2001 CALIFORNIA 500 SERIES

CALIFORNIA 500 SERIES INFORMATION

1.                SCHEDULE

                April 28-29 First Leg of the California 500 Series Baylands

                June 9-10 Second Leg of the California 500 Series Good Times

                Aug. 4-5 Third Leg of the California 500 Series American

                Aug. 18-19 Fourth Leg of the California 500 Series Capitol

                Sept. 15-16 Fifth Leg of the California 500 Series Tri-Valley

 

2.             SIGN-IN

 

                A.                $35.00 per car; $25.00 per car for novices.

 

                B.                All cars must pass safety before signing in.

 

C. Sign-in will be open 6-8 p.m. on Friday night and 8-10 am Saturday morning. (No Practice will be held on Friday night)

 

D. All late sign-ins will start at the back of Heat 1 for that Leg only. Cars must sign in before their first heat race to race that leg.

 

E. *All novices will pill draw for each legs first heat when signing in.  After sign-ins close, head tower will flip a coin to see if the start will be straight up or inverted according to the pill draw.  If the coin is heads, the lineup will be straight up, if it is tails, the lineup will be inverted.

 

 

3.                AWARDS

 

                A.                RACE DAY RECOGNITION:

Top three winners from heats one and two will be awarded ribbons. Top three winners in main will receive awards. All race day recognitions will be presented on Sunday immediately following the conclusion of all races.  Each club shall be responsible for race day awards at their track, payable to the Awards Director of the 500 series.

 

*All novice drivers will receive a participation award on the Sunday of each leg ran.

 

 

                B.                CALIFORNIA 500 PLAQUES:

Each driver that races at least four (4) legs of the series will receive an end of the year plaque with drivers name and series finish. Plaques will be awarded after the last racing event in the series.

                                               

*NOVICES will be recognized at each leg, but will not receive year-end awards.

 

 

                C.                JACKETS:

First place champions from each class will receive a jacket (with the exception of novices, see below). To receive a jacket the class must have three cars running any one of the legs in the series.

 

*All novices transferring into a Jr/Sr/Hvy Honda or Stock, must run 4 of the 5 legs to be eligible for a Rookie Of The Year Jacket, and one of the legs must be ran as a novice.

 

                D.                SAVINGS BONDS:

All other awards will be paid in U.S. Savings Bonds. You will be eligible to qualify for the savings bonds payout if you raced at least four (4) legs of the series. Points will accumulate on all five legs. In other words, there are no throw-out races.

 

                Driver’s social security numbers must be provided to the Bond director by Sept.  16, 2001 in order to receive a bond.  It is the responsibility of the handler to provide the social security number.  If the social security number is not provided by September 16, 2001, the amount due the driver will be evenly distributed among all eligible drivers in that class.

 

The amount of the awards allocated for each eligible participant will be rounded to the nearest dollar amount available in current U.S. Savings Bonds. Any surplus of money will be divided equally among all eligible drivers. Any additional monies that cannot be divided equally back to the drivers will be divided equally back to each of the five clubs.

 

Savings Bonds will be awarded in positions first through eighth as follows:

                                1st: 35% & Jacket 5th: 5%

                                2nd: 20% 6th: 5%

                                3rd: 15% 7th: 5%

                                4th: 10% 8th: 5%

 

*NOVICES WILL NOT BE AWARDED SAVINGS BONDS

 

E. Allocation of the sign-in fees are as follows: $21.00 to each class (to cover cost of year-end plaques, jackets and bonds) $14.00 to the host club, except novices will be $15.00 to each class and $10.00 to the host club.

 

4.                NOVICE & JUNIOR TO SENIOR ADVANCING

 

                A. NOVICE ADVANCES:

All Novices who transfer/advance after the first Leg to any Jr/Sr/Hvy Honda or Stock class will transfer with a maximum of one point under the last place point participant that has run the same number of legs as the driver transferring.

 

                B.                JUNIOR TO SENIOR ADVANCES:

Junior Stockers/Junior Hondas who will turn nine (9) years old during the series can elect to start the series as a Senior or Heavy Stocker/Honda. Junior Stockers/Hondas that elect to start the series as a Junior Stocker/Honda and transfer to Senior or Heavy Stock/Honda and take his/her points to that class to a maximum of one point under the last place point participant that has run the same number of legs as the driver transferring.

