![]() Endurance RulesThe Endurance Race shall be a trophy race for the top three teams in three classes, according to the number of laps completed within the 4 hour race.
-Those riders participating on more than 1 team must pay a separate entry fee for each team/bike they ride on. Rules paraphrased from WERA's 1996 Rules regarding endurance events. (See rule 12 above). In the event of conflict the rules above, being voted on at a general membership meeting, will prevail. Endurance Series 1. An endurance team consists of: a) Team Captain, b) Team Riders c) Team Crew i.e. mechanics. Endurance Teams must complete a all necessary paperwork and turn it into OMRRA. OMRRA reserves the right to allow or disallow the Team to compete in the Series. a) All teams must have a team name on the entry form. b) The team captain is responsible for all of his teams riders and pit crew. (This includes bike tech, med forms, gear tech, passing and turning in.) 2. A Team Captain must be named.
3. Endurance racebike technical and safety requirements are the same as those for sprint machines. Since more track time is involved, compliance to these regulations is critical. 4. Number plates must conform to requirements in Section L of the OMRRA Rulebook. 5. All entered racebikes must be on the pre-grid 10 minutes prior to the start of the race 6. All endurance race protests or complaints regarding hourly or overall scoring must be made to race officials in writing and accompanied by a $10.00 deposit within 30 minutes of posting of that hour's results, and a hour's results may not be protested after that 30 minute period. If a team wants to see another team's score sheets this will be considered a protest and must be accompanied by the $10.00 deposit. Protests of scoring can only be made by the team captain or scorer. In the event the protest or complaint is upheld or held valid, the deposit will be returned. If the protest or complaint is rejected or deemed capricious, the deposit will be forfeited to OMRRA. No anonymous protests or complaints will be accepted, and the identity of the protesting or complaining person or team must be revealed upon request to any individual or Team affected by the protest or complaint 7. Grid positions will be determined by order of entry. 8. Crashed machines must undergo technical inspection prior to continuing in the event. If a Team does not bring a crashed machine to the Technical Inspector before continuing in the race, the Team will lose all laps subsequent to the crash until the machine is reinspected and may be fined and/or disqualified from that event entirely, at the sole discretion of the OMRRA Officials. A crash truck will retrieve disabled equipment in order of occurrence or in order of necessity as determined by race control. a) Re-tech will be in one place and all team captains will be informed where that will be. b) A team that needs to have its bike re-teched can either bring the bike to the tech station or have a tech person come to their pit when it is ready to re-enter the race. 9. Pit lane (hot pit) is restricted to Teams actually involved in making a pit stop or signaling a rider on the track, or to photographers and journalists approved by OMRRA. Pit stops may involve a maximum of seven (7) people (for example, five (5) crew members and two riders). In the event an independent tire company representative is inspecting tire wear on a machine during a pit stop, but is not otherwise involved in the pit stop, that independent tire company representative will not be counted against a Team's maximum of seven (7) people. Signals to riders may be given by only one crew member at a time unless the Race Director decides that having more than one person running a pit signal board is not a hazard and is not creating any problems. Teams violating provisions of this rule will be subject to a warning and a fine of not less than $10.00, and not to exceed $100.00 per extra person involved in the pit stop, at the sole discretion of the Chief Technical Inspector or Chief Pit Marshal 10. All crew members over the wall must be wearing closed toe shoes, long trousers and a shirt (no tank tops or cropped shirts allowed). This includes the person(s) signaling the riders 11. No support vehicles will be allowed in the hot pit area. This includes trailers. 12. Right of way during pit stops is to the rider entering the pits from the track. A racer leaving the pits must yield to racers on the track. 13. No machines may reenter the course once the checkered flag has been displayed 14. Each team must identify their pit area with their competition number to allow officials to quickly locate them. Numbers should not be affixed by tape to a pit wall, but can be hung on the Team's pit canopy 15. Each team must have at least one 10-pound conventional fire extinguisher in their pit at all times. They must be fully charged. Any team found without an operational fire extinguisher will be fined no less than $200. Anyone sharing a fire extinguisher with another team must notify race officials before the start of the race to keep from being fined. If your fire extinguisher gets used during a race contact a race official for help in obtaining temporary replacement. 16. All fuel must be stored behind pit wall, or in a designated fuel containment area, except during the refueling stop itself a) Engines must be off during refueling b) Rider must be off machine during refueling c) All refueling cans must be hand-held. Towers and pressurized refueling rigs are not allowed d) Exchanging machine gas tanks is not allowed as a refueling method e) Fire extinguisher must be manned and aimed at the bike with the pin pulled during refueling 17. No smoking, campfires or gas-type lanterns or stoves will be allowed in the pits. 18. Only routine service and minor crash damage repair will be allowed on the hot pit road. Major rebuilding or repair must be done behind pit wall in the cold pits. A Team must notify race officials when moving their racebike behind the pit wall. 19. A Team may change engines, wheels, tires or other components after the official endurance clock begins counting race time. A team may only change one frame during a race. If a team chooses to enter a second frame they then totally forfeit anything earned with their first frame. All previous hourly results will be stricken from the computer and cannot be retrieved. This holds true even if the first frames results would have been better than what the team accumulated on the second frame. A team MUST notify OMRRA scoring personnel before entering the track on a new machine failure to do so will result in a loss of laps and/or fines and/or disqualification. 20. A racebike must be able to pass technical inspection at any time during the race. Failure to pass technical inspection may result in lost laps, fines and/or disqualification from that event. Noise requirements must be conformed to at all times. Machines not meeting those requirements will be pulled off the track at any time during a race or practice session. 21. All welding must be done in a designated fire safe area. 22. Pit Marshals will be on duty to enforce rules. Endurance pit stop rules are enforceable by Pit Marshals and violations must be observed by Pit Marshals; pit stop violations cannot be protested by riders or teams. 23. A properly registered Team with a machine that has passed technical inspection may enter a race at any point after the start, with laps counted from point of entry. 24. Each Team must provide scoring personnel:
25. All Team members, riders, scorers, crew members, guests, visitors, relatives, etc... are the responsibility of the Team Captain and punitive actions warranted by their behavior may be directed toward the Team as well as the individual in question. 26. When a Red Flag is thrown during an endurance race:
27. A Team's last counted lap will be the last lap the Team is able to complete during the time frame of the endurance event. (i.e. last possible time to record in a 4-hour would be 3:59:59). When the checkered flag is displayed at start-finish the event is complete and no times are to be recorded. 28. The purpose of these rules is to run an orderly, competitive and fair Endurance Race emphasizing safety of all involved. The rules are not intended to allow one racer or Team to defeat another with the Rulebook rather than on the race track. The rules are not intended to allow one racer or Team to harass another in anonymity. All protests must be in writing and all protest filers must be prepared to be identified to the protested person or Team. Protests deemed capricious or found to involve something that would not reasonably be expected to affect the actual race outcome or cause safety problems may be denied, or assessed with a fine, rather than a penalty. In the event this rule, which states the overall purpose and principles of the OMRRA Endurance/Fundurance Race, somehow is interpreted to conflict with another rule or statement of policy, this rule shall prevail in its literal sense. The final decision on all protests lies with the OMRRA Board of Directors. 29. OMRRA reserves the right to impound any machine after a serious crash |
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