2007 AMA DISTRICT 18 RULE BOOK
A
Supplement to AMA Rules for Amateur Competition
TABLE
OF CONTENTS:
·
DISTRICT 18 OFFICIALS / CLUB COUNCIL
COMMITTEE
·
INTRODUCTION
1. D18 MOTORCYCLE SPORTS COMMITTEE
2. AMATEUR EVENTS
3. DISTRICT 18 CARDS
President: Tom Widman
Vice President: Daryl Black
Secretary: Rich Freund
Treasurer: Tad DeWalt
Director of Competition: Tad DeWalt
AMA Offroad
Congressman: Tad DeWalt & Ed Lachance
Alternate AMA Congressman: Colleen Ide & Doug Cochran
Road Div. Chairman: None
Legislative Officer:
Skip Gaterman
AMA Road Congressman:
George Zoresco & Skip Gaterman
Alternate Road
Congressman: Tom Widman
Quad Congressman:
Jason Robbins
Alternate: Scott
Johnson
INTRODUCTION
This rulebook is for the sole use of
governing the activities and riders of AMA/District 18 events.
Regional or National Championship events
will be run under the current year's AMA Rule Book and jurisdiction.
All Clubs, Promoters, Riders, Referees and
District 18 Officials are presumed to be fully acquainted with this book and to
obey
and enforce the rules herein.
It
is the intent and purpose of this book to improve amateur competition.
SECTION
1
DISTRICT
18 MOTORCYCLE SPORTS COMMITTEE
1.1
Membership
in this non-profit organization is open to any organization or individual
interested in the sport of motorcycling and who meets the requirements for
membership. Application for membership acknowledges subordination to this rule.
1.2
Classes
of membership are of two (2) types:
1.2.1
Active
Members. All members of this type must be chartered by the American
Motorcyclist Association as either a Club or a Promoter. Each such member must
pay an annual membership fee ($50.00 for promoter and $25.00 for a club). Active members are to attend a minimum of two
meetings of the District 18 Club Council Committee per calendar year, one of
which shall be the "Annual Meeting".
Each Club or Promoter is entitled to (1) vote. Promoters/Clubs not attending the minimum amount
of meetings will forfeit their right to vote at the annual meeting. Additional participation in other events may
also be required.
1.2.2
Participating
Members. Individuals become members in this category upon competing in any
District 18 sanctioned event or by purchasing a District 18 Card.
1.3
Meetings
of the District 18 Club Council Committee, including club/promoter delegates,
and Competition Committeemen shall be held on preselected
dates through out the year at
1.4
Officers.
The governing body of the District 18 Club Council Committee shall be a nine
(9) member board (Officers & Congressman)
elected by the Active Members at the sanctioning meeting in December of each
year.
1.4.2
The
Director of Competition shall be responsible for all offroad
competition activities and riders of the District; and assist the District 18
Club Council Committee.
1.4.3
The
Director of Competition shall be responsible to maintain current point
standings, classify riders, and see that events in their category are properly
run under current AMA and District 18 rules.
1.4.4
The
members of the Competition committee shall have the following duties:
A. To assist the Director and the Stewards.
B. To attend the events and see that the
rules are enforced.
C. To hear all formal protests.
D. To act as a field representative for the
riders.
E. To be thoroughly familiar with the rule
book and carry a copy with them.
F. To act as a mediator between riders and
race officials.
G. To assist riders as to proper procedures
of filing a protest, and when and where it will be heard.
H. To conduct their self at all times in a
manner which will gain the respect of riders and race officials alike.
I. To make himself available to promoting
clubs and riders, to give advice and assistance.
J. To keep abreast of developments
concerning District policies.
K. To notify the Competition Committee of
any problems that cannot be settled in the field.
L. To not officiate at activities of other
organizations which are in conflict with the AMA and District 18.
All Competition Committeemen of District 18
shall hold a current District 18 Card.
District 18 representatives or officials are not required to sell
District cards at events. This is the responsibility of the Club or Promoter.
Representatives and Officials of the District may, of their own free will, help
in selling cards.
1.4.5
All
District 18 committee officers will be issued suitable cards, so as to be
readily identifiable as such. Committee members shall carry their current card
whenever possible – when at a District event. Committee members shall be
admitted free to event grounds. Committee members shall make his/her presence
known to the event referee.
1.4.6
The
authority of the District 18 Committeemen is District wide and is not
restricted by type of event or sportsman category.
All riders and other race personnel must
assess for themselves the track facilities, existing conditions and other
matters relating to safety. All riders and other race personnel must rely on
their own judgment and will assume all risks of participation in any
competition so indulged in.
1.4.7
Two
AMA Off Road Congressmen will be elected at the Annual
Meeting. Each Congressman serves for two years. They are elected in alternate
years. One ATV Congressmen will also be elected at the Annual Meeting to serve
a two-year term.
1.5
Dates
for District 18 Amateur and Semi Pro events will be awarded to active members
at the sanction meeting. All fees not yet paid from the previous year(s) must
be paid in full before any sanction dates for the next year will be considered.