 

5.             RACE FORMAT

 

                A.                PRACTICE SCHEDULE:

There will be no practice on Friday night. Practice will start at 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning or as soon as the track permits. Each class will be run completely through once, and then practice will end.  Pit meeting will be at 8:30 a.m. SHARP!

 

               

                B.                PRACTICE TIMES:

 

                                7 cars - 5 minutes.

                               

After the first set of practice, the cars in the staging area are to be pushed out after the last car leaves the racing surface.  Flag person will wait until the cars have exited the offshoot before throwing the green flag.  The clock will start when the green flag drops.

                               

C. Program is non-stop until 10:00 p.m. Saturday evening or until curfew for each track, whichever is earlier. No junior race will start after 9:00 p.m. Saturday night. Racing will resume Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m.  No race will start after 10:00 p.m. on Saturday night.  Pit meeting at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday.

 

D. All races except novices will be given 10 warm-up laps. If a car is not on the racing surface when line-up is called for, that car(s) will be put to the back in the order they return to the track.  Novice races will be hot out of the shoot.

 

E. All races will be started double file. Restarts will be single file.

 

                F.                Heat LAPS:

Heat Number 1 & Number 2 are 30 laps. Main is 40 laps for a total of 100 laps.

 

                G.                NOVICE LAPS & OTHERS:

Classes with four cars or less and Novices will run 25 lap heats for a total of 75 laps.

                                1.                Classes with 2 cars will run 10 lap heats.

                                2.                Classes with 1 car will run a green, white and checkered flag.

 

                H.                TRANSFERS: (ALSO SEE LINE UP ORDER):

1. One car will transfer from the 15 lap Consi to the back of the Semi

                                2.                Two cars will transfer from the 20 lap Semi to the back of Heat Number 3

 

EXCEPTION: IF THERE ARE MORE THAN A FULL FIELD (8) OF NOVICES, THE CLASS WILL BE SPLIT AND EACH SET WILL RUN 2 HEATS AND A MAIN -- THERE WILL BE NO CONSI OR SEMI FOR NOVICES

 

                I.                ONE CAR CLASS EXCEPTION:

                One car class has the option to combine with similar class per mutual agreement of involved participants of that class and will be awarded separate. Points will be calculated separately also.

 

                J. No changing of cars once racing starts at each leg. (You must run the car you signed in with for that entire leg.) Once your driver has taken a green flag, the car and motor is then required to remain at the track facility. The car and motor may NOT leave the premises or you will receive a D.Q. for the remaining races of that leg.

 

6.             LINE-UP ORDER

*All novice drivers will pill draw the sign in of each leg. (See 2E for line-up order) Points will be accumulated from heat one and two to line cars in main event. Novices will not receive points for the 100 Lapper series.

 

                A.                HEAT NUMBER 1:

For Heat Number 1 at the first leg, all drivers will draw for starting position. Heat Number 1 at the second, third, fourth and fifth legs will be high point drivers to the back and so on. Drivers missing a leg will start after drivers racing all legs to date in order of points and then in order of sign in.

 

               

                B.                HEAT NUMBER 2:

Heat Number 2 at all legs will line up according to points accumulated in Heat Number 1. Drivers will line up with the lowest points first working back to highest points. DNF’S in first heart will start in the back of feature number 2 (high points first) and in front of DNF’s (in order of sign-in) then BF and FBF.

 

                C.                MAIN EVENT:

Main event at all legs will be lined up according to points accumulated in Heats Number 1 and 2 of that leg. Drivers will line up with the lowest points first working back to highest points. DNF’s in heat 2 will start in the back of heat number 3 (high points first) and in front of DNF’s (in order of sign in), then BF and FBF.

 

                D.                SEMI FEATURES:

Semi-Features will line up according to points accumulated in Heats 1 and 2 of that leg. Drivers will line up with the highest points first working back to lowest points.

 

                E.                SEMI LINE UP (JUNIOR CLASSES):

If there are more drivers than a full junior class, the six drivers with the highest points go to the Main. The remaining drivers will compete in the semi. Drivers will line up with the highest points first working back to lowest points. The first and second place finishers transfer to the main event with the first place finisher occupying starting position 7, and the second place finisher occupying starting position 8.

