Good Hope Windsorton 150
Saturday 1 June 2019
Program
of Events
Start
Description
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Kids Pro65
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85 Motorcycle,
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Quad
Q1& Utility Quads
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Motorcycle
OR1,OR2,OR3,Senior,Ladies,Bike
Beginner
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Documentation
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07h00 – 08h00
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07h00 – 08h00
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07h00 – 08h00
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07h00 – 08h00
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Sight Lap open
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07h30
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07h30
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07h30
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07h30
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Sight Lap close
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08h30
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08h30
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08h30
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08h30
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Riders briefing
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08h45
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08h45
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08h45
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08h45
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Line up for start
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13h00
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09h00
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13h00
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09h00
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Start
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After line up
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After line up
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After line up
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After line up
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Time bar
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15h30
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12h30
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15h30
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12h30
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There will
be a controlled start for motorcycles and quads.Competitors will line up in the
order of point standings & paid entries received.
Classes.
CLASSIFICATION AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR OFF ROAD MOTORCYCLES
4.1 OR1 Class:
Two stroke motorcycles with an engine capacity in excess of 251cc and
four stroke motorcycles with an engine capacity in excess of 401cc.
4.2 OR2 Class:
Two stroke motorcycles with an engine capacity greater than 201 cc but
not exceeding 251cc and four stroke motorcycles with an engine capacity greater
than 251 cc but not exceeding 401cc.
4.3 OR3 Class:
Two stroke motorcycles with an engine capacity not exceeding 201cc and
four stroke motorcycles with an engine capacity not exceeding 251cc.
4.5 Senior Class
Open to competitors from the year of their
40th birthday and older. Any capacity motorcycle may be
used.
4.6 Ladies
Any capacity motorcycle may be used.
4.7 Beginner class.
Competitors with limited to no experience
4.8 Juniors
( 85cc 2 stroke to 150cc 4stroke ), Competitors from any age up to age
14.
4.9 Kiddies
50cc and other motorcycles not exceeding 80cc ( your Pee Wee type off
bike).
Ouads smaller than your Blasters, your typical Chinese quad can be used.
4.10 Kiddies
65 Pro
CLASSIFICATION AND SPECIFICATION FOR OFF ROAD QUADS
4.11 Q1 Class:
Open to competitors from the year of their
14th birthday and older. Any capacity quad may be used.
4.13 Utility Quads Half Distance
Description
of event.
Full Distance: Competitors will be
required to start as many 30km laps as possible with a maximum of 5
Senior Classes: Competitors will
be required to start as many 30km laps as possible with a maximum of 4
Junior and Ladies Classes: Competitors
will be required to start as many 30km laps as possible with a maximum of 4
This excludes one optional sight
lap before the race.
NOTE: It is the rider’s
responsibility to see that he/she is back in time for the riders briefing after
the sight lap. Slower riders should start the sight lap well before closing.
Venue
Ranch Motel
The Route
Any competitor, who strays a distance more than 6m from the route, must
rejoin the route at the same place as where he/she they left the route.
Any competitor who leaves a special stage/section where the route is
enclosed by bunting/tires, or where poles with stickers are on both sides of
the road, have to rejoin the route at the same place where he/she left the
route.
Event and Status
The race will
be known as the Good Hope Windsorton 150
List
of Officials of the Meeting
4.1 Secretary
Chief Marshal
4.3 Route Director Moos
v d Westhuizen 0832939995
4.4 Time Keeper Louis v d Berg 0828043302
Medical Service Providers Emer-G-Med
Judges of the Fact.
Judges of the Fact will judge all transgressions occurring in the pits
and start finish area.
Vehicles and
equipment
Competitors are not allowed to switch vehicles during the event. Only
one competitor is allowed per vehicle per class.
Competitors must wear suitable protective clothing with a minimum of long
pants, helmet, goggles and boots which covers the ankles.
Racing Numbers
Each competitor will be given a helmet tag with a number. This will be the competitors racing number
for the event.
The helmet tag must be attached to the peak of your helmet.
All motorcycles must have their competition number clearly visible from
the front and from both sides of the vehicle.
All Quads must have their competition number clearly visible from the
front and the rear. Recommended minimum digit
Size: 170mm x 80mm per digit. The competitors’ race and completion number
need not be the same.
Racing etiquette
& Safety
NEVER go backward on the course or stop on the course. If you think you are not on the route, stop a
safe distance next to the road and slowly make your way back a safe distance
from the road.
You must come to a complete stop at all marshal points and road
crossings. No overtaking is allowed
between a marshal board and a marshal point, or between a road crossing board
and a road crossing.
It is the competitor’s responsibility to give marshals enough time to
mark his/her vehicle or helmet.
Entries
Entries open immediately.
Entries close 31 May 2019 @ 13:00
Entries not accompanied by the relevant fees will not be accepted.
Entry Fees: See entry form..
