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Event Officials

The Race Director is responsible for overall conduct and safety of the race and practice/qualifying. A Driver/Navigator’s access to the course is at the sole discretion of the Race Director.  The Race Director will supervise all aspects of the Grid, including communications, emergency personnel, airplane monitors and course control officials. The Race Director may appoint additional personnel to help officiate at the event at his discretion.

Timing

Electronic Timing with manual backup will be used.  If the electronic system fails the manual backup will be considered official. Entrants will be timed from a standing start.

Technical Speed Threshold (Tech Speed)

Tech Speed is the top speed allowed for your vehicle as determined by the standards of the Division requirements and authorization of the Race Director. The Race Director has full discretion with regards to a competitors’ Tech Speed.

Exceeding your Tech Speed will be cause for disqualification or penalty except as noted in
“Speed Trap Rules and Procedures.” (See: Disqualification)

1. The tech speed will be affixed to the tech sticker on your vehicle’s windshield.
    
2. Race officials will take numerous speed readings at irregular intervals along the course.

Speed Trap Rules and Procedures

At all events, a speed trap section of approximately 5 miles will be established and posted. This section is where racers will be clocked to obtain top speeds for speed certificates, and where candidates for the 200 mph Club must achieve their speed to qualify. There will be 2 opportunities to transit the speed trap. At the Bonneville 100, there will be one speed trap. It will be transited in both directions by racers during the event. At the Pony Express 130, there will be two separate 5-mile speed traps, and they will both be transited on the southbound leg.

The beginning and end of the Speed Trap sections will be marked by a large orange “T” sign on the side of the road. The actual speed trap timing equipment will be located as near to the center of the speed trap as the local terrain may permit.

Except as explained in the paragraphs below, no participant may exceed his tech speed in the speed trap(s). Participants desiring to record the fastest possible trap speed under their Tech speed must use extreme care not to exceed their tech speed by even a fraction of a mph or risk disqualification. 

Cars in SS2 (and SS1 cars that meet Tech Requirements for SS2 AND have teched accordingly, see below) are permitted unlimited speed in the speed trap, but must be at or below their tech speed by the time they reach the last "T" sign designating the end of the posted speed trap.

Certain participants with the required experience and qualifications, and with a car that meets the Tech requirements, will be allowed to “Tech Up” to the tech speed of the NEXT HIGHER DIVISION (or SS2 in the case of SS1) while between the “T” signs of the speed trap(s). The following criteria must be met in order to be allowed to “Tech Up”: