Race rules
Although we don't like to be so "rules" driven, we appreciate the need to maintain a sense of fairness.
We desire all participants to be able to compete, especially considering how much travel time many of you have put into coming to our event.
That being said, the Ohio Cup Race Committee reserves the right to inspect any car entered in the event regardless of finish.
Rules - Any currently legal Fray SS team event car. Please click here for definition of the Fray rules.
Cars will be impounded after pre-race tech inspection.
Once your car is impounded, the gear plate clamp can not be removed or the car will be disqualified.
Drivers will enter 1 car. In the event of a catastrophic failure, (spun gear, meltdown, armature failure) you will be allowed to use a backup car.
Once the backup car is used, you cannot switch back to the initial car entered and both cars must meet post race tech inspection.
Race Format
Friday is open practice from 1:00 pm until 10:00 pm.
Saturday, doors will open at 8:00 am and the tracks will be open for practice for about 60 minutes.
A drivers meeting will be held at 9:00 am as all cars will be impounded at that time.
All racers will be divided into 4 groups of approx. 15 racers. Each group will be assigned to a track. All racers will run a predetermined number of laps per lane, on each track. This number will amount to about 2 minutes of race time each lane. Once the groups have run all four lanes of each track, the laps and times from each track will be added together to seed the Mains. The racer completing the required laps in the least amount of time will be the highest seeded qualifier.
The racers will then be divided into two major groups, consisting of approximately half of the field in each group. The higher seeded group will compete for the Ohio Cup and the lower seeded group will compete for the Consolation Event. The Ohio Cup group will be racing a set number of laps per lane on two tracks while the Consolation Event group will run a set number of laps per lane on the other two tracks. The Ohio Cup can be won from anywhere within that group, but not from the Consolation Event group. All racers in the two groups will be seeded for the mains according to qualifying order. Laps and time will determine the finishing order for both groups with the amount of laps equaling close to 4 minutes per lane.
At the end of the day, each racer should have about 64 minutes of racing time and 64 minutes of marshalling time as well. This has always been a very long day. If you feel that you can not race and corner marshal for that amount of time, please consider withdrawing from the event now.
Lower seeded mains may have 1-2 sit-outs while higher seeded mains will be run with no sit-outs.
All reasonable efforts will be made to ensure all laps are properly counted. Each racer will have to complete the entire number of laps to finish the heat race. Notice: once the first racer finishes his laps there is no way to make a track call or add any laps at the end of the race. If a car becomes a rider in another lane, it will need to be put behind the lap counter, to get that lap, or it will have to complete an extra lap to finish.
If there are any questions about the event format or rules, please address them to the Ohio Cup Facebook group.