General Racing Rules
1. No substitute drivers except for team events.
2. Drivers may not substitute car chassis or body after tech inspection. The car that you register
(tech-in) is the car that you race.
3. For oval events no work is permitted on cars unless it is done under green racing condition’s for that car. Once a pit stop
is in progress a driver can continue working on his car during a yellow flag. All work must stop between segments (Red flag condition).
For events on Road Courses working on cars is permitted between segments for cars that are changing lanes only.
4. All pit supplies must be behind the Drivers Wall. No pit supplies will be allowed in the infield or
on the top of the wall.
5. Pit Stops must be made in front of the Drivers Stations for all events on ovals. For Road Courses designated areas will be determined for each course prior
to the event during the drivers meeting.
6. The following parts may not be changed during pit stops: Body, Chassis, Motor or Magnets.
7. Bodies must be on chassis. Any body/chassis interfering with another car will not be allowed to
compete. Cars will not be allowed to compete without a complete front end.
8. All cars are subject to a post race tear down. A lottery draw will determined what cars will be randomly selected to be torn down. A pre ace tear down may also be employed.
9. Any protest must be made in writing to the Event Director. His decision will be considered final.
Should it be deemed necessary, the Board will review for future investigation.
10. When an accident (yellow situation/track call) occurs both the time and power will be stopped.
All drivers who are involved and cannot proceed will receive a "Yellow". A "Yellow"/Track Call (aka "Off") is a penalty.
For every "Yellow" a driver receives he will lose one lap from his/her total amount of laps.
There is also a limit on the amount of yellows a driver can receive. When a driver goes over
that amount his/her car will be removed from the track. The limit for "Yellows" will be one
"Yellow" for every two minutes of racing. This procedure will be used for all events that are scheduled on oval
tracks. The maximum number of track calls for each car per event is 6 except for the NSC which is 12 and the Race Of Champions which is 10. For events that are scheduled on road courses the yellow/track call procedure call may be waived or
modified should there be enough marshals in attendance. The highest ranking HOCOC Official in
attendance will determined if there is an adequate number of marshals to wave the yellow/track call procedure.
11. Stalls and spinouts: A spinout is a car that has turned sideways in a corner and is still in the slot. A car that is stalled will not have a lap deducted unless the stall was
the result of a spinout. A car that has turned sideways on a straightaway after the power has
been shut off will be straightened without a penalty. A car that has turned sideways in a turn
after the power has gone off will be considered to have spun out and will lose a lap if it is
unable to move when power is restored. Cars that have turned to the inside of a banked
corner will not be counted as a stall and will be straightened without a penalty. A car that had
come out of the slot for any reason, including a nerf, will lose a lap unless the de-slot was due
to interference from another driver while pitting, a corner marshal, or spectator.
12. Should a Marshall damage any cars while marshalling the power and time will be turned off and the affected drivers will be permitted to do repairs up to the segment length in time to complete repairs. For. example a 3 minute segment the affected drivers will be permitted up to 3 minutes to complete repairs.
13. There will be 90 seconds between lane changes for all events.
14. Ties will be broken by the driver who signed in first.
15. All racing will be done on 18 V +/- .5 except for the NSC Sportsman which will be 12V +/- .5. Hobby Stocks will be run at 16 V.
Race Day Itinerary
9:00 – Doors open (May open earlier depending on the amount of entries anticipated) Please no early birds except for the officials as they will need time to set up
For the day’s activities in order to have things run smoothly. Practice will be timed for each class and have 2 minutes per minutes per lane for Lane rotations. All Pancake classes can run at the same time. Spec. cars will have to run separate practice sessions.
10:45 Sign and pre race tech. This will be a general tech. Checking items such as width, tire diameter, chassis components and a general overall look etc.
11:15 (Apx.) Drivers meeting
11:30 (Apx.) Racing begins.
All other tracks at the facility will have the power turned off when events are being run unless otherwise noted. All competitors will assist in the running of events.
Post Race: A lottery will randomly select 3 competitors cars to be fully tech. Should a car not
pass that car will be disqualified and forfeit any and all points earned.
Racing Procedures
Race Officials
Each event will have an Event Director appointed by the Board. All competitors must participate as race officials.
A Board Member or Event Director will assign duties. Note: The hosting track owner should only be used as a race official as a last resort.
Event Director – A person appointed by the Board to supervise the activities of the event. A Board member may assume this position if needed. The activities to be supervised are track inspection, practice, driver registration, tech inspection, drivers meeting, racing, scoring, awards and reporting. The Event Director will appoint the following race officials:
Tech Inspector – Person(s) responsible for technical inspection of all cars.
Time Keeper – Person(s) responsible for the track power and timing/lap counter system for the race.
Marshals – Person(s) attending to cars when needed for track calls (yellow flag conditions). All drivers must participate as a marshall.
Scorer – Person responsible for all record keeping and race results. Information is to be forwarded to the HOCOC Executive Director who will record the results officially in the record book and forward the results to the Communication Director.
