FLORIDA VINTAGE MOTOCROSS 2009/2010 SEASON RULES AND REGULATIONS
It is our Intent at Florida Vintage Motocross LLC to restore and preserve as close as Possible, the true spirit of our great sport. To keep it simple and for fun first! Where else can you relive your past with such passion!
Membership starts October 1st and ends the last day of June. Dues for adults (18- up) is $50.00 after February 1st 2010 then is $25.00 Youth dues are 35.00 for entire series.
Any adult riders competing in his/her first ever FLVMX event does not have to be a member.
First time riders will not receive points in a class until they are a Member.
All adult riders must be a member by their second race.
Minors must sign up for membership first time out and parents/legal guardians (with proper paperwork) will sign all needed releases at every race! Minor child will sign all paperwork involved with riding/racing No exceptions!
Members are required to have their own Medical/personal injury/liability insurance to cover any injury and or death that may occur. FLORIDA VINTAGE MOTOCROSS LLC, WOODYS VINTAGE GP LLC, and their officers, and any of the race facilities or sponsors are not responsible for the riders, spectators or members in their pits. This also includes travel to and from the event. Every member is to observe and obey all rules/guidelines set forth and act in a safe and proper manner at all times.
Motocross is and always will be a dangerous sport! If you do not have insurance DO NOT RACE!
All releases of Florida Vintage Motocross LLC will be signed before any riding and participation in one of our events. This also goes for any and all releases for the tracks /facility’s we will be racing at. Arm bands will be mandatory and worn for the entire event. NO EXCEPTIONS! Riders will not be released onto the track without an ARM BAND! Any person on the track (photographers/ reporters) will also sign release and have proper ID issued for access to track.
Florida Vintage Motocross LLC Reserves the right to revoke or deny any person(s) opportunity or right to ride in the interest of safety. If asked to leave, there will be no refunds period!
NUMBER PLATES AND BACKGROUNDS
Number plate colors and numbers are to be of standard racing size or bigger and bikes will have 3 plates with corresponding numbers matched to the riders entry form. Race numbers must be a minimum of 5 inches tall and clearly readable. This keeps scoring issues to a minimum. “Trick” numbers are hard to read at speed. Any letters are to be put in lower right side of plate (looking at plate) If you want your points, please comply. Colors for Vintage are White background Black numbers Evolution bikes are Yellow backgrounds with Black numbers. Modern and non current bikes need a common color back ground, as of now we have none! Open to suggestions! Electrical tape makes a poor number!
RACE NUMBERS - It is required that each rider has their own pre approved racing numbers for the season. (See membership papers) duplicate numbers in any class is a nightmare for scorers! Make sure when you fill out your membership papers you get assigned numbers, this is for this season and if you return for the next season your number is saved. If you do not renew membership you loose that number. Temp numbers will be handled by Savannah.
CLASS CHAMPIONS are asked to display their #1 plate and also have a large bull’s eye on there back for all to shoot for.
IF you have to switch bikes in a race for any reason it is the rider’s responsibility to notify the scorers before that race begins or you could not be scored. DO NOT HARASS THE SCORE PEOPLE, THEY BITE!
It has been an on going rule for 3 years now that if you ride a modern bike and are a member in good standing in FLVMX you WILL also ride a Vintage or Evo bike in another class. I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM ASKING THIS and remember this is a Vintage series first.
RIDER ABILITY LEVEL -
EXPERT= A INTERMEDIATE= B NOVICE=C D= SANDBAGGER= DIRTBAG!
MOTORCYCLE YEAR BREAKDOWN AND CLASS DESCRIPTION
PERIOD SPECIALS ARE ENCOURAGED BUT PEROID PARTS REQUIRED
VINTAGE - 1974 AND OLDER -7in front fork travel and 4 in rear wheel travel. This is not my idea but the norm for years. There were a lot of bikes in 73-74 that had 5+ in out of the box but don’t get me started! I will allow some bikes that with small changes to be legal for vintage. Anyone not sure, we have a team of experts to help solve any issues. Box stock Honda CR 125’s up to 76 are allowed in Vintage.
ALL PARTS AND MODIFICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL!
EVO 1- 1975- 1977
First real production line suspension improvements- Most of these bike had 9 in front fork travel and were the real beginning of the “long travel “era.
