Last Updated

07/01/2010

2010 Club Championship Regulations

 

1.          SPORTING REGULATIONS GENERAL

1.1.       TITLE & JURISDICTION  The Whilton Mill Kart Club Championship 2010 is organised and administered by the  Whilton Mill Kart Club Ltd in accordance with the General Regulations of the Royal Automobile Club Motor Sports Association (incorporating the provisions of the International Sporting Code of the FIA) and these Championship Regulations

MSA Championship Permit No. CHK 2010 tba                      Status: Clubman

MSA Championship Grade: D

 

1.2.       OFFICIALS.

1.2.1.    The Co-ordinator: Mrs. R. Chapman, 23 Foxglove Close, Castle Meadow, Buckingham MK18 1FU.

1.2.2.    Eligibility Scrutineer: Mr. Dick Newton.

1.2.3.    Championship Stewards: Mr. M. Keegan, Mrs. M. Weddell, Mr. G. Dykes

 

1.3           COMPETITOR ELIGIBILITY

1.3.1       Entrants must be fully paid up valid membership card holding members of the Whilton Mill Kart Club Ltd and be in possession of valid 2010 MSA Entrants Licences.

1.3.2       Drivers and Entrant/Drivers must be fully paid up valid membership card holding members of the Whilton Mill Kart Club Ltd, be Registered for the Championship and be in possession as a minimum of a valid MSA Kart National "B" Novice Licence.

1.3.3       All necessary documentation must be presented for checking at all rounds when signing-on.

1.3.4       A competitor shall not take time off school to participate in motor sport without prior written approval of their school W1.1.3.  Please note that this Championship has only one Friday test day and that is in the school holidays.

 

1.4.         REGISTRATION.

1.4.1     All members of Whilton Mill Kart Club Ltd (membership fee £60) holding, as a minimum, an MSA National “B” licence are automatically entered for the Club Championship.

 

1.5.       CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS. The Championships will be contested over 11 rounds as follows: -

DATE.                          VENUE.                        PERMIT GRADE          ORGANISING CLUB.

January 31st                 Whilton Mill                        Clubman                           Whilton Mill

February 28th               Whilton Mill                        Clubman                           Whilton Mill

March 28th                   Whilton Mill                        Clubman                           Whilton Mill

April 25th                       Whilton Mill                        Clubman                           Whilton Mill

May 23rd                      Whilton Mill                        Clubman                           Whilton Mill

June 27th                      Whilton Mill                        Clubman                           Whilton Mill

July 24th & 25th            Whilton Mill                        Clubman                           Whilton Mill

August 22nd                  Whilton Mill                        Clubman                           Whilton Mill

September 26th               Whilton Mill                        Clubman                           Whilton Mill

October 24th                Whilton Mill                        Clubman                           Whilton Mill

November 28th            Whilton Mill                        Clubman                           Whilton Mill

 

1.6.       SCORING FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS.

1.6.1       Championship points will be awarded to Whilton Mill Members counted back over all competitors and listed as finishers in the heats as follows: 1st 34, 2nd 32, 3rd 31, 4th 30, reducing by 1 point to 34th position. 

1.6.2       The points for the A final will be allocated to Whilton Mill Members counted back over all competitors as follows: 1st 105, 2nd 100, 3rd 95, 4th 90 and by 5 points down to 12th place and then by 2 points down to 34th place.  Should a B final be run 5th place has 12 points, 6th 11, 7th 10 reducing by one point down to 15th place, thereafter 1 point will be allocated for each finisher.

1.6.3       If a race meeting is based upon two finals, without heats, the points for the first final will be 3 X those allocated for a heat.  The points for the second final will be those allocated for an A Final.

1.6.4       A race meeting based upon multiple heats and two finals will have points awarded according to the following schedule.  Each heat will be allocated points as per those set out in 1.6.1 but the Whilton Mill Members Championship Heat points will be awarded at the same level as described for a final (1.6.2), but based upon the points total each driver has acquired during the heats.  The Whilton Mill Members Championship Final points will be awarded for the second final and will be those allocated for an A Final in 1.6.2.

1.6.5       No championship points are awarded in novice only races.  If classes are mixed within the same final starting together points are awarded for class finishing positions. (Classes may still have separate championships, see 1.7.3)

1.6.6       The final Championship positions will be determined from a maximum of 9 best heat scores added to a maximum of 9 best final scores from all 11 rounds, unless for some reason meetings are cancelled in which case the number of best scores counted will be 9 minus the number of cancelled events.  Exceptions are listed in 2.2 and 4.3.

1.6.7       Should a tie result from the total of 9 heat and final rounds, for any position, the result will be decided by the number of 1st places gained in "A” finals, if still undecided the number of 2nd places in "A" finals, then 3rd places and so on until resolved.

1.6.8       An appeal against points awarded or not awarded must conform to C6.5.1

 

1.7        AWARDS

1.7.1     Senior drivers per round there will be 1 trophy for every 4 entries in each class to a maximum of 7.  Junior drivers per round there will be 1 trophy for every 4 entries in each class.

1.7.2     Overall Championships. The winner of each Championship will receive a Championship trophy plus the perpetual trophy that may be kept until the September round of the 2010 series.

1.7.3.    An overall championship will only be held if there are ten or more competitors regularly competing in the class.

1.7.4.    At the Club's discretion overall championship awards may be given for second to fifth places, if there are sufficient entries in a class.

1.7.5.    Championship trophies will only be presented to the driver in person at the Annual Dinner Dance or by special arrangement under exceptional circumstances.

