2015 COTA Supplementary Regulations

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1 Rules and Regulations: MotoAmerica Superbike Championship of Texas Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas April 8 th -12 th, 2015 At all times, all credential holders are subject to MotoAmerica and AMA regulations including, Technical Regulations, Sporting Regulations, all competitor bulletin and the 2015 MotoAmerica Teams handbook. It is the entrant s responsibility to ensure all crew, riders, and guests comply with these regulations located here: Event and Circuit Information April 9-12-, 2015, MotoAmerica Superbike Championship of Texas, round 1 of the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship; featuring Superbike, Superstock 1000 and Supersport competitors. CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS CONTACTS: Opal Scott Catering Sales Opal.Scott@circuitoftheamericas.com Office: Jeanie Caulfield Motorsport Event Operations Jeanie.Caulfield@circuitoftheamericas.com Office: Alicia Prilipp Team Logistics/Sales Alicia.Prilipp@circuitoftheamericas.com Office: David Cook Shipping/Receiving David.Cook@circuitoftheamericas.com Office: Eric Paradis Director of Automotive Partnerships Eric.Paradis@circuitoftheamericas.com Office: David Pace Director of Facilities David.Pace@circuitoftheamericas.com Office: Fred Gardy Director of Guest Operations Fred.Gardy@circuitoftheramericas.com Office: Brandi Marek - Sales (Tickets) Brandi.Marek@circuitoftheamericas.com Office: MEDIA CREDENTIALS (MotoAmerica Media Credentials will NOT be recognized) All Requests must be in writing. Submit on letterhead to: Jarin Wadiwalla PR Coordinator Jarin.Wadiwalla@circuitoftheamericas.com Office:

2 SHIPMENTS: Teams that have shipments sent to the race facility should make sure that the packages are clearly marked with the event name, team name, individual name, cell phone number and addressed to: *Please pickup shipments at Building Y outside Tunnel 1 on the top of the hill. Circuit of the Americas Event Name Team Name Individual Name and Cell Phone Number 9201 Circuit of the Americas Blvd Del Valle, TX Course Information: Course length is miles, pole position on the rider s right. Superbike/Superstock 1000 races will be 15 (51 miles) laps in length, and Supersport race will be 12 (41 miles) laps in length. Tire stickers must be affixed to the rider s left Timing Map:

3 Facility Map: Registration, Licenses and Credentials: All credential holders must be members of the American Motorcyclist Association and hold a valid 2015 MotoAmerica credential. The credential must be displayed with the issued lanyard to be valid. Entries and rider licences will not be processed at the track. Riders must have submitted their entry and license prior to the registration deadline. Season and Single event credentials may be submitted at the track, but will be subject to a $25 fee. To avoid this fee, follow the instructions in Competitor Bulletin and add crew members to your rider s entry and upload a photo of crew members head and shoulders on a light background. Registration will begin at 0700 on Thursday April 9 th at the ticketing building in lot A. Credential pick up for pre entry credentials ONLY will be available in the paddock at the MotoAmerica transporter beginning at 1400 on Wednesday April 8 th.

4 Paddock Regulations: Move in is at 1400 on April 8 th, 2015 for Season entrants. Single event move in is at Vehicles may stage beginning at 0600 on COTA BLVD, but must enter from Kellam Road at the Elroy road entrance, credentials are not required on Wednesday for move in. Vehicles not essential to support or hospitality will not be permitted to remain in the paddock area. Vehicles may enter paddock on Wednesday for immediate drop off of supplies, and before 7 am and after 7pm to 8pm on Thursday- Sunday. No garages are available at Circuit of the Americas. Supersport competitors wishing to leave the paddock on Saturday may do so only after 7pm until 8pm. All teams must supply water barrels or concrete to tie down awnings and structures, no stakes may be used to tie down structures. Teams will be liable to damage to the paddock from stakes or structures tied down inappropriately. The water truck will pass through the paddock area on Wednesday April 8 th at 1600 to accommodate filling of water barrels or jugs. The paddock space is very limited and it is likely you may be asked to disconnect your hauler. Single Event competitors may be limited to a 20X20 space per rider. Truck Washing: Hill Country Pressure Washing Joel Armistead hillcountrypw@yahoo.com Disposal and Recycling: COTA shall erect, at various locations in the paddocks, a number of collection facilities for used fluids and waste materials. LOOK FOR LARGE YELLOW SEA CONTAINERS! Participants are required to make use of these for all waste materials. All spills must be treated immediately and COTA management must be advised of all spills. Golf Carts and scooters: Golf Carts may only be used on setting up of team s day and tear down. Golf carts may not be used at any other time. Scooters are for use by riders in the paddock only, and must display a 2015 COTA MotoAmerica Scooter pass. The pass may be purchased at registration for $50. Scooters must be parked within the teams paddock footprint or at the designated parking area to the right of the pit in gate. Refer to the Teams Handbook for scooter restrictions. Parking for Personal Vehicles: Parking for personal vehicles is severely limited, parking passes will be issued at registration or credential pick up and released to the Entrant only. Carpooling is strongly recommended. Participant parking will be located at lot A. Transponders: The Team acknowledges and agrees to purchase a transponder, exclusively of the model/type indicated by MOTOAMERICA, to be used for the Automatic Time Keeping during the entire Championship season. The MOTOAMERICA Official Timing is already equipped with the last X2 technology, they are able so to detect both old (TranX) and new (X2) transponders. Contact Kelly Chase Kelly.Chase@mylaps.com or call ext 3302 to purchase.

