APPENDIX-6 State Trophy - 4SS

1 Preamble

The 4SS Class is considered to be an introductory Class and as such, since its inception, it has, unless otherwise approved by KA, been restricted to use solely in Club Karting Competition and Social Karting. The governing principles of 4SS Competition are that it: 1. Must always have a focus on Club Competition; and 2. Should always provide the best possible value for money karting experience; and 3. Should be the least technically complex (the simplest) form of Karting offered by KA; 4. Should not encourage unwarranted spending on largely unnecessary and non-beneficial peripheral engine components. The growth in participation in the 4SS Class and Divisions combined with the competitive essence of all motorsport – to race against the best - inevitably leads to calls for higher levels of Competition to be available to 4SS Licence Holders. From 1 January 2021, Class Rules Chapter 20 – 4SS (4 Stroke Sprint), allows each SKA to sanction the organising of a single 4SS State Trophy Event in their State in 2021. A 4SS State Trophy Event may be conducted no earlier than 1 September 2021.

The following Rules for a 4SS State Trophy Event are highly recommended to be

implemented by each SKA. They have been constructed so that there is appropriate weighting applied to the governing principle that 4SS Competition “must always have a focus on Club Competition”, while also allowing a higher-level State Trophy Event to be organised with the focus on 4SS Competition.

4SS State Trophy Rules

1 The Event will be conducted in accordance with Competition Rules, Chapter 5, Rule 6 save that

Rules h), o), p) and r) will be modified as follows: a) Eligible Drivers (i) A Driver who has competed in a minimum of three (3) Club Level Events in a 4SS Class from January 1, 2021 to the close of entries for the State Trophy Event shall be eligible to Compete in the Event. b) Eligible Classes (i) All 4SS Divisions will be the feature Classes/Divisions; plus (ii) Any Classes/Divisions that must be permitted to Compete in a State Championship Meeting may be permitted to Compete in a 4SS State Trophy Meeting. (Note: Consolidation of Classes Rules apply.) c) Qualifying: (i) Each 4SS Division will have one (1) qualifying session at a Meeting. (ii) For all other Classes/Divisions, Qualifying may take place as a standalone session or may be combined with a warmup session or Timed practice at the discretion of the Organiser. (iii) A Driver may only qualify one (1) Kart in each Class/Division at a Meeting. d) Grid Procedure: No Class/Division will be permitted to exceed the Track density listed in the Rules. The following procedures will be used to set the grid positions for each Race. (i) Grid positions for Heat Race one (1) and Heat Race two (2) will be based on the times achieved in qualifying, with the fastest time on grid one, and so on.

(ii) Grid positions for Heat Race three (3) will consist of the lowest combined points scored from Heat Race one (1) and Heat Race two (2) will start from grid position one (1), and so on. (iii) If scheduled, grid positions for Heat Race four (4) will consist of the lowest combined points scored from Heat Race one (1), Heat Race two (2) and Heat Race three (3) will start from grid position one (1), and so on. (iv) Grid positions for the Final Race will consist of the lowest combined points scored from Heat Race one (1), Heat Race two (2), Heat Race three (3) and Heat Race four (4) (if conducted) will start from grid position one (1), and so on. (v) The following point score system will be used for determining the grid positions for Heat Race three (3), Heat Race four (4) and the final. 1) 1st = 0 points, 2nd = 2 points, 3rd =3 points, and so on with one (1) point being added for each place. 2) Non-starters and non-finishers to be awarded a finishing position based on the number of laps completed. 3) In the event of a tie on points, the lower grid position will be awarded to the Driver with the faster original qualifying time. 4) If a driver fails to make the start, they will be classified in grid order behind the number of starters in that race. If a driver is Disqualified from a Heat race they will be awarded points equal to the number of entries in the Heat of that Class or Division plus one (1). d) The finishing order of the final Race determines the winning positions in each Class/Division.