NATIONAL KART RACING ASSOCIATION

SPORTING REGULATIONS –GENERAL- 2010        Championship permit number  CHK2010/027 (Grade D).

1                      SCOPE

1.1                  TITLE & JURISDICTION          

                   The National Kart Racing Association Championship is organized and administered by the National Kart Racing Association 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

 1.2                   PURPOSE

1.2.1                 To provide a driver’s Championship       organised on a regional and national basis for clubman drivers

1.3                   OFFICIALS

1.3.1                 The Co-ordinator – Mrs Julie Shone

1.3.2                 Eligibility Scrutineer – Mr R. Freeman

1.3.3                 Championship Stewards – Mr. Alan Cleal, Mr Howie Chappell, Mrs. Karen  Langham.

1.4                    COMPETITOR ELIGIBILITY

1.4.1                 Entrants must be fully paid valid membership card holding members of the National Kart Racing Association  member Clubs and be holders of a valid MSA entrants licence

1.4.2                 Drivers and Entrant/Driver must be fully paid up, valid membership card holding members of an N.K.R.A. member Club,  be registered and be in possession of a valid MSA Competition Licence, minimum standard -  Kart  National B (Novice).

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

1.5                    REGISTRATION

1.5.1              All members of an MSA registered Kart Club affiliated to the National Kart Racing Association are eligible to apply to register. The NKRA reserve the right to refuse registrations.

1.5.2              The registration fee for 2010 is £50.00

1.5.3              Any rounds completed before registration will not be counted. The event is assumed to start with the first heat for the relevant class. All competitors must be registered with the Cooordinator before the start of the last round in order to qualify for an invitation to the Final.

1.5.4              Registration is achieved when a completed registration form and the fee has been received and accepted by the coordinator, or an appointed or authorised deputy.

1.5.5              A registered driver may take part in events outside his region, but will only be scored for the events in the region nominated in his registration form. A driver may compete in more than one region provided he has registered and paid for each region

2                     STRUCTURE

2.1            CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS

2.1.1              The NKRA Championship consists of an ‘O’ plate event,(for Junior & Formula Blue)  a Regional Championship (NKRA Regional)for all NKRA classes in three regions, Scotland, North England and Wales, South England and Wales, a Regional Challenge (BLUE Challenge) for Junior Blue & Formula Blue) in the three Regions and a Grande Final  for all NKRA classes.

2.1.2              Championship structure

2.1.3              Dates, Venues and Organising Clubs

·                     * Indicates ’0’ Plate

·                     + Indicates rounds carrying a 100 point penalty for non-attendance

2.2                 ‘0’ PLATE

2.2.1                 The ‘0’ plate is open to any driver in Formula Blue or Junior Blue classes who is a registered member of the NKRA

2.2.2.                The ‘0’ plate is awarded to the  NKRA driver with the lowest combined Grid and Finish points.

2.2.3                 For calculating the points for Blue event scoring, the normal grid and finish position in the final are added together

2.2.4                 Since all regions are free to enter the ‘0’Plate event, when it is used for Blue event scoring for the NKRA Championship, equalisation is not applied.

2.2.5            For the purposes of the  Regional Challenges, non-attendance at the ‘0’ plate event carries a 100 point penalty

2.3                   GRANDE FINAL

2.3.1                    The Grande  Final is by invitation following qualification.  Registration for the  Championship does not  automatically guarantee entry to the Grande Final.

2.3.2                    All classes will be subject to a minimum entry. This will normally be 4 karts except in special circumstances

2.3.3                    All Classes will be subject to a maximum entry. This will normally be set at a Full “B” final grid dependent on the maximum grid size for the chosen track.

2.3.4                    Invitations will normally be extended to the top drivers in each region as identified by the Regional Award placings, scaled to the number of drivers registered in that region in proportion to the total number of drivers registered for that class. If drivers indicate that they do not wish to take up the invitation, the NKRA committee may offer the invitation to another driver of any region at their discretion.         

2.3.5                   The NKRA may decline to invite any driver who has been banned by their club or the NKRA Championship Stewards  or received punishment under MSA regulation C1.1.9

2.3.6                   Junior Blue and Formula Blue competitors will be able to ascertain their overall  standing prior to the Grande Finals as per  2.8.8.3

2.4              SCORING FOR CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS

2.4.1                Points Gained in each NKRA Event

2.4.1.1              The Event Result is achieved by adding together position on the ‘Final’ start grid, as posted,  plus the ‘Final’ position-at-the finish, as posted.

2.4.1.2              Points are scored as follows:-

2.4.1.2.1           1^st =  0 points; 2^nd = 2 points; 3^rd = 3 points, etc.  down to last place.