5 The allowed Mylaps ( transponders for 2015 season will be the following: TranX series (old) Mylaps TranX Pro transponder with 12 volt connection (10R037) Mylaps TranX Pro transponder (10R036) Mylaps TranX 260 transponder (10R027CB) Mylaps TranX 260 direct power transponder (10R018CB) X2 series (new) Mylaps X2 Pro (10R201) My Laps X2 Pro Plus Transponder, including battery back up (10R200) Schedule of Events: Wednesday April 8 14:00 Move in- Premier and Season Competitors 16:00 Move in- Single Event Competitors Thursday April 9 08:00-16:00 Technical Inspection 08:00-12:00 Registration Open 12:00 Mandatory Riders Briefing 13:00-13:45 45min Superbike/Superstock 1000 Practice 1 14:00-14:45 45min Supersport Practice 1 Friday April 10 07:00-16:30 Technical Inspection Open 08:30 Track inspection 09:00-9:40 40min Moto3 Free Practice 1 09:55-10:40 45min MotoGP Free Practice 1 10:55-11:40 45min Moto2 Free Practice 1 11:55-12:25 30min Superbike/Superstock 1000 Qualifying 13:10-13:50 40min Moto3 Free Practice 2 14:05-14:50 45min MotoGP Free Practice 2 15:05-15:50 45min Moto2 Free Practice 2 16:05-16:45 40min Supersport Qualifying 17:00-17:25 25min Superbike/Superstock 1000 Top 12 Qualifying Shootout

6 Saturday April 11 07:00-15:30 Technical Inspection Open 07:00 Track inspection 07:50-08:10 20min SuperSport Warm-up 09:00-09:40 40min Moto3 Free Practice 3 09:55-10:40 45min MotoGP Free Practice 3 10:55-11:40 45 min Moto2 Free Practice 3 11:55-12:15 20min Superbike/Superstock 1000 Warm-up 12:45-13:45 60min Dunlop Autograph Session 12:35-13:15 40min Moto3 Qualifying 13:30-14:00 30min MotoGP Free Practice 4 14:10-14:25 15min MotoGP Qualifying 1 14:35-14:50 15min MotoGP Qualifying 2 15:05-15:50 45min Moto2 Qualifying 16:15 Supersport Race (12 laps) 17:00 Superbike/Superstock 1000 Race 1 (15 laps) Sunday April 12 07:50-08:10 20min Superbike/Superstock 1000 Warm-up 08:40-09:00 20min Moto3 Warm-up 09:10-09:30 20min Moto2 Warm-up 09:40-10:00 20min MotoGP Warm-up 11:00 Moto3 Race 12:20 Moto2 Race 14:00 MotoGP Race 15:30 Superbike/Superstock 1000 Race 2 (15 laps) Tech Inspection Times: To reduce wait time and provide efficient technical inspection for all motorcycles, MotoAmerica will have times for each class to proceed through technical inspection. Tech for COTA will be at the tent in front of the MotoAmerica transporter in the main paddock. Initial technical inspection for all classes is on Thursday April 9th. Superbike: Superstock 1000: Supersport: Track Familiarization: Track familiarization will be from on April 9 th. Riders may use scooters with current 2015 MotoAmerica scooter pass, or bicycles.

7 Dunlop Autograph Signing: All premier teams must participate in the Dunlop Autograph Signing on Saturday April 11 th from 12:45 to 1:45 in the MotoAmerica paddock. All other teams are encouraged to participate. Participating teams should provide tables and chairs for their riders in front of their paddock footprint, and provide at least 100 posters per rider to be signed. Riders must be available for that entire period. Hot Pit Assignments: No permanent structures will be allowed to be assembled on hot pit. MotoAmerica will provide a tent by the Medical center for storing of hot pit equipment between sessions. Hot pit assignments will be made by MotoAmerica with Premier and Season entrants pitted closest to turn 1, further assignments will be based on points for the season. Teams must remove all structures within 10 minutes of the end of each session. One serviceable fire extinguisher per rider must be available. Sunoco RMR Fuel: Sunoco RMR is the spec fuel for all MotoAmerica competition. Fuel must be stored in original metal containers, it may be transferred to the bike using plastic containers. Teams may pre order fuel by contacting It is highly recommended that you pre order to ensure availability. Fuel will be available next to the MotoAmerica transporter on Wednesday April 8th from Refuelling must take place outside of an enclosed area, with the engine off, motorcycle on stands, rider dismounted, all electrical appliances on or around the motorcycle switched off, and with a trained crew member holding a fire extinguisher at the ready. Radio Frequency: The MotoAmerica race control radio channel for COTA event only is MHz (12.5 KHz, CSQ Squelch, Receive only) Teams must have one crew member monitor this listen only channel during all on track events. Each team must possess a radio or scanner, and must bring an example to tech inspection before on track activity begins. Timing and Scoring Screens: MotoAmerica is providing a wireless intranet for competitors to access timing and scoring screens. Do not distribute the log in information to fans or guests as increased users may cause the system to slow or stop functioning. Please use the following settings to access WIFI and go to url: li.ve using chrome, firefox, or safari. This network will be available at the hot pit area. Additionally timing screens will be available on the hot pit wall using coaxial cable connection. Teams must provide their own hardware to connect to the timing and scoring feed over coax Network Name: MotoAmerica Hot Pits Password: race@cota

8 Pit Lane Speed Limit: A speed limit of 60 km/h (approximately 37 mph) will be enforced in the pit lane at all times during the event. Riders must respect the speed limit from where the sign 60 km/h is placed up to where the sign 60 Km/h crossed out is placed. Any rider found to have exceeded the limit during the practice will be subject to a fine of 150 USD. Any rider who exceeds the pit lane speed limit during a race will be penalized with a ride through. As pit speed is monitored by loops embedded in the track surface no display of speed will be available.