INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HANDBOOK

SECTION TWO:LICENSED POSITIONS - DEFINITIONS AND REQ'JIREMENTSChief Turn MarshalThe Chief Turn Marshal is responsible to the Race Chairman. He/sheis responsible for obtaining the personnel to properly man all turnstations on a race track or circuit for a racing event. He/she isalso responsible for the proper operation of those turn stations inaccordance with accepted ICSCC procedures. The Chief Turn Marshalworks closely with the Course Marshal so that the personnel requirementsare met to adequately man the course.Requirements: Minimum of one racing season and a total of fivefull days racing as a Turn Marshal.Turn f'.1arsha 1The Turn Marshal is responsible to the Course Marshal and theChief Turn Marshal for the safe and efficient operation of the turnor area in his/her charge. The Turn Marshal assigns duties, delegatesresponsibilities and directs Flag Marshals, safety crews and communications personnel in order to insure the safety of drivers, officials,and spectators within his/her operational area.Requirements: i"linimurn of one racing season and a total of fivefull days of racing as a Flag Marshal.Chief CommunicatorThe Chief Communicator is responsible to the Race Chairman foracquiring the personnel to man the communications stations aroundthe race course and wherever else communications is required. TheChief Communicator is also responsible for assuring a common usableoperating procedure be utilized by all communicators.Requirements: Minimum of one racing season and a total of fivefull days racing as a Communicator/Recorder.Assistant Turn MarshalThe Assistant Turn Marshal is responsible to the Turn Marshalfor the safe and efficient execution of safety procedures involvingcompeting cars. He/she is also in charge of the safety crew when thepersonnel must leave the turn station to attend a car in distress.Requirements: Minimum of one racing season and a total of fivefull days of racing as a Flag Marshal.8

SECTION TWO:LICENSED POSITIONS - DEFINITIONS AND REQUIREMENTSFlag MarshalThe Flag Marshal is responsible to the Turn Marshal for the accurate,prompt and clear displaying of flags and/or lights to oncoming driversas conditions or situations warrant.Requirements: Completed a satisfactory training program as specifiedby the Area Representative and/or a minimum of three full days racingexperience.Safety MarshalThe Safety Marshal is responsible to both the Turn Marshal andAssistant Turn Marshal as part of the safety crew. He/she must knowand utilize ICSCC approved emergency procedures when attending a carand/or driver in distress. He/she is normally an off-duty Flag Marshalwhen performing these duties.Requirements: Completed a satisfactory training program as specifiedby the Area Representative and/or a minimum of three full days racingexperience.Communicator/RecorderThe Communicator/Recorder is responsible to both the Turn Marshaland the Chief Communicator. He/she is responsible for communicatingall incidents and infractions to the Chief Communicator. TheCommunicator/ Recorder is also responsible for relaying informationto the Turn Marshal as directed by the Chief Communicator.Requirements: Completed a satisfactory training program as specifiedby the Area Representative and/or a minimum of three full days racingexperience.Emergency CrewmanThe Emergency Crewman is responsible to the Course Marshal for thesafe and efficient use of emergency vehicles and equipment.Requirements: Minimum of two full days of racing experience asan Emergency Crewman.Course MaintenanceThe member of Course Maintenance is responsible to the CourseMarshal for the proper placement of various equipment around the racecourse. Equipment movement may also be necessary in other parts ofevent area.Requirements:None9

