2010 Track Procedures

Changes are in Red and Highlighted, but are subject to Change by the Racing Committee.

2010 JACKSON SPEEDWAY TRACK RULES

Any updates to these rules will appear in the “what’s new” section of our web site www.jacksonspeedway.com, and will be discussed at the pit meeting.

The Jackson Speedway reserves the right to refuse ANY TEAM from racing at the Jackson Speedway for ANY REASON.  This may include any activities by a team (and its team members), that is deemed detrimental to the success of the Jackson Speedway.

2010 STARTING TIMES:

Back gate opens at 4:15pm (Grandstands open at 5:00pm)

Back gate and Draw close at 6:00pm

Pit Meeting: 6:00pm

Pack Track (if needed) @ immediately following the pit meeting

Hot Laps @ 6:30pm with Racing to Follow

NATIONAL ANTHEM:

We will play the National Anthem right after hot laps.  We want the first Hornet heat staged.  Before we play the national anthem, want all of the motors OFF!!

ORDER OF PROGRAM:

Hornets, IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA Sport Mods, 305 Sprints, IMCA Stock Cars and 360 Sprints

AGE REQUIREMENTS:

You must be 14 years of age to race at the Jackson Speedway for the 2009 Season.  Anyone under age of 18 entering the pits must have a minor release signed by a parent or legal guardian.

GENERAL PUSH TRUCKS & TRACK PACKING INFORMATION:

Generally we want push trucks to the track and to be packing by 6:00.  (Although, depending on Track Conditions we may start packing earlier or later than 6:00)  

Packing Schedule:

6-19-2010 Hornets and 360 Sprints

6-26-2010 Hobbies and 305 Sprints

7-3-2010 Sport Mods and Stock Cars

7-10-2010 Hornets and 360 Sprints

7-17-2010 Hobbies and 305 Sprints

7-24-2010 Sport Mods and Stock Cars

7-31-2010 Hornets and 360 Sprints

8-7-2010 Sport Mods and Stock Cars

8-14-2010 Hobbies and 305 Sprints

8-20-2010 360 Sprints and 305 Sprints

8-21-2010 Sport Mods and Stock Cars

9-4-2010 Hobbies and 305 Sprints

9-24-2010 Hornets and 360 Sprints

If you don't pack you don't get Hot Laps - If this is not enough incentive then we will implement starting at the back of your heat if you do not pack.

STAGING:

Sprint Classes will be staged on the front straight away with the cars facing East. 

Non Sprint Classes will also stage in Turn 1 and line up to the North. 

If you hold up the program by not being to staging you will not be allowed in the race, and will not be allowed to tag another race.  There is one exception and that is if one driver is running two consecutive classes. 

For heat races we are going green right away, for features we will generally do a lap to salute the crowd and roll the top side of the track in. Of course we may need to roll in the high side and this will be communicated over the race Receivers.

Sprint Cars if we feel you are not lining up as quickly as we think you should, IE laying back and taking ¾ of a practice lap, penalties may be imposed. Once the last car has been pushed off, we are going green in two laps. 

GENERAL SPRINT CAR PUSHING PROCEDURES

We will stage the push trucks in turn four along the crowd control fence, in two lines.  When a sprint car backs out of their pit stall, the next push truck in line is to go and push that car up to the push off area, push them off, and return to the end of the line. 

As we generally don’t have enough push trucks to push off all of the teams, so we also need the help of the sprints teams that have four wheelers, and would like to help move along the show.   Last year this system seemed to work well, to have the 4 wheelers help push off cars.

NUMBER OF LAPS:

Heat Races:                                                          

Hornets: 4 Laps                                                    

Hobbies, B Mods, Stock Cars, 305 Sprints: 6 Laps         

360 Sprints: 8 Laps                                     

Features (Under 12 cars Laps May be cut):

Hornets: 8 Laps

Hobbies and B Mods: 12 Laps

305 Sprints and Stock Cars: 15 Laps

360 Sprints: 20 Laps

B Features may be run if we have more than 20 cars able to start the feature.

TIME LIMIT ON FEATURES:

Hornets:  Heat Race 5 Minutes, Feature is 10 Minutes. 

Hobbies, B Mods, Stock Cars & 305 Sprints: 20 Minute Feature only 

Time is measured from the drop of the green flag, to the finish of the race (Red Flag time does not count)

When the time limit has expired, we will finish the race Green, White, Checkered. We will only go green white checkered one time, and if we are not able to finish, the official finish will revert to the last completed lap, except any cars that are involved in a red or yellow will be placed at the back.

WORK AREA IN THE FEATURE:

We will start off this year with a work area for the entire feature, if we are getting our program done on time (and with your help with packing, being to staging on time, etc. we should not have any problems doing this) 

You get one lap from the time you get to the work area. 

NOTE: This is a change from previous years. The way we have had it for the past several season is that there was not set amount of time when we were ready to go racing, we went green. 