Entries to be done online @racecontrol.co.za
Bank Account details for direct deposit of entry fees
(Bank statement description: “your surname, your name, your race number“:
Account Name: NG
Kerk Diamantveld Account Type: Cheque , Account No: 0940580072,
Absa, Branch Code: 632005 “. Please email proof of payment to leeuwpoort1@gmail.com Fax 053 842 1184
Late entries made in person at the event will be accepted. R100.00
No refunds will be
given.
Race headquarters and
official notice board.
Race Headquarters/Control will be behind Timekeeping.
The official Notice Board will be at the race headquarters.
All official notices, including changes to the rules and regs as well as
the results will be posted on the official notice board.
Documentation
All competitors will be required to undergo documentation at race
headquarters, at the time indicated on the program.
Refuel, refueling and designated service points.
The refuel and service
point will be close to the start line and documentation.
Competitors may only
receive help from officials of the race and racing competitors on the
route. At the designated service point
competitors may receive help from their service
Competitors who have
finished or who have retired may not render assistance to other competitors on
the route.
While refueling
competitors must dismount from their vehicle and switch the engine off.
Only officials and
competitors actively competing are allowed on the course during the event. No
support crews or spectators.
Competitors must only
use 1st gear with low throttle in the pit lane. The penalty is a minimum of 1 minute per
transgression.
No passing is allowed
in the pit lane, except when passing stationary competitor.
Finish and route
check/control.
The finish of the event will take the form of a timed control. The competitors in each class with the least
total time on the maximum number of laps will be declared the winners of the class.
After completing the race competitors are not allowed to leave the
timing point with their racing vehicle, until the control point markings have
been checked.
Retirement.
Should a competitor retire from the event he is to immediately notify
the nearest marshal / official of the fact in writing. Competitors who have retired from the event
must proceed to Race headquarters as
soon as possible and hand in their completed
incident report from.
Failure to comply with this may result in the competitor’s entry being refused
by the organizers for future events, and/or the competitor may be excluded from
the results, and a points penalty given..
If a competitor is missing please notify the chief marshal, and include
the competitor’s race number and vehicle description.
Incident Report Forms
Incident report
forms: All competitors will be issued with an Incident Report
From at documentation. Your completed
incident report form must be handed in at race headquarters, within 30 min
after completing the event or retiring from the event.
Any incidents involving any person or property must be recorded on this
from. Should a competitor fail to report
any incident involving damage to any person or property on this form, the
competitor’s entry may be refused by the organizers for future events.
If a
competitor fails to hand in his/her incident report form within the allotted
time, he/she may be excluded from the results or classified as a non finisher.
When
handing in your incident report form you will be provided with a lucky draw
ticket for the prize giving. This ticket
is also proof on handing in your incident report form. You may be asked to show this ticket in case
of a dispute on whether you handed in your incident report form.
A list of
competitors who have handed in their incident report forms will be posted with
the results. If you have handed in your
incident report form but is not on list, please lodge a query with race control
immediately.
Queries/Complaints.
Queries/complaints must be handed on a Query/Complaint
Form, which is available at race headquarters.
Queries/complaints regarding incidents during
the race must be handed in within 20 minutes of finishing or withdrawing from
the event.
Query for errors with timekeeping must be
handed in within 15 minutes after provisional results are posted.
A query/complaint can be lodged by any competitor,
or member of his support crew.
The person who lodge the Query must have
witnessed the event personally, or include a signed report by the witness. You must include the witness’ full names, ID
Number and contact number. This report
must describe the incident in detail.
The witness must be available to answer any questions the organizers may
have. No queries, complaints or
testimony will be accepted from anyone who is found to have consumed alcohol
during the day.
You must be reachable on the cell no. you
provided and available to offer testimony in person, from the time you handed
in the Query until the prize giving.
A Query/complaint can be lodged against any
competitor who transgressed any of the rules and regulations of the event. A Query/complaint can also be lodged against
any competitor if any member of his support crew transgressed any of the rules
and regulations of the event.
A Query/complaint can also be lodged if a
competitor feels there was an error with the timekeeping.
Riders who
wish to receive time back for helping a injured competitor must include all
details clearly on the form, with a minimum of the name and race number of the
rider who was helped, description of the injured riders vehicle and the vehicle
no, the time and locations of the incident, the time spend, the lap on which
the incident occurred and a description of what took place. NOTE: Time may only be given back if an
INJURED competitor was helped. A comparison
of all laps will be made when determining how much time will be given back if
any.
If in extreme cases corrections are made after
prize giving, it will only affect final results and points but not trophies
handed out at the prize giving.
COMPETITOR CONDUCT
Injuries. In the event of
anyone being injured, competitors are obliged to stop and render whatever
assistance may be needed. In the case of
serious injury do not move
the injured competitor unless he is in a dangerous position. THE
NEXT MARSHAL MUST BE INFORMED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO SUMMON
ASSISTANCE, PLEASE GIVE THE MARSHAL THE INJURED COMPETITORS NAME AND
COMPETITION NUMBER AND APPROXIMATE LOCATION.
