from new competitors. A Novice is an individual competitor who has not competed in more than three (3) SCCA Regional events. A competitor that has run as a Novice three (3) times must move to a regular class. Tires for Novice classes must comply with the Street Tire class restrictions (see Rule 17). The Novice classes are not intended for drivers who cannot run in their regular run group but have failed to meet the provisions of Rule 13.

 

19.     TIME ONLY CLASS. A single Time Only class will be available in each half of the day. The class is intended for instructional and testing purposes, and to accommodate out-of-region entries who do not desire to compete for series points. Entrants must complete a regular work assignment before they run. No awards accrue to Time Only entries. Event results will include a class listing for Time Only, but may suppress the class from the Top Time and Top PAX Time listings. Time Only cars will display no class markings other than “TO.”

 

20.     AWARDS. Trophies will be awarded at all events according to the participation levels described in the current SCCA SIIR. A competitor need not be a member of SCCA to qualify for an event award. However, to be eligible for year-end awards, a driver must join SCCA no later that the 5th Regional event of the season. A competitor must participate in at least five (5) events in a class to be eligible for a year-end award in that class. The number of events counted toward year-end awards is determined by the following formula: (no. of events)/2 + 2, rounded to the next whole number. Thus, the best 6 events are counted for an 8-event series, 7 for a 9-event series, and 7 for a 10-event series. In addition to year-end class awards (except in Novice), a Worker of the Year and Novice Driver of the Year will be selected.

 

21.  SCORING. The fastest of the timed trophy runs, plus any penalty seconds applied, will be used to determine a competitor's place in class. Unofficial results will reflect the raw time plus all cones and gates.

 

A Competitor’s score should be posted as soon as practicable after the run and should be posted prior to the start of the competitor’s next timed run.  The posting of Class Standings should be regularly up-dated during the Run Group.  Final Class Standings must remain posted for a minimum of 30 minutes to satisfy time limits for filing any timing and/or competitor Protests.

 

The “performance index” system will be used in awarding season points to competitors, as follows:

Points = (Fastest time in class / Competitor’s best time) x 100

Non-SCCA members will be included in results points calculations. However, they will not be eligible for year-end trophies unless they are an SCCA member by the 5th event.

22.     PYLON PENALTIES. The following excerpt from the SCCA SIIR shows examples of situations for which a penalty is or is not assessed:

23.     EVENT RESULTS. Results will not be mailed to each competitor. They will be available from the region web site (www.nwr-scca.org), and will normally be printed in the Northwest Region/SCCA newsletter (Northwest Sports Car News).

 

 

24.     The 2007 National PAX/RTP Index is as follows:

 

SS	0.848		ASP	0.858		XP	0.874		AM	1.000
AS	0.838		BSP	0.853		BP	0.866		BM	0.944
BS	0.828		CSP	0.845		CP	0.864		CM	0.909
CS	0.822		DSP	0.836		DP	0.860		DM	0.889
DS	0.804		ESP	0.834		EP	0.863		EM	0.879
ES	0.812		FSP	0.823		FP	0.868		FM	0.890
FS	0.809					GP	0.847		FSAE	0.949
GS	0.803		STS	0.805
HS	0.789		STS2	0.806					F125	0.946
			STX	0.808					FJ1	0.790
			STU	0.821					FJ2	0.800
			SM	0.856					FJ3 (FJB)	0.833
			SM2	0.862					FJ4 (FJA)	0.851

 

25.      TIMING EQUIPMENT FINANCIAL PENALTIES.

Competitors are expected to drive on course in a fashion which does not threaten the integrity of the timing system components (i.e. not spin through the finish gate or get lost and drive over the timing cables). To enforce this requirement, a financial penalty (fine) will be assessed for the following incidents:

       Impact with the timing light head

       Impact with the timing reflector head

       Driving over the timing cables in a fashion which causes any of:

   Strain on connections to timing clock or timing light head

   Breaks in the timing cable

   Substantial penetrating abrasion to the timing cable casing

 

As of 1/1/2005, the fine for all such listed incidents is $100.00.

 

Payment of the fine is due immediately at the time of the incident. Competitors subject to a fine can request terms for payment on a case-by-case basis, but it is expected that all fines will be cleared prior to competition in further events. Failure to pay a fine will result in suspension of the privilege to participate in all future events until the fine is paid.

 

Interpretation of the nature of an incident with respect to the above rules will be the responsibility of the Event Chair, the Timing Chief, and the Solo Assistant Region Executive. Mitigating circumstances for waving or reducing the above noted fine, or accepting payment terms, can be considered and accepted on a case-by-case basis by a majority (two of the three) of the above listed officials.

 

 

 

26.  NUMBER OF DRIVERS PER CAR PER RUN GROUP

No more than two drivers may drive the same car in any single run group, except in the event of a mechanical DNF after the Run Group has begun.  If the mechanical failure happens during a race weekend, then the exception will carry over to the next day of competition.  The Run Groups will be structured so that the corresponding Open and Ladies classes will not compete in the same Run Group.  I.e. Stock 1 and Stock 1 Ladies will not run in the same group. 

 

27.  ORDER OF RUNNING

A minimum of five minutes must have elapsed between runs for any car during Regional Championship Series events.  This includes reruns or runs for another driver of the same car.  A grid marshal will be specifically assigned to handle two-driver cars and will keep a time log to assure compliance with the five-minute minimum between runs.  The time shall be measured from the time the car leaves the finish area of the course until the time it leaves the start line. 

 

28.  COURSE DEVIATIONS

If a car deviates from the course so that all four wheels are off the paved surface that driver will receive a DSQ from the event and will no longer be allowed to run that day. 

 

29.  COURSE APPROVAL

A course map for each event must be presented for review revision and approval at a Solo Committee meeting or meeting of the assigned Solo Safety Stewards, prior to course setup.  Adequate time shall be allowed for onsite review, revision and approval by the Solo Safety Stewards prior to the start of the event.  When possible the course shall be setup the day prior to the event, and review and approval conducted at that time.  The event chair is responsible to assure the course review and approval process is implemented.  The event chair must be alert to incidents and changing weather conditions and work with the course designer and SSS to make course changes if necessary. 

 

30.  INCIDENT RESPONSE

When an incident occurs that involves personal injury, or property damage to the site or participant cars/equipment, the event chair and Solo Safety Stewards shall consult to determine if/what actions need to be taken regarding the driver/participant, the course design or event operating procedures before the event continues.