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ROAR RULES COPYRIGHT © 2013 1 2011 ROAR RULES - TABLE OF CONTENTS Last Revised September 14, 2013 CHANGES TO ONLINE VERSION WILL BE NOTATED BY COLORED TEXT 1 GENERAL RULES ..................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 GENERAL ............................................................................................................... 4 1.2 REVISION POLICY ..................................................................................................... 5 1.3 COST CONTROL .................................................................................................... 6 1.4 INDEMNITIES.............................................................................................................. 7 1.5 ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY ................................................................. 7 1.6 OFFICIALS ............................................................................................................. 9 2 TRACK SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................................................... 11 2.1 BARRIERS ................................................................................................................ 11 2.2 RACING FACILITIES ................................................................................................ 12 2.3 RADIO IMPOUND ................................................................................................. 13 2.4 SURFACES ............................................................................................................... 13 3 DRIVER RULES ....................................................................................................................... 14 4 RADIO EQUIPMENT .......................................................................................................... 15 5 COMPETITION RULES ........................................................................................................... 17 5.1 GENERAL COMPETITION RULES .......................................................................... 17 5.2 GENERAL VEHICLE RULES .................................................................................... 17 5.3 CLASSES .................................................................................................................. 18 5.4 TECHNICAL INSPECTION ................................................................................... 19 5.5 TURN MARSHALING ........................................................................................... 20 5.6 SCORING ............................................................................................................. 21 5.7 QUALIFYING RULES ............................................................................................... 22 5.8 STARTING – ELECTRIC RACES .................................................................................... 23 5.9 STARTING – NITRO FUEL RACES ................................................................................. 23 5.10 FREQUENCY CONFLICTS ...................................................................................... 24 5.11 EVENT ELIGIBILITY.................................................................................................. 24 5.12 BLACK FLAG ........................................................................................................ 25 5.13 DISQUALIFICATION ............................................................................................ 25 5.14 PENALTIES ............................................................................................................... 27 5.15 PROTESTS ............................................................................................................... 28 5.16 AWARDS ................................................................................................................... 30 6 BODY, BUMPER AND WING RULES .................................................................................... 30 6.1 BODY RULES ............................................................................................................ 33 6.2 BUMPER RULES ...................................................................................................... 33 6.3 SPOILER RULES ...................................................................................................... 34 6.4 SIDE DAMS ............................................................................................................... 34 6.5 WINGS .................................................................................................................. 34 7 WHEEL AND TIRE RULES ..................................................................................................... 36 7.1 GENERAL RULES .................................................................................................... 36 7.2 WHEEL RULES ......................................................................................................... 36 7.3 TIRE RULES .............................................................................................................. 36 8 RULES FOR ELECTRIC CLASSES .......................................................................................... 37 8.1 ELECTRIC RACING RULES .................................................................................... 37 8.2 GENERAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE RULES ................................................................ 37 8.3 BATTERY RULES ..................................................................................................... 38 8.4 ELECTRIC MOTOR RULES ..................................................................................... 45 2 8.8 BRUSHLESS MOTOR RULES ................................................................................. 45 8.10 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CLASS SPECIFICATIONS ................................................... 49 ** GLOBAL BODY SPECIFICATIONS ** ............................................................................. 55 9 “NITRO” FUEL CLASS RULES ............................................................................................... 71 9.1 FUEL SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................... 71 9.2 GENERAL VEHICLE SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................. 71 9.3 ENGINE SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................................... 73 9.4 FUEL VEHICLE CLASS SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................ 83 10 RULES FOR 1/5-SCALE FUEL CLASSES ............................................................................. 84 10.1 BODY RULES – SEDAN AND GT .................................................................................. 84 10.2 BODY RULES – FORMULA CARS .................................................................................. 85 10.3 BUMPER RULES – NON-FORMULA CARS ..................................................................... 85 10.4 ENGINE RULES ........................................................................................................ 86 10.5 MUFFLER RULES ..................................................................................................... 86 10.6 FUEL RULES ............................................................................................................. 87 10.7 TIRE RULES .............................................................................................................. 87 10.8 RADIO AND SERVO RULES .................................................................................... 87 10.9 SAFETY RULES ........................................................................................................ 88 10.10 CLASS RULES .......................................................................................................... 89 10.11 QUALIFYING RULES ............................................................................................... 91 10.12 RACING RULES ........................................................................................................ 91 10.13 PENALTIES ............................................................................................................... 92 11 IFMAR WORLD TEAM RULES ............................................................................................... 92 11.1 GENERAL ............................................................................................................. 92 11.2 SELECTION POLICY ................................................................................................ 93 12 NATIONALS POLICIES ........................................................................................................... 94 12.1 GENERAL ............................................................................................................. 94 12.2 ENTRY RULES ..........................................................................................................