Team Relay ENDURO RACES

3 Races – #1- 23th February, #2- 27 April, #3- 29 June.

2025 Team Relay ENDURO Race format with a few exciting changes namely the following:

Teams are made up with a MINIMUM of 3 drivers and a MAXIMUM of 4 drivers.

Teams must have a minimum of one 1/8 scale buggy and one 1/8 scale truggy Electric or Nitro , can be made up of a combination of both Nitro and Electric cars.

SCT Teams must have a minimum of two 2 drivers and a maximum of 3 drivers, the SCT race is 30 Minutes . there is no Spec Tire for the SCT Teams. – The starting procedure is the same as below.

Starting procedure for Team Relay Enduro Races: Drivers line up on the main straight with their cars, No wheels mounted on the cars, at the start tone, the clock begins and drivers will hand their cars to their pit crew who will fit the wheels and start the cars, drivers will at this point have access to the drivers stand. You will start out the pit-lane.

A Maximum of ONE driver per team on track at a time, Any teams found with two cars out the pitlane at the same time will be disqualified from the event.

SPEC Tyres: – Each Team entry will include one marked set of SPEC mounted wheels for BUGGY and One marked set of SPEC for Truggy. Teams are only permitted to use these two sets of mounted wheels for the 3 hour race. – More info on the team entry and fees will be updated soon after discussions with the drivers. (05-01-2025)

2025 Team Relay ENDURO – BASIC SCHEDULE:

Gates open at 7am
Schedule practice from 8am – 9am
SCT 30min Team Relay ENDURO Race starts at 9:30
Two Man – 10 Minute Race (One driver steering and other on the throttle) 🙂
1/8 Scale Main Enduro Race start at around 10:45am (3 Hour Race)
Prize Giving 14:00pm

Event Scoring

Live Time Scoring engine is used for all events, to access times and results click here: https://zwartkopsrcx.liverc.com/live/

Shortening of ENDURO RACES

CANCELLATION – Weather Rule

Once a race has started and the race schedule cannot be completed for any reason then results will be awarded based on the current standings in the race. At least 50% of the total race time needs to completed for results to be awarded for the event.

2025 RCX Championship SERIES

5 Rounds – #1-9th March, #2-25th May, #3-26/27th July, #4-28th September, #5- 26th October

Please check and familiarize yourself with the Track and Driver Rules @ https://zwartkopsrcx.co.za/track-rules/

Classes:

Junior Short Course Truck
Short Course Truck 2WD
Ladies Short Course Truck
Nitro Buggy
Nitro Truggy
Electric Buggy
Electric Truggy

RCX Race Event Schedule:

Saturday Practice

Track opens @ 07:30am – 12:00pm (Track closed for hour lunch break) re-opens from 13:00 – 15:00

Please respect that all class drivers should be afforded the same opportunity for practice and track time.

Sunday Race Day – RCX Championship RACE DAY

Starting order and grid positions for the first race on the FIRST event (RCX Championship ROUND 1) will be the previous years championship points, the start grid for the second and third race will be determined by the result of the previous race.

Round 2 ,4 & 5 Grid starting position for the first race for each class will be determined by the current championship points.

*Round 3 (2025 SARDA NATIONAL) Start Grid position will be determined by Saturdays qualifying for ALL THREE MAINS*

Mains:

Nitro Buggy – 3 x 20min mains best two mains’ results count for event final result.
Nitro Truggy – 3 x 20min mains best two mains’ results count for event final result.
Electric Buggy & Truggy –3 x 9min mains best two mains’ results count for event final result.
SCT Junior, Ladies SCT & SCT 2WD –3 x 8min mains best two mains’ results count for event final result.
(Entry dependent, we could adjust race times to accommodate the schedule for the day.)

SPEC Tyres

Nitro Buggy and Electric Buggy (A Main – both classes)

The current 6MIK SPEC tyres available at the track shop, We reserve the right to change the pattern and compound during the season, should this be the case we will inform all drivers a month before the next championship event.

Drivers can pre order their rim color choice, White, Yellow or Coral Red. (All special orders must be confirmed at least 4 weeks prior to the event date.)

The Spec tyres are only sold in sets of 4, and are factory pre-glued.

NOTE: ANY DRIVER FOUND NOT USING THE SPEC TYRE WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE DQ from the event.

Event Scoring and Championship Points

Live Time Scoring engine is used for all events, to access times and results click here: https://zwartkopsrcx.liverc.com/live/

Triple Mains Results / Tie Breakers: (ALL CLASSES) – ref to (IFMAR)settings in the LiveTime scoring engine – Final results is best finishing positions, The Tie-breaker is the best single finishing position (1-3 beats a 2-2) if the there is still a tie, then the laps/time from the best finishing position run is the final tie-breaker.

Class Points:

1^st = 100, 2^nd = 98, 3^rd = 96, 4^th = 95, 5^th = 94, and descends further in single points.

Championship Points

RCX Championship points – 5 Rounds, 4 best rounds points count for final championship standings.

Event Awards – Top 5 in each class

Special Awards at events:

Junior driver of the day
Driver of the Day
Pit Crew Award

Year End Championship Series Awards:

RCX Championship Series – All Classes – TOP 5 in each class.

Combination of classes

In the event that there are not sufficient entries in any class it is the event directors call to combine the two classes in the same heat or race, if the classes are combined in a race the class results and championship points will NOT be affected.

Shortening of MAIN RACES

In the event there is less than 4 cars or less than 30% of starting grid left in a race and the race distance has exceeded 60 %, it is the race directors call with confirmation of the drivers to shorten the race time and final race results will be the finishing positions at the time on the track.

CANCELLATION – Weather Rule

Once a race has started the race schedule and it cannot be completed for any reason then driver and championship points will be awarded based on the current standings in the race if more than 60 % has been completed, if 60 % is not completed the final results will be the last completed race in the event, be that a Super Pole or Qualifying race.

At least one race has been completed for points to be awarded for the event.

Updated: 08/01/2025 @10:59am