2009 SMACKDOWN Rules Remember this is supposed to be in fun, no money is on the line, and we added some twists to make it more fun. All participants must be regular members of their respective clubs, this will be on the honor system it’s your Rep. at stake. All participants must be over 18, or have a minor waiver signed by a legal guardian, It must be notarized, or that guardian must come to the event to sign the minor waiver. Drivers MUST be 16 or older and have a valid state driver’s license. To keep the event manageable from a scoring standpoint, we will be asking competing clubs to volunteer to assist with managing and scoring events, each selected club will be responsible for computing scores and managing one portion of the event, under the watchful eye of NWAA. For example: TSDNW the drag CARFREEKS the drift etc. In order to keep confusion to a minimum EACH club will have to select in advance someone to act as a team captain, this person will keep track of team members, collect and pay entry fees for his or her team. Your team will need to have a written team roster prepared by registration time This roster will include name, car, car #, and which events the driver is entering. All teams will have 3 digit numbers; the first digit will indicate the team you are running for 1 for NWAA, 2 for Carfreeks etc. Numbers must be displayed on both sides of the car. On dual driver cars, only ONE number may be visible at a time. (No slash) Numbers must be at least 8 inches tall. We are looking into providing number plates of some kind for competitors. All teams will compete directly with each other, no PRO class. EACH INDIVIDUAL WILL BE REQUIRED TO FILL OUT A REGISTRATION AND TECH FORM FOR HIS OR HER CAR. Your team captain, or a designated alternate, is the ONLY person on your team allowed to speak for, or negotiate for your team. NWAA will not be responsible for keeping track of team members, either they are on your list or they are not team members. All additional club members whether spectators or additional competitors, need to identify themselves @ sign in. Clubs, via the team captain, are responsible for the conduct of ALL club members at the site, and coming and going to the site. This needs to stay a safe fun and legal event; we need to make sure we conduct ourselves this way Team size: Points scoring teams will consist of no more than 11 driver car combos (plus the wild card drawn at random) you will be allowed up to 3 alternates to be substituted from non points scoring members, in the event of a no show, or car failure of one of your points scoring members. The substitutions must be made prior to the start of the event in question ( by Friday night for Saturday, by Saturday night for Sunday) Once the green flag drops for the event substitutions will not be allowed. These team restrictions do not prevent other club members from entering events for bonus points or "just for fun" and does not require all members be present @ registration, but your POINTS TEAM needs to be designated in advance. Remember there are bonus points for participation! For the Autocross ONLY, Cars that would normally run in a race tire class, but compete on street tires (tread wear rating 140 or higher) will be assessed a 2 second adjustment, to make times competitive with their race tired competitors. You NEED to make note of this on your autocross registration form, If you don't tell us you will be scored normally. Local law enforcement will be appraised of our routes and schedules. Deliberated disregard for highway laws at ANY time during the weekend may be grounds for a team’s disqualification, this applies to ALL club members, racing or not, no 130MPH blasts down the highway. This could result in the loss of the event site, and NO ONE wants that. Acceleration test (Drag) Drag will NOT be side by side, only one car at a time straight line. The course will be long enough to be interesting but short enough to stay within our insurance rules and safety considerations (1/8 mile is planned). Straight ET wins, no brackets or classes. There will be a left and right course, competitors must stay in the lane they are assigned Car restrictions: Modifications and performance upgrades are un-restricted, but must pass safety inspection so nitrous is OK (FOR THE DRAG ONLY) but you will find the site is traction limited, TOO MUCH horsepower may not help. All members who pay and enter are eligible to run the drag, but you must designate your 4 Challenge entries at registration. Each member should get at least 3 Passes, more if time permits, only the fastest one counts. If time prevents all members from getting an equal number of runs, the last COMPLETE set of runs will be the last scored. This does not count DNF or DNS. (If most teams get 3 runs but a couple get 4 before we run out of time, only the first 3 will be scored.) Points for drift and drag will be awarded as follows: 32 points for top ET 30 for second 28third 26 fourth 24 fifth 22sixth 20seventh 19eighth 18 ninth 17 tenth 16 eleventh 15 twelfth 14 thirteenth 13 fourteenth 12 fifteenth 11 