 

                F.                SEMI LINE UP (OTHER CLASSES):

If there are more drivers than the other full classes, the eight drivers with the highest points go to the Main.  The remaining drivers will compete in the semi. The first and second place finishers will transfer to the main event with the first place finisher occupying starting position 9, and the second place finisher occupying starting position 10.

 

                G. CONSI:

If there are more drivers than a full class for the Semi, the remaining drivers will compete in the Consi. Drivers will line up with the highest points first working back to lowest points. The first place finisher only will transfer to the back of the Semi.

 

                H.                MISSING A LEG:

If you miss a leg, you automatically start in the back of the first heat of the next leg by points accumulated in the number of legs you have run and then in order by sign-in.

 

                I. CLASS SIZE:

One Car constitutes a class (see race format). See awards, as you must have 3 cars running one of the legs in the series in the class to receive a jacket.

 

7. POINTS

               

*Novices will receive heat one and two points to assist in line up for main. All points will then he discarded. Novices are not scored for points in the 100 Lapper Series.

 

 

                B.                MAIN EVENT POINTS:

Main event will be worth 40 points for the first place driver, 38 points for second, 36 points for third, etc. See chart for point break down in case of a 9 or 11-car class.

 

                C. SEMI POINTS:

For classes with a semi, third place will receive 20 points and fourth place will receive 19 point, third place will receive 18 points, etc. First and second place receive no points since they transfer to Main event.

 

                D.                CONSI POINTS:

Consi drivers will receive 10 points for second place, 9 points for third place, 8 points for fourth place, etc.  First place will receive no points since he/she transfers to the Semi.

                               

 

                POINT SUMMARY:

 

 

Heat 1

Heat 2

Semi

Consi

Main

1st Place

40

40

0

0

40

2nd Place

38

38

0

10

38

3rd Place

36

36

20

9

36

4th Place

34

34

19

8

34

5th Place

32

32

18

7

32

6th Place

30

30

17

6

30

7th Place

28

28

16

5

28

8th Place

26

26

15

4

26

9th Place

24

24

14

3

24

10th Place

22

22

13

2

22

11th Place

20

20

12

1

20

 

                E.                3 DOT BLACK FLAG POINTS:

Any car receiving a black flag for 3 Dot's will receive points for the last place position at the time they drop out.

 

                F.                FLAGRANT BLACK FLAG POINTS:

Any car receiving a flagrant black flag will receive 0 points for that race and will start in the back of the line-up for the next heat race of that leg.  (2 calls or an immediate disqualification call is a FBF)

 

                G.                DEFINITION OF DID-NOT-FINISH (DNF):

If you break during the warm up period prior to taking the green flag for the heat, you will receive DNF points provided the car has taken one (1) complete lap under its own power during the warm-up.  It will be the discretion of the track officials (i.e., judges, tower, flagger and track director) to determine if a car has completed a lap under its own power.

 

               

                H.                DEFINITION OF DID-NOT-START (DNS):

If you do not show up for a heat (main), or do not complete one complete lap under your own power, you will receive a DNS and 0 points for that heat (main).

 

8.             TIES

                A.                RACE DAY TIES:

Ties will be broken by order of sign-ins (at the first leg only) with the driver that signs in first being placed in front of the driver that signed in later. At the second through fifth leg, ties will be broken by series points total with the driver that has the highest series points total at that time being placed in front of the other driver before inversion.  If a tie still exists the driver that signed in first for that leg will be placed in front of the other driver, before inversion.  (In other words, the race will be lined up high points first, and then it will be inverted)

 

                B. SERIES TIES:

If a tie exists after the last point race, the following steps will be taken to determine the winner:

 

                                1.                Driver winning the most races will be declared the winner.

 

2. If a tie still exists, then the driver with the best record of second, third, fourth, etc. places will be declared the winner. If after all the race results have been compared and a tie still exists, then there shall be a tie and both drivers will be declared as co-winners.