WHEN AN AMBULANCE IS ENCOUNTERED ON ROUTE IT HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY ALL
THE TIME.
The Organisers have been afforded the
privilege of staging this event through populated, cultivated and remote areas
Please exercise caution through these areas
and where livestock is concerned. Competitors are required to act responsible
so that the event can take place in the future.
The route may traverse cultivated and grazing
land (veldt), when it does; competitors are to stay on the route and away from
vegetation. Competitors not found doing
so may be excluded from the event.
In many places the route may be narrow and
dust or mud may be a problem. You should therefore, afford any competitor
who has caught up with you every opportunity to overtake. Competitor’s observed by officials of the
race, who do not give faster competitors an opportunity to overtake, may be
penalized.
Competitors may be penalized if he/she (or
someone else on their vehicle) is caught speeding in the pit area, on access
roads or anywhere at the venue, even if the transgression does not take place
while the competitor is racing.
Competitors
are responsible for their own behaviour and that of family, friends, pit crew
or anyone riding their vehicle.
Break downs.
The organizers will do their best to retrieve
or assist pit crews to retrieve vehicles which have broken down on the course.
Vehicles and their riders will be retrieved as soon as possible, but due to the
number of break downs this can take some time.
On certain places on the route it is only possible to retrieve vehicles
after the last time bar.
The organizers take no responsibility to any
damage to a vehicle retrieved by the marshals or sweepers.
The pit crew of a competitor may retrieve him
or his vehicle while the race is in progress, if the competitor can make his
way to a road outside of the racing area.
Under no circumstances may anyone but an official cross the course or
venture onto the course to retrieve competitors or their vehicles while racing
is in progress.
Pit crews may follow the sweepers after the
event to pick up stranded competitors or vehicles themselves.
Competitors are requested to be considerate
to the landowners when retrieving stranded racing vehicles from the route after
the event, and to ensure that damage to cultivated and grazing lands is avoided
when retrieving their vehicles.
TIME BAR: Time Bar may be adjusted during the race,
according to the average time it takes to complete a lap.
RESULTS
Provisional results will be posted within 60
min after the class’ time bar has been reached. Results will become final if no protest is
received within 15min after results have been posted. It is the competitor’s
responsibility to monitor when results are posted.
Should there be an unreasonable delay in
announcing the results it may be postponed.
PRIZE
GIVING
The Official Prize Giving starts after racing
have been completed. Trophies will be
handed out within 45 min after the last results have become final. If required by circumstances the prize giving
may be delayed. The prize giving will be
at the venue.
Winners
must be present at the prize giving to claim their prizes and/or trophies. Competitors who wish to have a 3rd
party pick up their trophy during the prize giving or wish that their trophies
be couriered within one week after the event, must hand in a written request
together with a penalty payment of R100 to the secretary of the meeting before
results become final. Injured
competitors should send a written request for their trophy together with a
medical certificate on the Monday after the event.
Lucky draws MUST be claimed immediately in person.
Food, meals and a cash bar will be at the
venue and at the Prize Giving.
Accommodation:
RIGHTS OF
THE CLERK OF THE COURSE, PROMOTERS AND ORGANISERS
Alter
the departure times, the route and time bars if forced to do so through weather
conditions, or for any other reasons.
Alter
the starting and scoring methods, if it is found necessary to do so.
Postpone, abandon or cancel the event for any
reasons.
Refuse any entry.
SERVICE
CREWS/OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE
a) Service crews and/or service vehicles are not permitted on the
racing route. They may be present at DSP’s but may not render assistance in any
form whatsoever, except at these points.
b) Service crews may not establish “spares depots”, or leave
spares, tyres, fuel, lubricants etc. at any point other than the DSP’s, whether
on the racing route or accessible from the racing route. Furthermore so called
ghost riders as entered by teams having riders enter races carrying an abnormal
amount of spares to assist other team riders will not be allowed under any
circumstances. The decision by the Clerk of the Course will decide what a
reasonable amount of spares is to be carried by a competitor, but should only
be sufficient for his own use, such as spare cables, fuses etc.
c) Outside assistance may be given by:
i)
An official of the event. If a competitor is assisted by an official as listed
in the
Assistance by an official is limited to helping around or over
obstacles etc which assistance must be offered to all competitors. However,
this precludes the providing of spares or parts for a motorcycle or quad or the
towing of a motorcycle or quad by an official.
ii) By another competitor who is still actively racing and
eligible to be classified as a finisher.
iii) Competitors who have retired or crossed the finishing line
may not render assistance.
iv) Outside assistance from any other source is prohibited.
v)
No assistance by service crews will be allowed at re-fuel points which are not
DSP’s.