The Yamaha Festival State Cup Series 2012

The 2012 South Australian Festival State Cup series will consist of a 5 round series for all classes.
It commences with a 2 day country round at Mt Gambier in March.

The series major sponsor is again Yamaha Motor Australia who will be giving away a brand new KT100 direct drive engine.

#1 The Festival State Cup will consist of a single 5 round series in 2012. The series scoring system will be 50 points for 1^st  , 48 points for 2^nd, 47 points for 3^rd  etc  with one round dropped by each driver, making 4 out of the 5 rounds to count toward the final result. 

#2 The points scoring system of  0, 2, 3 etc applies for 4 heats at each round.  The number of  laps to be determined by the individual lap distance of the track used at each round, with all 4 heats at a round being run over the same distance.

Gridding is by draw , reverse draw for heats one and two, then lowest accumulated points to the front for heat 3 , and heat 4 is gridded  on the finishing order of heat 3.
 ( like a championship pre-final result allocates grids for the final ) 
Where points are tied, competitors will be separated using Chapter 16, rule 16.14  in the 2011 rulebook.

The championship points system will be used giving non-finishers in any heat a position in order of laps completed.

#3   Sportsman SA will be run under state based rules and has the following eligibilty rules imposed.  Any senior driver may compete in the class at any round,  however the top 3 placegetters in this class from the previous year's FSC series  will be ineligible to score points in the series itself,  thus only gaining any awards won on the day of competition.  The same will apply to any open, closed or national championship winners from any class,  ie all blue, black, green or red plate holders will be ineligible to gain points towards the series awards in this class.

#4  For a driver to gain points in the Festival State Cup series at any round there must be a minimum of 5 drivers entered  in that class at that round.

#5  For a driver to be included in the overall results of a class  in the Festival State Cup series they must compete at a minimum  of  3 rounds of the series in that class. 

#6  For a class to be included in the overall series results of the Festival State Cup, ie have trophies and plates awarded at the presentation dinner,  that class must have been run at a minimum of 3 rounds in the series with its minimum 5 entrants at each round.   

#7  FSC pointscoring classes are
Cadets
Rookies
Junior National Light
Junior National Heavy
Junior Sportsman ( includes Junior Max and Junior Clubman combined at their own class rules/weights )
Clubman Light
Clubman Heavy
Clubman Super Heavy
Sportsman SA 100cc
Clubman over 40
Sportsman 125 Light
Sportsman 125 Heavy 

Support classes to be run at each round are
Restricted 125 light + heavy

#8  Two day meetings are to be held at country circuits only. 

#9  There will only be one country round held in any single year/series. This is Mt Gambier on March 24/25 in 2012.

#10   The races are to be arranged so that they are all of a similar distance throughout the series, meaning that at Barossa there will be 10 lap heats, Bolivar are 8 laps and Monarto will depend on the chosen track configuration for the meeting.

#11   Sportsman 125 Light and Heavy will be run under state based rules.  All 125's are running on MG red tyres for the dry and Dunlop SLW1 wets for rain.  Class weights are 160kg ( lights ) and 180kg ( heavies )  There may be performance and/or driver restrictions introduced at any time. 

#12  There will be practise available at the track on Friday for the 2 day country round,  the times to be advised by the organising club.  The organising club are to offer the first morning of the event as an open practise.  (usually Saturday morning )

 #13  The AKA of SA awards number plates #1 thru to #8 in classes each calendar year based on the  previous years FSC results.

 #14  Entries received after the closing date for a FSC meeting will not be included in the grid draw for the first two heats of that meeting and will start rear of grid ( but in front of p-platers ).  Thereafter in heats 3 and 4 they will be gridded by the usual method.   

 #15  Tied points countback procedure at the end of the series.  If two drivers are tied on their series pointscore , the tiebreak is on the most number of race wins, then second placings, third placings etc, taken from the rounds at which the driver’s overall series scores were awarded.   This may not be the same rounds for each of the drivers involved in the tie-break.  

#16  The generosity of our series sponsors allows lots of great additional prizes at the end of the year, from sets of tyres, engines, shirts, stickers, caps and lots of other great merchandise.  A driver must have entered and raced in at least 3 rounds of the series and be present at the presentation dinner to be eligible for these prizes. 
 

 Please look here for the local regulations for the Sportsman SA 100cc , Junior Sportsman and Sportsman 125cc classes.


For any queries on the series please contact Ian Williams on 08-8340 9288 during business hours, or 

click here for the 2012 AKA of SA race calendar


For total scores for 2011,
 click here or on any class name