West Cumbria Motocross Club
Dean Cross, Lamplugh, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 4RH
Telephone: 01946 861312
West
Cumbria Motocross Club Dean
Cross, Lamplugh, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 4RH Telephone:
01946 861312
CLUB RULES 2011
In addition to the National Sporting Code and the Standing Regulations of the Auto-Cycle Union the following rules apply:
1. Competition licences must be shown at signing on.
2. Riding numbers must be clearly displayed on the front and sides of each machine using the appropriate background as specified in the A.C.U. Standing Regulations. In adverse weather conditions, riders must wear a bib clearly displaying their riding number, if so officially requested.
3. Machines must not be ridden outside the track, run-off and start areas. Due to planning regulations, no machine to be running before 9.30a.m. & after 6.00p.m. Any rider breaching this rule will be liable to be subject to disciplinary action by the Clerk of the Course.
4. Lap scoring appeals must be directed to the Clerk of the Course and the Lap Scorer’s decision is final.
5. Removal of track marking posts will result in disqualification.
6. Riders must provide a volunteer Marshal if so requested and failure to produce a Marshal after such a request will preclude a rider from signing-on Failure of a Marshal to report for duty will result in the relevant rider’s disqualification.
7. To score points, all riders must comply with the National Sporting Code and subject to the discretion of the Clerk of the Course on the day.
8. In the event of a tie on equal points, the following procedure will be used:
In favor of the rider gaining the greater number of highest placings.
9. In the case of both Youth and Adult competitions, points will be awarded in each race from 1st to 40th place as follows: 45, 42, 40, 38, 36, and 35 etc.
10. In case of Youth/ Adult Competitions, each race will be timed as follows:
AUTO. 6 MINUTES + 1 LAP
65CC 8 MINUTES + 1 LAP
SW85CC 10 MINUTES + 1 LAP
BW85CC 12 MINUTES + 1 LAP
OPEN 125CC 14 MINUTES + 1 LAP
‘A’ 14 MINUTES + 1 LAP
‘B’ 12 MINUTES + 1 LAP
‘C’ 10 MINUTES + 1 LAP
These times may be altered at the discretion of the Clerk of the Course.
11. An event cut short before completing one full block of races will be abandoned. Otherwise, all points from completed races count.
12. To qualify for Adult/Youth club championships, riders will not be able to drop one round. The rider must also be a fully paid member.
13. Dry powder fire extinguisher (min2kg), must be presented by each rider at scrutineering. All fire extinguishers will have a current certificate attached.
14. Bikes ridden by automatic riders must confirm to the A.C.U. ruling 10” back wheel, 12” front wheel.
15. Once a rider, or parent/guardian of a rider, has signed the signing-on-sheets there will be no refund of entry money except at the discretion of the club.
16. At all meetings, closing time for signing-on and scrutineering will be 9.45a.m. There will be no exceptions.
17. To be classed as a finisher, a rider must finish within 5 minutes of the winner crossing the finish line, complete 50% of the winners race distance rounded up to the highest number of laps and take the chequered flag.
18. No pit bikes, quads, gopeds, except if ridden by officials.
19. A pre-paid entry fee will only be forwarded to the next meeting if the club receives at least 24 hours notice that the rider will not be attending the meeting. If this notice is not given then the entry fee will not be forwarded or refunded.
An entry is only guaranteed when it has been paid in full.
21. Family Memberships apply to immediate family only.
22. If a rider wishes to ride for Centre Points Only without joining our club.
He/she must be a member of a Northern Centre Club.
If he/she is not a member of a Northern Centre Club he/she must join our club as full member.