SECTION TWO:LICENSED POSITIONS - DEFINITIONS AND REQUIREMENTSChief of Crowd ControlThe Chief of Crowd Control is responsible to the Race Chairman foracquiring the necessary personnel to police the perimeter of the raceevent area.Requirements: Minimum of one fullracing as a member of Crowd Control.racin easonand three daysChief Technical InspectorThe Chief Technical Inspector is responsible to the Race Chairmanfor acquiring the personnel to assist that chief in the inspectionof all competing vehicles. That Chief is required to insure that allcompeting race vehicles meet the various requirements as set forth inthe current ICSCC Competition Regulations.Requirements: linimum of one racing season and a total of fivefull days as a Technical Inspector.Technical InspectorThe Technical Inspector is responsible to the Chief TechnicalInspector for the careful inspection of all competing race vehiclesas per the current ICSCC Competition Regulations.Requirements:cal Inspector.Minimum of two full race days experience as a Techni-Chief Pit MarshalThe Chief Pit Marshal is responsible to the Race Chairman for theenforcement of all rules of the pits as per the current ICSCC CompetitionRegulations. He/she is also to acquire the personnel needed to patrolthe pit area.Requirements: Minimum of one racing season and a total of threedays racing experience as a Pit Marshal.Pit MarshalThe Pit f-tarshal is responsible to the Chief Pit Marshal in theenforcement of pit rules as per the current ICSCC CompetitionRegulations.Requirements:Pit Marshal.Minimum of two full days racing experience as a10

SECTION TWO:LICENSED POSITIONS - DEFINITIONS AND REQUIREMENTSGrid MarshalThe Grid Marshal is responsible to the Race Chairman for theefficient placement of all competing vehicles prior to each actualracing event. The Grid Marshal is also responsible for the safe entryof competing vehicles to the race course from the pit or grid area.Requirements:a Grid Marshal.Minimum of two full days of racing experience as11

SECTION THREE:TIMING and SCORINGDefinitionsEndurance Race - A competition event of two or more hours duration,where pit stops for fuel are necessary. Frequently, in longer races,pit stops for driver changes are also mandatory.Interval - The difference in time between the car being timed and thecar in front and/or behind, during a race. Also called "split" or"pluses and minuses."One trip around the race circuit completed by a race car frompo1nt to same point. That point should always be a specific line,pre-determined by the Timer, either on the track or painted on a poleor wall directly in front of the Timer, where the car crossing thepre-determined line is clearly visible. It is critical that thephysical position of the Timer not change at all with respect to thatpre-determined line during any t1ming sessT0n-.--- -Lap Chart - A graph-type chart used to record the laps completed by eachcar during a race.Lap Race - A race that is determined by the number of laps completed bythe leading car, i.e. in a twenty lap race, the checkered flag is droppedwhen the leading car completes the 20th lap.Lap Time - The actual time, to 1/lOOth of a second (using ICSCC timingequipment), that it takes a particular car to tour the course frompoint to same point. (See "Lap" definition)Pole Position - First place on the grid, achieved by recording thefastest lap time. The other cars are placed on the grid in descendingorder of the fastest times behind the pole sitter.Practice - The time allotted during a race weekend for drivers tofamiliarize themselves with the track, its conditions, and/or to testtheir cars. These sessions are not timed by the ICSCC Official Timer,but it is useful for individual teams to time their own cars. Carsare normally permitted to run at speed during practice sessions.Qualifying - The time allotted during a race weekend where all competitors lap the course at speed to compete for the pole position for thestart of their race. Every attempt is made to time each lap of eachcar by the official Timers, and the results are listed on a grid sheetafter the close of a session. On occasion, cars will only be officiallytimed for a given number of laps, normally due to time or personnelconstraints. In those instances, the drivers are so notified by thePit Marshal, prior to entering the qualifying session.Straight Chart - A lap chart that is recorded directly from the track,without the use of "tapes" or calling of numbers. Car numbers are putimmediately into their correct positions in the proper laps.12

