General Rules

•  All competitors must sign a registration form verifying that they fully understand and will comply with all rules before competing. NO EXCEPTIONS.

•  HobbyTown USA®, its employees or its agents, Chesapeake Square Shopping Center, Fedder Management, its employees or its agents there of, will not be held responsible for any theft, damages, or injuries to competitors, spectators, or their equipment before, during and after each event.

• Rules can be altered at anytime with a majority ruling of  HobbyTown USA® management and the Race Director. All decisions made by the Race Director are final.

• Violation of below said rules will result in loss of points and up to including loss of race privileges for that day’s competition. Repeat violations will result in an indefinite suspension.

• Any violation resulting in loss of points will not count as season throw out week!

• Willful destruction or damage to a competitor’s equipment by competitors or competitors support crew is not acceptable.

• Willful destruction or damage to any HobbyTown USA® equipment including but not limited to track components, trailer equipment, lap counting equipment or parking lot by competitors or competitors’ support crew is not acceptable.

•  Abusive or foul language by competitors or competitor’s support crew is not acceptable.

• Radio channels must be registered before that day’s competition. Competitors will be required to have at least one backup channel. If conflict exists, the driver signing up first will receive preference. Once qualifying is completed, channel preference will be given to better qualifying driver.

• Transmitter should have Driver’s name visible on outside.

• All Children, including racers, under 16 yrs of age must be accompanied by an parent 0r guardian at all times.

•  Transponders are to be mounted in the lower windshield area or a pre-approved chassis location. The driver is responsible for turning in the transponder and his / her radio immediately following each race! Replacement cost for each transponder is $150.00. In case of a lost transponder, the last driver to have the transponder is liable. NO IF’S, AND’S or BUT’s. PERIOD

•   Each driver must turn marshal, the race immediately following his/her race. If scheduled for last race of the day, then last race drivers will marshal the first race of the day.

•  If the driver is competing in more than one class, he or she must provide someone to turn marshal in his/her place.

• No Marshaling = No Points! And / or Racing  privileges can and will be revoked!

• Yelling, hollering, whether foul and/or abusive language is used or not, toward the turn marshals will not be tolerated. Remember the turn marshals did not put your vehicle into the wall or upside down, you did!

• Drivers must qualify through heat races to receive points for Mains.   Cars must make a minimum of two laps to receive points for that nights main. Number of Mains will vary as needed to fill field.

•  Drivers must remain on Drivers Stand @ all times during a race. If your vehicle breaks, it is the duties of a Marshall to remove the vehicle from the track. Not to fix your car or to bring it to you. 

• Electric vehicle races are to be five (5) minutes long. At the end of the 5th minute, drivers will be permitted to finish current lap. Mains are to be five (5) minutes.

• FEES: Rookies $10.00 per car per day, all others: $15.00 per car per day.  If driver has a DPTx The cost is $12.00 for that vehicle 

•  Ride Height: Minimum ride height is 130mm to the top of the roof with chassis sitting on 20mm blocks. (ROAR)

•   Wing not to be higher than roof.

• Bodies:  All cars /  trucks must have a body on the vehicle when on the track.  Even during practice! All  bodies must be painted.

• Breakage during race: If damage to a vehicle is not obvious to the driver or to Race Management. When damage to a vehicle is obvious to Race Management, to include turn marshals, Driver will be asked to remove the car from track. If the driver continues to race and doesn’t remove the car no points will be awarded for that night.

•  Failure to pass tech during heat race will disqualify driver from receiving T.Q. point.

• Tech Failures: Heats and Mains: Minor: ride height.  Loss of two (2) points each offence. Major: Illegal equipment. Loss of ten (10) points.

• Rain:  A rain delay can and will be called due to a sudden rain storm, or the first sight of lightning. Lightning is a very serious threat to you. If you can see lightning it can and will strike. Remember, you are carrying around a lightning rod, put the antenna down first, then seek cover. A rain delay will not exceed one (1) hour. If the night‘s rain out happens during the heat races, The mains will be run @ 1pm sharp the following week, this will be before that week’s event. If the night‘s rain out happens once we break after the heat races the mains are set and points will be awarded by the standings in the heats.