In the interest of ensuring fairness to all and to reign in what I like to call "regulation creep" - as well as to give me an ease on race nights - FRC will be implementing the following new event procedures with immediate effect.
Event Steward
An Event Steward will be selected at each event and will be responsible for the following.
- Organising and running qualifying. This includes calling drivers in sequence, recording lap times off the Power Base and filling out the first race starting grid on the race result forms.
- Setting the car IDs for each class.
- Ensuring that the cars are correctly placed on the starting grid for each race.
- Recording race results on the race result forms.
- Recording any driver or car changes for each race.
Technical Inspection
- Technical inspection will be done at each event before qualifying. Two Technical Inspectors will be selected by the track owner at each event and will be responsible for judging every car entered based on the regulations for the class entered. A printed copy of the class regulations will be used as a checklist for checking the cars on each point. Only items marked as "Free" will be bypassed. Reserve/spare cars must also pass inspection before being allowed to race.
- Cars that pass inspection will be immediately placed in Parc Ferme and may only be moved out of Parc Ferme to the grid for a race. After completion of a race, all cars must be immediately returned to Parc Ferme. The driver of a car that needs repairs must get the permission of both technical inspectors for it to be removed from Parc Ferme and it must be re-inspected before being allowed to race.
- Drivers may clean the tyres of their cars and adjust braids before the start of a race. This must be done at the driver stations. No other work may be carried out including application of liquids (except for tyre cleaning) or lubrication.
- A second technical inspection of winning cars may be made after the class races at the discretion of the track owner and tech inspectors.
FRC Ground Clearance Check Procedure
- Place tech plate on a flat surface and hold it in place.
- Flatten car's braid so that it does not affect ground clearance and place car on tech plate.
- Slide 1mm plastic gauge under car in areas where magnets are located.
- If gauge cannot pass under car or car moves upwards or sideways, confirm that there are no magnets where contact between gauge and car occurs. If contact occurs below any magnet, car is illegal.
Magnet Marshal Check
Cars must first pass ground clearance check. Cars may exceed Magnet Marshal limit by no more than 107% of class stipulation. For example, in G5SC, class stipulates 200gm maximum, therefore up to 214gm will be considered legal. 215gm and over is illegal.
... the FRC racing procedures you have been seeing about for 188 events ... is really - 189 events 
