To organize and promote the premier Off-Road RC Series in the United States, and ultimately provide a level of competition that will allow the racers of the Northwest a successful transition into National Level events.

The Northwest Championship Tour (NCT) will be successful by maintaining a strong line of communication, a positive working relationship, an unbeatable value and a deep understanding of the needs and concerns of series sponsors, hosts and ultimately the racers of the NCT.

Round #1 March 20^th / 21^st March Madness Monster Hobbies Hayden, ID

Round #2 April 17^th / 18^th Spring Shoot-Out RCCCW Wenatchee, WA

Round #3 May 29^th / 30^th Hank Perry 240 RCCCS Spokane, WA

Round #4 June 19^th / 20^th Columbia Cup Westcoast Hobbies Richland, WA

Round #5 July 17^th / 18^th TBA TBA TBA

Round #6 August 14^th / 15^th Northwest Nationals RC Motorsports Inc. Fife, WA

 

 

Driver and Team Championships available.

No special fee’s to score Driver Championship points (other than entering a NCT event).

Compete against the FASTEST drivers in the Northwest, including Factory Drivers and multi-time National Champions.

Technical Inspection to ensure a fair playing field.

Friday Practice

Saturday Qualifying (3 Rounds, weather permitting; 5min IFMAR Qualifiers, all classes)

Seeded Qualifying (1^st - 8^th in Series Points in same heat, 9^th -16^th in Series Points in the same heat, etc.)

Sunday Mains (Triple A’s for Electric; 30 min-A, 15 min-B, 5 min-C-Z mains for all Nitro Classes)

Best 4 Rounds determine both Driver and Team Championships.

Like car Turn Marshalling: Electric turns Electric, Gas turns Gas.

Trophies and Door Prizes at each Round.

NCT Awards Podium and pictures for the Top 3 in each class.

Trophies and Awards for all drivers that score points in 4 Rounds.

Free entry into the 2005 Series for Class Champions.

Reserved Numbers for all returning EWCS Class Champions in the class they won their Championship in.

Series Web Site for Event & Series information (incl. Hotel, Tire, Driving Directions and Driver Profiles)

"Winners Circle" page on the web site for event/class results and podium pictures.

Online Entries for each Round.

The Driver Championships will be awarded per class; based on high point totals over 6 Rounds with 2 throw-outs (4 best), using the NCT Driver Championship points system outlined below.

Every entrant into a NCT event scores NCT Drivers Championship points. However, it is asked that each driver complete a Driver Registration Form (see below) and submit it to the NCT Director as soon as possible.

Driver Championship points system:

Team Championship

The Team Championship will be awarded to the 3-driver Team with the highest Team point total over 6 Rounds with 2 throw-outs, using the NCT Team Championship points system outlined below.

Each Team member shall pick 1 class in which they shall be scored for Team Points. This class shall remain the same for the entire series. This will be the ONLY class in which this Team Member will accrue points for his/her Team during the year.

Points will be scored relative to the drivers actual finishing position within the class they selected and compete in. (i.e. Driver A finishes 8^th in Mod Buggy; Driver A’s Team shall be awarded 35 points for this finishing position).

1 Driver change shall be allowed per Team, per year. If a Team elects to change a driver, the replacement driver must not have been registered on another Team during the 2004 NCT. The NCT director must be notified of the change prior to the beginning of qualifying, for the event the change shall be implemented. NO EXCEPTIONS! Once a Team has used there 1 allotted Driver Change the Team is set for the remainder of the Series. NO EXCEPTIONS!

All NCT Teams must register with the NCT Director prior to the beginning of qualifying for Round #1, #2 or #3. A Team’s points will NOT be accrued until the Team has registered. Back scoring is NOT allowed.

Registration shall be complete upon the filing of a completed Team Registration Form and paying a 1 time per year Team registration fee of $20.00

Team Championship points system:

Trophies 1^st – 10^th A-Main, 1^st-3^rd B-Main, All classes

T.Q. Awards, All classes

Concourse Award (Round #1 only)

Hosting Requirements ^con’t

Hosting Requirements ^con’t

In the event the timing and scoring computer fails at any point beyond the halfway point of a 30 or 15 min main, all positions at the time of failure shall be used as the final results for that main event.

In the event the timing and scoring computer fails before the halfway point of a 30 or 15min Main, the main will then be split into 2 segments.

Final finishing positions will be based on Motocross (2 Moto) scoring.