All AMA sanction and District fees for the next year will be paid at this
meeting. After the meeting other dates must be approved by the Director of
Competition, and all fees paid thirty days in advance. Dates which are awarded at the sanction
meeting will be included in the District 18 Event Calendar. Each year the
District has first choice over anyone at the Sanctioning Meeting for a District
Benefit Race date.
1.5.1
Membership
as an Active Member in District 18 does not guarantee the receipt of one or
more sanctioned event dates.
1.5.2
The mileage limit agreed to each year at the annual
sanction meeting will be in effect for any event AMA sanctioned or not within
the boundaries of District 18. All Active members who give, rent, or lease
their facilities to another club, promoter, or individual are responsible to
ensure the event date does not conflict with any other AMA sanctioned event
within the district boundaries. If the rule is broken the offending Active
Member will forfeit one date pick per offense at the annual meeting and may
loose their right to Points Paying Events.
1.5.3
Prior
to sanctions being granted for event dates, active members may be required to
show written proof of 1) the intended facility and its specific location(s) and
2) written approval from the facility. No sanctions will be granted without
proof of the availability of specific locations for those sanctions.
1.5.4
If
in the normal course of the sanctioning or at the presanctioning
meeting Clubs or Promoters can not agree among themselves on the distribution
of available calendar dates, the following sequence of events WILL DECIDE which
Club or Promoter will receive priority in the selection of that date:
1. The length of association with District
18 as an Active Member.
2. Event history with a specific calendar
date(s) over long periods of time.
3. The number of meetings of the District 18
Club Council Committee attended since the beginning of the current event
calendar year (must be present for the entire meeting).
1.6
Rules
in this book can be amended, changed or eliminated during the year if approved
by two thirds of the Competition Committee at a scheduled District 18 meeting,
providing the proposed action has been reviewed by the Competition Committee
and a minimum of two (2) weeks notice has been given to the District 18 Club
Council Committee.
SECTION
2
AMATEUR
EVENTS
2.1
Sanctioning.
All events must be approved by the District 18 Club Council Committee and be
sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association.
2.2
Types
of Events. A Sportsman event is any competitive event where speed and/or skill
of the rider determines the winner and no money is
awarded (except in Pro Classes).
Events shall include, but are not limited
to, the following categories:
A. Cross Country
B. Enduro
C. MotoCross
D. Scrambles
E. Short Track
F. Special Events
G. Mini
2.3
Any
Persons holding a full AMA membership card may compete in District 18 sportsman
events.
2.4
Advertising
or other promotional material must be sent to the Director of Competition, and
to all active members. This material shall contain at least the following:
A. Type of event
B. AMA logo and “DISTRICT 18”
C. Date, day, and time of event
D. Opening and closing dates for entries
E. Practice times; state if no practice
F. Classes to be run
G. Location of event; directions if possible
H. Admission charge; total rider fee
I. Name of sponsoring club/promoter
J. Telephone number for information,
cancellation, etc.
K. Type of payback for Semi Pro events
L. Rider Medical Insurance, yes or no
M. “Spectators witnessing these events
thereby assume all risks for any injuries or damages resulting there from”.
2.5
Classes
must be run as advertised by the sponsoring club/promoter, if there are enough
riders to make a class. Five (5) or more riders shall constitute a class.
2.6
A
rider is permitted to qualify and ride more than one machine but must be in
different engine classes.
2.7
The
same machine cannot be qualified or ridden in different engine classes in
Motocross. (Excluding 4 Stroke Motorcycles)
2.8
No
entry may change the machine entered after he has competed in the qualifiers or
the first (1) moto of a Motocross event
2.9
Violators
of any portion of Sections 2.6,2.7, or 2.8 could lose
their ability to compete in any district event for a minimum of 30 days not to
exceed a maximum of one (1) year.
3.1 Each District 18
club/promoter shall pay a head tax fee of $3.00 per rider to the district for
Motocross Points Paying Events and $1.00 per rider for TT and Stadiumcross Points Paying Events. At all other district off-road events the
club/promoter will pay a head tax fee of $0.50 per rider to the district.
SECTION
3
District
18 Cards
3.1
Any
person or club may apply for a District 18 Card.
3.2
If
applicant is under 18 years of age, parent or guardian must sign application
and provide a copy of birth certificate.
3.3
District
Cards are valid from January 1st of the current year to December 31st of the
following year. Riders not renewing their cards by April 1st may lose their
District Number.
3.4
All
entrants in a District 18 event become
participating members and may purchase a District Card for $5.00 per
discipline (MX or TT) to reserve their rider number, be entered into the
District database, and to have a card to present at events outside of District
18. All entrants must be familiar with
the rules of the event entered and comply with all safety requirements. This
rulebook may be obtained from the District’s website: http://www.district18racing.net/
and an official AMA rulebook may be obtained at www.amadirectlink.com.
3.5
Riders
can be advanced to the next higher class as soon as they earn the necessary
points as directed by the Director Competition. The rider ,if
moved to the next higher class during the course of the season, may take half
of his/her points to the next class.
3.6
All
receipts for AMA and District 18 Cards will not be honored after forty (40)
days from date issued.
3.7
Any
rider entering an event and paying the required fee by check, and funds are not
available, must make the check good within 10 days or face suspension all
riding privileges in a District 18 event.