IMR CHALLENGE SERIES 2018/2019 SEASON RULES AND DRIVER PACKAGE

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1 IMR CHALLENGE SERIES 2018/2019 SEASON RULES AND DRIVER PACKAGE

2 NEW AND NOTEWORTHY FOR 2018/2019 * A DYNO WILL BE PRESENT ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12TH BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9AM AND 6PM. IT WILL BE MANDATORY FOR ALL RACE GROUP CARS TO MAKE A RUN ON THE DYNO, NO EXCEPTIONS. PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND TRY TO BE ONSITE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. * ALL RACE GROUP AND TIME ATTACK DRIVERS/RIDERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PRESENT THEMSELVES (OR DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL), THEIR DRIVING/RIDING GEAR AND CAR/BIKE FOR A TECHNICAL AND SAFETY INSPECTION BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3PM AND 6PM ON THE FRIDAYS PRIOR TO ALL RACE WEEKENDS. PLEASE PRINT OUT THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PROVIDED AT ONLINE REGISTRATION OR WE LL PROVIDE FOR YOU ONSITE. INSPECTION WILL BE MANDATORY, NO EXCEPTIONS. CARS WILL BE WEIGHED. * ALL SPEC RACE ATOM COMPETITORS WILL BE REQUIRED TO RUN HOOSIER R7 TIRES, NO EXCEPTIONS. * ALL SPEC 86 COMPETITORS WILL BE REQUIRED TO RUN NITTO NT01 TIRES, NO EXCEPTIONS. SPEC 86 RACE WINNERS WILL BE WEIGHED AFTER EACH RACE. * ALL GTM RACE CARS THAT FALL BETWEEN 8.5 TO 1 AND 9.5 TO 1 POWER TO WEIGHT RATIO WILL BE COMPETING AS GTM-1. * ALL GTM RACE CARS THAT FALL BETWEEN 9.5 TO 1 AND 10.5 TO 1 POWER TO WEIGHT RATIO WILL BE COMPETING AS GTM-2. * ALL CLOSED WHEEL RACE CARS THAT FALL BETWEEN 7.5 TO 1 AND 8.49 TO 1 POWER TO WEIGHT RATIO WILL BE COMPETING AS GTO. * ALL CLOSED WHEEL RACE CARS THAT FALL BETWEEN 5.75 TO 1 AND 7.49 TO 1 POWER TO WEIGHT RATIO WILL BE COMPETING AS GTU. * ALL CLOSED WHEEL RACE CARS OVER 10.5 TO 1 POWER TO WEIGHT RATIO WILL BE COMPETING AS GTL. * ALL COMPETITORS MAY ADD OR REMOVE WEIGHT AS NEEDED TO COMPLY WITHIN THE RULES AND DESIRED RACE CLASS. * ALL SATURDAY CLOSED WHEEL RACES WILL BE 40 MINUTES. * FAILURE TO RUN FORWARD AND REARWARD FACING CAMERAS IN ALL RACE GROUP CARS WILL RESULT IN A WARNING FOR FIRST INFRACTIONS AND A 10 POINT PENALTY FOR THE NEXT OR FUTURE INFRACTIONS. 360 CAMERAS WILL BE ALLOWED. * 1ST THROUGH 5TH PLACE RACE CARS, OVERALL, WILL BE WEIGHED DIRECTLY AFTER EACH RACE. * WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING 2 ADDITIONAL RANDOM DYNO TESTS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE SEASON TO ENSURE THAT ALL COMPETITORS ARE PLAYING WITHIN THE RULES AND SPIRIT OF THE SERIES.

3 RACE WEEKEND FEES Member, Race Group - $235 Member, Time Attack - $185 Member, Street Car Open Lapping - $185 Non-Member, Race Group - $645 Non-Member, Time Attack - $545 Non-Member, Street Car Open Lapping - $545 * All fees include lunch and dinner on Saturdays, lunches on Sundays. If you d like dinner on Friday night please contact IMR staff to RSVP.

