The 2012 Enduro will be part of a Regional Double for the first time and this year will be at Laguna Seca as part of the last event of the season. The supps for 2012 will be released later in the year, but for now, we’ll keep these up and you can look thru the supps for 2011 for an overview of how the race is organized:
The Supplemental Rules for the 2011 RDC Illgen Enduro have been officially adopted. This year’s Enduro will be at Thunderhill on October 23th, and we hope to see you all there. There is plenty of time to start forming your RDC Enduro Team for the lowest cost per hour of track time offered all year.
The Racing Drivers Club
52nd ILLGEN CLASSIC, ANNUAL 4-HOUR ENDURANCE RACE
October 21-23, 2011 Thunderhill Raceway Park – Willows, California
Sanction # Operated by the San Francisco Region, Sports Car Club of America
ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS
ENTRY REGULATIONS
1. This event is held under the SCCA General Competition Rules (GCR) and the current San Francisco Region Supplementary Regulations (Supps). The Acceptance Letter for this event will constitute a part of these regulations.
2. The purpose of this event is to provide a low-pressure event for the enjoyment of the members of the Racing Drivers Club.
3. No open wheel cars are allowed. Cars prepared for all other San Francisco Region SCCA classes are eligible. Race cars prepared under other region or sanctioning body rules that meet SCCA GCR safety rules may be eligible upon approval by the Enduro Acceptance Committee. All cars must be equipped with a functioning AMB transponder. The entrant listed on the Team Cover Sheet of the entry form shall assume responsibility for the eligibility of the race vehicle and, if no entrant is listed, the drivers shall each and all be responsible.
4. Suitability of entries will be judged by an acceptance committee comprised of three regular members of the Racing Drivers Club who are not entrants or drivers in this event. Only entries that meet all requirements herein and are consistent with the spirit of this event will be accepted.
5. Entries received prior to the entry deadline of October 14, 2011 will be reviewed by the acceptance committee not later than October 17, and any entrants rejected will be promptly notified. Entries received after the deadline may be accepted, but late entrants cannot be assured of prompt notification of acceptance or refusal. Any entry may be refused at any time if the car presented at the track does not meet these regulations.
6. A total of seventy-five (75) entries will be accepted.
7. All drivers must be members of the Racing Drivers Club, and must hold either a valid SCCA competition license or another competition license accepted by SCCA of a level sufficient to enter a regional race. The license must be presented at Registration in order to complete registration. All team drivers must be registered and have their equipment tech inspected in order for the team to compete in the event.
8. A minimum of two drivers are required for each car. A maximum of four drivers is permitted.
9. The entry fee is $550 for each team of two drivers. The surcharge for additional drivers in a team will be $100 each. A discount of $30 will be given for teams completing the entry process prior to 10/15/11.
10. Entries will be accepted in the order of the date they are complete; ties will be decided by RDC membership date. All Driver and Team fees and information listed below is required and can be completed on MotorsportReg.com or by faxing to the Regional Office before 10/15/11, or at the track prior to the race. Drivers will sign the entry and release at event Registration.
If entering on MotorsportReg.com, information on all drivers must be completed.
If entering with the printed forms:
A. A fully completed and signed Team Cover Sheet for each team, listing all co-drivers for that team
B. A fully completed and signed Driver Information Sheet for each driver
C. Payment for all entry fees (including a $55 RDC membership fee per driver or proof of membership)
11. If any entry fees and/or surcharges are not paid or any listed driver is not a member of RDC at the time of receipt of the Team Cover Sheet (Enduro entry form), the entire entry will be placed on “hold” until the deficiency is corrected. The acceptance date will be the date that the correction is completed.
12. The entrant will be notified of accepted, incomplete, or rejected entries. Any entry that remains incomplete after October 17 will be held at Registration as a post entry.
