Reg queries

[Scooterman]

I'm sure I should read up on the regs etc, but I'm easily confused......

Thanks to a combination of a seized shock, loose wheel bearing and a lack of talent ( but no shortage of excuses), I went off at Brands with two laps to complete. I had lapped John Widdowson in the Hollis Economy car, therefore I completed the same number of laps as him. I was not classified, he was.

In F1 you don't have to finish to be classified. In sprint racing, I'm assuming you have to take the chequered flag and be within a certain percentage of the winning cars completed laps? (To be classified as a finisher)

Also, Re: Oulton. Some cars that entered the pit lane for repairs, after the red flag, were allowed to return to their original grid slots. Is this because of the race being red flagged before a single lap was completed?

[Nick clarke]

One for Trevor :)

[Trevor Williams]

Q17.3. Unless the SRs or the Championship Regulations
state otherwise, to be classified as a finisher:
(a) If a race is under 50 miles long, only cars which
have covered at least 80% of the distance covered
by the class winner and which cross the finishing
line under their own power within four minutes of
the overall winner will be classified.

Q5.4. Any race can be stopped at the sole discretion of
the Clerk of the Course by waving the Red flag at the
Start/Finish line. Competitors will be warned that the
race has been stopped by the simultaneous waving of
the Red flag at all Flag Marshalling Posts.
Q5.4.1. Any race stopped before the leader has
completed two laps will be declared a "No Contest"
and available cars will restart from their original grid
positions.
Q5.4.2. Any race stopped after the leader has completed
more than two laps but less than 75% of its duration
will be considered as the first part of a two part race.
Cars will be restarted from a grid set out in the finishing
order, which shall be based upon the order of crossing
the finish line at one lap less than at the time of first
showing the Red Flag. Only cars which are under their
own power at the showing of the Red Flag will be
classified. The result will be the order of finishing at the
end of the restarted race, unless Championship
Regulations specify otherwise.
The result will list all competitors who took the start in
the race even if they did not take part in the restarted
race and will use the first part for purposes of
establishing lap records and point scoring where
applicable. Any issues for any class in a Championship
will be determined from the initial grid not the grid for
the restarted race.
Q5.4.3. Any race stopped after the leader has completed
75% of its duration may be considered to have finished,
unless the Clerk of the Course, in consultation with the
Stewards of the Meeting, deems it appropriate to
restart the race. If not restarted the result will be based
on the order of crossing the finish line at one lap less
than at the time of the first showing of the Red Flag.
Only cars which are under their own power at the
showing of the Red Flag will be classified. If run as a
two part race 5.4.2 will apply.
Q5.5. In the interval between stopping and restarting the
race cars may return to the pit area for repairs. They
may join from the pit road after all the other cars have
started. Non-runners at the time of stopping can restart
from the pit lane behind those referred to above. No
work may be carried out on the grid unless on grounds
of safety and with the approval of the scrutineer. The
Clerk of the Course may order that the duration of the
second part or re-run of any race shall be of a shorter
distance than originally scheduled, or may be
abandoned altogether.

I normally let the egg timers sort it out and tell me what the result is....

[Scooterman]

Thank you Trevor.