EVO 2 – 1978- 1981- The true end of the twinshock era as we knew it! True liquid cooling and linkage rear suspension hit the dirt running and history was in the books. This class will be AIRCOOLED- DRUM BRAKES- NO LINKAGE! There were 81 125cc bikes that were liquid cooled AND LINKAGED- THEY WILL BE IN EVO 3!
EVO 3 –These were the years were anything and everything was tried to get more travel, speed and reliability. No one make or model was able to do it all. I could spend years deciding on how to break this class down, have seen many try. A lot depends on how many show up of any one year model. The thing is this, all these bikes are creampuffs compared to vintage bikes no questions asked. My opinion has always been the rider IS and always will be the main reason a bike wins a race period! Trying to breakdown all the year modifications on these bikes will never be COMPLETETLY defined in my lifetime, so for now the rules are this – PRODUCTION DRUM REAR BRAKES -LINKAGE- LIQUID COOLING –PRODUCTION FRONT DISC BRAKE ALLOWED. NO REAR DISC BRAKES. PERIOD PARTS REQUIRED!
EVO 4 – Non Current – 10 YEARS OLD OR OLDER. These bikes transformed on a regular basis getting better and better through out the years. Say what you want but, theses are pretty well equal on today’s Vintage/Evo courses. (MANY FORGET THE TYPE TRACKS WE RACE THESE ON TODAY.) Before you go off and cry, I will be watching this class to see if it needs further adjustments. All depends on what shows up! PERIOD PARTS REQUIRED!
MODERN SUPPORT –CURRENT. Nuff said for now, wait 2-3 seasons and some one for sure will be screaming a 1999 is a Vintage bike……………………….!
YOUTH MINI –THESE CLASS’S always gets a lot of attention, for it’s the starting ground for many of our young riders. They are our future and they need to be able to have fun, learn the proper lessons of our great sport and with out a ton of stupid regulations and (forgive me now) petty soccer/tee-ball parent mentality of screaming and running all over the track picking up their kid and leaving the competitions kid on the ground! (No joke I have seen it happen) Be supportive but let them ride! If you have to, close your eyes! And for sure if nothing good can be said then SHUT UP!
YOUTH 12-15 This year we are limiting the YOUTH 12-15 class to a front wheel size no bigger than 19 in and engine size no bigger than 100cc 2- stroke and 150cc 4-stroke
YOUTH PRO 12-15 WILL BE 85CC UP TO 250CC PERIOD. YOU WILL HAVE TO BE QUALIFIED TO ENTER THIS CLASS! NO BEGINNERS!
LAST YEAR WE HAD 15 YEAR OLD KIDS GET 125 CC AND 250CC FULL SIZE BIKES AND WITH MANY STILL ON 65 AND UP CC BIKES IT WAS NOT A GOOD MIX FOR SAFETY! WE WILL ALWAYS KEEP SAFETY NUMBER ONE, AND ALWAYS HAVE A CLASS FOR ANY BIKE THAT SHOWS UP!
A RIDERS SKILL LEVEL – Is determined by not only what he/she feels they are but buy their actual ability to ride in a given class. As a rider in FLVMX a panel of your peers and a panel of experts will be the other deciding factor. If you dominate a lower class out of the box you will be moved up accordingly, if you feel you’re too slow for a class a request can be made to evaluate your status.
BIKE INSPECTIONS AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT ISSUES – Any bike brought to race in an FLVMX event can and will be inspected at random to be Safe to ride and legal for the class it’s entered in. we in FLVMX reserve the right to refuse any motorcycle due to safety or non compliance for the class entered. ALL RIDERS will have and wear correct and up to date riding equipment! Helmets will be SNELL approved and in good safe condition. ALL riders will wear real MX boots! No exceptions. ALL YOUTH LESS THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE WILL HAVE AND WEAR A NECK BRACE! NECK NUT- EVS – LEAT – ECT. WE WILL ENFORCE THIS RULE HARD. We are working with several suppliers to give a group discount on these units, if you need assistance ASK!!! Safety in #1
HIGH POINT CHAMPION AWARD- This is an honor to receive! The trophy is 6 ft tall! This is given out for the highest total points gathered from all class’s entered by one rider. This award can only be won twice. It is a walking trophy
NEW 100CC CLASS DEFINITIONS – This year we have two new 100CC class’s! This means the bike has to be 100cc (90cc hodies ok) NOT AN 85 CC CROTCH ROCKET CR HONDA- YZ 8O! GET THE PICTURE? Rear wheel has to be a minimum of 18 in! Front can be 19- 21. All HODAKA’S are eligible up to 100cc. I know this class will be dominated at first by hodies, but there are TM’S, DT’S, MX’S, SHERPA-S’S, TC’S, KE’S, and more still out there to be awakened! So fear not, this is for fun, and for some of us to Experiment in science, (HOW TO GET A FATMAN AROUND A TRACK ON A 100CC BIKE WITH OUT BLOWING IT UP)
VINTAGE 100cc- 74 AND OLDER AND EVOLUTION 100cc UP TO 1977! The bikes started getting crazy after this year so for now it’s “keep it simple”. But to keep it interesting I am allowing modifications such as SLEEVED DOWN CR Honda’s, NO MATTER WHAT YEAR, THEY RUN IN EVO 100cc! Other bikes wanting to be sleeved are open for discussion. Depending on what years show up we will determine the gates as needed. For now rider ability is OPEN until it grows enough to split into A-B.