13. Enduro registration will be Friday, October 21 from 1 to 4 pm; Saturday, October 22 from 9 am to 4 pm; and Sunday, October 23 from 7:30 am to 9:00 am.
14. Tech inspections will only be available with a valid tech sheet obtained at Registration.
15. The engine displacement in cubic centimeters is listed in the appropriate section of the current year General Competition Regulations and must be used to determine proper classification listed on the entry form.
16. A person driving in more than one car in the Enduro must submit a Driver Information Sheet or complete all required information on MotorsportReg.com, register and complete Tech for each and every car.
17. Withdrawals:
- A driver who withdraws prior to October 19 will receive a refund of the entry fee; withdrawing after October 19 will result in a $25 withdrawal fee being charged. The RDC membership fee will not be refunded.
- If a driver or drivers withdraw from a team leaving less than the minimum, the entry will become “incomplete”. It will be placed at the end of the entry list and be subject to the provisions of Entry Regulation #11.
- Once a car has completed tech, received a tech sticker, and gone onto the racetrack, that car and its drivers may not be withdrawn.
GENERAL REGULATIONS
1. The length of the race is scheduled to be four (4) hours with a 103 db sound window. The race will end at 3:30 pm, regardless of time or laps run. All cars are restricted to a maximum of 103 decibels during the race. Practice sessions will be posted on the schedule.
2. Cars will be divided into six classes:
1) Production based cars over 1700 cc’s, clearly marked on both sides “O“.
2) Production based cars of 1700 cc’s or less, clearly marked on both sides “U“.
3) Sports Racing cars over 2000 cc’s, clearly marked on both sides “SO“.
4) Sports Racing cars with 2000 cc’s or less, clearly marked on both sides “SU“.
5) San Francisco Region Group 6 cars clearly marked on both sides “SR“.
6) Miatas complying with San Francisco Region Group 7 rules, clearly marked on both sides “ME“. Miatas may also enter the appropriate production base class, but not both classes at once.
3. All cars must have an Enduro Technical Inspection Sheet completed by the SCCA Technical Inspection Crew. This sheet is contained in the package received from the RDC group at Registration. Annual SCCA San Francisco Region tech inspections are valid for this event.
1) Cars with any changes for the Enduro, including number changes, must bring the following to the tech inspection area: car, Enduro tech inspection sheet, vehicle log book, either stickered helmet or all equipment for every driver.
2) Cars without valid annual San Francisco Region tech inspections must bring the following to the tech inspection area: car, Enduro tech inspection sheet, and vehicle log book.
3) Cars with valid annual San Francisco Region tech inspections and no changes must bring the following to the tech inspection area: Enduro tech inspection sheet, and vehicle log book.
4) Every driver must bring either a stickered helmet or all equipment to the tech inspection area.
4. Fitting of additional fuel cells must conform to GCR regulations.
5. A team may substitute another car up to two (2) hours prior to the race start, provided it has passed tech and has been approved as suitable by the RDC acceptance committee.
6. There will be a mandatory drivers’ meeting for one driver from each and every Enduro team on race day morning to ensure that all Enduro regulations are understood.
Failure to attend will result in a ten (10) minute penalty for each non-attending team.
7. A driver may drive more than one car during the race. During practice a car going on course determines that all drivers registered for that car have been on course. A driver may be added to another car after the race starts only by paying all fees as a post entry and completing all appropriate paperwork.
8. No driver may drive more than 2.5 hours during the race in any one car.
9. If any driver who is not properly registered drives a car on course, ALL drivers and entrants of that car will be subject to disciplinary action by the Stewards of the Meet. RDC will recommend a minimum of disqualification of that team from the event.
10. Grid will close 10 minutes before the start of the first pace lap. Cars late to grid will go to the back of the grid.
11. Each driver’s helmet must be distinctively colored or otherwise marked as an aid to identification. Helmet cards are provided in the Registration Packet for recording helmet color, markings driver’s name, car number and class. Please use the helmet diagram to illustrate.