 

2               SPORTING REGULATIONS - JUDICIAL PROCEDURES.

2.1           Rounds - For each round will be in accordance with Section C in the 2010 MSA Yearbook.

2.2           Championship - If a competitor is excluded from a final for offences in Section C, other than under weight or filling in a scrutineering card incorrectly, they will include this race as one of the rounds that count for the Club Championship  

3.          SPORTING REGULATIONS-CHAMPIONSHIP RACE MEETINGS AND RACE PROCEDURE.

3.1.       ENTRIES. Supplementary regulations and entry forms will be available to all registered drivers from 1st January 2010.

3.1.1.    Competitors are responsible for sending in correct and complete entries with the correct fee to arrive prior to the closing date, which will be one week prior to the meeting taking place.  The competition secretary may, at her discretion, allow additional drivers after the closing date in order to fill grids.

3.1 2. Entries will only be acknowledged by request only if a SAE is enclosed with the entry for that purpose.

3.1.3.    The entry fee for members will be £45 for each meeting, the classes accepted for racing being subject to the number of entries, the Club reserve the right to refuse or amalgamate classes when entries are less than 10 for a class.

3.1.4.    Entry fees will only be refunded in full if withdrawn by written request prior to the closing date.  Entries withdrawn after the closing date will be subject to a £10 administration fee other than those withdrawn after the Friday noon before the meeting when the fee will be forfeit.

 

3.2.       PRACTICE. Official practice will be the minimum period as specified in the MSA regulations.

 

3.3.       GRID POSITIONS.

3.3.1.    The maximum grid will never exceed 34.

3.3.2.    For all classes the heat grid positions will be allocated by receipt of entry except when specified otherwise in the SR's.

 

3.4.       RACES.

3.4.1.    Race duration will be as specified in the SR's for the meeting.

3.4.2.    Heats and finals duration may be reduced in wet weather or unforeseen circumstances and will be announced on the dummy grid accordingly prior to the race.  Changes may also be made during racing for safety reasons.

 

3.5.       STARTS.

3.5.1.      Will be as MSA specific karting regulations U7.5 to U7.8.  Penalties may be imposed on the pole position driver for speed considered to be too fast or too slow.  Penalties may also be imposed on the No 2 position driver if considered to have broken formation.  Drivers who fail to take their correct position on the dummy grid when instructed must start the race at the rear of the last row of the grid.

3.5.2.    Excessive weaving to warm up tyres is prohibited.

3.5.3     Drivers who spin during a rolling lap, or enter the circuit late, must take up a position at the rear of the field.

 

3.6        RACESTOPS.

3.6.1.      Will be as MSA specific karting regulations U7.9 and U7.10

3.6.2.     Should the Red flag be shown all competitors will stop racing immediately, slow down and proceed to a position just prior to the pits entry and stop, unless the circuit is blocked.

3.6.3. Any kart that has not taken the original start will not be allowed to take the restart, unless the race was stopped due to a false start, or the race is being completely rerun, in which case the start had not taken place.

 

4           TECHNICAL REGULATIONS.

4.1           MSA 2010 Specific karting technical regulations apply together with the 2010 ABkC regulations within the 2010 MSA Kart Race Yearbook and the following

4.2           Within the Club Championship races will be provided for the following classes – Cadet, Junior TKM, Mini Max, Junior Rotax, TKM Extreme, Senior Rotax Max and Rotax 177.

4.3           Penalties arising from post race scrutineering will be in accordance with section C3.5 of the 2010 MSA Yearbook with the exceptions of C3.5(c) and exclusions due to being underweight or technical infringements due to accidental damage.

4.4           TYRES.  Only one set of slick tyres will be allowed for racing per competitor per round, plus one extra front and one extra rear per set, these extra tyres may only be allowed at the discretion of the Chief scrutineer if in his opinion either one front or one rear tyre is un-safe to use. IT IS THE COMPETITOR'S RESPONSIBILITY to make sure that the scrutineer inspects a faulty tyre before the kart leaves the track exit/weighing in area.  No extra tyres will be allowed after the kart has returned to the pit area

4.5           CHASSIS All classes will be allowed one chassis unless otherwise permitted in the SR's.  However, if damage occurs to the chassis that has been scrutineered for the meeting, if in the opinion of the scrutineer it is not practical to repair in time, one alternative chassis may be scrutineered in order to continue the meeting.

4.6           Pre-race scrutineering will be held each Sunday am as per SR's, transponders must be fitted.

4.7           All competitors will be given a scrutineering ticket/card for which they have SOLE responsibility to fill in correctly and hand to the scrutineer at pre race scrutineering.  This card/ticket must contain the following information: - Drivers name, class and race number, the chassis unique number as MSA U16.5.1 and U16.5.2, and each engine's unique number and seal numbers if used and the transponder code number.  The ticket/card must be signed by the driver and if under 18 by the parent or guardian.  It is stressed once more that both the completion and handing in of this ticket/card is the SOLE responsibility of the competitor.  These tickets/cards will be the only method used to check that each competitor is using at all times the equipment declared and presented by him/her at pre race scrutineering

4.8           Post Race Scrutineering will take place after heats and finals and all results are deemed provisional until all karts are released by the Scrutineers and/or after completion of any Judicial or Technical procedures, including the testing of fuel, which may take several days.  At any post race scrutineering the chassis, engine and seal numbers (if used) must be those stated on the scrutineering card/ticket.  Should it be found that the chassis or engines do not comply with the above requirements it will be considered to be a matter of fact for which there will be no appeal.

 

5  CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS  All results become final seven days subject to Technical matters or any pending matters C6.5.1.  Points are displayed on the Club web site