Surviving the First Lap: Leave yourself plenty of room between you and the car in front of you on the start. Leaders will be in traffic within a very few laps.

Yellow Flag: Yellow all over the track, so close-up so safety crews can work on track. No scrubbing of tires under caution until the flagman gives "two to go" (this is to protect safety workers on the track during the caution period). Get single file and stay single file. You cannot come to the pits until the pace car and you have passed the start-finish line. The field is frozen when the caution is called. Positions will be determined by the last lap scored only when a visual determination cannot be made at the time the yellow flag is called. The only time you race back to the line is when the white flag has been displayed to the leader. If an accident happens after the white flag has been displayed to the leader, the yellow lights will also come on but you still race back. Only in an extreme situation will we not race back, and if that is the case, the red flag will be displayed. The break will feature a white flag at lap 99 and checkered at 100.

Pitting Procedure: You must stay single file behind the pace car during the cautions. Cars pitting in 1 & 2 may pull down to the inside to pit, only after the pace car and you have crossed the start finish line. Cars pitting in 3 & 4 may pull down to the inside to pit only after the pits have been opened and you have crossed the start finish line behind the pace car. Cars pitting in 3 & 4 must wait to pull down until the middle of the backstretch when the cars in 1 & 2 have pulled onto pit road. You cannot pass the pace car to pit until you pass the middle of the turn you pit in. The pace car driver will try and help motion you into the pits at that line in the center of the turn. You must be past the stop and go man before the pace car gets back to that line in middle of your turn to not lose a lap. Do not disregard the Stop and Go Man at the end of your pit road.

Lapped Cars: When the caution comes out, do not pass leader unless told to by race control.

Red Flag: All cars remain on track – if you work on car, push car to your pit and return at the tail of the field. There will be no working on racecars on the track.

In Case of Fire: Get to the bottom of track. Firemen all around track.

Black Flag: Go to your pit. Your scoring will stop until situation is rectified. Check with spotter.

Pit Stops: Use common sense on number of people used on a pit stop. Any pit stop technique or practice that is not traditional in nature will not be allowed. ALL cars may come to the pits the first time by that the pits are open for them. The order that cars exit pit road is the order they should be in on the restart (no passing cars after leaving pit road). Turns one and two: enter pits from turn two, exit pits from turn one. Turns three and four: enter pits from turn four, exit pits from turn three.

Cars Out of Race: Push all cars that are out of the race to the infield area at each end of track.

All Crews: Crewmembers cannot come onto the racing surface for any reason. Major penalties, including disqualification, may be imposed.

Restarts: Restarts will always take place at the line in 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

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 is not the cause of the yellow or the one deemed to be responsible for it). He will stay in his position throughout the caution period (he may pit if he elects to), until the flagman displays two to go, and then proceed around the pace car to restart on the tail of the field. If there are no cars 1-lap down at the time of the caution, we will go to the first car two laps down, and so on. No Lucky Dog will be awarded in the last 10 laps of the race.

Slow Cars: Must be on the bottom just above the white line...do not race below the white line. If you cannot keep your car on the bottom in the corners then SLOW DOWN. Slow cars must stay low coming off of turns. Do not let car drift out toward the wall. Run straight lines. On restarts, lapped cars that create problems for lead lap cars will be penalized with a stop and go penalties or whatever necessary. We will not tolerate cars with no legitimate shot of getting their lap back that make problems for the lead lap cars. Let the leaders go by on the outside and then resume racing.

Last 5 Laps: Must be green but not consecutive. Single file restarts in last 10 laps, lead lap cars in front.

Tires: You must start the race on the tires you qualify on. You will be allowed 6 tires in your pit area but you may only use 2 marked tires during the break, and marked or unmarked tires for approved flats any time during the race. The 4 extra tires are for emergency use only on approved flats… You may not use tires from another team, used or new, during the break. These are the rules for tire usage. Officials will be inspecting the tires you have in your pits before and after the race, as well as tracking your usage during the race. We will not tolerate any attempts to circumvent these rules. There will be NO approved flats at the break!

Two Scoring Systems: Do not leave before returning transponder to the tech trailer...$400 PENALTY. Scorers are also in tower doing lapped cars and line scoring. Race control will try to inform teams about faster lapped cars so that lead lap cars can make informed decisions during the race.

Spotters: Drivers keep your spotters patient and polite, and spotters, keep your drivers the same. Spotters must have numbers large on their backs and must have scanner to monitor race control.

Post Race: Top 5 must go to the front stretch following the checkered flag. Do not touch car until told to by an official. The top 5 cars (and any others at official’s discretion) may be weighed AFTER the race (re-fueling permitted). Additional tech may take place, including use of the "referee".