Snow Ball 200

On January 1st, 2020 The "Dirt" will be hosting the Snow Ball 200.  The "Dirt" was inspired by dirt tracks my Father took me to as a child.  This race will be a look at an old dirt track race program.  It will consist of Time Trials, a Trophy Dash, Heat Races, a Consolation Race, and finally the Snow Ball 200.  This race program will not be your normal rotational slot car race.  It will be a lap based race where everyone will be racing to the checkered flag for positions.  The starts will take place with the power already on and you have the capability of "jumping" the start.  If you do "jump" the start there will be a penalty assigned and the race will restart.

Time trials will consist of 1 minute on any lane you wish to run on.  Your fastest lap will count as your qualifying time.  The fastest qualifier will get an automatic place in the Snow Ball 200.

The Trophy Dash will be a 10 lap race to the checkered flags.  The four fastest qualifiers will take part in the Trophy Dash.  The lanes will be selected in an inverted process.  Number four qualifier gets first choice of lanes and first qualifier gets last choice.  Ten laps to win a trophy, don't make a single mistake!!!

The Heat Races will be with the even number qualifiers in Heat #1 and the odd qualifiers in Heat #2.  The fastest qualifier doesn't participate in the heat races.  The winner of each heat will earn a spot in the Snow Ball 200.  The heat races will be 25 laps on a single lane with the fastest qualifiers choosing their lane first.

The Consolation Race will be the first rotational race of the day.  It will consist of all the racers who have not qualified for the Snow Ball 200.  The Consolation Race will be 30 laps per rotation with a European rotation format.  The winner of the Consolation Race will qualify for the Snow Ball 200.

The Snow Ball 200 will be four rotations of 50 lap races.  The fastest qualifier will choose what lane they want first followed by the two Heat Race winners then the Consolation Race winner starts on the left over lane.

All races will be live start and will start at the start finish line.  On rotational races all rotations will be lap based with each rotation starting at the start finish line.  The rotational races will count the number of laps for the winner and the number of laps finished plus a fractional amount of your last lap based upon when you cross the finish line.  These fractional laps will be totaled by the computer for race results.  If the winner won all four rotations He would have 200 laps.  However, the winner could feasibly have 197.212 laps.

This race will be using the 2020 Dirt Stock Rules.  The only difference in these rules and the 2019 rules is that skinny tires must be run instead of wide tires.  The Dirt Stock class will follow H.O.R.M. Stock rules except for body rules.

This will be an exciting time of racing based on old school dirt track racing.  Oh, one more point.  In a 200 lap dirt track race the cars usually would not have enough fuel to run the whole race and would have to make a pit stop.......In the Snow Ball 200 you will have to make at least one pit stop.  The computer will show your fuel level, if you run out of fuel the computer will stop counting your laps until you make a pit stop.  You make a pit stop by stopping under the light bridge over the photo cell for at least one second.  The computer will then recognize you are making a pit stop and will refuel your car.  You can watch the fuel bar and leave at any time you choose.  Just make sure you have enough fuel to finish the race.

The track will open for practice at 11:00 and the qualifying will begin at 1:00