Fun Filled Budget Race Event

What’s it about? The purpose of the Notta Grand Prix is to have family fun on wheels in a safer environment than the road. It has been designed to a price-point where it is easily affordable.

Notta Grand Prix is available to all members of the public from the age of 12. Road registered cars can be used and are welcome. Come on, you can get your wife kids involved and help them develop the right attitude to recreational motoring in this family oriented event.

Drivers will only need a RACERS Clubman Licence to play in these events. Notta Grand Prix is expected to provide an activity for multiple generations in a family and a “Race With Your Mates” team building exercise for groups from a Participants place of work or clubs.

The challenge for each team is to get as far as they can, as soon as they can; for as little as they can, all against a minimum lap time of 72 seconds. Big powerful cars will need more pit stops which, at 7 minutes each, will almost certainly mean the well driven economical cars will have a definite advantage.

Vehicles must be based on mass-produced, four-wheeled vehicles that were legal for Registration in Australia at the time of their manufacture. Vehicles must meet the minimum requirements displayed in the RACERS Operations Manual. Open top cars must have race-worthy roll over protection.

Only one set of tyres per Event is permitted without a penalty. Tyres must be roadworthy i.e. have at least 1.5mm tread depth all across the face of the tyre and be free from any significant cuts in the sidewalls. Tyres must be Street legal. Type R street legal track type tyres are now permitted, but not recommended.

07:30 Gates open and pit setup can begin.

08:45 Compulsory Driver’s briefing.

09:15 Pit exit is open.

09:30 The timing system will begin counting laps.

12:30 Timing will cease and pit exit will be closed.

13:15 Pit exit will re-open.

13:30 The timing system will resume counting laps

16:30 Timing will cease and pit exit will be closed.

16:35 All cars must be back in the carports.

17:00 Trophy presentation along with refreshments and finger food.

TEAMS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MINIMUM 4 DRIVERS.

50 minutes at the wheel during each session is the maximum that a driver is allowed, the minimum Pit Stop time is 7minutes. NOTE: there is no point putting in a big fuel cell to get an advantage as you are still required to stop every hour.

Conduct during Pit stops

When coming in the Pits your minimum stop time is 7 minutes. There is no rushing in the pits as you have seven minutes to do a fuel and/or driver change. Any regular mechanical work may be done during a pit stop except when refuelling is occurring. Before re-entering the circuit, the Driver will receive a code word over the Race Radio from Race Control and must relay this to the Marshall to gain entry to the circuit.

Minimum Lap Time

There is not much point building a car that can go around Lakeside in much less than 72 seconds as we will give time penalties of up to 10 minutes and you will be sent back to the pit bay to be beaten up by the rest of your team for every time you are caught “breaking out” of the 72-second limit. Yes, Dorothy, 71.9999 seconds will cost your team valuable time!

Penalties

Penalties will be applied to teams at the discretion of Race Control and the officials. The more you do wrong, the bigger the penalties! (They might even throw in some out of the box penalties).