4 RACE WEEKEND SCHEDULE Saturday: 8:00AM - REGISTRATION AND TECH 8:45AM - DRIVER S MEETING 9:00AM - PRACTICE, RACE GROUP, CLOSED WHEEL 9:20AM - PRACTICE, RACE GROUP, OPEN WHEEL/OPEN COCKPIT 9:40AM - PRACTICE, TIME ATTACK 10:00AM - STREET CAR OPEN LAPPING 10:20AM - PRACTICE, RACE GROUP, CLOSED WHEEL 10:40AM - PRACTICE, RACE GROUP, OPEN WHEEL/OPEN COCKPIT 11:00AM - PRACTICE, TIME ATTACK 11:20AM - STREET CAR OPEN LAPPING 11:40AM - QUALIFYING, RACE GROUP, CLOSED WHEEL 12:00PM - LUNCH 1:00PM - QUALIFYING, RACE GROUP, OPEN WHEEL/OPEN COCKPIT 1:20PM - QUALIFYING, TIME ATTACK 1:40PM - STREET CAR OPEN LAPPING 2:00PM - RACE, RACE GROUP, CLOSED WHEEL (30MIN) 2:40PM - RACE, RACE GROUP, OPEN WHEEL/OPEN COCKPIT (30MIN) 3:20PM - TIME ATTACK (30MIN) 3:50PM - STREET CAR OPEN LAPPING 4:30PM - VICTORY LANE CEREMONIES Sunday: 8:45AM - DRIVER S MEETING 9:00AM - PRACTICE, RACE GROUP, CLOSED WHEEL 9:20AM - PRACTICE, RACE GROUP, OPEN WHEEL/OPEN COCKPIT 9:40AM - PRACTICE, TIME ATTACK 10:00AM - STREET CAR OPEN LAPPING 10:20AM - PRACTICE, RACE GROUP, CLOSED WHEEL 10:40AM - PRACTICE, RACE GROUP, OPEN WHEEL/OPEN COCKPIT 11:00AM - PRACTICE, TIME ATTACK 11:20AM - STREET CAR OPEN LAPPING 11:40AM - QUALIFYING, RACE GROUP, CLOSED WHEEL 12:00PM - LUNCH 1:00PM - QUALIFYING, RACE GROUP, OPEN WHEEL/OPEN COCKPIT 1:20PM - QUALIFYING, TIME ATTACK 1:40PM - STREET CAR OPEN LAPPING 2:00PM - RACE, RACE GROUP, CLOSED WHEEL (30MIN) 2:40PM - RACE, RACE GROUP, OPEN WHEEL/OPEN COCKPIT (30MIN) 3:20PM - TIME ATTACK (30MIN) 3:50PM - STREET CAR OPEN LAPPING 4:30PM - VICTORY LANE CEREMONIES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE PLAN FOR 40 MINUTE RACES ON SATURDAY MOTORCYCLE TIME ATTACK WILL GO BEFORE CAR TIME ATTACK IF THE MINIMUM OF FIVE MOTORCYCLES ARE PRESENT

5 RACE POINTS SYSTEM POSITION - POINTS 1st 25 2nd 20 3rd 16 4th 13 5th 11 6th 10 7th 9 8th 8 9th 7 10th 6 11th 5 12th 4 13th 3 14th 2 15th 1 16th 1 17th 1 18th 1 19th 1 20th 1 21st 1 22nd 1 23rd 1 24th 1 25th 1 26th 1 27th 1 28th 1 29th 1 30th 1 RACE GROUP, CLOSED WHEEL: POINTS WILL BE AWARDED PER THE POINT SYSTEM ON THE LEFT. DRIVERS COMPETING IN CLOSED WHEEL RACE CARS WILL BE COMPETING FOR CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR SPEC BRZ/ FRS, SPEC MIATA, PORSCHE 944, BMW E36, BMW E30, VINTAGE, GTO, GTM, GTL AND GTX. SHOULD ANY OTHER CLASSES MATERIALIZE THEY WILL BE ADDED TO THE PROGRAM. ADDITIONALLY, ALL CLOSED WHEEL DRIVERS WILL BE COMPETING FOR AN OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR CLOSED WHEEL RACE CARS. *GTX WILL BE AN OPEN/UNLIMITED CLASS FOR THE RACE GROUP, OPEN WHEEL/OPEN COCKPIT: POINTS WILL BE AWARDED PER THE POINT SYSTEM ON THE LEFT. DRIVERS COMPETING IN OPEN WHEEL/OPEN COCKPIT RACE CARS WILL BE COMPETING FOR CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR FORMULA MAZDA, RADICAL, CAN AM, FORMULA FORD, FORMULA LITE AND VINTAGE. SHOULD ANY OTHER OPEN WHEEL/OPEN COCKPIT CLASSES MATERIALIZE THEY WILL BE ADDED TO THE IMR CHALLENGE SERIES PROGRAM. ADDITIONALLY, ALL OPEN WHEEL/OPEN COCKPIT DRIVERS WILL BE COMPETING FOR AN OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR OPEN WHEEL/OPEN COCKPIT RACE CARS. POINT SYSTEM SPECIFICS: EVERY DRIVER WILL BE AWARDED AN ADDITIONAL FIVE POINTS FOR TAKING A GREEN FLAG. EVERY DRIVER IS ENTITLED TO DROP THEIR TWO WORST FINISHES AND/OR NO SHOWS FOR THE SEASON. A DISQUALIFICATION WILL RESULT IN ZERO POINTS FOR THE RACE. A DISQUALIFICATION CANNOT COUNT AS A WORST FINISH AND/OR NO SHOW AND EXCLUDES THE FIVE POINTS FOR TAKING A GREEN FLAG. AT THE DISCRETION OF THE RACE DIRECTOR SPEC BRZ/FRS (SPEC 86) DRIVERS MAY GET THEIR OWN SEPARATE RACE STARTS.

