ORC Clarify Banger Racing Rules

2011 National Banger Revised Racing Rules – Aug 2011

National Banger racing is a full contact sport – drivers can race to win or attempt to win by stopping the opposition. 

The Steward’s interpretations and decisions on these rules are FINAL.

All heats, consolations and finals must be in one direction only.  Certain Promotions allow turning around on the bends, however this does not allow a driver to drive the wrong way down the straights.  It is the driver’s responsibility to check with the staging Promoter exactly what rules apply at any particular meeting.

Drivers must not attack any car on the infield/safety area, or attack from the infield/safety area.  An infield hit is defined when the whole car being hit is on the infield, i.e. if one wheel is still on the track, then hitting this car would be a legal hit. Again, the Stewards decision is final on this. Any serious breaches of the infield safety area rule will carry an automatic 3 month ORCi ban.

Drivers must not attack any cars after the red flag or if the stationary yellow is displayed above a car. Drivers must not attack an empty or overturned car.  Any damaging collision on the driver’s side between the centre of the front wheel and centre of the rear wheel will result in a penalty.

T-boning cars which are against or close to the barrier with excessive force is not allowed.  It is also not permitted to t-bone a car which is close enough to the barrier to mean that significant impact with the barrier is inevitable after the hit.  Even where cars are not against or near the barrier, the Steward may still consider a hard t-bone anywhere on the circuit to be excessive, and may take the appropriate action to discipline the driver. The penalty for a T-boning offence as detailed above will be 3 months.

Dangerous and/or irresponsible driving as deemed by the Steward will incur a minimum of three months ORCi ban.  For avoidance of doubt, length of the straight t-bones is considered dangerous and/or irresponsible driving. 

For further guidance, the following examples may also be considered as dangerous and/or irresponsible driving at the discretion of the Steward:

1.      Attacking a car which has been stationary for what the Steward determines to be a significant length of time.

2.      Attacking a car which is clearly already crippled.

Please note that repeat offences will carry additional penalties where the current ban will be double the previous ban.  This means that a 2^nd offence of a 3 month ban as noted above will be 6 months and then a further offence would double again to 12 months.

Using the infield or safety area in any way so as to gain an advantage is also an offence and can be punished as so by the Steward.