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Region 6 Rules:

Region 6

Section 1
General

  1. The tracks included in Region 6 are located in Austin, Texas; San Antonio, Texas; Topeka, Kansas; and Tulsa, Oklahoma.  The
    MONZA races will be run in conjunction with a Local Race or States Race.
  2. The Board of Directors for Region 6 consists of the Regional Director, Assistant Director, Secretary/Treasurer, Tech. Director,
    Safety and Publicity Director.  The term is for two years.  The elections are held in the odd year at the Annual Regional Awards
    Banquet.
  3. Region 6 will follow the QMA Racing Rules and Regulations unless otherwise stipulated in the following rules.
  4. All Region 6 club Presidents will receive a copy annually of the current Monza Rules and Regulations prior to the start of the
    racing season.
  5. No changes will be made during the race year to the Monza Rules and Regulations unless otherwise stated in this document or
    the National QMA Rule book.  The Regional Board can implement emergency changes due to an extreme oversight or safety
    issue.  These emergency changes must be sent to the regional members within 7 days of implementation.
  6. Monza Rule Change Proposals (MRCP’s) will be sent to the Regional Director by August 21, 2007.  Proposed changes should
    be pre-circulated to the club Presidents and to their memberships prior to the last regional race.
  7. All rule changes will be voted upon at the last Monza race of the calendar year.  Every Region 6 member will be mailed a ballot at
    least fifteen days before the last Monza.  It can either be brought to the last Monza or mailed to the Regional Director.  If ballot is
    mailed it needs to be post marked no later than 10 days before the last Monza.
  8. Annual Awards Banquet.  The Regional Board will be responsible for the location and scheduling of the annual awards banquet.  
    Regional awards may be presented at club banquets at the discretion of the RD.  The Regional Board is responsible for
    ensuring all awards are ready and presented at the banquet.  The Regional Board may solicit volunteers to assist with awards
    and banquet preparations.  Each club will forward their annual race schedule to the Regional Director when accomplished to
    ensure banquets are held for each club.
  9. Monza Race dates will be as follows: Topeka and Tulsa will alternate Memorial Day and Labor Day annually.  Austin and San
    Antonio will alternate Easter and the 4th race date (currently Columbus Day) annually.  Any changes to this schedule must be
    submitted in writing to the Regional Director at the Regional Meeting.  Only emergency changes will be considered during the
    season.
  10. Pit Fees will be $28.00 per entry and will be in addition to the pit fees charged by the Host Club for the local event.  It will be
    mandatory to sign in for the Sanction Race and the Monza Race whether you run both races or not.  It is a requirement to
    advertise on the Host Club’s flyer, within 30 days of the race, that you must sign in for both the Sanction Race and the Monza
    Race.
  11. Monza races will be held on two days (Friday & Saturday or Saturday & Sunday).  The sequence will be: Each track will open the
    day prior to a Regional race for open practice (time to be determined by the Host Club).  The first day race sequence will be two
    rounds of controlled practice (7 cars/ 7 minutes) at the vote of members present, qualifying, and Host Club race.  The second day
    race sequence will be no practice, Monza race, tech., and trophy presentation.  Pretty car will be judged at a time to be determined
    by the Host Club.
  12. Novice Jr. /Sr. Division – Novices graduating to Jr. or Sr. Division, before the third race, can transfer participation points (20 pts.
    each race) to the next race division.  They may choose only one class to transfer these points to (example – Honda, Stock, Mod.,
    etc.) these points will not be subtracted from their regional Monza points for Novice.
  13. In case of a Monza rain out, which cannot be called until 12:00 PM. Points will be awarded for participation and/or participation
    and qualifying.  Monza race points will not be awarded from the finish of the Holiday race.  Note – Holiday and Monza race
    programs may not be cancelled for any reason after sign-in and registration is closed, without taking a vote of registered car
    owners at an announced time and place.  Only those members present may vote, one vote per family.
  14. It will be mandatory for each club hosting the Holiday and Monza race to use a line-up board for the drivers and have a flagman
    assistant.  Novice training programs will utilize line-up boards in training.
  15. Each club is to supply the Host Club Race Director with a list of qualified judges and scorers that will be available to judge and
    score the Monza races.  The Host Club will operate the tower and run the race.  If the Host Club needs help from the Region,
    notify the Region 6 Director prior to the race.  All of the Monza lap sheets and one set of qualifying records must be turned over to
    the Region 6 Secretary or Region 6 Director following the race event, plus a check for all Monza race pit fees.  Each Host Club will
    also submit $100.00 to the Region 6 Secretary following the Monza race to help cover Regional expenses.
  16. The Host Club is to provide security for two evenings from practice until the races are completed.  The Host Club does not
    assume responsibility for stolen items.