2.4.1.2.2           Where  non-finishers are placed in a finishing order by the host club, they will score points allocated by position, where non-finishers are not placed in finishing order by the host club the will score points of  grid  +  1. 

2.4.1.2.3           Non-starters for the Final will score grid  +  1.

2.4.1.2.4           Race meeting non-attendees will score 100 points. 

2.4.1.2.5           Exclusion from a final scores 50 points, 

2.4.1.2.6           Exclusion from the meeting scores 100 points.

2.4.1.2.7           Should any driver be totally excluded from a meeting, for any reason, they cannot drop that round. It will count as one of their results. MSA General Regulations (C 3.5.1)will apply with the exception of Penalty ‘C’ which will not apply.

2.4.1.2.8           In the event of non-NKRA registered drivers participating in the race, they will be discounted from the results for the purpose of scoring NKRA points. NKRA scores are derived by taking the positions and order of the NKRA registered drivers and not the actual race finish order.

2.5                Aggregate points in Regional Awards

2.5.1                 Supplementary Non-Attendance Penalty.  A penalty of 3 points will be awarded for each of the Regional Award Events that a driver fails to attend. These do not affect the scores within the regional awards but are carried forward into the Grande Final. The maximum number of supplementary points is 12

2.5.2                 Drop Option: The Regional Awards totals are calculated on the basis of one drop option round.( 2010: 4 out of 5 events) In the event of one or more cancelled meetings in the regional award, then all completed rounds will score without a drop option.      

2.6                Aggregate Points in Regional Challenge

2.6.1                 Drop Option: The Regional Challenge are calculated on the basis of one drop option round.( 2010: 7 out of 8 events) In the event of one or more cancelled meetings in the regional award, then all completed rounds will score without a drop option.

2.6.2                 In the Regional Challenge the ‘0’ plate and last round carry a 100 point non-attendance penalty which cannot be dropped

2.7                Aggregate Points in Grande Final

2.7.1                        Nil.

2.8                Calculations for  NKRA Championship awards, titles and trophies

2.8.1              Regional Award

2.8.1.1              The Regional Awards are scored by adding the points scored in each event for each driver registered by region, then and ordering the drivers in a region from lowest to highest. The drivers with the lowest points within any region win the awards for that region

2.8.2             Regional Challenge

2.8.2.1                     The Regional Challenge Events scores are first equalised (see 2.8.3 Equalisation.), then added to the Grande Final Event Scores.  They are summed for each driver and the drivers from all the regions ordered from lowest to highest. The prestigious numbers are awarded on the basis of these calculation, with the lowest  score winning the lowest number.

2.8.3             Equalisation. 

2.8.3.1              Since the NKRA Championship is a regional and national championship , awards made on the basis of regional events combined with the Grande Final are equalised.

2.8.3.2              To equalize scores from the Regional Challenge, when different numbers of    drivers are competing in each region, the final scores are scaled by percentage   as follows;  by dividing the National overall total of registered drivers in the  class, by the Regional overall total of drivers in the class and then multiplying    by  the driver’s own position in the event.

Eg:  Region A has 35 drivers of a national total of 100

A Driver  gains 5^th place in an event

His equalised score for the event is 100/35x5=14.28

  Region B has 30 Drivers. A Driver gains 5^th place in an event

 His equalised score for the event is 100/30x5=16.66

2.8.3.3           These scores are to be  finalized and circulated at least 7 days prior to the Grande Finals to ensure competitors are aware of their overall position and requirements going into the   Grande Final.

2.8.4              Grande Final Winner

2.8.4.1           The first past the post regardless of starting grid position wins the host club trophy for the event. The NKRA do not offer a trophy for this winner of the Grande Finale event.

2.8.5              NKRA Grande Champion

2.8.5.1           The NKRA Grande Champion is determined by adding the combined score  of  the supplementary penalty points from the regional award events plus the event points from the Grande Final.

 2.8.6            Award of Prestigious numbers for Formula Blue and Junior Blue

2.8.6.1           The sum of the equalised scores from the Regional Challenge events plus the day points for the Grande Final are ordered from lowest to highest. The numbers are awarded to the drivers with the lowest points.

2.8.6.2                It should be noted that the regional award rounds constitute 5 of the 8 regional challenge rounds.

2.9                 Summary of Scoring / Awards

2.10               Resolution of ‘ties’: A tie shall be resolved by

2.10.1              In the ‘O’ plate                               1)     the highest finisher in the Final

2.10.2              In the Regionals                             1)     the dropped Round

   2)the  highest score in Round 1

   3)the highest finisher in the Final of Round 1

   4)the highest starter in the Final of Round 1

2.10.3              In the Grande Final                        1)    the highest finisher in the Final

                                                                                  2)    the highest starter in the Final           

2.11              AWARDS

2,11,1               For the Regional Championships- one trophy per 4 entries in each class.

