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I. SCCA Solo Event Operation SCCA
Great River Region, Inc (GRR) Solo events shall be
conducted in compliance with all SCCA National Solo Rules
except as modified by these Supplemental Regulations.
Unless otherwise publicized, each event will follow this
schedule:
Registration will open at 9:00 AM and close at 10:15 AM
Tech inspection will open at 9:15 AM and close at 10:30
AM
The driver’s meeting will be held at 10:45 AM and is
mandatory for all drivers and workers.
Competition will begin at 11:00 AM
Competition will be targeted to end at 4:00 PM
Awards will be presented following course clean up.
Event registration fees are ((2008)) $22 for SCCA members and $33
for non-members. A $10 discount will be given for first time
novices via website coupon.
All entrants, workers, and guests must sign a waiver and
display the wrist band provided. Anyone refusing to do so
will be asked to leave.
Late registration and tech inspection will be available
at the discretion of the event chair until the beginning of
the second set of heats. A $5 late fee will be assessed. The
event chair will review the contents of the driver’s meeting
with any late entries.
Car numbers shall be from 1 to 999 inclusive. GRR may
allow members to reserve permanent numbers at the discretion
of the Solo Committee. Additional car numbers at each
event will be assigned as required. The driver will be given
the option of choosing a number that is not already in use.
Otherwise a number will be issued.
In order to provide a reasonable distribution of
experienced to novice workers during each heat, the GRR may
require higher or lower numbers to force drivers into an
earlier or later heat.
All competitors are required to receive and fulfill a
work assignment or find a qualified replacement. Failure to
work could result in a DNF for all runs. To be determined by
consensus of the Solo II committee members present.
A given car may be entered by no more than four drivers.
Competitors on street tires can compete for the Street
Tire Award (STA). (Tires with an "R" compound or special
purpose tires such as slicks and tires with a tread wear
rating of less than 140 are not eligible for the street tire
award) The STA will use the "pax" index for scoring.
Competitors in a class in which the “pax” is based on street
tires are not eligible for STA. In the event that a street
tire competitor trophies in his/her normal SCCA class and in
the STA sub-class, a trophy will only be awarded for the
better of the two categories. If the finishing position is
the same for both classes, the normal class award will be
presented. This will not change the finishing order for the
award not presented. Questions regarding tire eligibility
should be directed to the tech inspectors with the event
chair resolving any conflicts. Any SCCA Solo class that
requires street tires will be excluded from the Great River
Region’s street tire award.
Ladies will be entered to compete for a Ladies Award.
This award will use the "pax" index for scoring. In the
event that a lady competitor trophies in her normal SCCA
class and the Ladies Award, a trophy will only be presented
for the better of the two classes. If the finishing position
is the same for both, then the normal class will be the only
award presented. This will not change the finishing order
for the award not presented. Points will be awarded for both
the normal SCCA class and the Ladies Award subclass. Ladies
that enter a ladies class, such as BSL shall not be eligible
for the ladies award.
A “Novice” class is available to new competitors in their
first three Solo events. Awards will be presented for this
class based on indexed times. Season points will be
accumulated in the competitor’s regular class.
All entrants in single car classes will be bumped to a
single “Bumped” class. Awards will be presented for this
class based on indexed times. If only one single car class
is present at an event, the competitor will be bumped per
the SCCA Solo rulebook. Season points will be accumulated
in the competitor’s regular class.
An award will be presented for Fastest Time of the Day (FTD)
An award will be presented for Fastest Indexed Time of
Day (FITD) if different from above.
Awards will be given for the top 3 places in all classes
except FTD and FITD.
No passengers are allowed during competition runs, except
on instructional runs, or parents/guardians riding with
their competing minor child, or other special circumstances,
and then only by the approval of the Safety Steward on duty.
Fun runs will be allowed time permitting at the end of
the events. Strong enforcement of the rules will exist and
over exuberant driving will not be tolerated. Cost of each
run will be $3.00 and if the car needs to be tech. inspected
to be eligible, there will be an additional one-time charge
for the event of $3.00.
At a rolling start event, when a competitor is given the
go ahead to take the course and begins to roll onto the
course, a stop before the start line will result in a Did
Not Finish (DNF). The exception to this is if the driver
is responding to a red flag or an emergency.
Penalties will be assessed per Section 7.9 of the
National Solo Rules except for the following: The location
of the course pylons will be outlined with chalk lines.
Pre-heating of tires will not be tolerated anywhere on
the event site. Those found pre-heating tires will be
disqualified from competition without refund.
A RED flag will be displayed by a course worker if a
hazard appears on the course. Bring your car to a safe and
immediate stop and wait for instructions from the worker. A
rerun will be given if there has been no DNF prior to
encountering the stop flag.
All competitors are required to display numbers clearly
visible on both sides of the car.
Cars in the grid area must have hood closed and latched.
No cars may be moved with the hood open in any area.
Be safe and have fun!!!
II. Solo Points Series Rules
Objective: Establish a regional
Solo points series to determine overall year end awards.
Eligibility: Competitors must be members of the Great
River Region, SCCA. If a new member joins the club before
the last event of the season is run, all points will be made
retroactive including those run as a novice. This will not
reduce the points of the competitors that were already
members. Persons with temporary memberships are not eligible
for season points.
Format: Competitors will earn points based upon their
finishing time in a class. Total season points are added up
to determine the class winner at the end of the year.
If ten (10) or more GRR Solo events are held, the
points from three (3) events will be dropped. If nine
(9) or less GRR Solo events are held, then points
from two (2) events will be dropped. Class places are
then determined based on total points of the best events
of each competitor in a class.
To qualify for a year end award, the driver must
compete in more than one half of the events in the class
they are to trophy in. This includes Ladies and Street
Tire classes.
Year end awards will be given using a “1 for 3” format.
For example:
1-3 eligible competitors = 1 award
4-6 eligible competitors = 2 awards
7 or more eligible competitors = 3 awards
All eligible competitors will be entered to compete
for the Soloist of the Year Award. This award will use
the “pax” index for scoring.
Competitors on street tires (tires without an “r”
compound or special purpose tires such as slicks, Tires
with a tread wear rating of less than 140 are not
eligible for the street tire award.) can compete for the
street tire award. This street tire award will use the
“pax” index for scoring. Any SCCA Solo II class that
requires street tires will be excluded from the Great
River Region’s street tire award.
Ladies will be entered to compete for a Ladies award.
This award will use the “pax” index for scoring. Ladies
will not be entered for the Ladies class championship
points for each event in which they enter a ladies class
(such as BSL).
Point System: Calculations are based on a 1000 point
scale with 1000 points being the winning time for a class.
All other times in that class are divided into the winning
time to get a decimal equivalent taken to the third decimal
place.
Example: Driver “a” has a time of 46.500
“b” “ “ “ “ 47.105
“c” “ “ “ “ 49.985
Driver “a” = 1000 points (he/she won the class)
“b” = 987 “ (46.500/47.105)
“c” = 930 “ (46.500/49.985)
Note: In classes based on index time, the maximum point
award will be less than 1000 points if the FTD for the class
is achieved by a non-member.
In order to facilitate determining the number of events
entered in the season, an entrant receiving DNFs for all
runs in an event will receive 1 point for the event.
Car & Driver: If a competitor is “bumped” to another
class for an event, he/she will be awarded 1000 points in
his/her normal class.
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