sixteenth 10 seventeenth 9 eighteenth 8 nineteenth 7 twentieth 6 twenty first 5 twenty second 4 twenty third 3 twenty fourth 2 twenty fifth one point for each points scoring member finishing below 25th TEAM will be awarded 2 extra points if at least one points scoring driver is a female. (This applies to ALL events) Maximum point earned potential for any 1 car will be 34 (top ET, female driver) Drifting: NITROUS MUST BE REMOVED or CONFIRMED DISCONNECTED prior to competing. All cars must pass tech. Any car equipped with No2 must declare that at tech inspection, so we can confirm it is disconnected for drift and AX, failure to do so will result in DQ and loss of all points by that car Points will be scored in accordance with currently accepted judging policies, Judging will be by a 3 judge team. There will be 2 courses, one for the points scoring team, and one for the bonus point team, to maximize the experienced drifters on-course time. Non points scoring members will be judged by one volunteer judge, scores will not be recorded, BUT participation bonus points will be computed. Points will be awarded as above, Again with extra points to the team that INCLUDES A FEMALE DRIVER in its points scoring team. And bonus points as above, WE WANT EVERYONE TO RACE!! Autocross: Cars racing on Sunday will be assigned to their respective SCCA SOLO 2 classes. Points will be awarded based on the clubs relative finishing positioning against the published PAX index. What this means is your time will be indexed to its PAX time, then finish positions will be awarded based on that time. For the Autocross ONLY Cars that would normally run in a race tire class, but compete on street tires (tread wear rating 140 or higher) will be assessed a 2 second adjustment, to make times competitive with their race tired competitors. ABSOLUTELY NO DUAL DRIVER CARS IN GRID. SHARED CARS WILL BE SPLIT INTO RUN GROUPS A OR B DRIVER ONE IN GROUP A, TWO IN GROUP B. The dual driver cars cause too much extra confusion in scoring. For drift and drag driver A will run all his runs, then driver B will make his, no jumping back and forth. AGAIN Dual driver cars MUST be designated in advance. Car substitutions are allowed, AT OUR DISCRETION in the event of a failure, but the substituted or borrowed car must be of an equal or lower class than your own, and will be scored in your ORIGINAL class. Borrowed cars MUST have been teched and approved for the event in advance. No more than 2 drivers per car PERIOD in any event. Classing and PAX index for 2009 can be found @ the San Francisco region SCCA website. Competitors will be expected to know their cars appropriate class based on its modifications. Scoring: This is where it gets Really interesting. As I said earlier, the autocross would be at least 50% of you clubs score. Points will be double those of drift or drag So; 64 =1st 62 = 2nd 60 = 3rd 58 = 4th 56 = 5th 54 = 6th 52 = 7th 50 = 8th 48 = 9th 46 = 10th 44 = 11th 42 = 12th 40 = 13th 38 = 14th 36 = 15th 34= 16th 32=17th 30= 18th 28 = 19th 26 = 20th 24 = 21st 22 = 22nd 20 = 23rd 19 = 24th 18= 25th 17= 26th 16 = 27th 15 = 28th 14 = 29th 13 = 30th 12 = 31st 11 = 32nd 10 = 33rd 9 = 34th 8 = 35th 7 = 36th 6 = 37th 5 = 38th 4 = 39th 3 = 40th 2 = 41st one point for each team member 42nd and below “Wild Card” entry: Here is where the fun begins; Teams Pre-Select only 3 of their 4 Auto X team members. One member of your team will be drawn at random from all the club members who enter the Auto X. If your club enters 20 cars one of those 20 will be drawn from a hat, and added to your Points team as the fourth member. His or her score will be in your total. It won’t matter if they are part of your designated team, IF they are an active club member and enter the event; they can STILL count in the end. This drawing will be held Saturday night at the banquet Bonus Points We want to encourage participation, so here is the deal. Each team will be awarded 1/2 additional point for each extra member who enters each event, up to 12 additional cars/drivers (not counting your 4 points scoring team members). What’s this mean? Well if you show up and enter 10 extra cars, 5 points will be added to your score up front regardless of finish position. Additionally ½ of 1 point will be added for EACH FEMALE driver in your group. If your team shows with 6 female racers, you would get 6 additional points. (1/2 for participation+1/2 for female!!) Finally Protests;This event is for FUN!! It’s not the SCCA nationals and does not pretend to be HOWEVER if a club feels the need to protest another competitors car, ALL PROTESTS MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE GROUP WHILE STRUMMING A UKELELI AND WEARING A SOMBRERO AND GRASS SKIRT!! It will be impossible to get too mad and ruin the mood of the event while laughing!! Awards will go to the fastest raw time team, and team participants would most like to party with, But the champion will be fastest PAX time team based on thier 3 total scores. E Mail for questions clarifications, or to request a team entry packet is; smackdown@nwautosports.org