Entering
Are you interested in entering a race meeting?
The following page is a guide to the new competitor in getting to their first meeting as a competitor in South Australia.
Please note that this page assumes that you already have a competition licence.
Receiving An Entry Form
Entry forms are usually posted to competitors two to three months before an event. Before one can be posted to you, the Secretary of the meeting needs to have your address. It is up to the competitor to inform the organising club's administration of your address and that you require entry forms. Once they are informed, your address will be put onto a mailing list. It is also important that if you change address you must inform the organising clubs of this change if you wish to continue having entry forms sent to you.
It is important that all of the organising clubs are informed as there are currently three clubs promoting circuit race meetings in South Australia. They are ;
Austin 7 Club of SA Inc.
Sporting Car Club of SA Inc.
Adelaide Superkart Club. (limited car events)
All three clubs have quite separate administrations and need to be informed individually. The addresses of these clubs can be found on the state calendar, in the front of the CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, or ask the state office of CAMS or your competition secretary.
Supplementary Regulations
Supplementary Regulations will always be include with an entry form. These regulations are the special requirements for the competition. They include such things as the place, the time, the names of the organisers and key officials etc. They will often include special instructions which are important for you to understand. ALWAYS READ THE SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS IN FULL as there is often very important information embedded within them. Many a competitor has come unstuck by assuming the special rules were the same as the last five meetings and didn't realise that they had been changed for this meeting.
Filling In The Entry Form
The entry form for a race meeting will ask you for quite a lot of information. You will often be required to sign it in more than one place.
The entry form will have a place for the Entrant to fill in their name and address along with a place to sign. There will also be a place for the driver's name and signature. Normally even if the driver is the entrant, and this is usually the case, the driver's signature will be required separate from the entrant's signature. The reason for this, is that the insurance disclaimers must be signed. Don't forget that the secretary will need your christian name so that it can be put into the programme.
If you just fill in the entrant's section and leave the driver's section blank the secretary of the meeting will assume that you have entered the car but have yet to find a driver for it.
If it is relevant for the competition there may also be a place for a relief driver. This is a second driver who will share the car at the race meeting. It must be remembered that both drivers must qualify on their own merit.
There will also be a place on the form for any signature to be countersigned by a parent or guardian if the person is under 18 years old.
There will always be a place for the CAMS licence numbers of the Entrant, Driver and if appropriate the Relief Driver.
The details of your car and the competition you wish to enter must be filled in. The details of the car that the competition secretary will usually require are; Type of car, Engine capacity (to the nearest cc), Log book number of the car and the Colour of the car, the competition that you wish to enter i.e. HQ, Improved Production, Sports Sedan etc.
A place for you to ask for a competition number will always be included. The organiser will always try to accommodate a request for a competition number but may not be able to do so. Should two competitors from the same class ask for the same number obviously only one can have it. If you have not raced before and do not care what number you are issued leave it blank or put in a message to that fact. If it is your first meeting it is often a good idea to not ask for a number as the organisers will usually give you one that no one else is using. Should you ask for a number that someone else normally uses but that person does not enter, you will be normally given that number. At the next meeting when the first person enters, the newcomer will usually loose out on the conflict of the duplicate numbers and therefore you will be forced to change your number. It is a good idea to use stick-on numbers on your car as you may have to change them at a later date, especially if you wish to compete interstate. If you do use stick on numbers make sure that they are firmly attached as it is very embarrassing when you are black flagged when you loose them because the time keepers don't know who you are.
Should you not have your licence number or log book number because, for example, it has not been issued by CAMS yet, leave the places blank on the form and write a note to the secretary of the meeting with reasons why. The information left off will be needed before you will be allowed to compete at the race meeting. It must be remembered that if you leave it too late to receive your licence before a race meeting you will not be able to race. There is an avenue of speeding the up the issuing process by the payment of a fee to CAMS . If you haven't taken this up, if necessary, the Stewards will say “Sorry you can't race”.
Sending In Your Entry
The entry form along with any relevant fees should now be sent to the appropriate club. The address will be published in the supplementary regulations. Note that the address that you are asked to send them to may not be the club's business/secretary's address. Take note of the closing date for entries.
Further Supplementary Regulations
Approximately one week before the race meeting you should receive back a set of Further Supplementary Regulations. These will have important information for you including; An entry list of all competitors, the time table of events, your competition number (which may not be what you asked for) and any other information that the organisers think you need to know. Again, it is important that you read these further regulations thoroughly.