SASCAR 2005 SUPPLEMENTAL RULES & REVIEWERS GUIDLINES

SASCAR 2006 SUPPLEMENTAL RULES & REVIEWERS GUIDELINES

Updated 3/22/05

The idea behind these supplemental rules is to more clearly define our penalty system and who should or will be penalized when certain situations occur. It is also designed to help improve the consistency of calls. Please note that because there are so many different situations & scenarios that can occur, these supplemental rules may be changed or updated as we progress through the season.

· All the situations below assume that a caution has come out and or damage has been done to a fellow competitor.

· All reviewers will be required to make their calls from various replay views using the guidelines below, and using only the server replay from all those involved in the original contact.

YELLOW

There is to be no racing back to the line if there are more than 5 laps remaining in a race.
If there are more than five laps remaining in a race and a caution flies, drivers are to stop racing, hold position, and try and steer clear of trouble while maintaining a distance of .05 seconds between cars.
No passing unless it is to avoid a wreck or damaged car caught up in an accident that is severely off pace.
Should a caution fly when two drivers are running side by side, and a pass has not yet been completed, the position should be yielded to the driver that held the higher position the previous lap as per your F2 screen.

ERRATIC DRIVING

· If for any reason a drivers on track actions are inconsistent or abnormal to what is considered to be the normal driving line he will always be found at fault should the result of his actions bring out a yellow or cause damage to others. This includes any erratic driving where drivers behind you are forced to take evasive action, or are put into a situation they cannot avoid. I.e. unsafe lane changes, clipping the apron, slowing drastically in an effort to regain control of your car, tapping the brakes, hitting and or bouncing off the wall causing an unsafe lane change.

· Many times the driver directly behind a car that slows from clipping the apron or getting loose will avoid confrontation, but cars further back in the pack will get into the back of one another from drivers lifting to avoid the trouble further up in the pack. The driver at fault in this situation is the driver that originally got loose for whatever reason. If it wasn't for his erratic driving then the drivers further back in the pack wouldn't have had to slow and no contact would've taken place.

3 WIDE DRIVING

· If at any time a 3 wide situation should occur on the track that results in a caution or damage to others, the fault will always go to the driver that forces the 3 wide. I.e. if one driver is in the middle lane, another is in the high lane, the third driver forces himself into the bottom lane… the driver forcing himself into the bottom lane making the 3 wide will always be found at fault. Or one driver is in the bottom lane another in the top lane, and a driver forces himself into the middle lane… the driver making the 3 wide in the middle lane will always be found at fault if the end result is a caution or damage to another driver.

INITIATING CONTACT

· It is always the overtaking driver’s responsibility to make a clean safe pass.

· Bumper to bumper contact will nine times out of ten result in a penalty from the driver initiating the original contact. The exception to this rule is mentioned above under the erratic driving section. I.e a driver that gets loose or slows drastically several cars ahead which results in an accordion type bottleneck of slowing cars further back in the pack.

· Contact when attempting to overtake a fellow competitor will be penalized based on whether or not position was established when the contact occurred. Establishing position means getting your front bumper up to the door of the truck you are attempting to overtake. As a guideline, having either of your front tires even with the back tires of the car you are attempting to overtake will put your front bumper to his door.

· The reviewers will look at these types of incidents frame by frame if need be, watching the replay from whatever angle necessary, looking specifically for established position before contact is made. I.e. the front tire of the driver attempting to overtake for position, up to and even with the rear tire of the driver being overtaken.

· If the replay shows position wasn't established from the driver attempting to overtake, then the fault will go to the driver attempting to overtake the position. If the replay does show that position was established from the driver attempting to overtake, then the fault will go to the defending driver for not yielding the position.

· When contact occurs between two cars running side by side when position has been established by both drivers, i.e running tire to tire, door handle to door handle, the penalty will go to the driver that alters his line the most. If neither driver is found to alter his line then the twenty point penalty will be split with each driver receiving a ten point penalty for not giving enough room.