CHANGING CLASS’S this has caused some confusion. If you change your ability level in any class you can only take HALF your points. You can only do this in the class your already entered in I.E.= VINTAGE B TO VINTAGE A OR VICE VERSA. This can only take place up to the half-way point in the series. If you change to a complete different class, it’s a different situation and you take no points.
I.E.= VINTAGE –B TO EVO – B ITS NOT FAIR TO THE OTHER RIDERS.
SPLIT GATES – To keep the racing on a useable time schedule we will have more split gates this year, the gate person and staging person will have sheets on what gates to split and it will be also posted on the race order board. If you do not know ask the staging boss.
We will always let the “A” riders go first! No need to boost a false EGO by running down “B” riders if this is what you like take up Fox hunting. A big plus in split gates is both classes’ get a chance for the “Holeshot”!
*EVENT STARTING TIME* IN THE PAST WE HAVE STARTED AT 7:30 AM AND A LOT OF YOU STUMBLE IN AROUND 8:30-9:00AM SLOWING DOWN THE SIGN UP PROSESS THAT SLOWS DOWN THE WHOLE DEAL, YEAH I TALK TOO MUCH TOO, BUT I GOT LOTS TO SAY! SO HERE IS THE NEW DEAL!
WE WILL HAVE SIGN UP OPEN SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE EVENT,THEN ON RACE DAY WE WILL BE OPEN AT 7:00AM TO 9:00 AM, RIDERS MEETING AT 9:00 SHARP! WE ARE ADDING A NEW ITEM THIS YEAR! YOU CAN PRE ENTER BY EMAIL OR PHONE/FAX TO HELP US GET YOU IN THE COMPUTER EARLY,THEN YOU CAN SHOW UP, SIGN RELEASE AND PAY ,GET YOUR ARM BAND AND GET READY TO RIDE. WE WILL ACCEPT PRE ENTRYS UP TO THURSDAY AT 8:00PM PRIOR TO THE RACE- EMAIL US AT SAVFLVMX@GMAIL.COM OR FAX NUMBER – 407-519-4075 IF A PROBLEM CALL ME 407-416-2021. THE ENTRY FORMS WILL BE AVAILIBLE ON LINE IN A PDF FORMAT AND AT THE TRACK ON RACEDAY. PICK UP A COUPLE, MAKE COPIES ! ALL THE CLASS’S WILL BE ON IT FOR YOU TO fill out.
PLEASE take the time to fill out this form correctly, if any questions ask! This should help us speed up signup and get to racing!
ALSO- This year we are bringing back the FLVMX membership card! You will be issued a membership number# that will ease signup so please when you get yours memorize the number or bring your card to signup! Do not make us remember your stuff!
CLASS STRUCTURE FOR 2010 FLVMX SERIES.
VINTAGE 100 -74 AND OLDER
EVO 100 - UP TO 1977
VINTAGE 0-200 A 74 AND OLDER * SEE FURTHER RULES
VINTAGE 0-200 B 74 AND OLDER * SEE FURTHER RULES
EVO 0-200 A UP TO 81
EVO 0-200 B UP TO 81
EVO 0-200 OPEN (82- UP FOR NOW)
VINTAGE 250-500 A 74 AND OLDER
VINTAGE 250-500 B 74 AND OLDER
EVO 1 A 75 TO 77
EVO 1 B 75 TO 77
EVO 2 A 78 TO 81 AIRCOOLED- DRUMBRAKES- NO LINKAGE
EVO 2 B 78 TO 81 AIRCOOLED- DRUMBRAKES- NO LINKAGE
EVO 3 A PRODUCTION DRUM REAR BRAKES- LINKAGE- LIQUID COOLING- FRONT DISC BRAKE ALLOWED- NO REAR DISC!!
