Revision 1 (draft) —February 28, 2019 RENO AIR RACING ASSOCIATION, INC., DBA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AIR RACES OFFICIAL RULES OF OPERATIONS AND COMPETITION DRAFT March 1, 2019 NOTE: All 2019 changes to the Official Rules of Operations and Competition are listed in BOLD RED Font Revision 1 (draft) —February 28, 2019 This Page Intentionally Left Blank. ii Revision 1 (draft) —February 28, 2019 RENO AIR RACING ASSOCIATION, INC., DBA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AIR RACES OFFICIAL RULES OF OPERATIONS AND COMPETITION Table of Contents LOG OF REVISIONS .......................................................................................................... v LIST OF EFFECTIVE PAGES........................................................................................... vii DEFINITIONS..................................................................................................................... ix I. PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AIR RACES.....................1 II. OFFICIALS...............................................................................................................2 III. AIRCRAFT ELIGIBILITY..........................................................................................3 IV. PILOT ELIGIBILITY..................................................................................................7 V. BRIEFINGS ............................................................................................................10 VI. PRACTICE AND QUALIFYING PERIODS.............................................................11 VII. QUALIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT...........................................................................12 VIII. RACE COURSE ..................................................................................................... 13 IX. RACING.................................................................................................................. 15 X. PYLON CUTS/LIGHTING.......................................................................................20 XI. RACE FINISH .........................................................................................................20 XII. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES...............................................................................21 XIII. RACE CANCELLATION/POSTPONEMENT/IMPACT ON PAYOUTS ..................21 XIV. SAFETY.................................................................................................................. 23 XV. VIOLATIONS—PENALTIES—FINES ....................................................................23 XVI. PROTESTS............................................................................................................. 25 XVII. GENERAL .............................................................................................................. 26 XVIII. SPECIAL RULES ................................................................................................... 26 XIX. PRIZE MONEY AND PURSE .................................................................................28 XX. CLASSES—FIELD—RACES ................................................................................. 29 XXI. MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT FOR A RACE....................29 ATTACHMENT A—PIT, HANGAR & RAMP RULES ..............................................A-1 to 6 ATTACHMENT B—OPTIMUM RACE PATHS................................................................ B-1 ATTACHMENT C—ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS .................................................C-1 to 8 ATTACHMENT D—AIRCRAFT MAJOR MODIFICATIONS/REPAIRS or MAJOR ALTERATIONS (STRUCTURAL)......................................................................... D-1 iii Revision 1 (draft) —February 28, 2019 This Page Intentionally Left Blank. iv Revision 1 (draft) —February 28, 2019 1 RENO AIR RACING ASSOCIATION, INC., DBA 2 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AIR RACES 3 4 5 OFFICIAL RULES OF OPERATIONS AND COMPETITION 6 ORIGINAL: November 1, 2018 7 8 Log of Revisions 9 10 Revision Date Revised Pages 11 Original November 1, 2018 Complete Reissue 12 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 i,iii,v,vii-viii,ix,1-6,8-13,16-17,19,23-24,28,A1-8,B-1,C1-2,D-1 13 14 v Revision 1 (draft) —February 28, 2019 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK. vi Revision 1 (draft) —February 28, 2019 1 RENO AIR RACING ASSOCIATION, INC., DBA 2 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AIR RACES 3 4 5 OFFICIAL RULES OF OPERATIONS AND COMPETITION 6 ORIGINAL: November 1, 2018 7 8 List of Effective Pages 9 10 Revised Pages Revision Date 11 Cover Page Revision 1 February 28, 2019 12 Table of Contents Revision 1 February 28, 2019 13 Log of Revisions Revision 1 February 28, 2019 14 Page vi Original November 1, 2019 15 List of Effective Pages – vii Revision 1 February 28, 2019 16 List of Effective Pages – viii Revision 1 February 28, 2019 17 Page ix Original November 1, 2019 18 Page x Revision 1 February 28, 2019 19 Page xi Original November 1, 2019 20 Page xii Original November 1, 2019 21 Page xiii Original November 1, 2019 22 Page 1 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 23 Page 2 