CHAPTER 18 Appendix 2- Kart Race Circuits General
1. General
Circuits
1.1. Organisers must apply the Regulations provided by this Ch. 18 and its Appendices and its related NCR Chapters.
2. Track Licences
2.1. All applications for a Track Licence must be submitted to the ASN and in conformity with all its requirements from time to time available from the ASN Safety Department on written request.
2.2. A digital plan of the Track must be lodged with the ASN together with the Application for a Track Licence. 2.3. A new application for a Kart Track Licence must be made at least ten weeks before any proposed Event.
2.4. If the Organiser of an Event is a new Club having been granted a Track Licence then its first three Events after being granted a Track Licence must be restricted to its own Club members and be subject to ASN observation.
2.5. Track Licences for new Short Circuits must conform to CIK-FIA Regulations and will only be granted after the ASN( and in its discretion FIA) inspection.
2.6. Temporary Tracks will be subject to ASN approval and must conform in all ways to the Track Licence issued.
3. Grading 3.1. Track Licences will be graded as follows:
a. All status Events up to and including International. b. All status Events up to and including National. c. for Interclub Events only. d.
For Bambino Events. A specific endorsement must be details on the Track Licence to Permit these Events.
3.2. If a Race Venue Track incorporates a Short Circuit those Tracks will be subject to individual grading and Track Licences.
4. Circuit Categories 4.1. There are five categories of Track for Kart Racing:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Kart Permanent Tracks with a lap distance of less than 1500m where the shape can be determined at all times and all protective barriers are permanently in position.
Kart Temporary Tracks with a lap distance less than 1500m where barriers are not permanently positioned.
Round the Houses Tracks using public roads or passing through residential areas or so classified by the ASN.
Race Venues: Any Kart circuit other than Art. 4. c above and exceeding 1500m in lap distance and all licensed Motor Race Circuits.
e. Indoor Kart Tracks. 4.2. Safety precautions must be those approved by the ASN for Kart Events at that Track.
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