SECTION THREE:TIMING and SCORINGTapes - Usually, strips of paper on which the car numbers during a raceare recorded from top to bottom as they pass on the track, the raceleader first, but without any further relevance to their positions inthe race. The tapes are then given to the comparer, and then used toproduce a lap chart moments later by another Scorer.Time Chart - A chart which usually includes four or more columns (oneper car) on which lap times during practice or session qualifying and/orthe race are noted. The columns are numbered from the bottom-up onICSCC time charts, to facilitate subtraction using the chronograph/subtraction system of timing, when required.Time Race- A race that is determined by elapsed time, i.e. if it is athree hour race, the checkered flag is dropped when the leader nextcrosses the scoring line, three hours after the start of the race.Timer -Officially, that person licensed by the ICSCC Race Officials'Division responsible for recordin the elapsed lap times of pre-assignedcars in a specific timed session (usually a qualifying session}.TIMINGPurpose of TimingThe purposes of timing are many and varied. The most obviouspurpose is to record the lap time of a given car with a given driver inorder to establish accurate grid position for a given race. In addition,timing provides valuable information in several additional areas:a.Information necessary to calculate fuel consumption.b."Split" information between the competitors in a given class.c.Information to evaluate significance of technical modifications.d.et al).e.Information to evaluate driver modifications (different lines.Information on track and/or weather conditions.GeneralTiming is the process through which a count is made of the actuallaps a car completes as well as an elapsed time for each of those laps.(Scoring relates only to the number of laps completed by one or morecars during a competition event.}Official Timing and Scoring, that provided by the race sanctioningbodies, is most critical and should be irrefutable. If a driver winsand the officials say he is second, the driver s entire purpose forparticipating is defeated. For this reason and the sake of humanerror, it is always useful to hav6 an efficient Timer and Scorer inevery pit, as well as for each dr1ver to have a trained, competentTimer and Scorer to participate in the official Timing and Scoringfunctions during a given race weekend.13

SECTION THREE:TIMING and SCORINGNo person may perform a function as an official Timer or Scorerduring that race when his/her affiliated car and driver are competing.This rule is informal and exercised at the discretion of the ChiefTimer. Official timing is performed durin ] designated qualifyingsessions, scheduled in advance, by each Race Chairman.Each Timer is presented with time charts/cards with a pre-assignedcar identified. Information provided includE: car number, driver,make of car, color of car, and class in which the driver is competing.It is important to note that the Accusplit III digital timersprovided by ICSCC for official timing should al\/ays be set in the"Delta" position. The start button is depressed when the assigned carfirst crosses the timing line. The next lap t:·ic assigned car crossesthe timing line, ONLY THE SPLIT button is pres.·;0 d, the time displayedrecorded and the SPLIT button depressed ngain i;o re-display the elapsedtime. This procedure of utilizing only the SP, . IT button during thetiming of the assigned car is critical until tllE: qualifying session iscomplete. (If only the START/STOP button is pt·essed, the succeedinglap time wi 11 . be in error and the entire proct'dure repeated from thebeginning when the assigned car next crosses tLL timing line. Shouldthe "DELTA/STANDARD" switch be in the STAI'IDARD position, the timing canbe done in the same manner described above, but the elapsed times willbe displayed in a cumulative fashion, ther·eb.} nscessitating subtractionfunctions to establish individual lap time3.When a qualifying session begins, as evidenced by the Starterdropping the green flag, the Timer will begin timing his/her assignedcar by pushing the start button when that ca next passes the specificpre-determined timing line (discussed under Definitions- "lap"). Eachtime that persons assigned car again crosses the timing line, the digitaltimer is used to record the elapsed time, and that time recorded on thetime chart/card, beginning at the bottom right of the card, and proceeding upward in succeeding laps. As soon as that information is recorded,the split button on the digital timer is pushed and the same procedurerepeated until the end of the qualifying session. Only one car istimed on each digital timer during a given number of laps.In the event the assigned car pits, a "P" should be recorded onthe time chart/card in the next appropriate lap, and timing begun again,as described above, when the assigned car next enters the track duringthat qualifying session. The elapsed lap times should then continue tobe recorded in the first space above the "P" lap.In the event the yellow flag is utilized during a given qualifyingsession, times should continue to be recorded as outlined above, but a"YF" recorded immediately to the left of any lap time recorded whilethe driver was restricted by the use of the yellow flag.At the end of a given qualifying session, all time charts/cards arecollected and given to an experienced Timer who groups the cars accordingto class, then arranges the classes according to fastest lap time first.The grid sheet is then developed using the information provided on thetime charts/cards. Any driver not qualifying is placed at the end ofthe grid for a given race.14