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 24 Page 3 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 25 Page 4 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 26 Page 5 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 27 Page 6 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 28 Page 7 Original November 1, 2019 29 Page 8 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 30 Page 9 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 31 Page 10 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 32 Page 11 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 33 Page 12 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 34 Page 13 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 35 Page 14 Original November 1, 2019 36 Page 15 Original November 1, 2019 37 Page 16 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 38 Page 17 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 39 Page 18 Original November 1, 2019 40 Page 19 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 41 Page 20 Original November 1, 2019 42 Page 21 Original November 1, 2019 43 Page 22 Original November 1, 2019 44 Page 23 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 45 Page 24 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 46 Page 25 Original November 1, 2019 47 Page 26 Original November 1, 2019 48 Page 27 Original November 1, 2019 49 Page 28 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 50 Page 29 Original November 1, 2019 51 Page 30 Original November 1, 2019 52 Page A-1 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 vii Revision 1 (draft) —February 28, 2019 1 Page A-2 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 2 Page A-3 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 3 Page A-4 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 4 Page A-5 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 5 Page A-6 Original November 1, 2019 6 Page B-1 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 7 Page B-2 Original November 1, 2019 8 Page C-1 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 9 Page C-2 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 10 Page C-3 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 11 Page C-4 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 12 Page C-5 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 13 Page C-6 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 14 Page C-7 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 15 Page C-8 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 16 Page C-9 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 17 Page D-1 Revision 1 February 28, 2019 18 19 viii Revision 1 (draft) —February 28, 2019 This Page Intentionally Left Blank. ix Revision 1 (draft) —February 28, 2019 1 RENO AIR RACING ASSOCIATION, INC., DBA 2 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AIR RACES 3 4 OFFICIAL RULES OF OPERATIONS AND COMPETITION 5 6 DEFINITIONS 7 8 9 CERTIFIED: As referred to in these “Official Rules of Operations and Competition” and other 10 documents issued by RARA. The term “Certified” shall apply to a prospective race pilot that has 11 been deemed “ELIGIBLE” by their respective class AND has: 12 13 Completed “ALL” phases of PRS within the last 24 months; or 14 15 COMPETED in the National Championship Air Races (NCAR) within the past three annual 16 NCAR. 17 18 CHASE PLANE: A Chase Plane is any plane used for observation, photography, or any other 19 use, is approved by RARA and the respective class, and is flown by a certified pilot or an 20 approved pace pilot. A chase plane shall not go below 200 250 feet AGL on the course. 21 22 COMPETED: As referred to in the “Official Rules of Operations and Competition” and other 23 documents issued by RARA shall be defined as follows: 24 25 • Flown at least one complete lap in an official race in the NCAR; or 26 • 27 • Qualified in an aircraft to race in the NCAR by obtaining a speed qualifying the aircraft to 28 compete in the race progression. 29 • 30 • Note: Flight in the NCAR during the practice or qualification periods that does not result in 31 securing a qualification-time will not be considered “COMPETING” in their race class. 32 • 33 • Certified pilots who have not “COMPETED”, as defined above, but who have had time on 34 the race course at Reno at PRS or during race week during the previous 36 months who 35 wish to maintain certification as a race pilot, may request of their respective class the 36 opportunity to perform a check ride in accordance with the class requirements as listed in 37 their rules. The pilot shall complete the check ride to the satisfaction of the class. The check 38 ride may extend the pilot’s certification for an additional twelve (12) months. It shall be the 39 sole responsibility of the pilot to inform both RARA and the Class of their intended action to 40 assure that adequate records are maintained and only documented evidence of such action 41 will be acceptable as proof of the extended certification. This process is good to extend a 42 pilot’s certified status after which time if the pilot has not “competed at Reno”, he/she shall 43 be required to attend PRS in order to regain his/her certification. See Currency 44 Extensions Flight Page 8 9. 45 x Revision 1 (draft) —February 28, 2019 1 CONDITIONAL ENTRIES: Conditional entries