Registration
Registration is held from 5:00-6:00 on Friday night—if you come
late to registration and do not call to alert anyone you will be late
then your driver will start at the back of the lowest heat race.
Transponder rules
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Each handler is responsible for ensuring that a working,
charged transponder is properly secured to the car with a
club-approved bracket when the car enters the track for any
racing or timing event where transponders are required.
Qualifying: Scenario/Action for personally
owned transponders
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Scenario: A car goes out to qualify without a transponder
secured to the car.
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Scenario: A car goes out to qualify with a secured transponder
that is not charged.
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Action: Driver will receive a No Time (NT) due to handler
negligence/error.
Qualifying: Scenario/Action for rental
transponders
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Scenario: A car goes out to qualify without a transponder
secured to the car.
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Action: Driver will receive a No Time (NT) due to handler
negligence/error.
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Scenario: A car goes out to qualify with a secured
transponder that is not charged.
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Action: The driver will be directed to come off the track and
replace the transponder with a charged replacement rental
transponder (and the pit steward will report the
transponder number to the tower to enter it into the
scoring system). The driver may then resume qualifying.
Racing: Scenario/Action for personally owned
transponders
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Scenario: A car goes out to race without a transponder
secured to car.
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Action: Car must return to the Hot Chute and have
transponder secured to the car. If the car does not make
the commitment line before the 1-minute clock expires,
then they will start at the rear.
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Scenario: A car goes out to race with a secured transponder
that is not charged, or working properly.
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Action: The driver will be directed to come off the track and
replace the transponder with a charged replacement rental
transponder (rental fees apply). If the car does not make
the commitment line before the 1-minute clock expires,
then they will start at the rear.
Racing: Scenario/Action for rental
transponders
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Scenario: A car goes out to race without a transponder
secured to car.
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Action: Car must return to the Hot Chute and have
transponder secured to the the car does not make the
commitment line before the 1- minute clock expires, then
they will start at the rear.
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Scenario: A car goes out to race with a secured transponder
that is not charged, or working properly.
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Action: The driver will be directed to come off the track and
replace the transponder with a charged replacement rental
transponder. They will return to the track and retain their
original starting position.
Racing: Scenario/Action for all transponders
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Scenario: Transponder falls off car during race
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Action: Caution will be thrown and the car will be charged
with a DOT.
Raceivers Policy
NSQMRA will be using Raceivers for all events and classes. You
must purchase your own Raceiver and ear buds. The race
director will test the working condition and function of the
Raceivers. You must have a properly working Raceiver to race.
Time limits
There will be a 10-minute time limit on all races. If we are
running late the race director can change the amount of laps
run in the heats or mains so long as he announces it to the
handlers before the heats or mains begin. Race Director may
change the time limit due to weather or time restraints, at his
discretion.
There will be a one-minute time limit on warm up laps. Drivers
will be allowed to come in the pits during the 1 minute warm up
without losing their starting position. If the driver does not
make the commitment line before the 1- minute clock expires,
then they will start at the rear.
Laps
*****Amount of laps ran will be as follows:
Novice – 15-lap heat and 20 lap mains:
Jr. Honda/Animal – 25 lap heat races, 25 lap lower mains and 30
lap A Main
All other divisions – 25 lap heat races; 25 lap lower mains and
30 A Main
If there are 2 heats, the top 3 cars will go to the A Main and the
next 3 to the B Main and so on. This will allow 4 cars to transfer
up from the lower mains, with the exception of Jr. Classes, which
will only transfer 2. If there are 3 heats the top 2 cars will go to
the main and the next to the B Main and so on. This will allow
again 4 cars to transfer up from the lower mains, with the
exception of Jr. Classes, which will still only transfer 2.
If there is more than one heat for Jr. or Sr. Novice, then the
drivers who raced in heat one will race the same drivers in Main
1 and the drivers who raced in heat 2 will run in Main 2. We do
not transfer cars since Novice is a learning no competitive class.
Time Clock
The time clock will be started at the initial Green Flag start. The
Time clock will be stopped under Red Flag conditions.
If the time limit expires under Green Flag
conditions:
a. The race will end at the next flag, either Checkered Flag or
Yellow Flag due to a caution.
b. If the Yellow Flag if displayed due to a caution, the cars will
be lined up based on QMA scoringorder. (Cars that received a
DOT or a Judge’s Call will be placed in their appropriate
position.)
c. Once the cars are in the correct order, the Checkered Flag will
be displayed and the race is officially over.
