HOOSIER Tire East of Manchester Connecticut will be the sole
supplier of tires for the SK Modified® and SK Light Modified Divisions. The
size and compound numbers are 26.0/13.0-15 M45 on the left side and 27.0/13-15
M46 on the right side.
Initial
purchases of Tires prior to the first scheduled race of the season may be made
at Hoosier Tire East. After that
all tires used at Stafford Motor Speedway must be purchased at the track
on race day.
The
following terms which appear periodically throughout this rule have the
following meaning:
(1) “Race Inventory” - The
total allotted amount of tires allowed for weekly competition and warm- ups.
(2) “Scrap Tire” - A tire that is
either damaged or of no further use to the driver. Once a tire is
designated
as scrap it can no longer be used or placed on any tire list.
(3) “Scrub Tire”- A tire that has been in a driver’s race
inventory and has been removed but not
scrapped. This tire may be returned to the driver’s
race inventory.
(4)“Test/Extended
Practice”-. These tires are designated
for track rental or pre-season practice. At no times are these tires allowed to
be entered into a race inventory unless approved by the Tire Director. No more
than six (6) tires allowed in this inventory. (EIRI)
Each tire will carry a special bar coded serial
number. This number will be scanned and entered into a database designating it
as a tire for use at Stafford Motor Speedway. Each scanned serial number will
be placed on a Tire Inventory Card (Driver Race Inventory) that will be
assigned to the driver that the tires have been purchased for. In the event a driver changes cars for
practice, heat, consi, or feature racing, his tire inventory must accompany him
to the new car.
On the first race attended and each week thereafter all drivers must
have their race inventory card filled out with the serial number of the tires
they are going to use for the event and submit it to the Track Tire Director or
delegate. The maximum number of tires allowed in driver race inventory is ten
(10) for the SK Modifieds® and eight (8) for the SK Light Modifieds. This
number is the maximum number of tires that can be registered for use each week.
Only the ten (10) tires on the race inventory card for the SK Modifieds® and
the eight (8) tires on the SK Light race inventory card will be allowed into
the paddock area. (EIRI)
Drivers may continue to add tires to their race inventory until the
maximum allowed is reached. The allowable replacement, once max inventory is
reached is two (2) tires per week for the SK Modifieds® and one (1) per week
for the SK Light Modifieds.
If a driver competes in an event
and does not purchase any tires for that event, the driver will be issued a
tire credit for that particular event which can be applied to the next attended
event for that driver. It is up to the Race Director as to what constitutes an
attended event. The maximum
tire credits allowed will be eight (8) for the SK Modifieds® and six (6) for
the SK Light Modifieds. Once these levels are reached no further credits will
be issued. Use them or lose them.
Once drivers add tires to their
race inventory only these tires are eligible for replacement. If a tire/s is
damaged and the purchase allotment of tire/s has been already met they may
elect to remove the damaged tire from their inventory card and replace it with
a tire from their scrub inventory.
Drivers may elect to keep their
scrubs once removed from their race inventory. The scrubs must not be brought
to the track unless they are added to the inventory for the current race event.
These tires may be brought back into the race inventory only when tires in the
current race inventory are removed.
Drivers should return the tires they
have deemed as scrap to the tire truck and have them removed from
their inventory card.
If a race is canceled before the
Feature Event and is scheduled to be made up before the following weeks regular
schedule of events, drivers must use the same race inventory card with the
identical numbers for the re-scheduled feature. Only after that feature is
completed can a driver remove and add tires to their race inventory. Races that
are not made up the following week may have different restrictions to be
determined by the Race Director.
The amount of extra tires allowed for
longer distance events (100/150 Laps), will be determined by the Race Director
and announced in a timely manner.
After a designated number of weeks into the season and at the
discretion of the Race Director, any new driver will only be allowed to start
their season off with six (6) new tires in the SK Modified® Division and four
(4) in the SK Light Division. On the next event entered new tires may be
purchased up to the weekly max allowed for their division.
For purposes of testing and extended practice
each driver will be allowed to keep an inventory of tires designated TEST/
EXTENDED PRACTICE. Drivers wishing to
add their scrub tires to this inventory may do so. Once a scrub tire is added
to this inventory it may not be brought back into the race inventory.
Drivers will
be ultimately responsible for maintaining accurate and complete inventory of
their tires. Each driver will be responsible for three inventory cards.
1 Race
inventory
2 Scrub inventory
3
Test/Extended practice inventory
Stafford Management and /or the
Race Director at their discretion may change or amend this rule at any time.
If for any reason the
Stafford Motor Speedway Tire Director or his delegates cannot identify a tire,
the tire will be deemed an illegal part and the driver may become subject to a
penalty (EIRI).