2.11.2               For the Grande Final – one trophy per. 4 entries in each class.

2.11.3               For Junior Blue / Formula Blue – Numbers 0 – 19 will be awarded for use for one year at N.K.R.A affiliated Clubs  until the next ‘O’ plate /  Grande  Final event.

2.12               COMPETITORS OBLIGATIONS

2.12.1            Title to awards – In the event of any provisional result or Championship tables being revised after any provisional presentation and such revisions affect the distribution of any awards, the competitor concerned must return such awards to the National Kart Racing Association in good condition within 7 days.

2.12.2            Annual awards must be returned to the NKRA event co-ordinator at least one month before the Grande Final each year.

3          JUDICIAL PROCEDURES

                Will be in accordance with the 2010 MSA yearbook with the exception of  C 3.5.1 ( c )

4                    SPORTING REGULATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP RACE MEETING AND RACE PROCEDURE

4.1                Entries – Supplementary regulations and entry forms will be available to all      Championship members in sufficient time for entries to be made prior to the closing dates. Competitors are responsible for sending in correct and complete entries with the correct fee to arrive prior to the closing dates, which will be shown in the S.R’s.

4.1.1                 Entries will only be acknowledged by request and when a S.A.E. is enclosed with the entry for that purpose.

4.1.2                 The entry fee will be according to the S.R.’s for each meeting.

4.1.3                 The entry fee will only be refunded if withdrawn in accordance with the host club’s SRs.

4.2                PRACTICE  - Official practice will be the minimum period as specified in          the MSA   Regulations

4.3                GRID POSITIONS

4.3.1                 The maximum grid will not exceed the MSA Track Licence requirements for each track.

4.3.2                 For all classes, the grid positions will be allocated by ballot except when  specified otherwise in the S.R.’s

4.4                RACES

4.4.1                 Race duration will be as specified in the S.R.’s for the meeting.

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

4.5                 SCRUTINEERING

4.5.1                 Pre-race will be as per S.R’s.   All competitors will be given a scrutineering card where they have SOLE   responsibility to fill it in correctly and hand to the scutineer a pre race scrutineering.  This must contain the following information – Drivers name, class and race number, the chassis unique number as MSA  U1.1.3 and  each engine’s unique number. The card must be signed by the driver. These 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.

4.5.2                 At any post race scrutineering the chassis and engine number must be those stated on the scrutineering card. Should it be found that the chassis or engines do not comply to the above requirements it will be considered to be a matter of fact for which there will be no appeal.

4.5.3                 Post race scrutineering will take place after heats and finals and all results are deemed provisional until all karts are released by the Scrutineer and/or after completions of any Judicial or Technical procedures, including the testing of fuel, which may take several days.

4.6                 RESULTS

4.6.1              All results from the days racing will be posted as provisional for a period of
30 minutes excepting any outstanding judicial or technical matters. Any changes to the original provisional  results will be published

4.6.2              Championship points tables will be posted on internet  www.planetkarting.co.uk  after each round and after the final round.  They will become final 7 days after the posting date provided no queries are received as per  C 6.5 anyone wishing to have the results posted  to them, must supply 5 stamped and addressed envelopes at the time of Registration.  Any queries regarding points must reach the co-ordinator in writing within 7 days of the points being posted

5                    CHAMPIONSHIP AND ROUND PENALTIES

5.1                TECHNICAL REGULATIONS 
MSA 2010  Specific Karting Technical Regulations apply together with the 2010 MSA Kart Race Year Book Regulations and any M.S.A. approved U1.1.3 Technical regulations.

5.2                 INFRINGEMENT OF TECHNICAL REGULATIONS

5.2.1              Arising from post-race scrutineering or Judicial Action, an exclusion from the whole meeting will incur MSA regulations C3.5.1 (a) & (b)in an exclusion from a race (heat or final) the penalty will be decided by the Clerk of the Course on that day.

5.2.2              Infringement of non-technical MSA regulations and the Sporting regulations issued herewith and individual S.R.’s as per 2010 MSA Judicial Procedure Regulations.

6                    RACE CLASSES – Cadet Honda, Cadet Comer , Mini Max, Junior Blue, Formula Blue, Rotax Max

7                    LIMITATIONS

7.1                 CHASSIS – All classes will be allowed one chassis.

7.2                 ENGINES- All classes are allowed two engines.

7.3                 Formula Blue & Junior Blue Official Restrictors / Weights – as per NKRA list  in the MSA Kart Race Yearbook / goldbook.