Section II
Racing

  1. At Regional Monza/Sanction Races, the following people will be required to wear radios at all times during the races:  Head
    Judge, Flagman, Pit Steward, Race Director and Head of Tower.
  2. All four (4) tracks will use their own scales and set-up boards.  These scales will be provided at open practice.
  3. Each club will designate a line in the hot chute area that constitutes a moving car.
  4. Each Host Club will use the Grand’s Format for Qualifying, Sanction and Monza races.
  5. When registering for the Monza event, each participant will pill draw for qualifying position.
  6. The qualifying segment from the Host Club’s race will be used to establish the qualifying points and line up for the Monza.
  7. There will be no alternates for line ups.  (No X car except during the States Race per QMA rules) The drivers must qualify for the
    Main Feature by B Feature or timing.  If for some reason a car is unable to make the Main Feature, the cars in that race will move
    up and there will be an empty place in the line up.
  8. If any car goes DOT on the racing surface or in the infield, the yellow flag must be thrown.
  9. Five courtesy laps will be given for all classes (to a car in the pits) during a yellow flag condition of a race once the tower has
    posted the line-up and the cars on the track are in race order.  Courtesy laps will be limited to five laps per incident.  A car cannot
    receive five courtesy laps, go out onto the track, pull back into the pits and receive five more laps.
  10. In the Monza race in junior classes, if there are only nine cars, all nine cars are to run in that race.  If there are more than nine
    cars signed in at this event in this class, there will only be eight cars to run per race.  A “B” feature will be required.  In all other
    classes, if only eleven cars signed into this class, all eleven cars will be allowed in on race.  If there are more than eleven cars
    signed in for this race, a “B” feature will be required.
  11. There will be NO Polish Victory laps allowed at any of the Monza races.

Section III
Novice

  1. Novices will participate in the regular seven cars/seven minutes practices.
  2. Novice races will have a time limit of 30 minutes.  If a red flag falls for injury or track repair, the clock will stop and not be started
    again until the green flag falls for the restart of the race.
  3. A Novice driver may participate in all four Monza races; however, the driver will be awarded points for only the first two Novice
    (Monza) races they participate in.  (Exception if a Novice competes in all four Monza races as a Novice they will be awarded five
    bonus points.)
  4. Annual awards for the Novice class will be based on the points accumulated at the first and second Monza race they participate
    in.  If a novice does not move up to Stock or Honda after the second Monza race, they will be racing strictly for trophies at the race
    (they will not be awarded any points for any Monza races after the second race).  Ties in year end points will be handled just like
    the other classes.
  5. Novices may transfer only participation points upon graduation to one class that they may participate in (their choice; example –
    Honda, Stock, Mod., etc.).  A graduated driver may still receive an award if the total points earned upon graduation (this excludes
    bonus points because they graduated) from their first two Monza races entitles them to receive an award.
  6. Novice points earned for participation in the Monza races will transfer to one other class.  The driver will still receive an award
    according to the present rule if they are entitled to one.

