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The X-Factor Grand
Prix of Sonoma |
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OFFICIAL
SCHEDULE AND EVENT SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS
Sanctioned by SPORTS CAR and Held Under the SPORTS CAR Code and
the ACO Specifications “2001”
THE
X-FACTOR
GRAND PRIX OF SONOMA
Sears Point Raceway / Sonoma, California
Wednesday,
July 18, 2001
12:00
pm - 5:00 pm
Paddock open for Competitor Rig Parking
Thursday,
July 19, 2001
7:00
am - 5:00 pm
Paddock open for Competitor Rig Parking
8:00
am - 5:15 pm
Promoter Test Day for Support Series (Star Mazda, SPEEDVISION
World Challenge and Historic IMSA GTP)
9:30
am - 10:00 am
Practice - Russell Racing Series
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
SPORTS CAR Registration (In Paddock)
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00
pm - 1:30 pm
Practice - Russell Racing Series
4:00
pm - 4:30 pm
Practice - Russell Racing Series
Friday,
July 20, 2001
7:00
am - 5:00 pm
SPORTS CAR Registration
8:00 am - 5:00
pm
Technical Inspection by Appointment for ALMS Competitors at the
SPORTS CAR Technical Trailer (Timing Transponders will be provided by
SPORTS CAR)
8:00
am - 8:30 am
Practice - Star Mazda
8:40
am - 9:10 am
Practice - Trans-Am Series for BF Goodrich Tires Cup
9:20
am - 10:05 am
Practice - SPEEDVISION World Challenge
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Practice - Historic IMSA GTP
10:55 am - 11:25 am
Practice - Star Mazda
11:25 am - 12:10 pm
Lunch
12:10 pm - 12:40 pm
Test Session - ALMS (GTS/GT)
12:40 pm - 1:40 pm
Combined Test Session - ALMS (LMP 900/LMP 675/GTS/GT)
1:40
pm - 2:10 pm
Test Session - ALMS (LMP 900/LMP 675)
2:20
pm - 3:05 pm
Qualifying - Trans-Am Series for BF Goodrich Tires Cup
3:15
pm - 3:45 pm
Qualifying - Russell Racing Series
3:55
pm - 4:25 pm
Practice - Star Mazda
4:35
pm - 5:20 pm
Practice - SPEEDVISION World Challenge
5:30
pm - 6:00 pm
Practice - Trans-Am Series for BF Goodrich Tires Cup
6:10
pm - 6:40 pm
Practice - Historic IMSA GTP
Saturday, July 21, 2001
7:30
am - 3:00 pm
SPORTS CAR Registration
8:00 am
MANDATORY
BRIEFING FOR ALL AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES DRIVERS AND TEAM MANAGERS/CREW
CHIEFS ONLY – DRIVER LOUNGE 1ST FLOOR OF MEDIA BLDG.
8:00
am - 9:00 am
Technical Inspection for ALMS Competitors at the SPORTS CAR
Technical Trailer
8:00
am - 8:45 am
Qualifying - Star Mazda
9:00
am - 10:00 am
Combined Practice - ALMS (LMP 900/LMP 675/GTS/GT)
10:15 am - 11:00 am
Qualifying - SPEEDVISION World Challenge
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Trans-Am Series for BF Goodrich Tires Cup Race (100 Miles)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Driver Autograph Session for ALL
American Le Mans Series Drivers at the Main Concession area in the
paddock
1:00
pm - 1:45 pm
Lunch
1:45
pm - 2:45 pm
Combined Practice - ALMS (LMP 900/LMP 675/GTS/GT)
2:55
pm - 3:25 pm
Qualifying - Historic IMSA GTP
3:00
pm - 4:15 pm
Mandatory tire marking for ALL
ALMS Competitors at the SPORTS CAR Technical Trailer
3:50
pm - 4:40 pm
SPEEDVISION World Challenge Touring Race (50 Minute Window)
4:55
pm - 5:15 pm
Qualifying - ALMS (GTS/GT)
5:25
pm - 5:45 pm
Qualifying - ALMS (LMP900/LMP675)
5:50
pm
Post-qualifying Press Conference for ALMS class pole sitters in
the Media Center
6:05
pm - 6:50 pm
Star Mazda Race - 45 Minutes
Sunday, July 22, 2001
7:15
am
Motorsports Ministries Chapel Service in the Driver Lounge 1st
Floor of Media Building
7:30
am - 12:30 pm
SPORTS CAR Registration
8:00
am - 9:00 am
ALMS refueling installation shall be ready for inspection
8:00
am - 8:15 am
Warm Up - Historic IMSA GTP
8:30
am - 9:00 am
Combined Warm Up - ALMS (LMP 900/LMP 675/GTS/GT)
9:15
am - 9:45 am
Russell Racing Series Race - 30 Minutes
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Historic IMSA GTP Race - 60 Minutes
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Lunch
12:00 pm - 2:45 pm
The X-Factor Grand Prix of Sonoma for the American Le Mans Series
Race - 2 Hour 45 Minutes
2:55
pm
Post-race Press Conference
for ALMS class winners in the Media Center
3:15
pm
All ALMS Timing Transponders
must be returned to the SPORTS CAR Technical Trailer
3:15
pm - 4:05 pm
SPEEDVISION World Challenge GT Race (50 Minute Window)
Schedule
may be amended to accommodate local conditions.
