What’s it about? The purpose of the Notta
Grand Prix is to have family fun on wheels in a
safer environment than the road. It has been
designed to a price-point where it is easily
affordable.
Notta Grand Prix is available to all members of
the public from the age of 12. Road registered
cars can be used and are welcome. Come on, you
can get your wife & kids involved and help
them develop the right attitude to recreational
motoring in this family-oriented event.
The Entry Fee is $990 per Vehicle for each event
and a Team will consist of between strictly four
and six drivers per Vehicle. Teams are required
to field at least four drivers for each
event.
Each Team is to have a nominated TEAM LEADER.
Anybody who takes this Event too seriously
should not consider entering the Event we offer
many other competitive events. Check out
the trophies & you’ll see what we mean.
Notta Grand Prix is like a long
distance-regularity and not an out-and-out race.
With this parameter, Drivers will only need a
RACERS Clubman Licence to play in these events.
Notta Grand Prix is expected to provide an
activity for multiple generations in a family
and a “Race With Your Mates” team building
exercise for groups from a Participants place of
work or clubs.
The challenge for each team is to get as far as
they can, as soon as they can; for as little as
they can, all against a minimum lap time of 72
seconds. Big powerful cars will need more pit
stops which, at 7 minutes each, will almost
certainly mean the well driven economical cars
will have a definite advantage.
Format of the Series:
There will be a series of 3 special Sunday only events which consist of 6 hours of track time at Lakeside Park. No other categories will be attending these events. The format and content of this Event is different from anything that has been done before so please read on. Entrants could think of it as a 24-hour race with a LOT of time for repairs.
Vehicle Eligibility:
Vehicles must be based on mass-produced, four-wheeled vehicles that were legal for Registration in Australia at the time of their manufacture. Vehicles must meet the minimum requirements displayed in the RACERS Operations Manual. Open top cars must have race-worthy roll over protection.
Total Investment:
We would suggest that a maximum of $4000 should
be spent on the vehicle. This is a cheap car
challenged and any vehicle purchases and parts
purchases should be made with that in
mind.
Safety Equipment :
All equipment and Apparel must meet the
requirements displayed in the RACERS Operations
Manual.
Driver Apparel:
Driver’s must have long sleeved clothing to be
able to compete as well as enclosed shoes and a
helmet that meets AUS&NZ safety standards –
this is the minimum requirement for this
event.
Driver’s Radio:
It is a requirement that every driver on the
circuit has a working Race Radio. This is
required for safety and traffic management so
Race control can advise the driver of incidents
and penalties. Drivers Radios are
available for purchase or hire from the office
on the day.
Noise Limit:
At Lakeside Park the noise limit for a Vehicle
is 95dB at the tracks edge. Lakeside has an
active monitoring system, if you are recorded as
breaching this system; then you will be called
in and required to modify your vehicle to meet
this requirement before re-joining the
event.
Tyres:
Only one set of tyres per Event is permitted
without a penalty. Tyres must be roadworthy i.e.
have at least 1.5mm tread depth all across the
face of the tyre and be free from any
significant cuts in the sidewalls. Tyres
must be Street legal. Type R street legal track
type tyres are now permitted, but not
recommended.
How the Event is run:
07:00 Gates open and pit setup can begin.
08:45 Compulsory Driver’s briefing.
09:15 Pit exit is open.
09:30 The timing system will begin counting laps.
12:30 Timing will cease and pit exit will be closed.
13:15 Pit exit will re-open.
13:30 The timing system will resume counting laps
16:30 Timing will cease and pit exit will be closed.
16:35 All cars must be back in the carports.
17:00 Trophy presentation along with refreshments and finger food.
Awards:
Trophies are awarded on the day. The Trophies
are decided by recommendations of the officials
(so look after your officials!) Some examples of
what could be awarded with are as follows:
• “Skinflints” – Cheapest car
raced on the day
• “The $tretchers” – Highest
number of Laps per $ spent
• “The Impertinents” – Best
“Send up” car
• “Pit Queen” – the car with
the longest time in the pits with >3 hours on
track
• “The Whining Diff” – Team
that did the most whingeing (voted by the other
teams)
• “Old PHARTS” – trophy for
highest total age of drivers & car
• “The Good Guys” – Team that
gave the most help to others (voted by the other
teams)
• “Notta Enough” – Best bribe
offered to the time-keepers
• “I’m quicker than I
thought” – the Most ridiculous excuse for going
under 72 Seconds
• “The Gardening Award” to the
team that has the most offs
• “Consistent As…”
awarded to the team that does the most
laps between 72 & 75 seconds
• “See ya later Grandpa” to
the most consistent driver under 15
Note that there are no winners’ trophies as such. Teams that complete all 3 events at the end of the season will get a special “Tuff Enuff for 24 Hours” with a picture of the car and team members on it to hang up in the shed.
Minimum Driving Age Requirements:
The Minimum age is 12 at the date of the race.
Clubman licenses are available for purchase for
an annual fee of $95 or a single event only
licence is available for $50.
Driver Duties:
TEAMS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MINIMUM 4
DRIVERS.
50 minutes at the wheel during each session is
the maximum that a driver is allowed, the
minimum Pit Stop time is 7minutes. NOTE: there
is no point putting in a big fuel cell to get an
advantage as you are still required to stop
every hour.
Conduct during Pit stops:
When coming in the Pits your minimum stop time
is 7 minutes. There is no rushing in the
pits as you have seven minutes to do a fuel
and/or driver change. Any regular
mechanical work may be done during a pit stop
except when refuelling is occurring.
Before re-entering the circuit, the Driver
will receive a code word over the Race Radio
from Race Control and must relay this to the
Marshall to gain entry to the circuit.
Mechanical Work:
There is no maximum number of crew members
permitted to attend to a vehicle during Pit
Stops.
If repairs or adjustments are required
underneath the car, jack stands must be in place
before any team member puts any part of their
body under the Vehicle.
Pit crew must also wear enclosed shoes and long
sleeve clothing.
Refuelling:
The vehicle must have no occupants during
refuelling.
All refuelling of the vehicle must be carried
out in the area designated as the Refuel Zone
under the supervision of the Fire
Marshalls.
The vehicle must be stationary at all times
during refuelling.
No servicing of the car may take place until
refuelling has been completed.
Pit area Speed Limit:
The maximum speed in the pit area is 10
km/h.
Minimum Lap Time:
There is not much point building a car that can
go around Lakeside in much less than 72 seconds
as we will give time penalties of up to 10
minutes and you will be sent back to the pit bay
to be beaten up by the rest of your team for
every time you are caught “breaking out” of the
72-second limit. Yes, Dorothy, 71.9999 seconds
will cost your team valuable time!
Penalties:
Penalties will be applied to teams at the
discretion of Race Control and the officials.
The more you do wrong, the bigger the penalties!
(They might even throw in some out of the box
penalties).
Driver Conduct:
All Drivers need to remember that this event is
designed for families, and as such there will be
newer and inexperienced drivers on track. Give
room for other Drivers and allow them to drive
at their own pace. Any Drivers found to be
“bullying” whilst on the track will find
themselves removed from the event and have to
explain it to their team!
Please see our Cancellation and Refund Policy before entering.