12. Before a driver goes on course during the race, that driver’s helmet card must be submitted to the Black Flag Station in the racing pit lane. At the conclusion of each driver’s session, their helmet card must be retrieved from Black Flag. At the conclusion of the race or if a car drops out before the end of the race, all helmet cards will be turned in to the Black Flag Station.
13. All practice sessions will be timed for the purpose of advising the RDC on the setting of the starting grid for the Enduro. All cars are required to have working transponders in all sessions. Any driver entered on that car’s team may qualify the car. The RDC will determine the starting grid.
14. RDC will mark and number pit spaces on the pit wall. Competitors will not mark the wall in any way until they have been assigned a space number. Pit spaces will be assigned in the order entries are received based on requests e-mailed to IllgenEnduro2011@hotmail.com. Unassigned pits will be assigned at Registration in order of appearance. Trading spaces is not allowed without RDC approval. RDC will reserve space at both ends of the pit wall for pit stop timing. Competitors may not use these areas.
15. All cars must make at least two (2) five-minute pit stops during the race. Upon entering the pits for the timed stops, the car must come to a complete stop at the pit entry checkpoint. The driver will be given a time slip and the car will be logged for entry/exit time. The driver should check the slip for correct car number. The slip will be used to verify the number of pit stops. To bypass the checkpoint (if making a non-timed pit stop), a car should remain in the pit entry lane and away from the pit wall.
After a timed stop, the Pit Control personnel at the track reentry point, upon receiving the time slip, will release the car at the end of the mandatory five (5) minutes. The car must come to a complete stop at each checkpoint. No time slips will be given to or accepted from a moving car. A car returning to the track after a non-timed stop, shall stay to the right and the driver should indicate that no timing slip is being returned. Synchronized clocks will be at pit in and track reentry for the convenience of those wishing to time their stops.
16. A maximum speed of 25 MPH in the racing pit lane is mandatory. Radar speed calibration will be available in the pits during the final practice session. Excessive speed will result at a minimum, in time penalties up to and including exclusion for gross or repeated violations. Penalties for violations are as follows:
A. First team violation gets a one (1) minute penalty
B. Second team violation gets a minimum two (2) minute penalty
C. Third team violation gets a minimum of five (5) minutes
D. Further or severe violations will warrant any number of minutes up to exclusion from the event, depending on speed over the maximum.
17. Cars may be repaired in the hot pits. A maximum of five (5) persons, including the driver(s), may work on the car at any one time. A driver who is belted into the car with helmet and all safety gear on does not count as one of the five. All persons in the pit area must possess valid hot-pit pass, which requires membership in SCCA.
18. Any repairs that may create a fire hazard (e.g. sparks from welding, cutting, grinding, etc.) must be approved by the Chief Steward or his designee, who will determine where repairs may be done other than the hot pits. Check at the Black Flag station. If repairs are not done in the hot pits, the car must be escorted by an RDC official at all times until it returns to the hot pits or retires from the race. Driving back paddock without an RDC escort will result in disqualification.
19. Cars must be supported by at least one jack stand whenever the car is raised and a person is working on or under the car doing anything other than tire changing. Tires may be changed without the use of jack stands.
20. Cars may be started by any means possible.
21. Smoking is NOT permitted in the racing pits or within 25 feet of any fuel.
22. Teams must comply with all rules regarding compressed gas bottles as listed in the SCCA GCR and SF Region Supplementary Regulations.
23. Any car which consistently fails to maintain a lap time sufficient for safe competition may be considered a hazard and will be subject to being black flagged.
24. All drivers of a car that finishes will be counted as finishers.
25. Provisional results will be published as soon as possible after the event. Official results will be posted at Race Administration no later than one hour after the race. Any delay in posting will be announced over the public address system. Any protest against the results must be received within thirty (30) minutes of final posting. The protest must be made in writing to the Chief Steward.