SUPPLEMENTARY
REGULATIONS
CHAPTER
1: GENERAL CONDITIONS
ART.
1 - DEFINITION OF THE EVENT
The
X-Factor Grand Prix of Sonoma race is listed on the Federation
Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) international calendar as a
Restricted International Event. It
is held under the FIA International Sporting Regulations, the SPORTS CAR
Code, the ACO Specifications “2001” and these supplementary
regulations and amendments thereto.
ART.
2 - ORGANIZATION
2.3 - Organization
Committee:
H.
Doug ROBINSON, Managing Director, SPORTS CAR
Bill
DONALDSON, Executive Director, American Le Mans Series
Scott
ATHERTON, President and COO, Panoz Motor Sports Group
ART.
3 - INFORMATIONS ABOUT THE EVENT
3.1 -
Name of the Event: The
X-Factor Grand Prix of Sonoma
3.2 -
National Sporting Authority:
Automobile
Competition Committee for the United States, FIA, Inc. (ACCUS-FIA)
Address:
1500 Skokie Boulevard, Suite 101
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
Telephone:
(847) 272-0090
Fax:
(847) 272-0101
3.3
- Organizer:
Professional
Sports Car Racing, Inc. (SPORTS CAR), organizes the “The X-Factor
Grand Prix of Sonoma” as part of
the 2001 “American Le Mans Series” with
equipment and facilities supplied by SPORTS CAR and Sears Point Raceway,
the creator of the Event.
Address:
14175 Icot Boulevard, Suite 300
Clearwater,
FL 33760
Telephone:
(727) 533-0503
Fax:
(727) 533-0787
Internet:
www.professionalsportscar.com
3.4 - Selection
Committee:
Bill
DONALDSON, Executive Director, American Le Mans Series
Charlie
COOK, Technical Director, American Le Mans Series
H.
Doug ROBINSON, Managing Director, SPORTS CAR
3.5 - Place
of the Event:
Sears Point Raceway
Phone: (707)
938-8448
Highways
37 & 121
Fax:
(707) 938-8430
Sonoma,
California 95476
3.6 - Preliminary
practice session: None
3.7 - Date
of the Event: Sunday, 22nd
July 2001
3.8 - Entries:
•
Opening:
28th May 2001
•
Closing:
5th July 2001 (midnight)
3.9 - Length
of the Race Track: 2.52
miles
3.10
- Direction of the race:
Clockwise
3.11
- Duration or length of the race:
2 Hours 45 Minutes
3.12
- Number of cars admitted:
•
Preliminary practice:
Not Applicable
•
Practice:
39 Maximum
•
Race:
39 Maximum
3.13
- Start (rolling): Sunday,
22nd July 2001 / Hour: 12:00 noon
3.14
- Administrative Checking & Scrutineering:
Administrative
Checking
•
Venue:
SPORTS CAR Registration
•
Schedule:
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 19th July 2001
7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 20th July 2001
Scrutineering
•
Venue:
SPORTS CAR Technical Trailer
•
Schedule:
By Appointment
3.15
- Parc Fermé: To
be announced
3.16
- Fuel:
Place
of Delivery: ELF Racing
Fuel compound located
Fuel distribution hours:
in
the ALMS paddock
Thursday, 19th July -
8:00 am - 5:00
pm
Distribution:
Service pump at ELF Racing
Friday, 20th July -
8:00 am -
5:00 pm
Fuel
compound
Saturday 21st July -
7:30 am - 5:30
pm
Storage:
Approved 55 gallon drums (available
Sunday, 22nd July - 7:30 am - 4:00
pm
at
ELF Racing Fuel compound)
3.17
- American Le Mans
Series Team Managers’ Briefing:
•
Date: Saturday, 21st July 2001 / Hour: 8:00 am
•
Venue: Driver Lounge
1st Floor Media Bldg.
•
MANDATORY ATTENDANCE OF
THE TEAM MANAGERS
•
Each Team Manager must
sign attendance documentation
•
Fine:
$500.00 US - per person not attending
3.18
- American Le Mans
Series Drivers’ Briefing:
•
Date: Saturday, 21st
July 2001 / Hour: 8:00 am
•
Venue: Driver Lounge
1st Floor Media Bldg.
• MANDATORY
ATTENDANCE OF THE DRIVERS
•
Each Driver must sign attendance documentation
•
Fine: $500.00 US - per person not attending
3.19
- Delivery of identification equipment: Not Applicable
3.20
- Winners’ Press Conference:
•
Venue: Media Center
•
Hour: Immediately
following podium prizes & cups presentations
3.21
- Organization Press Officer:
Andy
HALL
3.22
- Timing:
SPORTS
CAR Timekeepers
Per the SPORTS CAR Code, SPORTS CAR will require each car to be
fitted with a timing transponder in an approved location and manner.
It must be subject to inspection at all times and surrendered or
replaced upon request. The
transponder must not be tampered with
nor transferred to another car unless specifically approved by SPORTS
CAR. Cost to replace a lost
or damaged scoring transmitter is
$750.00 invoiced to the entrant. Failure
to obtain and install the assigned transponder will result in the car
not being scored.
3.23
- Official Posting Board:
SPORTS
CAR Technical Trailer
3.24
- Prizes & Cups:
•
Date:
Sunday, 22nd July 2001
•
Venue:
Victory Podium
ART.
4 - MAIN OFFICIALS
4.1 - In charge of
Sporting and Technical operations:
•
Martin KAUFMAN
4.2 - Stewards
of the Meeting:
•
Chairman: H. Doug
ROBINSON
•
International Steward: Roger PEART
•
National Steward: Brian KOHL
4.3 - Race
Control:
•
Race Director: Martin
KAUFMAN
•
Clerk of the Course: James
FOYLE
•
Assistants:
Simone SMILJANIC
TBA
4.4 - Competitors
Liaison:
Cindy ROBINSON
Carol MUELLER
4.5 - Scrutineers:
•
SPORTS CAR Scrutineers
4.6 - Timing
& Scoring:
•
Chief of Timing: Phil
“Gypsy” WHITE
•
SPORTS CAR Timekeepers
4.7 - Chief
Medical Officer:
•
Dr. Ron KROME
4.8 - Race
Operations
•
Operations Director: Gordon
GRATIOT
•
Safety Team: Don
MUELLER
•
Paddock Control: Ron
SHARP
4.9
- Pit & Grid Control:
•
Dick MARTIN
ART.
5 - ORGANIZATION PERMIT
• Permit No: 2001-03
CHAPTER
II: SPORTING RULES
ART.
3 - ENTRIES
3.1 - By Thursday, 5th July 2001 (midnight) at the latest entry
forms must be sent to the Organizer.
ART.
4 - GENERAL CONDITIONS
4.4 - Passes
& Credentials:
Passes:
Any person concerned, whatever the reason, with an entered car,
and present in any other capacity whatsoever in the paddock, pits
or on the pit lane must wear his pass in a visible location.
Overcrew
credentials will be sold by Sears Point Raceway upon authorization of
the entrant at a cost of $45.00 each.
SPORTS CAR’s
annual credential will also serve as a valid credential for this event.
(Copies of annual waivers must be on
file at the SPORTS CAR Operations
Trailer).
Each
car that enters an American Le Mans Series event will receive a
serialized season-long team support vehicle pass.
This pass will remain
the property of Professional Sports Car Racing.
SPORTS CAR reserves the right to remove cars found in the paddock
without a parking
sticker at the owners expense. Lost
or stolen season-long support vehicle passes can be replaced one time
only at a cost of $100.00.
4.5 - Paddock
and Pits:
Allocation
for Paddock and Pit space is under the Organizer’s exclusive
responsibility.
ART.
5 - GENERAL DISCIPLINE & SAFETY
5.10
- Delimitation of the pit lane:
Pit lane delimited by two transverse yellow lines.
5.11
- Place of “Stop and Go” area:
Team designated pit space.
5.15
- Mandatory tracksuits: Any
person who is permitted to have access to the "working" or the
"signaling" areas must wear identification provided
by the organizer. During the race anyone who has access to the working pit lane
must wear fire resistant clothing.
ART.
6 - ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKING
6.1 - It
concerns:
6.1.1
- Presentation of compulsory valid documents:
• Entrant’s
license (both FIA and SPORTS CAR)
• Drivers’
licenses (both FIA and SPORTS CAR) - FIA International Grade B minimum
for PROTOTYPE, Grade C for GTS and GT.
• For Entrants and
Drivers from Countries outside the United States:
permission to race in the United States granted by their National
Sporting Authority (A.S.N.)
ART.
7 - SCRUTINEERING
7.3 - Presentation
of the cars to Scrutineering:
7.3.1
- The Entrant’s National Flags: 3
decals: 36 x 22 cm on each side, 26 x 16 cm on the bonnet.
7.3.2
- The Driver(s) National
Flag(s) and Name(s): On
each side of car above door opening the national flag(s) of the driver(s)
as well as the
name(s) shall be displayed. Minimum
height of both flag(s) and name(s) shall be 4 cm.
7.3.3
- Mandatory Decals: 3
SPORTS CAR decals on each side and bonnet; 3 ALMS decals on each side
and bonnet; Class decal both sides (GT only, both sides and rear) and 2
Fuel decals one on each side.
Cars
found during the event without required series decals will not be
eligible for awards. Cars
with decals of other competing series and sanctioning
bodies must be removed prior to technical inspection.
7.4 - The
Scrutineers will check:
7.4.2
The refueling installation which shall be ready for inspection.
Schedule: Sunday, 22nd
July 2001 from 8:00 am - 9:00 am
7.5 - Racing
numbers:
7.5.1
- Allocation: Assigned by
the Organizer.
ART.
8 - WEIGHING
8.2 - During
the qualifying practice sessions:
8.2.2
- Drivers must abide by the signals made by the Marshals and they must
stop when the red light is
on:
Fine and penalties (Art. 8.2.5): Not
Applicable
8.2.5
- In case of a breach and should the deficiency in weight not result
from an accidental cause:
Fine and penalties: Not
Applicable
ART.
9 - QUALIFYING PRACTICE SESSIONS
9.2 - Schedule:
•
Saturday, 21st July:
4:55 pm - 5:15 pm (GTS and GT)
5:25
pm - 5:45 pm (LMP 900 and LMP 675)
9.3 - Preliminary
session: Not Applicable
ART.
10 - FREE PRACTICE (WARM-UP)
10.2.2
- Schedule: Sunday, 22nd
July 2001 from 8:30 am - 9:00 am
In
case of change in the weather conditions, an unscheduled practice
session will take place if possible (schedule:)
Not Applicable
ART.
11 - PRESENTATION OF THE CARS AND OF THE DRIVERS
Details
of implementation regarding specific presentation (Sunday, 22nd
July) will be notified to Competitors at the Driver and Team Manager Briefings
on Saturday, 21st July at 8:00 am.
ART.
12 - STARTING GRID
12.1 - a/
Drivers nominated to start the race:
Entrant shall nominate the driver to start the race 30 minutes
after the end of the final qualifying session.
b/
Posting time of the starting grid:
Will be posted 1 hour after the end of the warm-up session.
12.3.1
- “Pole position” (place on track):
Reserved for the car which has achieved the fastest lap time
during qualifying sessions is on the
left of the front row according to circuit homologation by the FIA.
12.4 - Access
to the grid before the start: Access
to the grid is not permitted 30 minutes prior to the start of the race.
ART.
13 - STARTING PROCEDURE
13.3 - Reconnaissance lap(s):
Detailed information will be provided at the Driver and Team
Manager briefing on Saturday, 21st July at 8:00 am.
13.4 - Start (countdown):
5 Minute warning - Clear grid except for officials and necessary
team personnel
1 Minute warning - Clear grid of all individuals except for
officials
13.5.3
- A car leaving the pits that way may join the race only after all cars
have passed the pit exit during their first
racing lap:
Penalty
for early start: One (1)
lap.
13.6.2
- The driver may then complete the formation lap but under no
circumstances is he allowed to overtake a moving car except if in
trouble:
Penalty:
Stop and Go.
ART
14 - MODIFIED STARTING PROCEDURE
CASES
OF STARTING PROCEDURE MODIFICATION:
14.1 - Weather
conditions change after the free practice (warm-up) session:
If
the track is:
a)
dry, although all practice
sessions have been wet,
b) wet, although all
practice sessions have been dry
... an additional 30 min. free practice session will be scheduled if possible: Not Applicable