Sprint Enduro Info

The following Sprint Enduro rules are in addtion to the TORCS Rules listed here. Effective January 1, 2006 these rules and regulations will govern all TORCS events. All TORCS members willingly participating in these events are deemed to have complied with these rules and/or regulations. No express or implied warranty of safety shall result from publication of, or compliance with these rules and/or regulations. These rules and/or regulations are in no way a guarantee against injury or death to participants, spectators, or any other person or persons. They are intended as a guide for the conduct of the sport only.

1: Texas Sprint Enduro events will feature at least two special tests. Racers will make three attempts on each test. The total, cumulative time from each test will be used for race results. The rider with the fastest cumulative time from the four test wins. There will be no drops of special test times, all test scores count. The direction of the special tests may be reversed for the second day of racing.

2. Number of Tests: Racers will get to ride at least 6 special tests per-day unless weather or another unforeseen circumstance delays the program. If necessary due to inclement weather, the Pro and A riders may run more tests than B/C riders if conditions do not allow less skilled riders to complete the course.

1: Starting Order, Pro classes will start first and C classes will start last.

2. Start Procedure: Riders will take off for each special test one-at-a-time, in 15, 20, or 30-second intervals (as determined by race organizers due to racing conditions); engines will be live and bike in gear. A race official will motion for you to pull up to the starting line and lift the flag when it is time for you to start.

3. The pre-staging area before the start shoot is a dead engine zone. It is imperative that riders keep their bikes off in this area as to allow staging officials to easily call riders into staging.

1: Texas Sprint utilizes Motosponder timing and scoring transponders exclusively. Every racer is required to have a working transponder.

2. Transponders can be purchased on-site

3. Riders will take off in 15-20 second intervals (unless otherwise notified by a race official) sorted by class, their transponder will record their time at the start and at the finish of the special test. Overall and class results will be a cumulative time for all special tests for each day and for the weekend, there will be no drops.

1: The Cross Test will be primarily grass track marked with wooden stakes and ribbon on both sides of the course when necessary, In some cases, there will be small sections of woods, or motocross track as part of the cross test. Any motocross track sections that the organizer feels could create confusion will be ribboned on both sides but the entirety of a motocross track will not be ribboned. On any section of motocross track riders are required to stay on the motocross track, i.e. no cutting corners or going around obstacles.

2. The cross test race course is the space between the wooden stakes and ribbon, riders should respect those boundaries and race in between them. Riders caught purposefully riding through ribbon, or over stakes to gain a time advantage will be given one warning, a second offense will result in a 30-second penalty, 3rd offense will be a 1-minute penalty, and 4th offense will result in a disqualification from that days event.

3. The cross test will sometimes use a natural barrier such as the edge of a forest as one edge of the track, these sections may not have ribbon. Riders can treat this area as part of the race course but must not bypass any part of the track or break through any ribbon or stakes in the process.

4. The Enduro Test will be a primarily wooded race course with a combination of well-defined trail, fire roads, single track trail, and some grass track that will be marked with arrows and ribbon. Portions of the trail that are well-defined may not be ribboned on both sides, but riders must remain within 5-feet of the established trail. On sections of the trail that are ribboned on both sides riders must remain inside the ribbon.

5. Sprint Enduro racing is not a hare scramble or traditional enduro, there is no 25-foot rule, etc. You must remain on the established trail for the entirety of the event unless in the case of a bottle neck or downed rider where you may go around and re-enter the race course as quickly as possible.

6. Riders caught by a course official blatantly cutting the course will be given an immediate penalty of at least 1-minute. Hot lines and shortcuts will not be tolerated.

We understand that mistakes happen and riders will end up off course due to a crash, miscalculation of trail or course, etc. If you get off course, go through ribbon, blow a turn, etc. you must return to the track as close to the point you left as is safely possible. Riders who go off course cannot make up any time advantage or tear down ribbon or stakes to return to the course.