technical regulations - Red Line Oil Karting Championships

NATIONAL EVENT PROCEDURES SECTION 2
After you clear the scales, you must be “invited” to leave the scrutineering area. Usually, the top fi nishers of that
session are invited to stay for post-element inspections, above and beyond what may have already transpired. Make
sure you know what your status is with the scrutes before you leave. Random choices are sometimes made so be
sure before you leave. The best person to ask is usually the scale attendant. Almost without exception, leaving the
controlled area without permission exposes you to penalty.
If you are lucky enough to be invited to stay, most likely you will be required to dismount the kart, put it up on your
stand and undergo further testing or measuring with the inspectors. You are required to disassemble anything at
their request. Refusal usually results in exclusion or disqualifi cation from that element and is generally viewed as an
admission of guilt.
So, you ask, if I am disassembling my kart during the event, how do I get it back together Short and sweet, this is
your responsibility and the scrutes have no liability here. The standard operating procedure is to keep daily inspections
to an acceptable level without causing undue inconvenience on the competitor. Except in extreme cases, you should
not expect to have to remove your crankshaft fi rst thing in the morning. You should expect to remove and disassemble
your carburetor, exhaust, ignition, intake silencers, spark plugs, wheel hubs, brakes amongst others. You may have
to undergo further fuel or tire testing. It is your responsibility for all disassembly and your readiness to do so speeds
the process. A simple tool bag carried on your kart stand will suffi ce most of the time in post-tech. Lack of any tools
causes delays, frustration and congestion. Be prepared. Karts are pretty easy to work on and the scrute will often offer
his help or advice if you get stuck.
When the inspections are completed, you will hopefully get the news that all is conforming. You will then be invited to
leave the controlled area and proceed to the next step of exit, whether it be checking in of your tires or fuel or simply
exit to the paddock. Either way, you have passed inspections and you should be smiling.
If the news is something more negative, it means that the scrutes have found something that is not conforming
to the rules. They will explain to you the concerns they have, show you the rule as required and inform you of their
intent. Most times, this involves some sort of penalty assessed to you for that particular session. Technical violations
are usually dealt exclusions or disqualifi cations wherein you would be assessed that penalty in offi cial results. The
implications for your event success can vary with event structure and depending on the session when the violation
was discovered.
You are subject to this inspection process every time you enter and exit the track. Your results may vary, but with
good preparation and rules knowledge, your scrutineering experience will be fi lled with handshakes and smiling
congratulations. Without that prep, well, that grim-looking man may have something else to say…
TECHNICAL NEWSFLASH ENGINE SEAL/CHASSIS PROCEDURE NATIONAL EVENT March 16, 2006
It has come to our attention that some clarity needs to be applied to the issue of chassis and engine use protocol at
offi cial Challenge events. The following newsfl ash is designed to provide that clarity.
Regarding the amount of equipment allowed for any Challenge event, each competitor is limited to one chassis and
two engines. In initial scrutineering, a tamper-evident designation shall be placed on the chassis and it is only this
chassis that is permissible for use beginning with practice through the end of the race event. The identifi cation of the
chassis is recorded and associated with the competitor.
In case of irreparable chassis damage due to accident, the chassis may be replaced with permission of the event
scrutineer and/or race director providing the damage is assessed and determined to be indeed irreparable. For local
Challenge events, the chassis may be replaced with any legal chassis.
For Grand Regional and Grand National events, the damaged chassis may be replaced ONLY with models of the same
manufacturer as the originally scrutineered chassis.
Regarding engines, in initial scrutineering it is required that the USA-origin engine passport be presented for each
engine desired. The engine(s) must be sealed at the time of presentation and the seal numbers and serial numbers
of the engines must match the entries on the engine passport. The engine sealing must have been performed by an
authorized USA sealing agent. Non-United States sourced engines or seals are not to be accepted without prior approval
from ROTAX National Administration.
Engine seal numbers are recorded and associated with the competitor in initial scrutineering.
All engines are to remain sealed for the entirety of the event. Should internal engine service be required, necessitating
the destruction of the seal, the engine must be submitted to the event scrutineer for any possible technical
checks that he deems necessary prior to or after breaking of the seal. As a minimum, squish gap conformity must be
inspected. The scrutineer has the right to be witness to the engine service and is responsible to record the newly-applied
seal number after service is complete.
Should any non-conformances be identifi ed during the servicing process, the competitor is subject to exclusion from
all previous results up to that point in the event.
It is recommended that if two engines are to be declared for the event, that this declaration occur during the initial
scrutineering process. It is however permissible for a competitor that has declared a single engine only in initial
scrutineering to introduce a second engine during the event with notifi cation to the scrutineer. It is never possible to
introduce a third engine regardless of circumstances.
It is permissible for multiple competitors to declare a single engine as a backup engine. In this case however, once
the engine is used by any one of the multiple competitors, it is no longer available to the others. This multiple-use
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