 

9.             TECH

 

A. First three place finishers in each class will be impounded after the final heat.

 

                B.                Three classes will be drawn from a hat for teardown.

 

C. The Tech Director from each host club will be responsible for tech at his club’s legs.  If any tech director is present at a leg, it is requested that he volunteer to help the host club’s tech director at the tech bench in order to expedite tech.

 

D. The fee for engine protest (tear-down) will be $100.00. A written protest must accompany the fee. If the engine being protested is found legal, the $100.00 goes to the owner of the engine. If the engine is found illegal, the $100.00 is returned to the protester.

                No points will be awarded to the owner of the illegal engine for that leg.

 

E. All engines will be sealed immediately following the 1st heat at each leg of the series.  All handlers are responsible to see that their engine is sealed by a track official.

 

10.           FUEL

                A. No club fuel will be provided.

                B.                Fuel may be checked at tech's discretion.

C. A's and 1/2's will be fueled after 70 combined yellow and green laps. Fuel will be given during the first caution after the 70-lap mark is reached.

 

11. PROTESTS

                A. All protests must be made in writing within one (1) hour after completion of race to a 100 Lap representative or delegate only. Anyone protesting to an official other than the 100 Lap rep or delegate will be suspended from participation. The protest must reference the rule or scoring procedure that was not followed by race officials.

 

12.  GENERAL

                A. Q.M.A. Tech, Weight Requirements, Racing Rules, Work Rule, Flagging Procedures, Judging Procedures, Scoring Procedures, and Code of Conduct shall apply unless a specific California 500-100 Lap Series rule exists, in which case the series rules take precedence.

 

B. All tracks require a minimum of at least one 4 to 8 horsepower Briggs style muffler.

 

C. All Novices will run with a restrictor plate. All Junior Hondas will run with a restrictor plate.

 

                D.                Each club will run their own tower and ask for help as needed.

 

E. Each class will have a sign-in sheet at each leg. An extra copy will be made for the tower and is to remain with the results of each race. The Points Director will keep track of the points.  A copy of all sing-in sheets, scoring materials, line-up, judge’s list, protest, etc. will be provided to the points director (or representative) at the completion of each leg.

 

F. The California 500 Series Committee will have a meeting Saturday morning at each leg if needed.

 

G.                  The California 500 Series committee will have the responsibility for all decisions regarding the running of the racing format.

H.                  A California 500 Series member will assist the Track during all races if at all possible.

I.                     There will be no X car at any race in this series.

J.                     The California 500 committee reserves the option to set time limits on the races at any time during the series.

 

2000

 

CALIFORNIA 500 SERIES COMMITTEE

 

 

                COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: CURT BIRO   

 

                POINTS DIRECTOR: VIRGINIA JESSEE

 

                TECH DIRECTOR: MIKE WILLIAMS 

                                               

                BONDS: BILL BRIGGS

                               

                AWARDS:                MARK ROBINSON  

 

                JACKETS: BILL FOSBENNER

 

                TREASURER:                                                    HOWARD VEACH

 

                FLAG DIRECTOR:                                         SCOTT MILLER   

 

                AMERICAN CONTACTS: Virginia Jessee (530) 662-1333 gingermicro82@yahoo.com

                                                                                                 Curt Biro                                (530) 677-7753 drillu@starband.net

                                                                                                 Linda Fellman                        (916) 339-0469

 

                BAYLANDS CONTACTS: Garland Steiding (707) 762-0921 steiding@aol.com

                                Bill Fosbenner (408) 730-7597 bfosbenner@ci.sunnyvale.ca.us

 

                CAPITOL CONTACTS: Greg Newland             (916) 962-5053

                                                                                Bobby McMahon                               (916) 992-6858

                                Scott Miller (916) 933-8061

 

  MADERA CONTACTS: Mark Robinson           (559) 454-8500 or (559) 445-4367(pager)

                                                                                                                                                     robinson@lightspeed.net

                                                                                                Mike Williams                 (661) 399-8955 mdwmiller@gateway.net

 

                TRI-VALLEY CONTACTS: Howard Veach (925) 447-5313 HowardVeach@Home.com

                                                                                                Bill Briggs                     (209) 832-8963

                                                                                                Mike Spadafore                               (209) 832-5848 showtimeracing@earthlink.net