Whilton Mill Kart
Club Ace & King Meeting
Whilton Mill Kart
Club Ace & King Meeting
Supplementary Regulations 2008
The WHILTON MILL KART CLUB (WMKC) will organise a Clubman permit kart race meeting at the Whilton Mill Circuit, as per these regulations and the regulations of the event, on June 28th & 29th 2008. Under the MSA Clubman's Permit No. *******.
Held
under the General Regulations of the Royal Automobile Club Motor Sports
Association Ltd (incorporating the provisions
of the International Sporting Code of the FIA) and the Supplementary
Regulations.
The
event is open to selected members of the WMKC and invited ABkC clubs,
The
program times are as follows: SATURDAY Signing on 8-00am. Drivers Briefing
9-30am . Safety Scrutineering on the grid with testing from
10-00am. Race Scrutineering from 1-00pm Timed Practice from
3-00pm. SUNDAY Signing on and Scrutineering from 8-00am. Drivers
Briefing 9-00am, Practice 9-20am. First race 10-15am, (all these times
are approximate) Racing must be completed by 6-00pm. Should a driver fail to
sign on by 9-00am an official reserve will be included in his/her place.
The
event will consist for each class of timed practice on the Saturday afternoon,
on Sunday two heats of 6/8 laps, grid positions by the timed practice, and two
finals of
10/15 minutes plus a lap (at the discretion of the Clerk of Course) except when notified in
the Regulations of the Event. Lap
scoring will be by means of transponders.
Members of Camberley Kart Club who are unable to attend timed practice on the Saturday will be given mid grid positions for the heats.
The
track measures 1120 metres and the number of corners are 13, the surface is
tarmac and the track licence number is tba. Races will be organised for Comer,
WTP and Honda Cadets, Junior TKM, TKM Extreme, Mini Max, Junior Rotax, Rotax
Max and Rotax 177 under the
regulations that will be found in the 2008 MSA Kart Race Yearbook.
Entries
will be limited to one grid per class. The maximum entry is 270 drivers; the
minimum number of starters for each race is 10. The organisers reserve the right
to cancel or amalgamate classes.
All
drivers may take part in three practice session on the Saturday morning and a
carb test session of three laps on the Sunday morning, at the discretion
of the Clerk of Course. On this
circuit the start line also acts as the pushers Safety Line.
Four number plates are required, one each at front, rear and either side, numbers will be provided by Whilton Mill. Kart Club each team having the same pair of numbers so that will be easily recognised .
The
hard standing Pits will be available on a first come first served basis.
Other than direct drive karts engines may be started in the pits but not
run at any revs other then tickover - failure to follow these instructions will
result in exclusion from the meeting.
Judges of fact will be - the chief lap scorer (judging laps completed), the Start/Finish Line Official (judging jump-starts and finishing order), the Chief Scrutineer (on technical matters) and the noise official (judging kart sound levels). Drive by sound level tests will be carried out at the point designated on the track diagram by overhead microphone at a height of 3.6 metres plus or minus 0.1 metres.
All
karts must be fitted with a TranX l6O transponder provided by the entrant prior
to scrutineering. This must be
fitted in accordance with MSA Kart Race Yearbook Appendix 4 Section F. It
is the responsibility of the driver to ensure that the transponder is working
correctly.
Two
engines and one chassis may be scrutineered for use during the meeting.
Prior to the first race commencing a driver may substitute an engine and
or chassis after obtaining the permission of the Clerk of Course.
Should a chassis become damaged beyond repair at the discretion of the
Clerk of Course a second chassis may be permitted.
Trained Junior Incident Marshals may be allowed on the circuit at the discretion of the Clerk of Course, they must be signed on and wearing a tabard. They must obey directions from the Clerk of Course and they must always stand in a designated area.
Prizes
will be awarded to the winning club – a Perpetual Trophy plus a trophy for
each team member. To the winning
driver in each class a Perpetual Trophy as well as a personal trophy. The winning club will have the highest total of points from their 2
drivers in their
best 5 classes in the finals, or 6 classes should there be a tie and so on if
further ties.
A
driver leaving the circuit and missing out more than a few metres of the circuit
will be penalised by 10 seconds.
Entries
open on publication of the WMKC calendar. Entries close ONE WEEK PRIOR to the
meeting however the Comp Sec reserves the right to add drivers if grids are not
full. Entries should be sent to Rita Chapman, 23 Foxglove Close, Castle Meadow,
Buckingham MK18 1FU. The entry fee
is £80 for testing and racing. Drivers NOT
attending Saturday the fee will be £45 An administration fee of £10
will be charged for a cheque returned by the bank for any reason.
Entries will be selected by date of receipt, but entries may be refused
if the class desired is full (see 8.). An
entry fee will be returned on receipt of a written request before the closing
date.
Should a driver cancel his/her entry after the closing date an
administration fee of £10 will be deducted.
The stewards of the meeting will be from Mrs. H. Barker and Mr. P. Cartwright. The Clerks of Course will be from Steve Chapman, Peter Cox, Keith Smith and Roger Allen. The Competition Secretary will be Rita Chapman and the Chief Scrutineer will be Dick Newton.
Provisional
results will be displayed on the notice board in race control as soon as
possible after the completion of a race. Rule [C(d)] 48. applies.
Protests and appeals must be made in accordance with MSA Year Book Section [C(d)] and with the appropriate fee Appendix 3 in Competitors & Officials Yearbook.
If
any DRIVER is suspected of having illegal fuel/equipment the race results will
be declared provisional. Following
an approved MSA test where the fuel/equipment is found to be illegal the DRIVER
will be excluded from the results and the test fees are payable by the driver.
A driver excluded by this means for the contravention of K134 will be
banned from all ABkC events for a period of one year, Kart Race Yearbook B19.
Tyres
- Only ONE set of slick tyres will be allowed once timed practice commences.
Should
a race start be aborted on two consecutive occasions through excess speed or
alignment problems the Clerk of Course may move one or both of the front two
drivers to the rear of the grid or continue with the race and apply a five place
penalty on these drivers.
Only
karts and kart trolleys are allowed on the dummy grid or in the scrutineering
area, no other wheeled vehicles are permitted.
Bicycles, skate boards, roller blades and scooters are not permitted to
be used in any part of the pit area during practice or racing.
Motorised vehicles are not allowed on the circuit when racing or testing
is complete.
The
area outside the confines of the circuit fencing is out of bounds, that includes
the farm buildings, the corporate track, and areas beyond the lower gate and the
Mill stream. You are reminded that
the conduct of all your group will fall back on your driver should problems
occur.
Persons who do not hold a full car driving licence are not permitted to drive a road vehicle anywhere within the circuit confines
Parents/guardians
who do not desire the photographer to photograph their children should make
their wishes know to the photographer.