General Rules:                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                                           

G-1    Drivers must be signed up & paid member of The Hooter Chassis Outlaw Tour Series to run in series events.  Tour entry fee is $10.00 per class (this covers all Hooter Chassis Tour events).  The Driver will be provided one sticker per class signed up for, to be placed on the car body in location specified in the class rules. Additional Hooter Tour Stickers may be purchased for $1.00 each.                                              

G-2    The rulings from the Hooter Chassis Outlaw Tour officials are final.  If a situation arises that is not clearly covered in the rules Tour officials will evaluate the situation and rule accordingly by vote when deemed necessary on the spot.

                                                                                                                                          

G-3    No participant shall subject any Tour official to verbal &/or physical abuse, nor to any other competitor during a Tour event. No use of profane and/or threatening language will be used or tolerated during Tour events, anyone taking part in such conduct will find their points taken away for that event & asked to leave the event.                

                                                                                                                                          

G-4    No Driver, Car Owner or Crew Member will have any claim for damages or expenses against Hooter Chassis Outlaw Tour officials for any reason.                   

                                                                                                                                          

         TURN MARSHALLING:

                                                                                                                                          

TM-1  Drivers must turn marshal the race immediately following their own race.       

                                                                                                                                          

TM-2  Substitute turn marshals will only be permitted with approval from Tour officials.               

                                                                                                                                          

TM-3  Turn marshal's are not permitted to perform repairs to damaged race cars.  If a car is damaged & cannot compete it will be turned over & set out of harms way of the racing line (as possible).                  

                                                                                                                                          

TM-4  Any car being marshaled should be returned to the same point in which it left the racing surface.    

                                                                                                                                          

TM-5  Anyone failing to perform their turn marshal duties after their race will have their qualifying laps taken away for that race in which they just completed.  These rules also hold for the main events as well & main laps may be taken away as well.              

                                                                                                                                          

         GENERAL RACING EVENT RULES:

                                                                                                                                          

GR-1  If a car is removed from the race track for repairs the car may not re-enter that race if it has lost more than 5 laps to the race leader.                     

                                                                                                                                          

GR-2  A car may not enter any race after it has already begun.  Drivers must be on time & have the car on the starting grid.

                                                                                                                                          

GR-3  A car may not run without a properly secured body, if the body comes off during a race the car must be pulled off.

                                                                                                                                          

GR-4  Tire compound / additives will be at the discretion of the track hosting the event.               

                                                                                                                                          

         GENERAL TECH RULES :                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                          

GT-1  It is the drivers responsibility to ensure their car meets all tech inspection rules prior to the start of any Hooter Chassis Outlaw Tour series race or event.  All inspection fixtures / scales will be provided so that the driver may check their car before & anytime during an event.            

                                                                                                                                          

GT-2  All cars must be presented to the tech inspection table before the race and will remain there until cars are called to the track.

                                                                                                                                          

GT-3  If a car passes tech inspection & a technical illegality is missed / over looked, the car is still illegal & subject to DQ.

                                                                                                                                          

GT-4  A numbered "Pill Draw" system will be used to determine heat line ups.                             

                                                                                                                                          

GT-5  General Items which will be inspected are as follows:  (also see rules per class)

Battery - Battery capacity according to class rules. All LIPOs must be charged in a LIPO safe charging bag., no exceptions.                                                                                                

Motor - ensure current legal, no miss match of end bells, armatures, cans etc.  Armature must be stamped / tagged as required by ROAR ID.  No stand-up brushes permitted, no bearings permitted.      

Weight - Cars must meet Minimum weight requirement per class (-.1 permitted w/ notice to raise for next race)

Bottom Chassis Ride Height - cars will be run over a ride height inspection gage set to current ROAR established rules per class. The car must pass cleanly over the gage without causing a tire to be lifted in which it can spin freely. Note this does not include any button head screws which may be protruding lower than the main chassis.  The body should be trimmed such that the bottom of the body is of the same level as the bottom of the main chassis, body must clear the ride height gage also.            

                                                                                                                                          

GT-6  Top 3 cars in the A Mains will be tech’d following the mains or as requested by tour officials.  This inspection is at the discretion of Tour officials and if requested will take place immediately after the A main event while the cars are at the tech table. A car may not be removed from the tech table for this inspection.  The driver will be responsible for getting tools for removal & Tear down of the motors as well as opening up their own motor.  Any driver refusing to perform this inspection if called for will be DQ'd on the spot & the 4th placing driver in the event will have his car inspected & if legal will be given the points for that position & all other drivers will advance up one position as well (including the following mains). Note:  No driver will be singled out for this inspection if requested all top 3 drivers must perform the tear down. Tour officials are not responsible for any damage &/or missing parts which may result from this inspection.

                                                                                                                                          

GT-7  Any motor found to be illegal will be turned over to Tour officials & will not be returned &/or replaced & the driver will be DQ'q from the event.  The motor will stay with the Tour series & be available for inspection purposes only until the Entire Tour Series is over at which time it may be returned to the driver.  Blatant cheating of any sort will result in the loss of all earned points to the event the cheating took place at.               

                                                                                                                                          

GT-8  All 2s LIPO Batteries must read equal to or less than 8.44 volts by the tours volt meter. All 1s LIPO packs must read equal To or less than 4.22 volts by the tours volt meter. LIPO batteries are not to be 10 degrees Fahrenheit above ambient room temperature. Motors are not to read 5 degrees below ambient room temperature.

 

GT-9  Tech will be done prior to races, battery leads must be accessible at tech time, and driver will attach volt meter leads to check battery voltage.

                                                                                                                                          

         HOOTER CHASSIS OUTLAW TOUR POINTS:  (ALL CLASSES)                                  

                                                                                                                                          

HP-1  Hooter Chassis Outlaw Tour Series points will be awarded as follows:  note it is encouraged that a driver compete in all Tour events to support the tracks which are willing to host our events, as a result a bonus point system is in place to encourage drivers to make all events.  SEE BELOW                     

                                                                                                                                          

HP-2  The Series will comprise of an 9 race schedule with the drivers 1 lowest points scoring event dropped (the 5pt event bonus does not get dropped - see below)            

                                                                                                                                          

HP-3  Each driver will receive a 5 pt event bonus for coming to an event, paying the track fee & participating in at least one heat race. (note the driver will not receive any other points if he / she does not participate in their respective Main / Feature during the event)             

                                                                                                                                           

HP-4  All drivers who have participated in all the races on the schedule will receive an additional 50 pt bonus added to their final points total (after the lowest scoring event points have been removed)                       

                                                                                                                                           

HP-5  The Top Qualifier at the event will receive 1 pt bonus for that event.                                   

                                                                                                                                          

HP-6  Points break down:   Points only awarded to the driver in the event not the car.                   

         1st = 150 pts                                                                                                              

         2nd - 5th will be separated by 3 pts (2nd = 147, 3rd = 144, 4th = 141, 5th = 138 pts)        

         6th - 10th will be separated by 2 pts (6th = 136, 7th = 134, 8th = 132, 9th = 130, 10th = 128 pts)   

         11th - the final remaining positions will be separated by 1 pt (11th = 127, 12th 126 pts & etc.)    

                                                                                                                                                                                         

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