The positions of the drivers, at the time of the failure, shall be documented. This will be their 1^st segment result.

The drivers will start the 2^nd segment in the order they finished the first segment.

Only cars/drivers running or fueling in the pits at the time of the failure will be allowed to start the 2^nd segment.

Any "broken" car at the time of failure shall not be allowed to run the 2^nd segment.

All of the starters of the 2nd segment shall be on the same lap.

The length of the 2^nd segment shall be equal to half of the total main length, regardless of the time remaining at the computer failure.

The finishing positions of all drivers for the 2^nd segment shall be documented.

This will be their 2^nd segment result.

The 1^st and 2^nd segment results for each driver shall be added together and totaled for determine their overall finishing positions.

1^st through 10^th shall be parallel to lowest overall points to highest. Ties shall be broken based on the 2^nd segment finishing position.

Series points shall ONLY be awarded to those who finish a minimum of 1 lap of their respective main.

A minimum of 3 drivers, completing 1 lap of their respective main, constitutes a class.

In the event that a class is not run at the first 3 NCT events, due to a lack of entries, that particular class will be dropped from the series for the remainder of the year.

In the event that a class is not run at 2 NCT events, due to a lack of entries, that specific Class Championship shall be reduced to best 3 rounds and Series Awards will be decided.

Open Monster Truck shall be any Nitro or Electric powered originally manufactured Monster Trucks (i.e. no 1/8^th scale buggies modified with Monster Truck Arms and Wheels) limited to 1 Stock (O.E.) size (for that particular brand and model) fuel tank (Nitro), or 2 battery packs (Electric).

In the event of a rain out of:

The entire weekend: NCT will reschedule the event at a later date with the host.

All of Sundays Mains: Qualifying shall be used to determine finishing positions and series points.

All of Saturdays qualifying: most current NCT standings shall be used to determine grid positions.

2 rounds of Qualifying: 1 round of Qualifying shall be used to determine grid positions.

The Rules listed here take precedence over published ROAR rules

Hosting Requirements ^con’t

ROUND #1 MARCH MADNESS SIGNED: _____________________________________ DATED: _______________

March 20^th/21^st MONSTER HOBBIES PRINTED: ____________________________________ TITLE: ________________

ROUND #2 SPRING SHOOT-OUT SIGNED: _____________________________________ DATED: _______________

April 17^th/18^th RCCCW PRINTED: ____________________________________ TITLE: ________________

ROUND #3 HANK PERRY 240 SIGNED: _____________________________________ DATED: _______________

May 29^th/30^th RCCCS PRINTED: ____________________________________ TITLE: ________________

ROUND #4 COLUMBIA CUP SIGNED: _____________________________________ DATED: _______________

June 19^th/20^th WESTCOAST HOBBIES PRINTED: ____________________________________ TITLE: ________________

ROUND #5 TBA SIGNED: _____________________________________ DATED: _______________

July 17^th/18^th TBA PRINTED: ____________________________________ TITLE: ________________

ROUND #6 NORTHWEST NATIONALS SIGNED: _____________________________________ DATED: _______________

Aug. 14^th/15^th RC MOTORSPORTS INC. PRINTED: ____________________________________ TITLE: ________________

The following are recommendations and suggestions gathered during the 2003 Eastern Washington Championship Series. These should be considered to ensure a successful and enjoyable event. These are NOT requirements to host a NCT event. The implementation of the following is under the sole discretion of the host:

LAYOUT

A new course layout should be installed 2 weeks prior to the NCT event.

The track should remain closed until the scheduled NCT event and only open for a 1-Day "warm-up race" the weekend prior.

The track should again close until the start of Friday NCT practice.

FORMAT

NCT Practice and Post Registration should be open until 8:00pm Friday practice night.

Advertised NCT Practice times should be strictly adhered too ensuring an equal opportunity for each racer.

Sportsman Nitro classes and Novice Electric classes, if offered, should run 5 min single (non-triple) mains.

IFMAR qualifying should begin from a set point NOT associated with the use of a starting gate.

AWARDS

Door prizes should be awarded by the random drawing of names, from all of the NON A-Main qualifiers on Sunday as an alternative of 1-3 place Trophies in C-Z Mains.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is important to realize the following is a Tentative Award payout schedule for the 2004 NCT Series. These are goals of the Series Director and should not be considered reality at this time (8/22/03). The Series Director is working hard to negotiate the

best possible awards package for the racers of the NORTHWEST CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR.