Qualifying Session Spartan:
Maximum of 8 cars per session.
Cars will be in groups according to previous week's qualifying time.
If there is no qualifying time from previous week position will be determined by hot lap times.
All qualifying sessions will be a minimum of 8 laps (unless time constraints occur)
Best lap time of the qualifying session will be the official lap time for the racing event.
Ties for identical fast lap times will be broken by second fastest lap time.
c) Drivers entering the track to qualify without a transponder will receive the black flag and sent to the pits for their transponder.
d) Any eligible driver may drive a qualified car. Any eligible driver may transfer to a second car that has qualified for that race but must start in the rear of the field. Once the event has started switching of cars is not allowed.
e) Starting position will be determined by time trials, handicap point system, order of registration and/or random draw. Method used will be agreed upon by Spartan officials and will be brought to the driver's attention before race.
f) Procedure for lining up events with no time trials (due to inclement weather or other situations) will be determined by Spartan officials and be announced as soon as the decision has been made.
g) All drivers must be ready to compete in the event in which they are scheduled. It is the driver's responsibility to report to the staging area for his event. Any car that pulls off the racing surface or returns to the pit area after the initial starting line up is presented on the race surface must start at the rear of the event if they are able to continue.
h) Race may be started at starter/officials discretion once the drivers have been signaled to be ready.
i) Whenever it becomes dangerous or unsafe to continue a race within the discretion of the starter or officials, a race may be stopped or declared final.
j) When a race is stopped after the completion of one lap, cars shall line up in the order in which they were running at the completion of the last full lap, except those involved in the mishap, if any shall start in the rear of those not involved and in their position according to distance and order in which they were running at the completion of the last completed lap, regardless of number of laps covered. This rule shall apply at all times and in the event that enough laps have been covered for the race to be called complete, drivers will be scored and paid on the positions they would have held at a restart.
k) Caution flag laps may count as completed laps as designated. The race will end on a green flag whenever possible. Procedures regarding caution laps and ending of race on green to be brought to the driver's attention before the race.
l) In order to ensure that the racing program will be completed, a time limit of one minute per lap will be enforced in all racing events. A race will be declared officially completed if the event has run a majority of its laps and time has expired. Every effort will be made to complete all races. Red flag situations may alter this rule on occasions. Drivers will be scored and paid by their restart position.
m) If a car does not arrive at the track by the time qualification ends, every attempt will be made to place that car in the show. Spartan reserves the right to refuse that car owner and/or driver from competition for the event.
n) Any driver involved in a wreck that causes a yellow and feels responsible for causing the caution, may send a signal to the flagman by "tapping the outside of their roof". This will be known as the "Tap Rule". The driver will then voluntarily take his/her position at the rear of the field.