.SECTION THREE:TIMING and SCORINGIn the event where two qualifying sessions are held for a classduring a race weekend and the driver elects to participate in bothqualifying sessions, the same procedure is utilized again and timesare recorded for both qualifying sessions. When the grid sheet isdeveloped, the driver's fastest qualifying time during all qualifyingsessions is used to determine his/her starting position in the race.SCORINGPurpose of Scoring- The purpose of Scoring is to maintain accurate lap counts of allcompetition cars participating in a race. It is also the responsibilityof Scoring to publish correct results that show the overall and classfinishing positions of all cars including those not starting, notfinishing, or disqualified. Figure 5 is a sample of the form on whichall tracks are to type or neatly print the Official Race Results.TaperThe Taper shall write the number of each car as it passes the Start/Finish line.It is a general rule for the Taper to place on the first tape ofeach race their name, the date, the race number assigned, and the classesracing. On the remainder of that first tape is listed the startinggrid. That is the numbers of the cars actually on the starting rridfor the race. That first tape is then labeled "GRID" for clarification.The remaining tapes for that race are labeled in consecutive lap order(one through the maximum number of laps possible for the race) andthose numbers circled to avoid confusion with car numbers. The Taper'sinitials also appear near the lap numbers.The taping of car numbers shall commence when the first car crossesthe Start/Finish line AFTER the green flag is given and continue throughout the entire race until every car remaining in the race receivesthe checkered flag denoting the finish of the race. (Refer to theCompetition Regulations for time requirement to receive checkered flag)It is an aid to the Charter if each time the leading car is sightedthe Taper starts a new tape with that car's number thus showing eachlap on a separate tape.If a pack of cars pass the Start/Finish line and the Taper is unableto record all of the car numbers, dashes (-) should be written in theplaces where those numbers should have been written. The correct carnumbers may then be added by the Comparer or by the Taper utilizing theprevious lap's tape or by recognizing the cars on the next lap.Back-up Tapers may either tape in the manner stated above or recorda continuous tape without significance to the leader.Taping is generally the first step learned by a new person inScoring.15

SECTION THREE:TIMING and SCORINGCharterThe Charter records the starting time of the race (when the greenflag is first shown} at the top of the chart. The Charter then transfersthe car numbers from the tapes to the 1ap ct;i rt.The numbers of the cars on the starting grid are recorded down theleft side of the lap chart. As tapes are received, place the car numberson the lap chart one column to the right and below car numbers alreadyrecorded. The leader(s) always appears as the first number in eachcolumn. The checkered flag lap is generally written in red or a coloreasily distinguished from the rest of the lap chart.Upon completing the recording of the checkered flag lap, the Charterthen records the finishers and the non-finishers with their earned lapsand any disqualifications. If class information is available and thetime permits, the Charter may record the finishing places by class.The Charter shall assist the Tapers during the first laps of arace to ascertain correctness until the cars thin to the point of beingtaped entirely by the Tapers.The Charter or Comparer may be called upon to count the cars duringthe pace lap or laps to account for all cars and numbers appearing onthe grid.Charters may wish to compare charts during breaks in a race. Thisis normally done every five to eight laps and when the reconciliationis finished, a line in the color of the checkered flag is drawn verticallybetween the last lap compared and the next lap.ComparerThe Comparer receives tapes from designated Tapers and matchesthem number-for-number making corrections where necessary, then submitsthe corrected tapes to the Charters.Comparing and correcting tapes before submitting them to the Chartersis most important for accurate scoring. An experienced Scorer in bothtaping and charting should be utilized for this job.When differences occur between tapes, the two-out-of-three methodshould be applied in the case where two tapes agree and one does not.The one tape should be modified to match the other two. If four tapesare used with two stating one sequence and two stating another, thenreference to a back-up tape is necessary.If a car number is missing from a tape (designated by a dash),it may be picked up from another. If all tapes being utilized missedthe same car, the number

The Chief Turn Marshal works closely with the Course Marshal so that the personnel requirements are met to adequately man the course. Requirements: Minimum of one racing season and a total of five full days racing as a Turn Marshal. Turn f'.1arsha 1 The Turn Marshal is r