Section IV
Scoring

  1. Points System
  1. Participation – 20 points (you pay pit fees, you receive these points)
  2. Timing – 20 points, decreasing 1 point after awarding fast time (e.g. 20, 19, etc.)
  3. Feature – 60 points, decreasing by 2 points from a maximum of 60.
  1. Following the closing of registration of each Regional event, for any class that has only one car registered, the Monza race for that
    class will be cancelled.  That car will be awarded the Monza’s 70 points for the class but will not be given a trophy.  They will also
    receive a green, white and checkered flag for any sanctioned race but also receive no trophy.  The driver may weight up or down
    in the class or move to an entirely different class and race for a trophy.  This car will not be awarded points for the race they
    participate in and position points will be awarded as if the car was not in the event.  This car will be eligible for Fast Time or Track
    Record awards presented by either the Clubs or at the Regional Awards Banquet.
  2. Two car fields for the classes that have weight distinctions: when only two cars have registered for an event in a particular
    weighted class, those two cars will race with the other cars in that class.  They will be scored and trophied as two separate
    races, the others would not have their points affected by the two.  The two cars will start at the back of the race according to how
    they qualified.  Exception to two car rule would be when the other class already has enough cars for a full field (8/10) or their
    addition would add consolation race to the class.  In these instances, the two cars would have their own race.
  3. Attempt to Qualify Defined:  Any car taking the racing surface will receive qualifying points.  If the engine does not fire, the driver
    will still receive last place points (DNQ).  QMA rule book defines end of starting effort.
  4. Should a car be unable to start or to finish a Monza race due to an accident or mechanical failure, a driver will still be awarded
    race points for last place for their class for DNS, DNF (this includes three DOT’s).  No points will be given for the Monza race for a
    driver scored as DQ.  If more than one DNS in a class scoring order will be determined as follows – did not grid (last), crashed in
    warm-up or lineup (second to last) if two cars in same class have identical scoring qualifying order shall be tie breaker for race
    points.
  5. Each driver that participates in the same class for all four Monza events will be able to drop one race and retain their participation
    points for that race.  The three highest event totals and participation points from the dropped race with bonus points if applicable
    will be scored as the Final Monza points.  All others will total points on the events attended.  (Exception - Novice class only the
    first two Monza points and bonus points if they race all four Monza's as a Novice will be used to determine their Novice Final
    Monza points.)
  6. Five bonus points will be awarded to each class in which the driver participates at all four Monza races.  Example, if a driver
    participates in all four Monza races in more than one class he will receive the bonus points in each class he participated in.
    (Exception - Novices will only receive bonus points if they competed in all four Monza events as a Novice otherwise their
    bonus points will be added into their current class (their choice of one if now participating in more than one class)

Section V
Tech

  1. All new Track Records, Fast Time, 1st Place, and 2nd Place for each class should be torn down for tech.  All Novices will also be
    checked by the local Tech Director and/or Region 6 Tech in attendance.  Each club in Region 6 owns tech tools purchased by the
    Region and are to be passed to each new club tech.  Each club is responsible for their local tools.  Region 6 Tech Director is
    responsible for the Regions set and should be passed onto the new Region 6 Tech Director.
  2. If disqualified from the Tech tear down, the driver will lose all points for qualifying and the Monza race.  The Host club is
    responsible for tech with assistance from the Region 6 Tech Director.  Standard QMA Tech sheets will be used for all tear
    downs.  Tech tear down will be done according to QMA rules and Tech sheets will be filled out per QMA rules.

Section VI
Awards

  1. Awards will be given out in both Holiday race and Monza race according to finish order of the race and not according to
    accumulated points.
  2. Monza awards and local Holiday race awards.  Each Host club will pay a minimum of $700.00 for Monza and Holiday race
    trophies combined.  Size limits for the Holiday race trophies will be a maximum of 32” for First Place, 30” for Second Place, and
    28” for Third Place.  A First Place trophy will be awarded to the first place car for the Monza race, minimum size is 32” and
    maximum size is 36”.  In addition, to the above awards each Host club will provide a Monza Participation award to each driver
    who races in that event.  Also, the Host club will provide a Pretty Car trophy along with Fast Time awards.  Any other awards to be
    presented are optional and at the clubs discretion.
  3. Each participant who competes in four (4) Monza events will receive a Monza award item that will be chosen by the Regional
    Board.  Only (1) one item per driver to be awarded.  The driver does not need to race the same class in each Monza event as long
    as he/she has raced all four Monza events.
  4. Year-end awards will be given for First, Second, and Third Place in each class according to the total points earned in that class.  
    Fourth Place through last place will receive a plaque according to the total points earned in that class.  Also, a plaque will be
    given for new “Track Record” that was set at a Monza Event.  In the event of a tie at the end of the year for First Place, the drivers
    would be tied for First Place will each be given a First Place Trophy.  In case of a tie for Second Place or Third Place each of those
    drivers will also receive a Second Place trophy and or a Third Place trophy whichever it may be.  A driver is required to participate
    in a minimum of three Monza races to be eligible for an award in each class (Novice exception, see Section III).

Revised: 03/07, 10/07
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