EVO 3 B PRODUCTION DRUM REAR BRAKES- LINKAGE- LIQUID COOLING- FRONT DISC BRAKE ALLOWED- NO REAR DISC!!
EVO 4 A Noncurrent 10 YEARS OLD OR OLDER
EVO 4 B Noncurrent 10 YEARS OLD OR OLDER
VINTAGE +40 +50 +60 A & B CLASS AS NEEDED 74 AND OLDER
EVO +40 +50 +60 A & B AS NEEDED AND UP TO 89
DUAL SPORT – OPEN A DUAL SPORT - OPEN B MODERN SUPPORT A
MODERN SUPPORT B
MODERN SUPPORT C NOTHING SMALLER THAN AN 85 CC!
WOMEN ALL
YOUTH MINI A UP TO 65cc 2 STROKE- 110cc 4 STROKE
YOUTH MINI B UP TO 65cc 2 STROKE- 110cc FOUR STROKE *DESIGNED FOR BEGINNERS AND YOUNGER RIDERS
YOUTH 12- 15 A & B UP TO 100cc 2 STROKE- 150cc FOUR STROKE LIMITED TO 19 in FRONT WHEEL NO FULLSIZE BIKES!
YOUTH PRO 80cc UP TO 250cc PERIOD.
BEGINNER NOVICE
This class is for riders who have never raced OR have not raced in a long time. NO SANDBAGGERS ALLOWED, Just a safe place to ride and burn fuel!
* CR 125 HONDAS IN STOCK FORM UP TO 1976 ALLOWED IN VINTAGE
* BULTACO 135- 136 BIKES ALLOWED IN STOCK FORM IN VINTAGE
REMEMBER THIS – WE WILL NEVER TURN A BIKE AWAY FROM RACING WE WILL DO WHAT EVER IS NEEDED TO INCLUDE ANY AND ALL BIKES! DO NOT LEAVE A BIKE HOME DUE TO NOT KNOWING, ASK!
SCORING SYSTEM AND POINTS PAYOUT:
POINTS WILL BE AWARDED ACCORDING TO EACH MOTOFINISH, WITHOUT REGARD TO RIDERS OVERALL PERFORMANCE FOR THE DAY.
- A RIDER WILL RECEIVE POINTS IF HE/SHE IS THE SOLE CLASS COMPETITOR
- THE FOLLOWING POINTS ARE AWARDED FOR EACH MOTO’S PLACING.
1st place |
20pts |
8th |
7pts |
2nd |
16pts |
9th |
6pts |
3rd |
13pts |
10th |
5pts |
4th |
11pts |
11th |
4pts |
5th |
10pts |
12th |
3pts |
6th |
9pts |
13th |
2pts |
7th |
8pts |
14th |
1pts |
- YEAR END SCORING TIES WILL BE BROKEN AS FOLLOWS: YEAR-END SCORING TIES WILL BE BROKEN BY THE GREATEST NUMBER OF MOTO WINS, THEN SECOND PLACE MOTO FINISHES, THIRD-PLACE, ETC.
- IN THE EVENT OF AN ABSOLUTE TIE, best looking and oldest rider wins!
- IN THE EVENT THAT ONLY ONE MOTO IS RUN, DOUBLE POINTS WILL BE AWARDED.
As always we use the Olympic scoring system per moto.
The rider with the lowest class score after two motos, wins that class.
THE SECOND MOTO BEING THE DECIDING FACTOR.
EXAMPLE: 1 PT FOR FIRST~ 2 POINTS FOR 2ND AND 3 FOR 3RD
A DNF= WILL RECEIVE LAST PLACE POINTS ONLY AFTER COMPLETING
ONE FULL LAP.
A DNS= NO POINTS, SIMPLE. NO RIDE NO POINTS.
For
more information contact
Florida Vintage Motocross
761 E Osceola Rd
Geneva Fl 32732
Office Hours M-Sat 8-5, Sunday 8-12.
Office 407.242.7147
(Office phone is available 24/7 ON race Weekends)
Woody Cell 407.416.2021
Fax 407-519-4075
Email