If you are entering the work area under your own power, enter the work area on the front straight away entrance.  If we are bringing you in on a wrecker, we may bring you in an alternate route to save time.

If you are the solo cause of a caution, and you have a flat tire, you will not be allowed into the work area.  So if you have a flat tire, pull to the infield.

POINTS

Sprint Car Divisions:

Heat Race 5,4,3,2

A Feature: 50, 45, 41, 38, 36, 35, 34, 33, 32, and drops off by 1 point from here down.

Also every driver gets 5 show-up points

All other Classes:

Weekly ‘A’ Feature win is worth 40 points, with each subsequent position worth one point less.  This makes the 24th spot in the feature worth 17 points.  If we start more than 24 cars in the feature, all positions from 24th on back receive 17 points. 

If a ‘B’ feature is run, the first non transferring driver receives 16 points, and each subsequent position (back six spots) receives one less point per position.  From the sixth car not transferring and back, each driver gets 11 points.

Drivers not able to compete in a heat race, or that don’t qualify for ‘A’ or ‘B’ features, receive 5 show-up points.

Should a driver qualify for the ‘A’ or ‘B’ Feature, and not be able to compete, they will be scored in last position and receive point accordingly.

For season ending points, ties will be broken 1st by the number of feature wins, then by second place finishes, etc.

Points go with the driver. 

Heat Races:

8 or Less Cars:       One Heat

If 9 to 17 cars:        Two Heats

If 18 to 27 cars:      Three Heats

If 28 or more cars:  Four Heats

All races are Point Races.

LINE UPS:

360 Sprint Cars:

For 2010 the weekly 360 Sprint Car Line-ups will be done based on Finishing and Passing Points.  Point System: 55, 50, 45, 40…(Decreases 5 points per position) Passing points 3 points per position advanced. 1st tie breaker, is heat race finishing position, 2nd tie breaker is the lower number in the Draw.

All Other Classes:

Will follow IMCA's Line-up procedures, which are an invert of a Drivers Point Average (Season Long Average). The number of drivers qualifying for the invert (or redraw on opening night) is based on how many heat races are run: One heat race (5), Two heat races (5), Three heat races (4), Four heat races (3), Five heat races (2). NOTE that this DOES include the 305 Sprints. 

But for Special Events for the 305 Sprints (which tentatively are 5/21, 5/22, 6/4, 6/5, 6/18, 6/19, 8/20, 8/21, 9/25) their line-ups will be done with finishing and passing points.

CARS DROPPING OUT:

In the event that a car drops out of the lineup, and the lineup has been posted, the row that the car dropped out of shall move straight forward. 

The line-ups for the Nationals, will be done following different lineup procedures, and will not be for track points for any class.

ORIGINAL STARTS:

The pole position car sets the pace and starts the race.  This should be a steady pace, not abnormally slow or fast.  If the pace vehicle was used (generally used in all features and sprint car heat races), the pace that the pace truck sets, should be the pace that the pole sitter keeps.  The rest of the field should be nose to tail, if you are not nose to tail, i.e. If you are way on the outside of the rest of the field before the start, you will go to the rear.

The race starts between the two white lines in Turn 4. 

RESTARTS:

For the Stock Cars, Sport Mods, Hobby Stocks and Hornets

To start out the Season we are going to use Double File Restarts.  The leader will be alone in the front row.  The second place car will chose whether they want to be on the inside or the outside of the 2nd Row, with the 3rd Place Car taking the other spot. The 4th Place Car will follow the 2nd Place Car, so if the 2nd Place car takes the Inside all of the cars that are in an Even Numbered Position will be on the Inside.  If the Second Place Car takes the Outside, all the Even Numbered Cars will be on the Outside. 

       1

2-3 or 3-2

4-5 or 5-4

6-7 or 7-6

8-9 or 9-8

......and so on down the line

We will get the cars in order, in a single line and you will be instructed on the Race Receiver when to go into the double wide restart.

The leader will start the race between the two white lines in turn 4.  Once the leader starts, the race is on.  NO CONE will be used in these classes.   

If anyone jumps a restart they will be penalized 2 ROWS from their Original Spot.

For Our Sprint Cars:

Restarts will remain the same.

A restart cone on the front straight-away is located about 2 ½ car widths from the outside barrier of the track and near the beginning of the guardrail coming out of turn four.  We will let you know on the race receivers when we are ready to go green.  

The leader will accelerate between the two white lines in turn four..  Everyone else should be nose to tail, not allowing any gaps in between cars.  The leader and the entire field MUST pass between the cone and the outside wall of the track.  No passing before the cone.  Hitting the cone, or going on the wrong side of it, will result in a two spot penalty.  The race will be brought back and the penalty will be assessed.  Any “on the gas” “off the gas” tactics will not be tolerated, and the guilty car will be sent to the rear or disqualified.

SCORING:

The first lap is considered complete, if the top four cars cross the start finish line before a yellow or red flag comes out. 