6 SERIES SPECIFIC RULES AND PROCEDURES THE RACES WILL ADHERE TO THE WIDELY KNOWN, ACCEPTED AND EFFECTIVE 2018 NASA CCR REGULATIONS, THE FOLLOWING RULES AND CHANGES ARE SPECIFIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE. WHITE FLAG - ONE LAP TO GO CROSSED GREEN AND WHITE FLAGS - HALF WAY RACE DISTANCE POLE SITTER - CHOOSES HIS OR HER STARTING LANE NO MECHANICAL FLAG - WE WILL USE THE BLACK FLAG FOR BOTH CONDUCT AND MECHANICAL RED FLAG - RETURN TO PIT LANE AT 10MPH A MANDATORY SET OF TWO CAMERAS ARE REQUIRED PER CAR, ONE FORWARD-FACING AND ONE REAR-FACING. A TWO POINT DEDUCTION PER RACE MAY BE ASSESSED FOR MISSING OR MALFUNCTIONING CAMERAS. THESE CAMERAS MAY BE USED IN DETERMINING AT FAULT DURING A RACING INCIDENT. MEMORY CARDS MUST BE PROVIDED BY ALL DRIVERS TO THE RACE DIRECTOR FOLLOWING A RACE WHERE AN ON TRACK INCIDENT OCCURS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE INCIDENT INVOLVES ONE OR MULTIPLE CARS. RACE PENALTIES ARE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE RACE DIRECTOR AND REVIEW BOARD AND WILL BE ENFORCED DURING AND AFTER A RACE ACCORDINGLY. IF AN ON TRACK INCIDENT OCCURS AND NEEDS FURTHER REVIEW, OFFENDED DRIVERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPILING ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION WHICH WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VIDEO, WRITTEN TESTIMONY AND EYE WITNESSES TO PRESENT TO THE IMR REVIEW BOARD. THIS EVIDENCE WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BY THE IMR REVIEW BOARD AND DETERMINING DECISIONS MADE ACCORDINGLY. THE IMR REVIEW BOARD WILL CONSIST OF A GROUP OF THREE FELLOW MEMBERS WHO HAVE ACCEPTED THIS RESPONSIBILITY. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN COMPLETE OBJECTIVITY, THEY WILL NOT BE KNOWN TO DRIVERS. GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP SHALL BE HELD TO A HIGH STANDARD AT ALL TIMES. THIS INCLUDES NO YELLING, COMPLAINING OR DEMEANING REMARKS OR ACTIONS TOWARDS FELLOW RACERS, IMR STAFF, SPECTATORS AND GUESTS. POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA MADE BY A DRIVER OR ASSOCIATE OF A DRIVER THAT REFLECT POORLY ON FELLOW DRIVERS, MEMBERS, THE IMR CHALLENGE SERIES AND THE IMR STAFF WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. OFFENSIVE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS MAY RESULT IN POINTS DEDUCTIONS, PROBATION AND/OR A DISMISSAL FROM THE. THE IS A CLUB RACING SERIES WHERE VEHICLE CONTACT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. DRIVERS MUST MAKE THEIR BEST EFFORTS TO AVOID CONTACT AT ALL TIMES. IF MORE THAN ONE ON TRACK INCIDENT OCCURS WITH ANY PARTICULAR DRIVER THEY MAY BE PLACED ON PROBATION, DISQUALIFIED AND/OR DISMISSED FROM THE SERIES.

