Tire, Qualifying and Race Procedures In Word Format

Eight (8) tires will be allotted for use during the race. Besides the tires on the car at the start of the race, teams may only use four (4) more tires under yellow or red flag conditions during the feature event without penalty or approval. Tires changed under green flag conditions do not count against the total available for use in the event. All tires for scheduled use during the feature must be purchased at the event and be placed in impound each night as directed by officials and/or these rules. You will be allowed to have four extra tires in the pits for emergency flats if approved, but they must have been purchased during the race weekend. Emergency spares do not have to stay in impound. You must start the race on the tires on which you qualified. No tire may go into any trailer. All tires must remain outside in plain view!

Teams may change a flat tire during the race without counting against their total, but the flat tire must be inspected before being touched by a crewmember and the team must have approval from officials before changing it. Teams that start the race with at least four tires in their pits may not get tires from another team unless they are for approved flats.

Officials will inspect and inventory the tires you have in your pits before and after the race, as well as track your usage during the race. Any attempt to circumvent the tire usage rules, or the intent of the rules, will not be tolerated, and those in violation may be subject to maximum penalties. Tires may be broken down for further inspection at any time.

On Friday, teams will be allowed to mount, and remove from impound, practice sets only. On Saturday, teams will select qualifying and race tires starting at 9:30am by the events qualifying order. Teams may scuff their race set of tires during the second CRA practice session, that set must be returned to impound before the qualifying set can be released after the last practice session. Qualifying tires must be returned to impound immediately following qualifying. All 8 tires to be used per the rules must be in impound Saturday night.

Qualifying procedure will consist of one complete warm up lap and two consecutive laps for qualifying. Once you take the green flag that is your only attempt to qualify in that round. A blind draw (done at 8:30am Saturday) will determine qualifying order. If you do not qualify in your proper drawn position, you may not start in the top 15, and will only receive one warm up lap and one qualifying lap and will not receive awards for your qualifying effort.

Qualifying will determine starting spots 1-26. The last chance race results will determine starting spots 27-30. CRA Points will determine spots 31-34. Spots 35-36 will be for promoter’s option. Pit selection order for the race is based on the starting lineup (promoter’s options and additional starters may be required to share a pit stall). The top 26 starters will choose their pit stall after qualifying on Saturday; all remaining starters (determined after last chance races) will be assigned one of the remaining spots.

Initial Start and Re-Starts: On all starts and re-starts the green flag will be displayed when the leader is at the line coming off of turn 4. There will be no passing to the left until the start finish line. Restarts will be double file, with lapped cars to the inside or all the way to the tail on the inside.

Yellow Flag: There will be no racing back to the caution. When the yellow flag is displayed all cars must slow to a caution pace and bunch up as quickly as safety allows so safety crews can work on track. All cars must get single file and stay single file. The line-up is frozen when the caution is displayed. If necessary, officials will make a call based on visual confirmation of positioning; if that is not possible, scoring for those positions will revert back to the last completed lap. Once the white flag has been displayed, and a caution situation arises, we will be racing back to the checkered flag, but the yellow light and yellow flag will be displayed along with the green light and white flag, to inform teams there is a situation on the track, but final lap will be scored at the checkered flag.

Cars Involved in the Caution: Cars involved in bringing out the caution will go to the tail of the field. Only the initial cars involved in the caution will be required to go to the tail. Cars that spin or stop may get their spots back if they are able to continue and do not go to the pits. The race director exclusively will determine responsibility for the caution and any cars penalized by moving them to the tail.

Pitting Procedure: You must stay single file behind the pace car during the cautions unless you are coming to the pits. Only cars on the lead lap may pit the first time by, unless a "Quickee Yellow" is called. You may pull to the inside to pit only after you and the pace car pass the start/finish line. Again…do not pull down until you have reached the start/finish line behind the pace car. A maximum of two (2) tires may be changed per caution period. If more than two tires are changed, a one-lap penalty will be charged per tire. Only traditional tools and procedures may be used during a pit stop.

Pit Road Speed: The pace car will designate the pit road speed for cars on pit road, both entering and exiting. Cars may not pass the pace car at anytime (unless directed to do so by the race director).

Red Flag: All cars must stop as quickly and safely as possible when the red flag is displayed. Drivers may go to the pits for crews to work on their cars, but only after the officials have given them permission to do so. Cars pit under red must re-start at the tail of the field.

Black Flag: Cars that receive the black flag must go to pit road immediately. If you do not go to pit road, your scoring will stop until the situation is rectified. Check with your spotter for guidance from race control.

Restart Line-Up: Restarts will always take place at the white line coming off of turn 4. The restarts will be double file with lapped cars to the inside and up front or at the tail. Lapped cars cannot be in the outside lane. Lapped cars will not move to the inside until the flagman has given the two to go signal, and lapped cars will drop down at the line at that time. If you, as a lapped car, fail to drop down and try to later, you may not go back up and get what would have been your original restart poison. Do not be confused by thinking someone is going double file when they are actually just going to the pits…wait for the two to go signal from the flagman and drop down then at the line. The leader should gradually and steadily increase his pace after the pace car has dropped off in the backstretch. No slowing, brake checking or decrease in acceleration rate.

Wave Around: At the end of any caution period, any cars that are at the tail of the lead lap, behind the pace car but in front of the race leader will be "Waved Around" the pass the pace car and return to the tail of the lead lap cars, thus ensuring that the leader of the race will always start the race at the head of the field. "Wave Around" Cars may not pit that caution period after receiving the wave around.

Lucky Dog: At the time the caution comes out, the first car behind the leader 1 lap down will be deemed to be the Lucky Dog (as long as he/she is not the cause of the yellow - if that is the case the next car eligible will get the Lucky Dog). The Lucky Dog will stay in their position throughout the caution period (Lucky Dog may pit if he/she elects to), until the flagman displays two to go, and then proceed around the pace car to restart on the tail of the field. No Lucky Dog will be awarded in the last 10 laps of the race.

Slow Cars: Slow cars must stay on the bottom during restarts and in the presence of lead lap cars during the race. On restarts, lapped cars that create problems for lead lap cars may be penalized with a stop and go penalty. Lapped cars that make problems for the lead lap cars, that have no legitimate shot of getting their lap back, will be penalized. Lapped cars should let the leaders go by on the outside and then resume racing. Lapped cars that fail to stay low, and are repeatedly passed on the inside during the race may be penalized. Cars fighting to stay on the lead lap are not forced to yield to the lead lap cars until the leader has passed them, and then must yield to ALL LEAD LAP CARS.

Cautions/Restarts in the last 10 laps: Any re-start in the last 10 laps will be single file with the lead lap cars in front, and all other cars in the order they were on the track, behind them. The last five laps must be green, but do not have to be consecutive. Scoring will freeze in the last five laps if necessary to make sure the last five laps are green.

Two Scoring Systems: Transponders will be used for scoring. Teams must return the transponder to a scoring official before leaving pit road...There is a $400 PENALTY for failure to turn in your operable transponder. There are also 3 scorers in the tower doing lapped cars and line scoring.

Spotters: Spotters are required to be in the designated spotters stand during racing activities. Spotters must have the ability to listen to race control via a standard electronic scanner at all times during the event. The frequency is 467.7875. Drivers should keep your spotters patient and polite; spotters keep your drivers the same.

Post Race: The top five finishers must go to the front-stretch immediately following the completion of the race. Teams may take tire temps and air pressures, but no jacks will be allowed on the front-stretch. Besides the items outlined previously, no crewmembers may touch the car. Crews may work on the cars only when directed to by the officials.