If the time limit expires under a Yellow Flag
condition:
a. The race will be restarted.
b. The race will end at the next flag, either Checkered Flag or
Yellow Flag due to a caution.
c. If the Yellow Flag if displayed due to a caution, the cars will be
lined up based on QMA scoring order. (Cars that received a
DOT or a Judge’s Call will be placed in their appropriate
position.)
d. Once the cars are in the correct order, the Checkered Flag will
be displayed and the race is officially over.
Scale Procedure
You will have 3 attempts to weigh your driver and car after the
race. The driver must remain seated in the car. You must NOT
leave the scale area. If the correct weight is not made, take the
car and driver off the scales and zero out the scales, reweigh
and if correct weight is not made, isolate car and driver off to
the side with club official (no food or drinks while waiting) and
weigh again after the rest of the class has weighed. Only 3
attempts will be given and if weight is still light the driver will
receive a DQ for that race.
Track Fuel
All classes will run 89 octane. Fuel needs to be purchased from
the gas station across the street from Little New Smyrna. If your
fuel does not test correctly, your driver can be DQ’d from the
race.
Rain / Cancellation Policy
Every attempt will be made to race. Any decisions to cancel the
race will be made by the race director.
In the event that racing begins and all heat races have not been
completed due to a weather cancellation NSQMRA will try to
make up the race according to the schedule, and you will keep
your original starting positions from the pill draw. Any new
racers added at the makeup date will start at the rear.
If all heat races have been completed but none of the mains
have been completed, points will be awarded based on the
results of the heat race for each division. If a division completes
its "A" main race the results of that race will count and points
will be awarded based on those results. Those divisions in which
the mains have not been completed, points will be reverted
back to the results of the heat race results.
Points / Banquet Policy
Only New Smyrna QMRA members will be eligible to receive
points. Points are awarded to the competitive divisions
only. Novice divisions will not receive points.
The point system begins at 30 points to the winner of the AMain Feature event. Each finishing position following the
winner will decrease by one point through 10th place (8th for
Jr’s ). The system will continue to decrease in points for the B
and C feature and so on. All drivers who "attempt to race" in
the feature event will receive points EXCEPT for any driver who
is disqualified.
Junior Honda drivers turning nine (9) during the year will be
allowed to move up to Senior Honda at anytime as per the
QMA rules. A Jr. Honda driver who will be moving up to Sr.
Honda must do so by the first points race following the
completion of the Dirt Grands in order to transfer their
accumulated points. At any point in the season that a driver
moves from Junior to Senior Honda, he/she can only carry over
as many points that are equal to one (1) point less then the
current third place Sr. Honda driver at the time of move up.
At the end of the season the driver who has accumulated the
most points will determine a division champion. In the event
there is a tie the championship will be determined using the
driver’s total number of feature wins, then second place
finishes, thirds, and so on until the tie has been broken. Only
80% of the races run will count towards the point's
championship. This allows each drive to drop a low-point night
or to miss an event if necessary. A driver must race at least 50%
of the actual point races ran to receive a trophy and be paid for
at the banquet. Any driver that has raced less then 50% will
receive an invitation to the banquet, at their expense and a
participation award. There must be at least 2 cars in that class to
constitute a championship. A driver must race at least 50% of
the points races ran in a class to constitute a championship and
receive a championship jacket or trophy. All drivers must also
be members of NSQMRA.
Point Races Completed
Driver’s Best 80%
No. of Races
Dropped
15
12
3
14
11
3
13
10
3
12
10
2
11
9
2
10
8
2
9
7
2
8
6
2
7
6
1
Zero Tolerance Policy
Welcome to the New Smyrna Quarter Midget Racing
Association. We are proud of our facility, race track, club
officials, members and our “family” atmosphere. To ensure
that your family’s experience here is a positive one, we have
instituted a “Zero Tolerance” Policy. Please review the
violations below and make sure that everyone associated with
your race team is familiar with them. This policy will be strictly
enforced and all decisions by the NSQMRA board of directors
are FINAL.
Violations:
There will be absolutely NO alcohol allowed on NSQMRA
premises
- Deliberately damaging, destroying or defacing NSQMRA
property or facility.
- Being under the influence of drugs or alcohol during race
conditions.
- Making any type of verbal or physical threat to any person at
NSQMRA facility (including drivers)
- Throwing an object in pit area, hot chute or on the track.
- Ignoring instructions from a track official.
- Violating NSQMRA rules and regulations.
- Excessive yelling, comments or obscenities directed at a track
official, judge, handler or driver.
- Driver deliberately hitting another driver while on the race
track or in the hot chute.
- Driver making a hand gesture to track official while on the
race track.
Action:
Offender will be asked to leave and escorted from the property
for the event. Violations can apply to driver and/or entire race
team.
If you have any questions about these
procedures or need further
clarification, please see a NSQMRA
Club official.