7 STREET CAR AND TIME ATTACK TECHNICAL INSPECTION FORM *To be filled out and provided to tech inspector at Saturday tech EVENT DATE TRACK PRETECH TRACK TECH DRIVER-1 DRIVER-2 CAR MAKE MODEL YEAR CAR NUMBER INSTRUCTIONS (Read carefully): Prior to bringing your car to the track or to the HPDE tech station, inspect each item on the car as listed. Consult a tech inspector if there are any questions. Have the top of the form filled out prior to going to the tech inspector. Making sure your car is track ready is your responsibility. More information and all rules are available online at WHEELS & TIRES condition of tire all lug nuts present & tight no hubcaps or beauty rings STEERING & SUSPENSION wheel bearings-front wheel bearings-rear steering play ENGINE fluid leaks (oil, fuel, water) radiator overflow radiator hoses (condition) battery secured (no bungees) terminals covered BRAKES pedal pressure fluid level lines (condition) brake lights SAFETY EQUIPMENT roll bars in open cars seat belts or harness helmet (DOT or Snell) covered battery inside cockpit MISCELLANEOUS Gas cap secured No wires exposed Seats bolted tight HAVE READY AT TRACK: -Affix numbers on both sides of car at least 10 inches tall of a contrasting color. -No loose objects in car or trunk. Remove spare tire, jack, floor mats, dash mats, paper, etc. -A tech/group sticker placed on top center of windshield. -A Nomex suit is highly recommended. I have inspected the above vehicle and take full responsibility for its condition on the track. Driver Signature OWNER SIGNATURE: DATE I have inspected this vehicle for items above. Inspector Signature : INSPECTOR NAME # Inspectors stamp Inspector's comments (list any violations) Inspector: Please do not sign or stamp until all violations have been corrected.

8 RACE GROUP TECHNICAL INSPECTION FORM *To be filled out and provided to tech inspector at Saturday tech VEHICLE EXTERIOR DRIVER COMPARTMENT WINDOW NET Driveshaft loop Electrical cutoff switch function Expiration date less than 5 years Windshield clips Cutoff switch terminals covered Release top front down Muffler exit Ballast mounting Mounting points on cage Tow hooks, front and rear Ballast backing plates Condition of webbing Fluid hoses metal or steel braided ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE SYSTEM Clean DRIVER SEAT Control within drivers reach Coolant overflow Back brace for non-fia seats or 5 lb minimum, full Oil overflow FIA seats older than 5 years AFFF/Halon 1301/1211 No antifreeze in cooling system Back brace load spread Nozzles in driver compartment No fluid leaks FIA composite seat Nozzles in engine bay Battery secured FIA date of manufacture Backing plates on mounting bracket Battery positive terminal covered Mounting Mounting bracket bolted in Starter positive terminal covered Padding No loose wires Head restraint integral with seat FUEL TANK / CELL Condition of hoses Right side driver net Cell manufacture date No firewall holes Cell FIA FT-3 Brake fluid level/condition HARNESS Cell foam condition Engine mounts SFI 16.1 or 16.5 manufacture date Cell vent operational Operation of hood release/pins less than two years old Cell flapper valve FIA expiration date on belts Cell drain hole ROLL CAGE Mounting points Cell inspection date Cage number stamped Backing plates Mounting Main hoop 1 piece, 4 bends max Condition of webbing General condition Rear down tubes not bent Shoulder belt mounting no more Filler cap secure Door bars: 2 driver, 1 passenger than 20 degrees from horizontal Diagonal bar Lap belt mounting DRIVER GEAR AND EQUIPMENT All mandrel bends Submarine belt mounting Suit rated SFI 3.2/A1, Mounting plates HANS device mounting FIA , FIA , 360 welds on required bars Harnesses threaded three times or FIA NORME 1986/1986 Three 3/16" inspection holes 3 bar adjuster location Helmet rated SA2005, SFI 31.1A, General condition Safety clips 31.2A, 31.1/2005, FIA Padding on contact areas Shoes rated SFI/FIA, no holes Broomstick test - open cars DRIVER EMERGENCY EXIT TIME Gloves rated SFI/FIA, no holes Exit within 10 seconds starting Fire resistant underwear HAND EXTINGUISHER in as-raced condition through door Fire resistant socks Within driver's reach Exit within 15 seconds starting Fire resistant balaclava 2 lb minimum ABC, full in as-raced condition through window Head and neck restraint system Metal mounting plate/bracket rated SFI 38.1, FIA /2010 Mounting bracket bolted in Vehicle weight Season annual valid for: Inspector Signature : Inspector Name Vehicle Log Book Number Driver Signature : Signature or Shop Stamp: Date:

9 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS * ALL RACING DRIVERS AND TIME ATTACK DRIVERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PURCHASING AND/OR PROVIDING THEIR OWN AMB TRANSPONDERS. * ALL RACING DRIVERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AND WEAR A HEAD AND NECK RESTRAINT SYSTEM. * ALL RACING DRIVERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A CURRENT COMPETITION RACING LICENSE TO INCLUDE SCCA, FIA, NASA, IMSA, PBOC OR COMPETITION LICENSES.