· Contact due to an obvious warp or blown engine will not be penalized and called a racing deal.

ESTABLISHING POSITION

Truck #43 has not yet established position on the #9 truck. His RF wheel is only up to his LR quarter panel. If contact were to occur at this instant #43 would be found at fault.

In this overhead view #43 now does have position. Note the front bumper up to the drivers side door and the front tires of the #43 even with the back tires of the #9. If contact were to occur at this instant #9 would be found at fault for not yielding the position.

#4 clearly does not have position and should back out expecting the #88 to cut down if he was running the low line entering the corner previous laps. Even if the #88 were to come down it may at first appear to be an unsafe lane change. However it is not because the #4 didn’t fully establish position.

In this shot #4 does have position on the #18. Note the front wheels of the #4 even with the rear wheels of the #18 indicating position has in fact been established.

UNSAFE LANE CHANGES

· Unsafe lane changes usually occur due to driver error and or erratic driving but can also be caused due to an aero condition. I.e. getting loose, clipping or pulling your car off the wall, or having a fellow competitor take the air off your rear spoiler.

· It is always the responsibility of the driver to be in control of his car at all times.

· Unsafe lane changes can also penalized when running beside a fellow competitor. Unsafe lane changes will be determined by whether or not position was established as mentioned above.

GIVING ROOM AFTER ESTABLISHING POSITION

Once position has been established as per the guidelines above, it is both drivers responsibility to give extra room when running side by side. This may require altering your line to prevent from getting together with a truck beside you.

As an example lets say you’re running side by side crossing the finish line with another car at Michigan. As you enter turn 1 the natural line is to stay high and make a natural arc down into the turn. If you are on the inside with a truck on the outside of you, you can no longer take that high arc entering turn one. You must now take a lower entry into the turn to prevent from getting into the truck on the outside of you. I’ve seen a lot of replays where drivers will continue to run the middle lane and the replay shows you holding your line. This isn’t good enough when you have a truck on the outside of you. You are forcing the truck on the outside to take a line way higher than necessary. Usually the truck doesn’t take this line and ends up in the wall. The driver at fault is the driver down low for not giving enough room even though position was in fact established. The same can be said about a driver passing on the outside trying to force a truck down low.

Altering your line after establishing position is considered an unsafe lane change. After position has been established, drivers must hold their line giving room to the driver beside them. This rule is designed to prevent drivers from pushing another driver right up into the marbles or into the wall, or to prevent drivers from pinching trucks down low beneath them to the apron, even though position is established.

BLOCKING

· Blocking will not be reviewed unless a complaint is filed from a fellow competitor. At that time, the lap the alleged block took place will be looked at as well as the three laps prior and three laps after the alleged block took place. This will determine if in fact the driver did alter his line to perform a block or if it was his natural line he ran laps previously and or after, or if his line was just altered due to traffic, following the draft, or to avoid trouble.

· Blocking is allowed with two or fewer laps remaining.

ADMITTING FAULT

If a person wants to voluntarily accept blame for an incident, they can, and the review committee need not review the incident. There are no discounts for this action, other than the gratification of gaining the respect of your competitors for being a stand up guy and the knowledge that you are saving reviewers time. That said, because incidents aren't always black and white, the fact that someone doesn't volunteer to accept blame is perfectly acceptable and should not be frowned upon.

APPEALS

· We understand that sometimes we don't always see things the same from two different drivers involved in the same accident. What one driver may see on his computer may not be the same as another drivers sees on his. Because of this we will allow an appeals process to look at individual replays that differ from what the server replay shows. Please note you must watch the server replay of your incident before sending in your own personal replay. Your replay must show an obvious discrepancy or you put yourself at risk of receiving a double penalty should your appeal be denied. We do this to prevent everyone from sending every single incident in for review. This is a very time consuming process and we don't want unnecessary replays coming in that are of no warrant.