26. RDC will present take-home trophies for each class. The RDC Race Chairman and the RDC Board of Directors at their discretion will present awards and perpetual trophies. Perpetual trophies are on permanent display at Thunderhill Raceway Park.
27. Each car must display the official RDC decal on both sides.
28. All drivers are reminded of the rules and responsibilities of making a safe pass and/or being passed (racing room).
FUELING REGULATIONS
1. Any fuel approved by the State of California as a highway legal motor fuel is acceptable for this race only. Other fuels that are compliant with the GCR are also acceptable. Any fuel used must comply with SFR fuel rules dated 2009. No “hot fuel” will be allowed.
2. Unsafe handling or spillage of fuel may result in a time penalty. The severity of the incident will determine the duration of the penalty.
- A minor spill (less than one foot in diameter) gets a warning.
- Any additional minor spill gets a two (2) minute penalty.
- A significant spill (one to three feet in diameter) gets a two (2) minute penalty.
- A major spill (more than a three feet in diameter) gets a minimum five (5) minute penalty.
- A second major spill infraction will result in exclusion.
Excessive spillage into catch pans is not permissible and any fuel in catch pans must be immediately returned to a closed fuel container. Rags or other absorbent materials used to prevent fuel spillage must be kept in an approved fireproof container.
3. Per GCR 6.3.2. The Team must supply a nominal 10-pound dry chemical agent fire extinguisher with a minimum UL 60 BC or ABC rating in the pit for each car entered.
4. Teams will refuel their own car, using their own fuel in the racing pit assigned to them. Engines must be turned off during refueling. Failure to comply will result in a minimum two (2) minute penalty. During refueling, there must be at least one crewmember holding a fire extinguisher, meeting the specification referenced in 3. above, for fire response. This person may not participate in fueling. Both the fueler(s) and the extinguisher holder must be in the hot pit lane. The drivers may switch at this time and other work may be done on the car during refueling as long as it neither interferes with the refueling nor causes a hazard.
5. The Fueler, Fire Extinguisher Holder and others within four (4) feet of the fuel filler port must wear an SCCA approved driving suit, gloves, socks and shoes (i.e. the Driver’s Safety Equipment as prescribed in SCCA GCR 9.3.20.C1, 3, 4 and 8). The Fueler and Fire Extinguisher Holder must also wear an SCCA approved full head balaclava and goggles or a full face helmet with face shield down (see GCR 9.3.20.C5, 6 and 2). Infractions of this rule will incur a minimum two (2) minute penalty.
6. All refueling must be done using approved containers.
- Approved containers are 5-gallon cans, 11-gallon NASCAR-type fuel cans, or other SCCA and RDC approved systems. Any systems that are not 5-gallon approved cans must have a tech sticker. Fuel systems will be approved and stickered as set up in the pit area.
- All fuel containers in the refueling area must be clearly marked with the car number of the entry, and labeled “GASOLINE”, “GAS” or “FUEL” in large, readable lettering.
- Any fuel used must comply with 2009 SFR fuel rules. No “hot fuel” will be allowed.
7. Each pit must have a minimum of two containers of water of at least one gallon per container. Containers must be marked “WATER” and contain only plain water (i.e., no antifreeze, gasoline, cleaning solvents, etc.).
8. Those participants using fuel containing more than 10% alcohol by volume, must have in their pit area enough water in five-gallon buckets to match the volume of fuel present. They must also have a two-gallon, water style fire extinguisher (preferably containing water with “cold fire” or other approved AFFF chemical) to be used during refueling.
9. Water, air, gasoline, oil, coolant and other fluids are the responsibility of the entrant.
CONTINGENCY AWARDS
1. The top six cars in each class may be impounded at the end of the race to verify contingency award eligibility.
2. Post-race impound will be conducted in Tech/Impound. Any car which is removed from the impound area without direction of the Tech Crew will be considered to have waived eligibility.