After one lap is completed, if the leader crosses the finish line before a yellow or red flag comes out, the lap counts.  When the yellow or red flag comes out, scoring terminates, and the cars that were scored will be lined up as such, with the remainder of the field being lined up according to the previous lap scored.  Cars involved in an accident will tag the field.

Also for all classes other than sprints, instead of trying to get cars lined up under yellow, we may go red to try and get cars lined up faster.  Generally when we do this we will have the leader stop by the flag stand and send the field down to turn one in order.

RACE FINISHES:

If the checkered flag is waved to the leader, the race is considered complete. 

If the caution flag comes out after the winner takes the checkered flag, scoring at that point stops, and the rest of the field will be scored according to the white flag lap scoring.

If the yellow or red flag comes out on the white flag lap (or if the time limit has expired) and we have a red or yellow, we will go green white checkered, but only one time.   

NOTE: When a red or yellow comes out on the last lap of a race, we will actually be completing an extra lap, by going green white checkered. 

YELLOW FLAG RULES:

Generally we use the “no fault caution rule” which means if your involved or stop on the track you go to the back.  Two exceptions are if one car spins out or takes out another car the car that got taken out will get their spot back if deemed necessary by the officials.  Also if a car spins to avoid a wreck or stops to avoid a wreck that car may be given their spot back, if we can tell the second car (or cars) had no where to go.

For all classes other than sprints, if you cause an unassisted yellow in a heat race (I.E. you spin out by yourself), and a caution results, you are disqualified and scored in the last position of the heat race.  In the feature, if you are the cause of an unassisted yellow, you are not allowed the work area.

For the features in all classes (and the heat races in the sprint cars) two unassisted yellow flags in any race (unassisted) and you will be disqualified.  If you are lapped twice your done and will be black flagged.

RED FLAG RULES:

All cars must stop as soon as possible!  If you fail to do so, you will be placed at the rear of the field.  Do not pass an accident scene under red.  WE HAVE CLOSED REDS!!  There is no reason to drive around the track to where your pits are located, because we no longer have open reds.  If the head flagman determines that the red flag incident will be prolonged, we may open up the red and allow working on the cars, but unless you hear differently, all reds are closed.  When the red is opened up to work on cars, we will switch both the Yellow and Red lights on.

In the event that we do open up a red flag and allow pit crew members on the track to work on cars, this will not be done until we have all cars up to the front straight-away.  The reason for this is, number one so that we can monitor any work being done on the cars, and number two we can tell that the entire track is clear of any pit workers when we go back to yellow.

In the event that we open up a red for working on cars, WE WILL NOT GO YELLOW UNTIL EVERYONE IS OFF THE TRACK.  When we are getting close to going , we will have the pace vehicle make two laps, and when it goes by the field, they will lay on the horn.  If your not ready to go and everyone away from you car, the second time the pace vehicle goes by, you will be placed at the rear of the field.  We will try and let you know about how long till we are ready to.  But if we are ready to go and you are not, you may be penalized by being put to the rear.

PAYOUT:

This year we will be paying cash at the infield concession stand.

TROPHY PRESENTATION:

If time allows for Trophy Presentations we will do them two at a time.  Hornets & Hobbies.  B Mods & 305s.  Stock Cars and 360 Sprints.  This will allow time for the 305 Sprints and 360 Sprint Cars to Weigh before the come to Victory Lane. 

TECH AREA \ WEIGHING:

The Tech Area (including scales) is inside of the second entrance on the back-stretch, just to the west of the concession stand.  In all classes the top four finishers in each race should go to the tech area.

If you finish in the top four, and do not go directly to the tech area, you may be disqualified.  If you are not sure if you finished in the top four, go to the tech area until told you were not in the top four.

DRIVERS CHANGING CARS:

Drivers may not change cars after they have taken a green flag in a heat race.  Motor changes are permitted, but we do not guarantee wrecker availability.

Tires:

Anyone caught leaving tires at the race track, will be fined $50 per tire, and be docked 10 track points per tire.

Disqualification's:

Anyone disqualified for a rules violation, refusing a claim, or rough driving may lose points or money. 

Generally the first rough driving penalty (Where you are sent to the Pits) will result in last place point and last place money.  The second rough driving (where you are put in the pits) you get no points or money for the night.

Refusing a claim (Except in the IMCA Classes), you lose your points and Money for the night and are fined $150.

2010 Motor Sealing Options:

We are offering Motor Sealing, where if your motor has been teched and sealed, you won’t be subject to tubing (and or Whistling) at the track.  The fee is $50 if within 30 miles of Jackson, plus $1 per mile for each mile outside of 30 miles).   Call Andy Odegaard to set up a time.

The motors will be sealed with sealing wire and a lead seal, run through adjacent head bolts.   Size of the holes need to be 1/8 inch.  Helpful Hint: Tork the bolts down and mark were to drill them first, this way you can get them to line up when we seal your motor.