Reporter – Person(s) that provide written recap of the event, racing action, and highlights of interest. Photos are strongly encouraged. Information is to be provided to the HOCOC Competition Director. Track owners or their designee will be responsible for race reports.
Driver Registration
All drivers should register upon arrival at a race event or as soon as sign in opens. There is no pre-registration unless otherwise noted.
Entry Fees
Entry fees will be posted on the HOCOC racing schedule and or by flyer.
Entry fees for events are to be collected during driver registration and should be forwarded to the HOCOC Financial Officer.
Pre Race Tech Inspection
All of the entered cars will undergo a technical inspection prior to the start of racing. The cars will then be impounded and will only be handled by the race officials. Best Appearing Car judging will also be done during this time if there is Best Appearing competition scheduled for that day.
Qualifying
All events will use a Random Rotation (Round Robin) procedure in which all drivers are automatically qualified and will participate in the main event. This procedure provides for random starting positions in each event. The Random Order Procedure can be determined by lottery, poker chip, computer selection, etc.
Racing
NSCS, Supporting and Heritage events are round robin in which each driver will run an equal amount of time in each lane. Each event will be 12 minutes in length divided by the number of lanes being used each equal in time unless noted on the schedule. The NSC will be 24 minutes in length divided by the number of lanes being used each equal in time.. Each ASRL event will be 3 minutes per lane. The Race Of Champions will be 18 minutes in length divided by te number of lanes being used each equal in time.
Figure 8 Racing
Figure 8 racing will use a "Crash and Burn" format.
At the end of each segment do not remove cars from the track until all scoring is completed.
Post Race Tech Inspection
As stated in Rule #8 in the General Racing Rules the cars selected will be disassembled by their driver in the presence of a tech inspector.
Related Information
The "NSCS" and the ASRL point system will be as follows:
1. Any car that is DQ will not receive points for the event in which they were DQ will count as a race entered.
2. The NSC is a non-point event.
3. Points are determined by a % basis based on the number of entries as follows:
Number of Entries
Fin. Pos. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
2 75 80 83.3 85.7 87.5 88.9 90 90.9 91.1 92.3 92.9 93.3 93.8 94.1 94.4 94.7 95
3 50 60 66.7 71.4 75 77.8 80 81.8 83.3 84.6 85.7 86.7 87.5 88.2 88.9 89.5 90
4 25 40 50 57.1 62.5 66.7 70 72.7 75 76.9 78.6 80 81.3 82.4 83.3 84.2 85
5 20 33.3 42.9 50 55.6 60 63.6 66.7 69.2 71.4 73.3 75 76.5 77.8 78.9 80
6 16.7 28.6 37.5 44.4 50 54.5 58.3 61.5 64.3 66.7 68.8 70.6 72.2 73.7 75
7 14.3 25 33.3 40 45.5 50 53.8 57.1 60 62.5 64.7 66.7 68.4 70
8 12.5 22.2 30 36.4 41.7 46.2 50 53.3 56.3 58.8 61.1 63.2 65
9 11.1 20 27.3 33.3 38.5 42.9 46.7 50 52.9 55.6 57.9 60
10 10 18.2 25 30.8 35.7 40 43.8 47.1 50 52.6 55
11 9.1 16.7 23.1 28.6 33.3 37.5 41.2 44.4 47.4 50
12 8.3 15.4 21.4 26.7 31.3 35.3 38.9 42.1 45
13 7.7 14.3 20 25 29.4 33.3 36.8 40
14 7.1 13.3 18.8 23.5 27.8 31.6 35
15 6.7 12.5 17.6 22.2 26.3 30
16 6.3 11.8 16.7 21.1 25
17 5.9 11.1 15.8 20
18 5.6 10.5 15
19 5.3 10
20 5
The current point standings will be published on the website and the Yahoo group.
Awards and Prizes
Trophies/Plaques will be awarded at selected events and at the end of the season.
Should sponsorship become available it would be distributed by being posted or by drawings.
Prizes may be awarded for events and/or end of the season.
Drawings End of Year. Each driver will receive a Ticket for every HOCOC event entered. The more events a person enters, the better the chances are that their name will be drawn. The amount of the certificates will be determined by the total amount of participants for the year.
There will be 3 certificates awarded in the amounts as follows : 50%, 30% and 20% of the funds allotted to the program. drawing will take place at the last event o
Most Sportsmanlike Driver Award
The Most Sportsmanlike Driver award is awarded to the competitor who has set the example of what a
HOCOC Competitor should demonstrate both on and off the track not only to the sanctioning body but to
the hobby/sport in general. This award is determined by the HOCOC Officers. .
Rookie Of The Year Award
The Rookie Of The Year Award is given to a newcomer to the group who has the best performance among all the rookies
who have competed that year. A rookie by definition is a competitor who does not have any previous or very limited HO slot car racing
experience with any HO racing group. This award is determined by the HOCOC Officers.
Any matter, Situation or Specification, not discussed in this rule book will be determined by the HOCOC
Board of Directors, Event Director or Race Officials. Their decision is final.
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