May 21, 2008

Protest Report - Event Run May 17, 2008
The following is a summary of the protests submitted on this race night regarding any procedure, technical, scoring, or racing questions.

Protest filed by Mini Stock #84, driver Lisa DeLeeuw

The protest questioned why the driver of the #11 Mini Stock was not penalized for spinning the #84 in the feature race.  Officials had been watching and determined the spin to be a racing incident and as such, no penalty was issued.

General Response to Questions Regarding Restart Positioning 

There were some questions concerning the positioning of cars following accidents during feature races.  Drivers are reminded that a one-way radio is the primary tool being used to reset the field following a caution flag or wherever the line-up needs to be adjusted.  Failure to have the radio and follow the instructions will result in penalties as outlined in the rulebook.  Drivers who are not in the correct position and are ahead of the scored position, and do not respond to instructions to move back, will be shown a black flag and sent to the back of the field.  Drivers who are lined up behind their scored position and do not respond to instructions to move ahead, will be left in that spot. 

While every effort is being made to get cars into the correct positions for a restart, officials will not delay the race to realign cars, and scoring penalties may be issued to those cars and drivers who do not respond to instructions on Flamboro Speedway's one-way communication system. (Frequency 451.7125 UHF, Race-ceiver channel 138).