Welcome to the final round: Finnish Open Powerboat Championship Series Event Messilä RaceWKND! 14 th -15 th of September 2018 Messilä Camping, Hollola Advance Program 1. ORGANIZERS Veneurheilijat Ry Liquid Level Promotions Ry 2. ORGANIZATION FBSA Commissioner Race WKND! Promoter Officer of the Day Deputy Officer of the Day Secretary of the Race Rescue teams Lauri Lampén Kurt Möller Milla Sohlström Sandra Roms Elina Suomi FBSA Rescue Team 3. TIME AND PLACE 14 th-1 5 th of September 2018 Messilä Camping Rantatie 5 15980 HOLLOLA www.campingmessila.fi 4. CLASSES / ENTRY FEES SJ10 80 GT15 125 GT30 125 F4 250 (2 races) Entry fees will be paid at the race office by cash or most common credit cards. 5. ENTRIES You will find entry forms on our websites www.racewknd.fi/ilmoittaudu Send your entry forms before 9 th of September 2018
Inquiries: Milla Sohlström +358 40 7051706 milla@racewknd.fi Elina Suomi +358 50 4141852 veneurheilijat@gmail.com Foreign drivers must present an original NA signed document at the race office, or NA can also send it by e-mail direct to the organizer. Competitors may send pictures for publicity and marketing purposes in advance to the organizer by email, to the address: veneurheilijat@gmail.com Jury members must present a signed NA Authorization form at the Race office upon arrival. 6. INSURANCE UIM rule 205.09. Insurance certificates for personal injury and against third party claims must be presented upon arrival of the driver, either in Finnish or in English. Foreign drivers from other EU or ETA countries must have a European Health Insurance Card, EHIC. 7. TRANSPORTATION No transportation has been organized. The organizers will not allocate any compensation regarding transportation. 8. PIT AREA AND RACE OFFICE The pit area and the race office will be open from Thursday 13 rd August, at 3 pm, until to the prize giving ceremony. Organizer will point a place to the teams. Every team is recommended to have a tent with minimum dimensions of 3x3 meters. The pit area is open for guests and visitors. Every boat must use an absorbent carpet (UIM 703) on the pit area. Every boat must have at least a 2 kg fire extinguisher placed on the left side of the tent s exit. Every team need to have fire alarm at teams tent. The Parc Ferme will be located in the pit area. Smoking, open fire and alcohol are prohibited in the pit area. After the race, everyone must clean their own space in the pit area. All team members and drivers are recommended to wear appropriate, recognizable and concordant team clothing on the whole area and in all official events from Thursday to Saturday. Every team is responsible for their guests during the event. 9. RULES The race is to be held under the rules of UIM, NA and special race regulations given by the organizer. Ages of the drivers, UIM rule 203.041 Noise reductions, UIM rule 504
SJ10: The race is to be held under the rules of UIM, regulations from NA and special race regulations given by the organizer. 10. BUOY FEE Repair fee 200 / damaged buoy. The fee must be paid before next event or after the final race/heat to the Race Office. 11. PUBLICITY ON THE BOATS The Organizer reserves the right to fix two sponsor stickers, size 10x30 cm, to all boats. The advertising of tobacco products and alcoholic beverages over 22%, is prohibited by law in Finland. 12. FUEL By UIM rule 508.02. refueling is forbidden at the launching and starting jetty. Receipt of the fuel Shell V-Power must be presented to the inspector. Fuel must be bought from: Shell Lahti Express Hennala Helsingintie 120 15700 LAHTI 13. TIME SCHEDULE See attachment 2: Preliminary Time Schedule. 14. DRIVERS BRIEFING The drivers briefings will be held nearby the pit area. The driver as well as the team manager and radio person (F4) must be present all drivers briefings. All radio personnel must be able to speak English. 15. LAUNCHING All boats will be launched in water by slipway/beach. 16. PRACTICE Practicing is allowed only at times allocated in the schedule. Only inspected and cleared boats can gain entry to the practice. A maximum of 16 boats are allowed on the race course at the same time. 17. QUALIFICATION Time trial: last 15 min of training. F4 Qualifying by the rules. 18. STARTING PROCEDURE Dead engine start from a jetty alongside the race course as per UIM rule 307. Starting positions for 1 st heat will be determined by time trial.
19. RACE COURSE, RACE The race course is in attachment 1. Maximum number of boats on the race course is 16. Three best of four heats in SJ10, GT15 and GT30will be calculated to the results. F4 GP 18 laps. Number of laps and length of race course: SJ10 6 laps 1070 m GT15 10 laps 1070 m GT30 10 laps 1500 m F4 18 laps 1500 m 20. INSPECTIONS By the rules of UIM. UIM rule 550.6.07 section 9: Can be installed. 21. PROTESTS Protest fee is 80 euros, refunded if the protest is approved. The deadline for filing a protest is 30 min after posting results. 22. PRIZE CEREMONY AND AWARDS Best three drivers will be awarded (prizes). SJ10 all drivers will be awarded. It is mandatory for all drivers be present at prize giving ceremony. Prize giving ceremony will be in the beginning of the After Race Party in Lato, Messilä Camping area. Every driver will get 1 free dinner ticket. More information will be published at Facebook group. F4: The Award ceremony will take place on friday immediately after the 1 st race. The Prize giving ceremony will be held after the 2 nd Race. The winner will be the driver who has collected the most points during the two day s event. Travel expenses will not be reimbursed. 23. ACCOMMODATION & LUNCH Every driver will get free lunch buffét tickets for racing days. Tickets for team members and quests 12. Messilä Camping www.messilacamping.fi Caravans 20 /night. Booking tel. +358(0)3 876290 or e-mail: messila@campingmessila.fi 24. MORE INFORMATION Information will be published via www.racewknd.fi
Bulletins and other information will be published via closed Facebook group: RaceWKND! drivers, teams, officials organizer s email: veneurheilijat@gmail.com Results of the race will be followed at Facebook: RaceWKND! Feel free to share feelings, photos and introductions of the team in social media. Remember to use #racewknd #messilaracewknd Facebook or Twitter etc. 25. ATTACHMENTS 1. Race Course 2. Time Schedule Welcome to Messilä RaceWKND!
Attachment 1 Race Course
Attachment 2 Messilä RaceWKND! Preliminary time schedule Thursday 15:00 Office open 15:00 Pit area open 16:00-19:00 Scrutineering 18:00 Organizing committee meeting 20:00 Pit area closed Friday 8:00 Pit area open 8:30 Office open & Scrutineering 9:00 Drivers breefing 9:45 Free practice + time trial 30 min GT30, SJ10, GT15 11:30 F4 Free practice 45 min 11:00-14:00 Lunch 13:30 Heat 1 SJ10, GT15, GT30 15:00 F4 Qualifications Q2, Q3 16:00 Heat 2 SJ10, GT15, GT30 17:00 F4 Parade Lap + GP F4 Podium ceremony 19:00 Pit area closed Saturday 8:30 Pit area open 8:30 Office open 9:00 Drivers breefing 9:45 Free practice 20 min GT30, SJ10, GT15 11:00-13:30 Lunch 11:00 F4 Free practice 45 min 13:00 Heat 3 SJ10, GT15, GT30 14:00 F4 Qualifications Q2, Q3 15:00 Heat 4 SJ10, GT15, GT30
16:00 F4 Parade lap + GP 18:30 Messilä RaceWKND! Party Prize giving ceremony