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2007
Endurance Karting Team Championship Rules
The Endurance Karting
Team Championship will be awarded to the teams with the most points
collected from their top four finishes in the 2007 season.
1.
Team: A team is defined as having the same manager/entrant and
team name in competition.
2.
Earning Points: Points will be awarded to each team according
to team name based on their finishing order in their designated class in
each event.
3.
Classes: Teams will compete simultaneously in one of four
racing classes. Normal classification is as follows:
o
GTS
(Super Rookie) - This is the first racing experience ever for each member of
the team. Points achieved under this one time only class will be applied
toward GT1 standing, which the team would race under beginning their second
race.
o
GT1
(Rookie) - Driving team members possess less than one year's racing
experience. One exception allowed per a 3+ man team.
o
GTBB
(Big Boy) - Driving team's total weight must average 190 lbs per driver or
more.
o
GT40
(40+ Years Old) - Driving team's average age must be 40 or older and less
than 2 year of racing experience.
o
GT40
Pro -
Driving team's average
age must be 40 or older and less than 2 year of racing experience.
o
GTPro
(Pro) - Experienced driving teams not classifiable elsewhere.
o Lightweight (GTLT) - Average weight of drivers is 150 lbs or less without gear.
4.
Declaring Class. Teams will be required to declare their
competition class no later than the beginning of the Qualifying session or
Endurance Karting officials will determine the classification. Endurance
Karting reserves the right to reassign teams that demonstrate inappropriate
classification in the course of the event. No reclassification will be
conducted after the close of the racing event.
5.
Transferring Points and competing in more than one class. Points cannot be transferred from class
to class.
6.
Fastest lap Bonuses. A Fastest lap Bonus of 5 points will be
awarded for the fastest lap in their competition class. Awards will drop by
one point for each position further back within the selected class.
7.
Race Length And Point Award: In races of 4-hour length or
less, each class-winning team will be awarded 28 points and the point award
will drop by one point for each position further back within the selected
class that the team finishes. For example, the 4th place finishing team in
GTP will receive 25 points even though they may have finished 20th overall.
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1.5 - 4 Hr |
6 Hour |
8 Hour |
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1st |
28 |
42.0 |
56 |
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2nd |
27 |
40.5 |
54 |
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3rd |
26 |
39.0 |
52 |
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4th |
25 |
37.5 |
50 |
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5th |
24 |
36.0 |
48 |
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6th |
23 |
34.5 |
46 |
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7th |
22 |
33.0 |
44 |
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8th |
21 |
31.5 |
42 |
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9th |
20 |
28.5 |
40 |
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10th |
19 |
27.0 |
38 |
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and
so on |
8.
In 6-hour races, the point award will be multiplied by a
factor of 1.5. I.E: The same 4th-place finishing team will receive 38.5
points.
9.
In 8-hour races, the point award will be multiplied by a
factor of 2. I.E: The same 4th-place finishing team will receive 50 points.
10.
Season. The winning team will be that which tallies the most
points, of their best 4 finishes, in their class by the final race of the season.
11.
Trophies. Each winning team will be awarded up to six awards
commemorating their championship.
12.
Adjustment. Endurance Karting reserves the right to rescind
points awarded in error or by subterfuge and/or assess point penalties based
on those, or other actions and recalculate any point totals and point
standings based on that process at any time.
13.
The Gavel. The decision of Endurance Karting officials is
final.
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